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Background

Dr. Geoff Abbott has about four decades of research experience applying molecular geochemical, biogeochemical and analytical pyrolysis techniques to address major questions related to the Earth’s environment including the analysis, quantification and fate of microplastics in the marine environment as well as terrestrial soils. His research combines detailed laboratory experiments on organic geochemical processes with studies of the carbon cycle in ancient and modern environments (specifically Arctic marine sediments, northern peatlands and soils). Dr. Abbott has identified molecular components of the earliest plant fossils and is a pioneer of the mechanistic understanding of thermal biomarker transformations.

Honorary Associate Professor (University of Bristol)

Memberships

European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG);

Founding member of British Organic Geochemical Society (BOGS).

Editorships

2002 - 2023 Associate Editor for the journal Organic Geochemistry;

2008 - 2023 Associate Editor for the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology.

Grant Panel Membership

2014 - 2018 The Royal Society Research Grants Committee.

Research Interests

Dr. Geoff Abbott's major interests are in the areas of organic geochemistry, analytical pyrolysis and biogeochemistry with particular emphasis in these areas:

Carbon cycling and storage in northern peatlands, microplastics, soils, Arctic marine sediments, ancient sediments and waters.

The molecular characterisation of microplastics (referred to as technofossils in the Anthropocene). Molecular analysis and identification of the earliest land plants as well as the development and application of biomarker proxies to reconstruct past environmental and climate change when the first terrestrial plants appeared on our planet (Ordovician-Silurian-Devonian).

The fate of biomarkers (steranes, diasteranes, hopanes, aromatic steroids) in sedimentary rocks, kerogens, asphaltenes and coals.

The structure and function of asphaltenes using ultrasound spectroscopy and biomarker geochemistry.

Esteem indicators

• Member of Scientific Committee for VII EUROSOIL 2025 (Seville Spain 8-12 September 2025)
• invited Speaker at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25), Cryosphere Pavilion, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain, 6 December 2019.
• UK-Russia Arctic Science Connections Wednesday 3 June 13:30-15:30, via Zoom Exploring future collaboration on permafrost thaw in Siberia (UK-Russia Arctic Bursaries, preliminary meeting in 麻豆传媒)
• Invited Speaker at The Brazilian Critical Zone Symposium, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 15-17 April 2019. https://www.bczs.com.br/speakers
• Speaker at 21st World Congress of Soil Science, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 12-17 August 2018.Plenary speaker at 29th British Organic Geochemical Society Conference, University of Bristol 12-13 July 2018.
• Invited Keynote Speaker at 56th BSRG Annual Conference 16-19 December 2017.
• Best Poster Award to PhD student Aleksandra Svalova 28th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Florence, Italy 17-22 September 2017.
• Best Poster Award in Session on "Management effects on SOM and ecosystem services" Caio Fernandes Zani, Geoffrey Abbott, Julia Cooper, James Taylor, Elisa Lopez-Capel at 6th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter. Rothamsted Research • Harpenden (United Kingdom) 3–7 September 2017.
• Invited Speaker at Royal Society discussion meeting on "The Rhynie Chert - our earliest terrestrial ecosystem revisited", London, UK, 6-7 March 2017 Click on
• Invited Speaker at Creative Workshop - McCord Centre for Landscape, 麻豆传媒, UK, 27th May 2016.
• Speaker at 21st International Symposium on Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis, Nancy, France, 9-12 May 2016.
• Invited Speaker at Liverpool John Moores University Natural Sciences seminar series seminar series 1st April 2015.
• Speaker at 20th International Symposium on Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis, Birmingham, UK, 19-23 May 2014.
• Invited Speaker at Northumbria University Geography and Environmental Sciences seminar series 13th November 2013.
• Invited Speaker at the John Ray Society seminar series, University of Cambridge March 7th 2013.
• Plenary Speaker at 19th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Linz, Austria, 21-25 May 2012.
• Invited Speaker at the University of Amsterdam, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) seminar series, September 17th 2010.
• Co-convenor of session on "Exploring Biomolecules in Terrestrial Carbon Sinks": Goldschmidt 2010 Conference, Knoxville, USA, June 13 - 18 2010.
• Member Committee of the 15th International Humic Substances Society Meeting (IHSS15) Tenerife, Spain 27 June - 2 July 2010.
• Member of Scientific Committee and Session Chair for 18th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (PYR08), Canary Islands, Spain 18-23 May 2008.
• Invited Speaker at Trinity College Dublin, Department of Geology seminar series February 20th 2009.
• Invited Speaker at 18th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (PYR08), Canary Islands, Spain 18-23 May 2008.
• Speaker at 17th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Pyrolysis 2006) conference in Budapest, Hungary 21-26 May 2006.
• Session Chair (the Analytical Pyrolysis of Soil and Natural Organic Matter session) at the 17th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Pyrolysis 2006) conference in Budapest, Hungary 21-26 May 2006.
• Speaker at the Society of Organic Petrology (19th meeting) with the Canadian Society for Coal and Organic Petrology CSCOP-TSOP 2002, Banff, Canada 31 August - 4 September 2002.
• Speaker at 223rd American Chemical Society, Orlando, USA 7-11 April 2002. Speaker at the 10th Goldschmidt Conference, Oxford, UK 3-8 September 2000.
• Keynote Speaker at the 2nd Symposium on Biological Chirality (under the auspices of the European Peptide Society)Szeged, Hungary 27-31 August 2000.
• Convenor of an international meeting on ‘biomass pyrolysis’ held in Norway 26-27 November1998. Reviewer for many international funding agencies including the NSF.
• External Examiner for Chemistry and associated programmes at the University of Plymouth (2002 - 2006). Coordinator for the Marie Curie RTN in Biogeochemistry at 麻豆传媒.
• Invited Speaker at Pyrolysis 2013 seminar CDS Analytical Inc. (based in Oxford Pennsylvania USA) at Analytix, Boldon Business Park, Tyne & Wear UK 22nd October 2013

