Stephenson, M. H., Bomfleur, B., Jardine, P., Kerp, H., Blomenkemper, P., Bäumer, R., … Schneider, J. W. (2024). Palynological variability within the Permian (Changhsingian) Umm Irna Formation (Jordan): implications for biostratigraphy and fluid-flow character in alluvial formations. Palynology. https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2024.2388134

Stephenson, M H 2024. Palynology of strata associated with the Hercynian Unconformity across the Arabian Plate, from the Levant to southern Arabia, Geological Society, London, Special Publications Volume 550 https://doi.org/10.1144/SP550-2023-182

Emmings  J. F., J. Parnell, M. H. Stephenson, B. H. Lodhia 2024. An introduction to the Bowland Shale Formation, UK: processes and resources; in Emmings  J. F. and J. Parnell  and M. H. Stephenson  and B. H. Lodhia 2024 (eds) The Bowland shale Formation, UK, Processes and Resources, Special Publications, Geological Society, London, 534, 1-18

Shen, Shu-zhong, Dong-xun Yuan, Yi-chun Zhang, Shi-long Mei, Quan-feng Zheng, Hua Zhang, Min Zhang, Charles, M. Henderson, Yu Dai, Hai-peng Xu, Wen-qian Wang, Qian Li, Yue Wang, Xiang-dong Wang, Jahan Ramezani, Douglas H. Erwin, Lucia Angiolini, Fei-fei Zhang, Zhang-shuai Hou, Xi-yang Zhang, Shuhan Zhang, Yong-xin Pan, Michael Stephenson  2023. New definition of the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) and its Standard Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype (SABS) for the base of Wuchiapingian Stage (Lopingian Series, Permian) in South China, Episodes, 46 (4).

Korngreen D., Orlov-Labkovsky O., Zilberman T. and Stephenson M. H. 2023. Time Constrains and the Tectono-Sedimentary Setting of the Permian Sequence in Israel:  Insights from Pleshet-1 and David-1 Boreholes, Western Israel. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 571–592 ISSN 0869-5938

Chernykh VV, Henderson CM, Kutygin RV, Filimonova TV, Sungatullina GM, Afanasieva MS, Isakova TN, Sungatullin RK, Stephenson MH, Angiolini L, Chuvashov BI.  Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base-Artinskian Stage (Lower Permian).  Episodes -0001;0:-.  https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2023/023015

Carniti, Alessandro P., Giovanna Della Porta, Vanessa J. Banks, Michael H. Stephenson, Lucia Angiolini 2023. Revisiting the upper Visean mud mounds from Derbyshire (UK):  the role of brachiopods in their growth. Facies, Article No : 663

Stephenson, M H; John Ludden; Jennifer McKinley; Ishwaran Natarjan; Susan Nash; David Leary; Yichuan Shi; Chenshan Wang 2023. The need for joined-up thinking in critical raw materials research. Geoenergy (2023) geoenergy2023-001. https://doi.org/10.1144/geoenergy2023-001

Stephenson M.H. & McLean D. 2023. Lopingian (Late Permian) palynomorphs from the Cadeby Formation, Cadeby Quarry, Yorkshire, UK. Riv. It. Paleontol. Strat., 129(3): 25-46.

Carniti, A.P., Della Porta, G., Banks, V.J., Stephenson, M.H., and Angiolini, L. 2022. Brachiopod fauna from uppermost Visean (Mississippian) mud mounds in Derbyshire, UK. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67 (4): 865–915.

Stephenson M. H., Manning D. A. C., Spence M. J., Stalker L., Shipton Z. K., Monaghan A. A. 2022. Role of Subsurface Geo-Energy Pilot and Demonstration Sites in Delivering Net Zero. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2, https://doi.org/10.3389/esss.2022.10045

Stephenson Michael H, Dorit Korngreen 2021. Palynology of the Permian of the Makhtesh Qatan-2, Ramon-1 and Boqer-1 boreholes Arqov Formation, Negev, Israel. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, V. 127 NO. 3 (2021)

Stephenson M.H. 2021 Affordable and Clean Energy. In: Gill J.C., Smith M. (eds) Geosciences and the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, pp 159–182

Chengshan Wang, Robert M Hazen, Qiuming Cheng, Michael H Stephenson, Chenghu Zhou, Peter Fox, Shu-zhong Shen, Roland Oberhänsli, Zengqian Hou, Xiaogang Ma, Zhiqiang Feng, Junxuan Fan, Chao Ma, Xiumian Hu, Bin Luo, Juanle Wang, Craig M Schiffries 2021. The Deep-Time Digital Earth program: data-driven discovery in geosciences, National Science Review, 2021; nwab027

