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József Pálfy is affiliated with Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research broadly covers various subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's primary topics of study encompass Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological Formations and Processes Exploration, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, as well as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

József Pálfy has contributed to several recent publications, highlighting studies in geological and paleontological events around critical boundary periods and environmental changes. Selected papers include:

  • The asynchronous disappearance of conodonts: New constraints from Triassic-Jurassic boundary sections in the Tethys and Panthalassa, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Mercury anomalies and carbon isotope excursions in the western Tethyan Csővár section support the link between CAMP volcanism and the end-Triassic extinction, 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • New evidence for a long Rhaetian from a Panthalassan succession (Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) and regional differences in carbon cycle perturbations at the Triassic-Jurassic transition, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Assessing anoxia, recovery and carbonate production setback in a hemipelagic Tethyan basin during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (Western Carpathians), 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • Uranium isotope evidence for extensive seafloor anoxia after the end-Triassic mass extinction, 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

The venues where József Pálfy frequently publishes include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Földtani Közlöny
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Collaborations form a significant part of their research activities. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Zsolt Vallner
  • Emma Blanka Kovács
  • János Haas
  • Micha Ruhl
  • Tamás Müller

Best Publications

  • Synchrony between Early Jurassic extinction, oceanic anoxic event, and the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalt volcanism

    József Pálfy;Paul L. Smith

  • Carbon isotope anomaly and other geochemical changes at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary from a marine section in Hungary

    József Pálfy;Attila Demény;János Haas;Magdolna Hetényi

  • A U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar time scale for the Jurassic

    J. Pálfy;P.L. Smith;J.K. Mortensen

  • Timing the end-Triassic mass extinction: First on land, then in the sea?

    József Pálfy;James K. Mortensen;Elizabeth S. Carter;Paul L. Smith

  • The Triassic timescale: new constraints and a review of geochronological data

    Roland Mundil;József Pálfy;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Peter Brack

  • Triassic-Jurassic boundary events inferred from integrated stratigraphy of the Csővár section, Hungary

    József Pálfy;Attila Demény;János Haas;Elizabeth S. Carter

  • Triassic-Jurassic boundary events: Problems, progress, possibilities

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Christopher A. McRoberts;József Pálfy

  • Volcanism of the Central Atlantic magmatic province as a potential driving force in the end-Triassic mass extinction

    József Pálfy

  • Palynological evidence of synchronous changes within the terrestrial and marine realm at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary (Csővár section, Hungary)

    A.E. Götz;K. Ruckwied;J. Pálfy;J. Haas

  • Environmental response to the early Toarcian carbon cycle and climate perturbations in the northeastern part of the West Tethys shelf

    Wolfgang Ruebsam;Tamás Müller;János Kovács;József Pálfy

  • Mid-Triassic integrated U–Pb geochronology and ammonoid biochronology from the Balaton Highland (Hungary)

    JÓzsef PÁlfy;Randall R. Parrish;Randall R. Parrish;Karine David;Karine David;Attila VÖrÖs

  • Environmental changes across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary and coeval volcanism inferred from elemental geochemistry and mineralogy in the Kendlbachgraben section (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria)

    József Pálfy;József Pálfy;Norbert Zajzon

  • U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Miocene fossil track site at Ipolytarnóc (Hungary) and its implications

    József Pálfy;Roland Mundil;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Raymond L. Bernor

  • Biotic and environmental changes in the Permian-Triassic boundary interval recorded on a western Tethyan ramp in the Bükk Mountains, Hungary

    János Haas;Attila Demény;Kinga Hips;Norbert Zajzon

  • New multiproxy record of the Jenkyns Event (also known as the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event) from the Mecsek Mountains (Hungary): Differences, duration and drivers

    Tamás Müller;Tamás Müller;Gregory D. Price;Dávid Bajnai;Dávid Bajnai;Anita Nyerges

  • Dating the end-Triassic and Early Jurassic mass extinctions, correlative large igneous provinces, and isotopic events

    József Pálfy;Paul L. Smith;James K. Mortensen

  • A UPb age from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) and its use for time scale calibration through error analysis of biochronologic dating

    József Pálfy;Randall R. Parrish;Paul L. Smith

  • Integrated ammonite biochronology and U-Pb geochronometry from a basal Jurassic section in Alaska

    József Pálfy;Paul L. Smith;James K. Mortensen;Richard M. Friedman

  • THE OLDEST TRIASSIC PLATFORM MARGIN REEF FROM THE ALPINE - CARPATHIAN REGION (AGGTELEK, NE HUNGARY): PLATFORM EVOLUTION, REEFAL BIOTA AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK

    Felicitász Velledits;Csaba Péró;Joachim Blau;Baba Senowbari-Daryan

  • Carbon cycle history through the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary: A new global δ13C stack

    Gregory D. Price;István Főzy;József Pálfy

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory D. Price
Gregory D. Price Plymouth University
Attila Demény
Attila Demény Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Richard M. Friedman
Richard M. Friedman University of British Columbia
Roland Mundil
Roland Mundil Berkeley Geochronology Center
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Walter Finsinger
Walter Finsinger University of Montpellier
Micha Ruhl
Micha Ruhl Trinity College Dublin
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth
James K. Mortensen
James K. Mortensen University of British Columbia
Michael J. Orchard
Michael J. Orchard Geological Survey of Canada

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