Funding

Current funding includes:

1) NERC Grant Award: Lost at Sea - where are all the tyre particles? (TYRE-LOSS)

Principal Investigator:

Dr G Abbott, 麻豆传媒, School of Natural & Environmental Sciences

Microplastics are small pieces of plastic debris (<5 mm but most lie in the micron scale) so can only be identified and quantified by chemical methods and we use pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py/GC-MS) at 麻豆传媒. These microplastics have accumulated either because of the fragmentation of larger items of plastic in the environment or have entered the environment directly as particles of less than 5 mm. It is widely accepted that microplastic contamination is widespread and increasing. Recent reports indicate that associated negative consequences could become widespread within the next 50 – 100 years unless current rates of contamination are reduced. It has been suggested that microplastics generated during use, for example from the wear of tyre tread are potentially major sources of microplastic emissions, yet empirical evidence on their pathways to the environment are lacking. The principal aims of this study were therefore to investigate the sources and pathways of tyre wear contamination to the marine environment. Some data exist on the sources of synthetic fibres, and it is clear they are widely distributed in the marine environment. However there is hardly any empirical data on the source and distribution of tyre wear particles, and for that reason much of our environmental sampling was focused around roadways.

Period of Award:

18 Oct 2021 - 15 Jun 2026

Value:

£97,289

NERC Reference:

NE/V001531/1

Grant Stage:

Awaiting Event/Action

Scheme:

Standard Grant FEC

Grant Status:

Active

2) The Changing Arctic Ocean Seafloor (ChAOS) - how changing sea ice conditions impact biological communities, biogeochemical processes and ecosystems

https://www.changing-arctic-ocean.ac.uk/project/chaos/people/

Principal Investigator: Dr Geoff Abbott, 麻豆传媒, Grant held at: 麻豆传媒, Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NERC Reference: NE/P00637X/1

