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Profiles
Professor Malcolm Hart
Emeritus Professor
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Professor Malcolm Hart can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Earth sciences
- Micropalaeontology
- Biostratigraphy
- Marine geology
- Geological conservation
- World Heritage Sites
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Research in micropalaeontology;
stratigraphy; ocean acidification; global environmental change; statoliths and arm hooks of Jurassic diplobelids.
Qualifications
B.Sc. Geology (London)
A.R.C.S.
Ph.D. Micropalaeontology (London)
D.I.C Micropalaeontology (Imperial College)
D.Sc. Micropalaeontology (London)
F.G.S.Fellow of the Geological Society
C.Geol. Chartered Geologist
C.Sci. Chartered Scientist
Professional membership
F.G.S. Fellow of the Geological Society
C.Geol. Chartered Geologist
C.Sci. Chartered Scientist
Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Member of the Palaeontological Association
Member of The Micropalaeontological Society
Member of Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM)
Member of the North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of SEPM
Member of the Geologists' Association
Member of the Ussher Society
Member of the Devonshire Association
Member of the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
Roles on external bodies
Council Member of English Nature (2001-2006)
Committee Member and Chair of the S.W. Regional Group of the Geological Society (2004-2006), Vice-Chair (2012 on)
Council Member and President of E.P.A. (2001-2005)
Member of Editorial Board of "Cretaceous Research"
Member of the Editorial Board of "Palaontologische Zeitschrift" (2005-2015)
Member of the Editorial Board of "Revue de Paleobiologie"
Editor-in-Chief, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
Committee Member and Editor of Special Publications of The Micropalaeontological Society (2000-2007)
Member of the Twenhofel Award Committee of SEPM (2004-2007)
Member of the Geoconservation Commission, Geological Society (Chair 2009-2011)
Member of the External Relations Committee, Geological Society (2009-2011)
Member of the Chartership Panel of the Geological Society (2008-2012)
Member of the Accreditation Panel of the Geological Society (from inception to 2010).
Member and Chairman of Devon RIGS Group.
Acting Chair of the South West Regional Geodiversity Partnership (2009- 2014).
Member of the Science & Conservation Group of the Dorset/East Devon World Heritage Site and Vice-Chair (2000 on).
Member of the English Riviera Geopark Organisation - managing the European Geopark based on Torbay. Chair of the Science Panel (2007 on).
Committee Member of the Geological Section of the Devonshire Association.
Committee Member of the Plymouth Branch and Committee Member of the Geology Section: Devonshire Association.
President of the Devonshire Association (2005-6).
Honorary Editor of the Devonshire Association (2012 on)
Special Publications Editor, Cushman Foundation (2012-2015).
Editor of Geoscience in South-West England, the journal of the Ussher Society (2016 on).
Chair of the International Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy (2012-2016).
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Micropalaeontology - especially Foraminifera, Radiolaria, Pteropoda and other minor groups.
Applied Micropalaeontology - hydrocarbon exploration methods, sequence stratigraphy, well-log analysis, application of micropalaeontology to engineeting geology and pollution studies of S.W.England estuaries.
Stratigraphy - especially Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Staff serving as external examiners
PhD University of Peshawar, Pakistan (2020)
PhD University of Salem, India (2019)
DSc University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2014)PhD University of St Andrews (2014)
PhD University of Amsterdam (2013)
PhD University of Madras (2013)
PhD Kingston University (2009)
PhD University of Pune (2007)
Ph.D. University of Madras (2006)
Ph.D. I.I.T., Mumbai (2005)
Ph.D. University of Strasbourg (2005)
Ph.D. University of Melbourne (2005)
D.Sc. University of Wales (2003)
Ph.D. University of Western Australia (2003)
Ph.D. University of Western Australia (2003)
Ph.D. University of Tiruchirrapalli (2003)
M.Sc. by research; Greenwich University (2003)
D.Sc. University of Adelaide (2002)
Research
Research
Research interests
Mesozoic and Cenozoic Micropalaeontology
Stratigraphy and palaeobiology of Foraminifera
Origin and evolution of planktonic Foraminifera
Palaeoecology and evolution of heteropods and pteropods
Statoliths, arm hooks and otoliths (mainly Jurassic)
Global bioevents (especially Mesozoic)
Palaeoceanography of the Mesozoic
Tephrochronology of volcanic activity in the Caribbean Sea near Montserrat
Impact of volcanic activity on microfossils in the Caribbean Sea near Montserrat
Ocean acidification
Holocene record of marine sediments, Jersey (Channel Islands)
Centre for Research in Earth Sciences
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Saleh Sfoog M. AlEnezi PhD 2016
