Roger Geoffrey Walker - McMaster Experts

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Faculty of Science, McMaster University
Professor Emeritus, Earth, Environment & Society, Faculty of Science

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- ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY OF STACKED PROGRADING COASTAL SEDIMENTS IN THE LEA-PARK-BELLY RIVER TRANSITION (CAMPANIAN) OF CENTRAL ALBERTA. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 656-656. 1991
- CARDIUM FORMATION AT SEEBE, ALBERTA - STORM-TRANSPORTED SANDSTONES AND CONGLOMERATES. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 644-645. 1982
- Deep-water pebbly sandstones and conglomerates - Fagies and reservoir characteristics. Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference. 581-584. 1978
- THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTERNAL SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES OF TURBIDITES. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 1-32. 1965
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- Facies and sequential organisation of a mudstone-dominated slope and basin floor succession: the Gull Island Formation, Shannon Basin, Western Ireland. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 20:789-807. 2003
- Turbidites in the Upper Carboniferous Ross Formation, western Ireland: reconstruction of a channel and spillover system. Sedimentology. 50:113-148. 2003
- A field guide to portions of the Jurassic Fernie-Kootenay Trans-Canada Highway section, Banff, Alberta: new sedimentological and structural observations and interpretations. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 48:84-89. 2000
- Multiphase transgressive filling of an incised valley and shoreface complex, Viking Formation, Sundance-Edson area, Alberta. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 46:89-105. 1998
- Sedimentology and depositional history of Units C and D of the Falher Member, Spirit River Formation, west-central Alberta. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 45:218-238. 1997
- Estuarine valley fills in the Lower Cretaceous Bluesky Formation, Edson area, Alberta. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 45:194-+. 1997
- Internal architecture and sedimentary evolution of coarse‐grained, turbidite channel‐levee complexes, Early Eocene Regência Canyon, Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil. Sedimentology. 44:17-46. 1997
- Allostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Lea Park Belly River transition in central Alberta, Canada. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 44:14-38. 1996
- HIGH-RESOLUTION STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION OF COARSE-GRAINED CANYON-FILLING TURBIDITES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TRANSGRESSIVE MEGASEQUENCE, CAMPOS BASIN, OFFSHORE BRAZIL. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies. 65:426-442. 1995
- BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDING SURFACE - THE CARDINAL/LEYLAND UNCONFORMITY (E5/T5 SURFACE) IN THE CARDIUM FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS, UPPER TURONIAN LOWER CONIACIAN) AT SEEBE, ALBERTA - DISCUSSION. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 43:343-346. 1995
- HIGH-RESOLUTION SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE SHANNON SANDSTONE IN WYOMING, USING A TEMPLATE FOR REGIONAL CORRELATION. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies. 65:255-264. 1995
- SEDIMENTARY AND TECTONIC ORIGIN OF A TRANSGRESSIVE SURFACE OF EROSION - VIKING FORMATION, ALBERTA, CANADA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies. 65:209-221. 1995
- LOWSTAND SHOREFACES, TRANSGRESSIVE INCISED SHOREFACES, AND FORCED REGRESSIONS - EXAMPLES FROM THE VIKING FORMATION, JOARCAM AREA, ALBERTA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies. 65:132-141. 1995
- High-resolution Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Evolution of Coarse-Grained Canyon-Filling Turbidites From the Upper Cretaceous Transgressive Megasequence, Campos Basin, Offshore Brazil. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 65B:426-442. 1995
- INCISION AND FILLING OF A LOWSTAND VALLEY - LATE ALBIAN VIKING FORMATION AT CRYSTAL, ALBERTA, CANADA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies. 64:365-379. 1994
- Reservoir geometry influenced by high-frequency forced regressions within an overall transgression: Caroline and Garrington fields, Viking Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Alberta. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 41:407-421. 1993
