Ph.D. THESES (1989 - 2012)

ROBESON, D. 1989. Investigation of the palynostratigraphy and thermal maturation of Carboniferous rocks in the western Irish offshore. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

McPHILEMY, B. 1989. Palynology and palynofacies of some Lower Carboniferous sections in northwest Ireland. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

McNESTRY, A. 1990. The Tournaisian marine transgression in Ireland and Wales; a palynofacies and sedimentological study. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

COLEMAN, U. 1991. The palynology of the Mississippian in the Midwest U.S.A. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

BAILY, H. 1992. Organic petrology, maturation history and hydrocarbon source potential of the Northwest Carboniferous Basin, Ireland. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

BLACKMORE, R. 1994. The thermal evolution of the Munster Basin, Southern Ireland. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

FITZGERALD, L. 1994. Thermal maturation history of the Lower Carboniferous sequence in the vicinity of the Navan Zn / Pb Orebody and in the Athboy area, County Meath, Ireland. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

CARSON, B. 1995. Palynostratigraphy of Lower Carboniferous rocks in Rügen, North Germany. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

GOODHUE, R. 1996. A palynofacies, geochemical and maturation investigation of the Namurian rocks of County Clare. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin.

EVANS, A. 1997. An investigation into the Cretaceous Ballydeenlea Chalk Breccia, Co. Kerry. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: aevans@esatclear.ie )

McCORMACK, N. 1998. The thermal history of the South Portuguese Zone. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: niall.mccormack@hess.com)

FERNANDES, P.M.C. 2000. Investigation of the stratigraphy, maturation and source-rock potential of Carboniferous black shales in the Dublin Basin. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: pfernandes@ualg.pt)

McCAUGHAN, G.A. 2002. Recognition of abnormal thermal histories of Jurassic source rocks from integrated analyses of vitrinite reflectance and organic matter colour/fluorescence. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: mccaugg@yahoo.com)

CONNOLLY, J. 2003. A study of the effects of thin dyke intrusions on mudrock. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: jaconnol@hotmail.com)

JAMES, J.A. 2003. The provenance of the Mississippian Ballyvergin Shale: an integrated palynological and lithostratigraphic investigation. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: jackie@iceni-ad60.freeserve.co.uk)

WAGNER (née HETFELD), K. 2005. A new method for assessing thermal maturity: coherent scattering illite domain size (CSIDS), a comprehensive study with an emphasis on the influence of stress on clay minerals. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: tinchen_wagner@web.de)

CORCORAN, D. V. 2006. Exhumation in Irish sedimentary basins and implications for hydrocarbon exploration, offshore Ireland. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: dermot.corcoran@statoil.com)

DUGGAN, C. 2006. Acritarch and prasinophyte colours as thermal maturity indicators. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: Catherine.Duggan@tullowoil.com)

HEAL, S. 2009. Palynological correlation of Mississippian (Carboniferous) stages in Western Europe and the USA. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: healse@tcd.ie)

PATERSON, N. W. 2009. Palynostratigraphy and palynofacies analysis of Upper Devonian and Mississippian strata of eastern USA. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: paterson@tcd.ie)

FERNANDES, K. 2011. Irish sills of the North Atlantic Igneous Province: seismic imaging observations and implications for climate change. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: fernandk@tcd.ie )

HADDOW, A. 2012. An investigation of the palynology, stratigraphy and palaeogeography of Carboniferous rocks in Irish offshore basins. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Dublin. (Contact: haddowa@tcd.ie )

PUBLICATIONS (1989-2012)

LOBOZIAK, S. and CLAYTON, G. 1989. The early Carboniferous palynology and stratigraphy of Northeast Libya. in ARNAUTI, E., OWENS, B. and THUSU, B. eds. 'The Subsurface Palynostratigraphy of Northeast Libya' Special Publication of the University of Garryounis, Libya, 129-149.

ROBESON, D., BURNETT, R. and CLAYTON, G. 1989. The Upper Palaeozoic Geology of the Porcupine, Erris and Donegal Basins, Offshore Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 9(2), 153-175.

CLAYTON, G., HAUGHEY, N., SEVASTOPULO, G.D. and BURNETT, R. 1989. Thermal maturation levels in the Devonian and Carboniferous rocks of Ireland. Geological Survey of Ireland, 36pp.