Nikita Jacobsen PhD 2015
Andrew Leighton PhD 2014
Hayley Manners PhD 2014
Martha Koot PhD 2013
Deborah Wall-Palmer PhD 2013
Luis Felipe Opazo Mella PhD 2012
Muhammad Hanif PhD 2011
Wendy Hudson PhD 2007
Elizabeth Nunn PhD 2007
Jodie K. Fisher PhD 2006
Mubarak Al Naomi PhD 2004
Melissa J. Oxford PhD 2004
Gary S. Aillud PhD 2001
Mark D. Hylton PhD 2000
Sheila Stubbles PhD 1999
Guy M. Oliver PhD 1998
Andrew S. Henderson PhD 1997
Catherine J. Manley PhD 1997
Paul Castignetti PhD 1997
Archana Tewari PhD 1996
Christopher J. Pound PhD 1995
Michael D. Bidgood PhD 1995
Imelda Gorman MPhil 1994
Mark E. A. Alex-Sanders MPhil 1992
Meriel E. J. Fitzpatrick PhD 1992
Ailbhe M. Duane PhD 1992
Colin L. Williams PhD 1991
Stephen R. Packer PhD 1991
Sharon M. Braley PhD 1990
Eduardo A. M. Koutsoukos PhD 1989
Dougall S. Gentles PhD 1989
Stephen Crittenden PhD 1988
Paul N. Leary PhD 1988
Kim C. Ball PhD 1985
Colin S. Harris PhD 1982
Antony Swiecicki PhD 1980
Philip P. E. Weaver PhD 1978
Haydon W. Bailey PhD 1978
Grants & contracts
Strategic Research Infrastructure Fund (SRIF) HEFCE, Compound specific isotopie ratio mass spectrometer and associated equipment - £200,000
Study Abroad Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust for work at the University of Western Australia with Professor David Haig (Geography and Earth Sciences)in 2002 - £13030
Royal Society Research Grant for an investigation into the 'Origin of the planktonic Foraminifera' (2001-2003)- £6386
Grant from the Dorset & East Devon World Heritage Site to cover the investigation costs of the Oxfordian GSSP, Redcliff, Weymouth (2003-2004)- £2705 plus £1300 for isotope work (2004-2005).
Funding from the University of Bristol for collaborative work on marine cores, Island of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles volcanic arc £1600 (2004-2005).
Research Grant awarded by The Leverhulme Trust to work on the 'Tephrochronology of marine sediments around the volcanic island of Montserrat, Caribbean Sea' for a period of two years; £58,492 (Spring 2006 - Spring 2008).
NERC Funding for Stable Isotope Analysis (£17,000) at NIGL, Keyworth, Nottingham
Two shipboard scientist places on the NERC-funded JC18 cruise to Montserrat, Caribbean Sea, December 2007.
Contract with Dorset County Council for the "Development of a research strategy for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site", January - July 2008.
Contract with Scott Wilson International for work on rock samples from West Africa (with Dr C. Wilkins) 2008.
International Travel Grant from the Royal Society to attend the SEPM/NAMS international conference on "Problem Solving with Microfossils" at the University of Houston, Texas, March 2009.
Research award from the Geological Society (Annie Greenly Fund) for fieldwork in the USA (Autumn 2012).
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Triassic and Jurassic possible planktonic foraminifera and the assemblages recovered from the Ogrodzieniec Glauconitic Marls Formation (uppermost Callovian and lowermost Oxfordian, Jurassic) of the Polish Basin' Journal of Micropalaeontology 42, (2) 277-290 , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Re-colonization of hostile environments by benthic foraminifera: an example from Montserrat, Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc' Micropaleontology 68, (1) 1-27 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'The mid-Cretaceous debate: Evidence from the foraminifera' Cretaceous Research 128, 104964-104964 , DOI
(2021) 'The Coral-rich Devonian Limestones of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark' Geoconservation Research 4, (1) 170-195 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Trace Fossils in the Permian Rocks of English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark' Geoconservation Research 4, (1) 255-265 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Jurassic planktic foraminifera from the Polish Basin' Journal of Micropalaeontology 40, (1) 1-13 , DOI
(2020) 'Life and death in the Jurassic seas of Dorset, Southern England' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 131, (6) 629-638 , DOI
(2020) 'Some observations on the geological history of the holoplanktonic gastropods' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 131, (5) 443-449 , DOI
(2020) 'Foraminifera of the Gault Clay Formation: An update' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 131, (3-4) 386-396 , DOI
(2020) 'Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in eastern England: further palaynological and geochemical data from Melton Ross' Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Estuarine foraminifera from South West England: impact of metal pollution in a mining heritage area' Journal of Sedimentary Environments 5, (1) 1-16 , DOI
(2020) 'The biostratigraphy of the offshore Niger delta during the Late Quaternary: Complexities and progress of dating techniques' Quaternary Science Advances 1, , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Latest Cretaceous storm-generated sea grass accumulations in the Maastrichtian type area, the Netherlands – preliminary observations' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 130, (5) 590-598 , DOI
