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R.A. Spicer Publications - Articles, Papers and Books

1. Muir, M.D., Hamilton, L.H., Grant, P.R., and Spicer, R.A., 1974, A comparative study of modern and fossil microbes, using X-ray microanalysis and cathodoluminescence. In Hall, T., Echlin, P., and Kaufmann, R.(eds.), Microprobe Analysis as Applied to Cells and Tissues, Academic Press, London and New York.

2. Muir, M.D., Spicer, R.A., Grant, P.R., and Giddens, R., 1974, X-ray microanalysis in the SEM for the determination of elements in modern and fossil microorganisms. Eighth International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Canberra. Vol. II, p.104-105.

3. Spicer, R.A., Grant, P.R., and Muir, M.D., 1974, An inexpensive portable freeze-drying unit for SEM specimen preparation. Scanning Electron Microscopy/1974 (part 1). Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Scanning Electron Microscope Symposium IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, p.229-304.

4. Spicer, R.A., Sengupta, S., and Phillips, L., 1976, Low temperature preparation of pteridophyte spores and sporangia for SEM. Journal of Microscopy, v.106, p.351-354.

5. Spicer, R.A., 1977, The pre-depositional formation of some leaf impressions.Palaeontology v.20, p.907-912.

6. Alvin, K.L., Spicer, R.A., and Watson, J., 1978, A Classopollis-containing male cone associated with Pseudofrenelopsis. Palaeontology, v.21, p.847-856.

7. Spicer, R.A., and Hill, C.R., 1979, Principal components and Correspondence Analyses of quantitative data from a Jurassic plant bed. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, v.28, p.273-299.

8. McC. Newberry, D., and Spicer, R.A., 1979, The terrestrial vegetation of an Indian Ocean coral island: Wilingili, Addu Atoll, Maldive Islands: II A limited quantitative analysis of the vegetation distribution. Atoll Research Bulletin, No. 231, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., p.15-25.

9. Spicer R.A., and McC. Newberry, D., 1979, The terrestrial vegetation of an Indian Ocean coral island: Wilingili, Addu Atoll, Maldive Islands: I Transect analysis of the vegetation. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 231, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., p.1-14.

10. Spicer, R.A., 1979, The sorting and deposition of allochthonous plant material in a modern environment at Silwood lake, Silwood Park, Berkshire, England. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 79-1240.

11. Spicer, R.A., 1980, The importance of depositional sorting to the biostratigraphy of fossil plants. In Dilcher, D.L., and Taylor, T.N., (eds), Biostratigraphy of Fossil Plants, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross Inc., Stroudsburg, Pa., p.171-183.

12. Spicer, R.A., Cullip, R.J., and Poore, R.Z., 1980, MAGIC: Computer Programs for Paleontologists available on MULTICS. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 80-317.

13. Alvin, K.L., Fraser, C.J., and Spicer, R.A., 1981, Anatomy and palaeoecology of Pseudofrenelopsis and associated conifers in the English Wealden. Palaeontology v.24, p.759-778.

14. Detterman, R.L., and Spicer, R.A., 1981, New stratigraphic assignment for rocks along Igilatvik (Sabbath) Creek, William O. Douglas Arctic Wildlife Range, Alaska. U.S.Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments During 1979, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 823-B, p.11-12.

15. Spicer, R.A., 1981, The sorting and deposition of allochthonous plant material in a modern environment at Silwood Lake, Silwood Park, Berkshire, England. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1143, 77p.

16. Spicer, R.A., 1981, Plant Megafossils from the Middle Cretaceous Yukon-Koyukuk Province West Central Alaska, USGS Contract Report 14-08-0001-19175, p.187 +55 Plates.

17. Spicer, R.A., 1983, Magnolias and Tulip trees. The Living Countryside v.11,p.2441-2443.

18. Spicer, R.A., 1983, Plant Megafossils from Albian to Paleocene Rocks in Alaska, Contract Report to Office of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey, 521p.