CLAYTON, G., HAUGHEY, N., SEVASTOPULO, G.D. and BURNETT, R. 1989. Thermal maturation levels in the Devonian and Carboniferous rocks of Ireland.1: 250,000 coloured map. Geological Survey of Ireland Map Series.

CLAYTON, G. 1989. Vitrinite reflectance data from the Kinsale Harbour - Old Head of Kinsale area, Southern Ireland, and its bearing on the interpretation of the evolution of the Munster Basin. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 146, 611-616.

BURNETT, R., CLAYTON. G., HAUGHEY, N., SEVASTOPULO, G.D. and SLEEMAN, A.G. 1990. The organic maturation levels of Carboniferous rocks in south County Wexford, Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 10, 145-155.

CLAYTON, G. and TURNAU, E. 1990. Correlation of the Tournaisian miospore zonations of Poland and the British Isles. Annales Geologorum Poloniae, 60, 45-58.

CLAYTON, G., LOBOZIAK, S., STREEL, M., TURNAU, E. and UTTING, 1991. Palynological events in the Mississippian (Carboniferous) of Europe, North Africa and North America. Courier Forsch. Inst. Senckenberg, 130, 79-84.

PHILCOX, M.E, BAILY, H., CLAYTON, G. and SEVASTOPULO, G.D. 1992. Evolution of the Carboniferous Lough Allen Basin, Northwest Ireland. In Basins on the Atlantic Seaboard: Petroleum Geology, Sedimentology and Basin Evolution, (ed. J. Parnell) Geological Society Special Publication 62, 203-215.

OWENS, B., CLAYTON, G., GAO, L. and LOBOZIAK, S.1992. Miospore correlation of the Carboniferous deposits of Europe and China. Compte Rendu 11e Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Géologie du Carbonifère (Beijing 1987), 3, 189-210.

KEELEY, M.J., LEWIS, C.L.E., SEVASTOPULO, G.D., CLAYTON, G. and BLACKMORE, R. 1993. Apatite fission track data from SE Ireland; implications for post-Variscan burial history. Geological Magazine, 130 (2), 171-176.

AVCHIMOVITCH, V.I., TURNAU, E. and CLAYTON, G. 1993. Correlation of uppermost Devonian and Lower Carboniferous miospore zonations in Byelorussia, Poland and Western Europe. in Streel, M., Sevastopulo, G.D. and Paproth, E. (eds) Devonian-Carboniferous Boundary. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 115 (2), 453-458.

NAYLOR, D., HAUGHEY, N., CLAYTON, G. and GRAHAM, J.R. 1993. The Kish Bank Basin, offshore Ireland. In Parker, J.R. (ed.) Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the 4th Conference (London 1992), 845-855.

HEMSLEY, A.R., CLAYTON, G. and GALTIER, J. 1994. Further studies on a late Tournaisian (Lower Carboniferous) Flora from Loch Humphrey Burn, Scotland: spore taxonomy and ultrastructure. Revue of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 81, 213-231

TURNAU, E., AVCHIMOVITCH, V.I., BYVSCHEVA, T.V., CLAYTON, G., HIGGS, K. and OWENS, B. 1994. Taxonomy and stratigraphical distribution of Verrucosisporites nitidus Playford and related species. Revue of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 81, 289-295.

CLAYTON, G. 1994. The Applied Geology Unit. In: Wyse Jackson, P. (ed.) In Marble Halls - Geology in Trinity College Dublin. Department of Geology, TCD., 126-128.

FITZGERALD, E., FEELY, M., JOHNSTON, J.D., CLAYTON, G., FITZGERALD, L.J. and SEVASTOPULO, G.D. 1994. The Variscan thermal history of West Clare, Ireland. Geological Magazine, 131 (4), 545-558.

BLACKMORE, R.H. 1995. low grade metamorphism in the Upper Palaeozoic Munster Basin, Southern Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 14, 115-133.

CLAYTON, G. 1995. Carboniferous miospores from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Revue of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 89, 115-123.

GRAHAM, J.R. and CLAYTON, G. 1995. Late Tournaisian conglomerates from County Donegal, NW Ireland; fault controlled sedimentation and overstep during basin extension. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 13, 95-105.

CLAYTON, G. 1996. Mississippian miospores. in: Jansonius, J. and McGregor, D.C. (eds) Palynology: principles and applications. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, 2, 589-596.

