Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Playford
Emeritus Professor
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 52366
Publications
Books
Morton, Anthony, Mengerse, Kerrie, Whitby, Michael and Playford, Geoffrey (2013). Statistical methods for hospital monitoring with R. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118639153
Playford, G. (2003). Acritarchs and prasinophyte phycomata: a short course. USA: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation.
Playford, Geoffrey (2001). A short course in acritarchs and prasinophyte phycomata. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Jell, P. A., Balme, B. E. and Playford, G. (1988). Palynological and palaeobotanical studies in honour of Basil E. Balme. Sydney, Australia: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.
Playford, G., Rigby, J. F. and Archibald, D. C. (1982). A Middle Triassic flora from the Moolayember Formation, Bowen Basin, Queensland. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Dept. of Mines.
Cookson, Isabel Clifton, Glover, John Edmund and Playford, Geoffrey (1973). Mesozoic and Cainozoic palynology : essays in honour of Isabel Cookson. Canberra ACT, Australia: Geological Society of Australia.
Playford, G. (1971). Geological excursions handbook: Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, 43rd Congress, Brisbane [May, 1971], Section 3 - Geology. Brisbane, Australia: Geological Society of Australia Inc., Queensland Division.
Playford, Geoffrey and Cornelius, Kenneth D. (1967). Palynological and lithostratigraphic features of the Razorback beds, Mount Morgan District, Queensland. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
Book Chapters
Garcia, A. and Playford, G. (2007). The Fossil Record of Algae. Algae of Australia: Introduction. (pp. 104-128) edited by McCarthy, P. M and Orchard, A. E.. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.
Playford, Geoffrey and Dino, Rodolfo (2005). Carboniferous and Permian Palynostratigraphy. Applied Stratigraphy. (pp. 101-121) edited by E. Koutsoukos. Dordrecht: Springer. doi: 10.1007/1-4020-2763-X
Talent, J. A., Mawson, R., Aitchison, J. C., Becker, R. T., Bell, K. N., Bradshaw, M. A., Burrow, C. J., Cook, A. G., Dargan, G. M., Douglas, J. G., Edgecombe, G. D., Feist, M., Jones, P. J., Long, J. A., Phillips-Ross, J. R., Pickett, J. W., Playford, G., Rickards, R. B., Webby, B. D., Winchester-Seeto, T., Wright, A. J., Young, G. C. and Zhen, Y. Y. (2000). Devonian palaeobiogeography of Australia and adjoining regions. Palaeobiogeography of Australasian faunas and floras. (pp. 167-257) Canberra: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.
Jones, P. J., Metcalfe, I., Engel, B. A., Playford, G., Rigby, J., Roberts, J., Turner, S. and Webb, G. E. (2000). Carboniferous palaeobiogeography of Australasia. Palaeobiogeography of Australasian faunas and floras. (pp. 259-286) Canberra: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.
Webby, B. D., Percival, I. G., Edgecombe, G. D., Cooper, R. A., Vandenberg, A. H. M., Pickett, J. W., Pojeta, J., Playford, G., Winchester-Seeto, T., Young, G. C., Zhen, Y. Y., Nicoll, R. S., Ross, J. R. P. and Schallreuter, R. (2000). Ordovician palaeobiogeography of Australasia. Palaeobiogeography of Australasian faunas and floras. (pp. 63-126) edited by A. J. Wright and G. C. Young et al. Canberra: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.
Playford, G. and Dettmann, M. E. (1996). Spores. Palynology : principles and applications. (pp. 227-260) edited by J. Jansonius and D.C. McGregor. College Station, Tex.: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation.
Playford, G. (1990). Proterozoic and Paleozoic palynology of Antarctica: a review. Antarctic paleobiology : its role in the reconstruction of Gondwana. (pp. 51-70) edited by Thomas N. Taylor and Edith L. Taylor. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Playford, G. (1989). Palynomorphs. Australian Phanerozoic timescales: 2, Ordovician. (pp. 20-20) edited by B. D. Webby and R. S. Nicoll. Canberra ACT, Australia: Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics.
Playford, G. and Truswell, E. M. (1988). Basil E. Balme. Palynological and palaeobotanical studies in honour of Basil E. Balme. (pp. 1-4) edited by P.A. Jell and G. Playford. Sydney, Australia: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.
Playford, G. and Wicander, R. (1988). Acritarch palynoflora of the Coolibah Formation (Lower Ordovician), Georgina Basin, Queensland. Palynological and palaeobotanical studies in honour of Basil E. Balme. (pp. 5-40) edited by P.A. Jell and G. Playford. Sydney, Australia: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.
Dettmann, M. E. and Playford, G. (1969). Palynology of the Australian Cretaceous: a review. Stratigraphy and palaeontology : essays in honour of Dorothy Hill. (pp. 174-210) edited by K.S.W. Campbell. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press.
