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Prof Martin Feely, PhD

Head of Earth & Ocean Sciences

Expertise: Mineralogy & Petrology,
Fluid Inclusions, Gemmology and Geology of Connemara

Phone: +353 (0)91 492 129
Email: martin.feelynuigalway.ie

Peer-reviewed papers

Baron, M., Parnell, J., Mark, D., Carr, A., Przyjalgowski, M. and Feely, M. (2008). Evolution of hydrocarbon migration style in a fractured reservoir deduced from fluid inclusion data, Clair field, west of Shetland, U.K., J. Marine and Petroleum Geology, V 25, Issue 2, 153-172.

Baxter, S. & Feely, M. (2002). Magma mixing and mingling textures in granitoids: examples from the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Mineralogy and Petrology, 76: 63-74.

Baxter, S., Graham, N. T., Feely, M., Reavy, R. J. & Dewey, J. F. (2005). A microstructural and fabric study of the Galway Granite, Connemara, Western Ireland. Geological Magazine. 142 (1), pp. 1-15.

Blamey, N.J.F., Conliffe, J.F., Parnell, J., Ryder, A.G. & Feely, M. (2009). Application of fluorescence lifetime measurements on single hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions (HCFI) to demonstrate multi-charge history in petroleum reservoirs. Geofluids, (in press).

Blamey, N.J.F., Ryder, A.G., Feely, M., Dockery, P. and Owens, P. (2008). The application of structured-light illumination microscopy to hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions. Geofluids, V. 8, No. 2, 102-112.

Bruck, P., Colthurst, J.R.J., Feely, M. Gardiner, P.R.R., Penny, S.R., Reeves, T.J., Shannon, P., Smith, D.G. & Vanguestaine, M. (1979). South-east Ireland: Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy and depositional history. In: The Caledonides of the British Isles reviewed. Geological Soc. London, Special Publication. 533-544.

Costanzo, A., Moore, K., Wall, F. & Feely, M. (2006). Fluid inclusions in apatite from Jacupiranga carbonatites: evidence for fluid exsolution in a carbonatite magma chamber. Lithos, 91, 208-228.

Crowley, Q. & Feely, M. (1997). New perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland. Geol. Mag., 134 (4), 539-548.

Derham, J.M. & Feely, M. (1988). A K-feldspar breccia from the Mo-Cu stockwork deposit in the Galway Granite, west of Ireland . J. Geol. Soc. London, 145, 661-668.

El Desouky, M , Feely, M. & Mohr, P. (1996). Diorite-granite magma mingling and mixing along the axis of the Galway Granite batholith, Ireland. J. Geol. Soc., London, Vol. 153, 361-374.

Feely, M., Blackwell, E. & Feehan, J. ( 2009). Silica and fluorite in the Burren Limestone near Mullagh More, Co. Clare. Earth Science Ireland. Issue 5. 17-19.

Feely,M., Coleman, D., Baxter,S .& Miller, B. (2003). U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland: implications for the timing of late Caledonian tectonic and magmatic events and for correlations with Acadian plutonism in New England. Atlantic Geology, 39, 175-184.

Feely, M., Conliffe, J., Faure, K. & Power, S. (2006). Fluid inclusion trails in granite quartz: evidence for low salinity aqueous fluid infiltration in the Oughterard granite, eastern Connemara. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences.24, 1-11.

Feely, M & Hoegelsberger, H. (1991). Preliminary fluid inclusion studies of the Mace Head Mo-Cu deposit in the Galway Granite. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences,11,1-10.

Feely, M., Lidwill, J. & Monaghan, D. (1996). Mrs Coade's stone- a late 18th century addition to Co. Galway's architectural heritage. J. Galway Archae. & Hist. Soc., 92-97.

Feely, M. & Madden, J.S. (1987). The spatial distribution of K, U, Th and surface heat production in the Galway Granite, Connemara, western Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 8, 155-164.

Feely, M. & Madden, J.S. (1988). Trace element variation in the leucogranites within the main Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 139-146.

Feely, M., McCabe, E. & Kunzendorf, H. (1991). The evolution of REE profiles in the Galway Granite western Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 11, 71-89.

