Steve Kershaw

Personal Profile:

BSc (Manchester), PhD (Wales), CGeol, FGS

Lecturer in Geology

Earth Science Subject Leader

Research interests:

Research group: Catastrophic & Environmental Change Research Group

My research is a diverse study that encompasses shallow marine, coastal and terrestrial settings, aiming to apply the knowledge to interpreting environmental change in Earth surface environments in areas associated with active change in the Earth crust; the work is in both geologically recent and older deposits.

Publications:

Refereed papers

• Kershaw, S., Crasquin, S., Collin, P-Y., Li, Y., Feng, Q. and Forel, M-B. (in press for 2009). Microbialites as disaster forms in anachronistic facies following the end-Permian mass extinction: a discussion. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences.

• Sandström, S. and Kershaw, S. (in press for 2008). Palaeobiology, ecology, and distribution of stromatoporoid faunas in biostromes of the mid-Ludlow of Gotland, . Acta Palaeontological Polonica. 

• Pedoja, K., Kershaw, S., Shen, J-W. and Tang, C. (in press for 2008). Coastal Quarternary morphologies on the northern coast of the South China Sea, , and their implications for current tectonic models: a review and preliminary study. Marine Geology.

• Mu, X., Kershaw, S., Li, Y., Guo, L. Qi, Y. and Reynolds, A. (in press for 2008). High-resolution carbon isotope changes in the Permian–Triassic boundary interval, Chongqing, South China ; implications for control and growth of earliest Triassic microbialites. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

• Kershaw, S. and Guo, L. 2007. Reply to Andrews et al.: Discussion on Pleistocene calcified cyanobacterial mounds, Perachora Peninsula , central : a controversy of growth and history. Journal of the Geological Society, London , 164, 1065-1072.

• Crasquin-Soleau, S., Galfetti, T., Bucher, H., Kershaw, S. and Feng, Q. 2007. Ostracod recovery in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic crisis: Palaeozoic-Mesozoic turnover. Hydrobiologia, 585, 13-27.

• Kershaw, S., Li, Y., Crasquin-Soleau, S., Feng, Q., Mu, X., Collin, P-Y., Reynolds, and Guo, L. (2007). Earliest Triassic microbialites in the South China Block and other areas; controls on their growth and distribution. Facies, 53(3), 409-425.

• Kershaw, S., Li, Y. and Guo, L. 2007. Micritic fabrics define sharp margins of Wenlock patch reefs (middle Silurian) in Gotland and . In Alvaro, J.J., Aretz, M., Boulvain, F., Munnecke, A., Vachard, D. and Vennin, E (eds). Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations: Climatic and Evolutionary Controls. Geological Society Special Publications, 275, 87-94.

• Antonioli, F., Ferranti, L., Lambeck, K., Kershaw, S., Verrubbi, V. and Dai Pra, G. 2006. Late Pleistocene to Holocene record of changing uplift rates in southern Calabria and northeastern Sicily (southern , Central Mediterranean Sea ). Tectonophysics, 422, 23-40.

• Kershaw, S., Wood, R. and Guo, L. 2006. Stromatoporoid response to muddy   substrates in Silurian limestones. GFF, 128, 131-138.

• Kershaw, S. and Guo, L. 2006. Pleistocene calcified cyanobacterial mounds, Perachora Peninsula , central : a controversy of growth and history. In: Pedley, H. M.  and Carannante, G. (eds); Cool-water carbonates. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 255, 53-69.

• Antonioli, F., Kershaw, S., Renda, P., Rust, D., Belluomini, G., Cerasoli, M., Radtke, U. and Silenzi, S. 2006. Elevation of the last interglacial highstand in Sicily (): a benchmark of coastal tectonics. Quaternary International, 145-146, 3-18.

• Antonioli, F., Ferranti, L. and Kershaw, S. 2006. A glacial isostatic adjustment origin for double MIS 5.5 and Holocene marine notches in the coastline of . Quaternary International, 145-146, 19-29.

• Königshof, P. & Kershaw, S. 2005. Stromatoporoid growth forms in reef facies in the Devonian of Morocco ( West Sahara ): palaeobiological and palaeoecologiocal implications. Facies, DOI-10.1007/s10347-005-0041-1.

• Li, Y., Matsumoto, R. and Kershaw, S. 2005. Sedimentary and biotic evidence of a warm-water enclave in the cooler oceans of the latest Ordovician glacial phase, Yangtze Platform, South Block. Island Arc, 14, 623-635.

