Dr Gordon Curry

- Reader, Chief Adviser (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)
telephone: 01413305444
email: Gordon.Curry@glasgow.ac.uk
Chief Adviser for Science, College of Science & Engineering (Email:science-chief-adviser@glasgow.ac.uk)
My research interests lie in the development and use of various proxies to help reconstruct environmental conditions in the past (e.g. Parkinson, Curry, et. al. 2005), and in new computing methods of handling and applying earth science and systematics data (e.g. Curry & Connor, 2008; Curry & Brunton, 2007; see 'Fossildata' website). My specialist taxonomic and biodiversity expertise lies with modern and fossil brachiopods, a phylum with a huge geological range and hence tremendous applications as a proxy for ancient environmental conditions and environmental change throughout geological history.
During my career I have become involved in the wider issues of Taxonomy and Biodiversity as Officer and Treasurer of the Systematics Association from 1996-2004, as Deputy Director of the Human Identification Centre in Glasgow (1994-2000) and as Project Manager of NERC's Centre for Taxonomic Research and Training in the University from 1993-1998.
Biography
I graduated in Geology from Trinity College, Dublin, and completed a PhD jointly in the Natural History Museum, London, and Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London. For 8 years I was a Royal Society of London University Research Fellow at Glasgow, before joining the staff in 1992.
2011
Pannell, C.L., Gray, A., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Branney, M.J, and Curry, G.B. (2011) Pleistocene forest on Tenerife's southern coast: a case study of Montaña Negra. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26 (5). pp. 485-490. ISSN 0267-8179 (doi:10.1002/jqs.1472)
2010
Curry, G.B. (2010) Monographic effects on the stratigraphic distribution of brachiopods. In: William, D.M. and Knapp, S. (eds.) Beyond Cladistics: The Branching of a Paradigm. Series: Species and systematics (3). University of California Press, Berkeley, California, pp. 197-218. ISBN 9780520267725
Alvarez, F. and Curry, G., (Eds.) (2010) Evolution and Development of the Brachiopod Shell. Series: Special papers in palaeontology. The Palaeontological Association, London. ISBN 9781444339376
Alvarez, F., and Curry, G.B. (2010) Foreword and an appreciation of Howard Brunton. In: Alvarez, F. and Curry, G.B. (eds.) Evolution and Development of the Brachiopod Shell. Series: Special papers in palaeontology, 84 . Palaeontological Association, London, pp. 5-12. ISBN 9781444339376
Alverez, F., Curry, G.B. , Brime, C., and Anadón, N. (2010) Variation in the shell morphology of Compsothyris (Brachiopoda, recent): an example of the problems associated with the compilation of data matrices for phylogenetic analysis and the preparation of electronic databases. In: Alvarez, F. and Curry, G. (eds.) Evolution and Development of the Brachiopod Shell. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology (84). Wiley, pp. 13-40. ISBN 9781444339376
2008
Cusack, M., England, J., Parkinson, D., Dalbeck, P. , Lee, M.R. , Curry, G.B. , and Fallick, A.E. (2008) Oxygen isotope composition, magnesium distribution and crystallography of Terebratulina retusa. In: Harper, D.A.T., Long, S.L. and Nielsen, C. (eds.) Brachiopoda: Fossil and Recent. Series: Fossils and strata monograph series (54). Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 259-267. ISBN 9781405186643
Curry, G.B., and Connor, R.C.H. (2008) Automated extraction of data from text using an XML parser: an earth science example using fossil descriptions. Geosphere, 4 (1). pp. 159-169. (doi:10.1130/GES00140.1)
Cusack, M., Parkinson, D., Freer, A. , Pérez-Huerta, A., Fallick, A.E. , and Curry, G.B. (2008) Oxygen isotope composition in Modiolus modiolus aragonite in the context of biological and crystallographic control. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (2). pp. 569-577. ISSN 0026-461X (doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.2.569)
2007
Curry, G.B. and Humphries, C.J., (Eds.) (2007) Biodiversity Databases: Techniques, Politics and Applications. Series: The Systematics Association Special Volume Series. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, pp. 63-81. ISBN 9780415332903
Curry, G.B., and Brunton, C.H.C. (2007) Stratigraphic distribution of brachipoda. In: Selden, P.A. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Series: Part H (Brachipoda Revised), Volume . The Geological Society of America, Inc. and The University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorada, USA, pp. 2901-3081. ISBN 9780813731360