Feely, M., McCabe, E. & Williams, C.T. (1989). U, Th and REE bearing accessory minerals in a high heat production (HHP) leucogranite within the Galway Granite, western Ireland. Trans. Inst. Min. Met. 98, B27-B32.

Feely, M., Selby, D., Conliffe, J. & Judge, M. (2007). Re-Os geochronology and fluid inclusion microthermometry of molybdenite mineralisation in the late-Caledonian Omey Granite, western Ireland. Applied Earth Science, (Trans. IMM. B) V 116, No3 143-149.

Fitzgerald, E., Feely, M., Johnston, J.D., Clayton, G., Fitzgerald, L.J. & Sevastopulo, G.D. (1994). The Variscan thermal history of west Clare, Ireland. Geol. Magazine.131(4), pp.545-558.

Gallagher,V., Feely, M., Hoegelsberger, H., Jenkin, G.R.T. & Fallick, A.E.(1992). Geological, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies of Mo mineralization, Galway Granite, Ireland. Mineralium Deposita 27, 314-325.

Graham, P., Feely,M. & Callaghan,B. (2000). Plagioclase-rich microgranular inclusions from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, V.64 (1), pp. 113-120.

Hennessy, R. & Feely, M. (2007). Galway’s mining heritage: interactive maps on the web. Jour. Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, 7, 23-26.

Hennessy, R. and Feely, M. (2008). Visualization of Magmatic Emplacement Sequences and Radioelement Distribution Patterns in a Granite Batholith: An Innovative approach using Google Earth. In: (ed.) De Paor, D., Google Earth Science, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, Volume 30, in press.

Kennan, P.S., Feely, M. & Mohr, P.M. (1987). The age of the Oughterard Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Geol. Jour. 22, 273-280.

Kennan, P.S., Feely, M. & Mohr, P.M. (1989). Reply on the age of the Oughterard Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Geol. Jour., 24, 223-225.

Lynch, E.P., Selby, D., Feely, M. & Wilton, D.H.C. (2009). New constraints on the timing of Molbdenite mineralization in the Devonian Ackley Granite Suite, southeastern Newfoundland: preliminary results of Re-Os geochronology. In: Current Research, Newfoundland and Labrador Dept. of Natural Resources Geol. Surv. Report 09-1, 1-10.

McArdle, P., Gardiner, P.P.R., Feely, M. & Colthurst, J.R.J. (1987). A possible western extentsion of the east Carlow deformation zone: A preliminary note. Geol. Surv. Ireland. Bull., 4, 63-66.

Mc Caffrey, K.J.W., Feely, M., Hennessy, R. and Thompson, J. (2008). Visualisation of folding in marble outcrops, Connemara, western Ireland: an application of virtual outcrop technology. Geosphere, V4, no. 3; 588-599.

McCaffrey, K., Johnston, J.D. & Feely, M. (1993). Use of fractal statistics in the analysis of Mo-Cu veins at Mace Head, Co. Galway. Irish Jour. Earth Sciences, 12, 139-148.

Menuge, J.F., Feely, M. & O'Reilly, C. (1997). Origin and granite alteration effects of hydrothermal fluid: isotopic evidence from fluorite veins, Co.Galway, Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, V. 32, 34-43.

Morrison, L., Feely, M., Stengel, D.B., Blamey, N., Dockery, P., Sherlock, A. & Timmins, E. (2009). Seaweed attachment to bedrock: biophysical evidence for a new geophycology paradigm. Geobiology, 7, 1-11.

O’Connor, P.J., Hoegelsberger, H., Feely, M. & Rex,D,C. (1993). Fluid inclusion studies, REE chemistry and age of hydrothermal fluorite mineralization from western Ireland: a link with continental rifting. Trans. Inst. for Mining and Metallurgy. V. 102, Sec. B. 141-148.

O'Reilly, C., Feely, M., Holdstock, M..P.& O'Keefe, W.G. (1997). Fluid inclusion study of the unexposed Kentstown Granite, Co. Meath, Ireland. Trans. Inst. Min. Met. Sec B, V.106, 31-37.

