Staff Profile Dr Trevor Bailey
Senior Curator: Palaeontology
Contact Details
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP
Phone: +44 (0)29 2057 3283
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Qualifications, memberships and relevant positions
BA Earth Sciences (Oxford); M. Research Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Reading); PhD Geochemistry & Stratigraphy (Royal Holloway University of London). Previously held research positions at Rutgers University, NJ, USA, and University of Bristol.
Member of: Natural Sciences Collections Association, Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Research Interests
My research experience is in the geochemical analysis of carbonate fossils and modern shells. Mollusc, brachiopod and foraminiferal shells can record changes in past environments through their elemental and isotopic compositions. In previous work I have developed analytical techniques.
I am experienced in all areas of Museum exhibition work, from originating concepts to co-curation and delivery. I’m interested in working on interdisciplinary exhibitions, and the reinterpretation of natural history collections taken from colonial contexts.
Keywords
Chemistry of fossil & modern shells. Past Climates. Exhibitions & Interpretation. Collections & Curation. Palaeobotany. Carbonates. Brachiopods. Laser Ablation. Fossils in Mythology. 3D Scanning. 3D Printing.Links
Selected Publications
Butler, S., Bailey, T.R., Lear, C.H., Curry, G.B., Cherns, L. & McDonald, I., 2015. The Mg/Ca–temperature relationship in brachiopod shells: Calibrating a potential palaeoseasonality proxy. Chemical Geology, 397, 106-117.
Lear, CH, Bailey, TR, Pearson, PN, Coxall, HK, Rosenthal, Y. Cooling and ice growth across the Eocene-Oligocene transition [PDF]. Geology 36 (3), 251–254. 2008.
Bailey, TR, Lear, CH. Testing the effect of carbonate saturation on the Sr/Ca of biogenic aragonite: A case study from the River Ehen, Cumbria, UK. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 7. Q03019 / 000236729000002. 2006.