Professor Gregory Webb
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Gregory Webb

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Background

Prof. Gregory E. Webb is a palaeontologist and carbonate sedimentologist who has occupied the Dorothy Hill Chair of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy at the University of Queensland since 2011. He is the head of the Integrated Palaeoenvironmental Research Group in the School of Earth Sciences. He obtained his BSc in Geology with highest honours at the University of Oklahoma (OU-1983) followed by an MSc in Geology (OU-1984) and a PhD in Palaeontology at The University of Queensland in 1989. His research interests are clustered within the fields of carbonate petrology, reef palaeobiology, geomicrobiology, carbonate geochemistry and carbonate stratigraphy. These fields have major implications for understanding Earth history, palaeoclimatology, and mineral and energy exploration. In general, Prof. Webb's research focuses on understanding how organisms make rocks – how the biosphere interacts with the lithosphere through time - and how those rocks are preserved and how they record evidence of past environmental conditions in their geochemistry.

Availability

Professor Gregory Webb is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Geochemistry Geology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, University of Oklahoma
  • Masters (Research) of Science, University of Oklahoma
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research impacts

Key impacts of Prof. Webb's research include: demonstration of the role of microbes in reef building through geological time; establishment of the value of modern and ancient microbialites as proxies for environmental geochemical signatures; application of environmental geochemistry to new coral reef samples made available through UQ's new research vessel the RV D Hill and to late Pleistocene vertebrate remains in Queensland that demonstrate recent, pre-anthropogenic changes in Queensland's climate. The integration of well dated fossil remains from both terrestrial and marine environments with high quality geochemical analysis allows specific hypotheses to be tested that provide information directly useful for testing climate models and the effects of pre-instrumental climate change and anthropogenic forcing on Australian faunas and ecosystems.

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150 works between 1984 and 2025
All (150) Journal Article (124) Book Chapter (9) Conference Publication (16) Other Outputs (1)

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2009

Journal Article

Clypeotheca, a new skeletal structure in scleractinian corals: A potential stress indicator

Nothdurft, L. D. and Webb, G. E. (2009). Clypeotheca, a new skeletal structure in scleractinian corals: A potential stress indicator. Coral Reefs, 28 (1), 143-153. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0439-7

Clypeotheca, a new skeletal structure in scleractinian corals: A potential stress indicator

2009

Conference Publication

Pre-Human climatic forcing for late pleistocene megafaunal extinction: Evidence from the Darling Downs, Eastern Australia

Price, Gilbert, Webb, Gregory, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing and Hocknull, Scott (2009). Pre-Human climatic forcing for late pleistocene megafaunal extinction: Evidence from the Darling Downs, Eastern Australia. Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Fifty-Seventh Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Bristol, United Kingdom, 23-26 September 2009. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2009.10411818

Pre-Human climatic forcing for late pleistocene megafaunal extinction: Evidence from the Darling Downs, Eastern Australia

2009

Conference Publication

The history of open ocean seawater stable Fe isotopes from the carbonate record

Von Blanckenburg, F, Kamber, BS, Bau, M and Webb, GE (2009). The history of open ocean seawater stable Fe isotopes from the carbonate record. 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos Switzerland, Jun 21, 2009. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.

The history of open ocean seawater stable Fe isotopes from the carbonate record

2008

Journal Article

The iron isotope composition of microbial carbonate

von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm, Marnberti, Marc, Schoenberg, Ronny, Kamber, Balz S. and Webb, Gregory E. (2008). The iron isotope composition of microbial carbonate. Chemical Geology, 249 (1-2), 113-128. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.12.001

The iron isotope composition of microbial carbonate

2008

Journal Article

Platform margins, reef facies, and microbial carbonates; a comparison of Devonian reef complexes in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, and the Guilin region, South China

Shen, J-W., Webb, G.E. and Jell, John S. (2008). Platform margins, reef facies, and microbial carbonates; a comparison of Devonian reef complexes in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, and the Guilin region, South China. Earth Science Reviews, 88 (1-2), 33-59. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.01.002

Platform margins, reef facies, and microbial carbonates; a comparison of Devonian reef complexes in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, and the Guilin region, South China

2008

Journal Article

The role of microbes in reef-building communities of the Cannindah limestone (Mississippian), Monto region, Queensland, Australia

Shen, Jian-Wei and Webb, Gregory E. (2008). The role of microbes in reef-building communities of the Cannindah limestone (Mississippian), Monto region, Queensland, Australia. Facies, 54 (1), 89-105. doi: 10.1007/s10347-007-0116-2