• Young, G. and Kershaw, S. 2005. Classification and controls of internal banding in Palaeozoic stromatoporoids and colonial corals. Palaeontology. 48 (3), 623-651. 

• Kershaw, S., Guo, L. and Braga , J-C. 2005. A Holocene coral-algal reef at Mavra Litharia, Gulf of Corinth, : structure, history and applications in relative sea-level change. Marine Geology. 215, 171-192.

• Crasquin-Soleau, S. and Kershaw, S. 2005. Ostracod fauna from the Permian-Triassic Boundary Interval of South China ( Huaying Mountains , eastern Sichuan Province ): palaeoenvironmental significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 217, 131-141.

• Triantis, Stavrakas, Anastasiadis, Vallianatos and Kershaw, S. (in press for 2005) Dielectric Spectroscopy in Crustal Rocks:Preliminary results from Northeastern Sisily (Italy) and the Gulf of Corinth (Greece). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece.

• Young, G. and Kershaw, S. (in press for 2005) Classification and controls of internal banding in Palaeozoic stromatoporoids and colonial corals. Palaeontology.

• Kershaw, S. and Antonioli, F.A. (in press for 2005) Tidal notches at Taormina, east Sicily: why is the mid-Holocene notch well-formed, but no modern notch is present in the same locality? In: Antonioli, F. (ed.). Contribution of the analysis of palaeoshorelines to understanding recent tectonic movements, Messina Straits, Italy. Proceedings of an international conference, University of Messina, Sicily, 5-8 May 2003, 15 pages.
• Li, Y., Kershaw, S. and Chen, X. (2004) Control of carbonate sedimentation and reef growth in Llandovery sequences on the northwestern margin of Yangtze Platform, South China. Gondwana Research, 7 (4), 937-949.
• Li, Y., Kershaw, S. and Mu, X. (2004) Ordovician reef systems and settings in south China before the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 205, 235-254.
• Kershaw S and Antonioli FA (in press 2004) Tidal notches at Taormina, east Si cily: why is the mid-Holocene notch well-formed, but no modern notch is present in the same locality? In: Antonioli F (ed) Contribution of the analysis of palaeoshorelines to understanding recent tectonic movements, Messina Straits, Italy Proceedings of an international conference, University of Messina, Sicily, 5-8 May 2003, 15 pages
• Li, Y. and Kershaw, S. 2003. Reef construction after extinction events of the latest Ordovician in the Yangtze Platform, South China. Facies, 48, 269-284.
• Antonioli, F., Kershaw, S., Rust, D. & Verrubbi, V. (2003). Holocene sea-level change in Sicily, and its implications for tectonic models: new data from the Taormina area, northeast Sicily. Marine Geology, 196, 53-71.
• Kershaw, S. and Guo, L (2003). Pleistocene cyanobacterial mounds in the Perachora Peninsula, Gulf of Corinth, Greece: structure, and applications to interpreting sea-level history and terrace sequences in an unstable tectonic setting. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 193, 503-514.
• Kershaw S & Guo Li 2002 - Ecology and growth of giant calcified cyanobacterial mounds in the Pleistocene of Central Greece. In: Bucur I.I & Filipescu S.(eds) - Research advances in calcareous algae and microbial carbonates (Proceedings of the 4th IFAA Regional Meeting Cluj-Napoca, August, 29-September 5, 2001), p.145-156, Cluj University Press.
• Kershaw, S., Guo, L., Swift, A. and Fan, J. 2002. Microbialites in the Permian-Triassic boundary interval in central China: structure, age and distribution. Facies, 47, 83-90
• Sandström, S. and Kershaw, S. 2002. Ludlow (Silurian) stromatoporoid biostromes from Gotland, Sweden: facies, depositional models and modern analogues. Sedimentology. 49, 379-395.
• Li, Y., Kershaw, S. and Chen, X. 2002. Biotic structure and morphology of patch reefs from Ningqiang Formation, Telychian, Llandovery, Silurian, South China. Facies, 46, 133-148.
• Kershaw, S. and Guo. L. 2001. Marine notches in coastal cliffs: indicators of relative sea-level change, Perachora Peninsula, central Greece. Marine Geology, 179, 213-228.
• Kershaw, S. 2000. Quaternary reefs of northeastern Sicily: structure and growth controls in an unstable tectonic setting. Journal of Coastal Research, 16 (4), 1037-1062.
• Rust, D. and Kershaw, S. 2000. Holocene tectonic uplift patterns in northeastern Sicily: evidence from marine notches in coastal outcrops. Marine Geology, 167, 105-126.
• Fagerstrom, J.A., West, R.R., Kershaw, S. and Cossey, P. 2000. Spatial competition among clonal organisms in extant and selected Palaeozoic reef communities. Facies, 42, 1-24.
