Journal Articles
Haywood, A.M., Tindall, J.C., Burton, L.E., Chandler, M.A., Dolan, A.M., Dowsett, H.J., Feng, R., Fletcher, T.L., Foley, K.M., Hill, D.J., Hunter, S.J., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Lunt, D.J., Robinson, M.M., Salzmann, U., 2023. Pliocene model intercomparison project Phase 3 (PlioMIP3) – Science plan and experimental design. Global and Planetary Change, 104316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104316
Su J, Liu Z, Wang W, Jiao K, Yu Y, Li K, Lü Q, Fletcher TL. 2023. Evaluation of the Spatial Distribution of Predictors of Fire Regimes in China from 2003 to 2016. Remote Sensing 15(20): 4946. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15204946
Tindall, J., Haywood, A., Salzmann, U., Dolan, A., Fletcher, T. 2022. The Warm Winter Paradox in the Pliocene Northern High Latitudes. Climate of the Past 18: 1385–1405. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1385-2022
Fletcher, T. L., Telka, A., Rybczynski, N., and Matthews, J. V., Jr, 2021, Neogene and early Pleistocene flora from Alaska and Arctic/Subarctic Canada: New data, intercontinental comparisons and correlations: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 24, no. 1, p. a07. doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1121
Ke-Wei, J., Jiang-Bo, G., Zhi-Hua, L., Shao-Hong, W., and Fletcher, T. L., 2021, Revealing climatic impacts on the temporal and spatial variation in vegetation activity across China: Sensitivity and contribution: Advances in Climate Change Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.04.006
Barendregt, R.W., Matthews J.V. Jr., Behan-Pelletier, V., Brigham-Grette, J., Fyles, J.G., Ovenden, L.E., McNeil, D.H., Brouwers, E., Marincovich, L., Fletcher, T. 2021. Biostratigraphy, age, and the paleoenvironment of the Pliocene Beaufort Formation on Meighen Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Society of America Special Publications 551: 1–39. https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE551
Fletcher, T., Warden, L., Sinninghe-Damste, J., Brown, K.J., Rybcynski, N., Gosse, J., Ballantyne, A.P. 2019. Evidence for fire in the Pliocene Arctic in response to amplified temperature. Climate of the Past 15, 1063-1081. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2018-60.
Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B, Yangyang, X., Brady, E., Fletcher, T., Ballantyne, 2019. Contributions of aerosol‐cloud interactions to mid‐Piacenzian seasonally sea ice‐free Arctic Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 9920–9929. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083960
Fletcher, T., Lepley, K., Rouini, N., Bloye, R., Tremarelli, C., Peña, K., Meko, D., Touchan, R. 2019. Two reconstructions of August–July precipitation for central northern Arizona from tree-rings, Tree-Ring Research. 75:116-126. https://doi.org/10.3959/TRR2018-7
Fletcher, T., Csank, A., Ballantyne, A.P. 2019. Identifying bias in cold season temperature reconstructions by beetle mutual climatic range methods in the Pliocene Canadian High Arctic, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 514, 672-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.025
Feng, R., Otto‐Bliesner, B. L., Xu, Y., Brady, E., Fletcher, T., and Ballantyne, A., 2019, Contributions of aerosol‐cloud interactions to mid‐Piacenzian seasonally sea ice‐free Arctic Ocean: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 46, no. 16, p. 9920–9929. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl083960
Fletcher, T., Moss, P., Salisbury, S. W. 2018. Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia, PeerJ, 6:e5513. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5513
Fletcher, T., Feng, R., Telka, A. M., Matthews, J.V. and Ballantyne A. B. 2017. Floral dissimilarity and the influence of climate in the Pliocene High Arctic: Biotic and abiotic influences on five sites on the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Paleoecology, 5, 19, 113. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00019
Gosse, J.C., Ballantyne, A.P., Barker, J.D., Csank, A.Z., Fletcher, T.L., Grant, G.W., Greenwood, D.R., MacPhee, R.D. and Rybczynski, N. 2017. PoLAR-FIT: Pliocene Landscapes and Arctic Remains—Frozen in Time. Geoscience Canada 44, 4754.
https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2017.44.116
Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B, Fletcher, T., Tabor, C., Ballantyne, A. and Brady, E. 2017. Amplified Late Pliocene terrestrial warmth in northern high latitudes from greater radiative forcing and closed Arctic Ocean gateways, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 466, 129138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.006.