Curry, G.B., and Connor, R.J. (2007) Automated extraction of biodiversity data from taxonomic descriptions. In: Curry, G.B. and Humphries, C.J. (eds.) Biodiversity Databases: techniques, politics and applications. Series: The Systematics Association Special Volume Series (73). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, pp. 63-81. ISBN 9780415332903
2006
Brunton, C.H.C., and Curry, G.B. (2006) Coordinating author's preface. In: Kaesler, R.L. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Series: Part H, Revised (Brachiopoda), 5 . The Geological Society of America, Inc. and The University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorado, USA, xviii-xxxvi. ISBN 0813731356
2005
Parkinson, D., Curry, G.B. , Cusack, M. , and Fallick, A.E. (2005) Shell structure, patterns and trends of oxygen and carbon stable isotopes in modern brachiopod shells. Chemical Geology, 219 (1-4). pp. 193-235. ISSN 0009-2541 (doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.002)
2003
Collins, M.J., Walton, D., Curry, G.B. , Riley, M.S., Von Wallmenich, T.N., Savage, N.M., Muyzer, G., and Westbroek, P. (2003) Long-term trends in the survival of immunological epitopes entombed in fossil brachiopod skeletons. Organic Geochemistry, 34 (1). pp. 89-96. ISSN 0146-6380 (doi:10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00186-9)
2002
Curry, G.B., and Fallick, A.E. (2002) Use of stable oxygen isotope determinations from brachiopod shells in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 182 (1-2). pp. 133-143. ISSN 0031-0182 (doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00456-4)
2001
Curry, G.B., Conor, R., and Simeoni, F. (2001) Stratigraphic distribution of brachiopods - a new method for storing and querying loosely-structured biodiversity information. In: Brunton, H., Cocks, L.R.M. and Long, S.L. (eds.) Brachiopods; Past and Present. Series: The Systematics Association Special Volume Series (63). Spon Press (Taylor and Francis), London, UK, pp. 424-433. ISBN 978-0-7484-0921-1
Johnson, K.G., and Curry, G.B. (2001) Regional biotic turnover dynamics in the Plio-Pleistocene molluscan fauna of the Wanganui Basin, New Zealand. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 172 (1-2). pp. 39-51. ISSN 0031-0182 (doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00267-X)
2000
Ramli, R., Cusack, M. , Curry, G.B. , and Furness, R.W. (2000) Morphological variation of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from different skua taxa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 71 (1). pp. 91-101. ISSN 0024-4066 (doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01244.x)
1999
Ovchinnikov, I., Buzhilova, A., Mednikova, M., Goodwin, W., and Curry, G.B. (1999) Ethnic affinities of the ancient human Jety-Asar population by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Electrophoresis, 20 (8). pp. 1729-1739. ISSN 0173-0835 (doi:10.1002/(SICI)1522-2683(19990101)20:8<1722::AID-ELPS1722>3.0.CO;2-4)
Curry, G.B. (1999) Original shell colouration in late pleistocene terebratulid brachiopods from New Zealand. Palaeontologia Electronica, 2 (2). ISSN 1935-3952
1998
Goodwin, W., Curry, G.B. , and Vanezis, P. (1998) Mitochondrial DNA analysis of individuals from a mass grave. In: Olaisen, B., Brinkman, B. and Lincoln, P.J. (eds.) Progress in Forensic Genetics: proceedings of the 17th International ISFH Congress. Series: International Congress Series, 7 (1167). Elsevier Science Ltd., Amsterdam , pp. 80-82. ISBN 9780444829658
1997
Cusack, M., Walton, D., and Curry, G.B. (1997) Shell biochemistry. In: Kaesler, R. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H. Series: Brachiopoda Revised, 1 . Geological Society of America Inc., and The University of Kansas, Boulder, Colrado, USA, pp. 243-266. ISBN 0813731089
Goodwin, W., Curry, G.B. , Haglund, W.D., Kirschner, R.H., and Vanezis, P. (1997) The use of mitochondrial DNA in identification of air crash victims and individuals from mass graves. In: Takatori, T. and Takusa, A. (eds.) Current Topics in Forensic Science; proceedings of the 14th Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Sciences. Shunderson Communications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, pp. 194-196. ISBN 9781896953021
