Gregory J. Retallack
Professor
(paleobotany, paleosols)
Geological Sciences faculty member since 1981.
B.A., 1973, Macquarie University, Australia
Ph.D., 1978, New England University, Australia.
Office: 310G Cascade Hall
Phone: 541-346-4558
Email: gregr 'at' uoregon.edu
Overview: Greg Retallack's research group is dedicated to the proposition that soils have a fossil record, like other living things. Past studies have considered the role of soils in ape and human evolution in Kenya, grassland evolution in North America, dinosaur extinction in Montana, angiosperm evolution in Kansas, Late Permian mass extinction in Antarctica, and evolution of trees and tetrapods in Pennsylvania. Current and future studies concern Cambrian explosion on land, Precambrian life on land and martian paleosols, with fieldwork in Newfoundland and Australia.
Top ten favorite studies
1. Victims of greenhouse crisespdf
2. Oh soil divine!pdf
3. Ape evolutionary gauntletpdf
4. Fish in the woodspdf
5. Climate archives of American Westpdf
6. Grasslands bring on icepdf
7. Multiple Early Triassic crisespdf
8. Lichens in deep timepdf
9. Reading the leaves for past CO2pdf
10. Before the grasslands?pdf
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Current Students:
Christine Metzger
Former students
Jonathan Wynn Nathan Sheldon Evelyn Krull Erick Bestland
Department of Geological Sciences • 1272 University of Oregon • Eugene, OR 97403 • Phone: 541-346-4573 • Fax: 541-346-4692