News 2016
Young Author of the Year
A BEES graduate is named Young Author of the Year by the Journal of the Geological Society.
Dr William McCarthy (BSc 2008, PhD 2013), former BEES PhD student supervised by Dr John Reavy, has been voted “Young Author of the Year” by the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Geological Society for his groundbreaking paper proposing new insights in granitic magma emplacement in the upper crust.
McCarthy, W., Petronis, M.S., Reavy, R.J., Stevenson, C.T. 2015. Distinguishing diapirs from inflated plutons: an integrated rock magnetic fabric and structural study on the Roundstone Pluton, western Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society, 172, 550-565.
This publication is one of several resulting from William’s IRCSET funded PhD thesis supervised by Dr John Reavy. This paper represents a major contribution to science and will be highly cited as such in the future. The mechanism of granite emplacement is, despite decades of research, still controversial, mainly because the field data for distinguishing between diapirs and inflated plutons is often equivocal, this paper provides a technique which can for the first time, unequivocally resolve the controversy.
The Geological Society (founded 1807) is the oldest and most prestigious Learned Society in the world for academic and professional Geology. The Journal of the Geological Society is its flagship journal, publishing only the most topical and highest quality articles covering the full range of the Earth Sciences.
Such an award is an outstanding achievement for William at this stage in his career. He is currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of St Andrews.