Period of Award: 1 Feb 2017 - 4 Jan 2025

Scheme: Directed (Research Programmes) Value: £402,643

Programme: Changing Arctic Ocean Abstract: ChAOS will quantify the effect of changing sea ice cover on organic matter quality, benthic biodiversity, biological transformations of carbon and nutrient pools, and resulting ecosystem function at the Arctic Ocean seafloor. We will achieve this by determining the amount, source, and bioavailability of organic matter (OM) and associated nutrients exported to the Arctic seafloor; its consumption, transformation, and cycling through the benthic food chain; and its eventual burial or recycling back into the water column. We will study these coupled biological and biogeochemical processes by combining (i) a detailed study of representative Arctic shelf sea habitats that intersect the ice edge, with (ii) broad-scale in situ validation studies and shipboard experiments, (iii) manipulative laboratory experiments that will identify causal relationships and mechanisms,(iv) analyses of highly spatially and temporally resolved data obtained by the Canadian, Norwegian and German Arctic programmes to establish generality, and (v) we will integrate new understanding of controls and effects on biodiversity, biogeochemical pathways and nutrient cycles into modelling approaches to explore how changes in Arctic sea ice alter ecosystems at regional scales. We will focus on parts of the Arctic Ocean where drastic changes in sea ice cover are the main environmental control, e.g., the Barents Sea of the changing Arctic Ocean.

Grant Status:

Active

3) Identification and quantification of tyre tread microplastics by Py-GC/MS around UK highways.

£70,000 funded by Highways England and sub-contracted to 麻豆传媒 by the University of Plymouth. 2020-2023.

4) Investigating the sources and pathways of synthetic fibre and vehicle tyre wear contamination into the marine environment. £30,000 funded by Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the University of Plymouth. Report published in 2020 DEFRA project code ME5435. 2018-2019.

5) Effects of changing climate on a northern peatland: greenhouse gas sink or source?

Principal Investigator: Dr. Geoff Abbott, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Funded by EPSRC and British Geological Survey (BGS) Value: ~ £80,000

Period of award: 1 October 2014 - 1 October 2021

Summary: Northern peatlands currently store approximately one-third of the global terrestrial carbon and therefore play a significant role in the carbon cycle. An important question is which of the following two types of feedback to climate warming is occurring: positive feedback (acceleration of peat decay) or a negative feedback (an increase in carbon sequestration rate). This project will focus on the peatland at Butterburn Flow that is situated within the catchment of the River Irthing which flows through Cumberland and discharges into the Solway Firth.

The aim of this project is to test whether fluctuations in water table will significantly affect the carbon stocks within this peatland. We hypothesise that 'bound' Sphagnum phenolics which inhibit microbial decomposition will be stabilised in peat exposed to a wetter climate, however they will be gradually stripped away in peats exposed to a drier or more variable climate. It is then probable that rewetting will lead to further decomposition and the release of greenhouse gases. This hypothesis will be tested by exploring water table fluctuations, using self-logging pressure transducers measuring the densities and organic carbon contents in the unsaturated, seasonally and permanently saturated layers of the peatexploring the molecular compositions of the peat using tetramethlyammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysisTo date, the pressure transducers have been installed to continuously monitor water table fluctuations. Peat cores have also been collected and are awaiting analysis. Sphagnum peat may be sensitive to fluctuations in the water table caused by a changing climate.

6) Unravelling the evolutionary significance of non-lignin cell wall-bound phenolics: a multi-experimental analysis of fern sclerenchyma tissues. 

Funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) Value ~ £5000. Period of award 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019. Collaboration with Dr. Olivier Leroux (University of Ghent, Belgium).

Ferns may develop two types of sclerenchyma: a lignified and a non-lignified type. Robust evidence for the absence of lignin was obtained through whole cell-wall-NMR, a powerful technique that has somewhat revolutionized plant cell wall analysis as it is performed on whole material without the need for fractionation or component isolation. Complementary nano-indentation experiments, which revealed that both types of sclerenchyma had similar hardness properties, offered strong proof that lignin is indeed not a prerequisite to form rigid sclerenchyma tissues. Detailed glycan analyses (i.e. immunocytochemistry and polysaccharide analysis through carbohydrate gel electrophoresis) further showed that both types of sclerenchyma had distinct hemicellulose fractions as only lignified sclerenchyma was shown to contain xylans.

