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John S. Peel

John S. Peel

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
4831
World Ranking
7246
National Ranking
63

Overview

John S. Peel is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has an extensive research output in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing primarily on paleontology, stratigraphy, and geological studies. Their body of work encompasses the study of fossils, geological formations, and paleoclimatic research, contributing to a detailed understanding of early Cambrian biodiversity and sedimentary environments.

The main areas of study associated with Peel include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Key subfields investigated by Peel cover:

  • Paleontology
  • Geology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Insect Science

The research topics that Peel has contributed to encompass:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Geological formations and processes

Peel has published papers in several scientific venues multiple times, such as:

  • Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • GFF
  • Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
  • Bulletin of Geosciences

Recent notable papers authored by John S. Peel include:

  • "Proterozoic - basal Cambrian stratigraphy across Nares Strait: correlation between Inglefield Land and Bache Peninsula" (2023) published in Meddelelser om Grønland Geoscience
  • "An outer shelf shelly fauna from Cambrian Series 2 (Stage 4) of North Greenland (Laurentia)" (2021) published in Journal of Paleontology
  • "Middle Cambrian (Miaolingian Series, Wuliuan Stage) molluscs and mollusc-like microfossils from North Greenland (Laurentia)." (2022) published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
  • "Ediacaran Doushantuo-type biota discovered in Laurentia" (2020) published in Communications Biology
  • "Small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs) from North Greenland: new light on metazoan diversity in early Cambrian shelf environments" (2020) published in Papers in Palaeontology

Frequent collaborators of Peel include:

  • Sebastian Willman
  • Yeongju Oh
  • Tae-Yoon S. Park
  • Jon R. Ineson
  • Elias J. Rugen

Best Publications

  • Articulated Halkieriids from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland and their Role in Early Protostome Evolution

    S. Conway Morris;J. S. Peel

  • Lower Cambrian trilobites from North Greenland

    M. R. Blaker;J. S. Peel

  • A Burgess shale-like fauna from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland

    S. Conway Morris;J. S. Peel;A. K. Higgins;N. J. Soper

  • Articulated halkieriids from the lower Cambrian of north Greenland

    S. Conway Morris;J. S. Peel

  • Lower Palaeozoic Franklinian Basin of North Greenland

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

  • The Earliest Annelids: Lower Cambrian Polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, Peary Land, North Greenland

    Simon Conway Morris;John Stuart Peel

  • Functional morphology of the Class Helcionelloida nov., and the early evolution of the Mollusca

    J.S Peel

  • Cambrian shelf stratigraphy of North Greenland

    Jon R. Ineson;John Stuart Peel

  • The Henson Gletscher Formation, North Greenland, and its bearing on the global Cambrian Series 2-Series 3 boundary

    Gerd Geyer;John S. Peel

  • Isoxys (Arthropoda) from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland

    Mark Williams;David J. Siveter;John S. Peel

  • Arthroaspis n. gen., a common element of the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Cambrian, North Greenland), sheds light on trilobite ancestry

    Martin Stein;Graham E. Budd;John Stuart Peel;David A. T. Harper

  • Small shelly fossils from the argillaceous facies of the Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of western Newfoundland

    Christian B. Skovsted;John S. Peel

  • Attempted predation and shell repair in Middle and Upper Ordovician gastropods from Sweden

    Jan Ove R. Ebbestad;John S. Peel

  • Geological and depositional setting of the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Early Cambrian), North Greenland

    Jon R. Ineson;John S. Peel

  • Palaeobiology, taphonomy and stratigraphic significance of the trilobite BUENELLUS from the Sirius Passet Biota, Cambrian of North Greenland

    Loren E. Babcock;John Stuart Peel

  • New Palaeoscolecidan Worms from the Lower Cambrian: Sirius Passet, Latham Shale and Kinzers Shale

    Simon Conway Morris;John S. Peel

  • Trace fossils from the Lower Cambrian Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland

    R.K Pickerill;J.S Peel

  • The Lower Paleozoic of Greenland

    John S. Peel

  • Cambrian to Silurian Basin Development and Sedimentation, North Greenland

    A.K. Higgins;J.R. Ineson;J.S. Peel;F. Surlyk

  • Paleocene gastropods from Nûgssuaq, West Greenland

    H.A Kollmann;J.S Peel

  • Hyolithellus in Life Position from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland

    Christian B. Skovsted;Christian B. Skovsted;John S. Peel

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian B. Skovsted
Christian B. Skovsted Swedish Museum of Natural History
Gerd Geyer
Gerd Geyer University of Würzburg
Mark Williams
Mark Williams University of Leicester
Finn Surlyk
Finn Surlyk University of Copenhagen
David A. T. Harper
David A. T. Harper Durham University
David J. Siveter
David J. Siveter University of Leicester
Jean-Bernard Caron
Jean-Bernard Caron University of Toronto
Loren E. Babcock
Loren E. Babcock The Ohio State University
Stefan Bengtson
Stefan Bengtson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen

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