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List of works by Margaret E. Collinson

A 450-Million-Year History of Fire

scholarly article published 9 April 2013

A new species of the freshwater fern Azolla (Azollaceae) from the Eocene Arctic Ocean

scientific article published in May 2009

An example of oxidative polymerization of unsaturated fatty acids as a preservation pathway for dinoflagellate organic matter

Ancient fig wasps indicate at least 34 Myr of stasis in their mutualism with fig trees

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2010)

Changes in dental wear ofPlagiolophus minor(Mammalia: Perissodactyla) across the Eocene–Oligocene transition

Charcoal reflectance measurements: implications for structural characterization and assessment of diagenetic alteration

article published in 2010

Charring of woods by volcanic processes: An example from the Taupo ignimbrite, New Zealand

article

Coeval Eocene blooms of the freshwater fern Azolla in and around Arctic and Nordic seas

scientific article published in 2012

Coupling of marine and continental oxygen isotope records during the Eocene-Oligocene transition

scholarly article

Cretaceous wildfires and their impact on the Earth system

scholarly article by Sarah A.E. Brown et al published August 2012 in Cretaceous Research

De Leeuw comment “On the origin of sedimentary aliphatic macromolecules”

scholarly article by Neal S. Gupta et al published September 2007 in Organic Geochemistry

Defining the gigantopterid concept: a reinvestigation of Gigantopteris (Megalopteris) nicotianaefolia Schenck and its taxonomic implications

scientific article (publication date: November 2004)

Dental wear variation and implications for diet: An example from Eocene perissodactyls (Mammalia)

scientific article (publication date: June 2008)

Early Paleogene wildfires in peat-forming environments at Schöningen, Germany

article

Ecological and biogeochemical change in an early Paleogene peat-forming environment: Linking biomarkers and palynology

scholarly article by Gordon N. Inglis published in November 2015

Elucidating the affinities and habitat of ancient, widespread Cyperaceae: Volkeria messelensis gen. et sp. nov., a fossil mapanioid sedge from the Eocene of Europe.

scientific article

Environmental mutagenesis during the end-Permian ecological crisis

scientific article (publication date: 31 August 2004)

Eocene-Oligocene transition paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental record from the Isle of Wight (UK)

academic chapter

Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean

scientific article (publication date: June 2006)

Eucommia (Eucommiaceae), a potential biothermometer for the reconstruction of paleoenvironments

scientific article published on January 1, 2003

Evidence for the in situ polymerisation of labile aliphatic organic compounds during the preservation of fossil leaves: Implications for organic matter preservation

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Evolution within the charophyte genus Harrisichara , late Paleogene, southern England; environmental and biostratigraphic implications

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Evolutionary significance of seed structure in Alpinioideae (Zingiberaceae)

scientific article published in 2015

Experimental determination of a Viviparus contectus thermometry equation

scientific article

Experimental evidence for the formation of geomacromolecules from plant leaf lipids

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Experiments in waterlogging and sedimentology of charcoal: results and implications

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Factors influencing the preservation of plant cuticles: a comparison of morphology and chemical composition of modern and fossil examples

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Fireball passes and nothing burns—The role of thermal radiation in the Cretaceous-Tertiary event: Evidence from the charcoal record of North America

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Fireball passes and nothing burns—The role of thermal radiation in the Cretaceous-Tertiary event: Evidence from the charcoal record of North America: Comment and Reply

scientific article published in January 2004

Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

Fossil cyclanthus (cyclanthaceae, pandanales) from the eocene of Germany and England.

scientific article

Fossil legume woods of the Prioria -clade (subfamily Detarioideae) from the lower Miocene (early to mid-Burdigalian) part of the Cucaracha Formation of Panama (Central America) and their systematic and palaeoecological implications

Fossil plant stomata indicate decreasing atmospheric CO₂ prior to the Eocene–Oligocene boundary

