Alan John Bowden

Curator of Earth Sciences

Collections responsible for:

All of the Earth Science Collections - particularly meteorites, petrology including thin sections, micropalaeontology and the Kent's Cavern Collection.

On our site:

World Museum, Palaeontology, Rocks, Minerals, Clore Natural History Centre 

Specialist interests:

My prime interests are in meteoritics and the history behind the discipline, petrology and micropaleontology with an emphasis on benthic calcareous and agglutinating foraminifera and the role they play as indicators of environmental change in estuarine and near shore environments.  

Additional areas of interest lie in exploring the history of palaeobotany, early Mesozoic floras, the general history of geology, Palaeolithic studies and the development of Earth Science collections.

Recent  key publications:

McCall, G.J.H., Bowden, A.J. &  Howarth, R.J. (eds) 2006. The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections: Fireballs, Falls and Finds. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 256. 

Bowden, A.J. 2006. Meteorite Provenance and the Asteroid Connection. In McCall, G.J.H., Bowden, A.J. & Howarth, R.J. (eds) 2006. The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections: Fireballs, Falls and Finds. Geological Society, London, 256. 

Bowden, A.J., Burek, C.V. & Wilding, R. (eds) 2005. History of Palaeobotany: Selected Essays. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 241.  304pp.

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Postal Address:

World Museum
William Brown Street
Liverpool
L3 8EN
England

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