Professor Paul Pearson

2020

• Maselli, V.et al. 2020. Large-scale mass wasting in the western Indian Ocean constrains onset of East African rifting. Nature Communications 11(1), article number: 3456. (10.1038/s41467-020-17267-5)
• Henehan, M. J.et al. 2020. Revisiting the middle eocene climatic pptimum ‘carbon cycle conundrum’ with new estimates of atmospheric pCO2 from boron isotopes. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35(6), article number: e2019PA003713. (10.1029/2019PA003713)
• Anagnostou, E.et al. 2020. Changing atmospheric CO2 concentration was the primary driver of early Cenozoic climate. Nature 533, pp. 380-384. (10.1038/nature17423)
• Anagnostou, E.et al. 2020. Proxy evidence for state-dependence of climate sensitivity in the Eocene greenhouse. Nature Communications
• Edgar, K. M.et al. 2020. New composite bio- and isotope stratigraphies spanning the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum at tropical ODP Site 865 in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Micropalaeontology

2018

• Wade, B. et al. eds. 2018. Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera. London: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.
• Spence, E., Pidgeon, N. and Pearson, P. 2018. UK public perceptions of ocean acidification - the importance of place and environmental identity. Marine Policy 97, pp. 287-293. (10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.006)
• Boscolo-Galazzo, F.et al. 2018. Temperature dependency of metabolic rates in the upper ocean: A positive feedback to global climate change?. Global and Planetary Change 170, pp. 201-212. (10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.08.017)
• Fordham, B. G.et al. 2018. Future-proofing the Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera phylogeny of Aze & others (2011). PLoS ONE 13(10), article number: e0204625. (10.1371/journal.pone.0204625)
• Fenton, I. S.et al. 2018. Factors affecting consistency and accuracy in identifying modern macroperforate planktonic foraminifera. Journal of Micropalaeontology 37(2), pp. 431-443. (10.5194/jm-37-431-2018)
• Sosdian, S. M.et al. 2018. Constraining the evolution of Neogene ocean carbonate chemistry using the boron isotope pH proxy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 498, pp. 362-376. (10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.017)
• Evans, D.et al. 2018. Eocene greenhouse climate revealed by coupled clumped isotope - Mg/Ca thermometry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(6), pp. 1174-1179. (10.1073/pnas.1714744115)
• Pearson, P. N. and IODP Expedition 363 Scientific Party, . 2018. A deep-sea agglutinated foraminifer tube constructed with planktonic foraminifer shells of a single species. Journal of Micropalaeontology 37, pp. 97-104. (10.5194/jm-37-97-2018)
• Martino, E. D.et al. 2018. First bryozoan fauna from the Eocene-Oligocene transition in Tanzania. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(3), pp. 225-243. (10.1080/14772019.2017.1284163)
• Berggren, W. A., Wade, B. S. and Pearson, P. N. 2018. Oligocene chronostratigraphy and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy: historical review and current state-of-the art. In: Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera. London: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, pp. 29-54.

2017

• Cotton, L. J.et al. 2017. Pteropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Thecosomata) from the Eocene/Oligocene boundary interval of three cored boreholes in southern coastal Tanzania and their response to the global cooling event. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(3), pp. 1-21.
• Gutjahr, M.et al. 2017. Very large release of mostly volcanic carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. Nature 548, pp. 573-577. (10.1038/nature23646)
• Pearson, P. N. 2017. Provenance and identity of a large bronze statue currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Journal of the History of Collections 30(1), pp. 35-48. (10.1093/jhc/fhx016)
• Pearson, P.et al. 2017. Sub-series and sub-epochs are informal units and should continue to be omitted from the International Chronostratigraphic Chart. Episodes 40(1), pp. 5-7. (10.18814/epiiugs/2017/v40i1/017002)
• Lunt, D. J.et al. 2017. The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: experimental design for model simulations of the EECO, PETM, and pre-PETM (version 1.0). Geoscientific Model Development 10(2), pp. 889-901. (10.5194/gmd-10-889-2017)

