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Earth
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Em
Prof Tony Ewart
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Room
209D Steele Bldg
Tel: +61 7 33659776
Fax: +61 7 3365 1277
Email: Tony
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Emeritus
Professor Tony Ewart
BSc Lond.,
DIC
Lond., PhD
Lond., DSc
Lond., ARSM
Petrology
and Geochemistry
Principal research Interests:
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Igneous petrology and
petrogenesis. |
Current Projects:
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Origin and evolution of the S.W. Pacific Island
Arcs. |
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Petrology, geochemistry and evolution of the
Early Cretaceous bimodal flood volcanism of the Parana
(Brazil)-Etendeka (Namibia) Igneous Province (With J.S. Marsh (Rhodes
University), A.R. Duncan (University of Cape Town), S.C. Milner
(Philips Analytical), B. Kamber (AQUIRE) and R. Armstrong (Australian
National University) |
Recent
publications
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Ewart, A. Collerson, K.D., Regelous, J.I.,
Wendt, J.I. and Niu. Y. 1998. Geochemical evolution within the
Tonga-Kermadec-Lau Arc-Back-arc systems: the role of varying mantle
wedge composition in space and time. J. Petrol. 39, 331-368. |
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Marsh, J.S., Ewart, A.,
Milner, S.C., Duncan, A.R. and McG. Miller, R. 2001. The Etendeka
Igneous Province: magma types and their stratigraphic distribution with
imnplications for the evolution of the Paraná-Etendeka flood basalt
province. Bull. Volcanol. 62, 464-486. |
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Ewart, A., Milner, S.C.,
Duncan, A.R. and Bailey. M. 2002. The Cretaceous Messum Igneous
Complex, Namibia: Reinterpretation in terms of a downsag-cauldron
subsidence model. J. Volcan. Geothermal Research 114, 251-273. |
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Room
235 Steele Building
Tel: +61 7 3365 2366
Fax: +61 7 3365 1277
Email: Geoff
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Emeritus
Professor Geoff Playford
BSc(Hons) W.Aust., PhD Camb.,
DSc W.Aust.
Palynology, micropalaeontology, palaeobotany, stratigraphy
Principal
research interests:
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Palynology
and its stratigraphic applications |
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Evolution
of land plants |
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Palaeozoic microphytoplankton |
Current
projects
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Upper Palaeozoic palynostratigraphy of
intracratonic basins (Amazonas, Parnaíba, Paraná, and Chaco-Paraná
Basins) of
Brazil and Argentina. [with José H. G. de Melo (Petrobras/Cenpes, Rio
de Janeiro)]. |
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Biostratigraphic calibration
of Devonian-Carboniferous marine and nonmarine strata of northern
Australia. [with J.S. Jell and
Geological Survey of Western Australia]. |
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Devonian-Carboniferous
palynostratigraphy of the
Iberian Pyrite Belt, Spain and Morocco. [with F. González and C. Moreno
(Universidad de Huelva, Spain)]. |
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Palaeobotany and palynology of
Upper Palaeozoic strata, Papua. [with J.F. Rigby (Queensland University
of Technology)]. |
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Early-mid Palaeozoic
microphytoplankton: biostratigraphy and palaeogeography. [with R.
Wicander (Central Michigan
University)]. |
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Siluro-Devonian miospores and
acritarch floras, Darling Basin, New South Wales. [with Geological
Survey of New South Wales]. |
Recent
publications:
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Playford, G.
& Dino, R. (2002). Permian palynofloral assemblages of the
Chaco-Paraná Basin, Argentina:
systematics and stratigraphic significance. Revista Española
de Micropaleontología,
34, pp. 235-288, 9 pls.
Madrid. |
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Playford, G.
(2003). Acritarchs and prasinophyte phycomata: a short course. American
Association of
Stratigraphic Palynologists, Contributions Series, 41,
pp. 1-39. Dallas. |
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Yin Leiming & Playford,
G. (2003). Middle Ordovician acritarchs from the global
stratotype section of Huangnitang in
Changshan, Zhejiang, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica,
42,
pp. 89-103, 5 pls. Beijing. |
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Gorter, J.D., McKirdy, D.M., Jones, P.J.