7) Ultrasonic spectrometry of asphaltene aggregation in water-in-oil emulsions

Principal Investigator: Dr. G Abbott

Funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) & British Geological Survey (BGS) Value: £100,000Period of award: 1 October 2014 - 1 March 2018

This project investigates aggregation of asphaltene in water-in-crude oil emulsions using ultrasonic characterisation. This work is part of the NERC CDT in Oil and Gas in collaboration with 19 UK educational institutions as well as industrial partners. Oil spills can occur due to natural and man-made causes and efficient clean up practices are essential for environmental sustainability. Crude oil is a mixture of different fractions of which asphaltene is the heaviest. It is believed that it is the aggregation of asphaltene around water droplets which makes the water-in-oil emulsions very viscous and difficult to remove.

Although asphaltene characterisation has attracted academic and industrial interest for over 30 years many questions remain to be answered with confidence. This includes the concentration at which asphaltene aggregation occurs and the impact of crude oil geochemistry on the aggregation behaviour. The project has the privilege of combining expertise in organic geochemistry, acoustics and mathematical/statistical modelling in order to propose answers to these questions from a new perspective. This multi-disciplinary work also enables the wide-range of analytical and computational tools.

Examples of previous funding include:

8) Geochemical control of organic matter turnover in peatlands: Long term security or short term vulnerability of a major carbon store?

Dr Geoff Abbott (with Belyea (Queen Mary) and Cowie (Edinburgh)

NERC NE/E004709/1

2008-2011, £566,834

Peatlands cover vast areas of the world - around 4 million square kilometres - and store about as much carbon as do the living plants in tropical rainforests. For the past 5,000-10,000 years, the plants living on peatlands have been fixing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it as dead plant matter - "peat". In a future warmer, and possibly drier, climate, this stored carbon could be respired back to the atmosphere or leached into rivers. Will increased temperatures and decreased rainfall lead to rapid loss of the peatland carbon store? If so, then the extra carbon released from peatlands could enhance "greenhouse" warming further, leading to a runaway positive feedback on global climate. Or will rapid climate change trigger a shift to peatland types that accumulate peat (and store carbon) at a faster rate than present-day peatlands? If the latter, then peatlands could buffer further climate change.

9) Lignin in the soil-water continuum. Funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) & Rothamsted Research

Dr. Geoff Abbott (with Dr JAJ Dungait & Dr. R. Bol, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke Research Period of Award: 1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2013

NERC Award Type: DTG - Directed Value: £67,772

10) Carbon turnover in forest and grassland soils – will global warming turn carbon sinks into sources?

Dr. Geoff Abbott (with Dr. M. Perks (Northern Research Station) and Dr. E Vanguelova (Alice Holt Lodge) both from Forest Research (Forestry Commission))

Period of award: 1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2012

NERC Award Type: DTG - Directed Value: ~ £70,000

11) Molecular organic geochemistry and controls on facies architecture – a case study from N. African rocks (Ordovician of northern Gondwana).

Funded by ENI

2nd supervisor Dr. Geoff Abbott. 1st Supervisor Dr. H. Armstrong (Durham University) Funded by ENI (Italy)

12) Molecular characterization of DOC from peat waters. 2nd supervisor

Dr. Geoff Abbott. 1st Supervisor Dr. G. Cowie (Edinburgh University) Funded by NERC

13) Structure and function of asphaltenes. Dr. Geoff Abbott.

Funded by PTDF (Nigeria)

Period of award: 1 May 2010 - 30 Sep 2014

Postgraduate and postdoctoral supervision

I am always interested in discussing opportunities for postgraduate and postdoctoral study within my group. Funding can be secured from a variety of sources, including an annual competition for research council funding.