Journal Articles
Backhouse, John and Playford, Geoffrey (2024). Basil Eric Balme (1923–2023): doyen of Australian palynology. Palynology, 48 (2). doi: 10.1080/01916122.2024.2305050
Haig, David W., Dillinger, Antoine, Playford, Geoffrey, Riera, Rosine, Sadekov, Aleksey, Skrzypek, Grzegorz, Håkansson, Eckart, Mory, Arthur J., Peyrot, Daniel and Thomas, Charmaine (2023). Preliminary appraisal of biota from methane-seep and associated deposits, lower Holmwood Shale, Early Permian (Sakmarian), Irwin Basin, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 106, 75-103.
Playford, Geoffrey (2022). Mississippian palynoflora from the Clarke River Basin, North Queensland, Australia. Ameghiniana, 59 (4), 225-264. doi: 10.5710/AMGH.15.06.2022.3504
Haig, David W., Dillinger, Antoine, Playford, Geoffrey, Riera, Rosine, Sadekov, Aleksey, Skrzypek, Grzegorz, Håkansson, Eckart, Mory, Arthur J., Peyrot, Daniel and Thomas, Charmaine (2022). Methane seeps following Early Permian (Sakmarian) deglaciation, interior East Gondwana, Western Australia: multiphase carbonate cements, distinct carbon-isotope signatures, extraordinary biota. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 591 110862, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110862
Wicander, Reed and Playford, Geoffrey (2021). Acritarchs and prasinophytes from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) Ross Formation, Tennessee, USA: stratigraphic and palaeogeographic distribution. Palynology, 46 (2), 1-50. doi: 10.1080/01916122.2021.1980917
Playford, Geoffrey (2021). Lower Permian (Sakmarian) palynoflora from the Woolaga Limestone Member of the Holmwood Shale, northern Perth Basin, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 104, 45-63.
Mitchell, Marion L., Ullman, Amanda J., Takashima, Mari, Davis, Chelsea, Mihala, Gabor, Powell, Madeleine, Gibson, Victoria, Zhang, Li, Bauer, Michelle, Playford, Geoffrey E. and Rickard, Claire M. (2020). Central venous access device Securement and dressing effectiveness: the CASCADE pilot randomised controlled trial in the adult intensive care. Australian Critical Care, 33 (5), 441-451. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2019.10.002
Playford, Geoffrey (2019). Palynology of the Mount Johnstone Formation (Mississippian), southern New England Orogen, New South Wales, Australia. Palynology, 44 (4), 1-38. doi: 10.1080/01916122.2019.1658236
Mullane, Kathleen M., Morrison, Vicki A., Camacho, Luis H., Arvin, Ann, McNeil, Shelly A., Durrand, Jessie, Campbell, Bernadette, Su, Shu-Chih, Chan, Ivan S. F., Parrino, Janie, Kaplan, Susan S, Popmihajlov, Zoran, Annunziato, Paula W, Cerana, S., Dictar, M. O., Bonvehi, P., Tregnaghi, J. P., Fein, L., Ashley, D., Singh, M., Hayes, T., Playford, G., Morrissey, O., Thaler, J., Kuehr, T., Greil, R., Pecherstorfer, M., Duck, L., Van Eygen, K. ... V212 Protocol 011 Trial Team (2019). Safety and efficacy of inactivated varicella zoster virus vaccine in immunocompromised patients with malignancies: a two-arm, randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19 (9), 1001-1012. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30310-X
Peyrot, Daniel, Playford, Geoffrey, Mantle, Daniel J., Backhouse, John, Milne, Lynne A., Carpenter, Raymond J., Foster, Clinton, Mory, Arthur J., McLoughlin, Stephen, Vitacca, Jesse, Scibiorski, J. O.E., Mack, Charlotte L. and Bevan, Jenny (2019). The greening of Western Australian landscapes: The Phanerozoic plant record. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 102, 52-82.
