Post by Mike Stephenson

Several papers published so far this year - my third as an independent geological consultant - reflecting my main interests: palynology, Middle East stratigraphy, and AI applications. Papers available on request; available for consulting. Stephenson, Michael H., Shuzhong Shen, Junxuan Fan, Linshu Hu, Jin Qi, 2025. Effect of steep climate gradient on palynological assemblages on the Arabian part of the Tethys shore in two Carboniferous-Permian ice age time slices, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Volume 344, 105448, ISSN 0034-6667, https://lnkd.in/dgZUhJAU. Stephenson, M.H., Shen, C., Shen, S., Carniti, A. P., Fan, J., Yang, J., & Ye, J. (2025). Large Language Models in palynological taxonomy: a pilot study. Palynology. https://lnkd.in/dETsV4AS Stephenson Michael H., Mouri Hassina, Okunlola Ogbenga, Chamussa Monica, Cheng Li, Wang Meng, Zhao Yu, Yang Liying, Gu Liping, Sheriff Shadrach, Wang Chengshan 2025. Energy transition geoscience is an urgent research need for Africa. Geoenergy doi: 10.1144/geoenergy2025-014. https://lnkd.in/e8HJ83mZ Stephenson M. H. 2025. A tentative upper Guadalupian to Lopingian (Middle to Upper Permian) palynozonation for the Arabian Peninsula and Levant. Petroleum Geoscience doi: 10.1144/petgeo2025-011, https://lnkd.in/egMbQere Tianyi Chu, Hanhui Huang, Junxuan Fan, Yiying Deng, Tao Xu, Chao Qian, Ke Xue, H. David Sheets, Michael H. Stephenson, Yukun Shi, Xudong Hou, 2025 HORSE: Harmonize regional and global stratigraphic records through horizon sequencing, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112976, ISSN 0031-0182, https://lnkd.in/dj8Ny6mz. Kerp, Hans, Abdalla Abu Hamad, Michael H. Stephenson, Phillip E. Jardine, Patrick Blomenkemper & Benjamin Bomfleur 2025 . The late Permian (Changhsingian) age of the Umm Irna Formation, Dead Sea region, Jordan. Comment on: Triassic sporomorph data for the Umm Irna Formation: Age constraints from the northwestern part of Jordan by F. Ahmad, S.S. Tahoun, I. Makhlouf, K. Al-Kahtany, M. Ibrahim & A.S. Zaky (Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 310/3, 239–250) Lu, Z. B., Fan, J. X., Wade, B. S., Ogg, J., Alegret, L., Sadler, P. M., Stephenson, M. H., Shi, Y. K., Qian, C., Xue, K., Fang, P. Y., 2025. Improving the temporal resolution of middle Eocene–late Oligocene foraminiferal biomagneto-chronology: Insights from CONOP and chronologic significance of biotic events. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 669: 112929. https://lnkd.in/dnGNCkjn Michael H. STEPHENSON, Hassina MOURI, Gbenga OKUNLOLA, CHENG Li, WANG Meng, ZHAO Yu, GU Liping, WANG Chengshan. Future China-Africa research collaboration in geoscience: Challenges and opportunities[J]. Earth Science Frontiers, 2025, 32(1): 459-465. https://lnkd.in/drm3A4Tn