Geoff teaches the following modules:

CEG3606: Biogeochemistry - Module Leader 20 credits 

CEG1601: Earth System Science - Module Leader 10 credits

GEG 3699 BSc Earth Sciences Project and Dissertation

CEG 8696 MSc Environmental Consultancy Project and Dissertation

• Articles

  • Woodhouse C, Lindeque PK, Galloway T, Abbott GD, Cole M. . Environmental Science & Technology 2025, 59(34), 18259-18271.
  • Parker-Jurd FNF, Abbott GD, Conley DC, Xavier CM, Thompson RC. . Marine Pollution Bulletin 2025, 214, 117811.
  • McCoy J, Gibson ME, Hocking EP, OKeefe JMK, Riding JB, Roberts R, Campbell S, Abbott GD, Pound MJ. . Palaeontologia Electronica 2024, 27(2), a43.
  • Saitta ET, Vinther J, Crisp MK, Abbott GD, Wheeler L, Presslee S, Kaye TG, Bull I, Fletcher I, Chen X, Vidal D, Sanguino F, Buscalioni AD, Calvo J, Sereno PC, Baumgart SL, Pittman M, Collins MJ, Sakalauskaite J, Mackie M, Dal Bello F, Dickinson MR, Stevenson MA, Donohoe P, Heck PR, Demarchi BEH, Penkman K. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2024, 365, 1-20.
  • Parker-Jurd FNF, Abbott GD, Guthery B, Parker-Jurd GMC, Thompson RC. . Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2024, 31, 26675-26685.
  • Stevenson MA, Airs RL, Abbott GD. . Environmental Research Letters 2023, 18(11), 114046.
  • Killops SD, Abbott GD, Peakman TM. . Chemical Geology 2023, 638, 121714.
  • Zani CF, Abdalla M, Abbott GD, Taylor JA, Galdos MV, Cooper JM, Lopez-Capel E. . Agronomy 2023, 13(4), 1093.
  • Reed EY, Vane CH, Abbott GD. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2023, 172, 106008.
  • Zani CF, Manning DAC, Abbott GD, Taylor JA, Cooper J, Lopez-Capel E. . Frontiers in Environmental Science 2023, 11, 1113026.
  • Killops SD, Abbott GD. . Chemical Geology 2022, 607, 121014.
  • Fernandes Zani C, Lopez-Capel E, Abbott GD, Taylor JA, Cooper JM. . Soil Use and Management 2022, 38(1), 448-465.
  • Marz C, Freitas F, Faust J, Godbold J, Henley S, Tessin A, Abbott GD, Arndt S, Barnes D, Grange L, Gray N, Head I, Hendry K, Hilton R, Reed A, Rhul S, Souster T, Solan M, Stevenson M, Tait K, Widdicombe S. . Ambio 2022, 51, 370-382.
  • Edgar JO, Gilmour K, White ML, Abbott GD, Telling J. . Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2022, 579, 117361.
  • Boothroyd IM, Worrall F, Moody CS, Clay GD, Abbott GD, Rose R. . Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 2021, 126(8), e2021JG006435.
  • Parker-Jurd FNF, Napper IE, Abbott GD, Hann S, Thompson RC. . Marine Pollution Bulletin 2021, 172, 112897.
  • Zani Caio, Gowing John, Abbott Geoffrey, Taylor James, Lopez-Capel Elisa, Cooper Julia. . European Journal of Soil Science 2021, 72(4), 1513-1529.
  • Svalova A, Walshaw D, Lee C, Demyanov V, Parker NG, Povey MJ, Abbott GD. . Scientific Reports 2021, 11(1), 6698.
  • Black JE, Wagner T, Abbott GD. . Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2021, 4, 629600.
  • Stevenson MA, Faust JC, Andrade LL, Freitas FS, Gray ND, Tait K, Hendry KR, Hilton RG, Henley SF, Tessin A, Leary P, Papadaki S, Ford A, März C, Abbott GD. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2020, 378(2181), 20200223.
  • Faust JC, Stevenson MA, Abbott GD, Knies J, Tessin A, Mannion I, Ford A, Hilton R, Peakall J, März C. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2020, 378(2181), 20190364.
  • Freitas FS, Hendry KR, Henley SF, Faust JC, Tessin AC, Stevenson MA, Abbott GD, März C, Arndt S. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2020, 378(2181), 20190359.