& Playford, G. (2004). Reappraisal of the
Early Carboniferous Milligans Formation
source rock system in the southern Bonaparte Basin, northwestern
Australia. In:
Ellis, G.K., Baillie, P.W., & Munson, T.J., eds., Timor
Sea petroleum
geoscience. Proceedings of the Timor Sea Petroleum Geoscience
Symposium, Darwin, 19-20 June
2003; Northern Territory Geological Survey,
Special Publication 1, pp. 231-255. Darwin. |
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Playford, G.
& Dino, R. (2005). Carboniferous and Permian
palynostratigraphy. In: Koutsoukos, E.A.M., ed., Applied
stratigraphy, chapter 5, pp. 101-121. Springer, Dordrecht. |
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González, F., Playford,
G. & Moreno, C. (2005). Upper Devonian
biostratigraphy of the Iberian Pyrite
Belt, southwest Spain. Part One: miospores. Palaeontographica,
Abteilung B, 273,
pp. 1-51, 8 pls. Stuttgart. |
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González, F., Moreno, C.
& Playford, G. (2005). Upper Devonian
biostratigraphy of the Iberian Pyrite
Belt, southwest Spain. Part Two: organic-walled microphytoplankton. Palaeontographica,
Abteilung B, 273, pp. 53-86, 7 pls.
Stuttgart. |
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Hashemi, H. & Playford,
G. (2005). Devonian miospore assemblages of the Adavale
Basin, Queensland (Australia):
descriptive systematics and stratigraphic significance. Revista
Española
de Micropaleontologia, 7, pp. 317-417, 14
pls. Madrid. |
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Playford, G.
& Wicander, R. (2006). Organic-walled microphytoplankton of the
Sylvan Shale (Richmondian: Upper
Ordovician), Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma, U.S.A. Oklahoma
Geological Survey, Bulletin 148, pp.
1-116, 28pls. The University of Oklahoma,
Norman, OK. |
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Quintavalle, M. & Playford,
G. (2006a). Palynostratigraphy of
Ordovician strata, Canning Basin, Western
Australia. Part One: acritarchs and prasinophytes. Palaeontographica,
Abteilung B,
275, pp. 1-88, 12pls.
Stuttgart. |
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Quintavalle, M. & Playford,
G. (2006b). Palynostratigraphy of
Ordovician strata, Canning Basin, Western
Australia. Part Two: chitinozoans and biostratigraphy. Palaeontographica,
Abteilung B,
275, pp. 89-131, 3pls.
Stuttgart. |
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Garcia, A. & Playford, G.
(2007). The fossil record of algae. In: McCarthy,
P. M.
&
Orchard, A. E., eds., Algae
of Australia: Introduction, pp. 104-128.
ABRS, Canberra; CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. |
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Playford, G. & Vecoli, M.
(2008). Professor Marco Tongiorgi. Revue de Micropaléontologie,
51 (1),
pp. 3-8. Paris. |
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Quintavalle, M. & Playford,
G. (2008). Stratigraphic distribution of selected acritarchs in the
Ordovician subsurface, Canning Basin, Western Australia.
Revue de Micropaléontologie,
51 (1), pp. 23-37. 2 pls.
Paris. |
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Wicander, R. & Playford, G.
(2008). Upper Ordovician microphytoplankton of the Bill's Creek Shale
and Stonington Formation, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A. :
biostratigraphy and paleogeographic significance. Revue de
Micropaléontologie,
51 (1), pp. 39-66, 4 pls.
Paris. |
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Playford, G., González, F., Moreno,
C. & Al Ansari, A. (2008). Palynostratigraphy of the Sarhlef
Series (Mississippian), Kebilet Massif, Morocco. Micropaleontology,
54
(2), pp. 89-124, 8 pls. New York. |
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Playford, G. & Rigby, J.F.,
(2008). Permian palynoflora of the Ainim and Aiduna formations, West
Papua. Revista Española de Micropaleontologia, 40
(1-2), pp. 1-57, 8
pls. Madrid. |
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Moreno, C., Sáez, R., González, F.,
Almodovar, G., Tosano, M., Playford, G., Alansari, A., Rziki, S.
& Bajddi, A. (2008). Age and depositional environment of the
Draa Sfar massive sulfide deposit, Morocco. Mineralium
Deposita, 43,
pp. 891-911. Dordrecht. |
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