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Academic staff

Prof. Colin Brown

Director, Ryan Institute

Institute for Environment, Marine and Energy

Expertise: Geophysics

Phone: +353 (0)91 492 691
Email: colin.brownnuigalway.ie

Papers

Guinan, J.C., Brown, C., Dolan, M.F.J. & Grehan, A.J., 2009. Ecological niche modelling of the distribution of cold-water coral habitat using underwater remote sensing data. Ecological Informatics, (in press)

Guinan, J.C., Grehan, A.J., Dolan, M.F.J. & Brown, C. 2009. Quantifying relationshipsbetween video observations of cold-water coral and seafloor terrain in Rockall Trough, west of Ireland. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, ( in press) IF="2.5."

Marsh, I. & Brown, C. 2009. Neural network classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry data from Stanton Bank (Area IV). Applied Acoustics, ( in press) doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2008.07.012. IF="1.6.

Dolan, M.F.J., Grehan, A.J., Guinan, J. C. & Brown, C. 2008. Modelling the local distribution of cold-water corals in relation to bathymetric variables: Adding spatial context to deep-sea video data. Deep Sea Research I, 55, 1564-1579.

Leurer, K. & Brown, C. 2008. Acoustics of marine sediment under compaction – binary grain size model and viscoelastic extension of Biot’s theory. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123 (4), 1941-1951.

Glynn, B., Brown, C. & Rooney, S. 2007. Coincident swath acoustic backscatter and bathymetry for the interpretation of shallow-water sediment composition and    processes. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 165, 597-607.

Wilson, M. F. J., O’Connell, B., Brown, C., Guinan, J.C. & Grehan, A.J. 2007. Multi-scale terrain analysis of multibeam bathymetry data for habitat mapping on the continental slope. Marine Geodesy: 5^th Special Issue on Marine and Coastal     Geographic Information Systems (M&CGIS), 30, 3-35.

Heise, W., Caldwell, T.G., Bibby, H.M. & Brown, C. 2006. Anisotropy and phase splits in magnetotellurics. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 158, 107-121.

Bibby, H.M., Caldwell, T.G. & Brown, C. 2005. Determinable and non-determinable parameters of galvanic distortion in magnetotellurics. Geophysical Journal International, 163 (3), 915-930. IF="2.1."

Mac Aodha, P., Brown, C. & Johnson, A. 2005. Methane Hydrate Resource Assessment Offshore Western Ireland . Technical Report to the Irish Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (PIP Project IS05/02), 1-117.

Parsons, A., Barton, K., Brown, C. et al. 2004. Feasibility study on the establishment of a large-scale inshore resource mapping project. NDP Marine RTDI Desk Study Series, ISSN 1649 5063, p1-224.

Daly, E., Brown, C., Stark, C. & Ebinger, C. 2004. Comparison of methods for estimating the effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere and loading mechanisms across the Irish Atlantic margin Geophysical Journal International, 159 (2), 445-459. IF = 2.1

Caldwell, G. C., Bibby, H.M. & Brown, C. 2004. The magnetotelluric phase tensor Geophysical Journal International, 158, 457-469. Citations = 4, IF = 2.1

Ruffell, A., Geraghty, L., Brown, C. & Barton, K. 2004. Ground-penetrating radar facies analysis as an aid to sequence stratigraphic analysis: application to the archaeology of Clonmacnoise Castle, Ireland. Archaeological Prospection, 11, 247-262. doi: 10.1002/arp.240

Brown, C., Denny, P., Haak, V. & Bruton, P. and the VARNET Group. 2003. VARNET-MT: Interpretation of magnetotelluric data over the Killarney-Mallow Fault Zone in SW Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 21, 1-17

Rooney, S., Barton, K. & Brown, C., 2003. A marine geophysical survey for the archaeology of Borgpollen Lake, Lofoten Islands, Norway A report for the Tromsoe Museum.

Caldwell, G. C., Bibby, H.M. & Brown, C. 2002. Controlled source apparent resistivity tensors and their relationship to the magnetotelluric impedance tensor. Geophysical Journal International, 151 (3), 755-770. Citations="2," IF = 2.1.

