Vanessa Bowman
Honorary Fellow
Biography
I am a palynologist who specialises in reconstructing climate and environments in the high southern palaeolatitudes during warm periods in the geological past.
This is achieved by studying the fossil record of marine and terrestrial palynomorphs through time in conjunction with sedimentology, stratigraphy and geochemical techniques. The results are compared to those from global climate models, and discussed in terms of biogeography, with a view to understanding the sensitivity of Antarctica to future global change.
Recent projects have focussed on the Cretaceous – Paleogene sedimentary succession of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Previous projects have included reconstructing Jurassic fossil forests and environments (New Zealand), investigating modern and Quaternary phytoliths for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction (sub-Antarctic islands, Australia) and reviewing palaeobotanical data to ground-truth palaeoclimate models.
Research interests
Collaborations
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2023
Ineson, Jon R., Bowman, Vanessa C., Crame, J. Alistair ORCID record for J. Alistair Crame, Francis, Jane E., Whittle, Rowan J. ORCID record for Rowan J. Whittle. (2023) Sequence stratigraphy of a wave-dominated, tidally influenced delta in the Danian of Seymour Island, Antarctica: An integrated sedimentological–palaeoecological approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 629 (). 22 pp. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111789
2019
Whittle, Rowan J. ORCID record for Rowan J. Whittle, Witts, James D., Bowman, Vanessa C., Crame, J. Alistair ORCID record for J. Alistair Crame, Francis, Jane E., Ineson, Jon. (2019) Nature and timing of biotic recovery in Antarctic benthic marine ecosystems following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Palaeontology, 62 (). pp. 10.1111/pala.12434
2016
Bowman, V., Ineson, J., Riding, J. ORCID record for J. Riding, Crame, J. ORCID record for J. Crame, Francis, J., Condon, D., Whittle, R. ORCID record for R. Whittle, Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli. (2016) The Paleocene of Antarctica: dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and implications for the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Gondwana Research, 38 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gr.2015.10.018
Witts, James D., Whittle, Rowan J. ORCID record for Rowan J. Whittle, Wignall, Paul B., Crame, J. Alistair ORCID record for J. Alistair Crame, Francis, Jane E., Newton, Robert J., Bowman, Vanessa C.. (2016) Macrofossil evidence for a rapid and severe Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction in Antarctica. Nature Communications, 7 (). pp. 10.1038/ncomms11738
2015
Witts, James D., Bowman, Vanessa C., Wignall, Paul B., Crame, J. Alistair ORCID record for J. Alistair Crame, Francis, Jane E., Newton, Robert J.. (2015) Evolution and extinction of Maastrictian (Late Cretaceous) cephalopods from the López de Bertodano Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 418 (). pp. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.11.002
Bowman, Vanessa. (2015) Antarctic palynology and palaeoclimate – a review. Bionature, 35 (). pp.
2014
Crame, J. Alistair ORCID record for J. Alistair Crame, Beu, Alain G., Ineson, Jon R., Francis, Jane E., Whittle, Rowan J. ORCID record for Rowan J. Whittle, Bowman, Vanessa C.. (2014) The early origin of the Antarctic Marine Fauna and its evolutionary implications. PLoS One, 9 (). 22 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0114743
Bowman, Vanessa C., Francis, Jane E., Askin, Rosemary A., Riding, James B. ORCID record for James B. Riding, Swindles, Graeme T.. (2014) Latest Cretaceous–earliest Paleogene vegetation and climate change at the high southern latitudes: palynological evidence from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 408 (). pp. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.018
Kemp, David B., Robinson, Stuart A, Crame, J. Alistair ORCID record for J. Alistair Crame, Francis, Jane E., Ineson, Jon, Whittle, Rowan J. ORCID record for Rowan J. Whittle, Bowman, Vanessa, O'Brien, Charlotte. (2014) A cool temperate climate on the Antarctic Peninsula during the latest Cretaceous and early Paleogene. Geology, 42 (). pp. 10.1130/G35512.1
Crame, Alistair ORCID record for Alistair Crame, Francis, Jane, Robinson, Stuart, Bowman, Vanessa. (2014) Polar predictions. International Innovation, (). pp.
Bowman, Vanessa. (2014) Book review. The vegetation of Antarctica through geological time. D.J. Poole and I. Poole. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012. Antarctic Science, 26 (). pp. 10.1017/S095410201400011X
2013
Bowman, Vanessa C., Francis, Jane E., Riding, James B. ORCID record for James B. Riding. (2013) Late Cretaceous winter sea ice in Antarctica?. Geology, 41 (). pp. 10.1130/G34891.1
Hill, Daniel J., Haywood, Alan M., Valdes, Paul J., Francis, Jane E., Lunt, Daniel J., Wade, Bridget S., Bowman, Vanessa C.. (2013) Paleogeographic controls on the onset of the Antarctic circumpolar current. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (). pp. 10.1002/grl.50941
- DATA AS ART #12
- Impact of global disturbances on evolution of polar life
- Paleogeographic controls on the onset of the Antarctic circumpolar current