Winston, Drew J., Mullane, Kathleen M., Cornely, Oliver A., Boeckh, Michael J., Brown, Janice Wes, Pergam, Steven A., Trociukas, Igoris, Žák, Pavel, Craig, Michael D., Papanicolaou, Genovefa A., Velez, Juan D., Panse, Jens, Hurtado, Kimberly, Fernsler, Doreen A., Stek, Jon E., Pang, Lei, Su, Shu-Chih, Zhao, Yanli, Chan, Ivan S. F., Kaplan, Susan S., Parrino, Janie, Lee, Ingi, Popmihajlov, Zoran, Annunziato, Paula W., Arvin, Ann, Basso, A. C., Bonvehi, P., Cerana, S., Dictar, M. O. ... on behalf of the V212 Protocol 001 Trial Team (2018). Inactivated varicella zoster vaccine in autologous haemopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients: an international, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet, 391 (10135), 2116-2127. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30631-7
Wicander, Reed and Playford, Geoffrey (2017). Organic-walled microphytoplankton from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Gravel Point Formation, Michigan, USA. Palynology, 41 (sup1), 158-177. doi: 10.1080/01916122.2017.1366186
Biswas, Chayanika, Chen, Sharon C.-A., Halliday, Catriona, Martinez, Elena, Rockett, Rebecca J., Wang, Qinning, Timms, Verlaine J., Dhakal, Rajat, Sadsad, Rosemarie, Kennedy, Karina J., Playford, Geoffrey, Marriott, Deborah J., Slavin, Monica A., Sorrell, Tania C. and Sintchenko, Vitali (2017). Whole genome sequencing of Candida glabrata for detection of markers of antifungal drug resistance. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2017 (130) e56714. doi: 10.3791/56714
Wicander, R. and Playford, G. (2017). Organic-walled mucrophytoplankton assemblage of the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Arkona, Hungry Hollow and Widder formations, Ontario, Canada: biostratigraphic and palaeographic significance. Boletin Geologico y Minero, 128 (4), 839-883. doi: 10.21701/bolgeomin.128.4.001
Playford, Geoffrey and Mory, Arthur J. (2017). Composition and occurrence of the Grandispora maculosa zonal assemblage (Mississippian) in the subsurface of the Carnarvon Basin and the Coolcalalaya Sub-basin of Western Australia and its Gondwanan distribution. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 123 (2), 275-318. doi: 10.13130/2039-4942/8485
Playford, Geoffrey (2017). Intraspecific variation and palaeogeographic dispersal of the Mississippian miospore Reticulatisporites magnidictyus Playford & Helby, 1968. Palynology, 42 (2), 210-219. doi: 10.1080/01916122.2017.1331938.
Playford, Geoffrey, Hashemi, Hossein and Reed Wicander (2017). The palynostratigraphy of the Lower Carboniferous (middle Tournaisian–upper Viséan) Shishtu Formation from the Howz-e-Dorah section,southeast Tabas, central Iranian Basin: discussion. Palynology, 41 (4), 493-497. doi: 10.1080/01916122.2016.1268520
Pattemore, Gary A., Rigby, John F. and Playford, Geoffrey (2015). The Mesozoic megafossil genus Linguifolium Arber 1917. Acta Palaeobotanica, 55 (2), 123-147. doi: 10.1515/acpa-2015-0009
Playford, Geoffrey (2015). Mississippian palynoflora from the northern Perth Basin, Western Australia: systematics and stratigraphical and palaeogeographical significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 14 (9), 731-770. doi: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091792
Pattemore, G. A., Rigby, J. F. and Playford, G. (2015). Pteridospermas del Triásico-Jurásico de Australia: especiación, diversidad y declive. Boletin Geologico y Minero, 126 (4), 689-722.
Pattemore, G. A., Rigby, J. F. and Playford, G. (2014). Palissya: A global review and reassessment of Eastern Gondwanan material. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 210, 50-61. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.002
Wicander, R. and Playford, G. (2013). Marine and terrestrial palynofloras from transitional Devonian–Mississippian strata, Illinois Basin, U.S.A.. Boletin Geologico y Minero, 124 (4), 589-637.
Melo, Jose Henrique G. and Playford, Geoffrey (2012). Miospore palynology and biostratigraphy of Mississippian strata of the Amazonas Basin, Northern Brazil: part two. AASP Contributions Series, 47, 93-201.
Playford, Geoffrey and Melo, Jose Henrique G. (2012). Miospore palynology and biostratigraphy of Mississippian strata of the Amazonas Basin, Northern Brazil: part one. AASP Contributions Series, 47, 3-89.
Playford, Geoffrey, Borghi, Leonardo, Lobato, Gustavo and Melo, Jose Henrique G. (2012). Palynological dating and correlation of Early Mississippian (Tournaisian) diamictite sections, Parnaiba Basin, northeastern Brazil. Revista Española de Micropaleontología, 44 (1-3), 1-22.
Gonzalez, Felipe, Moreno, Carmen and Playford, Geoffrey (2011). The Gondwana–Laurussia convergence process: Evidence from the Middle Mississippian (Viséan) palynostratigraphic record. Geological Magazine, 148 (2), 317-328. doi: 10.1017/S0016756810000713
Morton, Anthony, Waterhouse, Mary, Playford, Geoffrey and Mengersen, Kerrie (2011). Using centers for disease control national nosocomial infections surveillance surgical site infection risk-adjustment for a group of related orthopaedic procedures. Healthcare Infection, 16 (3), 89-94. doi: 10.1071/HI11003
Gonzalez, F, Moreno, C and Playford, G (2010). Palaeopalynological plagiarism: A case involving the Devonian-Carboniferous of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, South Portuguese Zone. Palaeontographica. Abt. B: Palaeophytologie, 283 (1-3), 1-4.
