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Dennis McCarthy has published papers
on a wide variety of subjects, including
geophysics, biogeography, and English
literature. He is currently a research
associate at the Buffalo Museum of
Science and is on the editorial board of
Biogeography & Systematics, a journal
that will be launched by the Systematic
& Evolutionary Biogeographical
Association (SEBA) in late 2008.
Dennis McCarthy has published papers
on a wide variety of subjects, including
geophysics, biogeography, and English
literature. He is currently a research
associate at the Buffalo Museum of
Science and is on the editorial board of
Biogeography & Systematics, a journal
that will be launched by the Systematic
& Evolutionary Biogeographical
Association (SEBA) in late 2008.
The Fourth Revolt
Papers
McCarthy, D. (2007) Geophysical explanation for the disparity in spreading rates between
the Northern and Southern hemispheres, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03410,
doi:10.1029/2006JB004535. The paper also includes a brief and
simple video that helps summarize the basic points of the paper .
McCarthy, D. (2007) Sir Thomas North as Sir John Daw, Notes & Queries, 54(3), 321-4.
McCarthy, D. (2007) Thomas North was the "T.N." who prefaced Belleforest's "Tragical
Hystories," Notes & Queries, 54(3), 244-8.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeographical and geological evidence for a smaller,
completely-enclosed Pacific Basin in the Late Cretaceous. Journal of Biogeography, 32,
2161-2177.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeography and scientific revolutions. The Systematist, 25, 3-12.
McCarthy, D. (2003) The trans-Pacific zipper effect: disjunct sister taxa and matching
geological outlines that link the Pacific margins. Journal of Biogeography, 30, 1545-1561.
Book Chapters
McCarthy, D. (2006), Are plate tectonic explanations for trans-Pacific disjunctions
plausible? Empirical tests of radical dispersalist theories, in Biogeography in a Changing
World, edited by Ebach, M.C. and Tangney, R., Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Florida.
Lectures
McCarthy, D. (2005) "Vicariance in the Pacific." Fifth biennial conference of the Systematics
Association, presented by Cardiff University and the National Museum and Gallery of Wales.
McCarthy, D. (2007/ Upcoming) "Paleobiogeography / Trans-oceanic disjunctions and
solutions." First International Palaeobiogeography Symposium presented by the Société
géologique de France and the University of Paris.
Upcoming books
Prospective title: "Here There Be Dragons / How the distributions of plants and animals
have revolutionized our views of life and Earth."
Proposal accepted by Oxford University Press, set for publication in February, 2009.
Email Address: DennisMcCarthy@4threvolt.com
McCarthy, D. (2007) Geophysical explanation for the disparity in spreading rates between
the Northern and Southern hemispheres, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03410,
doi:10.1029/2006JB004535. The paper also includes a brief and
simple video that helps summarize the basic points of the paper .
McCarthy, D. (2007) Sir Thomas North as Sir John Daw, Notes & Queries, 54(3), 321-4.
McCarthy, D. (2007) Thomas North was the "T.N." who prefaced Belleforest's "Tragical
Hystories," Notes & Queries, 54(3), 244-8.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeographical and geological evidence for a smaller,
completely-enclosed Pacific Basin in the Late Cretaceous. Journal of Biogeography, 32,
2161-2177.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeography and scientific revolutions. The Systematist, 25, 3-12.
McCarthy, D. (2003) The trans-Pacific zipper effect: disjunct sister taxa and matching
geological outlines that link the Pacific margins. Journal of Biogeography, 30, 1545-1561.
Book Chapters
McCarthy, D. (2006), Are plate tectonic explanations for trans-Pacific disjunctions
plausible? Empirical tests of radical dispersalist theories, in Biogeography in a Changing
World, edited by Ebach, M.C. and Tangney, R., Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Florida.
Lectures
McCarthy, D. (2005) "Vicariance in the Pacific." Fifth biennial conference of the Systematics
Association, presented by Cardiff University and the National Museum and Gallery of Wales.
McCarthy, D. (2007/ Upcoming) "Paleobiogeography / Trans-oceanic disjunctions and
solutions." First International Palaeobiogeography Symposium presented by the Société
géologique de France and the University of Paris.
Upcoming books
Prospective title: "Here There Be Dragons / How the distributions of plants and animals
have revolutionized our views of life and Earth."
Proposal accepted by Oxford University Press, set for publication in February, 2009.
Email Address: DennisMcCarthy@4threvolt.com
His latest paper in The Journal of Geophysical Research was the first to provide the
correct explanation for the lopsided ocean-continent distribution of the Earth. Specifically,
it explained why the Southern Hemisphere is so oceanic while the Northern Hemisphere
is crowded with continental crust. Der Spiegel, the largest news magazine in Europe, has
devoted a large article ( English translation) to this JGR paper.
correct explanation for the lopsided ocean-continent distribution of the Earth. Specifically,
it explained why the Southern Hemisphere is so oceanic while the Northern Hemisphere
is crowded with continental crust. Der Spiegel, the largest news magazine in Europe, has
devoted a large article ( English translation) to this JGR paper.