- Shannon Sandstone in Wyoming: A Shelf-ridge Complex Reinterpreted as Lowstand Shoreface Deposits. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 63:839-851. 1993
- Deposition and Interpretation of Long, Narrow Sandbodies Underlain by a Basinwide Erosion Surface: Cardium Formation, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 62:292-309. 1992
- Morphology and origin of erosion surfaces in the Cardium Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Western Interior Seaway, Alberta) and their implications for rapid sea level fluctuations. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 28:1507-1520. 1991
- ALLOSTRATIGRAPHIC SUBDIVISION OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS DUNVEGAN, SHAFTESBURY, AND KASKAPAU FORMATIONS IN THE NORTHWESTERN ALBERTA SUBSURFACE. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 39:145-164. 1991
- Definition of allomembers and their facies assemblages in the Viking Formation, Willesden Green area, Alberta. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 39:123-144. 1991
- River- and wave-dominated depositional systems of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, northwestern Alberta. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 39:165-191. 1991
- Topography and Significance of a Basinwide Sequence-bounding Erosion Surface in the Cretaceous Cardium Formation, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 61:473-496. 1991
- Facies modeling and sequence stratigraphy. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 60:777-786. 1990
- CONTROL OF RESERVOIR GEOMETRY AND STRATIGRAPHIC TRAPPING BY EROSION SURFACE E5 IN THE PEMBINA CARROT CREEK AREA, UPPER CRETACEOUS CARDIUM FORMATION, ALBERTA, CANADA. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 74:1165-1182. 1990
- VIKING FORMATION (ALBIAN) AT EUREKA, SASKATCHEWAN - A TRANSGRESSED AND DEGRADED SHELF SAND RIDGE. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 74:1212-1227. 1990
- GEOMETRY AND FACIES OF STACKED SHALLOW-MARINE SANDIER UPWARD SEQUENCES DISSECTED BY EROSION SURFACE, CARDIUM FORMATION, WILLESDEN GREEN, ALBERTA. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 72:1469-1494. 1988
- VIKING FORMATION, JOFFRE FIELD, ALBERTA - SHOREFACE ORIGIN OF LONG, NARROW SAND BODY ENCASED IN MARINE MUDSTONES. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 72:1212-1228. 1988
- Lateral and vertical facies sequences in the Upper Cretaceous Chungo Member, Wapiabi Formation, southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 24:771-783. 1987
- Cardium Formation 8. Facies and environments of the Cardium shoreline and coastal plain in the Kakwa Field and adjacent areas, northwestern Alberta.. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 35:48-64. 1987
- Morphology and Origin of an Erosion Surface Cut into the Bad Heart Formation During Major Sea-Level Change, Santonian of West-Central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 57:639-650. 1987
- The Importance of Sea-Level Fluctuations in the Formation of Linear Conglomerate Bodies; Carrot Creek Member of Cardium Formation, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 57:651-665. 1987
- A storm and tidally‐influenced prograding shoreline—Upper Cretaceous Milk River Formation of Southern Alberta, Canada. Sedimentology. 33:47-60. 1986
- Cardium Formation 6. Stratigraphic framework of the Cardium in subsurface.. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 34:213-225. 1986
- CARDIUM FORMATION AT RICINUS FIELD, ALBERTA - A CHANNEL CUT AND FILLED BY TURBIDITY CURRENTS IN CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 69:1963-1981. 1985
- Mudstones and Thin-bedded Turbidites Associated with the Upper Cretaceous Wheeler Gorge Conglomerates, California: A Possible Channel-Levee Complex. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 55:279-290. 1985
- Depositional environments and paleogeography in the Albian Moosebar Formation and adjacent fluvial Gladstone and Beaver Mines formations, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 21:698-714. 1984
- PROBABLE LOBSTER BURROWS IN THE CARDIUM FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS) OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA, CANADA, AND COMMENTS ON MODERN BURROWING DECAPODS. Journal of Paleontology. 58:1422-1435. 1984
- Cardium Formation 1. 'Cardium, a turbidity current deposit' (Beach, 1955): a brief history of ideas ( sandstones, Ricinus- Caroline-Garrington).. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 31:205-212. 1983
- Cardium Formation 2. Sand-body geometry and stratigraphy in the Garrington-Caroline-Ricinus area, Alberta - the ' ragged blanket' model.. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 31:14-26. 1983