  • Stevenson MA, Abbott GD. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2019, 140, 102-111.
  • Saitta ET, Liang R, Lau MCY, Brown CM, Longrich NR, Kaye TG, Novak BJ, Salzberg SL, Norell MA, Abbott GD, Dickinson MR, Vinther J, Bull ID, Brooker RA, Martin P, Donohoe P, Knowles TDJ, Penkman KEH, Onstott T. . eLife 2019, 8, e46205.
  • Saittaa ET, Fletcher I, Martin P, Pittman M, Kaye TG, True LD, Norell MA, Abbott GD, Summons RE, Penkman K, Vinther J. . Organic Geochemistry 2018, 125, 142-151.
  • Pape E, Gill FL, Newton RJ, Little CTS, Abbott GD. . Chemical Geology 2018, 493, 87-99.
  • Abbott GD, Fletcher IW, Tardio S, Hack E. . Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences 2018, 373(1739), 20160499.
  • Saitta ET, Rogers C, Brooker RA, Abbott GD, Kumar S, O'Reilly SS, Donohoe P, Dutta S, Summons RE, Vinther J. . Palaeontology 2017, 60(4), 547-556.
  • Svalova A, Parker NG, Povey MJW, Abbott GD. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 16125.
  • Pinder AP, Panter I, Abbott GD, Keely BJ. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 13697.
  • Purvis G, Gray N, Sano N, Barlow A, Cockell C, Abbott GD, van der Land C, Cumpson P. . Chemical Geology 2017, 466, 256-262.
  • Sano N, Purvis GWH, Barlow AJ, Abbott GD, Gray NND, Cumpson PJ. . Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology 2016, 34(4), 041405.
  • Williams JS, Dungait JAJ, Bol R, Abbott GD. . Plant and Soil 2016, 399(1-2), 13-27.
  • Williams JS, Dungait JAJ, Bol R, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 2016, 102, 45-51.
  • Schellekens J, Bradley JA, Kuyper TW, Fraga I, Pontevedra-Pombal X, Vidal-Torrado P, Abbott GD, Buurman P. . Quaternary Science Reviews 2015, 123, 254-264.
  • Schellekens J, Bindler R, Martínez-Cortizas A, McClymont EL, Abbott GD, Biester H, Pontevedra-Pombal X, Burrman P. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2015, 150, 74-89.
  • Schellekens J, Buurman P, Kuyper TW, Abbott GD, Pontevedra-Pombal X, Martínez-Cortizas A. . Geoderma 2015, 237-238, 270-282.
  • Muhammad AB, Abbott GD. . International Journal of Coal Geology 2013, 107, 90-95.
  • Swain EY, Abbott GD. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2013, 103, 2-7.
  • Schlichting A, Rimmer DL, Eckhardt K-U, Heumann S, Abbott GD, Leinweber P. . Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2013, 58, 16-26.
  • Heumann S, Rimmer DL, Schlichting A, Abbott GD, Leinweber P, Böttcher J. . Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 2013, 176(1), 35-39.
  • Abbott GD, Swain EY, Muhammad AB, Allton K, Belyea LR, Laing CG, Cowie GL. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2013, 106, 177-191.
  • Abbott GD, Povey MJW. . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2012, 42(1), 012022.
  • Mason SL, Filley TR, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 2012, 42(12), 1519-1528.
  • Rimmer DL, Abbott GD. . European Journal of Soil Science 2011, 62(2), 285-294.
  • Swain EY, Perks MP, Vanguelova EI, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 2010, 41(9), 1022-1025.
  • Mason SL, Filley TR, Abbott GD. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2009, 85(1-2), 417-425.
  • Armstrong HA, Abbott GD, Turner BR, Makhlouf IM, Muhammad AB, Pedentchouk N, Peters H. . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2009, 273(3-4), 368-377.
  • Robertson S, Mason S, Hack E, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 2008, 39(8), 945-951.
  • Lopez-Capel E, Abbott GD, Thomas KM, Manning DAC. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2006, 75(2), 82-89.
