Charles Downie and the early days of palynological research at the University of Sheffield

Sarjeant, William A. S.

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01 Sep 1984

| 01 Sep 1984

Charles Downie and the early days of palynological research at the University of Sheffield

William A. S. Sarjeant

Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Cited articles

W. J., Arkell: The Jurassic System in Great Britain681 pp., frontis + 41 pls., 97 figsClarendon Press Oxford., 1933.

P. M., Bruck and C., Downie: Silurian microfossils from west of the Leinster Granite, J. geol. Soc. Lond., 130, 383-386, 1974.

J. P., Bujak, C., Downie, G. L., Eaton and G. L., Williams: Dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs from the Eocene of southern England, Palaeont. Assoc. Spec. Paps., London, 24, 104-1980.

L., Costa, C., Denison and C., Downie: The Paleocene/Eocene boundary in the Anglo-Paris basin, J. geol. Soc. Lond., 135, 261-264, 1978.

L. I., Costa and C., Downie: Cenozoic dinocyst stratigraphy of sites 403 to 406 (Rockall Plateau), IPOD, Leg 48In: (Eds.), Init Rep is Deep Sea Drilling Project, 48, 513–522, fig1, tabs1–5., 1979a.

L., Costa and C., Downie: The Wetzeliellaceae; Palaeogene dinoflagellates, Proc. IV Int. Palynol. Conf., Lucknow, 2, 34-46, 1979b.

L. I., Costa, C., Downie and G. L., Eaton: Palynostratigraphy of some Middle Eocene sections from the Hampshire Basin (England), Proc. Geol. Ass., London, 87, 273-284, 1976.

R. J., Davey, C., Downie, W. A. S., Sarjeant and G. L., Williams: Fossil dinoflagellate cysts attributed to BaltisphaeridiumIn: , Studies on Mesozoic and Cainozoic dinoflagellate cystsBullBrMusnatHist., London, (Geol.), Suppl3, 157–173, pls2, 3, 8, 9, 11, text-figs41–45., 1966.

R. J., Davey and G. L., Williams: The genera Hystrichosphaere and AchomosphaeraIn: , Studies on Mesozoic and Cainozoic dinoflagellate cystsBullBrMusnatHist., London, (Geol.), Suppl3, 28–52, pls1–5, 9, text-figs8–12, table 2., 1966a.

R. J., Davey and G. L., Williams: The genus Hystrichosphaeridium and its alliesIn: , Studies on Mesozoic and Cainozoic dinoflagellate cystsBullBrMusnatHist., London, (Geol.), Suppl3, 53–106, pls3, 9, 10, 11, 12, text-figs13–22, table 3., 1966b.

C., Downie: Microplankton from the Kimeridge Clay, Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., 112, 413-34, 1957.

C., Downie: An assemblage of microplankton from the Shineton Shales (Tremadocian), Proc. Yorks. geol. Soc, 31, 331-349, 1958.

C., Downie: Hystrichospheres from the Silurian Wenlock Shales of England, Palaeontology, London, 2, 56-71, 1959.

C., Downie: Deunffia and Domasia, new genera of hystrichospheresMicropaleontology, New York, 6(2), 197–202, pl1, text-figs1–5., 1960.

C., Downie: So-called spores from the Torridonian: Report of Demonstration, Proc. geol. Soc. Lond, 127-128, 1962.

C., Downie: ‘Hystrichospheres’ (acritarchs) and spores of the Wenlock Shales (Silurian) of Wenlock, EnglandPalaeontology, London, 6(4), 625–652, pls91–92, text-figs1–4, tabs1–15., 1962.

C., Downie: The geological history of the microplanktonRevPalaeobotPalyn1(1), 269–281, text-figs1–3, tab1., 1967.

C., Downie: Observations on the nature of the acritarchsPalaeontology, London, 16(2), 239–259, pls1–4, text-fig1., 1973.

C., Downie: Acritarchs from near the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary – a preliminary account, Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 18, 57-60, 1974.

C., Downie: Professor L.RMooreUnivSheffield Gazette, 57, 32–33, port., 1977.

C., Downie: Devonian acritarchs, Palaeontology Spec. Paps., 23, 185-188, 1979.

C., Downie, G., Booth, S. M., Rasul and T., Potter: Changes in the acritarch assemblages at the Tremadoc boundaries in the United Kingdom, Proc. IV Int. Palynol. Conf., Lucknow, 2, 78-83, 1979.

C., Downie, W. R., Evitt and W. A. S., Sarjeant: Dinoflagellates, hystrichospheres and the classification of the acritarchs, Stanf. Univ. Publs: Geological Sciences, 7, 1-16, 1963.

C., Downie and T. D., Ford: Microfossils from the Manx Slate Series, Proc. Yorks. geol. Soc, 35, 307-322, 1966.

C., Downie and R. K., Honeycombe: Examination of fossil coccoliths in the electron microscope, Nature, 117, 947-948, 1956.

C., Downie, M. A., Hussain and G. L., Williams: Dinoflagellate cyst and acritarch associations in the Paleogene of southeast England, Geosci. Man, 3, 29-35, 1971.

C., Downie, T. R., Lister, A. L., Harris and D. I., Fettes: A palynological investigation of the Dalradian rocks of Scotland, Nat. Envir. Res. Coun. Inst. geol. Sci. Rep., 1-29, 1971.

C., Downie and W. A. S., Sarjeant: On the interpretation and status of some hystrichosphere genera, Palaeontology, London, 6, 83-96, 1963.

C., Downie and W. A. S., Sarjeant: Bibliography and index of fossil Dinoflagellates and Acritarchs, Mem. geol. Soc. Am., 94, 180-1964.

C., Downie and W. A. S., Sargeant: The morphology, terminology and classification of fossil dinoflagellate cystsIn , Studies on Mesozoic and Cainozoic dinoflagellate cystsBullBrMusnatHist., London, (Geol.), Suppl3, 10–17, text-figs1–4., 1966.

C., Downie and G., Singh: Dinoflagellate cysts from estuarine and raised beach deposits at Woodgrange, Co. Down, N. Ireland, Grana palynol, 9, 1-3, 1969.

C., Downie and P., Wilkinson: The Geology of Kilimanjaro273 pp., 10 pls., 44 figs., 28 tabs., 1 map inclUnivSheffield, DeptGeology.

C., Downie, G. L., Williams and W. A. S., Sarjeant: Classification of fossil microplankton, Nature, 192, 471-1961.

W. R., Evitt: Observations on the morphology of fossil dinoflagellatesMicropaleontology, London, 7(4), 385–420, pls1–9, text-figs1–8., 1961.

R., Harland and C., Downie: The dinoflagellates of the interglacial deposits at Kirmington, Lincolnshire, Proc. Yorks. geol. Soc, 37, 231-237, 1969.

N. S., Ioannides, G. N., Stavrinos and C., Downie: Kimmeridgian microplankton from Clavell’s Hard, Dorset, England, Micropleontology, New York, 22, 443-478, 1976.

H. P., Lewis: The microfossils of the Upper Caradocian phosphate deposits of Montgomeryshire, North Wales, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. II, 5, 1-39, 1940.

T. R., Lister and C., Downie: New evidence for the age of the primitive echinoid Myriastiches gigas, Palaeontology, London, 10, 171-174, 1967.

L. R., Moore: On the spores of some Carboniferous plants; their development, Q. J1 geol. Soc. Lond., 102, 251-298, 1946.

S. M., Rasul and C., Downie: The stratigraphic distribution of Tremadoc acritarchs in the Shineton Shales succession, Shropshire, England, Rev. Palaeobot. Palyn., 18, 1-9, 1974.

P. C., Reid and C., Downie: The age of the Bridlington Crag, Proc. Yorks. geol. Soc, 39, 315-318, 1973.

W. A. S., Sarjeant and C., Downie: The classification of dinoflagellate cysts above generic level, Grana Palyn, 6, 503-527, 1966.

W. A. S., Sarjeant and C., Downie: The classification of dinoflagellate cysts above generic level: a discussion and revisionsIn: (Eds.)Symposium on Stratigraphical Palynology, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, SpecPublno3, 9–32., 1974.

W. A. S., Sarjeant and C., Downie: The Upper Cretaceous dinoflagellate cyst Raphidodinium Deflandre: A Restudy, Grana, 21, 115-120, 1982.

H. J., Sullivan: Distribution of miospores through coals and shales of the coal measures sequence exposed in Wernddu Claypit, Caerphilly (South Wales), Q. J1 geol. Soc. Lond, 118, 353-373, 1962.

G. L., Williams and C., Downie: The genus Hystrichokolpoma, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., London, (Geol,), 3, 176-181, 1966.

G. L., Williams and C., Downie: Wetzeliella from the London ClayIn: , Studies on Mesozoic and Cainozoic dinoflagellate cystsBullBrMusnatHist., London, (Geol.), Suppl3, 182–198, pls18–20, text-figs47–50., 1966.

G. L., Williams and C., Downie: Further dinoflagellate cysts from the London ClayIn: , Studies on Mesozoic and Cainozoic dinoflagellate cystsBullBrMusnatHist., London, (Geol.), Suppl3, 215–235, pls24–26, text-figs56–64., 1966.