Academic Publications

Peer-reviewed book chapters:

Shields-Zhou, G.A., Hill, A.C. and MacGabhann, B.A. 2012. The Cryogenian Period. In: Gradstein, F.M., Ogg, J.G., Schmitz, M.D. and Ogg, G. (eds.) The Geologic Time Scale 2012, pp. 393-412. Elsevier, Boston. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59425-9.00017-2

Peer-reviewed journal publications:

Murray, J., MacGabhann, B.A., Doyle, E., Mángano, M.G., Tyrrell, S., Harper, D.A.T. 2023. ‘An enigmatic large discoidal fossil from the Pennsylvanian of County Clare, Ireland’, Palaeoworld 33, 105-118. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.01.008

MacGabhann, B.A., Schiffbauer, J., Van Roy, P., Lynch, E., Hagadorn, J.W., Morrison, L., and Murray, J. 2019. Resolution of the earliest metazoan record: Differential taphonomy of Ediacaran and Paleozoic fossil molds and casts. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 513, 146-165. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.009

Muir, L.A., Botting, J.P., Walker, S.N.A., Schiffbauer, J.D., and MacGabhann, B.A. 2018. Onuphionella corusca sp. nov.: an early Cambrian-type agglutinated tube from Upper Ordovician strata of Morocco. In: Hunter, A.W., Álvaro, J.J., Lefebvre, B., Van Roy, P. & Zamora, S. (eds) The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Insights from the Tafilalt Biota, Morocco. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 485, doi: 10.1144/SP485.7

Lieberman, B.S., Kurkewicz, R., Shinogle, H.E., Kimmig, J., and MacGabhann, B.A. 2017. Disc-shaped fossils resembling porpitids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) or eldonids from the early Cambrian (Series 2: Stage 4) of western U.S.A. PeerJ 5, e3312. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3312

Kirkland, C.L., MacGabhann, B.A., Kirkland, B.L., and Daly, J.S. 2016. Cryptic disc structures resembling Ediacaran discoidal fossils from the Lower Silurian Hellefjord Schist, Arctic Norway. PLoS One 11, e0164071. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164071

MacGabhann, B.A. 2014. There is no such thing as the ‘Ediacara Biota’. Geoscience Frontiers 5, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2013.08.001

MacGabhann, B.A. and Murray, J. 2010. Non-mineralised discoidal fossils from the Ordovician Bardahessiagh Formation, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 28, 1-12. doi: 10.3318/ijes.2010.28.1

Landing, E. and MacGabhann, B.A. 2010. First evidence for Cambrian glaciation provided by sections in Avalonian New Brunswick and Ireland: Additional data for Avalon–Gondwana separation by the earliest Palaeozoic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 285, 174–185. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.009

MacGabhann, B.A. 2007. Discoidal fossils of the Ediacaran biota: a review of current understanding. In: Vickers-Rich, P. and Komarower, P. (eds.) The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota. Geological Society of London, Special Publications 286, 297-313. doi: 10.1144/sp286.21

MacGabhann, B.A., Murray, J. and Nicholas, C. 2007. Ediacaria booleyi – weeded from the Garden of Ediacara? In: Vickers-Rich, P. and Komarower, P. (eds.) The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota. Geological Society of London, Special Publications 286, 277-295. doi: 10.1144/sp286.20

Reports:

MacGabhann, B.A. and Mitchell, E. 2019. Community ecology of Cambrian deep marine scratch-circles. Palaeontology Newsletter 102, 68-72.

Walker, S., Schiffbauer, J., Muir, L., Botting, J. and MacGabhann, B.A. 2018. Taxonomy and taphonomy of ‘sparkly worm tubes’ from the Tafilalt Lagerstätte, Ordovician, Morocco. Palaeontology Newsletter 98, 100-103.

MacGabhann, B.A. 2005. Age Constraints on Precambrian Glaciations and the Subdivision of Neoproterozoic Time. IUGS ICS Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy, Aug. 2005, 13 pp.

Conference oral presentations

MacGabhann, B.A., Dilchert, P., and Connell, K. 2023. Using MovingPandas to analyse public transport services in Limerick, Ireland. GeoPython, Basel, March 2023.

MacGabhann, B.A. 2023. LimerickAir – distributed low-cost air pollution monitoring in Limerick, Ireland. GeoPython, Basel, March 2023.