Playford, G and Melo, JHG (2010). Morphological variation and distribution of the Tournaisian (Early Mississippian) miospore Waltzispora lanzonii DAEMON 1974. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen, 256 (2), 183-193. doi: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0043
Playford, Geoff (2009). Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia: Review of Devonian palynology, Canning Basin. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Bulletin, 145, 441-444.
Playford, Geoffrey and Melo, Jose Henrique G. (2009). La Mississippi miosporas Neoraistrickia loganensis (Winslow, 1962) Coleman y Clayton, 1987: Variación morfológica y distribución estratigráfica y paleogeográfica. Revista Española de Micropaleontología, 41 (3), 241-254.
Moreno, C., Sáez, R., Gonzáles, F., Almodóvar, G., Tosano, M., Playford, G., Alansari, A., Rziki, S. and Bajddi, A. (2008). Age and depositional environment of the Draa Sfar massive sulfide deposit, Morocco. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (8), 891-911. doi: 10.1007/s00126-008-0199-x
Gonzalez, Felipe, Playford, Geoffrey and Moreno, Carmen (2008). New epithet for an Upper Devonian miospore species from the Iberian Pyrite Belt, southwest Spain. Micropaleontology, 53 (5), 431-432. doi: 10.2113/gsmicropal.53.5.431
Charles, Patrick, Wolfe, Rory, Whitby, Michael, Fine, Michael J., Fuller, Andrew, Stirling, Robert, Wright, Alistair, Ramirez, Julio A., Christiansen, Keryn, Waterer, Grant, Pierce, Robert, Armstrong, John, Korman, Tony M., Holmes, Peter, Obrosky, D. Scott, Peyrani, Paula, Johnson, Paul, Hooy, Michelle, Grayson, Lindsay, Mayall, Barrie, Nimmo, Graeme, Munckhof, Wendy, Looke, David, Garske, Luke, Playford, Geoffrey, Spelman, Denis, Kotsimbos, Tom, Bardin, Philip, Heath, Christopher ... Hart, David (2008). SMART-COP: A tool for predicting the need for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support in community-acquired pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 47 (3), 375-384. doi: 10.1086/589754
Playford, Geoffrey, Gonzalez, Felipe, Moreno, Carmen and Al Ansari, Abdelkhalek (2008). Palynostratigraphy of the Sarhlef Series (Mississippian), Jebilet Massif, Morocco. Micropaleontology, 54 (2), 89-124.
Playford, Geoffrey and Rigby, John F. (2008). Permian palynoflora of the Ainim and Aiduna formations, West Papua. Revista Española de Micropaleontología, 40 (1-2), 1-57.
Playford, G. and Vecoli, M. (2008). Professor Marco Tongiorgi. Revue de micropaleontologie, 51 (1), 3-8. doi: 10.1016/j.revmic.2007.10.007
Quintavalle, Marco and Playford, Geoffrey (2008). Stratigraphic distribution of selected acritarchs in the Ordovician subsurface, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Revue de micropaleontologie, 51 (1), 23-37. doi: 10.1016/j.revmic.2006.11.003
Wicander, Reed and Playford, Geoffrey (2008). Upper Ordovician microphytoplankton of the Bill's Creek Shale and Stonington formation, Upper Penninsula of Michigan, U.S.A.: Biostratigraphy and paleogeographic significance. Revue de micropaleontologie, 51 (1), 39-66. doi: 10.1016/j.revmic.2007.01.001
Quintavalle, M. and Playford, G. (2006). Palynostratigraphy of Ordovician strata, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Part Two: chitinozoans and biostratigraphy. Palaeontographica. Abt. B: Palaeophytologie, 275 (4-6), 89-131. doi: 10.1127/palb/275/2006/89
Quintavalle, M. and Playford, G. (2006). Palynostratigraphy of Ordovician strata, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Part One: acritarchs and prasinophytes. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 275 (1-3), 1-88. doi: 10.1127/palb/275/2006/1
Playford, G. and Wicander, R. (2006). Organic-walled microphytoplankton of the Sylvan Shale (Richmondian: Upper Ordovician), Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma, U.S.A.. Oklahoma Geological Survey, 148, 1-116.
Gonzalez, Felipe, Moreno, Carmen and Playford, Geoffrey (2005). Upper Devonian biostratigraphy of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, southwest Spain Part Two: Organic-walled microphytoplankton. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 273 (4), 53-86. doi: 10.1127/palb/273/2005/53
Gonzalez, Felipe, Playford, Geoffrey and Moreno, Carmen (2005). Upper Devonian biostratigraphy of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, southwest Spain Part One: Miospores. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 273 (4), 1-52. doi: 10.1127/palb/273/2005/1
Hashemi, H. and Playford, G. (2005). Devonian miospore assemblages of the Adavale Basin, Queensland (Australia): descriptive systematics and stratigraphic significance. Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia, 37 (3), 317-417.