• Kershaw, S. and Brunton, F. 1999. Palaeozoic stromatoporoid taphonomy: ecologic and environmental significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.147, 1-16.
• Kershaw, S., Zhang, T. and Lan, G. 1999. A microbialite crust at the Permian-Triassic boundary in south China, and its palaeoenvironmental significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 146, 1-18.
• Johnson, M.E., Rong, J-Y. and Kershaw, S. 1998. Calibrating Silurian eustasy against the erosion and burial of coastal palaeotopography. pp3-13 In: Landing, E. and Johnson, M.E. (eds). Silurian Cycles: linkages of dynamic stratigraphy with atmospheric, oceanic and tectonic changes; James Hall Centennial Volume. New York State Museum Bulletin, 491. University of the State of New York, The State Education Department.
• Brunton, F., Smith, L., Dixon, O., Copper, P., Nestor, H. and Kershaw, S. 1998. Silurian reef episodes, changing seascapes and palaeobiogeography. In: Landing, E. and Johnson, M.E. (eds). Silurian Cycles: linkages of dynamic stratigraphy with atmospheric, oceanic and tectonic changes; James Hall Centennial Volume. New York State Museum Bulletin, 491. University of the State of New York, The State Education Department.
• Kershaw, S. 1998. Stromatoporoid palaeobiology and its applications in palaeoenvironment analysis. Palaeontology 41, 509-544.
• Kershaw, S. 1997. Palaeoenvironmental change in Silurian stromatoporoid reefs, Gotland, Sweden. Bolletin Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Section Geologicas), 91 (1-4), 331-344.
• Stewart, I.S., Cundy,A., Kershaw, S. and Firth, C. 1997. Holocene coastal uplift in the Taormina area, northeastern Sicily: implications for the southern prolongation of the Calabrian seismogenic belt. Journal of Geodynamics, 24, 37-50.
• Firth, C., Stewart, I., McGuire, W.J., Kershaw, S. and Vita-Finzi, C. 1996. Coastal elevation changes in eastern Sicily: implications for volcano instability at Mount Etna. In: McGuire, W.J., Jones, A.P. & Neuberg, J. (eds). Volcano Instability on the Earth and other planets. Geological Society of London Special Publication 110, 153-167.
• Kershaw, S. 1994. Classification and geological significance of biostromes. Facies, 31: 81-92.
• Swan, A.H.R. & Kershaw, S. 1994. A computer model for skeletal growth of stromatoporoids. Palaeontology, 37: 409-423.
• Keeling, M. & Kershaw, S. 1994. Rocky shore environments in the Upper Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. GFF, 116: 69-74.
• Kershaw, S. 1994. Cathodoluminescence of Silurian stromatoporoids from Gotland, Sweden. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 172: 307-318.
• Kershaw, S. & Keeling, M. 1994. Factors controlling the growth of stromatoporoid biostromes in the Ludlovian of Gotland. Sedimentary Geology 89: 325-335.
• Kershaw, S. 1993. Sedimentation control on growth of stromatoporoid reefs in the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. Journal of Geological Society of London 150: 197 - 205.
• Kershaw, S. 1991. Stromatoporoid palaeoecology in the Ludlovian of Gotland; a discussion. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 113: 245 - 248.
• Kershaw, S. & West, R.R. 1991. Chaetetid growth form and its controlling factors. Lethaia 24: 333 - 346.
• West, R.R. & Kershaw, S. 1991. Chaetetid Habitats. pp 445-455 In Reitner, J. & Keupp, H. (Eds.). Fossil and Recent Sponges. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
• Kershaw, S. 1990. Stromatoporoid palaeobiology and taphonomy in a Siluran biostrome, Gotland, Sweden. Palaeontology 33: (3): 681 - 705.
• Kershaw, S. 1987. Gypsum evaporites in the Ludlovian of Gotland. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 109 (4): 331 - 333.
• Kershaw, S. 1987. Stromatoporoid - coral intergrowths in a Silurian biostrome. Lethaia 20: 371 - 382.
• Kershaw, S. 1984. Patterns of stromatoporoid growth in level-bottom environments. Palaeontology 27: 113 - 130.
• Kershaw, S. 1981. Stromatoporoid growth form and taxonomy in a Silurian biostrome, Gotland. Journal of Paleontology 55: 1284 - 1295.
• Kershaw, S. 1980. Cavities and cryptic faunas beneath non-reef stromatoporoids. Lethaia 13: 327 - 338.
• Kershaw, S. & Riding, R. 1980. Stromatoporoid morphotypes of the Middle Devonian Torbay Reef Complex at Long Quarry Point, Devon. Proceedings of the Ussher Society 5: 13 - 23.
• Kershaw, S. & Riding, R. 1978. Parameterization of stromatoporoid shape. Lethaia 11: 233 - 242.
• Riding, R. & Kershaw, S. 1977. Nature of stromatoporoids. Nature 268: 178.

