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Overview

Geoffrey Playford is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on paleontology, geology, atmospheric science, oceanography, and anthropology. Their research encompasses paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geological and geophysical studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, marine biology and ecology research, Australian Indigenous culture and history, paleontology and evolutionary biology, and geological formations and processes.

Playford has published articles in several venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Palynology
  • Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Ameghiniana
  • Australian Critical Care

Their recent publications include these papers:

  • Methane seeps following Early Permian (Sakmarian) deglaciation, interior East Gondwana, Western Australia: Multiphase carbonate cements, distinct carbon-isotope signatures, extraordinary biota, 2022, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Lower Permian (Sakmarian) Palynoflora From the Woolaga Limestone Member of the Holmwood Shale, Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia, 2021, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
  • Acritarchs and prasinophytes from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) Ross Formation, Tennessee, USA: stratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution, 2021, Palynology
  • Mississippian Palynoflora from the Clarke River Basin, North Queensland, Australia, 2022, Ameghiniana
  • Basil Eric Balme (1923-2023): doyen of Australian palynology, 2024, Palynology

Frequent co-authors in Geoffrey Playford's work include:

  • David W. Haig
  • Antoine Dillinger
  • Rosine Riera
  • Aleksey Sadekov
  • Grzegorz Skrzypek

Their research primarily contributes to various subfields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences:

  • Paleontology
  • Geology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Anthropology

Main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Australian Indigenous Culture and History
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Geological formations and processes

Best Publications

  • Carboniferous and Permian palynostratigraphy in Australia and Antarctica: a review

    Kemp. E. M.;B. E. Balme;R. J. Helby;R. A. Kyle

  • Laboratory techniques for extraction of palynomorphs from sediments

    D. Phipps;G. Playford

  • Lower Carboniferous microfloras of Spitsbergen, Part One

    G. Playford

  • Lower to Middle Devonian acritarchs of the Moose River Basin, Ontario

    G. Playford

  • Rhaeto-Liassic plant microfossils from the Leigh Creek Coal Measures, South Australia

    G. Playford;M. E. Dettmann

  • Palynostratigraphy of upper Palaeozoic strata (Tapajos group), Amazonas Basin, Brazil: Part One

    Geoffrey Playford;Rodolfo Dino

  • Palynostratigraphy of upperPalaeozoic strata (Tapajós Group), Amazonas Basin, Brazil:

    Geoffrey Playford;Rodolfo Dino

  • Plant microfossils from the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

    G. Playford

  • Late Permian plant microfossils from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica

    B. E. Balme;G. Playford

  • Palynology of Lower Cretaceous (Swan River) strata of Saskatchewan and Manitoba

    Geoffrey Playford

  • Palynology of the Australian Cretaceous: a review

    M. E. Dettmann;G. Playford

  • Late Devonian Acritarchs from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

    G. Playford;R. S. Dring

  • Plant microfossils from Triassic sediments near Poatina, Tasmania

    Geoffrey Playford

  • On a Chinese Givetian lycopod, Longostachys latisporophyllus Zhu, Hu et Feng, emend: its morphology, anatomy and reconstruction

    Felipe González;Carmen Moreno;Geoffrey Playford

  • Ordovician acritarchs from the Canning Basin, Western Australia

    Geoffrey Playford;Francine Martin

  • Taxonomy of some Cretaceous spores and pollen grains from eastern Australia

    M. E. Dettmann;G. Playford

  • Canadian and Australian Devonian spores: zonation and correlation

    D. C. McGregor;G. Playford

  • Miospores from the Mississippian Horton Group, eastern Canada

    Geoffrey Playford

  • Permian palynofloral assemblages of the Chaco-Paraná Basin (Argentina): systematics and stratigraphic significance

    G. Playford;R. Dino

  • Lower Carboniferous spores from the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, Western Australia and Northern Territory

    G. Playford

  • Ordovician acritarch genera Peteinosphaeridium, Liliosphaeridium, and Cycloposphaeridium: morphology, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and palaeogeographic significance

    G. Playford;C. Ribecai;M. Tongiorgi

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory D. Edgecombe
Gregory D. Edgecombe Natural History Museum
Marco Vecoli
Marco Vecoli Saudi Aramco (United States)
Alan Cass
Alan Cass Charles Darwin University
Carmel M. Hawley
Carmel M. Hawley University of Queensland
David M. McKirdy
David M. McKirdy University of Adelaide
Roger A. Cooper
Roger A. Cooper GNS Science
Wieland Meyer
Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
David R. Andes
David R. Andes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Monica A. Slavin
Monica A. Slavin Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University

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