Fletcher, T.L., Moss, P.T. and Salisbury, S.W. 2015. Wood growth indices as climate indicators from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, Australia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 417, 35–43.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.012
Fletcher, T.L., Greenwood, D.R., Moss, P.T. and Salisbury, S.W. 2014. Palaeoclimate of the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia: new observations based on CLAMP and Bioclimatic Analysis. Palaios 29, 121–128. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2013.080
Fletcher, T.L., Cantrill, D.J., Moss, P.T. and Salisbury, S.W. 2014. A new species of Protophyllocladoxylon from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 208, 43–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.05.004
Fletcher, T.L. and Salisbury, S.W. 2014. Probable oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) tunnels and faecal pellets in silicified conifer wood from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia. Alcheringa 38, 541–545. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2014.912557
Fletcher, T.L., Moss, P.T., Salisbury, S.W., 2013. Foliar physiognomic climate estimates for the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) Lark Quarry fossil flora, central-western Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 61, 575–582. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT13197
Delfino, M., Scheyer, T.M., Chesi, F., Fletcher, T.L., Gemel, R., Macdonald, S., Rabi, M. and Salisbury, S.W. 2013. Gross morphology and microstructure of type locality ossicles of Psephophorus polygonus Meyer, 1847 (Testudines, Dermochelyidae). Geological Magazine. 150, 767–782. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681200091X
Fletcher, T. and Salisbury, S. W. 2010. New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(6), 1747–1759. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2010.521929
Haywood, A.M., Tindall, J.C., Burton, L.E., Chandler, M.A., Dolan, A.M., Dowsett, H.J., Feng, R., Fletcher, T.L., Foley, K.M., Hill, D.J., Hunter, S.J., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Lunt, D.J., Robinson, M.M., Salzmann, U., 2023. Pliocene model intercomparison project Phase 3 (PlioMIP3) – Science plan and experimental design. Global and Planetary Change, 104316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104316
Su J, Liu Z, Wang W, Jiao K, Yu Y, Li K, Lü Q, Fletcher TL. 2023. Evaluation of the Spatial Distribution of Predictors of Fire Regimes in China from 2003 to 2016. Remote Sensing 15(20): 4946. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15204946
Tindall, J., Haywood, A., Salzmann, U., Dolan, A., Fletcher, T. 2022. The Warm Winter Paradox in the Pliocene Northern High Latitudes. Climate of the Past 18: 1385–1405. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1385-2022
Fletcher, T. L., Telka, A., Rybczynski, N., and Matthews, J. V., Jr, 2021, Neogene and early Pleistocene flora from Alaska and Arctic/Subarctic Canada: New data, intercontinental comparisons and correlations: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 24, no. 1, p. a07. doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1121
Ke-Wei, J., Jiang-Bo, G., Zhi-Hua, L., Shao-Hong, W., and Fletcher, T. L., 2021, Revealing climatic impacts on the temporal and spatial variation in vegetation activity across China: Sensitivity and contribution: Advances in Climate Change Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.04.006
Barendregt, R.W., Matthews J.V. Jr., Behan-Pelletier, V., Brigham-Grette, J., Fyles, J.G., Ovenden, L.E., McNeil, D.H., Brouwers, E., Marincovich, L., Fletcher, T. 2021. Biostratigraphy, age, and the paleoenvironment of the Pliocene Beaufort Formation on Meighen Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Society of America Special Publications 551: 1–39. https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE551
Fletcher, T., Warden, L., Sinninghe-Damste, J., Brown, K.J., Rybcynski, N., Gosse, J., Ballantyne, A.P. 2019. Evidence for fire in the Pliocene Arctic in response to amplified temperature. Climate of the Past 15, 1063-1081. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2018-60.
Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B, Yangyang, X., Brady, E., Fletcher, T., Ballantyne, 2019. Contributions of aerosol‐cloud interactions to mid‐Piacenzian seasonally sea ice‐free Arctic Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 9920–9929. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083960
Fletcher, T., Lepley, K., Rouini, N., Bloye, R., Tremarelli, C., Peña, K., Meko, D., Touchan, R. 2019. Two reconstructions of August–July precipitation for central northern Arizona from tree-rings, Tree-Ring Research. 75:116-126. https://doi.org/10.3959/TRR2018-7
Fletcher, T., Csank, A., Ballantyne, A.P. 2019. Identifying bias in cold season temperature reconstructions by beetle mutual climatic range methods in the Pliocene Canadian High Arctic, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 514, 672-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.025
Feng, R., Otto‐Bliesner, B. L., Xu, Y., Brady, E., Fletcher, T., and Ballantyne, A., 2019, Contributions of aerosol‐cloud interactions to mid‐Piacenzian seasonally sea ice‐free Arctic Ocean: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 46, no. 16, p. 9920–9929. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl083960
Fletcher, T., Moss, P., Salisbury, S. W. 2018. Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia, PeerJ, 6:e5513. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5513
Fletcher, T., Feng, R., Telka, A. M., Matthews, J.V. and Ballantyne A. B. 2017. Floral dissimilarity and the influence of climate in the Pliocene High Arctic: Biotic and abiotic influences on five sites on the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Paleoecology, 5, 19, 113. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00019
Gosse, J.C., Ballantyne, A.P., Barker, J.D., Csank, A.Z., Fletcher, T.L., Grant, G.W., Greenwood, D.R., MacPhee, R.D. and Rybczynski, N. 2017. PoLAR-FIT: Pliocene Landscapes and Arctic Remains—Frozen in Time. Geoscience Canada 44, 4754.
https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2017.44.116
Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B, Fletcher, T., Tabor, C., Ballantyne, A. and Brady, E. 2017. Amplified Late Pliocene terrestrial warmth in northern high latitudes from greater radiative forcing and closed Arctic Ocean gateways, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 466, 129138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.006.
Fletcher, T.L., Moss, P.T. and Salisbury, S.W. 2015. Wood growth indices as climate indicators from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, Australia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 417, 35–43.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.012
Fletcher, T.L., Greenwood, D.R., Moss, P.T. and Salisbury, S.W. 2014. Palaeoclimate of the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia: new observations based on CLAMP and Bioclimatic Analysis. Palaios 29, 121–128. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2013.080
Fletcher, T.L., Cantrill, D.J., Moss, P.T. and Salisbury, S.W. 2014. A new species of Protophyllocladoxylon from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 208, 43–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.05.004
Fletcher, T.L. and Salisbury, S.W. 2014. Probable oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) tunnels and faecal pellets in silicified conifer wood from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia. Alcheringa 38, 541–545. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2014.912557
Fletcher, T.L., Moss, P.T., Salisbury, S.W., 2013. Foliar physiognomic climate estimates for the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) Lark Quarry fossil flora, central-western Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 61, 575–582. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT13197
Delfino, M., Scheyer, T.M., Chesi, F., Fletcher, T.L., Gemel, R., Macdonald, S., Rabi, M. and Salisbury, S.W. 2013. Gross morphology and microstructure of type locality ossicles of Psephophorus polygonus Meyer, 1847 (Testudines, Dermochelyidae). Geological Magazine. 150, 767–782. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681200091X
Fletcher, T. and Salisbury, S. W. 2010. New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(6), 1747–1759. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2010.521929
Conference Presentations
Fletcher, T., Csank, A., Gosse J., Rybcynski, N., Brown, K., Eble, C., Ballantyne, A. 2020. Fire under ice: evidence for extensive geographic and temporal range of wildfire in the Pliocene High Arctic. Geological Society of America Connects Online, 26th–30th October.