Foreign-language journal papers

• Li, Y., Mu, X. and Kershaw, S. 2002. Microbialites and calcareous algae from reefal facies of the Ningqiang Formation (Telychian, Silurian), south Shaanxi and north Sichuan. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 19 (2), 170-177. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Li, Y., Kershaw, S., Li, J., Bian, L-Z., Zhang, S-G., Zhang, J-M. and Xia, F-S. 2002. Factors controlling the temporal and spatial distributions of Ordovician reefs in South China. Journal of Stratigraphy, 26, (1), 9-17.
• Zhang, T., Lan, G. and Kershaw, S. 1999. Tectonic and sea-level change influence on the Silurian reefs development of north and south margins of Sichuan Basin. Acta Petrolei Sinica, 20, (3), 19-24 (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Zhang, T., Lan, G., Kershaw, S., Bian, L. and Yu, J. 1999. Silurian reef diagenesis and reservoir characteristics on north and south margins of Sichuan Basin. Acta Sedimentological Sinica, 17, (3), 374-382.
• Zhang, T., Yu, J., Bian, L., Kershaw, S., Chen, X. and Lan, G. 1998. Strontium, carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions and their geological significance: the Silurian strata on the northern and southern margins of the Sichuan Basin. Sedimentary Facies and Palaeogeography, 18, (3), 41-49

Non-refereed papers

• Kershaw, S. 2004. Comment - Earliest Triassic microbialite micro- to megastructures in the Huaying area of Sichuan Province, south China: implications for the nature of oceanic conditions after the end-Permian extinction (Ezaki et al. 2003). Palaios, 19 (4), 418-420.
• Kershaw, S. & Gaudoin, D. 1989. The Scar Limestone at Faulds Brow Quarry, Caldbeck, Northern Lake District. Proceedings of the Cumberland Geological Society 5 (2): 129 - 149.
• Kershaw, S. & Smith, R. 1986. A Bathonian hardground at Foss Cross, near Cirencester. Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists Field Club 15 (2): 165 - 179.