- Cardium Formation 3. Sedimentology and stratigraphy in the Garrington- Caroline area, Alberta ( Canada, Turonian, Cretaceous).. Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 31:213-230. 1983
- Hummocky stratification: Significance of its variable bedding sequences: Discussion and reply. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 94:1245-1245. 1983
- The Cambro‐Ordovician Cap Enragé Formation, Queébec, Canada: conglomeratic deposits of a braided submarine channel with terraces. Sedimentology. 29:309-352. 1982
- STORM-DOMINATED AND TIDE-DOMINATED SHORELINES IN CRETACEOUS MOOSEBAR-LOWER GATES INTERVAL - OUTCROP EQUIVALENTS OF DEEP BASIN GAS TRAP IN WESTERN CANADA. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 66:138-157. 1982
- STORM-DOMINATED AND TIDE-DOMINATED SHORELINES IN CRETACEOUS MOOSEBAR-LOWER GATES INTERVAL - OUTCROP EQUIVALENTS OF DEEP BASIN GAS TRAP IN WESTERN CANADA - REPLY. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 66:2683-2684. 1982
- Storm- and tide-dominated shorelines in Cretaceous Moosebar-lower Gates interval - outcrop equivalents.. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 66:138-157. 1982
- Structures and sequences in clastic rocks. Lecture notes for short course no. 9. 1982
- Deposition of the Cambrian continental rise: the St. Roch Formation near St. Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 18:1320-1335. 1981
- Cardium Formation (U. Cretaceous) at Seebe, Alberta—storm-transported sandstones and conglomerates in shallow marine depositional environments below fair-weather wave base. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 18:795-809. 1981
- Storm-dominated shallow marine deposits: the Fernie–Kootenay (Jurassic) transition, southern Rocky Mountains: Reply. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 18:667-668. 1981
- Eolian coastal dune deposits and surrounding marine sandstones, Rocky Mountain Supergroup (Lower Pennsylvanian), southeastern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 17:1125-1140. 1980
- MODERN AND ANCIENT SUBMARINE FANS - REPLY. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 64:1101-1108. 1980
- Storm-dominated shallow marine deposits: the Fernie–Kootenay (Jurassic) transition, southern Rocky Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 16:1673-1690. 1979
- Paleocurrents and depositional environments of deep water conglomerates in the Cambro-Ordovician Cap Enragé Formation, Quebec Appalachians. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 16:1375-1387. 1979
- Fluvial processes and facies sequences in the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River, Canada. Sedimentology. 25:625-648. 1978
- DEEP-WATER SANDSTONE FACIES AND ANCIENT SUBMARINE FANS - MODELS FOR EXPLORATION FOR STRATIGRAPHIC TRAPS. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 62:932-966. 1978
- Bar evolution and development of stratification in the gravelly, braided, Kicking Horse River, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 14:562-570. 1977
- Deposition of upper Mesozoic resedimented conglomerates and associated turbidites in southwestern Oregon. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 88:273-273. 1977
- Development of a braided-fluvial facies model for the Devonian Battery Point Sandstone, Québec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 13:102-119. 1976
- Generalized Facies Models for Resedimented Conglomerates of Turbidite Association. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 86:737-737. 1975
- Nested Submarine-Fan Channels in the Capistrano Formation, San Clemente, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 86:915-915. 1975
- Facies relationships in Pleistocene outwash gravels, southern Ontario: a model for bar growth in braided rivers. Sedimentology. 21:43-70. 1974
- Archaean Sedimentation: Analysis of the Minnitaki Basin, Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 82:2099-2099. 1971
- Nondeltaic Depositional Environments in the Catskill Clastic Wedge (Upper Devonian) of Central Pennsylvania. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 82:1305-1305. 1971
- Deposition of turbidites and agitated-water siltstones : A study of the Upper Carboniferous Westward Ho! Formation, North Devon. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 81:43-IN10. 1970
- Sedimentation of eocambrian tillites and associated sediments in Finnmark, Northern Norway. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2:177-212. 1966
- CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION IN THE LOWER WESTPHALIAN OF NO DEVON, ENGLAND. Sedimentology. 4:1-52. 1965
- DISTINCTIVE TYPES OF RIPPLE‐DRIFT CROSS‐LAMINATION. Sedimentology. 2:173-188. 1963