Murray, J., MacGabhann, B.A., Doyle, E., Mángano, M.G., Tyrrell, S., Harper, D.A.T. 2023. The Liscannor blob: an unusual Carboniferous discoidal fossil from western County Clare. Irish Geological Research Meeting, Belfast, March 2023.

MacGabhann, B.A. 2020. LimerickAir - a distributed network of low cost monitors mapping particulate air pollution. ENVIRON 2020 – Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland Annual Meeting, 20-22 October, DCU Dublin (online).

MacGabhann, B.A. and Murray, J. 2015. The eldonids: cryptic éminences grises of the Palaeozoic oceans. Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, 14-17 December, Cardiff.

MacGabhann, B.A., Schiffbauer, J., Van Roy, P., Hagadorn, J.W., Lynch, E., Morrison, L., and Murray, J. 2015. The taphonomy of unmineralised Palaeozoic fossils preserved as siliciclastic moulds and casts, and their utility in assessing the interaction between environmental change and the fossil record. EGU General Assembly, 12-17 April, Vienna. EGU2015-15384.

MacGabhann, B.A. and Murray, J. 2014. Are flute cast-like structures in the Booley Bay Formation (Cambrian, Ireland) formed by down-slope creep of microbially-bound sediment? British Sedimentological Research Group Annual Meeting, 20-22 December 2015, Nottingham.

MacGabhann, B.A., Schiffbauer, J., Van Roy, P., Hagadorn, J.W., Lynch, E., Morrison, L., and Murray, J. 2014. Solving Darwin’s Dilemma? Differential taphonomy reveals tissue biochemistry dependence of mould/cast exceptional fossil preservation. Palaeontological Association Meeting, 15-18 December, Leeds.

MacGabhann, B.A., Schiffbauer, J., Van Roy, P., Hagadorn, J.W., Lynch, E., Morrison, L., and Murray, J. 2012. Exploring Ediacaran fossil preservation by differential taphonomy: Who left the Ediacaran Taphonomic Window open? Geological Society of London, Fermor Meeting 2012: The Neoproterozoic Era; Evolution, Glaciation and Oxygenation. 19-21 September 2012, London. Abstract Book, 77-78.

MacGabhann, B.A. and Murray, J. 2010. The Eldonids: Palaeontology’s ‘Rosetta Stone’. 53rd Irish Geological Research Meeting, 19-21 February 2010, Belfast. Programme and Abstracts, 24-25.

MacGabhann, B.A. and Murray, J. 2009. They’re not what you think: Discophyllum, Paropsonema and two new species: Eldonia’s misunderstood cousins. N. American Paleontological Convention, 21-26 June 2009, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contributions 3, 440-441.

MacGabhann, B.A. and Murray, J. 2009. New Paropsonemid Eldonids from southern Morocco. 52nd Irish Geological Research Meeting, 20-22 February 2009, Dublin.

MacGabhann, B.A., Ryan, P. D., Murray, J. and Nicholas, C. 2007. High-resolution digital image analysis and palaeoecology for dummies. 50th Irish Geological Research Meeting, 23-25 February 2007, Coleraine.

MacGabhann, B.A., Etienne, J., Shields, G. and Halverson, G.P. 2006. Integrated global correlation of the Late Neoproterozoic: Exploring the glacial roots of the Metazoa. Snowball Earth 2006, 16-21 July 2006, Monte Verità, Ticino, Ascona, Switzerland. Programme and Abstracts, 69-71.

MacGabhann, B.A. 2006. The Dalradian Supergroup and the late Precambrian glaciations. Tectonic Studies Group Highlands Workshop, 12-15 May 2006, Achill, Ireland. Programme and Abstracts, 15-16.

MacGabhann, B.A., Murray, J. and Nicholas, C. 2006. A Terminal Precambrian Mass Extinction? 49th Irish Geological Research Meeting, 24-26 February 2006, Cork, Ireland. Programme and Abstracts, 46.

MacGabhann, B.A., Murray, J., Nicholas, C., & Van Roy, P. 2005. Ediacaran-type fossils in the Palaeozoic? Evidence from Ireland and Morocco. North American Paleontological Convention, 19-25 June 2005, Halifax, Canada. PaleoBios 25 (Supplement to no. 2), 77-78.

MacGabhann, B.A., Murray, J., Nicholas, C., & Van Roy, P. 2005. Deconstructing Ediacaria booleyi. 48th Irish Geological Research Meeting, 25-27 February 2005, Dublin, Ireland.

