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Beris Cox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 August 1948 London, England |
| Died | 19 February 2023 (aged 74) |
| Alma mater | Swansea University University of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, stratigraphy, palæontology |
| Institutions | British Geological Survey (BGS) |
Beris Mary Cox (2 August 1948 – 19 February 2023) was a British biostratigrapher and palaeontologist.[1] She specialised in Jurassic era invertebrate macrofaunas, particularly ammonites, in the context of biozonization and chronostratigraphy.
Biography
[edit]Cox was born in London, England. She studied geology at the University of Wales, Swansea, graduating in 1969, and later completed her PhD, awarded by University of London, in 1981.[2][3] She researched Callovian perisphinctid ammonites for her thesis.[4]
In 1969, Cox was appointed to the role of palaeontologist by the Institute of Geological Sciences (IGS), later known as the British Geological Survey (BGS),[3][5] and was one of the first women to be appointed to the scientific grades of that organisation.
Cox was a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a Chartered Geologist, and was also a council member of the Palaeontological Association and editor of their journal Palaeontology until 1999. She was a council member of the Palaeontographical Society and editor of their Monographs 2008-2018, and was their Vice-President from 2015 until 2017. She was also a council member and Indoor Meetings Secretary for the East Midlands Geological Society 2001-2008, and was a council member and Treasurer of the Geological Society's History of Geology Group (HOGG)[2] and editor of HOGG Newsletter 2007-2019. She was also a member of the Geological Curators' Group, the Geologists' Association and Yorkshire Geological Society.[citation needed]
Some of Cox's most notable scholarly papers introduced the concept of bed recognition and regional correlation in Jurassic mudstones by combining palaeontological, lithological, and sedimentological approaches.[2] She contributed to over 70 publications during her career, including numerous British Geological Survey reports and Memoirs, as well as Unlocking the Stratigraphical Record: Advances in Modern Stratigraphy.[6] She co-authored the Geological Conservation Review volumes on British Middle[7] and Upper[8] Jurassic stratigraphy.
References
[edit]- ↑ Directory of Paleontologists of the World. International Paleontological Association. 1989. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9622577-0-4.
- 1 2 3 Thomas, Joanna (2023). "Beris Mary Cox (1948 – 2023)". The Geological Society of London. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- 1 2 Burek, C. V.; Higgs, B. M. (18 March 2021). Celebrating 100 Years of Female Fellowship of the Geological Society: Discovering Forgotten Histories. Geological Society of London. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-78620-496-7.
- ↑ Cox, B. M. (31 December 1986). "English Callovian (Middle Jurassic) Perisphinctid Ammonites". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 140 (575): 1–59. Bibcode:1986MPalS.140....1C. doi:10.1080/25761900.2022.12131759. ISSN 0269-3445.
- ↑ Rod Bowie, Records Centre Manager, National Geological Records Centre, British Geological Survey, Keyworth (January 1995). "Freedom and Equality-Women in Geology Archived 20 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine." Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 97 (1). British Geological Survey, Natural Environment Research Council: 117–125. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.097.01.15. S2CID 129574405.
- ↑ Doyle, Peter; Bennett, Matthew R. (6 March 1998). Unlocking the Stratigraphical Record: Advances in Modern Stratigraphy. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-97463-5.
- ↑ Cox, B.M.; Sumbler, M.G. (2002). British Middle Jurassic Stratigraphy (PDF). Geological Conservation Review Series No 26. 508pp. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ Wright, J.K.; Cox, B.M. (2001). British Upper Jurassic Stratigraphy (Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) (PDF). Geological Conservation Review Series No 21. 266p. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.