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Fruit Morphology and Anatomy of the Spondioid Anacardiaceae

Fungus, not comet or catastrophe, accounts for carbonaceous spherules in the Younger Dryas “impact layer”

scholarly article

Geochemical evidence for combustion of hydrocarbons during the K-T impact event

scientific article (publication date: 17 March 2009)

How the Romans got themselves into hot water: temperatures and fuel types used in firing a hypocaust

Implications of vegetational change through the geological record on models for coal-forming environments

article

Inconsistent redefining of the carbon spherule "impact" proxy

scholarly article

Increased terrestrial methane cycling at the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum

scientific article

Is vitrification in charcoal a result of high temperature burning of wood?

article

Lygodium hiansE.Fournier (Pteridophyta, Schizaeales) — an endemic unusual ground-clothing member of a modern climbing fern genus in New Caledonia

Mid-latitude continental temperatures through the early Eocene in western Europe

scholarly article

Molecular preservation of plant and insect cuticles from the Oligocene Enspel Formation, Germany: Evidence against derivation of aliphatic polymer from sediment

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New Observations and Synthesis of Paleogene Heterosporous Water Ferns

scientific article published in 2013

Palynological evidence of vegetation dynamics in response to palaeoenvironmental change across the onset of the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum at Cobham, Southern England

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Polyfunctionalised bio- and geohopanoids in the Eocene Cobham Lignite

Quantitative reconstruction of palaeoclimate from the Middle Miocene Shanwang flora, eastern China

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Reaffirming Pinus mundayi as the oldest known pine fossil: REPLY

scientific article

Reinvestigation of the occurrence of cutan in plants: implications for the leaf fossil record

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Revision of Icacinaceae from the Early Eocene London Clay flora based on X-ray micro-CT

scientific article published in 2016

Revision of putative Alpinia (Zingiberaceae) fossils from the Paleogene and Neogene of western Europe

Scanning electron microscopy and synchrotron radiation x-ray tomographic microscopy of 330 million year old charcoalified seed fern fertile organs

scientific article

Seed fertilization, development, and germination in Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales): Implications for endosperm evolution in early angiosperms.

scientific article

Seed morphology and anatomy and its utility in recognizing subfamilies and tribes of Zingiberaceae

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

Species diversity driven by morphological and ecological disparity: a case study of comparative seed morphology and anatomy across a large monocot order

scientific article

Summer temperatures of late Eocene to early Oligocene freshwaters

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Taphonomy of the early Miocene flora, Hiwegi Formation, Rusinga Island, Kenya

scientific article published on 3 July 2009

Terrestrial cooling in Northern Europe during the eocene-oligocene transition

scientific article (publication date: 7 May 2013)

Terrestrial methane cycle perturbations during the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

scientific article

The chemical structure of Gloeocapsomorpha prisca microfossils: implications for their origin

scholarly article

The early fossil history of Salicaceae: a brief review

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The oil-generating potential of plants from coal and coal-bearing strata through time: a review with new evidence from Carboniferous plants

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The oldest Pinus and its preservation by fire

scientific article

The role of self-assembly in biological systems: evidence from iridescent colloidal sporopollenin inSelaginellamegaspore walls

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The taphonomy of charcoal following a recent heathland fire and some implications for the interpretation of fossil charcoal deposits

scientific article

The use of reflectance values for the interpretation of natural and anthropogenic charcoal assemblages

The value of X-ray approaches in the study of the Messel fruit and seed flora

Virtual taphonomy using synchrotron tomographic microscopy reveals cryptic features and internal structure of modern and fossil plants

scientific article (publication date: 21 July 2009)

X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) of pyrite-permineralized fruits and seeds from the London Clay Formation (Ypresian) conserved in silicone oil: a critical evaluation

scientific article published in 2016

X-rays and virtual taphonomy resolve the first Cissus (Vitaceae) macrofossils from Africa as early-diverging members of the genus

scientific article