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Jane Francis Prof Jane Francis

Dean - Faculty of Environment; Professor of Palaeoclimatology

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36761
Email address: j.e.francis@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 8.102

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Leeds Centre for Polar Science

Publications

  • Haywood, AM; Ridgwell, A; Lunt, DJ; Hill, DJ; Pound, MJ; Dowsett, HJ; Dolan, AM; Francis, JE; Williams, M (2011) Are there pre-Quaternary geological analogues for a future greenhouse gas-induced global warming?, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, pp.933-956. doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0317
  • Cantrill, DJ; Tosolini, AMP; Francis, JE (2011) Paleocene flora from Seymour Island, Antarctica: revision of Dusen's (1908) pteridophyte and conifer taxa, ALCHERINGA, 35, pp.309-328. doi:10.1080/03115518.2011.565214
  • Allison, 1; Bindoff, NL; Bindschadler, RA; Cox, PM; de Noblet, N; England, MH; Francis, JE; Gruber, N; Haywood, AM; Karoly, DJ; Kaser, G; Le Quere, C; Lenton, TM; Mann, ME; McNeil, BI; Pitman, AJ; Rahmstorf, S; Rignot, E; Snellnhuber, HJ; Schneider, SH; Sherwood, SC; Somerville, RCJ; Steffen, K; Steig, EJ; Visbeck, M; Weaver, AJ (2009) The Copenhagen Diagnosis, 2009: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science,The University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre, pp.1-60.
  • Haywood, AM; Dowsett, HJ; Valdes, PJ; Lunt, DJ; Francis, JE; Sellwood, BW (2009) Introduction. Pliocene climate, processes and problems., Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci, 367, pp.3-17. doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0205
  • Thorn, VC; Riding, JB; Francis, JE (2009) The Late Cretaceous dinoflagellate cyst Manumiella - Biostratigraphy, systematics, and palaeoecological signals in Antarctica, REV PALAEOBOT PALYNO, 156, pp.436-448. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.04.009
  • Francis, J; Marenssi, S; Levy, R; Hambrey, M; Thorn, V; Mohr, B; Brinkhuis, H; Warnaar, J; Zachos, J; Bohaty, S; DeConto, R (2008) FROM GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE - THE EOCENE/OLIGOCENE IN ANTARCTICA, In: Florindo, F; Seigert, M (Ed) Antarctic Climate Evolution, 8, Elsevier, pp.309-368. doi:10.1016/S1571-9197(08)00008-6
  • Haywood, AM; Dowsett, HJ; Valdes, PJ; Lunt, DJ; Francis, JE; Sellwood, BW (2008) Pliocene climate: processes and problems, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, .
  • Francis, J; Ashworth, A; Cantrill, D; Crame, J; Howe, J; Stephens, R; Tosolini, A; Thorn, V (2008) 100 million years of Antarctic climate evolution: evidence from fossil plants, In: Cooper; K, A; Barrett; J, P; Stagg; H; Storey; Stump, B; Wise, E; W; team, 1ISAESE (Ed) Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world, The National Academies Press, pp.19-27.
  • Thorn, VC; Francis, JE; Riding, JB (2008) TERMINAL CRETACEOUS CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOTIC RESPONSE IN ANTARCTICA, PALYNOLOGY, 32, pp.271-271.
  • Francis, JE; Haywood, AM; Ashworth, A; Valdes, P (2007) Tundra environments in the Neogene Sirius Group, Antarctica: evidence from the geological record and coupled atmosphere-vegetation models, Journal of the Geological Society, 164, pp.317-322. doi:10.1144/0016-76492005-191
  • Harland, M; FranciS, JE; Brentnall, SJ; Beerling, DJ (2007) Cretaceous (Albian-Aptidn) conifer wood from Northern Hemisphere high latitudes: Forest composition and palaeoclimate, REV PALAEOBOT PALYNO, 143, pp.167-196. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.07.005
  • Hayes, PA; Francis, JE; Cantrill, D; Crame, JA (2006) Palaeoclimate analysis of Late Cretaceous angiosperm leaf floras, James Ross Island, Antarctica, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 258, pp.49-62.