19. Spicer, R.A., 1984, The vital role of leaves. The Living Countryside v.15,p.3408-3411.

20. Spicer, R.A., 1984, A story in our rocks-Geology of the British Isles. The Living Countryside v.15, p.3476-3481.

21. Spicer, R.A., 1984, Telling dicots from monocots. The Living Countryside, v.15, p.3532-3534.

22. Spicer, R.A., Burnham, R.J., Grant, P.R., and Glicken, H., 1985, Pityrogramma calomelanos, the primary, post eruption colonizer of Volcán Chichonal, Chiapas, Mexico. American Fern Journal, v.53, p.1-5.

23. Burnham, R.J., and Spicer, R.A., 1986, Forest litter preserved by volcanic activity at El Chichón, Mexico: a potentially accurate record of the pre-eruption vegetation. Palaios, v.1, p.158-161.

24. Spicer, R.A., and Parrish, J.T., 1986, Paleobotanical evidence for cool North Polar climates in the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian), Geology, v.14, p.703-706.

25. Spicer, R.A., and Greer, A.G., 1986, Plant taphonomy in fluvial and lacustrine systems, In Broadhead, T., (ed.) Land Plants, University of Tennessee Department of Geological Sciences Studies in Geology 15, p.10-26.

26. Spicer, R.A., 1986, Computerized palaeobotanical data bases: the way forward? In Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., (eds.) Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 31, p.285-297.

27. Spicer, R.A., 1986, Comparative leaf architectural analysis of Cretaceous radiating angiosperms. In Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A.,(eds.) Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches to Palaeobotany, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 31, p.223-233.

28. Thomas, B.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1986, Meyenodendron borealis: a new lepidodendrid of Angaran affinity from Northern Alaska. Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist (Geol.), v.40, p.293-297.

29. Spicer, R.A., 1986, Geological Factors in Plant Evolution, Tiffney, B.H.(ed.), Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1985, 296p, Science, v.231, p.626-627 (Book Review).

30. Spicer, R.A., 1986, Pectinal veins: a new concept in terminology for the description of dicotyledonous leaf venation patterns, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 93, p.379-388.

31. Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., 1986,(eds.) Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 31., Oxford University Press, 321p.

32. Thomas, B.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1987, The Evolution and Palaeobiology of Land Plants, Croom Helm, 309p.

33. Spicer, R.A., Wolfe, J.A., and Nichols, D., 1987, Alaskan Cretaceous-Tertiary Floras and Arctic Origins. Paleobiology, v.13, p.73-83.

34. Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., 1987, A Mississippian Alaska-Siberian connection: evidence from plant megafossils. In Weimer, P., and Tailleur, I.L., (eds.), Alaskan North Slope Geology Alaskan North Slope Geology, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Bakersfield, California, p.355-358.

35. Spicer, R.A., 1987, Late Cretaceous floras and terrestrial environment of northern Alaska, In Weimer, P., and Tailleur, I.L., (eds.), Alaskan North Slope Geology, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Bakersfield, California p.497-512.

36. Spicer, R.A., 1987, The significance of the Cretaceous flora of Northern Alaska for the reconstruction of the Cretaceous Climate. In Kemper, E., (ed.) Das Klima der Kreide-Zeit. Geologisches Jahrbuch, series A. v. 96, pp.265-291.

37. Spicer, R.A., and Wolfe, J.A., 1987, Taphonomy of Holocene deposits in Trinity (Clair Engle) Lake, Northern California. Paleobiology, v.13, p.227-245.

38. Spicer, R.A., and Parrish, J.T., 1987, Plant megafossils, vertebrate remains, and paleoclimate of the Kogosukruk Tongue (Late Cretaceous), North Slope, Alaska. In Hamilton, T. D., and Galloway, J.P., Geologic Studies in Alaska by the United States Geological Survey during 1986, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 993. p. 47-48.

39. Parrish, J.T., Parrish, J.M., Hutchison, J.H., and Spicer, R.A., 1987, Late Cretaceous Vertebrate Fossils from the North Slope of Alaska and Implications for Dinosaur Ecology, Palaios, v. 2, p. 377-389.

40. Brouwers, E.M., Clemens, W.A., Spicer, R.A., Ager, T., Carter, D.L., and Sliter, W.V., 1987, Dinosaurs on the North Slope, Alaska: Reconstructions of high latitude, latest Cretaceous environments. Science, v 237, p.1608-1610.

