Overview
Background
Professor Trevor Ireland has research interests that span geochronology, isotope geochemistry through to cosmochemistry. The common link between these areas is the use of in situ microanalysis of geological and extraterrestrial samples by focused ion beam methodologies. He has current research topics aligned with the asteroid sample return missions to Ryugu and Bennu by the JAXA Hayabusa2 and NASA Osiris REx missions respectively; Samples of Ryugu are currently being prepared for distribution and analysis. Professor Ireland obtained his PhD at The Australian National University and following appointments at Washington University in St Louis, Max-Planck-Institut in Mainz, UCLA and Stanford, before he returned to lead the SHRIMP (Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe) Group at ANU. Professor Ireland has taken up an appointment to establish a SHRIMP analytical facility at UQ.
Availability
- Professor Trevor Ireland is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Ancient structural inheritance explains gold deposit clustering in northern Perú
Wiemer, Daniel, Hagemann, Steffen G., Hronsky, Jon, Kemp, Anthony I. S., Thébaud, Nicolas, Ireland, Trevor and Villanes, Carlos (2022). Ancient structural inheritance explains gold deposit clustering in northern Perú. Geology, 50 (10), 1197-1201. doi: 10.1130/G50208.1
2022
Journal Article
Molar mass measurement of a <sup>28</sup>Si-enriched silicon crystal with high precision secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)
Gao, Yu-ya, Ren, Tong-xiang, Williams, Ian S., Ireland, Trevor R., Long, Tao, Rienitz, Olaf, Pramann, Axel, Wang, Song, Song, Pan-shu and Wang, Jun (2022). Molar mass measurement of a 28Si-enriched silicon crystal with high precision secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 37 (12), 2546-2555. doi: 10.1039/d2ja00229a
2022
Journal Article
Presolar stardust in asteroid Ryugu
Barosch, Jens, Nittler, Larry R., Wang, Jianhua, O’D. Alexander, Conel M., De Gregorio, Bradley T., Engrand, Cécile, Kebukawa, Yoko, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Stroud, Rhonda M., Yabuta, Hikaru, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bejach, Laure, Bizzarro, Martin, Bonal, Lydie, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Cody, George D., Dartois, Emmanuel, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Dazzi, Alexandre, Deniset-Besseau, Ariane, Di Rocco, Tommaso ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2022). Presolar stardust in asteroid Ryugu. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 935 (1) L3, 1-12. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac83bd
2022
Conference Publication
Dating podiform chromitite, Tiébaghi Cr deposit, New Caledonia
Cluzel, Dominique, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Zhou, Renjie, Ireland, Trevor, Heizler, Matthew, Patias, Daniel, Lesimple, Stephane, Maurizot, Pierre and Teyssier, Christian (2022). Dating podiform chromitite, Tiébaghi Cr deposit, New Caledonia. 23rd International Mineralogical Association General Meeting, Lyon, France, 18-22 July 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Direct dating of podiform Chromitite: U-Pb (Zircon, Rutile) and 40Ar/39Ar (Pargasite) evidence from Tiébaghi Cr deposit (New Caledonia)
Cluzel, Dominique, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Zhou, Renjie, Ireland, Trevor, Heizler, Matthew, Patias, Daniel, Lesimple, Stephane, Maurizot, Pierre and Teyssier, Christian (2022). Direct dating of podiform Chromitite: U-Pb (Zircon, Rutile) and 40Ar/39Ar (Pargasite) evidence from Tiébaghi Cr deposit (New Caledonia). Ore Geology Reviews, 145 104873, 104873. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104873
2022
Journal Article
Re-initiation of plutonism at the Gondwana margin after a magmatic hiatus: the bimodal Permian-Triassic Longwood Suite, New Zealand