Fletcher, T., Rybczynski, N., Telka, A., Matthews, J.V. 2020. Neogene Plant Macrofossils from Alaska and Arctic/Subarctic Canada: New Data, Intercontinental Comparisons and Correlations, 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress, 1st–15th May, 2020.
Fletcher, T., Barendregt, R.W., Matthews, Jr. J.V., Behan-Pelletier, V., Brigham-Grette, J. Fyles, J.G., Ovenden, L.E., McNeil, D., Brouwers, E., Marincovich L. Biostratigraphy, Age, and the Paleoenvironment of the Pliocene Beaufort Formation on Meighen Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress, 1st–15th May, 2020.
Csank, A.Z., Fletcher, T., Gosse, J.C., 2020. Past futures: Reconstructing the fire history of the Pliocene Arctic, 1st Tree Ring Society Virtual Symposium, 29th May.
Csank, A.Z., Fletcher, T., Gosse, J.C., 2019. It Was Always Burning, Fire Scars from Subfossil Wood Reveal Fire Return Intervals in a Mid-Pliocene Arctic Forest, AGU Fall Meeting 2019. AGU.
Fletcher, T., Feng, R., Brown, K., Warden, L., Csank, A., Higuera, P., Rybczynski, N., Otto-Bliesner, B. and Ballantyne, A. 2017. Vegetation and Fire: Feedbacks to Pliocene Arctic Climate, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 49 (6) doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-298574. 22nd25th October 2017.
Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B., Fletcher, T., Ballantyne, A. and Brady, E. 2017. Contributions to Pliocene Arctic warmth from a clean atmosphere and enhanced forest fire emissions, PAST Global Changes 3rd Young Scientist Meeting, 79th May 2017.
Fletcher, T. 2017. Outside of Now: Informing Arctic Climate Predictions with Fossil Floras. 3rd Association of Polar Early Career Scientists International Online Conference, 20th March 2017.
Fletcher, T., Brown, K., Warden, L., Csank, A., Feng, R, Higuera, P., Rybczynski, N, Ballantyne, A. 2016. Climate-Vegetation-Fire Interactions: Pieces in the Pliocene Polar Puzzle. 49th Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 12–16th December 2016.
Feng, R, Otto-Bliesner, B., Fletcher, T., Ballantyne, A.., Brady, E. 2016 Contributions to Pliocene Arctic warmth from removal of anthropogenic aerosol and enhanced forest fire emissions . 49th Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 12–16th December 2016.
Fletcher, T. 2012. Paleoclimate of the dinosaur-bearing, mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia: new observations based on Leaf Margin Analysis, Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program, Bioclimatic Analysis and fossil wood growth indices. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32, 94-95.
Fletcher, T., Moss, P. and Salisbury, S. 2012: Palaeoclimate of the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia: new observations based on Leaf Margin Analysis, CLAMP, Bioclimatic Analysis and fossil wood growth indices. 34th International Geological Congress Australia 2012 (IGC), Brisbane, 2012.
Fletcher, T., Berrell, R.W., Geddes, K. and Salisbury, S.W., 2009. Acid preparation of vertebrate fossils (Teleosti and Dinosauria) from the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation of Isisford, central-western Queensland, Australia. In: K.J. Travuillon, T.H. Worthy, S.J. Hand and P. Creaser (Editors), Conference on Australian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, 2009. Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts 93: 74.
Fletcher, T.L., Salisbury, S.W. and Cook, A.G. 2007. New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of western Queensland, Australia. In Warren, A. (ed), Conference on Australian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, 2007. Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts 85: 26.