41. Boulter, M. C., Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., 1988, Patterns of plant extinction from some palaeobotanical evidence, In Larwood, G., (ed), Extinction and Survival in the Fossil Record, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 34, Oxford University Press, p.1-36.

42. Parrish, J.T., and Spicer, R.A., 1988, Middle Cretaceous Wood from the Nanushuk Group, Central North Slope, Alaska. Palaeontology, v. 31, p.19-34.

43. Parrish, J.T., and Spicer, R.A., 1988, North Polar Late Cretaceous temperature curve: evidence from plant fossils. Geology, v.16, p.22-25.

44. Spicer, R.A., 1988, Quantitative sampling of plant megafossil assemblages. In Methods and Applications of Plant Paleoecology, Paleontological Society Special Publication No. 3, p.29-51.

45. Brouwers, E.M., Spicer, R.A., and Clemens, W.A., 1988, Arctic Dinosaurs and Terminal Cretaceous Extinctions, Science, v.239, p.11.

46. Spicer, R.A., 1989, The formation and interpretation of plant fossil assemblages. Advances in Botanical Research, v.16, 95-191.

47. Spicer, R.A., 1989, Plants at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London, B 325, 291-305.

48. Spicer, R.A., 1989, Physiological Characteristics of Land Plants in Relation to Environment through time. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences v. 80, 321-329.

49. Parrish, J.T., Parrish, J.M., Hutchison, J.H., and Spicer, R.A., 1989, Late Cretaceous Vertebrate Fossils from the North Slope of Alaska and Implications for Dinosaur Ecology : Comment and Reply, Palaios, v.4, p.299-230.

50. Spicer R.A. and Parrish, J.T., 1990, Latest Cretaceous Woods of the Central North slope Alaska, Palaeontology, v. 33, 225-242.

51. Spicer, R.A., 1990, Reconstructing High Latitude Cretaceous Vegetation and Climate: Arctic and Antarctic Compared, In (Taylor, T.N. & Taylor, E. L., eds.) Antarctic Paleobiology and its Role in the Reconstruction of Gondwana , Springer-Verlag, New York. 27-36.

52. Spicer, R.A. and Parrish., J.T., 1990, Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary Palaeoclimates of Northern High Latitudes: A Quantitative View. J.Geol. Soc. Lond. v. 147, 329-341.

53. Spicer, R.A., 1990, Fossils as Environmental Indicators - Climate from Plants, in Palaeobiology A Synthesis, D.E.G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther (Eds.), Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., p.401-403.

54. Spicer, R.A., 1990,Transport/hydrodynamics of plant material, in Palaeobiology A Synthesis, D.E.G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther (Eds.), Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., p.230-232

55. Spicer, R.A., 1990 Feuding over the nearest living relatives, Journal of Biogeography., v.17, p.335-336.

56. Spicer, R.A. and Chapman, J.E., 1990, The evolution of high latitude floras, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, v. 5, 279-284.

57. R.A.Spicer, 1991, Contributor to Opportunities and Priorities in Arctic Geoscience, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington DC., 67p.

58. Spicer, R.A., 1991, Palaeoecology, Past Climate Systems, and C3/C4 Photosynthesis, In Proceedings of the UNESCO/UNEP/DOE Regional Workshop on the Carbon Cycle, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (No page numbers in volume)

59. Spicer, R.A., 1991, Plant Taphonomic Processes, In Taphonomy: Releasing the data locked in the fossil record, D.E. G. Briggs and P. Allison (Eds.) Plenum Press, pp. 71-113.

60. Spicer, R.A., 1992, Contributor to Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic Ecosystems Chapter in Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time, Behrensmeyer, A.K., Damuth, J.D., DiMichele, W.A., Potts, R., Sues, H. and Wing, S.L. (eds.), University of Chicago Press. pp. 327-416.

61. Spicer, R.A., 1992, Contributor to Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic modes in Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time, Behrensmeyer, A.K., Damuth, J.D., DiMichele, W.A., Potts, R., Sues, H. and Wing, S.L. (eds.), University of Chicago Press. pp. 15-136.

62. Spicer, R.A., Parrish, J.T., and Grant, P.R., 1992, Evolution of Vegetation and Coal Forming Environments in the Late Cretaceous of the north Slope of Alaska: A Model for Polar Coal Deposition at Times of Global Warmth. In McCabe, P.J., and Parrish, J.T. (Eds.) Controls on the Deposition of Cretaceous Coal, Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Pub.

