Person
Burrett, Clive Francis (1948 - 2025)
- Born
- 1948
London, United Kingdom - Died
- 4 September 2025
Thailand - Occupation
- Palaeontologist
Summary
Clive Burrett was a palaeontologist widely known for his research on conodonts of the Ordovician. He was a leader in the discovery of this fauna in the limestones in Tasmania, often in difficult to access places. In 1979 he described the genus Tasmanognathus, the first conodont published from Tasmania. Burrett was also interested in tectonics, particularly of Asian regions. He produced the first terrane analysis of Eurasia. For over 30 years he taught geology at the University of Tasmania, being consistently rated as an exceptions teacher. Between 2003 and 2014, he was a key researcher in several projects in the University's Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences, examining the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of Southeast Asia. Burrett retired from the University in 2007, moving to Thailand where he was for some years Honorary researcher at the Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University. He was active in the Geological Society of Australia, chairing the Tasmanian Division from 19897 to 1900, and becoming a Distinguished Fellow of the Society in 2010.
Details
Chronology
- 1970 - ?
- Career position - Demonstrator in geology, University of Tasmania
- 1970
- Education - BSc (hons), Queen Mary College, University of London
- 1972
- Career position - Secretary, Tasmanian Division, Geological Society of Australia
- 1978
- Education - Ph.D, University of Tasmania
- 1978? - 1994
- Career position - Lecturer in geology, University of Tasmania
- 1987 - 1990
- Career position - Chairman, Tasmanian Division, Geological Society of Australia
- 1992 - 1994
- Career position - Lecturer in geology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat (Oman)
- 1994 - 2006
- Career position - Reader in geology, University of Tasmania
- 1997 - 2000
- Career position - Head, School of Earth Science, University of Tasmania
- 2006
- Life event - Retired
- 2010 - 2025
- Award - Distinguished Fellow, Geological Society of Australia
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Published resources
Edited Books
- Burrett, C. F. and Martin, E. L. eds, Geology and mineral resources of Tasmania (Brisbane: Geological Society of Australia, 1989), 574 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Bendall, M., Burrett, Clive, Heath, P. Stacey, A. and Zappaterra, E., 'Seeing through the dolerite - seismic imaging of petroleum systems, Tasmania, Australia', APPEA journal, 55 (1) (2015), 197-327, https://connectsci.au/ep/article-abstract/55/1/297/109997/Seeing-through-the-dolerite-seismic-imaging-of?redirectedFrom=PDF. Details
- Berry, Ron, 'Dr Clive Francis Burrett (1948 - 2025)', Nomen nudum, 45 (2026), 9-10. Details
- Burrett, C. F., 'Tasmanognathus: a new Ordovician conodontophorid genus from Tasmania', Geologica et palaeontologica, 13 (1979), 31-8. Details
- Burrett, C. F., Stait, B. A. and Laurie, J., 'Trilobites and microfossils from the Middle Ordovician of Surprise Bay, southern Tasmania, Australia', Memoir of the Australian Association of Palaeontologists, 1 (1983), 177-93. Details
- Zhen, Yong Yi, Burrett, Clive and Percival, Ian G., 'The Late Ordovician conodont fauna from the Lower Limestone Member of the Benjamin Limestone in central Tasmania, and a revision of Tasmanognathus careyi Burrett, 1979', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 131 (1) (2010), 43-72. Details
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Created: 11 June 2026