Journal Articles
Barlow EV, House CH, Liu M-C, Wetherington MT, Van Kranendonk MJ (2024). Distinctive microfossil supports early Paleoproterozoic rise in complex cellular organisation. Geobiology, 1-23. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12576
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 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
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 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
Other Publications
Meadows V, Graham H, … Barlow EV, et al. (2022). Community Report from the Biosignatures Standards of Evidence Workshop. arXiv preprint, 86p. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.14293
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 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. pdf
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
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.
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
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 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. pdf
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
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.
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
Invited Talks
2023:
- Microbialites: Formation-Evolution-Diagenesis (M-FED) keynote speaker - Microbialites as biological and environmental archives, Leysin, Switzerland.
- Arizona Astrobiology Symposium - Ancient fossils and their role in Astrobiology, online.
- Geochemistry Colloquium - Multi-scale, spatially resolved analyses provide insight into life during the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), Penn State University, USA.
- College of Earth & Mineral Sciences Postdoctoral Research Showcase - Constraining Agnostic Biosignatures in rocks (aka searching for life as we don't know it), Penn State University, USA.
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Seminar - Interpreting the ancient fossil record & thinking about life ‘as we don’t know it’, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia.
- Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments (PCE3) Seminar - Biosignatures in early Earth rocks: on a path to our origins, online.
- AbSciCon Town Hall Panellist - In situ detection worked example from the Community Biosignature Assessment Framework, Atlanta, USA.
- Big Questions Institute Seminar - Looking for life 'as we don’t know it', UNSW Sydney, Australia.
- Network for Life Detection (NfoLD) Webinar - The Biosignature Standards of Evidence Workshop Outcomes and Assessment Framework, online.
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Colloquium, online (2021).
- Geoscience Colloquium, Penn State University, USA (2021).
- Geological Society of Australia (GSA) Selwyn Symposium: The co-evolution of life and Precambrian environments, University of Melbourne, Australia (2019).
- Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives (PANGEA) Research Centre Seminar, UNSW Sydney, Australia (2019).
- PANGEA Research Centre Seminar, UNSW Sydney, Australia (2016).
- Department of Geosciences Seminar, Penn State University, USA (2016).
- GSA NSW Division: Honours Earth Science Presentation Night, UNSW Sydney, Australia (2014).
Conference Presentations (presenter underlined)
30) Morris TE, Van Kranendonk MJ, Nomchong BJ, Barlow EV, Morris SN, Visscher PT (2023). Storm deposits in microbialite systems past and present: examples from Western Australia. 6IAS: 6th International Archean Symposium, Fremantle, Australia, 25-27th Jul. Oral
29) Barlow EV, Garber JM, Nomchong BJ, House CH (2023). A multi-scale, spatially-resolved textural and geochemical approach to interpreting Paleoproterozoic biosignatures. Goldschmidt, Lyon, France, 9-14th Jul. Poster
28) Barlow EV (2023). Insight into the biosphere during the Great Oxidation Event (GOE). Barry Blumberg Memorial Workshop: Oxygen in Planetary Biospheres, Green Bank Observatory, USA, 5-7th May. Oral
27) Barlow EV (2023). Constraining Agnostic Biosignatures in rocks (aka searching for life as we don't know it). Postdocs of Earth and Mineral Sciences Research Symposium, University Park, USA, 20th Mar. Oral
26) Barlow EV (2022). Using the Ancient Fossil Record on Earth to Search for Life Elsewhere. Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral Research Symposium, University Park, USA, 12th Dec. Poster
25) Barlow EV, Nomchong BJ, Soares GG, House CH, Liu MC, Jeon H, Van Kranendonk MJ (2022). Insight into the type and diversity of life during the ~2.4 Ga Great Oxidation Event. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Geobiology: The Processes of Geobiological Evolution on a Living Planet, Ventura, USA, 6-11th Nov. Poster