63. Spicer, R.A., and Corfield, R. 1992. A Review of Terrestrial and Marine Climates in the Cretaceous and Implications for Modelling the Greenhouse Earth. Geol. Mag. 129: 168-180.

64. Spicer, R.A., 1992, Frontiers in Palaeobotany, in Palaeobiology: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century, Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones, pp.101-130.

65. Harger, J.R.E., Sorensen, W., Spicer, R.A., Wasser, H.J., Malling, S.T., Kartawinata, k., Sastrapradja, D., Hadley, M., Sastrapradja, S., and Soeriaatmadja, R.E., 1992, Contending with Global Change: Study No. 5, Human action to control global climate through designed ecosystems. UNESCO/ROSTSEA, Indonesia, 22pp.

66. Spicer, R.A., 1993, Land Plants, in The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the Solid Earth Sciences, Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd.

67.Spicer, R.A., Rees, P. McA, Chapman, J. L., 1993. Cretaceous phytogeography and climate signals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Biol Sci 341, N 1297: 277-286

68. Allen, J.R.L., Hoskins, B.J., Sellwood, B.W., Spicer, R.A., and Valdes, P.J., (Eds.) 1994. Palaeoclimates and Their Modelling. Chapman and Hall (for the Royal Society), 140pp.

69. Spicer, R.A., Rees, P.M., and Chapman, J.L., 1994. Cretaceous Phytogeography and Climate Signals. Palaeoclimates and Their Modelling, Allen, J.R.L., Hoskins, B.J., Sellwood, B.W., Spicer, R.A., and Valdes, P.J., (Eds.) Chapman and Hall, 69-78.

70. Povey, D.A.R., Spicer, R.A., England, P.C., 1994, Palaeobotanical Investigation of early Tertiary Palaeoelevations in northeastern Nevada: Initial Results. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 81: 1-10.

71. Harger, J.R.E., Malling, S.T., Sorensen, W., Spicer, R.A., Wasser, H.J., 1994. Forests and Carbon Sequestering through Time: Lessons for the Present and Future. In Carbon Balance of World's Forested Ecosystems: Towards a Global Assessment. Publications of the Academy of Finland. 3/93:176-200.

72. Spicer, R.A., Davies, K.S., Herman, A.B., 1994, Circum-Arctic plant fossils and the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition. Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic. Ed. by M.C.Boulter and H.C.Fisher. NATO ASI Ser., Ser. I: Global environmental change, Vol. 27. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 161-174.

73. Askin. R.A. and Spicer, R.A., 1995, The Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of Vegetation and Climate at Northern and Southern High Latitudes: A Comparison. In Effects of Past Global Change on Life, Studies in Geophysics, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, pp. 156-173.

74. Kovach, W.L., and Spicer, R.A., 1995, Canonical Correspondence Analysis of Leaf Physiognomy: a Contribution to the Development of a New palaeoclimatological Tool. Palaeoclimates, 1: 125-138.

75. Herman, A.B., and Spicer, R.A. 1995, Latest Cretaceous flora of Northeastern Russia and the "terminal Cretaceous event". Paleontological Journal, 29: 22-35.

76. Herman A.B., and Spicer, R.A., 1996, Palaeobotanical evidence for a warm Cretaceous Arctic Ocean. Nature 380: 330-333.

77. Herman A.B., and Spicer, R.A., 1996, Palaeobotanical evidence for a warm Cretaceous Arctic Ocean, Monthly Nature, 1996, Vol. 4, No. 3 (39), 106-109.

78. Raven, J.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1996, The Evolution of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. In Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. Ecological Studies Vol. 114. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelburg, pp. 360-385.

79. R.A.Spicer, P.M. Rees and A.B.Herman, 1996, The Cretaceous Vegetation and Climate of Asia: some insights. Memoir Geological Society of India 37: 405-433.

80. Herman, A.B. and Spicer, R.A., 1996, Nilssoniocladus in the Cretaceous Arctic: new species and biological insights. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 92: 229-243.

