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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Cees R. van Staal is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada in Canada and has a substantial body of work primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their research focuses extensively on geophysics, artificial intelligence, paleontology, atmospheric science, and earth-surface processes. The scientist's work encompasses several major topics including geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on tectonic evolution and orogenic processes, with notable papers such as:

  • Provenance and Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Ganderia and its relationships with Avalonia and Megumia in the Appalachian-Caledonide orogen, 2021, published in Gondwana Research
  • Tonian-Ediacaran tectonomagmatic evolution of West Avalonia and its Ediacaran-early Cambrian interactions with Ganderia: an example of complex terrane transfer due to arc-arc collision?, 2020, in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Accretion, Soft and Hard Collision: Similarities, Differences and an Application from the Newfoundland Appalachian Orogen, 2020, Geoscience Canada
  • A review and tectonic interpretation of the Taconian-Grampian tract between Newfoundland and Scotland: diachronous accretion of an extensive forearc-arc-backarc system to a hyperextended Laurentian margin and subsequent subduction polarity reversal, 2022, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Latest Silurian syntectonic sedimentation and magmatism and Early Devonian orogenic gold mineralization, central Newfoundland Appalachians, Canada: Setting, structure, lithogeochemistry, and high-precision U-Pb geochronology, 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Cees R. van Staal collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Shoufa Lin, A Zagorevski, Gabriel S. Santos, Chris Yakymchuk, and Tong Hong, reflecting a cooperative approach within the geological sciences community.

Their publications commonly appear in respected venues such as:

  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Atlantic Geoscience

Among professional recognitions, Cees R. van Staal holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Pre-Carboniferous, episodic accretion-related, orogenesis along the Laurentian margin of the northern Appalachians

    Cees R. van Staal;Joseph B. Whalen;Pablo Valverde-Vaquero;Alexandre Zagorevski

  • Spatial, temporal and geochemical characteristics of Silurian collision-zone magmatism, Newfoundland Appalachians: An example of a rapidly evolving magmatic system related to slab break-off

    Joseph B. Whalen;Vicki J. McNicoll;Cees R. van Staal;C. Johan Lissenberg

  • Brunswick subduction complex in the Canadian Appalachians: Record of the Late Ordovician to Late Silurian collision between Laurentia and the Gander margin of Avalon

    Cees R. van Staal

  • Taconian orogeny and the accretion of the Dashwoods block: A peri-Laurentian microcontinent in the Iapetus Ocean

    John W.F. Waldron;Cees R. van Staal

  • Provenance and tectonic evolution of Ganderia: Constraints on the evolution of the Iapetus and Rheic oceans

    Cees R. van Staal;Sandra M. Barr;J. Brendan Murphy

  • The age and tectonic setting of the Puncoviscana Formation in northwestern Argentina: An accretionary complex related to Early Cambrian closure of the Puncoviscana Ocean and accretion of the Arequipa-Antofalla block

    Monica Patricia Escayola;Cees R. van Staal;William J. Davis

  • The margins of Avalonia

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  • Provenance of tectonic history of the Gander Zone in the Caledonian/Appalachian Orogen: Implications for the origin and assembly of Avalon

    Cees R. van Staal;Robert W. Sullivan;Joseph B. Whalen

  • A paleogeographical review of the peri- Gondwanan realm of the Appalachian orogen 1

    Jeffrey C. Pollock;Jeffrey C. Pollock;James P. Hibbard;Cees R. van Staal

  • Age Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution and Provenance of the Pie de Palo Complex, Cuyania Composite Terrane, and the Famatinian Orogeny in the Sierra de Pie de Palo, San Juan, Argentina

    Graciela I. Vujovich;Cees R. van Staal;William Davis

  • Links among Carolinia, Avalonia, and Ganderia in the Appalachian peri-Gondwanan realm

    James P. Hibbard;Cees R. van Staal;Brent V. Miller

  • Middle to late Paleozoic Acadian orogeny in the northern Appalachians: A Laramide-style plume-modified orogeny?

    J. Brendan Murphy;Cees R. van Staal;J. Duncan Keppie

  • Crustal structure, fossil subduction, and the tectonic evolution of the Newfoundland Appalachians: Evidence from a reprocessed seismic reflection survey

    Arie J. van der Velden;Cees R. van Staal;Frederick A. Cook

  • Neoproterozoic and Cambrian arc magmatism along the eastern margin of the Victoria Lake Supergroup: A remnant of Ganderian basement in central Newfoundland?

    N. Rogers;C.R. van Staal;V. McNicoll;J. Pollock

  • Detrital zircon ages from Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic conglomerate and sandstone units of New Brunswick and coastal Maine: implications for the tectonic evolution of Ganderia

    Leslie Robert Fyffe;Sandra M. Barr;Susan C. Johnson;Malcolm J. McLeod

  • Comparative analysis of the geological evolution of the northern and southern Appalachian orogen: Late Ordovician-Permian

    James P. Hibbard;Cees R. van Staal;Douglas W. Rankin

  • Geochemical variations in Middle Ordovician volcanic rocks of the northern Miramichi Highlands and their tectonic significance

    C. R. Van Staal;J. A. Winchester;J. H. Bédard

  • Tectonic setting of the Tetagouche Group in northern New Brunswick: implications for plate tectonic models of the northern Appalachians

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  • Post-Taconic blueschist suture in the northern Appalachians of northern New Brunswick, Canada

    Cees R. van Staal;Casey E. Ravenhurst;John A. Winchester;J. Chris Roddick

  • Promontory-promontory collision in the Canadian Appalachians

    Shoufa Lin;Cees R. van Staal;Benoît Dubé

  • Baltican crustal provenance for Cambrian–Ordovician sandstones of the Alexander terrane, North American Cordillera: evidence from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry

    Luke P. Beranek;Cees R. van Staal;William C. McClelland;Steve Israel

  • Evidence of Late Ediacaran Hyperextension of the Laurentian Iapetan Margin in the Birchy Complex, Baie Verte Peninsula, Northwest Newfoundland: Implications for the Opening of Iapetus, Formation of Peri-Laurentian Microcontinents and Taconic – Grampian Orogenesis

    Cees R. Van Staal;Dave M. Chew;Alexandre Zagorevski;Vicki Mcnicoll

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. McClelland
William C. McClelland University of Iowa
Shoufa Lin
Shoufa Lin University of Waterloo
Joseph B. Whalen
Joseph B. Whalen Geological Survey of Canada
Arne P. Willner
Arne P. Willner Ruhr University Bochum
Sandra M. Barr
Sandra M. Barr Acadia University
Donald W. Davis
Donald W. Davis University of Toronto
Hans-Joachim Massonne
Hans-Joachim Massonne University of Stuttgart
Fred J. Longstaffe
Fred J. Longstaffe University of Western Ontario
George A. Jenner
George A. Jenner Memorial University of Newfoundland
J. Brendan Murphy
J. Brendan Murphy St. Francis Xavier University

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