O'Reilly, C., Gallagher, V. & Feely, M. (1997). Fluid inclusion study of the Ballinglen W-Sn-sulphide mineralization, SE Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, 32, 569-580.

O'Reilly, C., Jenkin, G.R.T., Feely, M., Alderton, D.H.M. & Fallick, A.E. (1997). A fluid inclusion and stable isotope study of 200Ma of fluid evolution in the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 129, 120-142.

O'Reilly, C., Shannon, P. & Feely, M. (1998) . A fluid inclusion study of cement and vein minerals from the Celtic Sea Basins, offshore Ireland. J. Marine & Petroleum Geology. 15, 519-533.

Ryder, A.G., Glynn, T.J., Feely, M. & Barwise. A.J.G. (2002). Characterization of crude oils using fluorescence lifetime data, Spectrochimica Acta (A), 58, 1025-1038.

Ryder, A.G., Przyjalgowski,M., Feely.M., Szczupak,B. & Glynn, T.J. (2004). Time–resolved fluorescence microspectroscopy for characterizing crude oils in bulk and hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions. Applied Spectroscopy, V 58, No.9, 1106-1116.

Selby, D., Conliffe, J., Crowley, Q. and Feely, M. (2008). Geochronology (Re-Os, U-Pb) & fluid inclusion studies of molybdenite minerlisation associated with the Shap, Skiddaw & Weardale Granites, UK. Applied Earth Science, (Trans. IMM. B) in press.

Selby, D., Creaser, R. A. & Feely,M. (2004). Accurate Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Galway Granite, Ireland. A critical comment to : Disturbance of the Re-Os chronometer of molybdenites from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Ireland, by hydrothermal fluid circulation. Geochemical Journal, v. 35, p. 29-35.

Shryane, T. & Feely, M. (2007). Data Report: Fluid inclusion studies of detrital quartz from the Newfoundland Basin, ODP Leg 210, Site 1276. In: Tucholke, B.E., Sibuet, J.-C. & Klaus, A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume 210, 1-21.

Suzuki, K., Feely, M. & O’Reilly, C. (2001). Disturbance of the Re-Os chronometer of molybdenites from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Ireland, by hydrothermal fluid circulation. Geochemical J., V.35, p29-35.

Whitmeyer, S. J., Feely, M., Hennessey, R., Whitmeyer, Shelley J., Kelly, S. (2009). Visualization techniques in Field Geology Education: Modern Pedagogy and Original Research in Western Ireland. In (S.J. Whitmeyer & D. Mogk, eds) GSA Special Paper: Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches. In press

Whitworth, M.P. & Feely, M. (1989). The geochemistry of selected pegmatites and their host granites from the Galway Granite, western Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 10, 89-97.

Whitworth, M.P. & Feely, M. (1994). The compositional range of magmatic Mn-garnets from the Galway Granite, western Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, V. 58, 163-168

Peer-reviewed conference papers

Bruck, P., Colthurst, J.R.J., Feely, M. Gardiner, P.R.R., Penny, S.R., Reeves, T.J., Shannon, P., Smith, D.G. & Vanguestaine, M. (1979). South-east Ireland: Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy and depositional history. In: The Caledonides of the British Isles reviewed. Geological Soc. London, Special Publication. 533-544.

Conliffe, J. & Feely, M. (2006). Microthermometric characteristics of fluids associated with granite and greisen quartz and vein quartz and beryl from the Rosses Granite Complex, Donegal, NW Ireland. J. Geochemical Exploration, 89, 73-77.

Feely, M. (2006). Galway rocks: an introduction to the geology of County Galway. In: Galway’s Mining Heritage: extracting Galway. Conference Proceedings of the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, 25-28. ISBN 0-9534538-2-0.

Feely,M., Hunt, J. & O’Connor, P. (2004). Urban Geology and Earth Science Education: facets of the natural building stone elements in Galway City. In: Parkes, M.K. (ed.) Natural and Cultural Landscapes-the geological foundation. Proceedings of a Conference 9 to 11 September 2002, Dublin Castle, Ireland, Royal Irish Academy Dublin, p 265-266.

