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Michael Macphail is a research scientist with over 40 years of industry and academic experience, specializing in the application of palynology to a broad range of academic, governmental, and industrial requirements across Australasia. He has published more than 100 refereed research papers and book chapters, along with a larger number of open and closed file reports for both government and industry. His key research areas include palynology, palynostratigraphy, microfloras, spores, pollen, acritarchs, dinocysts, dinoflagellates, palaeogeography, biogeography, palaeoclimates, palaeoenvironments, landscape evolution, palaeoecology, and palaeovegetation. His research spans various geological periods, including Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary, with a focus on regions such as Australia, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and South America.
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