  • Francis, JE; Harland, BM (2006) Termite borings in Early Cretaceous fossil wood, Isle of Wight, UK, CRETACEOUS RES, 27, pp.773-777. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2006.02.001
  • Francis, JE; Thorn, VC (2006) Antarctic fossil plants, In: Riffenburgh, B (Ed) Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York: Routledge..
  • Francis, JE; Harland, M (2006) Termite borings in Early Cretaceous fossil wood, Isle of Wight, UK, Cretaceous Research, 27, pp.773-777. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2006.02.001
  • Howe, J; Francis, JE (2005) Metamorphosed palaeosols associated with Cretaceous fossil forests, Alexander Island, Antarctica, J GEOL SOC LONDON, 162, pp.951-957.
  • Brentnall, SJ; Beerling, DJ; Osborne, CP; Harlandw, M; Francis, JE; Valdes, PJ; Wittig, VE (2005) Climatic and ecological determinants of leaf lifespan in polar forests of the high CO2 Cretaceous 'greenhouse' world, GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 11, pp.2177-2195. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01068.x
  • Brentnall, S; Beerling, D; Osborne, C; Harland, M; Francis, JE; Valdes, PJ; Wittig, VE (2005) Climatic and ecological determinants of leaf lifespan in polar forests of the high CO2 Cretaceous 'greenhouse' world, Global Change Biology, 11, pp.2177-2195. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001068.x
  • Creber, GT; Francis, JE (2004) The growth of trees in the polar regions: evidence from Glossopteris of Permian age, Antarctica, Acta Horticulturae, 615, pp.67-69.
  • Crame, JA; Francis, JE; Cantrill, DJ; Pirrie, D (2004) Maastrichtian stratigraphy of Antarctica, Cretaceous Research, 25, pp.411-423. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2004.02.002
  • Eklund, H; Cantrill, DJ; Francis, JE (2004) Late Cretaceous plant mesofossils from Table Nunatak, Antarctica, Cretaceous Research, 25, pp.211-228. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.11.004
  • Eklund, H; Cantrill, DJ; Francis, JE (2004) A late Cretaceous mesofossil assemblage from Table Nunatak, Antarctica: lycopods, ferns, and vegetative structures of conifers and angiosperms, Cretaceous Research, 25, pp.211-228. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.11.004
  • Francis, JE (2002) Fossil forests of the polar regions: heralds of global climate change, Journal of the Open University Geological Society (OUGS Journal), 23, pp.26-28.
  • Francis, JE; Smith, MP (2002) Foreword: Palaeoclimate reconstructions using fossils and lithological indicators, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 182, pp.1. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00448-5
  • Haywood, AM; Valdes, PJ; Sellwood, BW; Francis, JE; Kaplan, JO (2002) Global middle Pliocene biome reconstruction: a data/model synthesis, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 3, . doi:10.1029/2002GC000358
  • Francis, JE; Smith, MP (2002) Special Issue - Palaeoclimate reconstructions using fossils and lithological indicators - Proceedings of a Paleontological Association symposium at the Geoscience 2000 meeting of the Geological Society of London - Foreword, PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL, 182, pp.1-1.
  • Francis, JE; Poole, I (2002) Cretaceous and early Tertiary climates of Antarctica: evidence from fossil wood, PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL, 182, pp.47-64.
  • Poole, IJ; Cantrill, DJ; Hayes, P; Francis, JE (2000) The fossil record of Cunoniaceae: new evidence from Late Cretaceous fossil wood of Antarctica?, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 111, pp.127-144.
  • Francis, JE (2000) Fossil wood from Eocene high latitude forests McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, In: Stilwell, J; Feldmann, R (Ed) Paleobiology and paleoenvironments of Eocene rocks, McMurdo Sound, East Antarctica, Antarctic Research Series , 76, American Geophysical Union, pp.253-259.