Mitchell, L., and Curry, G.B. (1997) Diagenesis and survival of intracrystalline amino acids in fossil and recent mollusc shells. Palaeontology, 40 (3). pp. 855-874. ISSN 0031-0239
Peck, S., Rhodes, M.C., Curry, G.B. , and Ansell, A.D. (1997) Physiology. In: Kaesler, R.L. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Series: Part H, Brachiopoda Revised, 1 . The Geographical Society of America Inc. and The University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorado, USA, pp. 213-242. ISBN 0813731089
1995
Mitchell, L, Curry, G.B. , and Fallick, A.E. (1995) Stable-isotope and amino acid profiles of the New Zealand giant Pliocene oyster Crussostreu ingens. Lethaia, 28 (3). pp. 237-243. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1995.tb01427.x)
Endo, K., Walton, D., Reyment, R.A., and Curry, G.B. (1995) Fossil intra-crystalline biomolecules of brachiopod shells: diagenesis and preserved geo-biological information. Organic Geochemistry, 23 (7). pp. 661-673. ISSN 0146-6380 (doi:10.1016/0146-6380(95)00042-D)
Endo, K., Reyment, R.A., and Curry, G.B. (1995) Taxonomic relationships in terebratulina established by multivariate morphometrics. Revista Espanola de Paleontologia, 10 . pp. 109-116. ISSN 0213-6937
1994
Curry, G.B., Theng, B.N.K., and Zheng, H. (1994) Amino acid distribution in a Loess-Palaeosol sequence near Luochuan, Loess Plateau, China. Organic Geochemistry, 22 (2). pp. 287-298. ISSN 0146-6380 (doi:10.1016/0146-6380(94)90175-9)
Mitchell, L., Fallick, A.E. , and Curry, G.B. (1994) Stable carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of mollusc shells from Britain and New Zealand. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 111 (3-4). pp. 207-216. ISSN 0031-0182 (doi:10.1016/0031-0182(94)90063-9)
Walton, D., and Curry, G.B. (1994) Extraction, analysis and interpretation of intracrystalline amino acids from fossils. Lethaia, 27 (2). pp. 179-184. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1994.tb01573.x)
Cole, W.J., Kaschke, M., Sherringham, J.A., Curry, G.B. , Turner, D., and Russell, M.J. (1994) Can amino acids be synthesized by H2S in anoxic lakes? Marine Chemistry, 45 (3). pp. 243-256. ISSN 0304-4203 (doi:10.1016/0304-4203(94)90007-8)
Curry, G.B. (1994) Immunological investigation of brachiopod shell macromolecules. In: Eglinton, G. and Kay, R.L.F. (eds.) Biomolecular palaeontology : Lyell Meeting volume. Series: Special publication of the NERC Earth Sciences Directorate (94/1). Natural Environment Research Council, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, pp. 35-37. ISBN 9781855311176
Endo, K., Curry, G.B. , Quinn, R., Collins, M.J., Muyser, G., and Westbroek, P. (1994) Re-interpretation of terebratulide phylogeny based on immunological data. Palaeontology, 37 (2). pp. 349-373. ISSN 0031-0239
1993
Curry, G.B., Quinn, R., Collins, M., Endo, K., Ewing, S., Muyzer, G., and Westbroek, P. (1993) Molecules and morphology — the practical approach. Lethaia, 26 (1). pp. 5-6. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1993.tb01503.x)
Cohen, B.L., Balfe, P., Cohen, M., and Curry, G.B. (1993) Molecular and morphometric variation in European populations of the articulate brachiopod Terebratulina retusa. Marine Biology, 115 (1). pp. 105-111. ISSN 0025-3162 (doi:10.1007/BF00349391)
Curry, G.B. (1993) Amino acids in water; a case study from the Isle of Arran, Scotland. In: Wrobel, L.C. and Brebbia, C.A. (eds.) Water Pollution II : Modelling, Measuring, and Prediction. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, Hampshire, England, pp. 703-710. ISBN 9781853122453
Walton, D., Cusack, M. , and Curry, G.B. (1993) Implications of the amino acid composition of recent New Zealand brachiopods. Palaeontology, 36 (4). pp. 883-896. ISSN 0031-0239
1992
Cusack, M., Curry, G.B. , Walton, D.I., Clegg, H., Abbott, G., and Armstrong, H.A. (1992) An intracrystalline chromoprotein from red brachiopod shells: implications for the process of biomineralization. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry, 102 (1). pp. 93-95. ISSN 096-4959 (doi:10.1016/0305-0491(92)90278-Y)
Clegg, H., Abbott, G.D., Armstrong , H.A., and Curry, G.B. (1992) Preservation of biopolymers; an integration of organic geochemistry, biochemistry and palaeontology. In: 3rd Meeting of the British Organic Geochemical Society, July, 1992, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Endo, K., Curry, G.B. , and Quinn, R. (1992) Sero-taxonomy of recent and Pleistocene articulate brachiopods. In: 29th International Geological Congress, 24th August to 3rd September. 1992, Kyoto, Japan.
