Erica Barlow
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Publications

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2019). Diversification of early life: Microfossils of the c. 2.45-2.21 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. In: Hood AvS, O’Connell, B (eds.) The co-evolution of life and Precambrian environments, Selwyn Symposium of the Geological Society of Australia Victoria Division, Geological Society of Australia Extended Abstracts No. 132, September 2019, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 10-11. 

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2018). Snapshot of an early Paleoproterozoic ecosystem: Two diverse microfossil communities from the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Geobiology 16(5), 449–475. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12304​​

Barlow EV (2017). Conveying the importance of stromatolites to self-guided tourists in Nettle Cave, Jenolan, NSW. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Speleology (Ed. 2) (eds. Moore K, White S). Sydney, Australia, pp. 129–133. pdf
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Barlow E, Van Kranendonk MJ, Yamaguchi KE, Ikehara M, Lepland A (2016). Lithostratigraphic analysis of a new stromatolite-thrombolite reef from across the rise of atmospheric oxygen in the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Geobiology 14(4), 317–343. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12175

Van Kranendonk MJ, Barlow E, Walter MR, Schopf JW (2014). A thriving Proterozoic biosphere at the rise of atmospheric oxygen: Evidence from the ca. 2.3 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. In: Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC), Geological Society of Australia Extended Abstracts No. 110, July 7-10, Newcastle, Australia, pp. 215.​ pdf

Theses

Barlow EV (2019). Diversification of early life: Microfossils of the c. 2.45-2.21 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, Australia, 272p. 

Barlow E (2014). Stratigraphy and petrography of a Paleoproterozoic carbonate reef from the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Honours Thesis, University of New South Wales, Australia, 78p.

Conference Presentations  (presenter underlined)

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ, House CH, Liu MC (2020). Environmental change and the development of biological complexity on the early Earth. Astrobiology Australasia Meeting (AAM), Online Virtual Conference, 9-11th September. Oral

Barlow EV​, Van Kranendonk MJ (2019). Diversification of early life: Microfossils of the c. 2.45-2.21 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Selwyn Symposium – The co-evolution of life and Precambrian environments, Geological Society of Australia Victoria Division, Melbourne, 30th September. Invited talk

Van Kranendonk MJ, Campbell KA, Barlow EV, Baumgartner R, Djokic T, Duda J-P, Teece BL (2019). A pyramid of life detection for ancient life, based on deep-time Earth experience. Astrobiology Science Convention (AbSciCon), Seattle, USA, 24-28th June. ​Poster​

Teece BL, Duda J-P, Soares GG, Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk, MJ (2019). Looking for life: Determining biogenicity of ancient organic matter. Astrobiology Science Convention (AbSciCon), Seattle, USA, 24-28th June. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2018). Turee Creek Group microfossils highlight early-Paleoproterozoic diversity and complexity. Goldschmidt, Boston, USA, 12–17th August. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2018). Records of early life: context and preservation are key. Astrobiology Australasia Meeting (AAM), Rotorua, New Zealand, 25–26th June. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2017). Towards an understanding of life on early Earth: Microfossils from the 2.4 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet (FAAbExo) Workshop, Canberra, Australia, 16–20th December. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2017). Microfossils of the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group: Biological evolution resulting from atmospheric change? ARC CoE for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) Annual Meeting, Cairns, Australia, 27–29th November. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2017). Physical artefacts or biological structures? The difficulty in interpreting Precambrian fossils. Geological Society of Australia Earth Science Student Symposium (GESSS), Sydney, Australia, 10th November. Oral

Barlow EV (2017). Conveying the importance of stromatolites to self-guided tourists in Nettle Cave, Jenolan, NSW. 17th International Congress of Speleology (ICS), Sydney, Australia, 23rd–29th July. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2017). Preservation of a 2.4 Ga ecosystem in the Kazput Formation of the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Astrobiology Science Convention (AbSciCon), Mesa, USA, 24–28th April. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2016). Microfossils of the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group, WA. ARC CoE for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 21st–22nd November. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2016). Diversification of early life: microfossils of the c. 2.4 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. 35th International Geological Congress (IGC), Cape Town, South Africa, 27th August – 4th September. Poster

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2016). A ~2.4 billion year old microfossil community from the rise of atmospheric oxygen in the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Astrobiology Australasia Meeting (AAM), Perth, Australia, 10–12th July. Oral

Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2015). Biological evolution resulting from atmospheric and environmental change, Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. ARC CoE for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 22nd–23rd October. Oral

​Van Kranendonk MJ, Barlow EV, Walter MR, Schopf JW (2014). A thriving Proterozoic biosphere at the rise of atmospheric oxygen: Evidence from the ca. 2.3 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC), Newcastle, Australia, 7–10th July. Oral

Invited Talks

Selwyn Symposium - The co-evolution of life and Precambrian environments, University of Melbourne, Australia (2019).

​Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives (PANGEA) Research Centre
 seminar, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia (2019). 

PANGEA Research Centre seminar, UNSW, Australia (2016).  ​
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Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, USA (2016).

Geological Society of Australia, NSW Division, Honours Earth Science Presentation Night, UNSW, Australia (2014).

Other Meetings & Workshops

The Future of Meetings Symposium, CSIRO, Online Virtual Meeting (15-17th September 2020).

Dorothy Hill Women in Earth Sciences Symposium, The University of Queensland, Brisbane (14-15th November 2019). 

4th Landing site workshop for the Mars 2020 Rover, Glendale, LA, USA (16-18th October 2018).

​​Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet (FAAbExo) School, Australian National University, Canberra (16–17th December 2017).

3rd Landing site workshop for the Mars 2020 Rover, Monrovia, LA, USA (8–10th February 2017).​
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International Biogeoscience Conference, Nagoya, Japan (1st–4th November 2013).

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Bruce Damer, David Deamer, Steve Ruff, Martin Van Kranendonk, Tara Djokic, ​Kathy Campbell ​and
​Erica Barlow with model of Mars Exploration Rover - Opportunity, Arizona State University, 2017.
I acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation,
​and the traditional custodians of the lands where I live, learn, and conduct field work.


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© Erica Barlow 2020
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