Chernykh, V V, Chuvashov, B I, Shen, S-Z, Henderson, C M, Yuan, D-X, and Stephenson, M H. 2020. The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base-Sakmarian Stage (Cisuralian, Lower Permian). Episodes. 2020; 43(4): 961-979

Emmings, J F, Poulton, S W, Vane, C H, Davies, S, Jenkin, G R T, Stephenson, M H, Leng, M J, Lamb, A, and Moss-Hayes, V, 2020. A Mississippian black shale record of redox oscillation in the Craven Basin, UK. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 538, 109423

Stephenson Michael H, Dorit Korngreen, 2020. Palynological correlation of the Arqov and Saad formations of the Negev, Israel, with the Umm Irna Formation of the eastern Dead Sea, Jordan, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 274, 104153

Stephenson, M H, Cheng, Q, Wang, D, Fan, J, Oberhänsli, R. 2020. Progress towards the establishment of the IUGS Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE) programme. Episodes 43(4): 1057-1062

Stephenson, M H. 2019. The Uses and Benefits of Big Data for Geological Surveys. Acta Geologica Sinica, v 93 S3, pp. 64−65.

Stephenson, M H. Philip Ringrose, Sebastian Geiger, Michael Bridden and David Schofield 2019. Geoscience and decarbonization: current status and future directions. Petroleum Geoscience, 25, 501-508.

Henry, D G, Jarvis, I, Gillmore, G, Stephenson, M. 2019. A rapid method for determining organic matter maturity using Raman spectroscopy: Application to Carboniferous organic-rich mudstones and coals. Int. J. Coal Geol, 203, 87–98.

Henry, D G, Jarvis, I, Gillmore, G, Stephenson, M. 2019. Raman spectroscopy as a tool to determine the thermal maturity of organic matter: Application to sedimentary, metamorphic and structural geology. Earth-Science Reviews, 198, 102936.

Angiolini, L, Crippa, G, Azmy, K, Capitani, G, Confalonieri, G, della Porta, G, Griesshaber, E, Harper, D A T, Leng, M J, Nolan, L, Orlandi, M, Posenato, R, Schmahl, W W, Banks, V J, and Stephenson, M H. 2019. The giants of the Phylum Brachiopoda: a matter of diet?. Palaeontology, 1-29.

Emmings, J F, Hennissen, J A I, Stephenson, M H, Poulton, S W, Vane, C H, Davies, S J, Leng, M J, Lamb, A, and Moss-Hayes, V. 2019. Controls on amorphous organic matter type and sulphurization in a Mississippian black shale. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 268, 1–18.

Powell, J H, Nicora, A, Perri, M C, Rettori, R, Posenato, R, Stephenson, M H, Masri, A, Borlenghi, L M, and Gennari, V. 2019. Lower Triassic (Induan to Olenekian) conodonts, foraminifera and bivalves from the Al Mamalih area, Dead Sea, Jordan: constraints on the P-T boundary. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 125(1): 147-181. DOI: 10.13130/2039-4942/11270

Tekleva, M V, Stephenson, M H, and Zavialova, N E. 2019. The exine ultrastructure of Pretricolpipollenites bharadwajii from the Permian of Jordan. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 268, 19-28.

Henry, D G, Jarvis, I, Gillmore, G, Stephenson, M, and Emmings, J F. 2018. Assessing low-maturity organic matter in shales using Raman spectroscopy: Effects of sample preparation and operating procedure. International Journal of Coal Geology, 191, 135-151.

Spina, A, Stephenson, M H, Simonetta, C, Aria-Nasab, M, and Rettori, R. 2018. Palynostratigraphy of the Permian Faraghan Formation in the Zagros Basin, southern Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, vol. 124, 573-595. DOI: 10.13130/2039-4942/10706

Wang, S, Vincent, C J, Zeng, R, and Stephenson, M H. 2018. Geological suitability and capacity of CO2 storage in the Jiyang Depression, East China. Greenhouse Gas Sci Technol. 8: 747-761

Emmings, J F, Davies, S J, Vane, C H, Leng, M J, Moss-Hayes, V, Stephenson, M H, and Jenkin, G R T. 2017. Stream and slope weathering effects on organic-rich mudstone geochemistry and implications for hydrocarbon source rock assessment: A Bowland Shale case study. Chemical Geology, 471, 74–91.

Hennissen, J A I, Hough, E, Vane, C H , Leng, M J, Kemp, S J, and Stephenson, M H. 2017. The prospectivity of a potential shale gas play: An example from the southern Pennine Basin (central England, UK). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 86, 1047-1066.