Yin, Leiming and Playford, Geoffrey (2003). Middle ordovician acritarchs from the global stratotype section of Huangnitang in Changshan, Zhejiang, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 42 (1), 89-103.
Sajjadi, Freshteh and Playford, Geoffrey (2003). New epithets for two Upper Jurassic miospore species from the Eromanga Basin, Queensland. Alcheringa, 27 (2), 171-171. doi: 10.1080/03115510308619556
Dino, Rodolfo and Playford, G. (2002). Stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental significance of a Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) palynoflora from the PiauFormation, Parnaba Basin, northeastern Brazil. Paleontological Research, 6 (1), 23-40.
Foster, C. B., Wicander, R. and Playford, G. (2002). Eomerismopedia maureeniae n. g. n. sp., a chroococcacean cyanobacterium from the lower Ordovician Coolibah Formation, Georgina Basin, Queensland, Australia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte, 2, 65-74.
Playford, G. and Dino, R. (2002). Permian Palynofloral Assemblages of the Chaco-Paraná Basin (Argentina): Systematics and Stratigraphic Significance. Revista Española de Micropaleontología, 34 (3), 235-288.
Foster, C.B., Wicander, R. and Playford, G. (2002). Eomerismopedia maureeniae n.g. n.sp., a chroococcacean cyanobacterium from the lower Ordovician Coolibah Formation, Georgina Basin, Queensland, Australia. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie. Monatshefte, 2 (2), 65-74. doi: 10.1127/njgpm/2002/2002/65
Sajjadi, F. and Playford, G. (2002). Systematic and stratigraphic palynology of Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous strata of the Eromanga basin, Queensland, Australia: Part Two. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B: Palophytologie, 261 (4-6), 99-165.
Sajjadi, F. and Playford, G. (2002). Systematic and stratigraphic palynology of Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous strata of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia: Part One. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 261 (Lfg. 1-3), 1-97.
Playford, Geoffrey, Dino, Rodolfo and Marques-Toigo, Marleni (2001). The upper Palaeozoic miospore genus Spelaeotriletes Neves and Owens, 1966, and constituent Gondwanan species. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 14 (6), 593-608. doi: 10.1016/S0895-9811(01)00038-4
Playford, Geoffrey, Dino, Rodolfo and Marques-Toigo, Marleni (2001). The upper Paleozoic miospore genus Spelaeotriletes Neves and Owens, 1966, and constituent Gondwanan species. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 14 (6), 593-608. doi: 10.1016/S0895-9811(01)00038-4
Loboziak, Stanislas, Playford, Geoffrey and Melo, José H. G. (2000). Radiizonates arcuatus, a distinctive new miospore species from the Lower Carboniferous of Western Gondwana. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 109 (3-4), 271-277. doi: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00059-7
Playford, G. and Dino, R. (2000). Carboniferous_Permian Gondwanan palynostratigraphy. Newsletter on Carboniferous Stratigraphy, 18, 10-10.
Playford, G. and Dino, R. (2000). Palynostratigraphy of upper Palaeozoic strata (Tapajos group), Amazonas Basin, Brazil: Part One. Palaeontographica Abteilung B, 255 (1-3), 1-46.
Playford, G. and Dino, R. (2000). Palynostratigraphy of upper Palaeozoic strata (Tapajos Group), Amazonas Basin, Brazil: Part Two. Palaeontographica Abteilung B, 255 (4-6), 87-145.
Wicander, R. and Playford, G. (2000). Biostratigraphic and paleogeographic implications of an upper Ordovician acritarch assemblage from the Bill's Creek and Stonington formations, Michigan, U.S.A. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Geologica, 43, 267-268.
Wicander, Reed, Playford, Geoffrey and Robertson, Eddie B. (1999). Stratigraphic and paleogeographic significance of an upper Ordovician acritarch flora from the Maquoketa Shale, northeastern Missouri, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology, 73 (6 SUPPL.), 1-37.
Loboziak, Stanislas, Melo, José H. G., Playford, Geoffrey and Streel, Maurice (1999). The Indotriradites dolianitii Morphon, a distinctive group of miospore species from the Lower Carboniferous of Gondwana. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 107 (1-2), 17-22. doi: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00016-0
Wicander, R., Playford, G. and Robertson, E. B. (1999). Stratigraphic and paleogeographic significance of an upper Ordovician acritarch flora from the Maquoketa Shale, northeastern Missouri, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology Supplement, Memoir, 73 (Supplement 6, Memoir 51), 1-38. doi: 10.1017/s0022336000060005
Playford, G. (1998). Amazonas Basin palynostratigraphy. Newsletter on Carboniferous Stratigraphy, 19, 28-28.
