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Gregory J. Retallack

Gregory J. Retallack

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Earth Science

D-Index
78
Citations
21292
World Ranking
583
National Ranking
291

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Gregory J. Retallack is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 139 publications in this field. Subfields of study include Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work covers several main topics:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Gregory J. Retallack are the following:

  • Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO 2, 2023, Science
  • Long-term evolution of terrestrial weathering and its link to Earth's oxygenation, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Deep time perspective on rising atmospheric CO2, 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • Dickinsonia discovered in India and late Ediacaran biogeography, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Multiple Permian-Triassic life crises on land and at sea, 2021, Global and Planetary Change

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Adrian Broz
  • Xuelian Guo
  • Ilya N. Bindeman
  • Jinhao Liu
  • Giselle Conde

Gregory J. Retallack's research features publications in several notable venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in these journals:

  • Journal of Palaeosciences
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Gondwana Research
  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Recognitions obtained include fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1997, and fellowship in the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Soils of the Past: An introduction to paleopedology

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Soils of the past

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Field recognition of paleosols

    Greg J. Retallack

  • Geochemical Climofunctions from North American Soils and Application to Paleosols across the Eocene‐Oligocene Boundary in Oregon

    Nathan D. Sheldon;Gregory J. Retallack;Satoshi Tanaka

  • A 300-million-year record of atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil plant cuticles

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Pedogenic carbonate proxies for amount and seasonality of precipitation in paleosols

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Global coal gap between Permian-Triassic extinction and Middle Triassic recovery of peat-forming plants

    Gregory J. Retallack;John J. Veevers;Ric Morante

  • Permian-triassic life crisis on land.

    G. J. Retallack

  • A colour guide to paleosols

    Greg J. Retallack

  • δ13C depth profiles from paleosols across the Permian-Triassic boundary: Evidence for methane release

    Evelyn S. Krull;Gregory J. Retallack

  • Cenozoic Expansion of Grasslands and Climatic Cooling

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Soils of the Past: An Introduction to Paleopedology

    Donald A. Davidson;G. J. Retallack

  • Early Forest Soils and Their Role in Devonian Global Change

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Were the Ediacaran fossils lichens

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Vertebrate extinction across Permian–Triassic boundary in Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Gregory J. Retallack;Roger M.H. Smith;Peter D. Ward

  • Methane Release from Igneous Intrusion of Coal during Late Permian Extinction Events

    Gregory J. Retallack;A. Hope Jahren

  • Postapocalyptic greenhouse paleoclimate revealed by earliest Triassic paleosols in the Sydney Basin, Australia

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Cenozoic Paleoclimate on Land in North America

    Gregory J. Retallack

  • Equation for compaction of paleosols due to burial

    Nathan D. Sheldon;Gregory J. Retallack

  • The environmental factor approach to the interpretation of paleosols.

    Gregory J. Retallack

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan D. Sheldon
Nathan D. Sheldon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Evelyn S. Krull
Evelyn S. Krull CSIRO Land and Water
Lucas C. R. Silva
Lucas C. R. Silva University of Oregon
Andrey Bekker
Andrey Bekker University of California, Riverside
Jonathan G. Wynn
Jonathan G. Wynn National Science Foundation
David Krinsley
David Krinsley University of Oregon
A. Hope Jahren
A. Hope Jahren University of Oslo
Carl C. Swisher
Carl C. Swisher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ilya N. Bindeman
Ilya N. Bindeman University of Oregon
David L. Dilcher
David L. Dilcher Indiana University

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