(2019) 'Reconstructing the Christian Malford ecosystem in the Oxford Clay Formation (Callovian, Jurassic) of Wiltshire: exceptional preservation, taphonomy, burial and compaction' Journal of Micropalaeontology 38, (2) 133-142 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Global bioevents and the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in Texas and Alabama: Stratigraphy, correlation and ocean acidification' Global and Planetary Change , DOI Open access
(2019) 'The foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Gault Clay Formation (Middle and Upper Albian) at Munday's Hill Quarry, Bedfordshire, UK' Micropaleontology 65, (6) 485-511 , DOI
(2018) 'The mid-Cretaceous Debarsu Formation (Upper Albian-Middle Turonian) of Central Iran: depositional environment, palaeogeography, and sequence stratigraphic significance' Facies 64, (29) , DOI
(2018) 'Arm hooks of coleoid cephalopods from the Jurassic succession of the Wessex Basin, Southern England' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Dinocyst stratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary at Stevns Klint, Denmark' Cretaceous Research , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Discussion on ‘An enigmatic echinoid spine from south Devon, UK: Devonian or Cretaceous?’, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society , 61, 165–167' Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 61, (4) 311-312 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Timing recovery after the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary: evidence from the Brazos River, Texas, USA' Journal of Foraminiferal Research 47, (3) 229-238 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Evidence for the validity of Protatlanta sculpta (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea)' Contributions to Zoology 85, (4) 423-435 Open access
(2016) 'EXCEPTIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF STATOLITHS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHRISTIAN MALFORD LAGERSTA¨ TTE (CALLOVIAN, JURASSIC) IN WILTSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM' Palaios , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Chemostratigraphy of the Upper Albian to mid‐Turonian Natih Formation (Oman) – how authigenic carbonate changes a global pattern' The Depositional Record 2, (1) 97-117 , DOI
(2016) 'The long‐term impact of magnesium in seawater on foraminiferal mineralogy: Mechanism and consequences' Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30, (3) 438-446 , DOI
(2016) 'A review of the ecology, palaeontology and distribution of atlantid heteropods (Caenogastropoda: Pterotracheoidea: Atlantidae)' Journal of Molluscan Studies eyv063-eyv063 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'MEMORIAL TO DAVID JAMES CARTER DFC (1922–2013)' The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 46, (1) 7-8 , DOI
(2016) 'The Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary: Foraminifera, sea grasses, sea level change and sequence stratigraphy' Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441, 420-429 , DOI
(2015) 'ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF JURASSIC (CALLOVIAN) MOLLUSKS FROM THE CHRISTIAN MALFORD LAGERSTATTE (UK): IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN WATER TEMPERATURE ESTIMATES BASED ON BELEMNOIDS' PALAIOS 30, (9) 645-654 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Statoliths from the Jurassic succession of south-west England, United Kingdom' Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 134, (2) 199-205 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Seaweed fails to prevent ocean acidification impact on foraminifera along a shallow-water CO2 gradient' Ecology and Evolution 5, (9) 1784-1793 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Ocean current intensification during the Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event 2 – evidence from the northern Tethys' Terra Nova 27, (2) 147-155 , DOI
(2015) 'Submarine record of volcanic island construction and collapse in the <scp>L</scp>esser <scp>A</scp>ntilles arc: First scientific drilling of submarine volcanic island landslides by <scp>IODP</scp><scp>E</scp>xpedition 340' Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16, (2) 420-442 , DOI
(2015) 'Foraminifera from the Fowey Estuary, Cornwall' Geoscience in South-West England 13, 304-315 Open access
(2015) 'Foraminifera of the Fal Estuary (Cornwall), including taxa associated with maerl beds' Geoscience in South-West England 13, 483-490 Open access
(2015) 'IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN SEAWEED TO DEALWITH OCEAN ACIDIFICATION' EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 50, 198-198 Open access
(2014) 'The ‘Otter Sandstone River’ of the mid-Triassic and its vertebrate fauna' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 125, (5-6) 560-566 , DOI
