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A. Guy Plint is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong focus on subfields such as Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

The scientist's work addresses key topics including Geological formations and processes, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Recent publications by A. Guy Plint highlight contributions to several areas of geological and paleontological research. Notable papers include:

  • "Crocodylian and dinosaur trace fossil assemblages from crevasse splay/levee and floodplain lake environments: middle Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, northeast British Columbia, Canada" (2022, Historical Biology)
  • "Trans-Atlantic correlation of Late Cretaceous high-frequency sea-level cycles" (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Other significant publications of interest, although not authored by Plint but relevant to the field, include:

  • "Crocodylian swim tracks from the Gates Formation (Albian), British Columbia, Canada: comparisons with Cretaceous crocodylian ichnology in western USA" (2021, Cretaceous Research)
  • "High-frequency sequences within a retrogradational deltaic succession: Upper Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Western Canada Foreland Basin" (2020, The Depositional Record)
  • "Stratigraphic Emmental: High-resolution allostratigraphy reveals multiple intra-formational unconformities in shallow ramp mudstone: Upper Cretaceous, Western Canada Foreland Basin" (2023, Acta Geologica Polonica)

Frequent co-authors in Plint's research include Charles W. Helm, Martin G. Lockley, Kathleen M. Vannelli, David Uličný, and Ireneusz Walaszczyk. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed to a breadth of studies in stratigraphy, ichnology, sedimentology, and paleoenvironmental analysis.

Publication venues where Plint has contributed multiple works are Historical Biology and The Depositional Record, with additional publications appearing in Bulletin of Canadian Energy Geoscience, Ichnos/Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces, and Cretaceous Research.

Best Publications

  • The falling stage systems tract: recognition and importance in sequence stratigraphic analysis

    A. Guy Plint;Dag Nummedal

  • SHARP-BASED SHOREFACE SEQUENCES AND “OFFSHORE BARS” IN THE CARDIUM FORMATION OF ALBERTA: THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO RELATIVE CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL

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  • Recognition of interfluve sequence boundaries: Integrating paleopedology and sequence stratigraphy

    Paul J. McCarthy;A. Guy Plint

  • Mud dispersal across a Cretaceous prodelta: Storm‐generated, wave‐enhanced sediment gravity flows inferred from mudstone microtexture and microfacies

    A. Guy Plint

  • Nonmarine sequence stratigraphy: Updip expression of sequence boundaries and systems tracts in a high-resolution framework, Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta foreland basin, Canada

    A. Guy Plint;Paul J. McCarthy;Ubiratan F. Faccini

  • Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of a Cenomanian Deltaic Complex: the Dunvegan and Lower Kaskapau Formations in Subsurface and Outcrop, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

    A. Guy Plint

  • Cardium Formation 6. Stratigraphic Framework of the Cardium in Subsurface

    A. Guy Plint;Roger G. Walker;Katherine M. Bergman

  • Sedimentology and palaeogeomorphology of four large valley systems incising delta plains, western Canada Foreland Basin: implications for mid‐Cretaceous sea‐level changes

    A. Guy Plint;Jennifer A. Wadsworth

  • Evolution of an ancient coastal plain: palaeosols, interfluves and alluvial architecture in a sequence stratigraphic framework, Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, NE British Columbia, Canada

    Paul J. McCarthy;Ubiratan F. Faccini;A. Guy Plint

  • High‐Frequency Relative Sea‐Level Oscillations in Upper Cretaceous Shelf Clastics of the Alberta Foreland Basin: Possible Evidence for a Glacio‐Eustatic Control?

    A. Guy Plint

  • Palaeoenvironments, palaeogeography, and physiography of a large, shallow, muddy ramp: Late Cenomanian‐Turonian Kaskapau Formation, Western Canada foreland basin

    Bogdan L. Varban;A. Guy Plint

  • Gravelly Shoreface and Beachface Deposits

    Bruce S. Hart;A. Guy Plint

  • Alternating Braidplain and Lacustrine Deposition in a Strike-Slip Setting: The Pennsylvanian Boss Point Formation of the Cumberland Basin, Maritime Canada

    Gregory H. Browne;A. Guy Plint

  • Spatial variability of palaeosols across Cretaceous interfluves in the Dunvegan Formation, NE British Columbia, Canada: palaeohydrological, palaeogeomorphological and stratigraphic implications

    Paul J. McCarthy;A. Guy Plint

  • Bedload Transport of Mud Across A Wide, Storm-Influenced Ramp: Cenomanian–Turonian Kaskapau Formation, Western Canada Foreland BasinBEDLOAD TRANSPORT OF MUD ACROSS A STORM-INFLUENCED CRETACEOUS RAMP

    A. Guy Plint;Joe H. S. Macquaker;Bogdan L. Varban

  • Lithospheric flexure as a control on stratal geometry and fades distribution in Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Alberta foreland basin

    A. Guy Plint;Bruce S. Hart;W. Steven Donaldson

  • Early diagenesis and its relationship to depositional environment and relative sea‐level fluctuations (Upper Cretaceous Marshybank Formation, Alberta and British Columbia)

    J. L. McKay;F. J. Longstaffe;A. G. Plint

  • Bedload Transport of Mud Across A Wide, Storm-Influenced Ramp: Cenomanian–Turonian Kaskapau Formation, Western Canada Foreland Basin

    A. Guy Plint;Joe H. S. Macquaker

  • Sequence stacking patterns in the Western Canada foredeep: influence of tectonics, sediment loading and eustasy on deposition of the Upper Cretaceous Kaskapau and Cardium Formations

    Bogdan L. Varban;A. Guy Plint

  • Clinoforms, Paleobathymetry, and Mud Dispersal Across the Western Canada Cretaceous Foreland Basin: Evidence from the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation and Contiguous Strata

    A. Guy Plint;Aditya Tyagi;Michael J. Hay;Bogdan L. Varban

  • Anatomy of a Ramp Margin Sequence: Facies Successions, Paleogeography, and Sediment Dispersal Patterns in the Muskiki and Marshybank Formations, Alberta Foreland Basin

    A. Guy Plint;Brett Norris

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil H. Landman
Neil H. Landman American Museum of Natural History
Fred J. Longstaffe
Fred J. Longstaffe University of Western Ontario
Darren R. Gröcke
Darren R. Gröcke Durham University
Roger G. Walker
Roger G. Walker McMaster University
Ian Jarvis
Ian Jarvis Kingston University
Martin G. Lockley
Martin G. Lockley University of Colorado Denver
William I. Ausich
William I. Ausich The Ohio State University
Brian G. Jones
Brian G. Jones University of Wollongong
Julian E. Andrews
Julian E. Andrews University of East Anglia
Mark V. H. Wilson
Mark V. H. Wilson Colorado College

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