About the Authors

Christopher L. Kirkland

c.kirkland@curtin.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Applied Geology, (Centre for Exploration Targeting – Curtin Node and Core to Crust Fluid Centre), Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Breandán A. MacGabhann

Affiliation Department of Geography, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Brian L. Kirkland

Affiliation Independent Researcher, Coleraine, N. Ireland

J. Stephen Daly

Affiliation UCD School of Earth Sciences and UCD Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CLK. Formal analysis: CLK. Funding acquisition: JSD CLK. Investigation: CLK BAM BLK JSD. Methodology: CLK. Resources: CLK BLK JSD. Visualization: CLK BLK. Writing – original draft: CLK. Writing – review & editing: BAM JSD BLK.