(2014) 'New hybodontiform and neoselachian sharks from the Lower Triassic of Oman' Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13, (10) 891-917 , DOI
(2014) 'A Multi-Proxy Study of the PETM at the Zumaia Section, northern Spain' Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana 31, 147-148 , DOI
(2014) 'Possible hyperthermal events (Dan-C2 and Lower 29n) in the lowermost Paleocene of the Brazos River area, Texas' Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana 31, 141-142 , DOI
(2014) 'Late Pleistocene stratigraphy of IODP Site U1396 and compiled chronology offshore of south and south west Montserrat, Lesser Antilles' Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15, (7) 3000-3020 , DOI
(2014) 'Reply to comment on "Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain" by Manners et al. [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 376 (2013) 220-230]' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 395, 294-295 , DOI
(2014) 'Late Pleistocene pteropods, heteropods and planktonic foraminifera from the Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean' Micropaleontology 60, (6) 557-558 , DOI
(2013) 'Proliferation of Oberhauserellidae during the recovery following the Late Triassic extinction: paleoecological implications' Journal of Paleontology 87, (6) 1004-1015 , DOI
(2013) 'Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 376, 220-230 , DOI
(2013) 'Marine geoconservation in the United Kingdom' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 124, (4) 581-592 , DOI
(2013) 'Benthic foraminifera show some resilience to ocean acidification in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico' Mar Pollut Bull , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Timing, origin and emplacement dynamics of mass flows offshore of SE Montserrat in the last 110 ka: Implications for landslide and tsunami hazards, eruption history, and volcanic island evolution' Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 14, (2) 385-406 , DOI
(2013) 'In-life pteropod shell dissolution as an indicator of past ocean carbonate saturation' Quaternary Science Reviews 81, 29-34 , DOI
(2012) 'Integrated stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the P/E boundary interval, Rakhi Nala section, Indus Basin (Pakistan)' ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 7, (1) 323-339 , DOI
(2012) 'Albian-Cenomanian Foraminifera and Ostracoda from the Glyndebourne Borehole, Sussex, U.K' Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 266, (3) 319-335 , DOI
(2012) 'Developments in Mesozoic and Cenozoic stratigraphy and palaeontology during the last fifty years (1962-2012)' Geoscience in South-West England 13, (1) 12-30
(2012) 'Geodiversity, palaeodiversity or biodiversity: where is the place of palaeobiology and an understanding of taphonomy?' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 123, (4) 551-555 , DOI
(2012) 'Anatomy of the stratigraphical boundary between the Arnager Greensand and Arnager Limestone (Upper Cretaceous) on Bornholm, Denmark' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 123, (3) 471-478 , DOI
(2012) 'Larger benthic Foraminifera of the type Maastrichtian' Scripta Geologica (SPEC.ISS.8) 33-43
(2012) 'A reassessment of 'Globigerina bathoniana' Pazdrowa, 1969 and the palaeoceanographic significance of Jurassic planktic foraminifera from southern Poland' Journal of Micropalaeontology 31, (2) 97-109
(2012) 'Pteropods from the Caribbean Sea: variations in calcification as an indicator of past ocean carbonate saturation' Biogeosciences 9, (1) 309-315 , DOI
(2011) 'Explosive volcanism as a cause for mass mortality of pteropods' MARINE GEOLOGY 282, (3-4) 231-239 , DOI
(2011) 'A preliminary investigation into calcareous dinoflagellate cysts and problematic microfossils from an expanded Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary section at Kulstirenden, Stevns Klint, Denmark' Cretaceous Research 32, (5) 606-617 , DOI
(2011) 'Middle Eocene diatoms from Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, England: stratigraphy and preservation' PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION 122, (3) 472-483 , DOI
(2011) 'Paleogene carbon isotope excursions in the Bunkers Hill borehole: Hampshire Basin, UK' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 122, (3) 460-471 , DOI
(2011) 'EFFECTS OF THE LATE PERMIAN EXTINCTION ON THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC SHARK FAUNA' JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 31, 138-138
(2011) 'Foraminifera from the sea grass communities of the proposed conservation zone in Tor Bay' Geoscience in South-West England 12, 269-277
(2011) 'Fortescue William Millett (1833-1915): The man and his legacy in South West England' Geoscience in South-West England (12) 295-303
(2010) 'Paleoceanographic changes at the northern Tethyan margin during the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE-2)' Marine Micropaleontology 77, (1-2) 25-45 Publisher Site , DOI
(2010) 'The Valanginian positive carbon isotope event in Arctic Russia: Evidence from terrestrial and marine isotope records and implications for global carbon cycling' Cretaceous Research 31, (6) 577-592 , DOI