The role of microbes in reef-building communities of the Cannindah limestone (Mississippian), Monto region, Queensland, Australia

2007

Journal Article

Responses of Quaternary rainforest vertebrates to climate change in Australia

Hocknull, SA, Zhao, JX, Feng, YX and Webb, GE (2007). Responses of Quaternary rainforest vertebrates to climate change in Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 264 (1-2), 317-331. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.004

Responses of Quaternary rainforest vertebrates to climate change in Australia

2007

Journal Article

Transition metal abundances in microbial carbonate: A pilot study based on in situ LA-ICP-MS analysis

Kamber, Balz S. and Webb, Gregory E. (2007). Transition metal abundances in microbial carbonate: A pilot study based on in situ LA-ICP-MS analysis. Geobiology, 5 (4), 375-389. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00129.x

Transition metal abundances in microbial carbonate: A pilot study based on in situ LA-ICP-MS analysis

2007

Journal Article

Calcite-filled borings in the most recently deposited skeleton in live-collected Porites (Scleractinia): Implications for trace element archives

Nothdurft, Luke D., Webb, Gregory E., Bostrom, Thor and Rintoul, Llew (2007). Calcite-filled borings in the most recently deposited skeleton in live-collected Porites (Scleractinia): Implications for trace element archives. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (22), 5423-5438. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.09.025

Calcite-filled borings in the most recently deposited skeleton in live-collected Porites (Scleractinia): Implications for trace element archives

2007

Journal Article

Cryptic meteoric diagenesis in freshwater bivalves: Implications for radiocarbon dating

Webb, Gregory E., Price, Gilbert J., Nothdurft, Luke D., Deer, Linda and Rintoul, Llew (2007). Cryptic meteoric diagenesis in freshwater bivalves: Implications for radiocarbon dating. Geology, 35 (9), 803-806. doi: 10.1130/G23823A.1

Cryptic meteoric diagenesis in freshwater bivalves: Implications for radiocarbon dating

2007

Journal Article

Microstructure of common reef-building coral genera Acropora, Pocillopora, Goniastrea and Porites: constraints on spatial resolution in geochemical sampling

Nothdurft, Luke D. and Webb, Gregory E. (2007). Microstructure of common reef-building coral genera Acropora, Pocillopora, Goniastrea and Porites: constraints on spatial resolution in geochemical sampling. Facies, 53 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1007/s10347-006-0090-0

Microstructure of common reef-building coral genera Acropora, Pocillopora, Goniastrea and Porites: constraints on spatial resolution in geochemical sampling

2007

Book Chapter

Lower Tournaisian microbial reefs, eastern Australia

Webb, Gregory E. (2007). Lower Tournaisian microbial reefs, eastern Australia. Facies from Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations. (pp. 231-233) edited by Emmanuelle Vennin, Markus Aretz, Frederic Boulvain and Axel Munnecke. Paris: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris.

Lower Tournaisian microbial reefs, eastern Australia

2007

Conference Publication

‘Shingle’ microstructure in scleractinian corals: A possible analogue for lamellar and microlamellar microstructure in Palaeozoic tabulate corals

Nothdurft, Luke D. and Webb, Gregory E. (2007). ‘Shingle’ microstructure in scleractinian corals: A possible analogue for lamellar and microlamellar microstructure in Palaeozoic tabulate corals. 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz, Austria, August 3-7 2003. Wien, Austria: Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Kommissionen.

‘Shingle’ microstructure in scleractinian corals: A possible analogue for lamellar and microlamellar microstructure in Palaeozoic tabulate corals

2007

Conference Publication

Western European and Eastern Australian Mississippian shallow-water reefs: A comparison

Aretz, M. and Webb, G. E. (2007). Western European and Eastern Australian Mississippian shallow-water reefs: A comparison. XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht, Netherlands, 10-16 August 2003. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Western European and Eastern Australian Mississippian shallow-water reefs: A comparison

2007

Journal Article

Outer rocky shores of the mowanbini archipelago, devonian reef complex, canning basin, western Australia

Johnson, ME and Webb, GE (2007). Outer rocky shores of the mowanbini archipelago, devonian reef complex, canning basin, western Australia. Journal of Geology, 115 (5), 583-600. doi: 10.1086/519779

Outer rocky shores of the mowanbini archipelago, devonian reef complex, canning basin, western Australia

