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Christopher R. Fielding

Christopher R. Fielding

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Earth Science

D-Index
70
Citations
17729
World Ranking
978
National Ranking
464

Overview

Christopher R. Fielding is a researcher affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, Ecology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics closely related to geological and paleoclimatological research. These topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Christopher R. Fielding has authored multiple publications with some notable recent papers being:

  • A revised, late Palaeozoic glacial time-space framework for eastern Australia, and comparisons with other regions and events (2022), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Sedimentology of the continental end-Permian extinction event in the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia (2020), published in Sedimentology
  • Late Palaeozoic cyclothems - A review of their stratigraphy and sedimentology (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent publication venues for Fielding's research include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Sedimentology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Tracy D. Frank
  • Chris Mays
  • Stephen McLoughlin
  • Michael T. Hren
  • Vivi Vajda

Best Publications

  • Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy

    Octavian Catuneanu;V. Abreu;J. P. Bhattacharya;M. D. Blum

  • Reply to the comments of W. Helland-Hansen on "Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy" by Catuneanu et al. (Earth-Sciences Review 92(2009)1-33)

    Octavian Catuneanu;V. Abreu;J. P. Bhattacharya;M. D. Blum

  • CO2-Forced Climate and Vegetation Instability During Late Paleozoic Deglaciation

    Isabel P. Montañez;Neil J. Tabor;Deb Niemeier;William A. DiMichele

  • Stratigraphic imprint of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age in eastern Australia: a record of alternating glacial and nonglacial climate regime

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Lauren P. Birgenheier;Michael C. Rygel

  • The late Paleozoic ice age—A review of current understanding and synthesis of global climate patterns

    Christopher R Fielding;Tracy D Frank;John L Isbell

  • The magnitude of late paleozoic glacioeustatic fluctuations: A synthesis

    Michael C. Rygel;Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Lauren P. Birgenheier

  • Upper flow regime sheets, lenses and scour fills: Extending the range of architectural elements for fluvial sediment bodies

    Christopher R. Fielding

  • Orbitally induced oscillations in the East Antarctic ice sheet at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary

    Tim R. Naish;Ken J. Woolfe;Peter J. Barrett;Gary S. Wilson

  • Cloning and expression of human lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase cDNA.

    John McLean;Christopher Fielding;Dennis Drayna;Hans Dieplinger

  • Australian cretaceous terrestrial faunas and floras: biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications

    M.E. Dettmann;R.E. Molnar;J.G. Douglas;D. Burger

  • Age and pattern of the southern high-latitude continental end-Permian extinction constrained by multiproxy analysis

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Stephen McLoughlin;Vivi Vajda

  • Upper delta plain lacustrine and fluviolacustrine facies from the Westphalian of the Durham coalfield, NE England

    C. R. Fielding

  • Resolving the late Paleozoic ice age in time and space

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;John L. Isbell

  • Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 variations in the early to mid-Miocene.

    Richard Levy;David Harwood;Fabio Florindo;Francesca Sangiorgi

  • Differentiation of estuarine and offshore marine deposits using integrated ichnology and sedimentology: Permian Pebbley Beach Formation, Sydney Basin, Australia

    Kerrie L. Bann;Christopher R. Fielding;James A. MacEachern;Stuart C. Tye

  • AN APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL MODELLING TO THE PREDICTION OF HYDROCARBON RECOVERY FACTORS IN FLUVIAL RESERVOIR SEQUENCES

    Christopher R. Fielding;Richard C. Crane

  • The role of discharge variability in the formation and preservation of alluvial sediment bodies

    Christopher R. Fielding;Jan Alexander;Jonathan P. Allen

  • An integrated ichnological and sedimentological comparison of non-deltaic shoreface and subaqueous delta deposits in Permian reservoir units of Australia

    Kerrie L. Bann;Christopher R. Fielding

  • Fluvial channel and overbank deposits from the Westphalian of the Durham coalfield, NE England

    C. R. Fielding

  • Palaeosols in Westphalian Coal-bearing and red-bed sequences, central and northern England

    B.M. Besly;C.R. Fielding

  • Stratigraphic record and facies associations of the late Paleozoic ice age in eastern Australia (New South Wales and Queensland)

    Christopher R Fielding;Tracy D Frank;Lauren P Birgenheier;Michael C Rygel

Frequent Co-Authors

Tracy D. Frank
Tracy D. Frank University of Connecticut
Jan Alexander
Jan Alexander Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Fabio Florindo
Fabio Florindo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Tim R Naish
Tim R Naish Victoria University of Wellington
David M. Harwood
David M. Harwood University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Vivi Vajda
Vivi Vajda Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stuart Henrys
Stuart Henrys University of Auckland
Ross D. Powell
Ross D. Powell Northern Illinois University
Stephen McLoughlin
Stephen McLoughlin Swedish Museum of Natural History
Martin R. Gibling
Martin R. Gibling Dalhousie University

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