EDUCATION

 

University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
PhD in Geology

 

University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho     
M.S. in Geology

 

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
B.S. in Geology

 

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
B.S. in Astrophysics

 

PUBLICATIONS

Authored 13 peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Authored 8 scientific abstracts and attended 10 international scientific meetings.

Edited two books and five scientific manuscripts.

Three postdoctorals and two successful funding applications.

 

 

Publications

 

Boyd, A. (2009). Relict conifers from the mid-Pleistocene of Rhodes, Greece. Historical Biology 21: 1-15.

 

Boyd, A. (2004). Bennettitalean fruits, flowers, and flower bracts from the Early Cretaceous floras of West Greenland. Palaeontographica Abt B268: 113-172.

 

Boyd, A. (2000). Paleogene paleoclimate of the North Atlantic Arctic as determined by vegetation. GFF 122: 33.

 

Boyd, A. (2000). The Bennettitales of the Early Cretaceous floras from West Greenland: Pterophyllum and Nilssoniopteris. Palaeontographica Abt. B255: 47-77.

 

Boyd, A. (1998). The Bennettitales of the Early Cretaceous floras from West Greenland: Pseudocycas. Palaeontographica Abt. B 247:123-155.

 

Boyd, A. (1998). Cuticular and impressional angiosperm leaf remains from the Early Cretaceous floras of West Greenland. Palaeontographica Abt. B 247:1-53.

 

Boyd, A. (1998). Macroleaf biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous beds in West Greenland. Zentralblatt für Geol. Paläeon. 1996:1455-1468.

 

Boyd, A. (1994). Some limitations in using leaf physiognomic data as a precise method for determining paleoclimates with an example from the Late Cretaceous Pautût Flora of West Greenland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 112(3/4):261-278.

 

Boyd, A. (1993). Paleodepositional setting of the Late Cretaceous Pautût Flora from West Greenland as determined by sedimentological and plant taphonomic data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 103:251-280.

 

Boyd, A. (1993). Nordgrønlandske bananer. Varv 1993(1):21-24. (a popular article in Danish concerning banana-like leaves in the Early Tertiary of Greenland).

 

Boyd, A. (1992). Musopsis n. gen.: A banana-like leaf genus from the Early Tertiary of eastern North Greenland. American Journal of Botany, 79(12):1359-1367.

 

Boyd, A. (1992). Revision of the Late Cretaceous Pautût Flora from West Greenland: Gymnospermopsida (Cycadales, Cycadeoidales, Caytoniales, Ginkgoales, Coniferales). Palaeontographica Abt. B 225:105-172.

 

Boyd, A. (1991). Fossil leaves and fruits as indicators of paleotransport in a Miocene lake from Northern Idaho. Journal Sedimentary Petrology, 61(3): 269-279.

 

Boyd, A. (1990). The Thyra Ø Flora: toward an understanding of the Early Tertiary climate and vegetation in the high Arctic. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 62(3/4):189-204.

 

 

 

 

Presentations/ Abstracts

 

 

 

Boyd, A. (1999). Paleogene paleoclimate of the North Atlantic Arctic as determined by vegetation. (Abs.). In. Andreasson, F.P., Schmitz, B., and Thompson, E.I. (eds.), Early Paleogene warm climates and biosphere dynamics. Abstract Vol. Göteborg, Sweden.

 

Boyd, A. (1997). Mid-Pleistocene climate of Rhodos, Greece as indicated by leaves deposited in a marine setting (Abs.). Second European Palaeontological Congress, Vienna, Austria. Abstract Vol., p. 12.

 

Boyd, A. (1996). Preliminary plant biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous beds of West Greenland (Abs.). Fifth International Cretaceous Symposium, Freiberg, Germany. Abstract Vol., p. 13.

 

Boyd, A. (1996). Introduction to the Early Cretaceous floras of West Greenland (Abs.). Fifth Intern. Organisation Paleobot. Santa Barbara, Calif. Abstract Vol., p. 22.

 

Boyd, A, and Hoch, E. (1994) Review of the Early Tertiary vegetational development in the North Atlantic High Arctic (Abs.). 4th Argentine Congress on Paleontology and Biostratigraphy. Chubut, Argentina.

 

Boyd, A. (1993). Leaf taphonomy of the Late Cretaceous Pautût Flora from West Greenland (Abs.). 5th Annual workshop on leaf taphonomy, Liege, Belgium. Abstract Vol., p. 3.

 

Boyd, A. (1992). The bearing of the Pautût Flora on the Late Cretaceous fossil plant history in the Arctic. In: Brooks, C.K., Hoch, E., & Brantsen, A.K. (eds.) Kangerdlugssuaq Studies: Processes at a Rifted Continental Margin, III. Copenhagen Geological Museum, Copenhagen. Abstract Vol., p. 112.

 

Boyd, A. (1992). Late Cretaceous paleoclimate near the Arctic Circle as suggested by the West Greenland Pautût Flora (Abs.). In: 1992 International Conference on Arctic Margins, Anchorage, Alaska. Abstract Vol., p. 7.

 

Boyd, A. (1992). Late Cretaceous vegetational development in the Arctic as suggested by the West Greenland Pautût Flora (Abs.). In: Walliser, O.H. (ed.) Phanerozoic Global Bio-events and event-stratigraphy. Inter. Geol. Corr. Prog. 216, Göttingen, Germany. Abstract Vol., p. 18-19.

 

Boyd, A. (1990). A preliminary report on the lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceous Pautût flora from West Greenland. In: Knoblock, A. (ed.), Paleofloristic and Paleoclimatic changes in the Cretaceous and Tertiary. Proceedings of the Inter. Geol. Corr. Prog. 216, Global Bioevents in Earth History, Prague, p. 91-98.

 

Boyd, A. (1989). The Late Cretaceous Pautût Flora from West Greenland: the conifers (Abs.). In: Knoblock, A. (ed.), Paleofloristic and Paleoclimatic changes in the Cretaceous and Tertiary, International Geol. Corr. Prog. 216, Global Bioevents in Earth History. Prague.

 

Boyd, A. (1989) The Late Cretaceous Pautût Flora from West Greenland (Abs.). In: Knoblock, A. (ed.), Paleofloristic and Paleoclimatic changes in the Cretaceous and Tertiary, International Geol. Corr. Prog. 216, Global Bioevents in Earth History. Prague.

 

Boyd, A. (1984). A Miocene flora from the Oviatt Creek Basin, northern Idaho. Amer. Assoc. Advancement Science, Proc. Pacific Division, Sympo. Prog. with Abs., 3(1): 32-33.