Mailing address:
Dept. of Biology, Brandon University,
270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, R7A 6A9Office: 3-04 J.R. Brodie Science Centre
E-mail: greenwoodD@brandonu.ca
Telephone: (204) 571-8543
Fax: (204) 728-7346
Ph.D., University of Adelaide, 1988 B.Sc.(Hons), University of Adelaide, 1982
Associate Editor for the journal PALAIOS (2009- ), SEPM
Adjunct Professor (2005-2009; 2009-2014), Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Senior Fellow (2001-2006), School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
I use the fossil record of terrestrial plants (fossil leaves, pollen and spores) to reconstruct climates of the geological past, and the forest ecosystems they represent.
1. Reconstructing past climates using the plant fossil record for global warm climate intervals in pre-Quaternary time (i.e. deep time paleoclimatology).
o The paleobotanical proxy record of Paleogene (early Tertiary) climate.
Click here to see the abstract of a recent seminar on my research on Arctic Eocene precipitation as part of the BU Faculty of Science seminar series (March 31, 2009).
Invited presentation on this topic as part of the Jan. 14 2009 Greenhouse Earth symposium that was hosted by GNS New Zealand in Wellington.
Co-convenor (with Patrick Moss) of Symposium 22 Paleobotanical evidence for Paleogene climates and environments for the 8th IOP Congress in Bonn, Germany, August 30 - September 5, 2008. Go here to learn more about this symposium.
o Azolla (a freshwater floating fern) has been discovered in Middle Eocene marine sediments from the Arctic, posing questions about the climate and character of the Arctic Ocean in the Eocene. I am part of a research team based at Utrecht University in The Netherlands studying this topic. Click here to see details of this project.
o The origins of highly diverse forest communities and the factors that drive diversity (NSERC funded PDF project of S.B. Archibald, with R.W. Mathewes at SFU and D.R. Greenwood at BU).
o The Pliocene Beaver Pond fossil site, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
2. Developing paleobotanical tools for paleoclimatology and paleoecology.
o Click here to view the Australian plant genera bioclimatic profiles (AKA 'bioclimatic envelopes') used for paleoclimatic analysis. NB: this document is copyright and has security features enabled to prevent copying. Please cite according to the recommendations given within the document.
o Click here to go to the PALAEOFLORA website. (NB: link restored Feb. 19, 2010)
I have funding from NSERC (2005-2008; 2009-2013), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the province of Manitoba (MRIF), and from Brandon University (BURC; 2005-2006 & 2009-2010).
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