Brown, C. 2001. Bending, shaking and electrifying the Celtic crust Special Publication of the Open University Geological Society Journal, 22, 35-42

Corry, D. & Brown, C. (1998). Temperature and Heat Flow in the Celtic Sea Basins. Petroleum Geoscience, 4 (4), 317-326. Citations = 3. IF = 0.87.

Ingham, M.P. & Brown C. (1998). A magnetotelluric study of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand Geophysical Journal International, 135 (2), 542-552. Citations = 11. IF = 2.11.

Denny, P. (GFZ-Potsdam), Brown, C. & Haak, V (GFZ-Potsdam) (1998) VARNET Magnetotellurics: Data processing, interpretation and modeling. In Bahr, K. & Junge, A. (Eds.), Electromagnetische Tiefenforschung. Neuchatel, pp. 1-10.

Brown, C. & Whelan, J.P. (1995). Terrane boundaries in Ireland inferred from the Irish Magnetotelluric Profile and other geophysical data. Journal of the Geological Society of London 152, 523 – 534. Citations = 5. IF = 2.1.

Brown, C. (1994). Tectonic interpretation of regional conductivity anomalies Surveys in Geophysics, 15, 123 – 157. Citations = 16. IF = 0.98.

Brock, A., Brown, C. & Garland, M. (1992). Gravity and magnetic data processing methods - a review with Irish examples In: BOWDEN, A. A., EARLS, G., O' CONNOR, P. G. & PYNE, J. F. (eds) The Irish Minerals Industry 1980 - 1990. Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin, 383 - 394.

Ford, M., Brown, C., & Readman, P. (1991). Analysis and tectonic interpretation of gravity data over the Variscides of southwest Ireland Journal of the Geological Society of London 148, 137 – 148, Citations = 20. IF = 2.1.

Whelan, J.P., Brown, C., Hutton, V.R.S. & Dawes, G.J.K. (1990). A geoelectric section across Ireland from magnetotelluric soundings Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 60, 138 – 146, Citations = 9. IF = 2.42.

Barton, K.J. and Brown, C., (1989) Recent Developments in Microcomputer Applications in Geophysics. in Farrell, L. and Jones, G.LI. (Eds.), Annual Review 1989, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin p39-41

Williams, B.L. & Brown, C. (1986). A model for the genesis of Zn/Pb deposits in Ireland. In: Andrew, C.J., Crowe, R.W.A., Finlay, S., Pennell, W.M. & Pyne, J.F. (Eds.) Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland Irish Association for Economic Geology Dublin, 579 - 590.

Brown, C. & Williams, B. (1985). A gravity and magnetic interpretation of the structure of the Irish Midlands and its relation to ore genesis Journal of the Geological Society of London 142, 1059 – 1075, Citations="14." IF = 2.1.

Brown, C. and Brock, A. (1983) A computer based study of the regional gravity and magnetic fields in Ireland and their relationship to areas of possible geothermal interest. AGR 83/4, Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin

Brown, C. & Girdler, R.W. (1982). Structure of the Red Sea at 20 degrees N from gravity data and its implication for continental margins Nature, 298, 51 - 53. Citations = 9. IF = 29.27.

Brown, C., Girdler, R.W. & Renner, R.G.B. (1980). A gravity traverse across Northern Africa Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, 6436-6442, Citations = 10. IF = 2.78.

Brown, C. & Girdler, R.W. (1980). Interpretation of African gravity and its implication for the break-up of the continents Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, 6443 – 6445, Citations = 71. IF = 2.78.

Girdler, R.W., Brown, C., Noy, D.J.M & Styles, P. (1980). A geophysical survey of the westernmost Gulf of Aden Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 298, 1 – 43. Citations = 38. IF = 2.22.

Popular Science Articles

Brown, C. & O’Connell, B. 2006. Diving with neural nets. ES2k: Earth Science 2000, 12, p14-15.

Grehan A, Toal D & Brown C. 2006. ROV Investigations of Cold Water Coral Habitats in the Porcupine/Rockall off the west coast of Ireland. The Irish Scientist, 2006 Yearbook, 14, (November), p96.

Daly, E., Brown, C. & Maguire P. 2005. New Horizons. News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics, 46, p6.34.