Hashemi. H. and Playford, G. (1998). Upper Devonian palynomorphs of the Shishtu Formation, Central Iran Basin, east-central Iran. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 246, 115-212.
Miller, Merrell A., Playford, Geoffrey and Le Hérissé, Alain (1997). Clypeolus, a new acritarch genus from the Ordovician and Silurian. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 98 (1-2: Festschrift for Helen Tappan and Alfred R. Loeblich Jr.), 95-103. doi: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00019-5
Vecoli, M. and Playford, G. (1997). Stratigraphically significant acritarchs in uppermost Cambrian to basal Ordovician strata of northwestern Algeria. Grana, 36 (1), 17-28. doi: 10.1080/00173139709362585
Playford, G., Ribecai, C. and Tongiorgi, M. (1995). Ordovician acritarch genera Peteinosphaeridium, Liliosphaeridium, and Cycloposphaeridium: morphology, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and palaeogeographic significance. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 34 (1), 3-54.
Dettmann, M. E. and Playford, G. (1994). Narcarvonia, new name for Carnarvonia Cookson & Eisenack 1982 (Acritarcha). Alcheringa, 18 (1-2), 84-84. doi: 10.1080/03115518.1994.9638767
Playford, G. and McGregor, D. C.. (1993). Miospores and organic-walled microphytoplankton of Devonian-Carboniferous boundary beds (Bakken Formation), Williston Basin, southern Saskatchewan: a systematic and stratigraphic appraisal. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin, 445, 1-107.
McGregor, D. C. and Playford, G. (1993). Canadian and Australian Devonian spores: zonation and correlation. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin, 438, 1-125.
Playford, G. (1991). Australian Lower Carboniferous miospores relevant to extra-Gondwanic correlations: an evaluation. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 130, 85-125.
McGregor, D. Colin and Playford, Geoffrey (1990). Morphology and distribution of the miospore Teichertospora torquata comb. nov. in the Upper Devonian of Euramerica and Australia. Palynology, 14 (1), 7-18. doi: 10.1080/01916122.1990.9989368
Satterthwait, Donna F. and Playford, Geoffrey. (1988). Spore tetrad structures of possible hepatic affinity from the Australian Lower Carboniferous. American journal of botany, 73 (9), 1319-1331. doi: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1986.tb10873.x
Playford, G. and Miller, M. A. (1988). Chitinozoa from Lower Ordovician strata of the Georgina Basin, Queensland (Australia). Geobios, 21 (1), 17-39. doi: 10.1016/S0016-6995(88)80029-9
Playford, G. and Satterthwait, D. F. (1988). Lower Carboniferous spores of the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, northwestern Australia: Part Three. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 208, 1-26.
Playford, G. (1988). Early Carboniferous miospores from GSQ Clarke River 3-4R and 5, north Queensland. Queensland government mining journal, 89 (1045), 527-533.
Playford, G. and Satterthwait, D. F. (1986). Lower Carboniferous spores of the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, northwestern Australia: Part Two. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 200, 1-32.
Playford, G. (1986). Lower Carboniferous megaspores from the Clarke River Formation, north Queensland, Australia. Special papers in palaeontology, 35, 133-146.
Playford, G. (1986). Morphological and preservational variation of Rattiganispora Playford and Helby, 1968, from the Australian Carboniferous. Pollen et spores, 28, 83-96.
Scott, Andrew C. and Playford, Geoffrey (1985). Early Triassic megaspores from the Rewan Group, Bowen Basin, Queensland. Alcheringa, 9 (4), 297-323. doi: 10.1080/03115518508618975
Playford, G. and Satterthwait, D. F. (1985). Lower Carboniferous spores of the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, northwestern Australia: Part One. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 195, 125-152.
Jell, J. S. and Playford, G. (1985). Broken River Embayment and Burdekin-Star Shelf. The Carboniferous of the World, II, 20, 62-69.
Playford, G. and Jell, J. S. (1985). Drummond Basin. The Carboniferous of the World, II, 20, 60-62.
Playford, G. (1985). Spores and pollen. The Carboniferous of the World, II, 20, 123-126.
Wicander, R. and Playford, G. (1985). Acritarchs and spores from the Upper Devonian Lime Creek Formation, Iowa, U.S.A.. Micropaleontology, 31 (2), 97-138. doi: 10.2307/1485481
Playford, G. and Matrin, F. (1984). Ordovician acritarchs from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa, 8 (3-4), 187-223. doi: 10.1080/03115518408618943
Phipps, D. and Playford, G. (1984). Laboratory techniques for extraction of palynomorphs from sediments. Papers of the Department of Geology, University of Queensland, 11 (1), 1-23.
Playford, G. (1984). Devonian-Carboniferous boundary sequences in Australia: a summary. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 67, 55-56.