24) Barlow EV, Steele A, House CH (2022). Toward quantifying the difference between geologic and biologic: A case study from the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group in Western Australia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects, Denver, USA, 9-12th Oct. Oral
23) Barlow EV, House CH, Van Kranendonk MJ (2022). Additional evidence for a sulfur-cycling microbial community preserved in chert from the c. 2.4 Ga Turee Creek Group. Goldschmidt, Hawaii, USA, 10-15th July. Oral
22) Soares GG, Garber J, Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ, Reimink JR, House CH (2022). Phosphorites as a universal indicator for life? A 2.4 Ga case study from the Turee Creek Group in Western Australia. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Atlanta, USA, 15-20th May. Poster
21) Barlow EV, House CH (2022). Toward constraining Agnostic Biosignatures in rocks by investigating the abiotic ‘background’. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Atlanta, USA, 15-20th May. Poster
20) Stromatolite Syndicate, Barlow EV, Borges SR, Cassady V, Dobson MJ, Galar A, Gangidine A, Hartz J, Huld S, Lyon B, Meyer ACS, Sagasti AJ, Schaible GA, Sevgen S, Soares GG, Sriaporn C, Steller L, Teece B (2022). Introducing the STROMATOLITES (Studying Totally Rad Objects in Modern and Ancient Thermal, Oceanic, Lithified, and Interlayered Textures on Earth/Exoplanets Syndicate): an international, collaborative Early Career Research group in Astrobiology. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Atlanta, USA, 15-20th May. eLightning
19) Teece BL, Pejcic B, George SC, Soares GG, Barlow EV, Pages A, Van Kranendonk MJ (2021). Pushing the limits of detection: Investigating the structure of 2.4 Ga overmature kerogen. International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Online Virtual Conference, 12-17th Sep. Oral
18) Soares GG, Van Kranendonk MJ, Scicchitano M, Nomchong BJ, Barlow EV (2021). Reconstructing environmental conditions in a c. 2.4 Ga microbialite reef using Si isotope and trace element analyses. Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC), Online Virtual Conference, 9-12th February. Poster
17) 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
16) Soares GG, Van Kranendonk MJ, Scicchitano M, Nomchong BJ, Barlow EV (2020). Extracting primary information through Si isotope analysis on a c. 2.4 Ga microbialite reef. Goldschmidt, Online Virtual Conference, 21st-26th June. pdf
15) 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
14) 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 Conference (AbSciCon), Seattle, USA, 24-28th June. eLightning
13) Teece BL, Duda J-P, Soares GG, Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk, MJ (2019). Looking for life: Determining biogenicity of ancient organic matter. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Seattle, USA, 24-28th June. Oral
12) Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2018). Turee Creek Group microfossils highlight early-Paleoproterozoic diversity and complexity. Goldschmidt, Boston, USA, 12–17th August. Oral
11) 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
10) 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
9) 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
8) 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
7) 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
6) 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 Conference (AbSciCon), Mesa, USA, 24–28th April. Oral
5) 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
4) 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
3) 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
2) 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
1) 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
29) Barlow EV, Garber JM, Nomchong BJ, House CH (2023). A multi-scale, spatially-resolved textural and geochemical approach to interpreting Paleoproterozoic biosignatures. Goldschmidt, Lyon, France, 9-14th Jul. Poster
28) Barlow EV (2023). Insight into the biosphere during the Great Oxidation Event (GOE). Barry Blumberg Memorial Workshop: Oxygen in Planetary Biospheres, Green Bank Observatory, USA, 5-7th May. Oral
27) Barlow EV (2023). Constraining Agnostic Biosignatures in rocks (aka searching for life as we don't know it). Postdocs of Earth and Mineral Sciences Research Symposium, University Park, USA, 20th Mar. Oral
26) Barlow EV (2022). Using the Ancient Fossil Record on Earth to Search for Life Elsewhere. Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral Research Symposium, University Park, USA, 12th Dec. Poster