Jan, I U, Iqbal, S, Davies, S J, Zalasiewicz, J A, Stephenson, M H, Wagreich, M, Haneef, M, Hanif M, and Ahmad, S. 2017. Periglacial Palaeoenvionment in the Upper Carboniferous–Lower Permian Tobra Formation of the Salt Range, Pakistan. Acta Geologica Sinica, 91, 801–84.

Nolan, L S P, Angiolini, L, Jadoul, F, Della Porta, G, Davies, S J, Banks, V J, Stephenson M H, and Leng, M J. 2017. Sedimentary context and palaeoecology of Gigantoproductus shell beds in the Mississippian Eyam Limestone Formation, Derbyshire carbonate platform, central England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. DOI: 10.1144/pygs2017-393

Crippa, G, Angiolini, L, Bottini, C, Erba, E, Felletti, F, Frigerio, C, Hennissen, J A I, Leng, M J, Petrizzo, M R, Raffi, I, Raineri, G, and Stephenson, M H. 2016. Seasonality fluctuations recorded in fossil bivalves during the early Pleistocene: Implications for climate change. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 446, 234–251

Jan, I U, Shah, A, Stephenson, M H, Iqbal, S, Hanif, M, Wagreich, M, and Hussain, H S. 2016. The sedimentology of the Lower Permian Dandot Formation: a component of the Gondwana deglaciation sequence of the Salt Range, Pakistan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 122, 75-90.

Könitzer, S F, Stephenson, M H, Davies, S J, Vane, C H, and Leng, M J. 2016. Significance of sedimentary organic matter input for shale gas generation potential of Mississippian Mudstones, Widmerpool Gulf. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 224, 146-168.

Powell, J H, Stephenson, M H, Nicora, A, Rettori, R, Borlenghi Letizia, M, and Perri Maria, C. 2016. The Permian -Triassic boundary, Dead Sea, Jordan: transitional alluvial to marine depositional sequences and biostratigraphy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 122, 55-72.

Stephenson, M H, Kader Al-Mashaikie, S Z A, and Kurukchi, W M. 2016. Palynological assemblages across the Hercynian unconformity in Western Iraq. Revue de Micropaleontologie, 60, 417-432.

Stephenson, M H. 2016. Permian palynostratigraphy: a global overview. In: Lucas, S G, and Shen, S Z. (eds) The Permian Timescale. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450; 321-347.

Stephenson, M H. 2015. Bisaccate pollen from the Early Permian OSPZ3a Sub-Biozone of the Lower Gharif Member, Oman. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 212, 214-225

Stephenson, M H. 2015. Shale gas in North America and Europe. Energy Science and Engineering, 4, 4–13.

Yang, S, Horsfield, B, Mahlstedt, N, Stephenson, M H, and Koenitzer, S. 2015. On the primary and secondary petroleum generating characteristics of the Bowland Shale, northern England. Journal of the Geological Society. DOI: 10.1144/jgs2015-056

Angiolini, L. Berra, F. Stephenson M.H. and Vachard D. 2014. Chapter 6. The Khuff foreshoal of Interior Oman, in: Permo-Triassic Sequence of the Arabian Plate Edited by M.C. Pöppelreiter; ISBN : 978-90-73834-42-2; Publisher: EAGE Publications, p. 127-145.

Crippa, G, Angiolini, L, Van Waveren, I, Crow, M J, Hasibuan, F, Stephenson, M H, and Ueno, K. 2014. Brachiopods, fusulines and palynomorphs of the Mengkarang Formation (Early Permian, Sumatra) and their palaeobiogeographical significance. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 79, 206–223.

Könitzer, S F, Davies, S J, Stephenson, M H, and Leng, M J. 2014. Depositional controls on mudstone lithofacies in a basinal setting: implications for the delivery of sedimentary organic matter. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 84: 198-214.

Stephenson, M H, and Powell, J H. 2014. Selected spores and pollen from the Permian Umm Irna Formation, Jordan, and their stratigraphic utility in the Middle East and North Africa. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 120, 145-156.

Stephenson, M H. 2014. Five Unconventional Fuels: Geology and Environment, in Unconventional Fossil Fuels: The Next Hydrocarbon Revolution? (Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2014), 13–34.

Wang, S, Vincent, C J, Stephenson, M H, and Zeng, R. 2014. Assessment of storage capacity for CO2 in saline aquifers near hydrocarbon fields, northern Songliao Basin, China. Greenhouse Gas Science and Technology, 3, 1–18.

Stephenson, M H, and Powell, J H. 2013. Palynology and alluvial architecture in the Permian Umm Irna Formation, Dead Sea, Jordan. GeoArabia, 18, 3, 17-60.