Playford, G., Wicander, R. and Wood, G. D. (1983). Laiphospora, a new genus of trilete sporae dispersae from the devonian of North America. Palynology, 7 (1), 211-219. doi: 10.1080/01916122.1983.9989262
Playford, G. (1983). Two new genera of trilete sporae dispersae from the Lower Carboniferous of Queensland. Pollen et spores, 25, 265-278.
Playford, G. (1983). The Devonian miospore genus Geminospora Balme, 1962: a reappraisal based upon topotypic G. lemurata (type species). Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Memoir, 1, 311-325.
Playford, G., Wicander, R. and Wood, G. D. (1983). Laiphospora, a new genus of trilete sporae dispersae from the Devonian of North America. Palynology, 7, 211-219.
Playford, G. (1982). A latest Devonian palynoflora from the Buttons beds, Bonaparte Gulf Basin, Western Australia. BMR journal of Australian geology and geophysics / Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, 7 (3), 149-157.
Playford, G. (1982). Neogene palynomorphs from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Palynology, 6 (1), 29-54. doi: 10.1080/01916122.1982.9989233
Playford, G. (1981). Late Devonian acritarchs from the Gneudna Formation in the western Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Geobios, 14 (2), 145-171. doi: 10.1016/S0016-6995(81)80001-0
Playford, G. and Dring, R. S. (1981). Late Devonian acritarchs from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Special papers in palaeontology, 27, 78-78.
Playford, G. and Powis, G. D. (1979). Taxonomy and distribution of some trilete spores in Carboniferous strata of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Pollen et spores, 21, 371-394.
Playford, G. (1979). Floral evolution in the Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic of Australia: A summary. The Australian Geologist, 26, 11-11.
Playford, G. and Dittmann, M. E. (1978). Pollen of Dacrydium franklinii Hook. f. and comparable Early Tertiary microfossils. Pollen et spores, 20, 513-534.
Playford, G. (1978). Lower Carboniferous spores from the Ducabrook Formation, Drummond Basin, Queensland. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 167, 105-160.
Kemp. E. M., Balme, B. E., Helby, R. J., Kyle, R. A., Playford, G. and Price, P. L. (1977). Carboniferous and Permian palynostratigraphy in Australia and Antarctica: a review. BMR journal of Australian geology and geophysics, 2, 177-208.
Playford, G. (1977). Lower to Middle Devonian acritarchs of the Moose River Basin, Ontario. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin, 279, 87-87.
Playford, G. (1977). A Lower Carboniferous palynoflora from the Drummond Basin, east-central Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88, 75-81.
Playford, G., Jones, B. G. and Kemp, E. M. (1976). Palynological evidence for the age of the Brewer Conglomerate, Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Alcheringa, 1 (2), 235-243. doi: 10.1080/03115517608619073
Playford, G. (1976). Plant microfossils from the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Palaophytologie, 158, 1-71.
Playford, G., Haig, D. W. and Dettmann, M. E. (1975). A mid-Cretaceous microfossil assemblage from the Great Artesian Basin, northwestern Queensland. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie. Abhandlungen, 149, 333-362.
Playford, G. (1972). Trilete spores of Umbonatisporites in the Lower Carboniferous of northwestern Australia. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie. Abhandlungen, 141, 301-315.
Playford, Geoffrey (1971). Palynology of Lower Cretaceous (Swan River) strata of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Palaeontology, 14 (4), 533-565.
Playford, G. (1971). Lower Carboniferous spores from the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin, 115, 105.
Playford, Geoffrey and Helby, Robin (1968). Spores from a Carboniferous section in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 15 (1), 103-119. doi: 10.1080/00167616808728684
Dettmann, M. E. and Playford, G. (1968). Taxonomy of some Cretaceous spores and pollen grains from eastern Australia. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 81, 69-94.
Playford, G. and Cornelius, K. D. (1967). Palynological and lithostratigraphic features of the Razorback Beds, Mount Morgan district, Queensland. Papers of the Department of Geology, University of Queensland, 4 (3), 81-96.
Balme, B. E. and Playford, G. (1967). Late Permian plant microfossils from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. Revue de micropaleontologie, 10, 179-192.
Playford, Geoffrey (1965). Plant microfossils from Triassic sediments near Poatina, Tasmania. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 12 (2), 173-210. doi: 10.1080/00167616508728592
Playford, G. and Dettmann, M. E. (1965). Rhaeto-Liassic plant microfossils from the Leigh Creek Coal Measures, South Australia. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 46, 127-181.
Playford, Geoffrey (1964). Miospores from the Mississippian Horton Group, eastern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin, 107, 47-47.
Dettmann, M. E. and Playford, G. (1963). Sections of some spores from the Lower Carboniferous of Spitsbergen. Palaeontology, 5 (4), 679-681.
Playford, G. (1963). Lower Carboniferous microfloras of Spitsbergen, Part Two.. Palaeontology, 5 (4), 619-678.