(2010) 'Reply to Comment: Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic: foraminiferal evidence. T. R. Gregory, C. W. Smart, M. B. Hart, G. Massé, L. L. Vare and S. T. Belt (2010). <i>Journal of Quaternary Science</i><b>25</b>: 903–910' Journal of Quaternary Science 25, (7) 1192-1192 , DOI
(2010) 'Modern seawater acidification: the response of foraminifera to high-CO<sub>2</sub> conditions in the Mediterranean Sea' JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 167, (5) 843-846 , DOI Open access
(2010) 'Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic: foraminiferal evidence' Journal of Quaternary Science 25, (6) 903-910 , DOI
(2009) 'Microfaunal analysis of the wattonensis beds (upper bathonian) of south dorset' Geoscience in South-West England 12, (2) 134-139
(2009) 'Evidence for carbonate platform failure during rapid sea-level rise; <i>ca</i> 14 000 year old bioclastic flow deposits in the Lesser Antilles' SEDIMENTOLOGY 57, (3) 735-759 , DOI
(2009) 'Isotopic signals from Callovian–Kimmeridgian (Middle–Upper Jurassic) belemnites and bulk organic carbon, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland' Journal of the Geological Society 166, (4) 633-641 , DOI
(2009) 'Isotopic analysis of coexisting Late Jurassic fish otoliths and molluscs: Implications for upper-ocean water temperature estimates' GEOLOGY 37, (3) 215-218 , DOI
(2009) 'Palaeobiogeography of early planktonic foraminifera' Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 180, (1) 27-38 , DOI
(2008) 'The 2007 recipient of the Brady Medal: Professor John W. Murray' Journal of Micropalaeontology 27, (1) 95-96 , DOI
(2008) 'Late Pleistocene tephrochronology of marine sediments adjacent to Montserrat, Lesser Antilles volcanic arc' JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 165, 279-289 , DOI
(2007) 'Planktic foraminifera from the proposed GSSP for the Oxfordian Stage: Redcliff Point, near Weymouth' GEOSCIENCE IN SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND, VOL 11, PT 4, 2007 11, 273-279
(2007) 'Cretaceous tectonostratigraphy and the development of the Cauvery Basin, southeast India' Petroleum Geoscience 13, (2) 181-191
(2006) 'Submarine pyroclastic deposits formed at the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (1995-2003): What happens when pyroclastic flows enter the ocean?' Geology 34, (7) 549-552
(2006) 'The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Pliensbachian Stage (Lower Jurassic), Wine Haven, Yorkshire, UK' Episodes 29, (2) 93-106
(2005) 'Coniacian-Santonian Radiolaria from the Upper Cretaceous of Bornholm, Denmark: A preliminary investigation' Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52, 141-157
(2005) 'Stable isotope analysis of the Cenomanian-Turonian (Late Cretaceous) oceanic anoxic event in the Crimea' Cretaceous Research 26, (6) 853-863
(2005) 'The Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary succession at Stevns Klint, Denmark: Foraminifers and stable isotope stratigraphy' Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 224, (1-3) 6-26
(2005) 'The St. Erth formation: Geometry of the deposit and micropaleontology' Geoscience in south-west England 11, 93-98
(2004) 'Foraminiferal characterisation of Mid-Upper Jurassic sequences in the Wessex Basin (United Kingdom)' Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 110, (1) 209-217
(2004) 'Mid-Cretaceous orbitolinids from the Decoy Basin, Newton Abbott (Devon)' Geoscience in south-west England 11, 10-14
(2004) 'Reappraisal of the K-T boundary succession at Stevns Klint, Denmark' Journal of the Geological Society 161, 885-892
(2003) 'A proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Pliensbachian Stage (Lower Jurassic)' Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 96, (2) 275-297
(2003) 'Stratigraphy of Maastrichtian foraminiferida from the United Kingdom; the Maastrichtian of Norfolk' Netherlands Journal of Geosciences-Geologie en Mijnbouw 82, (3) 233-245
(2003) 'Stratigraphy of Maastrichtian Foraminiferida from the United Kingdom; the Maastrichtian of Norfolk' Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 82, (3) 233-245 , DOI
(2003) 'The search for a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Oxfordian Stage' Geoscience in south-west England 10, 435-441
(2003) 'The search for the origin of the planktic Foraminifera' Journal of the Geological Society 160, 341-343
(2002) 'Isotopic evidence for Early to mid-Cretaceous ocean temperature variability' Marine Micropaleontology 46, (1-2) 45-58
(2002) 'Jurassic planktonic foraminifera from the United Kingdom' Terra Nova 14, (3) 205-209
(2001) 'Editorial' Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 53, (4) 393-393
(2001) 'Mid-late Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Cauvery basin and the development of the eastern Indian Ocean' Journal of the Geological Society of India 58, (3) 217-229
(2000) 'Foraminifera, sequence stratigraphy and regional correlation; an example from the uppermost Albian of Southern England' Revue de Micropaléontologie 43, (1) 27-45 , DOI
