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Dr MiKe Simms - Geologist and Lichenologist
Area of Expertise:-
Geology, particularly the Mesozoic of Ireland and the UK; fossils; caves and karst; meteorites; lichens.
Biography
Mike Simms has worked in a diverse range of fields across geology and natural history, and has particular interests in Mesozoic geology, landscape evolution, meteorites and lichens.
He has been involved in major projects on fossil crinoids, on early Jurassic rocks in Britain and Northern Ireland, on caves and karst of Britain and Ireland, and on landscape interpretation. He has been consulted widely by archaeologists, developers and various organisations requesting advice on geology, geomorphology or lichens.
Publications
Selected books
Simms, M.J. 2006. Exploring the limestone landscapes of the Burren and the Gort lowlands.
2nd Revised Edition. Published by the author, 64 pp.
Simms, M.J., Chidlaw, N., Morton, N. and Page, K.N. 2004. British Lower Jurassic Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series, No 30, 458 pp.
Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. and Simms, M.J. 1999. Fossil Crinoids.
Cambridge University Press, 275 pp.
Waltham, A.C., Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R. and Goldie, H. 1997. The Karst and Caves of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series, 358 pp.
Selected articles and book chapters
Simms, M.J. 2009. The Permian and Mesozoic. Pp. 311-332 in C.H.Holland and I.S.Sanders (eds), The Geology of Ireland, 2nd Edition. Dunedin Academic Press, 568 pp.
Simms, M.J. 2008. Licheneering around Ireland. Biodiversity in Ireland, 2, 8.
Simms, M.J. 2007. Uniquely extensive soft-sediment deformation in the Rhaetian of the UK: Evidence for earthquake or impact? Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, 244, 407-423.
Simms, M.J. and Jeram, A.J. 2007. Waterloo Bay, Larne, Northern Ireland: a candidate Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Hettangian Stage and Jurassic System. Newsletter of the International Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy, 34(1), 50-68.
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.
Simms, M.J. 2004. Tortoises and Hares: dissolution, erosion and isostasy in landscape evolution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29, 477-494.
Simms, M.J. 2004. Crinoids.
Pp. 342-350 in R.C.Selley, R.Cocks & I.Pilmer (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, 2, Elsevier, Oxford.
Simms, M.J. 2004. Karst and Palaeokarst.
Pp. 678-687 in R.C.Selley, R.Cocks & I.Pilmer (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, 4, Elsevier, Oxford.
Simms, M.J. 2004. Appendix 5: Provenancing the [stone] Chair of Clann Aodha Buidhe.
Pp. 243-248 in Fitzpatrick, E., Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland c.1100-1600: A cultural landscape study. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
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.
Simms, M.J. and Barham, L.S. 2000. Site formation [Twin Rivers, Zambia].
Pp. 169-172 in Barham, L.S., The Middle Stone Age in Zambia, Western Academic Specialist Press, Bristol.
Contact Details
Telephone +44 (0)28 9039 5242
Fax +44 (0)28 9039 5004
e-mail: michael.simms@nmni.com
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