McCoy-West, A. J., Mortimer, N., Burton, K. W., Ireland, T. R. and Cawood, P. A. (2022). Re-initiation of plutonism at the Gondwana margin after a magmatic hiatus: the bimodal Permian-Triassic Longwood Suite, New Zealand. Gondwana Research, 105, 432-449. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2021.09.021
2022
Journal Article
Atmospheric and hydrothermal sulfur isotope signatures recorded in Neoarchean deep marine sedimentary pyrites from the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
Chen, M., Campbell, I. H., Ávila, J. N., Tian, W., Hayman, P. C., Cas, R. A.F. and Ireland, T. R. (2022). Atmospheric and hydrothermal sulfur isotope signatures recorded in Neoarchean deep marine sedimentary pyrites from the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 322, 170-193. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.01.002
2022
Journal Article
A model earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of α Centauri A/B
Wang, Haiyang S., Lineweaver, Charles H., Quanz, Sascha P., Mojzsis, Stephen J., Ireland, Trevor R., Sossi, Paolo A., Seidler, Fabian and Morel, Thierry (2022). A model earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of α Centauri A/B. The Astrophysical Journal, 927 (2) 134, 134. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4e8c
2022
Journal Article
Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth
Tachibana, S., Sawada, H., Okazaki, R., Takano, Y., Sakamoto, K., Miura, Y. N., Okamoto, C., Yano, H., Yamanouchi, S., Michel, P., Zhang, Y., Schwartz, S., Thuillet, F., Yurimoto, H., Nakamura, T., Noguchi, T., Yabuta, H., Naraoka, H., Tsuchiyama, A., Imae, N., Kurosawa, K., Nakamura, A. M., Ogawa, K., Sugita, S., Morota, T., Honda, R., Kameda, S., Tatsumi, E., Cho, Y. ... Tsuda, Y. (2022). Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth. Science, 375 (6584), 1011-1016. doi: 10.1126/science.abj8624
2022
Journal Article
The Solar System calcium isotopic composition inferred from Ryugu samples
Moynier, F., Dai, W., Yokoyama, T., Hu, Y., Paquet, M., Abe, Y., Aléon, J., Alexander, C. M.O.D., Amari, S., Amelin, Y., Bajo, K. I., Bizzarro, M., Bouvier, A., Carlson, R. W., Chaussidon, M., Choi, B. G., Dauphas, N., Davis, A. M., Di Rocco, T., Fujiya, W., Fukai, R., Gautam, I., Haba, M. K., Hibiya, Y., Hidaka, H., Homma, H., Hoppe, P., Huss, G. R., Ichida, K. ... Yurimoto, H. (2022). The Solar System calcium isotopic composition inferred from Ryugu samples. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 24, 1-6. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2238
2022
Journal Article
Solid-phase transfer into the forearc mantle wedge: rutile and zircon xenocrysts fingerprint subducting sources
Aitchison, Jonathan C., Cluzel, Dominique, Ireland, Trevor R., Zhou, Renjie, Lian, Dongyang, Patias, Daniel, Yan, Zhen and Yang, Jingsui (2022). Solid-phase transfer into the forearc mantle wedge: rutile and zircon xenocrysts fingerprint subducting sources. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 577 117251, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117251
2022
Conference Publication
Ophiolitic biodiamonds – some of subduction’s little gems
Aitchison, Jonathan C., Cluzel, Dominique, Ireland, Trevor R., Patias, Daniel and Zhou, Renjie (2022). Ophiolitic biodiamonds – some of subduction’s little gems. AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, United States, 12-16 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Hydrocarbon signatures in ophiolitic diamonds, New Caledonia
Patias, Daniel, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Zhou, Renjie, Vongsvivut, Jitraporn, Ireland, Trevor R. and Cluzel, Dominique (2022). Hydrocarbon signatures in ophiolitic diamonds, New Caledonia. AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, ILL, United States, 12-16 December 2022.