25) Barlow EV, Nomchong BJ, Soares GG, House CH, Liu MC, Jeon H, Van Kranendonk MJ (2022). Insight into the type and diversity of life during the ~2.4 Ga Great Oxidation Event. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Geobiology: The Processes of Geobiological Evolution on a Living Planet, Ventura, USA, 6-11th Nov. Poster
24) Barlow EV, Steele A, House CH (2022). Toward quantifying the difference between geologic and biologic: A case study from the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group in Western Australia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects, Denver, USA, 9-12th Oct. Oral
23) Barlow EV, House CH, Van Kranendonk MJ (2022). Additional evidence for a sulfur-cycling microbial community preserved in chert from the c. 2.4 Ga Turee Creek Group. Goldschmidt, Hawaii, USA, 10-15th July. Oral
22) Soares GG, Garber J, Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ, Reimink JR, House CH (2022). Phosphorites as a universal indicator for life? A 2.4 Ga case study from the Turee Creek Group in Western Australia. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Atlanta, USA, 15-20th May. Poster
21) Barlow EV, House CH (2022). Toward constraining Agnostic Biosignatures in rocks by investigating the abiotic ‘background’. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Atlanta, USA, 15-20th May. Poster
20) Stromatolite Syndicate, Barlow EV, Borges SR, Cassady V, Dobson MJ, Galar A, Gangidine A, Hartz J, Huld S, Lyon B, Meyer ACS, Sagasti AJ, Schaible GA, Sevgen S, Soares GG, Sriaporn C, Steller L, Teece B (2022). Introducing the STROMATOLITES (Studying Totally Rad Objects in Modern and Ancient Thermal, Oceanic, Lithified, and Interlayered Textures on Earth/Exoplanets Syndicate): an international, collaborative Early Career Research group in Astrobiology. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Atlanta, USA, 15-20th May. eLightning
19) Teece BL, Pejcic B, George SC, Soares GG, Barlow EV, Pages A, Van Kranendonk MJ (2021). Pushing the limits of detection: Investigating the structure of 2.4 Ga overmature kerogen. International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Online Virtual Conference, 12-17th Sep. Oral
18) Soares GG, Van Kranendonk MJ, Scicchitano M, Nomchong BJ, Barlow EV (2021). Reconstructing environmental conditions in a c. 2.4 Ga microbialite reef using Si isotope and trace element analyses. Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC), Online Virtual Conference, 9-12th February. Poster
17) 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
16) Soares GG, Van Kranendonk MJ, Scicchitano M, Nomchong BJ, Barlow EV (2020). Extracting primary information through Si isotope analysis on a c. 2.4 Ga microbialite reef. Goldschmidt, Online Virtual Conference, 21st-26th June. pdf
15) 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
14) 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 Conference (AbSciCon), Seattle, USA, 24-28th June. eLightning
13) Teece BL, Duda J-P, Soares GG, Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk, MJ (2019). Looking for life: Determining biogenicity of ancient organic matter. Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Seattle, USA, 24-28th June. Oral
12) Barlow EV, Van Kranendonk MJ (2018). Turee Creek Group microfossils highlight early-Paleoproterozoic diversity and complexity. Goldschmidt, Boston, USA, 12–17th August. Oral
11) 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
10) 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
9) 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
8) 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
7) 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
6) 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 Conference (AbSciCon), Mesa, USA, 24–28th April. Oral
5) 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
4) 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
3) 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
2) 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
1) 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
Other Meetings & Workshops
- NfoLD/NExSS Standards of Evidence for Life Detection Community Workshop (19th-22nd July, 2021).
- The Future of Meetings Symposium, CSIRO, Online Virtual Meeting (15-17th September 2020).
- Dorothy Hill Women in Earth Sciences Symposium, 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).
- 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.
Erica Barlow with model of Mars Exploration Rover - Opportunity, Arizona State University, 2017.