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Overview

Peter F. Rawson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has made contributions primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Archeology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work focuses mainly on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Archaeological and Geological Studies, Geological formations and processes, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Peter F. Rawson's publications appear frequently in notable venues such as Episodes, Proceedings of the Geologists Association, Cretaceous Research, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, and Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rawson include:

  • The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Hauterivian Stage (Lower Cretaceous), La Charce, southeast France, 2020, Episodes
  • The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Barremian Stage at Río Argos (Caravaca, SE Spain), 2023, Episodes
  • Lower Cretaceous ammonoids from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: The late Hauterivian Paraspiticeras and associated faunas, 2023, Cretaceous Research
  • Raymond Charles Casey. 10 October 1917-26 April 2016, 2020, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
  • Raymond Casey: His life and scientific contributions, 2020, Proceedings of the Geologists Association

Frequent collaborators in Rawson's research include Adrian W.A. Rushton, Martin I. Simpson, François Baudin, Mathieu Martinez, and Jörg Mutterlose.

Best Publications

  • Are we now living in the Anthropocene

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Mark Williams;Alan Smith;Tiffany L. Barry

  • The Cretaceous-Tertiary biotic transition

    N. Macleod;P. F. Rawson;P. L. Forey;F. T. Banner;F. T. Banner

  • Jurassic

    Unknown

  • Cretaceous Stage Boundaries — Proposals

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

  • Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene

    J Zalasiewicz;M Williams;R Fortey;Alan Smith

  • Latest Jurassic - Early Cretaceous Events and the “Late Cimmerian Unconformity” in North Sea Area

    P.F. Rawson;L.A. Riley

  • Atlas of Palaeogeography and Lithofacies

    J. C. W. Cope;J. K. Ingham;P. F Rawson

  • Biotic response to global change : the last 145 million years

    Stephen J. Culver;Peter Franklin Rawson

  • Report on the 5th International Meeting of the IUGS Lower Cretaceous Ammonite Working Group, the Kilian Group (Ankara, Turkey, 31st August 2013)

    Stéphane Reboulet;Ottilia Szives;Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta;Ricardo Barragán

  • Report on the 1st International Workshop of the IUGS Lower Cretaceous Ammonite Working Group, the 'Kilian Group' (Lyon, 11 July 2002)

    Philip J Hoedemaeker;Stéphane Reboulet;Maria B Aguirre-Urreta;Peter Alsen

  • The Geology of England and Wales

    Patrick J Brenchley;Peter Franklin Rawson

  • Purbeck–Wealden (early Cretaceous) climates

    P. Allen;K.L. Alvin;J.E. Andrews;D.J. Batten

  • Report on the 4th International Meeting of the IUGS Lower Cretaceous Ammonite Working Group, the “Kilian Group” (Dijon, France, 30th August 2010)

    Stéphane Reboulet;Peter F. Rawson;Josep A. Moreno-Bedmar;Maria B. Aguirre-Urreta

  • The ammonite sequence in the Agrio Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Neuquen Basin, Argentina

    Maria B. Aguirre Urreta;Peter F. Rawson

  • Belemnites of Valanginian, Hauterivian and Barremian age: Sr-isotope stratigraphy, composition (87Sr/86Sr, δ13C, δ18O, Na, Sr, Mg), and palaeo-oceanography

    J.M McArthur;J Mutterlose;G.D Price;P.F Rawson

  • A guide to stratigraphical procedure

    A. Whittaker;J. C. W. Cope;J. W. Cowie;W. Gibbons

  • Report on the 5th International Workshop of the Lower Cretaceous Cephalopod Team (Vienna, 5 September 2000)

    Ph.J. Hoedemaeker;P.F. Rawson

  • The Lower Cretaceous Chañarcillo and Neuquén Andean basins: Ammonoid biostratigraphy and correlations

    M.Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta;M.Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta;F.Amaro Mourgues;Peter.F. Rawson;Luc Georges Bulot

  • Ammonite zonation for the Lower Cretaceous of the Mediterranean Region; basis for the stratigraphic correlations within IGCP-Project 262

    Philip J. Hoedemaeker;María Beatriz Aguirre Urreta;Emil Avram

  • Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian–Aptian) biostratigraphy of the Neuquén Basin

    M. Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta;Peter F. Rawson;G. Andrea Concheyro;Paul R. Bown

  • The Yorkshire Coast

    Peter Rawson

  • Cretaceous stage boundaries - Proposals

    Unknown

  • The cretaceous system in the Western interior of North America: W. G. E. Caldwell (Editor). The Geological Association of Canada, 1975, 666 pp., $18.00

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Zalasiewicz
Jan Zalasiewicz University of Leicester
Andrew S. Gale
Andrew S. Gale University of Portsmouth
Philip L. Gibbard
Philip L. Gibbard University of Cambridge
Paul R. Bown
Paul R. Bown University College London
Tiffany L. Barry
Tiffany L. Barry University of Leicester
Colin N. Waters
Colin N. Waters University of Leicester
John E. A. Marshall
John E. A. Marshall University of Southampton
Angela L. Coe
Angela L. Coe The Open University
Stephen J. Culver
Stephen J. Culver East Carolina University
Mark Williams
Mark Williams University of Leicester

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