IGA Evening Excursion/Laboratory Visit:
By Dr Mike Stock (Trinity College, Dublin) & Victoria Lowe (Geological Survey of Ireland)
6 March @ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM GMT
with a presentation by Victoria Lowe on her Tellus Project work with Geological Survey Ireland
ESRL Laboratory, Unit 6, Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
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The Earth Surface Research Laboratory (ESRL):
The ESRL was established in 2019 to provide state-of-the-art bulk-rock geochemical analyses for the research community in Ireland. The laboratory is part of the TCD Department of Geology and is funded by Geological Survey Ireland (GSI). The facility hosts a range of equipment for bulk analysis of geological materials and is supported by dedicated technical staff. The ESRL is the main analytical facility for the Tellus geochemical survey – a national programme collecting compositional data on soils and sediments across Ireland, undertaken by Geological Survey Ireland. Research projects using the laboratory include diverse topics, ranging from sedimentology and climate change to igneous petrology and environmental radiochemistry.
Our Visit::
This will take around 2 hours. It will involve a preliminary talk by Victoria Lowe to illustrate how the facilities of the lab have been applied to a contemporary research project. A tour of the lab and its analytical facilities will follow led by the Director of ESRL, Dr. Michael Stock.
Numbers: Limited to 15 attendees.
Biography:
Dr Mike Stock: Director of the Earth Surface Research Laboratory (ESRL) at Trinity College. Mike’s personal research focus is on the use of state-of-the-art geochemical techniques for understanding the Earth system. This principally involves combining aspects of igneous petrology, volcanology and geochemistry to understand the architecture and dynamics of sub-volcanic magma systems using Galapagos as a model system. Much of this work couples novel geochemical analyses with numerical models or geophysical observations. By studying rocks and minerals that have been erupted at active and dormant volcanoes in the past, the aim is to identify pre-eruptive signals that might aid volcano monitoring efforts in the future.ing Scientific American.
Date and Time: Wednesday, 6 March 2024, ESRL Laboratory, Unit 6, Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus, Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
TO REGISTER please Click Here or send an e-mail to info@geology.ie