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Biography
John Backhouse has worked as a palynologist since 1970 after joining the Geological Survey of Western Australia in 1968. At the Survey he principally analysed Jurassic and Cretaceous samples from hydrogeological exploration boreholes in the Perth Basin and completed a palynological study of the Permian Collie Coalfield. He joined UWA in 1998 to undertake a study of the Late Triassic of the Goodwyn-Rankin fields. He also commenced consulting work on petroleum and mining exploration in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. His principal current interests are Cretaceous biostratigraphy and dinoflagellate cyst taxonomy.
Research expertise keywords
- Biostratigraphy, micropalaeontology
- Marine geology
- Palaeontology
- Palynology, palaeobotany
- Petroleum geology
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Palynology from the Foura Sandstone type section, Timor-Leste, and late Ladinian-Carnian (Middle-Upper Triassic) vegetation reconstructions from NW Australia
Peyrot, D., Keep, M., Haig, D., Mantle, D. J., Baillie, P., Mory, A., Soares, J., Scibiorski, J. & Backhouse, J., Jul 2025, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynoloby. 338, 20 p., 105346.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Applying integrated Triassic biostratigraphy in Timor-Leste to unlock an under-sampled Gondwanan sector of the Tethys puzzle
McCartain, E., Orchard, M. J., Mantle, D., Haig, D. W., Bertinelli, A., Chiari, M., Ferreira, F. S., dos Santos, Z., Backhouse, J., Taylor, B. A., Barros, I. S., de Araujo, B. N., de Araujo, A., Boavida, N., Peyrot, D. & Rigo, M., 15 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 265, 106052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Early Permian zircon ages from the P. confluens and P. pseudoreticulata spore-pollen zones in the southern Bonaparte and Canning basins, Northwestern Australia
Mory, A. J., Crowley, J., Backhouse, J., Nicoll, R. S. & Gorter, J. D., 22 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 70, 4, p. 494-509 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
The greening of Western Australian landscapes: the Phanerozoic plant record
Peyrot, D., Playford, G., Mantle, D. J., Backhouse, J., Milne, L., Carpenter, R. J., Foster, C., Mory, A., McLoughlin, S., Vitacca, J., Scibiorski, J., Mack, C. L. & Bevan, J., 1 Nov 2019, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 102, p. 52–82 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access21 Citations (Scopus) -
Apparent conflicting Roadian–Wordian (middle Permian) CA-IDTIMS and palynology ages from the Canning Basin, Western Australia
Mory, A. J., Crowley, J. L., Backhouse, J., Nicoll, R. S., Bryan, S. E., López Martínez, M. & Mantle, D. J., 3 Oct 2017, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 64, 7, p. 889-901 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
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Frequency and lateral extent of marine biostratigraphic events on a cretaceous passive continental margin
Haig, D. (Chief Investigator), Howe, R. (Chief Investigator) & Backhouse, J. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/01 → 31/12/03
Project: Research
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Triassic palynostratigraphy of the Dampier Sub-Basin
Haig, D. (Chief Investigator), Balme, B. (Chief Investigator) & Backhouse, J. (Chief Investigator)
Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia
1/01/98 → 31/12/99
Project: Research