Biography
Educated at St John's College, Cambridge (1965-1971) graduating with a BA MA and PhD in Mineralogy and Petrology. Employed as a lecturer in geology at Trinity College since 1971.
Married (1974), with three children.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Ian Sanders, Introducing Metamorphism, First, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press, 2018, 1 - 167pp
I.S. Sanders and E.R.D. Scott, The origin of chondrules and chondrites: Debris from low-velocity impacts between molten planetesimals?, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 47, (12), 2012, p2170 - 2192
Geophysical evidence onshore in, editor(s)Holland, C.H. and Sanders, I.S. , The Geology of Ireland, Second Edition, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press, 2009, pp461 - 470, [Murphy, T., Jacob, A.W.B. and Sanders. I.S.]
Scott E.R.D. and Sanders I.S., Implications of the carbonaceous chondrite Mn-Cr isochron for the formation of early refractory planetesimals and chondrules, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, (17), 2009, p5137 - 5149
SCOTT, E. R. D., GREENWOOD, R. C., FRANCHI, I. A.,and SANDERS, I. S. , Oxygen isotopic constraints on the origin and parent bodies of eucrites, diogenites and howardites. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 73, 2009, p5835 - 5853
Holland, C.H. and Sanders, I.S., The Geology of Ireland, Second Edition, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press, 2009, 568 pp
Bridges, J., Gilmour, J, and Sanders I., New ideas on the early Solar System, Astronomy and Geophysics, 49, 2008, p1.28 - 1.30
I.S. Sanders, Six common kinds of rock from Ireland, second, Dublin, Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, 2007, 48pp
Hevey, P.J. and Sanders, I.S., A model for planetesimal meltdown by 26Al, and its implications for meteorite parent bodies, Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 41, (1), 2006, p95 - 106
I. S. Sanders, Probing the depths - the evidence for the Earth's crust, mantle and core, Geographical Viewpoint, 33, 2005, p11 - 18
Sanders, I.S. and Taylor, G.J., Implications of 26Al in nebular dust: formation of chondrules by disruption of molten planetesimals, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Conference Series, Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, Kauai, Hawaii, Nov 8-11, 2004, edited by A.N. Krot, E.R.D. Scott and B. Reipurth , 341, 2005, pp915 - 932
Coey JMD, Venkatesan M, Fitzgerald CB, Douvalis AP, Sanders IS, Ferromagnetism of a graphite nodule from the Canyon Diablo meteorite, Nature, 420, (6912), 2002, p156 - 159
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
SANDERS, I. S. and SCOTT, E. R. D., CHONDRULES, CHONDRITES, AND CHONDRITIC ASTEROIDS: PLANETARY BUILDING BLOCKS OR DEBRIS FROM PLANETARY ACCRETION?, Formation of the First Solids in the Solar System (2011), Kauai, HI, USA, November 2011, 2011, pp9126.pdf-
Sanders, I. S. , Early planetesimals as reservoirs of chondrule materials., 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Houston, TX, USA, March 2011, 2011, ppabs # 2484-
SANDERS, I. S. and SCOTT, E. R. D. , Chondrules: clues to early planetesimals , Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Greenwich, UK, August 2011, 46, 2011, ppA203 - A203
Sanders, I. S., The Meltdown Era: a time for making ancient iron cores and younger chondrules., 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA, March 2010, 2010, ppabs # 2376-
I. S. Sanders, Sources of recycled planetesimal debris during the era of chondrule formation. , Meteoritics and Planetary Science , Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, New York, 2010, 45, 2010, pp5369-
Sanders, I. S., Early planetesimal splashing: reconciling chondrule formation with disk evolution., Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Nancy, France, July 2009, 44, 2009, ppabs # 5247-
Sanders, I.S., Six common kinds of rock from Ireland, Dublin, Dept. of Geology, TCD, 2005, 16pp
I.S. Sanders and E.R.D. Scott, Origin of chondrules, chondrites and cores, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Cairns, NSW, Australia, 12-17 August, 2012, pp5177.pdf-
Research Expertise
Recognition
Memberships
Member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Member of the Meteoritical Society, Honorary Member of the Irish Geological Association