James, M.A., Ansell, A.D., Collins, M.J., Curry, G.B. , Peck, L.S., and Rhodes, M.C. (1992) Biology of living brachiopods. Advances in Marine Biology, 28 . pp. 175-387. ISSN 0065-2881 (doi:10.1016/S0065-2881(08)60040-1)
1991
Walton, D., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Amino acids from fossils, facies and fingers. Palaeontology, 34 (4). pp. 851-858. ISSN 0031-0239
Curry, G.B. (1991) Fossils in colour: The world of fossils may not be as grey as we thought. A closer look at marine shells reveals the ghosts of a colourful past. New Scientist, 1795 . p. 32. ISSN 0262-4079
Cohen, B.L., Balfe, P., Cohen, M., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Molecular evolution and morphological speciation in North Atlantic brachiopods (Terebratulina spp.). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 69 (11). pp. 2903-2911. ISSN 0008-4301 (doi:10.1139/z91-409)
Endo, K., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Migration of brachiopod species in the North Atlantic in response to Holocene climatic change. Geology, 19 (11). pp. 1101-1103. ISSN 0091-7613 (doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<1101:MOBSIT>2.3.CO;2)
Collins, M., Muyzer, G., Curry, G.B. , Sandberg, P., and Westbroek, P. (1991) Macromolecules in brachiopod shells: characterization and diagenesis. Lethaia, 24 (4). pp. 387-397. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1991.tb01491.x)
Curry, G.B., Quinn, R., Collins, M., Endo, K., Ewing, S., Muyzer, G., and Westbroek, P. (1991) Immunological responses from brachiopod skeletal macromolecules; a new technique for assessing taxonomic relationships using shells. Lethaia, 24 (4). pp. 399-407. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1991.tb01493.x)
James, M.A., Ansell, A.D., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Functional morphology of the gonads of the articulate brachiopod Terebratulina retusa. Marine Biology, 111 (3). pp. 401-410. ISSN 0025-3162 (doi:10.1007/BF01319412)
James, M.A., Ansell, A.D., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Oogenesis in the articulate brachiopod Terebratulina retusa. Marine Biology, 111 (3). pp. 411-423. ISSN 0025-3162 (doi:10.1007/BF01319413)
James, M.A., Ansell, A.D., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Reproductive cycle of the brachiopod Terebratulina retusa on the west coast of Scotland. Marine Biology, 109 (3). pp. 441-451. ISSN 0025-3162 (doi:10.1007/BF01313509)
Curry, G.B., Cusack, M. , Walton, D., Endo, K., Clegg, H., Abbott, G., and Armstrong, H. (1991) Biogeochemistry of brachiopod intracrystalline molecules [and discussion]. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 333 (1268). pp. 359-366. ISSN 0962-8436 (doi:10.1098/rstb.1991.0085)
Collins, M.J., Muyzer, G., Westbroek, P., Curry, G.B. , Sandberg, P., Xu, S.J., Quinn, R., and MacKinnon, D. (1991) Preservation of fossil biopolymeric structures: Conclusive immunological evidence. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 55 (8). pp. 2253-2257. ISSN 0016-7037 (doi:10.1016/0016-7037(91)90101-A)
Dewey, J.F., Gass, I.G., Curry, G.B., Harris, N.W.B. and Sengor, A.M.C., eds. (1991) Allochthonous Terranes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. ISBN 9780521404617
Eglinton, G. and Curry, G.B., eds. (1991) Molecules Through Time: Fossil Molecules and Biochemical Systematics. Series: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B B (333(12). Royal Society, London, UK. ISBN 9780854034451
Cohen, B.L., Balfe, P., Cohen, M., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Genetic divergence within and between populations of the North Atlantic morphospecies Terebratulina Retusa and Terebratulina septentrionalis. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 9789061911609
Collins, M., Curry, G.B. , Muyzer, G., Quinn, R., Xu, S., Westbroek, P., and Ewing, S. (1991) Immunological investigations of relationships within the terebratulid brachiopods. The Palaeontological Association, 34 (4). pp. 785-796. ISSN 0031-0239