2016

• Fenton, I. S.et al. 2016. Environmental predictors of diversity in recent planktonic foraminifera as recorded in marine sediments. PLoS ONE 11(11), pp. e0165522. (10.1371/journal.pone.0165522)
• Cotton, L. J. and Pearson, P. N. 2016. Integrated stratigraphy of the Priabonian (upper Eocene) Urtsadzor section, Armenia. Newsletters on Stratigraphy (10.1127/nos/2016/0313)
• Capstick, S. B.et al. 2016. Public understanding in Great Britain of ocean acidification. Nature Climate Change 6, pp. 763-767. (10.1038/nclimate3005)
• Cotton, L. J., Pearson, P. N. and Renema, W. 2016. A new eocene lineage of reticulate Nummulites (Foraminifera) from Kilwa district, Tanzania; a place for Nummulites ptukhiani?. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(7), pp. 569-579. (10.1080/14772019.2015.1079562)
• Fenton, I. S.et al. 2016. The impact of Cenozoic cooling on assemblage diversity in planktonic foraminifera. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 371(1691), article number: 20150224. (10.1098/rstb.2015.0224)
• Birch, H.et al. 2016. Partial collapse of the marine carbon pump after the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Geology 44(4), pp. 287-290. (10.1130/G37581.1)

2015

• Edgar, K. M.et al. 2015. Assessing the impact of diagenesis on δ11B, δ13C, δ18O, Sr/Ca and B/Ca values in fossil planktic foraminiferal calcite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 166, pp. 189-209. (10.1016/j.gca.2015.06.018)
• Inglis, G. N.et al. 2015. Descent toward the Icehouse: Eocene sea surface cooling inferred from GDGT distributions. Paleoceanography 30(7), pp. 1000-1020. (10.1002/2014PA002723)
• Spezzaferri, S.et al. 2015. Fossil and genetic evidence for the polyphyletic nature of the planktonic foraminifera "Globigerinoides", and description of the new genus Trilobatus. PLoS ONE 10(5), article number: e0128108. (10.1371/journal.pone.0128108)
• Pearson, P. N. and Thomas, E. 2015. Drilling disturbance and constraints on the onset of the Paleocene/Eocene boundary carbon isotope excursion in New Jersey. Climate of the Past Discussions 10(4), pp. 3303-3325. (10.5194/cpd-10-3303-2014)
• Pearson, P. N. and Thomas, E. 2015. Drilling disturbance and constraints on the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene boundary carbon isotope excursion in New Jersey. Climate of the Past 11(1), pp. 95-104. (10.5194/cp-11-95-2015)
• Pearson, P. N., Evans, S. L. and Evans, J. 2015. Effect of diagenetic recrystallization on the strength of planktonic foraminifer tests under compression. Journal of Micropalaeontology 34(1), pp. 59-64. (10.1144/jmpaleo2013-032)
• Pearson, P. N. and Wade, B. S. 2015. Systematic taxonomy of exceptionally well-preserved planktonic foraminifera from the Eocene/Oligocene boundary of Tanzania. Special Publication 45: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, pp. 1-85.

2014

• Pearson, P. N. and Hudson, W. 2014. Early Cenozoic tropical climate: report from the Tanzania Onshore Paleogene Integrated Coring (TOPIC) workshop. Scientific Drilling 18, pp. 13-17. (10.5194/sd-18-13-2014)
• John, E. H.et al. 2014. Temperature-dependent remineralization and carbon cycling in the warm Eocene oceans. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 413, pp. 158-166. (10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.019)
• Aze, T.et al. 2014. Extreme warming of tropical waters during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geology 42(9), pp. 739-742. (10.1130/G35637.1)
• Pearson, P. N. and Nicholas, C. J. 2014. Layering in the Paleocene/Eocene boundary of the Millville core is drilling disturbance [Letter]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(12), pp. E1064-E1065. (10.1073/pnas.1322077111)
• Pearson, P. N. and Coxall, H. K. 2014. Origin of the Eocene planktonic foraminifer Hantkenina by gradual evolution. Palaeontology 57(2), pp. 243-267. (10.1111/pala.12064)
• Cotton, L. J., Pearson, P. N. and Renema, W. 2014. Stable isotope stratigraphy and larger benthic foraminiferal extinctions in the Melinau Limestone, Sarawak. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 79(A), pp. 65-71. (10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.09.025)