81. Herman, A. B., and Spicer, R.A., 1997, Palaeocontinental Reconstructions of North Eastern Russia and Alaska: stratigraphy, floras and palaeoclimates. (In Russian).Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Report. 13pp.

82. Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1997, Continental Cretaceous of Northeastern Russia and Alaska: a comparison of floras and palaeoclimate. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation, 1997, 5: 60-66. [in Russian and in English].

83. Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1997, New quantitative palaeoclimate data for the Late Cretaceous Arctic: evidence for a warm polar ocean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 128: 227-251.

84. Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1997, The Koryak flora: Did the Early Tertiary deciduous flora begin in the Late Maastrichtian of northeastern Russia? Proceedings 4-th European Palaeobot. and Palynol. Conf. (Heerlen, September 1994), 87-92 .

85. Parrish, J.T., Daniel, I.L., Kennedy, E.M., and Spicer, R.A., 1998, Paleoclimatic Significance of Mid-Cretaceous Floras from the Middle Clarence Valley, New Zealand. Palaios 13: 146-156.

86. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1998, Mid- and Late Cretaceous climate of Asia and Alaska: a comparison of palaeobotanical evidence and a computer model. Paleontologicheskii Journal (Moscow), No 2 [in Russian and in English].

87. Kelley, S., Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1999, New 40Ar/39Ar dates for Cretaceous Chauna Group tephra, North-Eastern Russia, and their implications for the geologic history and floral evolution of the North Pacific region. Cretaceous Research, 20: 97-106.

88. Wolfe, J.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1999, Fossil Leaf Character States: Multivariate Analysis. In Jones, T.P., and Rowe, N.P. (eds.) Fossil Plants and Spores: Modern Techniques. Geological Society, London, 233-239.

89. Morgans, H.S., Hesselbo, S.P. and Spicer, R.A., 1999, The Seasonal Climate of the Early-Middle Jurassic, Cleveland Basin, England. Palaios, 14: 261 272.

90. Spicer, R.A., 2000, Leaf Physiognomy and Climate Change, In Biotic Response to Global change: the Last 145 Million Years, Culver, S.J., and Rawson, P.F., (eds.), Natural History Museum/Cambridge University Press, pp. 244-264.

91. Spicer, R.A., and Parrish, J.T., (In Prep.), High Latitude Cretaceous Vegetation and Climate, Oxford University Press.

92. Spicer, R.A., Ferguson, D.K., and Greenwood, D.R., (In Prep.) The Sedimentation and Preservation of Terrestrial Organic Matter, Columbia University Press.

93. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 2001. The Albian flora of the Kukpowruk River, western North Slope, Alaska: stratigraphy, palaeofloristics, and plant communities. Cretaceous Research, 22, 1-40.

94. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B.,Valdes, P.J., Chumakov, N.M., Sellwood, B.W., (In Prep.) Late Cretaceous palaeoclimates of Asia: data and modelling compared. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond.

95. Spicer, R.A., Ahlberg, A., Herman, A.B., Kelley, S.P., Raikevich, M., Rees, P.M. The middle Cretaceous Grebenka flora of northeastern Russia: palaeoenvironment, palaeoecology, palaeoclimate and palaeolatitude in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
(in press).

96.Herman, A.B., and Spicer, R.A. 2002. Cretaceous Flora from the Kukpowruk River, Northwestern Alaska. Paleontological Journal, 3 (pages are still unknown) (in Russian and English).

97. Kennedy, E.M., Spicer, R.A., Rees, P.M. Quantitative paleoclimate estimates from Late Cretaceous and Paleocene leaf floras in the northwest of the South Island, New Zealand.Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (in review).

Miscellaneous

M1. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1994, Alaskan and Russian Cretaceous and Tertiary Leaf Drawings (CD ROM). The Open University, Milton Keynes.

M2. Valdes, P.J., Spicer, R.A., Sellwood, B. W., In Press. Palaeoclimates: Modelling Ancient Weather (CD ROM). Mac and Windows. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. (Presents the results of numerical climate modelling for the late carboniferous, late Permian, latest Jurassic [Kimmerigian], mid and latest Cretaceous [Cenomanian and Maastrichtian], Eocene, Miocene, several time horizons in the Quaternary, Present and Future under 4x Present CO2).