  • Sugden MA, van Duin ACT, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 2004, 35(11-12), 1337-1341.
  • Sugden MA, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 2002, 33(12), 1515-1521.
  • Drage TC, Vane CH, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 2002, 33(12), 1523-1531.
  • Abbott GD, Drage TC, Vane CH. . Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 2002, 223, U595.
  • Vane CH, Abbott GD, Head IM. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2001, 60(1), 69-78.
  • Abbott GD, Bashir FZ, Sugden MA. . Chirality 2001, 13(8), 510-516.
  • Vane CH, Martin SC, Snape CE, Abbott GD. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2001, 49(6), 2709-2716.
  • Vane CH, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 1999, 30(12), 1535-1541.
  • Stern B, Abbott GD, Collins MJ, Armstrong HA. . Ancient Biomolecules 1999, 2, 321-334.
  • Bennett B, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 1999, 30(12), 1509-1516.
  • Abbott GD, Ewbank G, Edwards D, Wang GY. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1998, 62(8), 1407-1418.
  • Edwards D, Ewbank G, Abbott GD. . Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society 1997, 124(4), 345-360.
  • Ewbank G, Edwards D, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 1996, 25(8), 461-473.
  • Bishop AN, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 1995, 22(1), 165-177.
  • Abbott GD, Bennett B, Petch GS. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1995, 59(11), 2259-2264.
  • Ewbank G, Manning DAC, Abbott GD. . Journal of The Geological Society 1995, 152(5), 751-765.
  • Stott AW, Abbott GD. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 1995, 31, 227-237.
  • Bishop AN, Abbott GD. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1993, 57(15), 3661-3668.
  • Ewbank G, Manning DAC, Abbott GD. . Organic Geochemistry 1993, 20(5), 579-598.
  • Abbott GD, Petch GS, Wang GY. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1992, 56(1), 535-536.
  • Cusack M, Curry G, Clegg H, Abbott GD. . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 1992, 102(1), 93-95.
  • Curry GB, Cusack M, Walton D, Endo K, Clegg H, Abbott GD, Armstrong H. . Proceedings of The Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences 1991, 333(1268), 359-366.
  • Abbott GD, Wang GY, Home AK, Petch GS. . Abstracts of Papers of The American Chemical Society 1990, 199, 62-GEOC.
  • Abbott GD, Wang GY, Eglinton TI, Home AK, Petch GS. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1990, 54(9), 2451-2461.
  • Abbott GD, Maxwell JR. . Organic Geochemistry 1988, 13(4-6), 881-885.
  • Abbott GD, Lewis CA, Maxwell JR. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A 1985, 315(1531), 107-122.
  • Abbott GD, Lewis CA, Maxwell JR. . Nature 1985, 318(6047), 651-653.
  • Abbott GD, Lewis CA, Maxwell JR. . Organic Geochemistry 1984, 6, 31-38.
  • Abbott GD, Dyke J, Phillips D, Sime ME. . Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2: Molecular and Chemical Physics 1982, 78, 1971-1980.
  • Abbott GD, Chewter L, O'Connor DV, Phillips D. . Journal of Photochemistry 1981, 17(1), 186.
  • Abbott GD, O'Connor DV, Phillips D. . Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases 1981, 77(6), 1381-1392.
  • Hirayama S, Abbott GD, Phillips D. . Chemical Physics Letters 1978, 56(3), 497-499.
  • Abbott GD, Cureton CG, Hara K, Hirayama S, Phillips D. . Journal of Photochemistry 1978, 9(2), 260-262.
  • Abbott GD, Phillips D. . Molecular Photochemistry 1977, 8, 289-309.