  • Poole, IJ; Gottwald, H; Francis, JE (2000) Illicioxylon, an element of Gondwanan polar forests? Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary woods of Antarctica, Annals of Botany, 86, pp.421-432.
  • Beerling, D; Francis, JE (2000) Back to the future for plant and ecosystem development, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15, pp.442-442.
  • Woolfe, KJ; Stewart, LK; Francis, JE; Arnot, MJ (2000) PC99: a new freeware for manipulating and graphically displaying palaeocurrent data, Sedimentary Geology, 133, pp.1-5.
  • Poole, IJ; Francis, JE (2000) The first record of fossil wood of Winteraceae from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica, Annals of Botany, 85, pp.307-315.
  • Poole, I; Richter, HG; Francis, JE (2000) Evidence for Gondwanan origins for sassafras (Lauraceae)? Late Cretaceous fossil wood of Antarctica, IAWA J, 21, pp.463-475.
  • Francis, JE (1999) Evidence from fossil plants for Antarctic Palaeoclimates over the past 100 million years, Terra Antartica, 3, pp.43-52.
  • Creber, GT; Francis, JE (1999) Fossil tree-ring analysis: palaeodendrology, In: Jones, TP; Rowe, NP (Ed) Fossil plants and spores: modern techniques, Geological Society, London, pp.245-250.
  • Poole, IJ; Francis, JE (1999) The first record of fossil atherospermataceous wood from the upper Cretaceous of Antarctica, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 107, pp.97-107.
  • Francis, JE (1998) Older ice, New Scientist, 158, pp.52.
  • Allen, P; Alvin, KL; Andrews, JE; Batten, DJ; Charlton, WA; Cleevely, RJ; Ensom, PC; Evans, SE; Francis, JE; Hailwood, EA; Harding, IC; Horne, DJ; Hughes, NF; Hunt, CO; Jarzembowski, EA; Jones, TP; Knox, RWO; Milner, A; Norman, DB; Palmer, CP; Parker, A; Patterson, GA; Price, GD; Radley, JD; Rawson, PF; Rolfe, S; Ross, AJ; Ruffell, AH; Sellwood, BW; Sladen, CP; Taylor, KG; Watson, J; Wimbledon, WA; Wright, VP; Banham, GH (1998) Purbeck-Wealden (Early Cretaceous) climates, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 109, pp.197-236.
  • Francis, JE (1998) Interpreting palaeoclimates, In: Doyle, P; Bennett, MR (Ed) Unlocking the stratigraphical record: advances in modern stratigraphy, John Wiley & Sons.
  • Francis, JE; Feldmann, RM (1997) Antarctic fossil biotas through time: Thematic session overview of VII ISAEA 1995, Terra Antarctica, 3, pp.152-153.
  • Francis, JE; Wignall, PB (1997) Fieldwork safety at Leeds, Teaching Earth Sciences, 22, pp.91.
  • Francis, JE (1997) Antarctic palaeobotany: clues to climate change, Terra Antartica, 3, pp.135-140.
  • Francis, JE (1996) Fossil wood from the Pliocene Sirius Group of Antarctica, IAWA Journal, 17, pp.244.
  • Clayton, T; Francis, JE; Hillier, SJ; Hodson, F; Saunders, RA; Stone, J (1996) The implications of reworking on the mineralogy and chemistry of Lower Carboniferous K-Bentonites, Clay Minerals, 31, pp.377-390.
  • Clayton, T; Francis, JE; Hillier, SJ; Hodson, F; Saunders, RA; Stone, J (1996) Primary and reworked k-bentonites from the Lower Carboniferous of the Mendips, Geological Magazine, 31, pp.377-390.
  • Francis, JE; Hill, RS (1996) Fossil plants from the Pliocene Sirius Group, Transantarctic Mountains: evidence for climate from growth rings and fossil leaves, Palaios, 11, pp.389-396.
  • Creber, GT; Francis, JE (1996) Analysis of secondary wood growth in Glossopteris of late Early Permian age in Antarctica, IAWA Journal, 17, pp.239.
  • Stephens, RS; Francis, JE; Crame, JA (Not yet published) First record of insect-plant interactions in fossil Araucaria conifers from the Eocene of Antarctica, Palaios, .
  • Stephens, RS; Francis, JE; Crame, JA (Not yet published) Agathoxlyon sp: fossil wood with pith from the Cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctica., None, .
  • Francis, JE; Marenssi, S; Levy, R; Hambrey, MJ; Thorn, VC; Mohr, B; Brinkhuis, H; Warnaar, J; Zachos, J; Bohaty, S; Deconto, R (Not yet published) From Greenhouse to Icehouse - the Eocene/Oligocene in Antarctica, In: Florindo, F; Siegert, M (Ed) Antarctic Climate Evolution, Elsevier.