Zeng, R, Vincent, C, Tian, X, Stephenson, M H, and Xu, S W W. 2013. New potential carbon emission reduction enterprises in China: deep geological storage of CO2 emitted through industrial usage of coal in China. Greenhouse Gases Science and technology, 13, 106-115.

ter Mors, E, Terwel, B W, Daamen, D L D, Reiner, D M, Schumann, D, Anghel, S, Boulouta, I, Cismaru, D M, Constantin, C, de Jager, C C H, Dudu, A, Esken, A, Falup, O C, Firth, R M, Gemeni, V, Hendriks, C, Ivan, L, Koukouzasi, N, Markos, A, Næss, R, Pietzner, K, Samoila, I R, Sava, C S, Stephenson, M H, Tomescu, C E, Torvatn, H Y, Tvedt, S D, Vallentin, D, West, J M, and Ziogou, F. 2013. A comparison of techniques used to collect informed public opinions about CCS: Opinion quality after focus group discussions versus information-choice questionnaires. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 18, 256–263.

Kender, S, Stephenson, M H, Riding J B, Leng, M J, Knox, R W O’B., Vane, C H, Peck, V L, Kendrick, C P, Ellis, M A, and Jamieson, R. 2012. Marine and terrestrial environmental changes in NW Europe preceding carbon release at the Paleocene–Eocene transition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353-354, 108-120.

Konitzer, S F, Leng, M J, Davies, S J, and Stephenson, M H. 2012. An Assessment of Geochemical Preparation Methods prior to Organic Carbon Concentration and Carbon Isotope Ratio Analyses on Carboniferous Mudstones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13, 1-12.

Stephenson, M H, Angiolini, L, Darbyshire, F, and Leng, M J. 2012. Age of the Khuff Formation in Saudi Arabia and Oman from brachiopod strontium. GeoArabia, 17, 61-76.

Stephenson, M H, Jan, I U, and Al-Mashaikie, S Z A K. 2012. Palynology and correlation of Carboniferous – Permian glacigene rocks in Oman, Yemen and Pakistan. Gondwana Research, 24, 203-211.

Angiolini, L, Stephenson, M H, Leng, M J, Jadoul, F, Millward, D, Aldridge, A, Andrews, J, Chenery, S, and Williams, G. 2011. Heterogeneity, cyclity and diagenesis in a Mississippian brachiopod shell of palaeoequatorial Britain. Terra Nova, 24, 16–26.

Daamen, D, Terwel, B, ter Mors, E, Reiner, D, Schumann, D, Anghel, S, Boulouta, I, Cismaru, D, Constantin, C, de Jager, C, Dudu, A, Firth, R, Gemeni, V, Hendriks, C, Koukouzas, N, Markos, A, Næss, R, Nihfidov, O, Pietzner, K, Samoila, I, Sava, C, Stephenson, M, Tomescu, C, Torvatn, H, Tvedt, S, Vallentin, D, West, J M, and Ziogou, F. 2011. Scrutinizing the impact of CCS communication on opinion quality: Focus group discussions versus Information-Choice Questionnaires: Results from experimental research in six countries. Energy Procedia, 4, 6182-6187.

Jan, I, and Stephenson, M H. 2011. Palynology and correlation of the Upper Pennsylvanian Tobra Formation, Zaluch Nala, Salt Range, Pakistan. Palynology, 35, 212-225.

Stephenson, M H, and Al-Mashaikie, S Z A K. 2011. Stratigraphic note: Update on the age of the Akbarah and Kuhlan formations, northwest Yemen. GeoArabia, 16, 17-24.

Stephenson, M H. 2011. Two new non-haptotypic palynomorph taxa from the Middle Permian Upper Gharif Member, Oman. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 117, 211-219.

Pietzner, Katja, Diana Schumann, Sturle D. Tvedt, Hans Y. Torvatn, Robert Næss, David M. Reiner, Sorin Anghel, Diana Cismaru, Carmencita Constantin, Dancker D.L. Daamen, Alexandra Dudu, Andrea Esken, Vassiliki Gemeni, Loredana Ivan, Nikolaos Koukouzas, Glenn Kristiansen, Angelos Markos, Emma ter Mors, Oana C. Nihfidov, John Papadimitriou, Irene R. Samoila, Constantin S. Sava, Mike H. Stephenson, Bart W. Terwel, Claudia E. Tomescu, Fotini Ziogou, 2011. Public awareness and perceptions of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS): Insights from surveys administered to representative samples in six European countries, Energy Procedia, Volume 4, 6300-6306, ISSN 1876-6102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.645.