2013

• Pearson, P. N. and Ezard, T. H. G. 2013. Evolution and speciation in the Eocene planktonic foraminifer Turborotalia. Paleobiology 40(1), pp. 130-143. (10.1666/13004)
• Pancost, R. D.et al. 2013. Early Paleogene evolution of terrestrial climate in the SW Pacific, Southern New Zealand. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 14(12), pp. 5413-5429. (10.1002/2013GC004935)
• John, E. H.et al. 2013. Warm ocean processes and carbon cycling in the Eocene. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 371(2001), article number: 20130099. (10.1098/rsta.2013.0099)
• Aze, T.et al. 2013. Identifying anagenesis and cladogenesis in the fossil record [Letter]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(32), article number: E2946. (10.1073/pnas.1307562110)
• Birch, H.et al. 2013. Planktonic foraminifera stable isotopes and water column structure: Disentangling ecological signals. Marine Micropaleontology 101, pp. 127-145. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.02.002)

2012

• Hollis, C. J.et al. 2012. Early Paleogene temperature history of the southwest Pacific Ocean: reconciling proxies and models. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 349-50, pp. 53-66. (10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.024)
• Birch, H. S., Coxall, H. K. and Pearson, P. N. 2012. Evolutionary ecology of Early Paleocene planktonic foraminifera: Size, depth habitat and symbiosis. Paleobiology 38(3), pp. 374-390. (10.1666/11027.1)
• Etienne, R. S.et al. 2012. Diversity-dependence brings molecular phylogenies closer to agreement with the fossil record. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B: Biological Sciences 279(1732), pp. 1300-1309. (10.1098/rspb.2011.1439)
• Ezard, T. H. G.et al. 2012. The meaning of birth and death (in macroevolutionary birth-death models). Biology Letters 8(1), pp. 139-142. (10.1098/rsbl.2011.0699)
• Handley, L.et al. 2012. Changes in the hydrological cycle in tropical East Africa during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 329-30, pp. 10-21. (10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.002)
• Knox, R. W.et al. 2012. Examining the case for the use of the Tertiary as a formal period or informal unit. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 123(3), pp. 390-393. (10.1016/j.pgeola.2012.05.004)
• Cotton, L. J. and Pearson, P. N. 2012. Larger benthic foraminifera from the Middle Eocene to Oligocene of Tanzania. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 105(1), pp. 189-199.
• Pearson, P. N. 2012. Oxygen isotopes in foraminifera: Overview and historical review. Paleontological Society Papers 18, pp. 1-38.
• Lloyd, G. T.et al. 2012. Sampling bias and the fossil record of planktonic foraminifera on land and in the deep sea. Paleobiology 38(4), pp. 569-584. (10.1666/11041.1)

2011

• Aze, T.et al. 2011. A phylogeny of Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera from fossil data. Biological Reviews 86(4), pp. 900-927. (10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00178.x)
• Wade, B. S.et al. 2011. Review and revision of Cenozoic tropical planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and calibration to the geomagnetic polarity and astronomical time scale. Earth-Science Reviews 104(1-3), pp. 111-142. (10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.09.003)
• Zalasiewicz, J.et al. 2011. Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 369(1938), pp. 1036-1055. (10.1098/rsta.2010.0315)
• Ezard, T. H. G.et al. 2011. Interplay between changing climate and species' ecology drives macroevolutionary dynamics. Science 332(6027), pp. 349-351. (10.1126/science.1203060)
• Cotton, L. J. and Pearson, P. N. 2011. Extinction of larger benthic foraminifera at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 311(3-4), pp. 281-296. (10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.09.008)

2010

• Pearson, P. N. 2010. Increased Atmospheric CO2 During the Middle Eocene. Science 330(6005), pp. 763-764. (10.1126/science.1197894)
• Ezard, T. H. G., Pearson, P. N. and Purvis, A. 2010. Algorithmic approaches to aid species' delimitation in multidimensional morphospace. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10(1), article number: 175. (10.1186/1471-2148-10-175)