Feely, M. & Madden, J.S. (1986). A quantitative regional gamma-ray survey on the main

Galway Granite, west of 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 Assoc. Econ. Geol. 195-200.

Feely, M. & Parnell, J. (2003). Fluid inclusion studies of well samples from the hydrocarbon prospective Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. J.Geochemical Exploration, 78-79, p 55-59.

Hoegelsberger, H & Feely, M.(1991). Fluid inclusion studies on Mo-Cu mineralizations in the Galway Granite (Ireland). in: Source,Transport and Deposition of Metals, Pagel & Leroy (eds). Balkema, Rotterdam.181-184.

8. Jenkin, G.R.T., O'Reilly, C., Feely, M. & Fallick, A.E. (1997). The geometry of mixing of surface and basinal fluids in the Galway Granite, Connemara, Western Ireland. In: Hendry, J., Carey, P., Parnell, P., Ruffell, A. & Worden, R. (eds), Proceedings of Geofluids II '97,(Queens University Belfast) Conference Volume ISBN 1-897799-83-7. 374-377.

Naranjo, J., Feely, M. and Mesa, A. (2007). A study of oil charge history in the Llanos Foothills Basin, Colombia, using fluid inclusions. Proceedings of the XII Congresso Colombiano de Petroleo y Gas. Bogota, Colombia, ISBN 978-958-44-2132-6, 7pp.

O'Reilly, C., Feely, M. & Shannon, P. (1997). A fluid inclusion study of the conditions of diagenesis of Jurassic sandstones, and of late sulphide mineralization in the North Celtic Sea and Fastnet Basins. in: Hendry, J., Carey, P., Parnell, P., Ruffell, A. & Worden, R. (eds), Proceedings of Geofluids II '97 (Queens University Belfast) Conference Volume. ISBN 1-897799-83-7. 295-298.

Parnell, J., Osinski, G.R.,Lee, P., Baron,M., Pearson, M.J. & Feely, M. (2003). Hydrocarbons in the Houghton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Nunavut,Canada. Lunar and Planetary Sciences XXXIV http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1118.pdf.

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National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
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		Prof Martin Feely, PhD Head of Earth & Ocean Sciences Expertise: Mineralogy & Petrology, Fluid Inclusions, Gemmology and Geology of Connemara Phone: +353 (0)91 492 129 Email: martin.feelynuigalway.ie

