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Overview

Finn Surlyk is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Paleontology, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research. Further areas of focus include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geological formations and processes, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Surlyk has contributed to multiple scholarly venues, with publications mainly appearing in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark. Other publication venues include the GEUS Bulletin, Basin Research, Terra Nova, and the Scottish Journal of Geology.

  • Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
  • GEUS Bulletin
  • Basin Research
  • Terra Nova
  • Scottish Journal of Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Surlyk include:

  • Peter Alsen
  • Ane Elise Schrøder
  • Nicolas Thibault
  • Michael Larsen
  • Stefan Piasecki

Recent significant papers by Finn Surlyk feature research on Jurassic stratigraphy, rift dome evolution, and sedimentology. Notable publications include:

  • "Jurassic stratigraphy of East Greenland," 2021, GEUS Bulletin
  • "Coarse-grained, marine, sub-wave base, high-angle clinoform sets: A little-known outcrop facies illustrated by Jurassic examples from East Greenland," 2023, Basin Research
  • "Uplift, deflation and marine onlap of a Jurassic rift dome, illustrated by a backstepping Middle-Upper Jurassic shelf-to-slope succession, Geographical Society Ø, East Greenland," 2023, Terra Nova
  • "Flood-generated hyperpycnal delta front sands of the Brora Arenaceous Formation (upper Callovian-middle Oxfordian) of the Inner Moray Firth, Scotland, record the onset of rifting," 2020, Scottish Journal of Geology

The scientist's research contributes to understanding ancient geological formations and environmental changes during the Jurassic period, with a geographic focus that includes East Greenland and Scotland.

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial and marine extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary synchronized with major carbon-cycle perturbation: A link to initiation of massive volcanism?

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Stuart A. Robinson;Finn Surlyk;Stefan Piasecki

  • Cretaceous Stage Boundaries — Proposals

    T. Birkelund;J. M. Hancock;M. B. Hart;P. F. Rawson

  • Submarine fan sedimentation along fault scarps on tilted fault blocks (Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, East Greenland)

    F Surlyk

  • Sea-level change and facies development across potential Triassic-Jurassic boundary horizons, SW Britain

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Stuart A. Robinson;Stuart A. Robinson;Finn Surlyk

  • Timing, style and sedimentary evolution of Late Palaeozoic-Mesozoic extensional basins of East Greenland

    Finn Surlyk

  • Macroecological responses of terrestrial vegetation to climatic and atmospheric change across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in East Greenland

    Jennifer C. McElwain;Mihai E. Popa;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Matthew Haworth

  • Impact Theory of Mass Extinctions and the Invertebrate Fossil Record

    Walter Alvarez;Erle G. Kauffman;Finn Surlyk;Luis W. Alvarez

  • Borings produced by brachiopod pedicles, fossil and Recent

    Richard G. Bromley;Finn Surlyk

  • Numerical Paleoceanographic study of the Early Jurassic Transcontinental Laurasian Seaway

    Christian J. Bjerrum;Finn Surlyk;John H. Callomon;Rudy L. Slingerland

  • A Cool-Water Carbonate Ramp With Bryozoan Mounds: Late Cretaceous-Danian of the Danish Basin

    Finn Surlyk

  • The Permian of the Western Margin of the Greenland Sea—A Future Exploration Target

    F. Surlyk;J. M. Hurst;S. Piasecki;F. Rolle

  • The Jurassic of East Greenland: a sedimentary record of thermal subsidence, onset and culmination of rifting

    Finn Surlyk

  • Lower Palaeozoic Franklinian Basin of North Greenland

    A K Higgins;J S Peel;M Soenderholm;J R Ineson

  • Jurassic lithostratigraphy and stratigraphic development onshore and offshore Denmark

    Olaf Michelsen;Lars H. Nielsen;Peter N. Johannessen;Jan Andsbjerg

  • Upper Campanian–Maastrichtian nannofossil biostratigraphy and high-resolution carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Danish Basin: Towards a standard δ13C curve for the Boreal Realm

    Nicolas Thibault;Rikke Harlou;Niels Schovsbo;Poul Schiøler

  • The Jurassic of Denmark and Greenland

    Jon R. Ineson;Finn Surlyk

  • Slope and Deep Shelf Gully Sandstones, Upper Jurassic, East Greenland

    Finn Surlyk

  • Cyclic Sedimentation in a Large Wave‐ and Storm‐Dominated Anoxic Lake; Kap Stewart Formation (Rhaetian‐Sinemurian), Jameson Land, East Greenland

    G. Dam;F. Surlyk

  • Epifaunal Zonation on an Upper Cretaceous Rocky Coast

    Finn Surlyk;Walter Kegel Christensen

  • Sequence Stratigraphy of the Jurassic-Lowermost Cretaceous of East Greenland (1)

    Finn Surlyk

  • Cretaceous stage boundaries - Proposals

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Stemmerik
Lars Stemmerik University of Copenhagen
Nicolas Thibault
Nicolas Thibault University of Copenhagen
Stefan Piasecki
Stefan Piasecki University of Copenhagen
Stephen P. Hesselbo
Stephen P. Hesselbo University of Exeter
Henrik I. Petersen
Henrik I. Petersen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Stuart A. Robinson
Stuart A. Robinson University of Oxford
Mads Huuse
Mads Huuse University of Manchester
Lars Henrik Nielsen
Lars Henrik Nielsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Lars B. Clemmensen
Lars B. Clemmensen University of Copenhagen
Jennifer C. McElwain
Jennifer C. McElwain Trinity College Dublin

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