Aircraft will survey eastern Waterford, parts of southern Tipperary and Kilkenny, and western Wexford Horse and livestock owners alerted to low-flying aircraft The next phase of Tellus – a geological mapping project which collects and analyses geochemical and geophysical data on rocks, soil and water across Ireland – is ready for take-off over South East […]
Precious metal platinum identified in numerous stream sediments for the first time in Leinster More gold in Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford than previously known Applying modern testing methods to stream samples collected in the 1980s, the Geological Survey of Ireland’s Tellus Programme has discovered there is more platinum, gold and precious metals in the streams […]
Findings unearth ‘building blocks’ of Ireland Results set to assist mineral exploration industry The long buried geological history of the Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, Offaly and Laois region has been revealed in new detail as the results of the most recent phase of the Geological Survey of Ireland’s Tellus Programme are published. Taking almost 30 […]
An atlas of the topsoil geochemistry of the Northern Counties of Ireland is now available. The eBook studies the topsoil data collected during the Tellus Project in Northern Ireland and the Tellus Border Project in the Republic of Irleand. The data has been merged to cover all 12 northern counties of the island of Ireland. […]
The Geological Survey of Ireland is pleased to announce that merged airborne electromagnetic data for the border and midlands region of Ireland, are now available to view and download free of charge. The merged time and frequency domain electromagnetic data is derived at 5m depth intervals. This includes data from the Tellus North Midlands and the […]
Tellus has won an award for Insight and Analysis at the inaugural Civil Service Excellence and Innovation awards, held at Dublin Castle on 3rd December 2015. Tellus was nominated by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in partnership with the Geological Survey of Ireland. The data collected by Tellus has had direct relevance […]
Fine autumn weather ensures on-schedule completion for fourth phase of airborne surveying Tellus team extends thanks to all for support and co-operation Minister McHugh welcomes conclusion of successful campaign A major airborne geophysics survey over Counties Meath, Kildare, Offaly, rural Dublin, and northern parts of Laois and Wicklow has touched down for the final time […]
The annual seminar of the Geological Survey of Ireland will be held on 4th November 2015 at the Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge. The event will feature a session on Tellus, which will give updates on surveying progress this year, plans for 2016-2017 and latest news of data releases. Updates on GSI Programmes: TELLUS, INFOMAR, Groundwater 3D, Minerals, […]
The Geological Survey of Ireland has published a new call for short research projects across all areas of activities including Tellus. It is open to both industry and researchers, with a lead partner on the island of Ireland. Proposals are invited for projects less than one year duration, to a maximum value of €25,000. Application […]
