{"id":85146,"date":"2022-06-08T15:27:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=person&#038;p=85146"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:15:07","slug":"monaghan-alison","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/monaghan-alison\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Alison Monaghan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-menu\"><li class=\"active\"><h5><a href=\"#tabs-1\">Biography<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-2\">Research<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-3\">Publications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-4\">Skills &amp; qualifications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-5\">Awards &amp; associations<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-1\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Alison Monaghan&#8217;s Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>2023 \u2013 ongoing : Head of Geothermal, British Geological Survey<\/li>\n<li>2016 \u2013 2023: Science Lead, UK Geoenergy Observatory, Glasgow<\/li>\n<li>1997 \u2013 ongoing : Geologist and from 2017 Principal Geologist, British Geological Survey<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01997 : PhD University of Edinburgh<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01994 : MA (Hons) University of Cambridge, Geological Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-2\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>UK geothermal datasets, resources and sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Mine water geothermal energy and underground thermal storage science, regulation, resources, environmental impacts<\/li>\n<li>Basin analysis, 3D geological modelling &amp; uncertainty for geoenergy resources<\/li>\n<li>The crowded subsurface and geoenergy; multiple sources of anthropogenic change, characterisation, monitoring, impact, regulation<\/li>\n<li>Carboniferous geochronology, stratigraphy and tectonics<\/li>\n<li>Urban and coalfield geology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current projects and collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>UK Geoenergy Observatories in Scotland: <a href=\"https:\/\/ukgeos.ac.uk\/glasgow-observatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow<\/a>; Science Lead &#8211; Leading the science delivery of the Glasgow Observatory from inception, programme of environmental baseline monitoring and open data delivery<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating with <a href=\"https:\/\/iea-gia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEA geothermal<\/a>, BEIS and the Coal Authority on the Mine Water Energy Symposium 2022 and IEA mine water energy expert group<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating on the <a href=\"https:\/\/gems.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geothermal Energy from Mines and Solar-Geothermal Heat (GEMS)<\/a> project with Durham University, funded by EPSRC\/NERC Decarbonisation of Heating and Cooling 2 grant<\/li>\n<li>Lead, Carboniferous chapter, new 5<sup>th<\/sup> edition of \u2018The Geology of Scotland\u2019 book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-3\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Monaghan, A;\u00a0Spence, M. 2023\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geoscientist.online\/sections\/features\/decarbonising-heat-via-the-subsurface\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Decarbonising heat via the subsurface<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Geoscientist<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Monaghan, A A, Bateson, L, Boyce, A J, Burnside, N M, Chambers, R, de Rezende, J R, Dunnet, E, Everett, P A, Gilfillan, S M V, Jibrin, M S, Johnson, G, Luckett, R, MacAllister, D J, MacDonald, A M, Moreau, J W, Newsome, L, Novellino, A, Palumbo-Roe, B, Pereira, R, Smith, D, Spence, M J, Starcher, V, Taylor-Curran, H, Vane, C H, Wagner, T and Walls, D B. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.escubed.org\/articles\/10.3389\/esss.2022.10054\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time Zero for Net Zero: A Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Earth Science, Systems and Society<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Monaghan, Alison A, Starcher, V, Barron, H F, Shorter, K, Walker-Verkuil, K, Elsome, J, Kearsey, T, Arkley, S, Hannis, S and Callaghan, E. 2021.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1144\/qjegh2021-033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Drilling into mines for heat: geological synthesis of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow and implications for mine water heat resources<\/a>. <em>Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Monaghan, A A, Underhill, J R, Marshall, J E A and Hewett, A J. 2018.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1144\/SP471.13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paleozoic plays of NW Europe: an introduction<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Geological Society\u00a0<\/em>, London, Special Publications, 471.<\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Monaghan, A A. 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2017.05.125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unconventional energy resources in a crowded subsurface: Reducing uncertainty and developing a separation zone concept for resource estimation and deep 3D subsurface planning using legacy mining data<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, vol 601-602, 45-56.<\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Monaghan, A A, Arsenikos, S, Quinn, M F, Johnson, K R, Vincent, C J, Vane, C H, Kim, A W, Uguna, C N, Hannis, S D, Gent, C M A, Millward, D, Kearsey, T I and Williamson, J P. 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpetgeo.2017.08.019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carboniferous petroleum systems around the Mid North Sea High<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology<\/em>, 88C, 282-302<\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Monaghan, A A. 2014.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/bgs-midland-valley-of-scotland-shale-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Carboniferous shales of the Midland Valley of Scotland: geology and resource estimation<\/a>.\u00a0<em>British Geological Survey for Department of Energy and Climate Change<\/em>, London, UK.<\/li>\n<li>Monaghan, A A, Browne, M A E and Barfod, D N. 2014. An improved chronology for the Arthur\u2019s Seat volcano and Carboniferous magmatism of the Midland Valley of Scotland. <em>Scottish Journal of Geology<\/em>, 50, 165-172<\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Monaghan, A A, Ford, J, Milodowski, A, McInroy, D, Pharaoh, T, Rushton, J, Browne, M, Cooper, A, Hulbert, A and Napier, B. 2012.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1144\/pygs.59.1.289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New insights from 3D geological models at analogue CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0storage sites in Lincolnshire and eastern Scotland, UK<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society<\/em>, 59 (1). 53-76.<\/li>\n<li>Underhill, J R, Monaghan, A A and Browne, M A E. 2008. Controls on Structural Styles, Basin Development and Petroleum Prospectivity in the Midland Valley of Scotland.\u00a0<em>Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology<\/em>, 25, 1000\u20131022.<\/li>\n<li>Merritt, J E, Monaghan, A A, Entwisle, D C, Hughes, A G, Campbell, S D G and Browne, M A E. 2007. 3D attributed models for addressing environmental and engineering geoscience problems in areas of urban regeneration: a case study in Glasgow, UK.\u00a0<em>First Break<\/em>, 25, 79\u201384<\/li>\n<li>Monaghan, A A and Parrish, R R. 2006. Geochronology of Carboniferous &#8211; Permian volcanism in the Midland Valley of Scotland: implications for regional tectono-magmatic evolution and the numerical timescale.\u00a0<em>Journal of the Geological Society of London<\/em>, 163, 15\u201328.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Published outputs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/view\/author\/3194.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NERC Open Research Archive \u2014 Dr Alison Monaghan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-4\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Project leadership for industry, Government and academic partners<\/li>\n<li>Mine water geothermal energy subsurface planning, characterisation, monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Basin analysis, 3D modelling, monitoring in geoenergy, urban geology, coalfields<\/li>\n<li>Central Scotland &amp; North Sea Carboniferous stratigraphy and geochronology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-5\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Professional associations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Fellow of The Geological Society, London and Edinburgh Geological Society.<\/li>\n<li>2002 : Chartered Geologist<\/li>\n<li>2021 : MBE for services to geology<\/li>\n<li>2022: Coke Medal of The Geological Society, London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":85144,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"64444,68523,59303,63357,63978,66279","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[1468,207],"level":[],"location":[5],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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