Hughes, N. F., Dettmann, M. E. and Playford, G. (1962). Sections of some Carboniferous dispersed spores. Palaeontology, 5 (2), 247-252.
Playford, G. (1962). Lower Carboniferous microfloras of Spitsbergen, Part One. Palaeontology, 5 (3), 550-618.
Hughes, N. F. and Playford, G. (1961). Palynological reconnaissance of the Lower Carboniferous of Spitsbergen.. Micropaleontology, 7, 27-44.
Playford, G. (1959). Permian stratigraphy of the Woolaga creek area, Mingenew District, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 42 (1), 7-32.
Conference Papers
Mitchell, Marion, Ullman, Amanda, Takashima, Mari, Davis, Chelsea, Mihala, Gabor, Powell, Madeleine, Gibson, Victoria, Zhang, Li, Bauer, Michelle, Playford, Geoffrey and Rickard, Claire (2020). Central venous access device securement and dressing effectiveness: the cascade pilot randomised controlled trial in adult intensive care. World Congress of Intensive Care, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 14-18 October 2019. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier.
Rickard, Claire, Marsh, Nicole, Larsen, Emily, Runnegar, Naomi, Gavin, Nicole, Mihala, Gabor, Playford, Geoffrey and Webster, Joan (2017). Administration sets/infusion tubing: How often should they be changed to prevent CRBSI?. 6th International Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 20 - 22 November 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2017.09.008
Gorter, J. D., McKirdy, D. M., Jones, P. J. and Playford, G. (2003). Reappraisal of the early Carboniferous Milligans formation source rock system in the southern Bonaparte Basin, northwestern Australia Timor. Timor Sea petroleum geoscience, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 19-20 June, 2003. Darwin, NT, Australia: Northern Territory Government.
Dino, R. and Playford, G. (2002). Miospores Common to South American and Australian Carboniferous Sequences: Stratigraphic and Phytogeographic Implications Memoir 19 - Carboniferous and Permian of the World. 14th International Congress of the Carboniferous and Permian, Alberta, Canada, 17-21 August 1999.
Dino, R. and Playford, G. (2001). Late Carboniferous spore-pollen flora of the Piaui formation, Parnaiba Basin, Brazil: Stratigraphic and palaeoecological implications. Correlacao de Sequencias Paleozoicas Sul-Americanas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 - 21 November, 2001. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A..
Dino, R. and Playford, G. (1999). Carboniferous palynofloral affinities between South America and Australia. International Congress on the Carboniferous-Permian, Univ. of Calgary, 17-21 Aug. 1999. Calgary: Univ. of Calgary.
Tongiorgi, M. and Playford, G. (1999). Studies in Palaeozoic palynology. CIMP Symposium at Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 1998. Milano, Italy: Societa Paleontologica Italiana.
Vecoli, M., Tongiorgi, M. and Playford, G. (1999). The Ordovician acritarchs Frankea breviuscula, F. longiuscula, and F. sartbernardensis: A new study. Modena, Italy: Societa Paleontologica Italiana/Mucchi.
Wicander, R., Foster, C. B. and Playford, G. (1999). Possible Chroococcaceae colonies from the Lower Ordovician Coolibah Formation, Georgina Basin, Queensland, Australia. 32nd Annual Meeting, The American Association of Stratigraphic, Inc., Coastal Georgia Cen., Savannah, Georgia, 26-30 Oct. 1999. Dallas, USA: The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
Playford, G. (1993). Miospores and organic-walled microphytoplankton characteristic of strata contiguous with the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary. International Congress Carboniferous-Permian Stratigraphy and Geology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September, 1991. Paris, France: Académie des sciences : Elsevier.
Playford, G. (1993). Late Palaeozoic palynology. International Congress Carboniferous-Permian Stratigraphy and Geology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September, 1991. Paris, France: Académie des sciences : Elsevier.
Rigby, J. F. and Playford, G. (1988). Upper Triassic and Lower Tertiary megafossil floras of the Ipswich area, southeast Queensland; selected localities. 7th International Palynological Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 28 August-3 September, 1988. Brisbane, Australia: International Palynological Congress.
Playford, G. and Rigby, J. F. (1988). Some Lower Mesozoic and Lower Tertiary plant megafossil occurrences in the Ipswich area, southeast Queensland. 9th Australian Geological Convention, Brisbane QLD., 1988. Brisbane, Australia: Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division.
Playford, G. (1985). Palynology of the Australian Lower Carboniferous: a review. 10th International Congress Carboniferous-Permian Stratigraphy and Geology, Madrid, Spain, 1983. Paris, France: Académie des sciences : Elsevier.
Research Report
Playford, G. and Barss, M.S. (1963). Upper Mississippian microflora from Axel Heiberg Island, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 62-36 Ottawa, Canada: Dept. Of Mines and Technical Surveys.