2009

• Jones, T. D., Bown, P. R. and Pearson, P. N. 2009. Exceptionally well preserved upper Eocene to lower Oligocene calcareous nannofossils (Prymnesiophyceae) from the Pande Formation (Kilwa Group), Tanzania. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(4), pp. 359-411. (10.1017/S1477201909990010)
• Pearson, P. N., Foster, G. L. and Wade, B. S. 2009. Atmospheric carbon dioxide through the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition. Nature 461(7267), pp. 1110-1113. (10.1038/nature08447)
• Pearson, P. N. and Wade, B. S. 2009. Taxonomy and stable isotope paleoecology of well-preserved planktonic foraminifera from the uppermost oligocene of Trinidad. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 39(3), pp. 191-217. (10.2113/gsjfr.39.3.191)
• Spezzaferri, S. and Pearson, P. N. 2009. Distribution and ecology of catapsydrax indianus, a new planktonic foraminifer index species for the late oligocene-early miocene. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 39(2), pp. 112-119. (10.2113/gsjfr.39.2.112)
• Brown, P. and Pearson, P. N. 2009. Calcareous plankton evolution and the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum event: new evidence from Tanzania. Marine Micropaleontology 71(1-2), pp. 60-70. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.01.005)
• Purvis, A.et al. 2009. Temporal patterns in diversification rates. In: Butlin, R., Bridle, J. and Schluter, D. eds. Speciation and Patterns of Diversity. Ecological Reviews Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 278-300.

2008

• Lear, C. H.et al. 2008. Cooling and ice growth across the Eocene-Oligocene transition. Geology 36(3), pp. 251-254. (10.1130/G24584A.1)
• Burgess, C. E.et al. 2008. Middle Eocene climate cyclicity in the southern Pacific: implications for global ice volume. Geology 36(8), pp. 651-654. (10.1130/G24762A.1)
• Handley, L.et al. 2008. Large terrestrial and marine carbon and hydrogen isotope excursions in a new Paleocene/Eocene boundary section from Tanzania. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 275(1-2), pp. 17-25. (10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.030)
• Zalasiewicz, J.et al. 2008. Are we now living in the Anthropocene?. GSA Today 18(2), pp. 4-8. (10.1130/GSAT01802A.1)
• Pearson, P. N. and Burgess, C. E. 2008. Foraminifer test preservation and diagenesis: comparison of high latitude Eocene sites. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 303(1), pp. 59-72. (10.1144/SP303.5)
• Wade, B. S. and Pearson, P. N. 2008. Planktonic foraminiferal turnover, diversity fluctuations and geochemical signals across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary in Tanzania. Marine Micropaleontology 68(3-4), pp. 244-255. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.04.002)
• Kasemann, S. A.et al. 2008. Biological and ecological insights into Ca isotopes in planktic foraminifers as a palaeotemperature proxy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 271(1-4), pp. 292-302. (10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.007)
• Pearson, P. N.et al. 2008. Extinction and environmental change across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in Tanzania. Geology 36(2), pp. 179-182. (10.1130/G24308A.1)
• Dunkley Jones, T.et al. 2008. Major shifts in calcareous phytoplankton assemblages through the Eocene-Oligocene transition of Tanzania and their implications for low-latitude primary production. Paleoceanography 23(4), article number: PA4204. (10.1029/2008PA001640)
• Bown, P.et al. 2008. A Paleogene calcareous microfossil Konservat-Lagerstätte from the Kilwa Group of coastal Tanzania. Geological Society of America Bulletin 120(1-2), pp. 3-12. (10.1130/B26261.1)

2007

• Coxall, H. K.et al. 2007. Iterative evolution of digitate planktonic foraminifera. Paleobiology 33(4), pp. 495-516. (10.1666/06034.1)
• Ni, Y.et al. 2007. A core top assessment of proxies for the ocean carbonate system in surface-dwelling foraminifers. Paleoceanography 22(3), article number: PA3212. (10.1029/2006PA001337)
• Nicholas, C. J.et al. 2007. Structural evolution of southern coastal Tanzania since the Jurassic. Journal of African Earth Sciences 48(4), pp. 273-297. (10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.04.003)
• Pearson, P. N.et al. 2007. Stable warm tropical climate through the Eocene epoch. Geology 35(3), pp. 211-214. (10.1130/G23175A.1)
• Coxall, H. K. and Pearson, P. N. 2007. The Eocene-Oligocene transition. In: Williams, M. et al. eds. Deep-Time Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying the Signal from Computer Models and Biological Proxies. Micropaleontology Society Special Publication London: Geological Society, pp. 351-387.
• Pearson, P. N. and Nicholas, C. J. 2007. 'Marks of extreme violence': Charles Darwin's geological observations at St Jago (São Tiago), Cape Verde islands. In: Wyse Jackson, P. N. ed. Four Centuries of Geological Travel: The Search for Knowledge on Foot, Bicycle, Sledge and Camel. Geological Society Special Publication Vol. 287. London: Geological Society, pp. 239-253., (10.1144/SP287.19)

2006

• Sexton, P. F., Wilson, P. A. and Pearson, P. N. 2006. Microstructural and geochemical perspectives on planktic foraminiferal preservation: “Glassy” versus “Frosty”. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 7(12), article number: Q12P19. (10.1029/2006GC001291)
• Nicholas, C. J.et al. 2006. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene Kilwa Group, southern coastal Tanzania. Journal of African Earth Sciences 45(4-5), pp. 431-466. (10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.04.003)
• Pearson, P. N.et al. 2006. Further Paleogene and Cretaceous sediment cores from the Kilwa area of coastal Tanzania: Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 6-10. Journal of African Earth Sciences 45(3), pp. 279-317. (10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.02.005)
• Sexton, P. F., Wilson, P. A. and Pearson, P. N. 2006. Palaeoecology of late middle Eocene planktic foraminifera and evolutionary implications. Marine Micropaleontology 60(1), pp. 1-16. (10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.02.006)
• van Dongen, B. E.et al. 2006. Well preserved Palaeogene and Cretaceous biomarkers from the Kilwa area, Tanzania. Organic Geochemistry 37(5), pp. 539-557. (10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.01.003)
• Pearson, P. N.et al. 2006. Overview of eocene planktonic for aminiferal taxonomy, paleoecology, phylogeny, and biostratigraphy. In: Pearson, P. N. et al. eds. Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Cushman Foundation, pp. 11-28.
• Pearson, P. N. et al. eds. 2006. Atlas of eocene planktonic foraminifera. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication Vol. 41. Fredericksburg, USA: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.
• Flower, B. P., Zachos, J. C. and Pearson, P. N. 2006. Astronomic and oceanographic influences on global carbon cycling across the Oligocene/Miocene boundary. In: Sinha, D. K. ed. Micropaleontology: Application in Stratigraphy and Paleoceanography. New Delhi: Narosa Publishing House

2005

• Berggren, W. A. and Pearson, P. N. 2005. A revised tropical to subtropical Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal zonation. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 35(4), pp. 279-298. (10.2113/35.4.279)
• Heuser, A.et al. 2005. Calcium isotope (δ44/40Ca) variations of Neogene planktonic foraminifera. Paleoceanography 20(2), article number: PA2013. (10.1029/2004PA001048)
• Kasemann, S. A.et al. 2005. Boron and calcium isotope composition in Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks from Namibia: evidence for extreme environmental change. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 231(1-2), pp. 73-86. (10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.006)

2004

• Pearson, P. N.et al. 2004. Paleogene and Cretaceous sediment cores from the Kilwa and Lindi areas of coastal Tanzania: Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 1-5. Journal of African Earth Sciences 39(1-2), pp. 25-62. (10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.05.001)
• Stewart, D. R. M.et al. 2004. Miocene tropical Indian Ocean temperatures: evidence from three exceptionally preserved foraminiferal assemblages from Tanzania. Journal of African Earth Sciences 40(3-4), pp. 173-189. (10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.09.001)

2003

• Coxall, H. K., Huber, B. T. and Pearson, P. N. 2003. Origin and morphology of the Eocene planktonic foraminifera Hantkenina. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 33(3), pp. 237-261. (10.2113/33.3.237)
• Palmer, M. R. and Pearson, P. N. 2003. A 23,000-year record of surface water pH and pCO2 in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean. Science 300(5618), pp. 480-482. (10.1126/science.1080796)
• Pearson, P. N. 2003. In retrospect [Commentary]. Nature 425(6959), pp. 665. (10.1038/425665a)

2002

• Pearson, P. N., Ditchfield, P. and Shackleton, N. J. 2002. Palaeoclimatology (Communication arising): tropical temperatures in greenhouse episodes. Nature 419(6910), pp. 898. (10.1038/419898a)

