Professor Margaret Collinson
Professor Margaret Collinson
Professor of Plant Palaeobiology
Phone: +44 1784 443607
Research interests
- Evolution of English Palaeogene land ecosystems
- Biomolecular Palaeobotany
- the geochemical characterisation of cuticles and propagules
- Use of oxygen isotopes from biogenic phosphates in palaeoclimate determination
- Taphonomy and the fate of plants, especially charcoal, in sediments
- Tertiary floras, vegetation and climate
- Palaeogene palynology
- Fern Palaeobiology
- Plant mesofossils (especially water ferns) at the K/T boundary
- Animal/plant interactions in the fossil record
- Global change across the K/T, Palaeocene/Eocene and Eocene/Oligocene boundaries
- Evolution and functional biology of ancient plants
- Evolutionary pattern in plant assemblages
- Biological self assembly
Teaching
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year courses in Palaeobiology, Palaeoecology & history of life
- Field courses - S. England
- Published
Chemical Characteristics of Macroscopic Pyrogenic Carbon Following Millennial-Scale Environmental Exposure
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Published
Fracture of the dimorphic fruits of Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae)
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- E-pub ahead of print
A note on the charring of spores and implications for coal petrographic analysis and maceral nomenclature
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Terrestrial methane cycling during Paleogene greenhouse climates
Project: Research
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