(2000) 'Climatic modelling in the Cretaceous using the distribution of planktonic Foraminiferida' Geological Society, London, Special Publications 181, (1) 33-41 , DOI
(1999) 'The St. Erth formation: history of the clay workings, geological setting and stratigraphy' Proceedings of the Usher Society 9, 304-309
(1999) 'Low-latitude sea-surface temperatures for the mid-Cretaceous and the evolution of planktic foraminifera: Comment and Reply' Geology 27, (9) 857-857 , DOI
(1998) '<i>Teredolites</i>from the Garudamangalam sandstone formation (Late Turonian‐Coniacian), Cauvery basin, southeast India' Ichnos 6, (1-2) 75-98 , DOI
(1997) 'The application of micropalaeontology to sequence stratigraphy; An example from the chalk succession of south-west England' Geoscience in South-West England 9, (2) 158-163
(1996) 'The Albian stage and substage boundaries' Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre 66, (SUPPL.) 45-56
(1996) 'The ecological and palaeoecological implications of the presence and absence of data: Evidence from benthic forminifera' Geoscience in South-West England 9, (1) 54-62
(1996) 'Biotic recovery from mass extinction events'
(1995) 'Kimmeridgian palaeoenvmonments; A micropalaeontological perspective' Geoscience in South-West England 8, (4) 433-436
(1994) 'The lithostratigraphy of the mid-upper jurassic of north dorset; Preliminary results from three new boreholes' Geoscience in South-West England 8, (3) 325-327
(1994) 'The mid-dorset swell; A re-assessment' Geoscience in South-West England 8, (3) 308-312
(1994) 'Evidence for sea level change from the cretaceous of Bornholm, Denmark' GFF 116, (3) 167-173 , DOI
(1994) 'The Mid-Dorset Swell: a re-assessment' Proceedings - Ussher Society 8, (3) 308-312
(1993) 'A new rhynchosaur from the middle Triassic of Devon' Geoscience in South-West England 8, (2) 167-171
(1993) 'Chert formation in the Portland Limestone Formation (upper jurassic) of the dorset coast; A preliminary investigation' Geoscience in South-West England 8, (2) 181-185
(1993) 'A new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon' Proceedings - Ussher Society 8, (2) 167-171
(1993) 'Cretaceous foraminiferal events' Geological Society, London, Special Publications 70, (1) 227-240 , DOI
(1993) 'Cretaceous foraminiferal events' High resolution stratigraphy 227-240
(1992) 'The Benthonic foraminiferal response to changing substrate in Cenomanian (Cretaceous) rhythms induced by orbitally-forced surface water productivity' Journal of Micropalaeontology 11, (2) 107-111 , DOI
(1992) 'The geology and micropalaeontology of the Channel Tunnel' Geology Today 8, (4) 137-141 , DOI
(1992) 'Some holothurian sclerites from the Corallian Group of north Dorset' Proceedings - Ussher Society 8, (1) 11-14
(1992) 'Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level changes in the mid-Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian) of southern England; a preliminary investigation' Proceedings - Ussher Society 8, (1) 7-10
(1991) 'The early Aptian transgression event in the United Kingdom' Historical Biology 5, (2-4) 309-319 , DOI
(1991) 'Stepwise mass extinctions: the case for the Late Cenomanian event' Terra Nova 3, (2) 142-147 , DOI
(1991) 'THE UPPER APTIAN ALBIAN SUCCESSION OF THE SERGIPE BASIN, BRAZIL - AN INTEGRATED PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT' AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS 75, (3) 479-498
(1991) 'The late Cenomanian calcisphere global bioevent' Proceedings - Ussher Society 7, (4) 413-417
(1991) 'Sea-level changes across the Albian-Cenomanian boundary in south- west England' Proceedings - Ussher Society 7, (4) 408-412
(1990) 'Radiolarians and Diatoms from the mid-Cretaceous Successions of the Sergipe Basin, Northeastern Brazil: palaeoceanographic Assessment' Journal of Micropalaeontology 9, (1) 45-63 , DOI
(1990) 'Latest Cenomanian—earliest Turonian low-oxygen tolerant benthonic foraminifera: a case-study from the Sergipe basin (N.E. Brazil) and the western Anglo-Paris basin (southern England)' Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 77, (2) 145-177 , DOI
(1990) 'Cretaceous foraminiferal morphogroup distribution patterns, palaeocommunities and trophic structures: a case study from the Sergipe Basin, Brazil' Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 81, (3) 221-246 , DOI
(1990) 'Cretaceous sea level changes and global eustatic curves; evidence from SW England' Proceedings - Ussher Society 7, (3) 268-272
(1990) 'Major evolutionary radiations of the planktonic Foraminiferida' Major evolutionary radiations 59-72
(1990) 'The Upper Greensand in east Devon: new data but old problems' Proceedings - Ussher Society 7, (3) 273-278
(1989) 'Correction to "Sedimentological and structural evolution of the Arabian continental margin in the Musandam Mountains and Dibba zone, United Arab Emirates"' Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 101, (2) 314-316 , DOI