Conference abstracts since 1995

• Kershaw, S. and Antonioli, F. 2003. Holocene coastal geomorphology and deposits of eastern Sicily and southern Calabria: evidence of uplift. In: Antonioli, F. and Monaco, C. (eds.), Il contributo dello studio delle antiche linee di riva alla comprensione della dinamica recent. Università di Messina, 5-8 May 2003, Abstracts, p. 11-13.
• Antonioli F., Kershaw S., Renda P., Rust D., Belluomini G., Cerasoli, M.,Radke U. & Silenzi, S. 2002. Altitude of the last interglacial highstand in Sicily (Italy) and its implications for tectonics. In: Antonioli, F. and Monaco, C. (eds.), Il contributo dello studio delle antiche linee di riva alla comprensione della dinamica recent. Università di Messina, 5-8 May 2003, Abstracts, p. 23-25.
• Antonioli, F., Lambeck, K., Kershaw, S., Rust, D., Sylos Labini, S., Segre, A.G., Verrubbi, V., Belluomini, G., Dai Pra, G., Ferranti, L., Improta, S. & Vesica, P. Evidence for non-uniform uplift rates in southern Italy (Calabria and eastern Sicily: Taormina, St. Alessio, Ganzirri, Scilla, Ioppolo, Capo Rizzuto) on glacial-cycle timescales. In: Antonioli, F. and Monaco, C. (eds.), Il contributo dello studio delle antiche linee di riva alla comprensione della dinamica recent. Università di Messina, 5-8 May 2003, Abstracts, p. 41-43.
• Kershaw, S. 2003. Mediterranean Holocene reefs and their applications in interpreting relative sea-level change. Bathurst Carbonate Meeting, Durham, Iuly 2003, Abstracts. 3a: Kershaw, S. and Guo, L. 2002 Holocene reef structure and growth, at Mavra Litharia, southern coast of Gulf of Corinth, Greece: a simple reef with a complex message. Palaeontological Association annual Conference, Cambridge, Dec 2002. Abstracts
• 3b: Kershaw, S. and Guo, L. 2002. An uplifted Holocene coral-algal reef at Mavra Litharia, southern Gulf of Corinth, Greece: implications for tectonic models. British Sedimentological Research Group annual conference, Norwich, Dec 2002. Abstracts
• Antonioli F., Kershaw S., Renda P., Rust D., Belluomini G. & Radke U. 2002. Altitude of the last interglacial highstand in Sicily (Italy) and its implications for sea level change. Fourth Annual Meeting of IGCP Project 437 ”Coastal Environmental Change During Sea Level Highstands: A Global Synthesis with Implications for Management of Future Coastal Change”, 26 October - 2 November 2002, Barbados (W.I.), Abstracts (2 pages).
• Mu, X., Guo, L. Kershaw, S. and Qi, Y. 2001. The microbialite crust at Permian/Triassic boundary interval in E. Sichuan, China. 4Th Regional Symposium of the International Fossil Algae Association, Cluj- Napoca, Romania, 29 August - 5 September 2001, Abstracts, 38-39.
• Li, Y. and Kershaw, S. 2001. Reef-building function of microbia and calcareous algae from Ningqiang Formation, Early Silurian, South China. 4Th Regional Symposium of the International Fossil Algae Association, Cluj-Napoca,
  Romania, 29 August - 5 September 2001, Abstracts, 32-33.
• Kershaw, S. & Guo, L. 2001. Pleistocene algal-microbial mounds in the Gulf of Corinth: components and environments. 4Th Regional Symposium of the International Fossil Algae Association, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 29 August – 5 September 2001, Abstracts, 30-31.
• Kershaw, S. and Guo, L. 2000. Marine notches in coastal cliffs: controls on formation, and indicators of relative sea-level change, Perachora Peninsula, central Greece. BSRG Annual Conference, Loughborough, Abstract.
• Li, Y. and Kershaw, S. 2000. Reef growth constrained by mud: evidence from the Silurian of south China. BSRG Annual Conference, Loughborough, Abstracts.
• Kershaw, S., Guo, L. and Fan, J. 1999. A carbonate crust in the Permian-Triassic boundary interval in Sichuan, China: structure, setting and distribution. 11^th Bathurst Meeting, Cambridge. Journal of Conference Abstracts, 4(2), 939.
• Kershaw, S., Guo, L. and Fan, J. 1999. Origin of a carbonate crust at the Permian - Triassic boundary interval in Sichuan, China: organic or inorganic ? 7^th International Symposium on Fossil Algae, Nanjing, Abstracts, 29-30.
• Kershaw, S., Wood, R. and Guo, L. 1999. How did Palaeozoic stromatoporoids relate to their substrates ? 43^rd Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Manchester 1999, 22.
• Sandstrom, O. and Kershaw, S. 1999. Reef biostrome facies models from the Ludlow (Upper Silurian) of Gotland, Sweden. 10^th Regional European Meeting of Sedimentology, Copenhagen, Abstracts, 218-219.
• Kershaw, S. and Brunton, F. 1999. The role of stromatoporoid taphonomy in Palaeoecological analysis. The 1999 Lyell Meeting (Organism-environment feedbacks in carbonate platforms and reefs), Poster Abstracts, p.17.
• Kershaw, S. 1998. Quaternary reefs of eastern Sicily: growth history and controls in a tectonically active region. Palaeontological Association Annual Conference, Portsmouth, Abstracts.
• Rust, D. and Kershaw, S. 1998. Holocene marine notches on northeastern Sicilian coastlines: formation and relationship to sea level. BSRG Annual Conference, Liverpool, Abstracts, p. 50.
• Zhang T., Kershaw, S. and Wan Y. 1997. Oceanic change during the Late Ordovician glaciation, southern Sichuan, China. Unravelling Tectonic and climatic signals in sedimentary successions. BSRG conference, London, June 1997. Abstracts.
• Kershaw, S. and Zhang , T. 1997. Permian-Triassic boundary events: new evidence from reef sequences in central China. BSRG Annual Conference, Liverpool, Abstracts.
• Kershaw, S. and Young, G. 1997. Palaeozoic stromatoporoid and tabulate growth bands and their palaeobiological implications. Palaeontological Association Annual Conference, Cardiff, Abstracts.
• Kershaw, S. 1996. Application of Silurian stromatoporoids in facies analysis. The James Hall Symposium: 2nd International Symposium on the Silurian System, Abstracts. p.63
• Brunton, F., Copper, P., Dixon, O., Kershaw, S., Nestor, H. and Smith, L. 1996. Nature of Silurian reef-building episodes and carbonate shelves. The James Hall Symposium: 2nd International Symposium on the Silurian System, Abstracts. p.38
• Johnson, M., Rong, J-Y. and Kershaw, S. 1996. Calibrating Silurian eustasy against the erosion and burial of coastal palaeotopography. The James Hall Symposium: 2nd International Symposium on the Silurian System, Abstracts. p.61.
• Kershaw, S., Stewart, I. & Cundy, A. 1995. Quaternary biota and sea level change, East Sicily. BSRG Annual Conference, Durham, Abstracts. p.51.
• Stewart, I., Cundy, A., Firth, C., Kershaw, S. & Peate, D. 1995. Geodynamics of northeast Sicily (Italy): constraints from radiometric dating of Late Quaternary shorelines. Determining the Rates of Tectonic processes from stratigraphy and Geomorphology. TSG & BSRG Conference, Leeds,Nov 1995, Abstracts, p.18.
• West, R.R., Fagerstrom, J.A., Kershaw, S. & Cossey, P.J. 1995. Spatial competition in some Carboniferous reef mounds. VII Int. Symp. on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Madrid, Abstracts, p103. ISBN 84-605-3.530-4
• West, R.R., Fagerstrom, J.A., & Kershaw, S. 1995. Competitive interaction: chaetetid (sponge) and fistuliporid (bryozoan). Geological Society of America Abstracts with programmes 27 (3), p.95; Nebraska.
• Kershaw, S. 1995. Stromatoporoid growth forms: how sensitive were they to environment? VII Int. Symp. on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Madrid, Abstracts, p.40. ISBN 84-605-3.530-4.

