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Earth AND Ocean ScienceS

Geoscience visualization research group

General Research Area

The GeoVis Research Group focuses on the use of GIS and openly accessible geospatial visualisation technologies in the analysis and communication of geoscientific information.

Disciplines

GIS, terrestrial lidar, aerial photogrammmetry, geo-education, geo-tourism, geological heritage, archaeology, mining heritage, scientific visualistion

Group Members

Ronán Hennessy, Martin Feely, Tiernan Henry, Martin Gilligan

Brief description of current projects

Ronan Hennessy and Martin Feely are completing a study of the eskers of east County Galway. Funded by Galway County Council, Galway County Heritage Forum, and the Heritage Council, the project is an action of the Galway County Heritage Plan 2004-2008. The project involves a heritage study of the landscape characteristics of the eskers of central east Galway, and an esker distribution mapping component.

Ronan Hennessy and Martin Feely are working with Clare County Council, the Burren Connect Project and the Geological Survey of Ireland on the NEED (Northern Environmental Education Development) project. The project focuses on the Burren region, and on the development of a fresh approach to the communication geo-knowledge in schools, visitor centres and among the wider local population. The NEED project is a transnational cooperation project between Ireland, Norway, Finland and Iceland, funded by the Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013.

Martin Gilligan, Martin Feely, Tiernan Henry and Ronán Hennessy are looking at how the groundwater, bedrock and mineral chemistry is be linked to hydrogeology and geochemistry along the west County Mayo coast.

Collaboration

Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA
Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, MA, USA
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, UK
Galway County Council
Heritage Council (Ireland)
Clare County Council
Burren Connect Project
Geological Survey of Ireland
The Discovery Programme, Ireland
Tim Robinson, Folding Landscapes, Roundstone, County Galway
Geography Support Service, Ireland
Environmental Protection Agency

Links

Geoscience Visualization Research Group's List of Publications

Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Natural Sciences
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0)91 492 126, E-mail: Earth and Ocean Sciences
This page was last updated Wednesday, September 02, 2009