Dr. Cathy Delaney

Profile

B.A. (Mod.) in Geography, Trinity College Dublin, 1987

Ph.D., Dept. of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, 1995

Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork, 1991-1996

Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1996 to present

Research Interests

My research focuses mainly on aspects of deglaciation during the late Devensian (20,000-10,000 BP). Specific research projects include:

1. A Varve Chronology for the Irish Midlands

2. Sedimentology of eskers and ice sheet characteristics during deglaciation

Publications

Delaney, C. (in press) Seasonal controls on deposition of Late Devensian glaciolacustrine sediments, Central Ireland: Implications for the construction of a varve chronology for the British-Irish ice sheet. in Hambrey, M., Christoffersen, P., Glasser, N., Janssen, P., Hubbard, B. and Siegert, M. (eds.) Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products. Special Publication, International Association of Sedimentologists, Blackwells, Oxford.

Delaney, C., Jennings, S., Devoy, R.J.N. (submitted) Controls on medium to long term organogenic salt marsh sedimentation under rising relative sea-level along the western European (East Atlantic) margin: evidence from Dingle Bay, western Ireland.

Delaney, C. (2003) The last glacial stage (the Devensian) in Northwest England. Northwest Geography 3(1): 27-37

Delaney, C. (2002) Sedimentology of a Glaciofluvial landsystem, Lough Ree area, Central Ireland: implications for ice marginal characteristics during Devensian deglaciation. Sedimentary Geology 149: 111-126

Delaney, C. (2001) Morphology and sedimentology of the Rooskagh esker, Co. Roscommon. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 19: 5-22

Delaney, C. (2001) Esker formation and the nature of deglaciation: the Ballymahon esker, central Ireland. North West Geography, 1(2): 23-33

Delaney, C. & Sinnott, A. (1999) Appendix 1.2: An investigation into the sea-level and shoreline position during the period of occupation at Ferriter’s Cove. In, Woodman, P.C., Anderson, E., Finlay, N., Excavations at Ferriter’s Cove, 1983-1995: last foragers, first farmers in the Dingle Peninsula. Wordwell Ltd., Bray: 167-170.

Mitchell, F. & Delaney, C. (1997) The Quaternary of the Irish Midlands. Field Guide No. 21, Irish Association of Quaternary Studies, Dublin.

Delaney, C. & Devoy, R.J.N. (1996) Evidence of short term sea-level and coastal control changes upon Atlantic European coasts and the significance of these for coastal management issues. Proceedings of the 4th European Union of Coastal Conservation Congress, Marathon, 1993. E.U.C.C., Leiden.

Delaney, C. & Coxon, P. (1996) Central Kerry. Field Guide No. 20, Irish Association of Quaternary Studies, Dublin.

Devoy, R.J.N., Delaney, C., Carter, R.W.G. & Jennings, S.C. (1996) Coastal stratigraphies as indicators of environmental changes upon European Atlantic coasts in the late Holocene. J. Coastal Research, 12: 564-588

Regnauld, H., Jennings, S., Delaney, C. & Lemasson, L. (1996) Holocene sea-level variations and geomorphological response: an example from northern Brittany (France). Quaternary Science Reviews, 15: 781-787

Delaney, C. & Devoy, R.J.N. (1995) Evidence from sites in Western Ireland of late Holocene changes in coastal environments. Marine Geology, 124: 273-287

Links

Quaternary Research Association Homepage

Irish Quaternary Association Homepage

Manchester Geographical Society (including the journal North West Geography)

Ongoing Projects

Contact Details

Dept. of Environmental and Geographical Sciences

Manchester Metropolitan University

John Dalton Extension

Chester St.

Manchester

M1 5GD

Telephone: (44) 161 2471567

Fax: (44) 161 2476318

Email: c.delaney@mmu.ac.uk