2006

Journal Article

Late Pleistocene sedimentology, taphonomy and megafauna extinction on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland

Price, G. J. and Webb, G. E. (2006). Late Pleistocene sedimentology, taphonomy and megafauna extinction on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53 (6), 947-970. doi: 10.1080/08120090600880842

Late Pleistocene sedimentology, taphonomy and megafauna extinction on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland

2006

Conference Publication

Contribution of microbialites to the development of coral reefs during the last deglacial period: Case study from Vanuatu (South-West Pacific)

Cabioch, Guy, Camoin, Gilbert, Webb, Gregory E., Le Cornec, Florence, Molina, Marta Garcia, Pierre, Catherine and Joachimski, Michael M. (2006). Contribution of microbialites to the development of coral reefs during the last deglacial period: Case study from Vanuatu (South-West Pacific). International Workshop on Microbialites and Microbial Communities in Sedimentay System, Paris, France, September 2004. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.019

Contribution of microbialites to the development of coral reefs during the last deglacial period: Case study from Vanuatu (South-West Pacific)

2005

Journal Article

Quantitative analysis and paleoecology of earliest Mississippian microbial reefs, Gudman Formation, Queensland, Australia: Not just post-disaster phenomena

Webb, Gregory E. (2005). Quantitative analysis and paleoecology of earliest Mississippian microbial reefs, Gudman Formation, Queensland, Australia: Not just post-disaster phenomena. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75 (5), 877-896. doi: 10.2110/jsr.2005.068

Quantitative analysis and paleoecology of earliest Mississippian microbial reefs, Gudman Formation, Queensland, Australia: Not just post-disaster phenomena

2005

Journal Article

Metazoan-microbial framework fabrics in a Mississippian (Carboniferous) coral-sponge-microbial reef, Monto, Queensland, Australia

Shen, Jian-Wei and Webb, Gregory E. (2005). Metazoan-microbial framework fabrics in a Mississippian (Carboniferous) coral-sponge-microbial reef, Monto, Queensland, Australia. Sedimentary Geology, 178 (1-2), 113-133. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.03.011

Metazoan-microbial framework fabrics in a Mississippian (Carboniferous) coral-sponge-microbial reef, Monto, Queensland, Australia

2005

Journal Article

Brucite microbialites in living coral skeletons: Indicators of extreme microenvironments in shallow-marine settings

Nothdurft, Luke D., Webb, Gregory E., Buster, Noreen A., Holmes, Charles W., Sorauf, James E. and Kloprogge, J. T. (2005). Brucite microbialites in living coral skeletons: Indicators of extreme microenvironments in shallow-marine settings. Geology, 33 (3), 169-172. doi: 10.1130/G20932.1

Brucite microbialites in living coral skeletons: Indicators of extreme microenvironments in shallow-marine settings

Past funding

  • 2023
    Dating Holocene tufa deposits, major climate change on the Darling Downs, Queensland
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2018
    The history of late-Holocene relative sea level and coral reef flat carbonate production in the southern Great Barrier Reef
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry (CGMS) - Achieving excellence in isotope geochemistry and geochronology
    UQ Research Facilities Infrastructure Grants
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Next-generation multi-collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) with laser-ablation capability for in situ high-throughput and high resolution isotope dating and characterizat
    UQ Major Research Facility Fund
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program - AS133/XFM/7130: Differential diagenetic behaviour in oolitic limestones: controls on strain patitioning and silicification
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program - AS133/XFM/7225: Implications for biosphere in major and trace element distributions in terrestrial Fe-oxide deposits and oceanic Fe-Mn-oxide accumulations
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Confocal microscope for high-resolution microtopographic analysis of surfaces in historical, forensic and polymer sciences (ARC LIEF Grant administered by The Flinders University of South Australia)
    ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program - AS131/XFM/5741: Trace metal distribution in contemporary versus paleo-reef-microbialites: Implications for microbial activity, ocean chemistry & paleocli
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Tahiti coral reefs as a natural laboratory for studying coral and microbialite diagenesis IODP Leg 110 Tahiti Sea Level
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2018
    Geomorphological development of coral reefs, southern Great Barrier Reef: an integrated record of Holocene palaeoecology and palaeoclimate from cores
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012
    The Geomicrobiology Laboratory
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2016
    Australian drilling program: biomarkers, oxygen and geobiology
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Refined reservoir correction for radiocarbon dating of the southern Great Barrier Reef based on U-series dated corals
    Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
    Open grant

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