PEREIRA, Z., CLAYTON, G. and OLIVEIRA, J. T. 1996. Palynostratigraphy of the Devonian - Carboniferous boundary in Southwest Portugal. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique, 117 (1), 189-199.

CLAYTON, G. and OWENS, B. 1997. Report of the International Subcommission on the Palaeozoic microflora (CIMP). Proceedings of the XIII Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian (Krakow 1995), 1, 65.

CARSON, B. and CLAYTON, G. 1997. The Dinantian palynostratigraphy of Rügen, north Germany. Proceedings of the XIII Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian (Krakow 1995), 1, 219-227.

CORCORAN, D., 1997. Petroleum Taxation in Ireland - Fiscal Terms for Exploration and Exploitation. Irish Hydrocarbon Exploration & Irish Exploration Companies - A Directory and Guide. La Tene Maps Ltd., 1st edition, 1997.

TURNAU, E., AVCHIMOVITCH, V.I., BYVSCHEVA, T., CARSON, B., CLAYTON, G. and OWENS, B. 1997. The first appearance of Lycospora pusilla (Ibrahim) Somers and its relationship to the Tournaisian / Viséan boundary. Proceedings of the XIII Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian (Krakow 1995), 1, 289-293.

EVANS, A. and CLAYTON, G. 1998. The geological history of the Ballydeenlea Chalk Breccia, County Kerry, Ireland. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 15, 299-307.

CLAYTON, G., MANGER, W.L. and OWENS, B. 1998. Mississippian palynofloras from the Cuyahoga and Logan Formations of northeastern Ohio, U.S.A. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 17 (2), 183-91.

COXON, P. and CLAYTON, G. 1999. Light microscopy of fossil pollen and spores. In: Jones, T.P. and Rowe, N.P. (eds) Fossil plants and spores: modern techniques. Geological Society, London, 47-51.

CLAYTON, G. and COXON, P. 1999. Spore and pollen biostratigraphy. In: Jones, T.P. and Rowe, N.P. (eds) Fossil plants and spores: modern techniques. Geological Society, London, 225-229.

CORCORAN, D. and CLAYTON, G. 1999. Interpretation of vitrinite reflectance profiles in the Central Irish Sea area: implications for the timing of organic maturation. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 22 (3), 261-286.

GOODHUE, R. and CLAYTON, G. 1999. Organic maturation levels, thermal history and hydrocarbon source rock potential of the Namurian rocks of the Clare Basin, Ireland. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 16, 667-675.

CLAYTON, G., FILATOFF, J., AL-HAJRI, S. and OWENS, B. 2000. Latest Devonian and Early Carboniferous miospore assemblages from Saudi Arabia. In: Al-Hajri, S. and Owens, B. (eds). Stratigraphic Palynology of Saudi Arabia. GeoArabia Special Publication No. 1, 146-153.

GREEN, P.F., DUDDY, I.R., HEGARTY, K.A., BRAY, R.J., SEVASTOPULO, G.D., CLAYTON, G. and JOHNSTON, D. 2000. The post-Carboniferous evolution of Ireland: evidence from thermal history reconstruction. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 11, 307-320.

OWENS, B., FILATOFF, J., CLAYTON, G. and AL-HAJRI, S. 2000. Evidence of mid-Carboniferous miospore assemblages from central Saudi Arabia. In: Al-Hajri, S. and Owens, B. (eds). Stratigraphic Palynology of Saudi Arabia. GeoArabia Special Publication No. 1, 154-167.

NAYLOR, D. and CLAYTON, G. 2000. Palynological and maturation data and their bearing on Irish post-Variscan palaeogeography. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 18, 33-39.

CLAYTON, G. and BAILY, H. 2000. Organic Maturation Levels of Pre-Westphalian Carboniferous Rocks in Ireland and in the Irish Offshore. In: Whiticar, M.J. and Faber, E (eds). The Search for Deep Gas: Selected Papers presented at the IEA / BMFT International Deep Gas Workshop, Hannover. Geologisches Jahrbuch, D 107, 25-41.

McKERROW, W.S., MacNIOCAILL, C., AHLBERG, P.E., CLAYTON, G., CLEAL, C.J. and EAGAR, R.M.C. 2000. The Late Palaeozoic relations between Gondwana and Laurussia. In: Franke, W., Haak, V., Oncken, O. and Tanner, D. (eds). Orogenic Processes: Quantification and Modelling in the Variscan Belt. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 179, 9-20.

