Palaeontology staff directory

Research interests

Research interests are diverse and cover the integrated aspects of the biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental analysis of foraminifera and radiolaria. Initially, this was concentrated on the Jurassic Foraminifera and Radiolaria of Scottish sections (MSc and PhD), but now covers the stratigraphical column from the Jurassic to Pliocene of the UK and internationally. I have been involved in the commercial sector (PetroStrat Ltd) since 1992 with experience gained as a micropalaeontologist, radiolarian specialist, stratigrapher, wellsite biostratigrapher and sequence stratigrapher in the UK and international regions. My specific interests include the following areas:

• Biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironmental analysis and sequence stratigraphic studies of Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences with particular emphasis on the Micropalaeontology of Northwest Europe.
  
• North Sea Mesozoic and Tertary regional and field specific studies: West of Shetlands, Viking Graben, Inner Moray Firth, Outer Moray Firth, Central Graben, Southern North Sea, Hebridean region, Norwegian, Danish and Dutch sectors.
  
• Manipulation of Paleogene, Cretaceous and Jurassic biostratigraphical data for graphic correlation.
  
• Stratigraphical research of all major Scottish Jurassic geological sections with respect to ammonite biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and micropalaeontological distribution.
  
• Micropalaeoentological regional and field specific studies of Cretaceous to Tertiary sequences from North and West Africa.
  
• Tertiary micropalaeontology of Bangladesh.
  
• Stratigraphical synthesis and micropalaeontological analysis of Tertiary to Mesozoic microfaunas of Cuba, Antigua and Malta, including larger foraminiferids.
  
• Micropalaeontological analysis of Mesozoic and Tertiary European sites including Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Malta, France and Switzerland.
  
• Applications of foraminiferal and radiolarian distribution patterns in sequence stratigraphic interpretation

Current activities

External Collaborators:

Andrew Henderson (NHM) and Norm MacLeod (NHM) - Taxonomy and palaeoecological studies of Kimmeridgian Foraminifera

Jeno Nagy (The University of Oslo) - Radiolaria of the Barents Sea Area.

Simon Kelly & Andy Whitham (Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme) - Tertiary, Cretaceous and Jurassic Micropalaeontology of NE/SE Greenland.

Publications

1. Gregory, F. J. 1989. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation and distribution of lower Kimmeridgian foraminifera from the Brora-Helmsdale Outlier, northeast Scotland. 173-192. In: Batten, D. J. and Keen, M. C. (Eds).North western European Micropalaeontology and Palynology. Ellis Horwood, Chichester.
   
2. Gregory, F. J. 1990. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoecology across the Aalenian Bajocian of the proposed basal Bajocian stratotype at Bearreraig Bay, NE Skye (Scotland). Memorie descrittive della Carta Geologica d'Italia, XL, 257-268.
   
3. Gregory, F. J. 1991. Precision foraminiferal biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments across the proposed Bajocian GSSP at Bearreraig Bay, NE Skye. 81-95. In: Morton, N. (Ed.). IUGS Sub-commission on Jurassic Stratigraphy. Conference on Aalenian and Bajocian Stratigraphy.
   
4. Gregory, F. J. 1992. Scottish Jurassic Radiolaria Revisited: Some thoughts on Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology. 5-7. In: Haslett, S. (Ed.). Abstracts of the BMS Siliceous Meeting.
   
5. Gregory, F. J. 1992. Planularia kintradwellensis (Foraminifera) sp. nov. a distinctive Lower Kimmeridgian foraminiferal marker species of the UK. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 11, 135-140.
   
6. Ainsworth, N. R., Braham, W., Gregory, F. J.., Johnson B. and King C. 1998a. A proposed latest Triassic to earliest Cretaceous microfossil biozonation for the Central English Channel and its adjacent areas. 87-102. In: Underhill, J. R. (Ed.). Development, Evolution and Petroleum Geology of the Wessex Basin. Geological Society Special Publication No. 133.
   
7. Ainsworth, N. R., Braham, W., Gregory, F. J., Johnson B. and King C. 1998b. The lithostratigraphy of the latest Triassic to earliest Cretaceous of the Central English Channel and its adjacent areas. 103-164. In: Underhill, J. R. (Ed.). Development, Evolution and Petroleum Geology of the Wessex Basin. Geological Society Special Publication No. 133.
   
8. Gregory, F. J. (Series Editor): Bowen, D.Q. (1999). A Revised Correlation of Quaternary Deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report No. 23; 1-174.
   
9. Gregory, F. J. (Series Editor): Fortey, R. (2001). A Revised Correlation of Ordovician Deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report.
   
10. Gregory, F. J. 2001. Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group., London.
    
11. Gregory, F. J. 2002. Biostratigraphy, Graphic Correlation and Geophysical Logging In: Rawson, P. R., Allen, P. M., Cope, J. C. W., Gale, A., Gibbard, P., Gregory, F. J. et al (Eds). A guide to stratigraphical procedure. Geological Society Professional Handbook.
    
12. Oxford, M., Gregory, F. J. Henderson, A., Hart, M., & Simmons, M.A. 2002. Jurassic Planktonic Foraminiferids of the UK and France. Terra Nova, 14, 205-209.
    
13. Zalasiewicz, J., Gregory, F. J.. et al 2004. Simplifying the stratigraphy of time. . Geology, 32, 1-4.
    
14. Zalasiewicz, J., Gregory, F. J.. et al 2004. Global warming: a perspective from earth history. Guardian November 26, 2004. http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,1358602,00.htm
    
15. Gibbard, P.L., Smith, A.G., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Coe, A.L., Gale, A.S., Gregory, F. J. et al 2005. What status for the Quaternary? Boreas, 34, 1-6.