2021
Journal Article
Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu
Yada, Toru, Abe, Masanao, Okada, Tatsuaki, Nakato, Aiko, Yogata, Kasumi, Miyazaki, Akiko, Hatakeda, Kentaro, Kumagai, Kazuya, Nishimura, Masahiro, Hitomi, Yuya, Soejima, Hiromichi, Yoshitake, Miwa, Iwamae, Ayako, Furuya, Shizuho, Uesugi, Masayuki, Karouji, Yuzuru, Usui, Tomohiro, Hayashi, Tasuku, Yamamoto, Daiki, Fukai, Ryota, Sugita, Seiji, Cho, Yuichiro, Yumoto, Koki, Yabe, Yuna, Bibring, Jean-Pierre, Pilorget, Cedric, Hamm, Vincent, Brunetto, Rosario, Riu, Lucie ... Tsuda, Yuichi (2021). Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu. Nature Astronomy, 6 (2), 214-220. doi: 10.1038/s41550-021-01550-6
2021
Journal Article
Crystallographic and crystallochemical controls on oxygen isotope analysis of hematite by SIMS
White, L., Vasconcelos, P. M., Ávila, J. N., Ubide, T. and Ireland, T. R. (2021). Crystallographic and crystallochemical controls on oxygen isotope analysis of hematite by SIMS. Chemical Geology, 583 120461, 120461. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120461
2021
Journal Article
Foulwind Suite magmatism in the Buller Terrane, New Zealand: geochemistry of the Carboniferous Foulwind and Windy Point Granites
Waight, Tod, Malloch, Kirstine, Weaver, Steve, Ireland, Trevor and Muir, Roddy (2021). Foulwind Suite magmatism in the Buller Terrane, New Zealand: geochemistry of the Carboniferous Foulwind and Windy Point Granites. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 65 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1960569
2021
Journal Article
The Paleoarchean Northern Mundo Novo Greenstone Belt, São Francisco Craton: Geochemistry, U–Pb–Hf–O in zircon and pyrite δ34S-Δ33S-Δ36S signatures
Teles, Guilherme S., Chemale, Farid, Ávila, Janaína N. and Ireland, Trevor R. (2021). The Paleoarchean Northern Mundo Novo Greenstone Belt, São Francisco Craton: Geochemistry, U–Pb–Hf–O in zircon and pyrite δ34S-Δ33S-Δ36S signatures. Geoscience Frontiers, 13 (5) 101252, 101252. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101252
2021
Journal Article
A petrochronology window into near-surface fluid/rock interaction within Archaean ultramafic-mafic crust: Insights from the 3.25 Ga Stolzburg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt
Bolhar, Robert, Tappe, Sebastian, Wilson, Allan H., Ireland, Trevor, Avila, Janaina and Anhaeusser, Carl (2021). A petrochronology window into near-surface fluid/rock interaction within Archaean ultramafic-mafic crust: Insights from the 3.25 Ga Stolzburg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt. Chemical Geology, 569 120130, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120130
2021
Journal Article
Sources of auriferous fluids associated with a Neoarchean BIF-hosted orogenic gold deposit revealed by the multiple sulfur isotopic compositions of zoned pyrites
Liu, Li, Ireland, Trevor R., Holden, Peter, Ávila, Janaina, Vasconcelos, Paulo and Mavrogenes, John (2021). Sources of auriferous fluids associated with a Neoarchean BIF-hosted orogenic gold deposit revealed by the multiple sulfur isotopic compositions of zoned pyrites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176 (4) 29, 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s00410-021-01788-3
2021
Journal Article
Strontium isotope analysis of apatite via SIMS
Gillespie, Jack, Nemchin, Alexander A., Kinny, Peter D., Martin, Laure, Aleshin, Matvei, Roberts, Malcolm P., Ireland, Trevor R., Whitehouse, Martin J., Jeon, Heejin, Cavosie, Aaron J. and Kirkland, Christopher L. (2021). Strontium isotope analysis of apatite via SIMS. Chemical Geology, 559 119979, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119979
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating halogens in the mantle through mantle and mantle-derived rocks
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paulo Vasconcelos, Associate Professor Mark Kendrick
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