Waters, C N, Somerville, I D, Stephenson, M H, Cleal, C J, and Long, S. 2011. Chapter 3, Biostratigraphy. In: A revised correlation of the Carboniferous rocks of the British Isles. The Geological Society, Special Report 26, p. 11-22.

Waters, C N, Somerville, I D, and Stephenson, M H. 2011. Chapter 26, International Correlation. In: A revised correlation of the Carboniferous rocks of the British Isles. The Geological Society, Special Report 26, p. 11-22.

Afzal, J, Williams, M, Leng, M J, Aldridge, R J, and Stephenson, M H. 2010. Evolution of Paleocene to Early Eocene larger benthic foraminifer assemblages of the Indus Basin, Pakistan. Lethaia, 44, 299-320.

Selden, P A, Huys, R, Stephenson, M H, Heward, A P, and Taylor, P N. 2010. Crustaceans from a bitumen clast in Carboniferous glacial diamictite of Oman extend the fossil record of copepods. Nature Communications, 1, Article no. 50.

Stephenson, M H, Angiolini, L, Cozar, P, Jadoul, F, Leng, M J, Millward, D, and Chenery, S. 2010. Northern England Serpukhovian (early Namurian) farfield responses to southern hemisphere glaciation. Journal of the Geological Society, 167; 1171-1184.

Stephenson, M H, and Al-Mashaikie, S Z A K. 2010. New age for the lower part of the Kuhlan Formation, northwest Yemen. GeoArabia, 15: 195-204.

Stephenson. M.H. 2009.The age of the Carboniferous-Permian Converrucosisporites confluens Oppel Biozone: new data from the Ganigobis Shale Member, Dwyka Group, Namibia. Palynology 33, 55-63.

Evans, D. Stephenson, M H, Shaw, R. 2009. The use of Britain’s subsurface. Land Use Policy, 134, 34-58.

Gaetani, M. L. Angiolini, Michael H. Stephenson, Katsumi Ueno, Alda Nicora, , Dario Sciunnach, Roberto Rettori, Gregory D. Price & Jafar Sabouri 2009.. Pennsylvanian–Early Triassic stratigraphy in the Alborz Mountains (Iran). Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2009; 312; p. 79-128

Jan, I. U. Stephenson, M. H., Khan, F. R. 2009. Palynostratigraphic correlation of the Sardhai Formation (Permian) of Pakistan. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 156, 402-442.

Angiolini, L., Stephenson, M. H Jadoul, F., Leng, M. J., Rushton, J., Chenery, S., Crippa, G. 2009. How cold were the Early Permian glacial tropics? Testing sea surface temperatures using oxygen isotope composition of rigorously screened brachiopods. Journal of the Geological Society, 166, 933-945

Penney, R. A., Al Barram, I., Stephenson, M. H., 2008. A high resolution palynozonation for the Al Khlata Formation (Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian), South Oman. Palynology, 32, 213-231.

Stephenson, M. H.; Angiolini, Lucia; Leng, Melanie; Brewer, T.S.; Berra, F.; Jadoul, F.; Gambacorta, G.; Verna, V.; Al Beloushi, B. 2008. Abrupt environmental and climatic change during the deposition of the Early Permian Haushi limestone, Oman. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 270, 1-18.

Stephenson, M. H. 2008. Spores and Pollen from the Middle and Upper Gharif members (Permian) of Oman. Palynology. 32, 157-183.

Stephenson, M. H. D. Millward, M. J. Leng & C. H. Vane 2008. Palaeoecological and possible evolutionary effects of early Namurian glacioeustatic cyclicity, Journal of the Geological Society, 165, 993-1005.

Stephenson, M. H., A. Al Rawahi and B. Casey 2008. Correlation of the Al Khlata Formation in the Mukhaizna Field, Oman, based on a new downhole, cuttings-based palynostratigraphic scheme. GeoArabia, 13, 45-75.

Stephenson, M. H. 2008. A review of the palynological biostratigraphy of Gondwanan Late Carboniferous to Early Permian glacigene successions. Geological Society of America Memoir, 441, 304-320.

Angiolini, L. M H Stephenson, M. Gaetani, E. Garzanti, M. Mattei, G. Muttoni, & A. Zanchi. 2007. Tethyan oceanic currents and climate gradients 300 m.y. ago. Geology, 35, 1071-1074.

Stephenson, M. H., Angiolini, L. & Leng M. J. 2007. The Early Permian fossil record of Gondwana and its relationship to deglaciation: a review. In Williams, M. & Heywood, A. Climate Change in Deep Time, Special Publication of the Geological Society, London, 103 -122.