• Book Chapters

  • Abbott GD, Bashir FZ. . In: Hueglin, S; Gramsch, A; Seppanen, L, ed. Petrifaction Processes in Matter and Society. Cham: Springer, 2021, pp.45-52.
  • Brincat D, Abbott GD. . In: Isaacs CM; Rullkoetter J, ed. The Monterey Formation: From rocks to molecules. Columbia University Press, 2001, pp.140-149.
  • Abbott GD, Stott AW. . In: Palyi G; Zucchi C; Caglioti L, ed. Advances in BioChirality. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1999, pp.231-246.
  • Edwards D, Abbott GD, Raven JA. . In: Kerstiens G, ed. Plant Cuticles: An Integrated Functional Approach. Oxford: BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd, 1996, pp.1-31.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Boothroyd I, Worrall F, Abbott G, Moody C, Clay G, Rose R. . In: EGU General Assembly 2020. 2020, Copernicus GmbH.
  • Murty C, Abbott GD. . In: 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry. 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden: European Association of Organic Geochemists.
  • Freitas FS, Stevenson MA, Abbott GD, Hilton R, Henley S, Faust J, Tessin A, März C, Solan M, Hendry K, Arndt S. . In: 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry. 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden: European Association of Organic Geochemists.
  • Stevenson MA, Abbott GD. . In: 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry. 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Svalova A, Abbott G, Parker N, Vane C. . In: Petroleum Geostatistics 2015. 2015, Biarritz, France: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE.
  • Black JE, Abbott GD, Wagner T. . In: 20th World Congress of Soil Science. 2014, Jeju, Korea: Korean Society of Soil Sciences And Fertilizer.
  • Bradley J, Swain EY, Abbott GD. . In: 20th World Congress of Soil Science. 2014, Korean Society of Soil Sciences And Fertilizer.
  • Abbott GD, Povey MJW. . In: International Symposium of Ultrasound in the Control of Industrial Processes (UCIP). 2012, Madrid, Spain: IOP Publishing.
  • Abbott GD, Povey MJW. . In: Chemistry in the Oil Industry XII - Innovative Chemistry - Value, Risks and Rewards. 2011, Welywyn Garden City: Royal Society of Chemistry.
  • Swain E, Muhammad A, Belyea L, Laing C, Cowie G, Filley T, Abbott G. . In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: Goldschmidt 2010: Earth, Energy, and the Environment. 2010, Knoxville Tennessee, USA: Pergamon.
  • Whyte JM, Sugden MA, Abbott GD, Metcalfe AV, Pearce CEM. . In: Advances in Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas (SCRA2001-FIM VIII, Wollogong Conference). 2002, University of Wollongong, Australia: World Scientific Publishing: River Edge, NJ.
  • Vane CH, Abbott GD, Head IM. . In: Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society. 1996.
  • Ewbank G, Edwards D, Abbott GD. . In: Biomolecular Palaeontology, Lyell Meeting Volume. 1994, London: Natural Environment Research Council.

• Editorials

  • Barth T, Abbot GD. . Organic Geochemistry 1999, 30(12), 1477-1478.
  • Ewbank G, Manning DAC, Abbott GD. . Journal of The Geological Society 1996, 153(4), 654-656.

• Notes

  • Abbott GD, Petch GS, Wang GY. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1992, 56(1), 535-536.
  • Beach F, Peakman TM, Abbott GD, Sleeman R, Maxwell JR. . Organic Geochemistry 1989, 14(1), 109-111.

• Reports

  • Phoenix G, Harding M, Hartley I, Lancastle L, Murton J, Parker T, Rutter N, Street L, Abbott G, Barr I, de la Barreda-Bautista B, Belcher A, Burke E, Cameron K, Chaturvedi V, Clarkson A, Convey P, Crouch J, Dalrymple S, Dasari S, Dutch V, Hilton B, Hirst C, Hole G, Kerby J, Keskitalo K, Lim M, Macias-Fauria M, Mayfield R, Palmer P, Pearce D, Peck L, Robinson C, Sjögersten S, van Soest M, Streeter R, Sulikova S, Swainston O, Wookey P. . NERC Arctic Office, 2026.
  • Parker-Jurd FNF, Napper IE, Abbott GD, Hann S, Wright SL, Thompson RC. . London: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, 2020. Report prepared for DEFRA (project code ME5435).

• Working Papers

  • Saitta ET, Vinther J, Crisp MK, Abbott GD, Kaye TG, Pittman M, Bull I, Fletcher I, Chen X, Collins MJ, Sakalauskaite J, Mackie M, DalBello F, Dickinson MR, Stevenson MA, Donohoe P, Heck PR, Demarchi B, Penkman KEH. . bioRxiv 2020, 129999.
  • Saitta ET, Liang R, Lau CY, Brown CM, Longrich NR, Kaye TG, Novak BJ, Salzberg S, Donohoe P, Dickinson M, Vinther J, Bull ID, Brooker RA, Martin P, Abbott GD, Knowles TDJ, Penkman K, Onstott TC. . bioRxiv 2018, 400176.