Editorial

• Mu, X., Yuan, X. and Kershaw, S. (Editors). Seventh International Symposium on Fossil Algae, Abstracts. Nanjing, 13-17 Oct 1999

Teaching articles

• Kershaw, S. & Keeling, M. 1993. A beginner's guide to the field study of sedimentary rocks. Geology Today, 9 (6): 230 - 233.
• Kershaw, S. 1993. The Silurian geology of Gotland, Sweden. Geology Today, 9 (5): 187 - 190.
• Kershaw, S. 1991. Way up Structures. Geology Today 7: 4pp
• Kershaw, S. 1990. Evolution of Earth's atmosphere and its geological impact. Geology Today, 6 (2): 55 - 60.
• Kershaw, S. 1988. Stromatoporoids - a beginners guide. Geology Today, 4 (6): 202 -206.

Field Guides

• Neuman, B. & Kershaw, S. 1991. The Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. Excursion A1, VII International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria, Münster, Germany.

Newsletter contributions

• 1975 - present: Biannual contributions to Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera Newsletter.

Text books

2000. Kershaw, S. Oceanography: an Earth Science Perspective. 276pp. Nelson Thornes, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN - 0-7487-5442-3. Contributions to the book were made by Andy Cundy, at University of Sussex

• Description of book:

  Although a lot has been written about oceanography, student-orientated text books tend to focus on modern ocean processes. In contrast, this book provides a wider perspective of the oceans by examining their place in Earth Sciences, drawing together all the key strands of ocean study into a holistic view of ocean processes, ancient and modern.

  The book has three parts. Part A considers essential features of the oceans, and is written in such a way that people who have little previous knowledge of physics and chemistry will be able to grasp the key processes, for later application in the book and elsewhere. Part B shows how oceans have developed through the geological past, and demonstrates long- and short-term processes, of great relevance to understanding current and recent ocean change. Part C addresses anthropogenic aspects of the oceans, and draws on the knowledge given in Parts A and B, to aid our understanding of ocean management. Ocean process and change is the key theme throughout the book.

  The book is aimed principally at Earth Science and Geography undergraduate students wishing to get a balanced understanding of the issues in oceanography, and its place in the Earth Sciences, and at postgraduates, academics and others in a variety of related and wider disciplines reading beyond their subject areas. Furthermore, by demonstrating the array of interlinks between the various aspects of ocean study against the backdrop of change in Earth systems, it is hoped that an understanding of ancient, recent and modern ocean systems will be valuable to students wishing to appreciate current global environmental issues. The arguments presented throughout the book are intended to challenge the reader to inquire about ocean processes, much of which remain controversial.