M3. Spicer, R.A., and Herman, A.B., (In prep). The Smiley Collection at the Smithsonian, (CD ROM) (Monograph of Alaskan Cretaceous Plant Fossils).

M4. "Poles Apart- The Cretaceous Greenhouse World" (1997) Television Programme (45 mins) made by the BBC for "Earth and Life - S269" - Sole Presenter and Academic Consultant.

M5. Contributor to "Dinosaur Footprints" (1991) WGBH Boston, WHYY Philadelphia and Grenada Television.

M6. Contributor to "Earth Story: Mountain Building" (1999) BBC. Earth Story is a major series of programmes on modern geology. The series was broadcast on BB2 in the autumn of 1998 and early spring 2001.

M7. Contributor to "Science Now" (BBC Radio 4), "Quarks and Querks" (CBC) and various programmes on Thames Valley Radio, including one 25 minute live interview.

M8. Spicer, R.A., and Herman, A.B., 2000, A Database of Fossil Leaves From Tibet. CD ROM.

M9. Kvacek, J., and Spicer, R.A., 2000, The Peruc Plant Fossil Database. CD ROM.

Significant Abstracts

A1. Spicer, R.A., 1977, The importance of depositional sorting in stratigraphic analysis of plant megafossils (Abstract). Journal of Paleontology Supplement to No.2, 51: 26.

A2. Spicer, R.A., 1984, Plant Taphonomy in Volcanic Terrains: Studies at Mount Saint Helens and El Chichón, Palaeontological Association Annual Conference Abstracts, p.5.

A3. Spicer, R.A., 1985, Plant Megafossils and the Late Cretaceous Environment of the North Slope, Alaska. AAPG Bulletin. 69: 679.

A4. Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., 1985, A Mississippian Alaska-Siberia connection: evidence from plant megafossils. AAPG Bulletin. 69: 679.

A5. Parrish, J.T., and Spicer, R.A., 1986, Fossil Woods from northern Alaska and climate near the middle Cretaceous North Pole. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 18: 759.

A6. Spicer, R. A., Parrish, J. T., and Grant P.R., 1987, Near polar climate in the latest Cretaceous. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 19: 800.

A7. Parrish, J.T., Parrish, J.M., Hutchison, J.H., and Spicer, R.A., 1987, Cretaceous Vertebrates from Alaska - Implications for Dinosaur Ecology, Abstracts with Program Geological Society of America 19: 326.

A8. Spicer, R.A., Grant, P.R., and Parrish, J.T., 1987, The Late Cretaceous Polar Coals: A Sedimentological, Vegetational, and Climatological Study of the Umiat Delta, Alaska, Deltas Sites and Traps for Fossil Fuels, Geological Society of London Abstracts, p.39.

A9. Spicer, R.A., Yao, Jiping, and Horrell, M.A., 1988, Early Cretaceous phytogeography and climate of China based on numerical analysis of plant megafossils. (Abstract) International Organisation of Paleobotany Conference, Melbourne Australia.

A10. Spicer, R.A. and Saward, S.A., 1988, A global view of Cretaceous vegetation patterns, Abstr. Progr. Geol. Soc. Amer. v.20, A27.

A11. Spicer, R.A., Parrish, J.T., Grant, P.R., 1988, Evolution of vegetation and coal- forming environments in the Late Cretaceous of the North Slope of Alaska, Abstr. Progr. geol. Soc. Amer. v.20, A29.

A12. Grant, P.R., Spicer, R.A., Parrish, J.T., 1988, Palynofacies of Northern Alaskan Cretaceous Coals, 7th International Palynological Congress, Brisbane, Abstracts Volume p.60.

A13. Parrish, J.T., and Spicer, R.A., 1989, Flora of the Dunvegan Formation (Cenomanian, British Columbia) and Comparison with the Flora of the Niakogon Tongue of the Chandler Formation (Cenomanian, Alaska). Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, A147.

A14. Askin, R.A. and Spicer, R.A., 1990, The Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of Vegetation and Climate at Northern and Southern High Latitudes: A Comparison. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Program.V.22, A76.

A15. Parrish, J.T., Spicer, R.A., Douglas, J.G., Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P, 1991, Continental Climate Near The Albian South Pole and Comparison with Climate near the North Pole, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, V.23, A 302.