Endo, K., and Curry, G.B. (1991) Molecular and morphological taxonomy of a recent brachiopod genus terebratulina. In: MacKinnon, D.I., Lee, D. and Campbell, J.D. (eds.) Brachiopods through time; proceedings of the 2nd International Brachiopod congress, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 5-9 February 1990. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 101-108. ISBN 9789061911609
Williams, A., and Curry, G.B. (1991) The microarchitecture of some acrotretide brachiopods. In: MacKinnon, D.I., Lee, D. and Campbell, J.D. (eds.) Brachiopods through time : proceedings of the 2nd International Brachiopod Congress. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 133-140. ISBN 9789061911609
1990
Curry, G.B. (1990) Molecular palaeontology. In: Briggs, D.E.G. and Crowther, P.R. (eds.) Palaeobiology; a synthesis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, England, pp. 95-100. ISBN 0632033118
Curry, G.B. (1990) Populations. In: Briggs, D.E.G. and Crowther, P.R. (eds.) Palaeontology: A Synthesis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, England, pp. 326-330. ISBN 0632033118
1989
Curry, G.B., Ansell, A.D., James, M., and Peck, L. (1989) Physiological constraints on living and fossil brachiopods. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 80 . pp. 255-262. ISSN 0263-5933
Muyzer, G., Curry, G.B. , and Sandberg, P. (1989) Phylogenetic reconstruction using amino acid sequencing data. Terra Abstracts, 1 . ISSN 0954-4887
Peck, L., Curry, G.B. , Ansell, A.D., and James, M. (1989) Temperature and starvation effects on the metabolism of the brachiopod, Terebratulina retusa (L.). Historical Biology, 2 (2). pp. 101-110. ISSN 0891-2963 (doi:10.1080/08912968909386494)
1988
Collins, M.J., Curry, G.B. , Muyzer, G., Westbroek, P., Zomerdijk, T., and Quinn, R. (1988) Sero-taxonomy of skeletal macromolecules in living Terebratulid brachiopods. Historical Biology, 1 (3). pp. 207-224. ISSN 0891-2963 (doi:10.1080/08912968809386475)
Curry, G.B. (1988) Amino acids and proteins from fossils. In: Broadhead, T.W. (ed.) Molecular Evolution and the Fossil Record. Series: Short Courses in Palaeontology (1). The Palaeontology Society, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, pp. 20-33. ISBN n/a
1987
Curry, G.B. (1987) Molecular palaeontology: new life for old molecules. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2 (6). pp. 161-165. ISSN 0169-5347 (doi:10.1016/0169-5347(87)90067-X)
Curry, G. B. (1987) Molecular palaeontology. Geology Today, 3 (1). pp. 12-16. ISSN 0266-6979 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2451.1987.tb00480.x)
Alvarez, F., Brime, C., and Curry, G.B. (1987) Growth and function of the micro-frills present on the Devonian brachiopod Athyris campomanesi (Verneuil & Archiac). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 78 . pp. 65-72. ISSN 0263-5933
1986
Cohen, B.L., and Curry, G.B. (1986) Genetics of the brachiopod Terebratulina. In: Racheboeuf, P.R. and Emig, C. (eds.) Les brachiopodes fossiles et actuels: actes du 1er Congrès international sur les brachiopodes, Brest 1985. Series: Collection "Biostratigraphie du Paléozoïque'' (4). Université de Bretagne occidentale, Brest, Bretagne, France, pp. 55-63. ISBN 9782905431035
Curry, G. B., and Ansell, A. D. (1986) Tissue mass in living brachiopods. In: Racheboeuf, P. and Emig, C. (eds.) Les brachiopodes fossiles et actuels: actes du 1er Congrès international sur les brachiopodes, Brest 1985. Series: Collection "Biostratigraphie du Paléozoïque'' (4). Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, Bretagne, France, pp. 231-241. ISBN 9782905431035
Curry, G. B. (1986) Fossils and tectonics along the Highland boundary fault in Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 143 (1). pp. 193-198. ISSN 0016-7649 (doi:10.1144/gsjgs.143.1.0193)
Curry, G. B. (1986) Tailor-made geology 3: Lime Craig Quarry, Aberfoyle, Scotland. Geology Today, 2 (1). pp. 25-27. ISSN 0266-6979 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2451.1986.tb01007.x)
1985
Curry, G.B., and Williams, A. (1985) Lower Ordovician brachiopoda from the Tourmakeady Limestone, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology, 38 (4). pp. 183-269. ISSN 0007-1471
