| Dr Michael Simms |  |
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| Curator of Palaeontology | |||
| Department of Geology | |||
| National Museums Northern Ireland | |||
| 153 Bangor Road | |||
| Cultra | |||
| Holywood | |||
| Co. Down, BT18 0EU | |||
| Telephone: (44)(0)28 9039 5242 | |||
| Email: | |||
| Responsible for: | |||
| Curating and researching the fossil collections. | |||
| Deals with enquiries regarding: | |||
| General geology and fossils. | |||
| Research interests: | |||
| Fossil crinoids; Lower Jurassic stratigraphy; post-Palaeozoic geology in Ireland; karst geomorphology. | |||
| Publications: | |||
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Simms, M.J. 2005. The Great Western Lakes.
Pp. 71-78 in Coxon, P. (ed), The Quaternary of central western Ireland: Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London.
(download PDF of paper -1.6MB) |
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| Simms, M.J. 2005. Glacial and karst landscapes of the Gort lowlands and Burren.
Pp. 39-63 in Coxon, P. (ed), The Quaternary of central western Ireland: Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London
(download PDF of paper -7.2MB) |
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| Simms, M.J., Chidlaw, N., Morton, N. and Page, K.N. 2004. British Lower Jurassic
Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series, No 30, 458 pp. JNCC. Available PDFs: Introduction (222KB) References (515KB) | |||
| Simms, M.J. 2004. Tortoises and Hares: dissolution, erosion and isostasy in landscape evolution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29, 477-494. Paper available as PDF (762KB) | |||
| Simms, M.J. 2003. Uniquely extensive seismite from the latest Triassic of the UK: Evidence for bolide impact? Geology, 31, 557-560. (More detail...) Paper available as PDF (778KB) |
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| Simms, M.J. 2003. The origin of enigmatic, tubular, lake-shore karren: A mechanism for the rapid dissolution of limestone in carbonate-saturated waters. Physical Geography, 23, 1-20. (More detail...) Paper available as PDF (6.63MB) |
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| Simms, M.J. 2001. Exploring the Limestone Landscapes of the Burren and the Gort Lowlands., 64 pp. | |||
| Simms, M.J. and Boulter, M.C. 2000. Oligocene cave sediments in Co. Cork: implications for reconstructing the Tertiary landscape of southwest Ireland. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 111, 363-372. | |||
| Simms, M.J. 2000. The sub-basaltic surface in northeast Ireland and its significance for interpreting the Tertiary history of the region. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 111, 321-336. | |||
| Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. and Simms, M.J. 1999. Fossil Crinoids. Cambridge University Press, 275 pp. | |||
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