CORCORAN, D.V. and CLAYTON, G. 2001. Interpretation of vitrinite reflectance profiles in sedimentary basins, onshore and offshore Ireland. In: Shannon, P.M., Haughton, P.D.W. and Corcoran, D.V. (eds). The petroleum exploration of Ireland's Offshore Basins. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 188, 61-90.

GONZALEZ, F., MORENO, C., SAEZ, R. and CLAYTON, G. 2002. Ore genesis age of the Tharsis Mining District (Iberian Pyrite Belt): a palynological approach. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 159, 229-232.

CLAYTON, G., WICANDER, R. and PEREIRA, Z. 2002. Palynological evidence concerning the relative positions of Northern Gondwana and Southern Laurussia in latest Devonian and Mississippian times. In: Wyse Jackson, P. and Parkes, M.A. (eds). Studies in Palaeozoic palaeontology and biostratigraphy in honour of Charles Hepworth Holland. Special Papers in Palaeontology, 67, 45-56.

NAYLOR, D., PHILCOX, M.E. and CLAYTON, G. 2003. Annaghmore-1 and Ballynamullen-1 wells, Larne-Lough Neagh basins, Northern Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 21, 47-69.

COXON, P. and CLAYTON, G. 2005. Light microscopy of fossil pollen and spores. In: Jones, T.P. and Rowe, N.P. (eds) Fossil plants and spores: modern techniques. University of Science and Technology of China Press, Hefei, China, 51-54 (in Chinese).

CLAYTON, G. and COXON, P. 2005. Spore and pollen biostratigraphy. In: Jones, T.P. and Rowe, N.P. (eds) Fossil plants and spores: modern techniques. University of Science and Technology of China Press, Hefei, China, 248-253 (in Chinese).

COXON, P. and CLAYTON, G. 2005. Palynology. In: Selley, R.C., Cocks, R. and Plimer, I. (eds). Encyclopedia of Geology. Elsevier. 464-469.

HECKEL, P. and CLAYTON, G. 2006. The Carboniferous System. Use of the new official names for the subsystems, series and stages. Geologica Acta, 4 (3), 7-11.

McCORMACK, N., CLAYTON, G. and FERNANDES, P.2006. A historia termica das rochas do Paleozoico Superior da Zona Sul Portuguesa , In: J.A.P. Mirao, J.A.P. and A.C. Balbino, A.C. (eds). VII Congresso Nacional de Geologia Resumos alagardos, VII Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Evora, 2006, 85-88.

HECKEL, P.H. and CLAYTON, G. 2006. Use of the new official names for the Subsystems, Series and Stages of the Carboniferous System in international journals, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 117, 393-396.

FERNANDES, P. and CLAYTON, G. 2007. Organic maturation levels and thermal history of the Carboniferous rocks of the Dublin Basin. In: Wong, T. (ed.). Proceedings of the XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht, 2003, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 37-45.

McCORMACK, N., CLAYTON, G. and FERNANDES, P. 2007. The thermal history of the Upper Palaeozoic rocks of southern Portugal. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 24,145-150.

DUGGAN, M.C. and CLAYTON, G. 2008. Colour change in the acritarch Veryhachium as an indicator of thermal maturity. GeoArabia, 13, 125-136.

HEAL, S. and CLAYTON, G. 2008. The palynology of the Hannibal Shale (Mississippian) of northeastern Missouri, U.S.A. and correlation with Western Europe. Palynology, 32, 27-37.

DONOGHUE, E., TROLL, V.R., SCHWARZOPF, L.M., CLAYTON, G. and GOODHUE, R. 2009. Organic block coatings in block-and-ash flow deposits at Merapi Volcano, central Java. Geological Magazine, 146, 113-120.

GOODHUE, R. and CLAYTON, G. 2010. Palynomorph Darkness Index (PDI) - a new technique for assessing thermal maturity. Palynology, 34, 147-156.

WICANDER, R., CLAYTON, G., MARSHALL, J.E.A., TROTH, I. and RACEY, A. 2011.Was the latest Devonian glaciation a multiple event? New palynological evidence from Bolivia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 305, 75-83.

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