	Peer-reviewed papers Baron, M., Parnell, J., Mark, D., Carr, A., Przyjalgowski, M. and Feely, M. (2008). Evolution of hydrocarbon migration style in a fractured reservoir deduced from fluid inclusion data, Clair field, west of Shetland, U.K., J. Marine and Petroleum Geology, V 25, Issue 2, 153-172. Baxter, S. & Feely, M. (2002). Magma mixing and mingling textures in granitoids: examples from the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Mineralogy and Petrology, 76: 63-74. Baxter, S., Graham, N. T., Feely, M., Reavy, R. J. & Dewey, J. F. (2005). A microstructural and fabric study of the Galway Granite, Connemara, Western Ireland. Geological Magazine. 142 (1), pp. 1-15. Blamey, N.J.F., Conliffe, J.F., Parnell, J., Ryder, A.G. & Feely, M. (2009). Application of fluorescence lifetime measurements on single hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions (HCFI) to demonstrate multi-charge history in petroleum reservoirs. Geofluids, (in press). Blamey, N.J.F., Ryder, A.G., Feely, M., Dockery, P. and Owens, P. (2008). The application of structured-light illumination microscopy to hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions. Geofluids, V. 8, No. 2, 102-112. Bruck, P., Colthurst, J.R.J., Feely, M. Gardiner, P.R.R., Penny, S.R., Reeves, T.J., Shannon, P., Smith, D.G. & Vanguestaine, M. (1979). South-east Ireland: Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy and depositional history. In: The Caledonides of the British Isles reviewed. Geological Soc. London, Special Publication. 533-544. Costanzo, A., Moore, K., Wall, F. & Feely, M. (2006). Fluid inclusions in apatite from Jacupiranga carbonatites: evidence for fluid exsolution in a carbonatite magma chamber. Lithos, 91, 208-228. Crowley, Q. & Feely, M. (1997). New perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland. Geol. Mag., 134 (4), 539-548. Derham, J.M. & Feely, M. (1988). A K-feldspar breccia from the Mo-Cu stockwork deposit in the Galway Granite, west of Ireland . J. Geol. Soc. London, 145, 661-668. El Desouky, M , Feely, M. & Mohr, P. (1996). Diorite-granite magma mingling and mixing along the axis of the Galway Granite batholith, Ireland. J. Geol. Soc., London, Vol. 153, 361-374. Feely, M., Blackwell, E. & Feehan, J. ( 2009). Silica and fluorite in the Burren Limestone near Mullagh More, Co. Clare. Earth Science Ireland. Issue 5. 17-19. Feely,M., Coleman, D., Baxter,S .& Miller, B. (2003). U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland: implications for the timing of late Caledonian tectonic and magmatic events and for correlations with Acadian plutonism in New England. Atlantic Geology, 39, 175-184. Feely, M., Conliffe, J., Faure, K. & Power, S. (2006). Fluid inclusion trails in granite quartz: evidence for low salinity aqueous fluid infiltration in the Oughterard granite, eastern Connemara. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences.24, 1-11. Feely, M & Hoegelsberger, H. (1991). Preliminary fluid inclusion studies of the Mace Head Mo-Cu deposit in the Galway Granite. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences,11,1-10. Feely, M., Lidwill, J. & Monaghan, D. (1996). Mrs Coade's stone- a late 18th century addition to Co. Galway's architectural heritage. J. Galway Archae. & Hist. Soc., 92-97. Feely, M. & Madden, J.S. (1987). The spatial distribution of K, U, Th and surface heat production in the Galway Granite, Connemara, western Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 8, 155-164. Feely, M. & Madden, J.S. (1988). Trace element variation in the leucogranites within the main Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 139-146. Feely, M., McCabe, E. & Kunzendorf, H. (1991). The evolution of REE profiles in the Galway Granite western Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 11, 71-89. Feely, M., McCabe, E. & Williams, C.T. (1989). U, Th and REE bearing accessory minerals in a high heat production (HHP) leucogranite within the Galway Granite, western Ireland. Trans. Inst. Min. Met. 98, B27-B32. Feely, M., Selby, D., Conliffe, J. & Judge, M. (2007). Re-Os geochronology and fluid inclusion microthermometry of molybdenite mineralisation in the late-Caledonian Omey Granite, western Ireland. Applied Earth Science, (Trans. IMM. B) V 116, No3 143-149. Fitzgerald, E., Feely, M., Johnston, J.D., Clayton, G., Fitzgerald, L.J. & Sevastopulo, G.D. (1994). The Variscan thermal history of west Clare, Ireland. Geol. Magazine.131(4), pp.545-558. Gallagher,V., Feely, M., Hoegelsberger, H., Jenkin, G.R.T. & Fallick, A.E.(1992). Geological, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies of Mo mineralization, Galway Granite, Ireland. Mineralium Deposita 27, 314-325. Graham, P., Feely,M. & Callaghan,B. (2000). Plagioclase-rich microgranular inclusions from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, V.64 (1), pp. 113-120. Hennessy, R. & Feely, M. (2007). Galway’s mining heritage: interactive maps on the web. Jour. Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, 7, 23-26. Hennessy, R. and Feely, M. (2008). Visualization of Magmatic Emplacement Sequences and Radioelement Distribution Patterns in a Granite Batholith: An Innovative approach using Google Earth. In: (ed.) De Paor, D., Google Earth Science, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, Volume 30, in press. Kennan, P.S., Feely, M. & Mohr, P.M. (1987). The age of the Oughterard Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Geol. Jour. 22, 273-280. Kennan, P.S., Feely, M. & Mohr, P.M. (1989). Reply on the age of the Oughterard Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Geol. Jour., 24, 223-225. Lynch, E.P., Selby, D., Feely, M. & Wilton, D.H.C. (2009). New constraints on the timing of Molbdenite mineralization in the Devonian Ackley Granite Suite, southeastern Newfoundland: preliminary results of Re-Os geochronology. In: Current Research, Newfoundland and Labrador Dept. of Natural Resources Geol. Surv. Report 09-1, 1-10. McArdle, P., Gardiner, P.P.R., Feely, M. & Colthurst, J.R.J. (1987). A possible western extentsion of the east Carlow deformation zone: A preliminary note. Geol. Surv. Ireland. Bull., 4, 63-66. Mc Caffrey, K.J.W., Feely, M., Hennessy, R. and Thompson, J. (2008). Visualisation of folding in marble outcrops, Connemara, western Ireland: an application of virtual outcrop technology. Geosphere, V4, no. 3; 588-599. McCaffrey, K., Johnston, J.D. & Feely, M. (1993). Use of fractal statistics in the analysis of Mo-Cu veins at Mace Head, Co. Galway. Irish Jour. Earth Sciences, 12, 139-148. Menuge, J.F., Feely, M. & O'Reilly, C. (1997). Origin and granite alteration effects of hydrothermal fluid: isotopic evidence from fluorite veins, Co.Galway, Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, V. 32, 34-43. Morrison, L., Feely, M., Stengel, D.B., Blamey, N., Dockery, P., Sherlock, A. & Timmins, E. (2009). Seaweed attachment to bedrock: biophysical evidence for a new geophycology paradigm. Geobiology, 7, 1-11. O’Connor, P.J., Hoegelsberger, H., Feely, M. & Rex,D,C. (1993). Fluid inclusion studies, REE chemistry and age of hydrothermal fluorite mineralization from western Ireland: a link with continental rifting. Trans. Inst. for Mining and Metallurgy. V. 102, Sec. B. 141-148. O'Reilly, C., Feely, M., Holdstock, M..P.& O'Keefe, W.G. (1997). Fluid inclusion study of the unexposed Kentstown Granite, Co. Meath, Ireland. Trans. Inst. Min. Met. Sec B, V.106, 31-37. O'Reilly, C., Gallagher, V. & Feely, M. (1997). Fluid inclusion study of the Ballinglen W-Sn-sulphide mineralization, SE Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, 32, 569-580. O'Reilly, C., Jenkin, G.R.T., Feely, M., Alderton, D.H.M. & Fallick, A.E. (1997). A fluid inclusion and stable isotope study of 200Ma of fluid evolution in the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 129, 120-142. O'Reilly, C., Shannon, P. & Feely, M. (1998) . A fluid inclusion study of cement and vein minerals from the Celtic Sea Basins, offshore Ireland. J. Marine & Petroleum Geology. 15, 519-533. Ryder, A.G., Glynn, T.J., Feely, M. & Barwise. A.J.G. (2002). Characterization of crude oils using fluorescence lifetime data, Spectrochimica Acta (A), 58, 1025-1038. Ryder, A.G., Przyjalgowski,M., Feely.M., Szczupak,B. & Glynn, T.J. (2004). Time–resolved fluorescence microspectroscopy for characterizing crude oils in bulk and hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions. Applied Spectroscopy, V 58, No.9, 1106-1116. Selby, D., Conliffe, J., Crowley, Q. and Feely, M. (2008). Geochronology (Re-Os, U-Pb) & fluid inclusion studies of molybdenite minerlisation associated with the Shap, Skiddaw & Weardale Granites, UK. Applied Earth Science, (Trans. IMM. B) in press. Selby, D., Creaser, R. A. & Feely,M. (2004). Accurate Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Galway Granite, Ireland. A critical comment to : Disturbance of the Re-Os chronometer of molybdenites from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Ireland, by hydrothermal fluid circulation. Geochemical Journal, v. 35, p. 29-35. Shryane, T. & Feely, M. (2007). Data Report: Fluid inclusion studies of detrital quartz from the Newfoundland Basin, ODP Leg 210, Site 1276. In: Tucholke, B.E., Sibuet, J.-C. & Klaus, A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume 210, 1-21. Suzuki, K., Feely, M. & O’Reilly, C. (2001). Disturbance of the Re-Os chronometer of molybdenites from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Ireland, by hydrothermal fluid circulation. Geochemical J., V.35, p29-35. Whitmeyer, S. J., Feely, M., Hennessey, R., Whitmeyer, Shelley J., Kelly, S. (2009). Visualization techniques in Field Geology Education: Modern Pedagogy and Original Research in Western Ireland. In (S.J. Whitmeyer & D. Mogk, eds) GSA Special Paper: Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches. In press Whitworth, M.P. & Feely, M. (1989). The geochemistry of selected pegmatites and their host granites from the Galway Granite, western Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 10, 89-97. Whitworth, M.P. & Feely, M. (1994). The compositional range of magmatic Mn-garnets from the Galway Granite, western Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, V. 58, 163-168

