Dr Ian Wilkinson

Dr Ian Wilkinson Biostratigrapher

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3409

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Biography

  •  1986 :  PhD University of Wales
  •  1975 :  MSc University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Micropalaeontology
  •  1974 –current :  Calcareous Micropalaeontologist/stratigrapher
  •  1973 :  BSc University college of Wales, Aberystwyth, Geology

Current projects and collaboration

  •  Applications of microfaunas in solving archaeological problems (in collaboration with University of Leicester)
  •  Mid and Late Cretaceous microfaunal biostratigraphy of Southern England
  •  Pleistocene, Holocene and Anthropocene calcareous microfaunas from the UK nearshore continental shelf and paralic environments.
  •  Supervision of PhD students at the Universities of Leicester

Skills

  •  Geological communication and outreach
  •  Palaeontology
  •  Quality Assurance Auditing (Laboratory, Environmental & corporate)
  •  Stratigraphy

Professional association

  •  Member of The Micropalaeontological Society

Research interests

  •  Calcareous micropalaeontology
  •  Mesozoic–Cenozoic calcareous microfaunas
  •  Quality auditing
  •  Teaching/research supervision

Published outputs

Key papers

BENNETT, C E, SIVETER, D J, DAVIES, S J, WILLIAMS M, WILKINSON I P, BROWNE, M & MILLER, C G. 2012. Ostracods from freshwater and brackish environments of the Carboniferous of the Midland Valley of Scotland: the early colonization of terrestrial water bodies. Geol. Mag. 149, 366-396.

WILKINSON, I P, HOPSON, P M. 2011. The stratigraphical distribution of Mid-Cretaceous Foraminifera near Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 122, 831-841.

WILKINSON, I P. 2011. Foraminiferal Biozones and their relationship to the lithostratigraphy of the Chalk Group of southern England. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 122, 842-849.

WILKINSON, I.P. and GULAKYAN, S Z 2010. Holocene to Recent Ostracoda of Lake Sevan, Armenia: biodiversity and ecological controls. Stratigraphy 7, 301-315.

WILKINSON, IP, TASKER, A, GOULDWELL, A, WILLIAMS, M, EDGEWORTH, M, ZALASIEWICZ J & CHRISTIE, N. 2010 Micropalaeontology reveals the source of building materials for a defensive earthwork (English . Civil War?) at Wallingford Castle, Oxfordshire. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 29: 1–6.

WILKINSON, IP., WILBY, P.R., WILLIAMS, M., SIVETER, D.J., PAGE, A.A., LEGGITT, L. AND RILEY, D.A. 2010. Exceptionally preserved ostracodes from a Middle Miocene palaeolake, California, USA. Journal of the Geological Society, 167: 817 - 825.