AASP Foundation - The Palynological Society

The objective of the AASP Foundation is to further the science of palynology to a wider audience, through promotion, assistance, encouragement, support, and furtherance of studies and research in the field of palynology, including the dissemination of information related to palynology, primarily through publications and continuing education.

The AASP Foundation is a nonprofit organization established on May 17^th, 1976. The original trustees of the Foundation were Norman J. Norton (Chairman), Robert T. Clarke, and Raymond E. Malloy.

Initially, AASP began publishing Geoscience and Man in collaboration with The School of Geoscience at Louisiana State University; seven volumes were published between 1970 and 1976.

The initiative was continued with AASP’s own journal Palynology, first published in 1977. The publication of Palynology was managed by the Foundation until the role was assumed by Taylor & Francis in 2010.

In addition to the journal the Foundation also publishes the AASP Contributions Series (monographs that are published irregularly, the first being in 1970). It has also published several books on a range of palynological topics, including a revised edition of Kapp’s ‘Pollen and Spores‘ and the foundational 3-volume series “Palynology: Principles and Applications“. A complete list of the publications can be viewed here.

Our publications are increasingly available digitally, and the future of the AASP Foundation Contributions Series will be wholly digital.

Palynology: Principles and Applications published on behalf of the AASP Foundation

Palynology: Principles and Applications
1996
The classic compendium in 3 volumes.
Now available as PDF.

Pollen and Spores
Ronald O. Kapp‘s classic compendium
2014, 2nd Ed.
The bestselling compendium. Available as PDF & Hardcopy.

Ronald O Kapps' Pollen and Spores published on behalf of the AASP Foundation

Submissions are welcome. To contact the foundation send an email to aaspfoundation@gmail.com

AASP Foundation Trustees

Chairman & Treasurer

Thomas Demchuk
PetroStrat, Inc.
(USA, TX, Houston)

Secretary

David Pocknall
Consultant biostratigrapher
(USA, Texas)

Editor

Robert Fensome
Geological Survey of Canada

Publications Production

Jen O’Keefe
Morehead State University
(USA, Kentucky)

Webmaster

Julia Gravendyck
Bonn University
(Germany)