Alvarez, F., Curry, G.B. , and Brime, C. (1985) Contribución al estudio comparativo de la estructura y crecimiento de la concha de braquiópodos actuales y fósiles. Trabajos de Geologia, 15 . pp. 211-217. ISSN 0474-9588
Burton, C.J., and Curry, G.B. (1985) Pelagic brachiopods from the Upper Devonian of East Cornwall. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 6 (2). pp. 191-195. ISSN 0566-3954
Ingham, J. K., Curry, G. B. , and Williams, A. (1985) Early Ordovician Dounans limestone fauna, Highland border complex, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 76 . pp. 481-513. ISSN 0263-5933
Taylor, P.D., and Curry, G.B. (1985) The earliest known fenestrate bryozoan, with a short review of Lower Ordovician Bryozoa. Palaeontology, 28 (1). pp. 147-158. ISSN 1475-4983
1984
Curry, G.B. (1984) Brachiopod growth and climate. In: Brenchley, P. (ed.) Fossils and Climate. Series: GeologicalJournal - Special Issues (11). John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, England, pp. 75-83. ISBN 9780471904182
Curry, G.B. (1984) Growth variability in a tertiary brachiopod from Antarctica; The significance for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Geobios, 17 (Supple). pp. 47-51. ISSN 0016-6995 (doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(84)80155-2)
Curry, G.B. (1984) Ordovician revival along the Highland boundary fault in Scotland. Ordovician News (2). pp. 31-32.
Curry, G.B., Bluck, B.J. , Burton, C.J., Ingham, J.K., Siveter, D.J., and Williams, A. (1984) Age, evolution and tectonic history of the Highland Border Complex, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 75 . pp. 113-133. ISSN 0263-5933
Curry, G.B., and Williams, A. (1984) Lower Ordovician brachiopods from the Ben Suardal limestone fomation (Durness group) of Skye, western Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh : Earth sciences, 75 . pp. 301-310. ISSN 0263-5933
1983
Curry, G.B. (1983) Ecology of the recent deep-water rhynchonellid brachiopod Cryptopora from the Rockall Trough. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 44 (1-2). pp. 93-102. ISSN 0031-0182 (doi:10.1016/0031-0182(83)90006-8)
Curry, G.B. (1983) Brachiopod caeca - a respiratory role? Lethaia, 16 (4). pp. 311-312. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1983.tb02015.x)
Curry, G.B. (1983) Microborings in recent brachiopods and the functions of caeca. Lethaia, 16 (2). pp. 119-127. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1983.tb01707.x)
Curry, G.B., and Williams, A. (1983) Epithelial moulds on the shells of the early Palaeozoic brachiopod Lingulella. Lethaia, 16 (2). pp. 111-118. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1983.tb01706.x)
1982
Curry, G.B. (1982) Ecology and population structure of the recent brachiopod terebratulina from Scotland. Palaeontology, 25 . pp. 227-246. ISSN 1475-4983
Curry, G.B., Ingham, J.K., Bluck, B.J. , and Williams, A. (1982) The significance of a reliable Ordovician age for some Highland Border rocks in Central Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 139 (4). pp. 451-454. ISSN 0016-7649 (doi:10.1144/gsjgs.139.4.0451)
1981
Curry, G.B. (1981) Variable pedicle morphology in a population of the Recent brachiopod Terebratulina septentrionalis. Lethaia, 14 (1). pp. 9-20. ISSN 0024-1164 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1981.tb01068.x)
1979
Howard, C., Brunton, C.H.C., and Curry, G.B. (1979) British brachiopods : keys and notes for the identification of the species. Series: Synopses of the British fauna, 17 . Academic Press for the Linnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Brackish-Water Sciences Association. ISBN 9780121379605
I have supervised 16 PhD students, and am currently (from Sept 2010) co-supervising a NERC Case studentship on trace elements as environmental proxies jointly with the University of Cardiff and the National Museum of Wales.
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In 2008-2009 I was awarded a University of Glasgow Teaching Excellence Award, following a nomination by current and former students.
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