Angiolini, L. & Stephenson, M. H. 2007. Early Permian brachiopods and palynomorphs from the Dorud Formation, Alborz Mountains, north Iran: Evidence for their palaeobiogeographic affinities. Fossils & Strata, 37, 34-67.

Stephenson, M. H. & Al-Mashaikie, S. Z. 2007. New date for the lower part of the Kuhlan Formation, NW Yemen. GeoArabia 12, 108-128

Angiolini, L., D.P.F Darbyshire, M.H. Stephenson, M.J. Leng, T.S. Brewer, F. Berra & F. Jadoul, 2007. Lower Permian brachiopods from Oman: their potential as climatic proxies. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 78, 45-56.

Angiolini, L., Stephenson, M H & Leven, Y. 2006. Correlation of the Lower Permian surface Saiwan Formation and subsurface Haushi Limestone, central Oman. GeoArabia, 11, 17-38.

Stephenson, M. H. 2006. Update of the standard Arabian Permian palynological biozonation; definition and description of OSPZ5 and 6. GeoArabia, 11, 173-178.

Stephenson, M H, Leng, M J & Vane, C H, 2006. Palaeolimnology of Palaeozoic lakes, focussing on a single lake cycle in the Middle Devonian of the Orcadian Basin, Scotland. Earth-Science Reviews, 77, 177-197.

Zaviolova, N. E. & Stephenson, M. H. 2006. The exine ultrastructure of Plicatipollenites malabarensis (Potonié et Sah) Foster, 1975. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 139, 241-252.

Stephenson, M H, Leng, M J, Vane, C H, Osterloff, P. L & Arrowsmith C. 2005. Investigating the record of Permian climate change from argillaceous sediments, Oman. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 162, 1-11.

Vane, C H., Drage, T C., Stephenson, M. H. and Foster, C. B. 2005. Decay of cultivated apricot wood by the ascoycete Hypocrea sulphurea using NMR and offline TMAH with GC-MS. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 55, 175-185

Williams, M., Stephenson, M. H., Wilkinson, I. P & Leng. M. 2005. Crossing the rubicon: the origin of freshwater ostracods. Palaeogeography Palaeoecology Palaeoclimatology, 230, 299-318.

Williams, M., Stephenson, M. H., Wilkinson, I. P, Leng. M. & Miller, G. 2005. Ostracod biostratigraphy and micropalaeontology of the Lower Carboniferous Ballagan Formation, central Scotland. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 34, 22-44.

Stephenson, M. H. & Penn, I. E. Capacity 2005. building of developing country public sector institutions in the natural resource sector. In Marker, B., Petterson, M. G. Stephenson, M. H. & McEvoy, F. (eds) Sustainable Minerals for a Developing World. Geological Society Special Publication 250, 185-194.

Petterson, M. G., Marker, B., Stephenson, M. H., McEvoy, F. & Falvey, D. A. 2005. The need and context for sustainable mineral development. In Marker, B., Petterson, M. G. Stephenson, M. H. & McEvoy, F. (eds) Sustainable Minerals for a Developing World. Geological Society Special Publication 250, 5-8.

Osterloff, P.L., A. Al-Harthy, R. Penney, P. Spaak, F. Al-Zadjali, N.S. Jones, R.W.O’B Knox, M.H. Stephenson, G. Oliver & M.I. Al-Husseini. Gharif and Khuff formations, subsurface Interior Oman. 2004, In Al-Husseini, M (ed.) Carboniferous, Permian and Early Triassic Arabian stratigraphy, GeoArabia Special Publication 3, Gulf PetroLink, Manama, Bahrain, 83-147.

Stephenson, M. H., Williams, M., Leng, M. J. & Monaghan, A. 2004. Aquatic plant microfossils of probable non-vascular origin from the Ballagan Formation (Lower Carboniferous), Midland Valley, Scotland. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 55, 145-158.

Stephenson, M. H., Williams, M., Monaghan, A., Arkley, S. Smith, R. A., Dean, M.,  Browne, M. A. E.  &  Leng M. 2004. Palynomorph and ostracod biostratigraphy of the Ballagan Formation, Midland Valley of Scotland, and elucidation of intra-Dinantian unconformities. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 55, 131-143.

Stephenson, M.H. Early Permian 2004. Spores from Saudi Arabia and Oman. In Al-Husseini, M (ed.) Carboniferous, Permian and Early Triassic Arabian stratigraphy, GeoArabia Special Publication 3, Gulf PetroLink, Manama, Bahrain, 185-215.

Stephenson, M. H., Osterloff, P. L. & Filatoff, J. 2003. Integrated palynological biozonation of the Permian of Saudi Arabia and Oman: progress and problems. GeoArabia, 8, p. 467-496.