(1989) 'Favusella Michael (1972); evidence of ecophenotypic adaptation of a planktonic foraminifer to shallow-water carbonate environments during the Mid-Cretaceous' The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 19, (4) 324-336 , DOI
(1989) 'The biotic response to the late Cenomanian oceanic anoxic event; integrated evidence from Dover, SE England' Journal of the Geological Society 146, (2) 311-317 , DOI
(1989) 'The stratigraphic and palaeogeographic setting of the late Cenomanian ‘anoxic’ event' Journal of the Geological Society 146, (2) 305-310 , DOI
(1989) 'Correction to "Sedimentological and structural evolution of the Arabian continental margin in the Musandam Mountains and Dibba zone, United Arab Emirates"' Geological Society of America Bulletin 101, (2) 314-316 , DOI
(1989) 'Late cretaceous anoxic events in the Brazilian continental margin' Organic Geochemistry 14, (5) 529-542 , DOI
(1989) 'Late Cretaceous development of the Atlantic Continental Margin off south-west England' Proceedings - Ussher Society 7, (2) 165-167
(1989) 'Late Quaternary Foraminiferida from Plymouth Sound; preliminary investigation' Proceedings - Ussher Society 7, (2) 168-171
(1989) 'Upper Cretaceous microbiostratigraphy of Bornholm, Denmark' Northwest European micropalaeontology and palynology 236-247
(1988) 'Microfossil Assemblages and the Cenomanian-Turonian (late Cretaceous) Oceanic Anoxic Event' Cretaceous Research 9, (1) 3-103 , DOI
(1988) 'Comparisons of the late Cenomanian Foraminiferida from Goban Spur, Site 551, DSDP Leg 80 (Western Approaches) and Dover (SE England)' Proceedings - Ussher Society 7, (1) 81-85
(1987) 'Orbitally induced cycles in the chalk facies of the United Kingdom' Cretaceous Research 8, (4) 335-348 , DOI
(1987) 'Cenozoic Planktonic Foraminifers and Hiatuses on the New Jersey Slope and Rise: Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 95, Northwest Atlantic' , DOI
(1987) 'Cretaceous Foraminifers from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 612, Northwest Atlantic Ocean' , DOI
(1987) 'SITE-612' INITIAL REPORTS OF THE DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT 95, 31-153
(1987) 'SITE-613' INITIAL REPORTS OF THE DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT 95, 155-241
(1987) 'Orbitally induced cycles in the Mesozoic sediments of SW England ( UK)' Proceedings - Ussher Society 6, (4) 483-490
(1986) 'A note on the occurrence of Orbitolina (Orbitolina) sefini Henson, 1948 (Foraminiferida) in the Upper Greensand of S. W. England' Cretaceous Research 7, (4) 381-387 , DOI
(1986) 'Late Cretaceous anoxic events, sea-level changes and the evolution of the planktonic foraminifera' North Atlantic palaeoceanography 67-78
(1986) 'Late Cretaceous anoxic events, sea-level changes and the evolution of the planktonic foraminifera' Geological Society, London, Special Publications 21, (1) 67-78 , DOI
(1986) 'Upper Cretaceous flint meal faunas from southern England' The scientific study of flint and chert. Proc. 4th international flint symposium, Brighton, 1983 89-97
(1986) 'The scientific study of flint and chert. Proceedings of the fourth international flint symposium held at Brighton Polytechnic 10- 15 April 1983' The scientific study of flint and chert. Proceedings of the fourth international flint symposium held at Brighton Polytechnic 10- 15 April 1983.
(1985) 'Early Cretaceous ostracoda from the Goban Spur; D.S.D.P. leg 80, site 549' Cretaceous Research 6, (3) 219-233 , DOI
(1985) 'Oceanic anoxic event 2 on-shore and off-shore SW England' Proceedings - Ussher Society 6, (2) 183-190
(1984) 'Ceriopora ramulosa (Michelin); an aberrant bryozoan from the Cenomanian of SE Devonshire' Proceedings - Ussher Society 6, (1) 25-28
(1984) 'Editorial. Symposium on Cretaceous Stage Boundaries, Copenhagen 18-21 October 1983' Cretaceous Research 5, (4) , DOI
(1980) 'The recognition of mid-Cretaceous sea-level changes by means of Foraminifera' Cretaceous Research 1, (4) 289-297 , DOI
(1980) 'A water depth model for the evolution of the planktonic Foraminiferida' Nature 286, (5770) 252-254 , DOI
(1979) 'A biometric analysis of an Orbitolina fauna from the Cretaceous succession at Wolborough, S. Devon' Proceedings Ussher Society 4, (3) 317-326
(1977) 'Micropalaeontological investigations for the site of the Thames Barrier, London' Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology 10, (3) 321-337 , DOI
(1976) 'The mid-Cretaceous succession of Orphan Knoll (northwest Atlantic): micropalaeontology and palaeo-oceanographic implications' Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 13, (10) 1411-1421 , DOI
(1974) 'Cenomanian palaeogeography of the North Atlantic and possible Mid-Cenomanian eustatic movements and their implications' Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 15, (2) 95-108 , DOI
(1973) 'Foraminiferal evidence for the age of the Cambridge Greensand' Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 84, (1) 65-82 , DOI
Books
(2004) The mid-Cenomanian non-sequence: a micropalaeontological detective story.
(2002) Correlation of the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary in NW Europe; Can the foraminifera from the Goban Spur provide some answers?.