MacGabhann, B.A. 2004. Ediacaria booleyi – weeded from the Garden of Ediacara. IGCP 493 Workshop—The Rise and Fall of the Vendian Biota, 30-31 August 2004, Prato, Italy. Abstract volume, 112-116.

Murray, J., MacGabhann, B.A. and Nicholas, C. 2004. Ediacaria booleyi - weeded from the Garden? 47th Irish Geological Research Meeting, 20-22 February 2004, Galway, Ireland. Programme and Abstracts, 10.

Conference Poster Presentations

Calix, N., Cole, R. Geaney, H., MacGabhann, B.A., and Fitzpatrick, C. 2025. Novel circular economy approach to the recovery of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) from photovoltaic (PV) solar panel and Fibre Optic Cable (FOC) waste. International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 16-18 June 2025, Minneapolis.

Calix, N., Cole, R. Geaney, H., MacGabhann, B.A., and Fitzpatrick, C. 2024. Novel circular economy approach to the recovery of critical raw materials from photovoltaic (PV) solar panel waste. Electronics Goes Green 2024+, 18-20 June 2024, Berlin.

Calix, N., Cole, R. Geaney, H., MacGabhann, B.A., and Fitzpatrick, C. 2024. Novel circular economy approach to the recovery of critical raw materials from photovoltaic (PV) solar panel waste. Irish Geological Research Meeting, 1-3 March 2024, Galway. Programme and Abstracts, 62.

Calix, N., Cole, R. Geaney, H., MacGabhann, B.A., and Fitzpatrick, C. 2024. Novel circular economy approach to the recovery of critical raw materials from photovoltaic (PV) solar panel waste. Sustainable metals: science and systems, 05-06 February 2024, The Royal Society, London.

Yasir, Q.M., Aplin, P.A., MacGabhann, B.A., and Rahman, A. 2023. Spatiotemporal Change Analysis of Snow Cover in Response to Land Surface Temperature Using Landsat and in-situ data: A Study of Gilgit Baltistan, North Pakistan. Irish Earth Observation Symposium, 30 November – 01 December 2023, Limerick.

MacGabhann, B.A., Schiffbauer, J., Van Roy, P., Lynch, E., Hagadorn, J.W., Morrison, L., and Murray, J. 2017. Deciphering Darwin’s Dilemma? Insights from differential taphonomy of Ediacaran and Paleozoic fossil molds and casts. ISECT, 20-22 June, St. John’s, Newfoundland.

MacGabhann, B.A., Mitchell, E.G., and Murray, J. 2015. Community ecology of Cambrian deep-marine scratch circles. Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, 14-17 December, Cardiff. Murray, J., MacGabhann, B.A., Doyle, E., and Harper, D.A.T. 2015. An enigmatic large discoidal fossil from the Pennsylvanian of County Clare. Irish Geological Research Meeting, 20-22 February, Belfast. Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, 14-17 December, Cardiff.

MacGabhann, B.A., Ryan, P.D., and Murray, J. 2015. Flexure of microbial mats around holdfasts of epibenthic fronds: Ediacaran ecology in the Cambrian of Avalonia (Ireland). Irish Geological Research Meeting, 20-22 February 2015, Belfast.

MacGabhann, B.A., Ryan, P.D., and Murray, J. 2015. Flexure of microbial mats around holdfasts of epibenthic fronds: Ediacaran ecology in the Cambrian of Avalonia (Ireland). Palaeontological Association Meeting, December 2014. British Sedimentological Research Group, 20-22 December 2014, Nottingham.

MacGabhann, B.A., Schiffbauer, J., Van Roy, P., Hagadorn, J.W., Lynch, E., Morrison, L., and Murray, J. 2012. Exploring Ediacaran fossil preservation by differential taphonomy: who left the Ediacaran Taphonomic Window open? GSA, Charlotte NC, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 44 (7), 441.

MacGabhann, B.A., Murray, J. and Nicholas, C. 2005. Ediacaria booleyi - A Phanerozoic ‘wolf’ in Ediacaran clothing… Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, 18-21 December, Oxford, England. Palaeontology Newsletter 60, 49.

MacGabhann, B.A. 2005. Snowball Earth, the Dalradian Supergroup, and the Cryogenian-Ediacaran Boundary. 48th Irish Geological Research Meeting, 25-27 February, Dublin, Ireland.

MacGabhann, B.A., Murray, J. and Nicholas, C. 2004. A New Tool For the Gardener of Ediacara. Palaeontological Association Meeting, 17-20 December, Lille, France. Palaeontology Newsletter 57, 164.