Fletcher, T., Csank, A., Gosse J., Rybcynski, N., Brown, K., Eble, C., Ballantyne, A. 2020. Fire under ice: evidence for extensive geographic and temporal range of wildfire in the Pliocene High Arctic. Geological Society of America Connects Online, 26th–30th October.
Fletcher, T., Rybczynski, N., Telka, A., Matthews, J.V. 2020. Neogene Plant Macrofossils from Alaska and Arctic/Subarctic Canada: New Data, Intercontinental Comparisons and Correlations, 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress, 1st–15th May, 2020.
Fletcher, T., Barendregt, R.W., Matthews, Jr. J.V., Behan-Pelletier, V., Brigham-Grette, J. Fyles, J.G., Ovenden, L.E., McNeil, D., Brouwers, E., Marincovich L. Biostratigraphy, Age, and the Paleoenvironment of the Pliocene Beaufort Formation on Meighen Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress, 1st–15th May, 2020.
Csank, A.Z., Fletcher, T., Gosse, J.C., 2020. Past futures: Reconstructing the fire history of the Pliocene Arctic, 1st Tree Ring Society Virtual Symposium, 29th May.
Csank, A.Z., Fletcher, T., Gosse, J.C., 2019. It Was Always Burning, Fire Scars from Subfossil Wood Reveal Fire Return Intervals in a Mid-Pliocene Arctic Forest, AGU Fall Meeting 2019. AGU.
Fletcher, T., Feng, R., Brown, K., Warden, L., Csank, A., Higuera, P., Rybczynski, N., Otto-Bliesner, B. and Ballantyne, A. 2017. Vegetation and Fire: Feedbacks to Pliocene Arctic Climate, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 49 (6) doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-298574. 22nd25th October 2017.
Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B., Fletcher, T., Ballantyne, A. and Brady, E. 2017. Contributions to Pliocene Arctic warmth from a clean atmosphere and enhanced forest fire emissions, PAST Global Changes 3rd Young Scientist Meeting, 79th May 2017.
Fletcher, T. 2017. Outside of Now: Informing Arctic Climate Predictions with Fossil Floras. 3rd Association of Polar Early Career Scientists International Online Conference, 20th March 2017.
Fletcher, T., Brown, K., Warden, L., Csank, A., Feng, R, Higuera, P., Rybczynski, N, Ballantyne, A. 2016. Climate-Vegetation-Fire Interactions: Pieces in the Pliocene Polar Puzzle. 49th Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 12–16th December 2016.
Feng, R, Otto-Bliesner, B., Fletcher, T., Ballantyne, A.., Brady, E. 2016 Contributions to Pliocene Arctic warmth from removal of anthropogenic aerosol and enhanced forest fire emissions . 49th Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 12–16th December 2016.
Fletcher, T. 2012. Paleoclimate of the dinosaur-bearing, mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia: new observations based on Leaf Margin Analysis, Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program, Bioclimatic Analysis and fossil wood growth indices. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32, 94-95.
Fletcher, T., Moss, P. and Salisbury, S. 2012: Palaeoclimate of the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia: new observations based on Leaf Margin Analysis, CLAMP, Bioclimatic Analysis and fossil wood growth indices. 34th International Geological Congress Australia 2012 (IGC), Brisbane, 2012.
Fletcher, T., Berrell, R.W., Geddes, K. and Salisbury, S.W., 2009. Acid preparation of vertebrate fossils (Teleosti and Dinosauria) from the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation of Isisford, central-western Queensland, Australia. In: K.J. Travuillon, T.H. Worthy, S.J. Hand and P. Creaser (Editors), Conference on Australian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, 2009. Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts 93: 74.
Fletcher, T.L., Salisbury, S.W. and Cook, A.G. 2007. New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of western Queensland, Australia. In Warren, A. (ed), Conference on Australian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, 2007. Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts 85: 26.
