About us
Who are we?
Palaeovision Ltd. is a specialist consultancy based in the Southwest of the UK, providing a comprehensive range of micropalaeontological services through a trusted network of independent experts. We are committed to delivering tailored, data-driven analytical solutions to meet the unique needs of each client.
With over two decades of experience in foraminiferal micropalaeontology, we offer deep expertise in both biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental analysis. Our projects cover the globe, spanning geological periods from the Cretaceous to the present day, and supporting both industrial and academic research initiatives.
We have worked all over the globe from Cretaceous to recent, below are a few examples:
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· Africa – e.g. Tanzania, Angola, Congo, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Morocco, Canaries, South Africa
· South Asia – e.g China, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Taiwan, Pakistan.
· South America – e.g. Senegal, Trinidad, Guyana, Venezuela, Gulf of Mexico.
· North America – e.g. Canada
· Europe – e.g. Mediterranean sea, Cyprus, Italy.
· Middle East – e.g. Oman, Kurdistan, Persian Gulf.
· Australia
Experience
Publications
Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary at the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) in El Kef, Tunisia. 2023. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America; DOI: 10.1130/B36487.1; Heather L. Jones; Thomas Westerhold; Heather Birch; Pincelli Hull; M. Hédi Negra; Ursula Röhl; Julio Sepúlveda; Johan Vellekoop; Jessica H. Whiteside; Laia Alegret et al.
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Planktic foraminiferal resilience to environmental change associated with the PETM. 2023. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology; DOI: 10.1029/2022PA004534; Ruby Barrett; Monsuru Adebowale; Heather Birch; Jamie Wilson; Daniela Schmidt
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Morphological plasticity and environmental heterogeneity drove resilience of high latitude marine calcifying taxa across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. 2023. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6982; James Witts; Heather Birch; Amy Flower; Calum MacFie; Daniela Schmidt
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Role of the closure of the Central American Seaway in gigantism of planktic foraminifers. 2022. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-gc10-pliocene-45; Chloe Jones; Ruby Barrett; Heather Birch; Daniel Hill; Jamie Wilson; Marci Robinson; Daniela Schmidt
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Ecosystem function after the K/Pg extinction: decoupling of marine carbon pump and diversity. 2021. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0863; Heather Birch; Daniela N. Schmidt; Helen K. Coxall; Dick Kroon; Andy Ridgwell
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The recovery of the biological pump across the K/Pg boundary in the GSSP of El Kef, Tunisia. 2021. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8200; Joep van Dijk; Julio Sepúlveda; Laia Alegret; Heather Birch; Timothy Bralower; Heather Jones; Michael Henehan; Pincelli Hull; Mohamed Hedi Negra; Andy Ridgwell et al.
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Environment, diversity, evolution and Cope's Rule: Drivers of size in planktonic foraminifera. 2020. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2977; Heather Birch; Daniela N. Schmidt; Chloe Jones; Marci M. Robinson; Andy Fraass
Partial collapse of the marine carbon pump after the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. 2016. Geology; DOI: 10.1130/G37581.1; Birch, H.S.; Coxall, H.K.; Pearson, P.N.; Kroon, D.; Schmidt, D.N.
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The Lindi Formation (upper Albian-Coniacian) and Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 36-40 (Lower Cretaceous to Paleogene): Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy. 2015. Journal of African Earth Sciences; DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.09.017; Jiménez Berrocoso, A.; Huber, B.T.; MacLeod, K.G.; Petrizzo, M.R.; Lees, J.A.; Wendler, I.; Coxall, H.; Mweneinda, A.K.; Falzoni, F.; Birch, H. et al.
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Planktonic foraminifera stable isotopes and water column structure: Disentangling ecological signals. 2013. Marine Micropaleontology; DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.02.002; Birch, H.; Coxall, H.K.; Pearson, P.N.; Kroon, D.; O'Regan, M.
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Warm ocean processes and carbon cycling in the Eocene. 2013. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0099; John, E.H.; Pearson, P.N.; Coxall, H.K.; Birch, H.; S.wade, B.; Foster, G.L.
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Evolutionary ecology of Early Paleocene planktonic foraminifera: Size, depth habitat and symbiosis. 2012. Paleobiology; DOI: 10.1666/11027.1; Birch, H.S.; Coxall, H.K.; Pearson, P.N.
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Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments from southern Tanzania: Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 27-35. 2012. Journal of African Earth Sciences; Jimènez Berrocoso, À.; Huber, B.T.; MacLeod, K.G.; Petrizzo, M.R.; Lees, J.A.; Wendler, I.; Coxall, H.; Mweneinda, A.K.; Falzoni, F.; Birch, H. et al.
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Geochemical and radiochronological evidence of North Sea storm surges in salt marsh cores from the Wash embayment (UK). 2011. Holocene; DOI: 10.1177/0959683610378878 Tsompanoglou, K.; Croudace, I.W.; Birch, H.; Collins, M.
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Stable organic carbon isotope stratigraphy across Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 of Demerara Rise, western tropical Atlantic. 2005. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000850; Erbacher, J.; Friedrich, O.; Wilson, P.A.; Birch, H.; Mutterlose, J.