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			Prof. Colin Brown Director, Ryan Institute Institute for Environment, Marine and Energy Expertise: Geophysics Phone: +353 (0)91 492 691 Email: colin.brownnuigalway.ie

Papers Guinan, J.C., Brown, C., Dolan, M.F.J. & Grehan, A.J., 2009. Ecological niche modelling of the distribution of cold-water coral habitat using underwater remote sensing data. Ecological Informatics, (in press) Guinan, J.C., Grehan, A.J., Dolan, M.F.J. & Brown, C. 2009. Quantifying relationshipsbetween video observations of cold-water coral and seafloor terrain in Rockall Trough, west of Ireland. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, ( in press) IF="2.5." Marsh, I. & Brown, C. 2009. Neural network classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry data from Stanton Bank (Area IV). Applied Acoustics, ( in press) doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2008.07.012. IF="1.6. Dolan, M.F.J., Grehan, A.J., Guinan, J. C. & Brown, C. 2008. Modelling the local distribution of cold-water corals in relation to bathymetric variables: Adding spatial context to deep-sea video data. Deep Sea Research I, 55, 1564-1579. Leurer, K. & Brown, C. 2008. Acoustics of marine sediment under compaction – binary grain size model and viscoelastic extension of Biot’s theory. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123 (4), 1941-1951. Glynn, B., Brown, C. & Rooney, S. 2007. Coincident swath acoustic backscatter and bathymetry for the interpretation of shallow-water sediment composition and processes. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 165, 597-607. Wilson, M. F. J., O’Connell, B., Brown, C., Guinan, J.C. & Grehan, A.J. 2007. Multi-scale terrain analysis of multibeam bathymetry data for habitat mapping on the continental slope. Marine Geodesy: 5^th Special Issue on Marine and Coastal Geographic Information Systems (M&CGIS), 30, 3-35. Heise, W., Caldwell, T.G., Bibby, H.M. & Brown, C. 2006. Anisotropy and phase splits in magnetotellurics. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 158, 107-121. Bibby, H.M., Caldwell, T.G. & Brown, C. 2005. Determinable and non-determinable parameters of galvanic distortion in magnetotellurics. Geophysical Journal International, 163 (3), 915-930. IF="2.1." Mac Aodha, P., Brown, C. & Johnson, A. 2005. Methane Hydrate Resource Assessment Offshore Western Ireland . Technical Report to the Irish Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (PIP Project IS05/02), 1-117. Parsons, A., Barton, K., Brown, C. et al. 2004. Feasibility study on the establishment of a large-scale inshore resource mapping project. NDP Marine RTDI Desk Study Series, ISSN 1649 5063, p1-224. Daly, E., Brown, C., Stark, C. & Ebinger, C. 2004. Comparison of methods for estimating the effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere and loading mechanisms across the Irish Atlantic margin Geophysical Journal International, 159 (2), 445-459. IF = 2.1 Caldwell, G. C., Bibby, H.M. & Brown, C. 2004. The magnetotelluric phase tensor Geophysical Journal International, 158, 457-469. Citations = 4, IF = 2.1 Ruffell, A., Geraghty, L., Brown, C. & Barton, K. 2004. Ground-penetrating radar facies analysis as an aid to sequence stratigraphic analysis: application to the archaeology of Clonmacnoise Castle, Ireland. Archaeological Prospection, 11, 247-262. doi: 10.1002/arp.240 Brown, C., Denny, P., Haak, V. & Bruton, P. and the VARNET Group. 