Chapters
(2020) 'An introduction to causes and consequences of Cretaceous sea-level changes (IGCP 609)' Geological Society of London 1-8 , DOI
(2019) 'Micropalaeontology and stratigraphical setting of the Cambridge Greensand' Geological Society of London 147-163 , DOI
(2007) 'Late Cretaceous climates and foraminiferid distributions' in Williams M; Haywood AM; Gregory FJ; Schmidt DN Deep-Time Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying the Signal from Computer Models and Biological Proxies, The Micropalaeontological Society, Special Publications The Geological Society, London 235-250
(2002) 'The early evolution and palaeobiogeography of Mesozoic planktonic foraminifera' in Crame JA Palaeobiogeography and Biodiversity Change: the ordovician and Mesozoic-Cenozoic Radiations: Geological Society Special Publication 115-125
Conference Papers
(2018) 'The ‘Black Band’: local expression of a global event' Geological Society of London 217-226 , DOI
(2016) '7th international conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks, 2016: The rock connects us' 72-78
(2016) 'A newly described Jurassic 'squid-like cephalopod' from the llas Group of Dorset' 35-38
(2016) 'The western channel observatory: Benthic foraminifera in the plankton following storms' 39-45
(2014) 'Cretaceous–Palaeogene Boundary Events in Texas: New Sections, Revised Micropalaeontological Interpretations, and Clarification of the Stratigraphy' Springer International Publishing 37-41 , DOI
(2014) 'Dinocyst Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation of the Cretaceous–Palaeogene Boundary at Stevns Klint, Denmark' Springer International Publishing 33-36 , DOI
(2011) 'Jurassic planktic foraminifera and palaeoceanographic change in southern Poland and adjacent areas of Europe' 90-91
(2009) 'EVOLUTIONARY LINEAGES OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN THE CHALK SEAS OF NW EUROPE AND THEIR APPLICATION TO PROBLEM SOLVING' 233-+
(2008) 'Cretaceous foraminifera from the Turonian succession at Beer, southeastern Devon, England' Elsevier BV 1035-1046 , DOI
(2006) 'MICROFOSSILS FROM THE WOOTTON BASSETT MUD SPRINGS (WILTSHIRE, UK)' 199-+
(2005) 'FORAMINIFERA FROM RESTRONGUET CREEK: MONITORING RECOVERY FROM THE WHEAL JANE POLLUTION INCIDENT' 82-92
(2000) 'Global climate change: A geological perspective' 14-17
(2000) 'Micropalaeontological investigations of the Oxford clay - Corallian succession of the Dorset coast' 9-13
(2000) 'Possible causes of volutionary patterns in the nekton and plankton of the Devonian and Cretaceous' 1-8
(1999) 'Hettangian to Sinemurian ostracod faunas from East Quantoxhead, West Somerset' 289-296
(1999) 'The evolution and biodiversity of Cretaceous planktonic Foraminiferida' Elsevier BV 247-255 , DOI
(1997) 'The application of micropalaeontology to sequence stratigraphy; An example from the chalk succession of south-west England' 158-163
(1996) 'Foraminiferal recovery after the mid-Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) in the Cauvery Basin, southeast India' 237-244 , DOI
(1996) 'Recovery of the food chain after the Late Cenomanian extinction event' Geological Society of London 265-277 , DOI
(1996) 'The ecological and palaeoecological implications of the presence and absence of data: Evidence from Benthic forminifera' 54-62
(1995) 'Kimmeridgian palaeoenvironments; A micropalaeontological perspective' 433-436
(1993) 'CHERT FORMATION IN THE PORTLAND LIMESTONE FORMATION (UPPER JURASSIC) OF THE DORSET COAST - A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION' 181-185
(1992) 'New observations on the Ham Hill Stone (Lower Jurassic)'
(1992) 'Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level changes in the mid-Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian) of southern England; a preliminary investigation' 7-10
(1992) 'Simple gamma-ray response of the Upper Jurassic from the Dorset coast - A preliminary investigation using the scintillometer profile technique' 70-72
(1992) 'Some Holothurian sclerites from the Corallian Group of north Dorset' 11-14
(1991) 'The Late Cenomanian calcisphere global bioevent' 413-417
(1991) 'Sea-level changes across the Albian-Cenomanian boundary in south-west England' 408-412
(1989) 'Late Cretaceous development of the Atlantic Continental Margin off south-west England' 165-167
(1989) 'Late Quaternary foraminiferida from Plymouth Sound; preliminary investigation' 168-171
(1988) 'Comparisons of the late Cenomanian foraminiferida from Goban Spur, Site 551, DSDP Leg 80 (western approaches) and dover (SE England)' 81-85
(1988) 'Foraminifera and correlation of the Upper Greensand, Branscombe, south-east Devon' 97-98
(1987) 'Orbitally induced cycles in the Mesozoic sediments of S.W. England' 483-490
(1985) 'Oceanic anoxic event 2 on-shore and off-shore S.W. England' 183-190
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
Regularly invited to give presentations to Local scientific and other societies (e.g., Devonshire Association, Tavistock Wharf, Sidmouth Science Festival, etc.)
Conferences organised
Member of the Scientific Committee for Forams 2006 - the International Conference on Foraminifera held in Natal, Brazil, September 2006.
Chair of the Organising Committee and Co-Convenor of the 8th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, University of Plymouth, September 2009.
Member of the Scientific Committee for Cretaceous 2013 - 9th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, Ankara, Turkey.
Organizer (with C. W. Smart and D. Wall-Palmer) of the Annual meeting of the Foraminifera and Calcareous Nannofossil Groups of The Micropalaeontological Society, 14-18 June, 2015.
Member of the Scientific Committee for Cretaceous 2017 - 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, Vienna, Austria.
Other academic activities
Still maintain close working relationship with Natural England, Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site and the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark.