Publications
The Commission contributes a stratigraphical viewpoint to topical debates and provides key resources, such as the Special Reports on the correlation of UK rocks through time for the geosciences and the broader science community.
Stratigraphy and stratigraphical procedure in general
- Coe, A.L. (ed) 2022. Deciphering Earth’s History: the Practice of Stratigraphy. Geological Society, London, Geoscience in Practice. [This is a book on how to apply stratigraphical techniques written by members of the commission and invited colleagues.
- Coe, A. L. and Astley, C. 2022. The launch of a new practical book series: Geoscience in Practice, Geoscientist, 32 (4), 6-7.
- Smith, A., Barry, T.L., Bown, P.R.,Cope, J., Gale, A., Gibbard, P., Gregory, J., Hounslow, M., Kemp, D., Knox, R., Marshall, J., Oates, M., Rawson, P., Powell, J., Waters, C. 2014. GSSPs, global stratigraphy and correlation. In Smith, D.G., Bailey, R.J., Burgess, P.M., Fraser, A.J. (eds). Strata and Time: Probing the Gaps in Our Understanding. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 404, 37-67.
- Powell, J.H. 2008. What does lithostratigraphy do for us? Geoscientist, 18(11).
- Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Smith, A., Barry, T.L., Coe, A.L., Bown, P.R., Brenchley, P., Cantrill, D., Gale, A., Gibbard, P., Gregory, J.F., Hounslow, M.W., Kerr, A.C., Pearson, P.N., Knox, R., Powell, J., Waters, C.N., Marshall, J., Oates, M., Rawson, P., Stone, P. 2008. Are we now living in the Anthropocene? GSA Today, 18(2).
- Brenchley, P., Trewin, N., Stone, P.,Rawson, P., Oates, M., Marshall, J., Knox, R.,Gregory, F.J., Gibbard, P., Cantrill, D., Zalasiewicz, J., Bown, P.R., Barry, T.L., Waters, C.,Powell, J.,Gale, A., Williams, M., Hounslow, M., Smith, A. 2007. The scale-dependence of strata-time relations: implications for stratigraphic classification. Stratigraphy, 4(2-3), 139-144.
- Zalasiewicz, J., Pearson, P., Stratigraphy Commission Members. 2007. Time machine. Geoscientist, 17, 18-19
- Zalasiewicz, J., Smith, A., Brenchley, P., Evans, J., Knox, R., Riley, N., Gale, A., Gregory, J.F., Rushton, A., Gibbard, P., Hesselbo, S., Marshall, J., Oates, M., Rawson, P., Trewin, N. 2004. Simplifying the stratigraphy of time. Geology, 32(1), 1-4.
- Rawson, P.F., et al., 2002. Stratigraphical Procedure. Geological Society, London, Professional Handbook.
Anthropocene
- Waters, C.N. Zalasiewicz, J.A., Williams, M., Ellis, M.A. Snelling,A. M. (eds), 2014. A Stratigraphical basis for the Anthropocene? Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 395, 1-21.
- Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Fortey, R., Smith, A., Barry, T.L., Coe, A.L., Bown, P.R., Rawson, P.F., Gale, A., Gibbard, P., Gregory, J.F., Hounslow, M.W., Kerr, A.C., Pearson, P.N., Know, R., P
- owell, J., Waters, C., Marshall, J., Oates, M., Stone, P. 2011. Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 369(1938), 1036-1055.
- Zalasiewicz, J., Gibbard, P., Waters, C., Gregory, F. J., Barry, T. L., Bown, P.R., Brenchley, P., Cantrill, D.J., Coe, A.L., Cope, J.C.W., Knox, R., Gale, A., Hounslow, M.W., Marshall, J., Powell, J., Oates, M., Smith, A., Stone, P., Rawson, P., Trewin, N., Williams, M. 2006. The future of the Quaternary. Geoscientist, 16(7). pp. 28-30.
Terms for the geological timescales
- Knox, R.W.O.B., Gibbard, P.L., Cope, J.W., Gale, A.S., Powell, J.H., Powell, J.H., Smith, A.G., Smith, A.G., Zalasiewicz, J. 2010. Tertiary: survival of the fittest. Geoscientist, 20(8), 10-11.
- Pearson, P.N., Hounslow, M.W., 2010. Retain “Paleogene” and “Neogene” as periods. Geoscientist, 20(8), 10-11.
- Gibbard, P.L., Smith, A.G., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Barry, T.L., Cantrill, D., Coe, AL., Cope, J.C.W., Gale, A., Powell, J.H., Rawson, P.F,, Stone, P., Waters, C.N. 2008. What status for the Quaternary? Boreas ,34(1), 1-6.
Other
- Powell, J.H., Nash, G., Bell, P. 2013. GeoExposures: Documenting temporary geological exposures in Great Britain through a citizen-science web site. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 124, 638–647.
- Cope, J.C.W., Ingham, J.K., Rawson, P.F. (eds) 1991. Atlas of palaeogeography and lithofacies. Memoir 13. Geological Society, London.
Special Reports on the correlation of UK rocks through time
The Commission and colleagues prepared or managed a series of special reports published by the Geological Society detailing the UK correlation framework for rocks corresponding to all periods in geological time. These ground-breaking works were initially published in the 1970s and 1980s. The commission is now overseeing the revision of these, using new work produced since that time.
These new revisions are listed in geological time order below (and include date of publication):
Revisions on the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Permian are currently in preparation.
Original special reports not yet revised are:
- Cope, J.C.W. et al. 1980. A Correlation of Jurassic rocks in the British Isles; Middle and Upper Jurassic, Special Reports of the Geological Society, London.
- Cope, J.C.W. et al. 1980. A Correlation of Jurassic rocks in the British Isles; part one: introduction and Lower Jurassic, Special Reports of the Geological Society, London.
- Rawson et al. 1978. Correlation of Cretaceous Rocks in the British Isles, Special Reports of the Geological Society, London.