	Peer-reviewed conference papers Bruck, P., Colthurst, J.R.J., Feely, M. Gardiner, P.R.R., Penny, S.R., Reeves, T.J., Shannon, P., Smith, D.G. & Vanguestaine, M. (1979). South-east Ireland: Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy and depositional history. In: The Caledonides of the British Isles reviewed. Geological Soc. London, Special Publication. 533-544. Conliffe, J. & Feely, M. (2006). Microthermometric characteristics of fluids associated with granite and greisen quartz and vein quartz and beryl from the Rosses Granite Complex, Donegal, NW Ireland. J. Geochemical Exploration, 89, 73-77. Feely, M. (2006). Galway rocks: an introduction to the geology of County Galway. In: Galway’s Mining Heritage: extracting Galway. Conference Proceedings of the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, 25-28. ISBN 0-9534538-2-0. Feely,M., Hunt, J. & O’Connor, P. (2004). Urban Geology and Earth Science Education: facets of the natural building stone elements in Galway City. In: Parkes, M.K. (ed.) Natural and Cultural Landscapes-the geological foundation. Proceedings of a Conference 9 to 11 September 2002, Dublin Castle, Ireland, Royal Irish Academy Dublin, p 265-266. Feely, M. & Madden, J.S. (1986). A quantitative regional gamma-ray survey on the main Galway Granite, west of 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 Assoc. Econ. Geol. 195-200. Feely, M. & Parnell, J. (2003). Fluid inclusion studies of well samples from the hydrocarbon prospective Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. J.Geochemical Exploration, 78-79, p 55-59. Hoegelsberger, H & Feely, M.(1991). Fluid inclusion studies on Mo-Cu mineralizations in the Galway Granite (Ireland). in: Source,Transport and Deposition of Metals, Pagel & Leroy (eds). Balkema, Rotterdam.181-184. 8. Jenkin, G.R.T., O'Reilly, C., Feely, M. & Fallick, A.E. (1997). The geometry of mixing of surface and basinal fluids in the Galway Granite, Connemara, Western Ireland. In: Hendry, J., Carey, P., Parnell, P., Ruffell, A. & Worden, R. (eds), Proceedings of Geofluids II '97,(Queens University Belfast) Conference Volume ISBN 1-897799-83-7. 374-377. Naranjo, J., Feely, M. and Mesa, A. (2007). A study of oil charge history in the Llanos Foothills Basin, Colombia, using fluid inclusions. Proceedings of the XII Congresso Colombiano de Petroleo y Gas. Bogota, Colombia, ISBN 978-958-44-2132-6, 7pp. O'Reilly, C., Feely, M. & Shannon, P. (1997). A fluid inclusion study of the conditions of diagenesis of Jurassic sandstones, and of late sulphide mineralization in the North Celtic Sea and Fastnet Basins. in: Hendry, J., Carey, P., Parnell, P., Ruffell, A. & Worden, R. (eds), Proceedings of Geofluids II '97 (Queens University Belfast) Conference Volume. ISBN 1-897799-83-7. 295-298. Parnell, J., Osinski, G.R.,Lee, P., Baron,M., Pearson, M.J. & Feely, M. (2003). Hydrocarbons in the Houghton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Nunavut,Canada. Lunar and Planetary Sciences XXXIV http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1118.pdf.
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