Stephenson, M. H., Williams, M., Monaghan, A., Arkley, S. & Smith, R. A. 2003. Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Ballagan Formation (lower Carboniferous) in Ayrshire. Scottish Journal of Geology, 6, 1-19.

El-Nakhal, H. A., Stephenson, M. H. & Owens, B. 2002. New late Carboniferous – Early Permian palynological data from glacial sediments in the Kooli Formation, Republic of Yemen. Micropaleontology, 48, 222-228.

Foster, C. B., Stephenson, M. H., Marshall, C. & Logan, G. A. 2002. A revision of Reduviasporonites Wilson 1962: description, illustration, comparison and biological affinities. Palynology, 26, 1-25.

Stephenson, M. H. & Mitchell, W. I. 2002. Definitive new palynological evidence for the Early Devonian age of the Fintona Group, Northern Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 20, 1-12.

Stephenson, M. H. & Osterloff, P. L. 2002. Palynology of the deglaciation sequence represented by the Lower Permian Rahab and Lower Gharif members, Oman. AASP Contribution Series No. 40. 1-32.

Stephenson, M. H. & Filatoff, J. 2000a Correlation of Carboniferous-Permian palynological assemblages from Oman and Saudi Arabia. In Al-Hajri, S. & Owens, B. (eds.) Stratigraphic palynology of the Palaeozoic of Saudi Arabia, Gulf Petrolink, Bahrain GeoArabia Special Publication No. 1, 168-191.

Stephenson, M. H. & Filatoff, J. 2000b, Description and correlation of Late Permian palynological assemblages from the Khuff Formation, Saudi Arabia and evidence for the duration of the pre-Khuff hiatus. In Al-Hajri, S. & Owens, B. (eds.) Stratigraphic palynology of the Palaeozoic of Saudi Arabia, Gulf Petrolink, Bahrain GeoArabia Special Publication No. 1, 192-215.

Stephenson, M. H. & McLean, D. 1999. International correlation of Early Permian palynofloras from the Karoo sediments of Morupule, Botswana. South African Journal of Geology, 101, 1-12.

Stephenson, M. H. 1998. Preliminary correlation of palynological assemblages from Oman with the Granulatisporites confluens Oppel Zone of the Grant Formation (Lower Permian), Canning Basin, Western Australia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 26, 521-526.

Articles for the Sub Commission on Permian Stratigraphy Newsletter (Permophiles)

Stephenson, M. H. and Korngreen D. 2021. Guadalupian and Lopingian transgression of the Khuff Formation carbonate sea in the Middle East and Levant. Permophiles Issue #70, 27-29

Chernykh, Valery V., Charles M. Henderson, Ruslan V. Kutygin, Tatiana V. Filimonova, Guzal M. Sungatullina, Marina S. Afanasieva, Tatiana N. Isakova, Rafael Kh. Sungatullin, Michael H. Stephenson, Lucia Angiolini, Boris I. Chuvashov, 2021. Proposal for the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base-Artinskian Stage (Lower Permian). Permophiles Issue #71, 45-72

Stephenson, M. H. and Korngreen D. 2020. Application of Arabian palynological zones in the Negev of Israel: preliminary findings. Permophiles Issue #68 (2020), 27-29

Zaviolova, N. Tekleva, M. & Stephenson, M. H 2020. The Permian through the eyes of pollen morphologists,. Permophiles Issue #67 (2020), 9-12

Stephenson, M. H. 2018. On the age of the deepest part of the glacigene Al Khlata Formation in the Mukhaizna Field, Oman, based on palynology. Permophiles Issue #66 (2018), 18-20.

Stephenson, M. H. 2017. Preliminary results of palynological study of the Usolka section, location of the proposed basal Sakmarian GSSP. Permophiles, Issue #65, 7-11

Stephenson, M. H. 2017. Palynology in the establishment of GSSPs. Permophiles Issue #64, 11-13.

Bodorkos, Simon, James Crowley, Erin Holmes, John Laurie, Daniel Mantle, John McKellar, Arthur Mory, Robert Nicoll, Laura Phillips, Tegan Smith, Michael Stephenson, Geoff Wood 2016. New dates for Permian palynostratigraphic biozones in the Sydney, Gunnedah, Bowen, Galilee and Canning basins, Australia. Permophiles Issue #63, 19-21

Stephenson, M. H 2015. On the age of the first appearance of the bitaeniate bisaccate pollen Lueckisporites virkkiae Potonié & Klaus 1954 in Gondwana. Permophiles, Issue #62, 18-19

Stephenson, M. H 2015. Range of morphology in monolete spores from the uppermost Permian Umm Irna Formation of Jordan. Permophiles, Issue #61, 17-20

Spina, Amalia, Mohammad R. Aria-Nasab , Simonetta Cirilli, Michael H. Stephenson Palynostratigraphy of the Permian Faraghan Formation in the Zagros Basin, Southern Iran: preliminary studies. Permophiles Issue #61, 20-22.