2001

• Pearson, P. N.et al. 2001. Warm tropical sea surface temperatures in the Late Cretaceous and Eocene epochs. Nature 413(6855), pp. 481-487. (10.1038/35097000)
• Winter, C. J. and Pearson, P. N. 2001. Coiling directions in some Miocene planktonic Foraminifera. Journal of Micropalaeontology 20, pp. 29-30. (10.1144/jm.20.1.29)
• Harcourt-Brown, K. G., Pearson, P. N. and Wilkinson, M. 2001. The imbalance of paleontological trees. Paleobiology 27(2), pp. 188-204. (10.1666/0094-8373(2001)027<0188:TIOPT>2.0.CO;2)
• Benton, M. J. and Pearson, P. N. 2001. Speciation in the fossil record. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16(7), pp. 405-411. (10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02149-8)

2000

• Pearson, P. N. and Palmer, M. R. 2000. Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 60 million years. Nature 406(6797), pp. 695-699. (10.1038/35021000)
• Pearson, P. N. and Palmer, M. R. 2000. Estimating Paleogene atmospheric pCO(2) using boron isotope analysis of foraminifera. Geologiska Foereningen i Stockholm Foerhandlingar 122(1), pp. 127-128. (10.1080/11035890001221127)
• Coxall, H. K.et al. 2000. Hantkeninid depth adaptation: an evolving life strategy in a changing ocean. Geology 28(1), pp. 87-90. (10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<87:HDAAEL>2.0.CO;2)

1999

• Pearson, P. N. and Palmer, M. R. 1999. Middle eocene seawater pH and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Science 284(5421), pp. 1824-1826. (10.1126/science.284.5421.1824)
• Pearson, P. N. 1999. Apomorphy distribution is an important aspect of cladogram symmetry. Systematic Biology 48(2), pp. 399-406. (10.1080/106351599260373)

1998

• Palmer, M. R., Pearson, P. N. and Cobb, S. J. 1998. Reconstructing past ocean pH-depth profiles. Science 282(5393), pp. 1468-1471. (10.1126/science.282.5393.1468)
• Pearson, P. N. 1998. Speciation and extinction asymmetries in paleontological phylogenies: evidence for evolutionary progress?. Paleobiology -Chicago- 24(3), pp. 305-335.

1997

• Pearson, P. N., Shackleton, N. J. and Hall, M. 1997. Stable isotopic evidence for the sympatric divergence of Globigerinoides trilobus and Orbulina universa (planktonic foraminifera). Journal of the Geological Society 154(2), pp. 295-302. (10.1144/gsjgs.154.2.0295)

1996

• Pearson, P. N. 1996. Cladogenetic, extinction and survivorship patterns from a lineage phylogeny: The Paleogene planktonic foraminifera. Micropaleontology 42(2), pp. 179-188. (10.2307/1485869)

1993

• Arnaud-Vanneau, A.et al. 1993. Carbonate build-up of atolls and guyots in the Northwestern Pacific: Preliminary results from ODP Leg 144. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series II 317(7), pp. 947-954.
• Pearson, P. N., Shackleton, N. J. and Hall, M. A. 1993. Stable isotope paleoecology of middle Eocene planktonic foraminifera and multi-species isotope stratigraphy, DSDP Site 523, South Atlantic. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 23(2), pp. 123-140. (10.2113/gsjfr.23.2.123)
• Pearson, P. N. 1993. A lineage phylogeny for the Paleogene planktonic foraminifera. Micropaleontology 39(3), pp. 193-232.

1992

• Pearson, P. N. 1992. Walking traces of the giant myriapod Arthropleura from the Strathclyde Group (Lower Carboniferous) of Fife. Scottish Journal of Geology 28(2), pp. 127-133. (10.1144/sjg28020127)
• Pearson, P. N. 1992. Survivorship analysis of fossil taxa when real-time extinction rates vary: the Paleogene planktonic foraminifera. Paleobiology 18(2), pp. 115-131.
• Pearson, P. N. and Nicholas, C. J. 1992. Defining the base of the Cambrian: the Hicks-Geikie confrontation of April 1883. Earth Sciences History 11(2), pp. 70-80.