Geological Society, London, Special Publications: 448 (1)

Geological Society, London, Special Publications

Volume 448, 2017

Earth System Evolution and Early Life: A Celebration of the Work of Martin Brasier

Edited by:
A. T. Brasier, University of Aberdeen, UK
D. McIlroy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada and
N. McLoughlin, Rhodes University, South Africa

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Contributions of Professor Martin Brasier to the study of early life, stratigraphy and biogeochemistry
Alexander T. Brasier, Duncan McIlroy and Nicola McLoughlin

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 1-17, 30 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.23

Deciphering the earliest evidence for life

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Understanding ancient life: how Martin Brasier changed the way we think about the fossil record
Jonathan B. Antcliffe, Alexander G. Liu, Latha R. Menon, Duncan McIlroy, Nicola McLoughlin and David Wacey

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 19-31, 28 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.16
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X-ray microtomography as a tool for investigating the petrological context of Precambrian cellular remains
Keyron Hickman-Lewis, Russell J. Garwood, Philip J. Withers and David Wacey

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 33-56, 2 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.11
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Earliest microbial trace fossils in Archaean pillow lavas under scrutiny: new micro-X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy, metamorphic and morphological constraints
Eugene G. Grosch, Manuel Muñoz, Olivier Mathon and Nicola McLoughlin

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 57-70, 12 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.8

The preservation, origins and interactions of early multicellular organisms – the Torridonian Supergroup, NW Scotland

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Characterization of organic matter in the Torridonian using Raman spectroscopy
D. K. Muirhead, J. Parnell, S. Spinks and S. A. Bowden

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 71-80, 15 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.2
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Advanced analytical techniques for studying the morphology and chemistry of Proterozoic microfossils
David Wacey, Leila Battison, Russell J. Garwood, Keyron Hickman-Lewis and Martin D. Brasier

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 81-104, 15 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.4
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Contrasting microfossil preservation and lake chemistries within the 1200–1000 Ma Torridonian Supergroup of NW Scotland
David Wacey, Martin Brasier, John Parnell, Timothy Culwick, Stephen Bowden, Sam Spinks, Adrian J. Boyce, Brett Davidheiser-Kroll, Heejin Jeon, Martin Saunders and Matt R. Kilburn

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 105-119, 15 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.6
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Evaluating evidence from the Torridonian Supergroup (Scotland, UK) for eukaryotic life on land in the Proterozoic
A. T. Brasier, T. Culwick, L. Battison, R. H. T. Callow and M. D. Brasier

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 121-144, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.13

Progress on understanding the evolution of animal life and the biosphere during the Precambrian–Cambrian transition

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Measuring the ‘Great Unconformity’ on the North China Craton using new detrital zircon age data
Tianchen He, Ying Zhou, Pieter Vermeesch, Martin Rittner, Lanyun Miao, Maoyan Zhu, Andrew Carter, Philip A. E. Pogge von Strandmann and Graham A. Shields

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 145-159, 8 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.14
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Earth system transition during the Tonian–Cambrian interval of biological innovation: nutrients, climate, oxygen and the marine organic carbon capacitor
Graham A. Shields

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 161-177, 14 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.17
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Martin Brasier's contribution to the palaeobiology of the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition
Alexander G. Liu, Latha R. Menon, Graham A. Shields, Richard H. T. Callow and Duncan McIlroy

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 179-193, 2 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.9
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Palaeoecology of Ediacaran metazoan reefs
Rachel Wood

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 195-210, 15 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.1
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Ediacaran pre-placozoan diploblasts in the Avalonian biota: the role of chemosynthesis in the evolution of early animal life
Suzanne C. Dufour and Duncan McIlroy

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 211-219, 15 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.5
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Rangeomorph classification schemes and intra-specific variation: are all characters created equal?
Charlotte G. Kenchington and Philip R. Wilby

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 221-250, 30 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.19
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Post-fossilization processes and their implications for understanding Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages
Jack J. Matthews, Alexander G. Liu and Duncan McIlroy

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 251-269, 17 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.20
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‘Intrites’ from the Ediacaran Longmyndian Supergroup, UK: a new form of microbially-induced sedimentary structure (MISS)
Latha R. Menon, Duncan McIlroy and Martin D. Brasier

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 271-283, 2 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.12
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The origin and occurrence of subaqueous sedimentary cracks
Sean McMahon, Ashleigh van Smeerdijk Hood and Duncan McIlroy

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 285-309, 30 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.15
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The Precambrian–Phanerozoic and Ediacaran–Cambrian boundaries: a historical approach to a dilemma
Gerd Geyer and Ed Landing

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 311-349, 2 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.10
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Ichnological evidence for the Cambrian explosion in the Ediacaran to Cambrian succession of Tanafjord, Finnmark, northern Norway
Duncan McIlroy and Martin D. Brasier

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 351-368, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.7
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Engineering the Cambrian explosion: the earliest bioturbators as ecosystem engineers
Liam G. Herringshaw, Richard H. T. Callow and Duncan McIlroy

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 369-382, 23 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.18

Studies of exceptional preservation

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Remarkable preservation of brain tissues in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur
Martin D. Brasier, David B. Norman, Alexander G. Liu, Laura J. Cotton, Jamie E. H. Hiscocks, Russell J. Garwood, Jonathan B. Antcliffe and David Wacey

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 383-398, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.3
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Earliest Cretaceous cocoons or plant seed structures from the Wealden Group, Hastings, UK
A. T. Brasier, L. J. Cotton, R. J. Garwood, J. Baker-Brian, E. Howlett and M. D. Brasier

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 399-411, 22 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.21
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Chemical relationships of ambers using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
L. J. Cotton, F. Vollrath, M. D. Brasier and C. Dicko

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 448, 413-424, 17 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448.22

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Deciphering the earliest evidence for life

The preservation, origins and interactions of early multicellular organisms – the Torridonian Supergroup, NW Scotland

Progress on understanding the evolution of animal life and the biosphere during the Precambrian–Cambrian transition

Studies of exceptional preservation

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