Stephenson, M. H, John H. Powell, Roberto Rettori, Alda Nicora, Maria Cristina Perri 2014. Permian-Triassic transition, Dead Sea, Jordan: preliminary report. Permophiles, Issue #60, 24-26

Stephenson, M. H 2013. Palynological evidence for diachroneity in the basal Khuff Formation clastics, Middle East. Permophiles, Issue #57, 15-19.

Angiolini, Lucia,  Aymon Baud, Changqun Cao, Matthew E. Clapham, Vladimir Davydov, Valeri Golubev, Tatjana Grunt, Charles Henderson, Irfan U. Jan, Heinz W. Kozur, Ernst Ya. Leven, Aleksandr Markov, Sa’ad Zeki Al-Mashaikie, Giovanni Muttoni, Alda Nicora, Roberto Rettori, Qinghua Shang, Shuzhong Shen, Mike H. Stephenson, Katsumi Ueno, Wei Wang, Xiangdong Wang, Yue Wang and Yichun Zhang 2009. Report of the Working Group: Neotethys, Paleotethys, and South China intraplatform basin correlations. Permophiles, Issue #54, 14-27.

Stephenson, M. H 2007. Preliminary results of palynological study of the Dal’ny Tulkas section, location of the proposed basal Artinskian GSSP. Permophiles, Issue #50, 22-25

Articles on geoscience and literature

The undiscover’d country in Geoscientist online

The Persistence of Pebbles in Geoscientist September 2021

On the moors with Ted Hughes and Ovid in Geoscientist May 2020

The Art of Seeing in Geoscientist May 2018

The Bone vault: poetry and palaeontology of the bogs in Elsevier Connect November 2016

Books

Returning Carbon to Nature; coal, carbon capture, and storage Elsevier, August 2013, paperback ISBN: 9780124076716; eBook ISBN: 9780124076563. Still the only general introduction to carbon capture and storage. Reviews: ‘…a tour de force’; ‘…excellent review of an important topic’; ‘…conversational prose that opens the book to nontechnical readers’

Shale gas and fracking: the science behind the controversy Elsevier, March 2015. Paperback ISBN: 9780128016060; eBook ISBN: 9780128017623. Won an ‘honourable mention’ at the Association of American Publishers PROSE awards in Washington DC which ‘…annually recognize the very best in scholarly publishing…’. Some reviews of the book: ‘…This book is brilliant…’ ‘…Many earth scientists and members of the public would learn a great deal if they turn to this book to answer the many questions posed by the shale gas and fracking controversy’, ‘…Whether your background is scientific or not the author provides a balanced, easy-to-read set of information blocks supported by statistics and clear graphs and maps.’, ‘…A must read for anyone interested in future energy developments, particularly in the UK’, ‘…Very accessible explanation about a topic we should all know more about’

Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations Elsevier, April 2018. eBook ISBN: 9780128120224; Paperback ISBN: 9780128120217, Reviews: ‘…Another very accessible and informative book from Prof. Mike Stephenson of the BGS’, ‘…Stephenson’s book helps the general reader to understand the vital role that geology plays in our lives. Following publication of his “Energy and Climate Change”, Stephenson co-convened a multi-disciplinary meeting on decarbonisation at the Geological Society in London in January 2019. The broad approach taken in both the book and at the meeting has to be underpinned by sound observational science’, ‘…This is a comprehensive and thorough presentation of the facts needed to appreciate just where we stand and why and is written in a style that should appeal to a wide audience’

Articles in the Journal Science in Parliament

Stephenson M H and Bullough F, 2020. Geological skills and knowledge crucial in delivering net-zero, Science in Parliament, Vol 75 No 4, 11-14

Stephenson M H, 2011. Shale gas – a home-grown source of energy and fuel? Science in Parliament Vol 68 No 2, 44-45

Letters published in The Economist magazine

Greener energy solutions, July 10 2008 issue

Imagine being a bird, June 16 2022 issue

Rocks of Ages, Jan 19th 2023 issue

Expert opinion in The Economist magazine

Time to get fracking | The Economist, Economist 2015/06/20/

Shale shocked | The Economist, Economist 2011/11/02/

What the frack? | The Economist, Economist 2011/10/01/

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