2003. VARNET-MT: Interpretation of magnetotelluric data over the Killarney-Mallow Fault Zone in SW Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 21, 1-17 Rooney, S., Barton, K. & Brown, C., 2003. A marine geophysical survey for the archaeology of Borgpollen Lake, Lofoten Islands, Norway A report for the Tromsoe Museum. Caldwell, G. C., Bibby, H.M. & Brown, C. 2002. Controlled source apparent resistivity tensors and their relationship to the magnetotelluric impedance tensor. Geophysical Journal International, 151 (3), 755-770. Citations="2," IF = 2.1. Brown, C. 2001. Bending, shaking and electrifying the Celtic crust Special Publication of the Open University Geological Society Journal, 22, 35-42 Corry, D. & Brown, C. (1998). Temperature and Heat Flow in the Celtic Sea Basins. Petroleum Geoscience, 4 (4), 317-326. Citations = 3. IF = 0.87. Ingham, M.P. & Brown C. (1998). A magnetotelluric study of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand Geophysical Journal International, 135 (2), 542-552. Citations = 11. IF = 2.11. Denny, P. (GFZ-Potsdam), Brown, C. & Haak, V (GFZ-Potsdam) (1998) VARNET Magnetotellurics: Data processing, interpretation and modeling. In Bahr, K. & Junge, A. (Eds.), Electromagnetische Tiefenforschung. Neuchatel, pp. 1-10. Brown, C. & Whelan, J.P. (1995). Terrane boundaries in Ireland inferred from the Irish Magnetotelluric Profile and other geophysical data. Journal of the Geological Society of London 152, 523 – 534. Citations = 5. IF = 2.1. Brown, C. (1994). Tectonic interpretation of regional conductivity anomalies Surveys in Geophysics, 15, 123 – 157. Citations = 16. IF = 0.98. Brock, A., Brown, C. & Garland, M. (1992). Gravity and magnetic data processing methods - a review with Irish examples In: BOWDEN, A. A., EARLS, G., O' CONNOR, P. G. & PYNE, J. F. (eds) The Irish Minerals Industry 1980 - 1990. Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin, 383 - 394. Ford, M., Brown, C., & Readman, P. (1991). Analysis and tectonic interpretation of gravity data over the Variscides of southwest Ireland Journal of the Geological Society of London 148, 137 – 148, Citations = 20. IF = 2.1. Whelan, J.P., Brown, C., Hutton, V.R.S. & Dawes, G.J.K. (1990). A geoelectric section across Ireland from magnetotelluric soundings Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 60, 138 – 146, Citations = 9. IF = 2.42. Barton, K.J. and Brown, C., (1989) Recent Developments in Microcomputer Applications in Geophysics. in Farrell, L. and Jones, G.LI. (Eds.), Annual Review 1989, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin p39-41 Williams, B.L. & Brown, C. (1986). A model for the genesis of Zn/Pb deposits in Ireland. In: Andrew, C.J., Crowe, R.W.A., Finlay, S., Pennell, W.M. & Pyne, J.F. (Eds.) Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland Irish Association for Economic Geology Dublin, 579 - 590. Brown, C. & Williams, B. (1985). A gravity and magnetic interpretation of the structure of the Irish Midlands and its relation to ore genesis Journal of the Geological Society of London 142, 1059 – 1075, Citations="14." IF = 2.1. Brown, C. and Brock, A. (1983) A computer based study of the regional gravity and magnetic fields in Ireland and their relationship to areas of possible geothermal interest. AGR 83/4, Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin Brown, C. & Girdler, R.W. (1982). Structure of the Red Sea at 20 degrees N from gravity data and its implication for continental margins Nature, 298, 51 - 53. Citations = 9. IF = 29.27. Brown, C., Girdler, R.W. & Renner, R.G.B. (1980). A gravity traverse across Northern Africa Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, 6436-6442, Citations = 10. IF = 2.78. Brown, C. & Girdler, R.W. (1980). Interpretation of African gravity and its implication for the break-up of the continents Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, 6443 – 6445, Citations = 71. IF = 2.78. Girdler, R.W., Brown, C., Noy, D.J.M & Styles, P. (1980). A geophysical survey of the westernmost Gulf of Aden Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 298, 1 – 43. Citations = 38. IF = 2.22.

Popular Science Articles Brown, C. & O’Connell, B. 2006. Diving with neural nets. ES2k: Earth Science 2000, 12, p14-15. Grehan A, Toal D & Brown C. 2006. ROV Investigations of Cold Water Coral Habitats in the Porcupine/Rockall off the west coast of Ireland. The Irish Scientist, 2006 Yearbook, 14, (November), p96. Daly, E., Brown, C. & Maguire P. 2005. New Horizons. News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics, 46, p6.34.
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