A16. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B. and Valdes, P.J., 1996. Mid and late Cretaceous Climate of Asia and Northern Alaska using CLAMP analysis, in Memorial Conference Dedicated to Vsevolod Andreevich Vakhrameev (Abstracts and Proceedings) November 13-14th, 1996 M.: GEOS, 62--67.

A17. Valdes, P.J., Spicer, R.A., Rees, P.M., Neilson, R.P., 1996, Late Jurassic Climate and Vegetation: Comparisons between geologic data and climate/biogeographic models, In Memorial Conference Dedicated to Vsevolod Andreevich Vakhrameev (Abstracts and Proceedings), November 13-14, 1996, GEOS, p. 17-24.

A18. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1995, Nilssoniocladus in the Cretaceous Arctic: new species and biological insights. Internat. Symp. "Ecosystem Evolution", Moscow, September 26-30, Abstr. Vol., p. 89.

A19. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1996, Palaeobotanical evidence for a warm Late Cretaceous Arctic and poleward ocean heat transport. Fifth Quadrennial Conference of the International Organisation of Palaeobotany, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, June 30-July 5, Abstr. Vol., p. 42.

A20. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., Kelley, S., 1996, New Ar/Ar dates and phytostratigraphic implications for the Cretaceous Chauna Group flora, N.E.Russia. Fifth Quadrennial Conference of the International Organisation of Palaeobotany, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, June 30-July 5, Abstr. Vol., p. 95.

A21. Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., Wolfe, J.A., 1996, Inferring climatic parameters for Cretaceous & Tertiary leaf assemblages using CLAMP (Climate-Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program). Fifth Quadrennial Conference of the International Organisation of Palaeobotany, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, June 30-July 5, Abstr. Vol., p. 113.

A22. Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1996, Latest Cretaceous flora of Northeastern Russia and the "terminal Cretaceous event" in the Arctic. 30th Internat. Geol. Congress (Beijing, China 4-14 August 1996). Abstracts. Vol. 2. P. 71.

A23. Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1996, Non-marine Cretaceous of Northeastern Russia and Northern Alaska: comparative palaeofloristics and phytostratigraphy. 30th Internat. Geol. Congress (Beijing, China 4-14 August 1996). Abstracts. Vol. 2. P. 71.

A24. Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1997, Albian flora of the North-Western Alaska: preliminary results. Memorial Conference dedicated to Sergei Victorovich Meyen, March 26, 1997. Abstr., Moscow: Geol. Inst RAS, p. 17-18 [in Russian].

A25. Spicer, R.A., Ahlberg, A., Herman, A.B., Kelley, S.P. and Rees, P.M., 1999, Mid Cretaceous North Polar Vegetation and Climate: A High Resolution Study. EUG 10 Journal of Conference Abstracts 4: 224.

A26. Spicer, R.A., Ahlberg, A., Herman, A.B., Hofmann, C., Raikevich, M.l., and Valdes, P., 2001. EUG 11 Journal of Conference Abstracts

A27. Spicer, R.A., Herman., A.B., Guo, S., Widdowson, M., Harris, N.B.W., Argles, T.W., Wolfe, J.A., & Vlades, P.J., 2001 EUG 11 Journal of Conference Abstracts.

A.28. Spicer R.A., Herman A.B., Ahlberg A., Valdes P.J., and Hoffman Ch.-Ch. Plants and climate: recent developments with CLAMP and its applications in Earth system science. Proc. and Abstr. Memorial Conf. dedicated 90-th Jubilee of V.A.Vakhrameev (in press).

A29. Spicer, R.A., Ahlberg, A.T. and Herman, A.B. Mid-Cretaceous Grebenka Flora of the North-eastern Russia: composition, age, palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology. Proc. and Abstr. Memorial Conf. dedicated 90-th Jubilee of V.A.Vakhrameev (in press).

A30. Kvacek, J., Spicer, R.A. and Herman, A.B. Palaeoclimatic parameters based on the Peruc Korycany Flora and its relationship to other Laurasian Cenomanian floras. Proc. and Abstr. Memorial Conf. dedicated 90th Jubilee of V.A.Vakhrameev (in press).