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Janok P. Bhattacharya

Janok P. Bhattacharya

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
11052
World Ranking
5400
National Ranking
265

Overview

Janok P. Bhattacharya is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada, contributing to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bhattacharya are:

  • Wen Lin
  • Brian R. Jicha
  • Brad S. Singer
  • David Kynaston
  • J. P. Walsh

The scientist has published notably in several venues, with multiple publications in the following journals:

  • Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Significant research publications include:

  • "Bioturbation, sedimentation rates, and preservation of flood events in deltas," 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Large deltas, small deltas: Toward a more rigorous understanding of coastal marine deltas," 2022, Global and Planetary Change

Other related research papers include:

  • "Storm-flood-dominated delta: A new type of delta in stormy oceans," 2020, Sedimentology
  • "Has Earth ever been ice-free? Implications for glacio-eustasy in the Cretaceous greenhouse age using high-resolution sequence stratigraphy," 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "The Stratigraphy Machine," 2021, Journal of Sedimentary Research

Bhattacharya has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. One such publication is:

  • "Earth History," to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2025

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

  • Terminal Distributary Channels and Delta Front Architecture of River-Dominated Delta Systems

    Cornel Olariu;Janok P. Bhattacharya

  • Wave-influenced deltas: geomorphological implications for facies reconstruction

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;Liviu Giosan

  • Hyperpycnal Rivers and Prodeltaic Shelves in the Cretaceous Seaway of North America

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;James A. MacEachern

  • Ichnology of Deltas: Organism Responses to the Dynamic Interplay of Rivers, Waves, Storms, and Tides

    James A. Maceachern;Kerrie L. Bann;Janok P. Bhattacharya;Charles D. Howell

  • Seasonal, interannual, and mesoscale variability of the Black Sea upper layer circulation derived from altimeter data

    Gennady Korotaev;T. Oguz;A. Nikiforov;C. Koblinsky

  • Lowstand deltas in the Frontier Formation, Powder River basin, Wyoming: Implications for sequence stratigraphic models

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;Brian J. Willis

  • The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta

    Steven A. Kuehl;Mead A. Allison;Steven L. Goodbred;Hermann Kudrass

  • River- and Wave-Dominated Depositional Systems of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, Northwestern Alberta

    Janok Bhattacharya;Roger G. Walker

  • River deltas : concepts, models, and examples

    Liviu Giosan;Janok P. Bhattacharya

  • Estimation of source area, river paleo-discharge, paleoslope, and sediment budgets of linked deep-time depositional systems and implications for hydrocarbon potential

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;Peter Copeland;Timothy F. Lawton;John Holbrook

  • Basic Building Blocks and Process Variability of a Cretaceous Delta: Internal Facies Architecture Reveals a More Dynamic Interaction of River, Wave, and Tidal Processes Than Is Indicated by External Shape

    M. Royhan Gani;Janok P. Bhattacharya

  • Allostratigraphic Subdivision of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan, Shaftesbury, and Kaskapau Formations in the Northwestern Alberta Subsurface

    Janok Bhattacharya;Roger G. Walker

  • Seismic geomorphology and high-resolution seismic stratigraphy of inner-shelf fluvial, estuarine, deltaic, and marine sequences, Gulf of Thailand

    Hernán M. Reijenstein;Henry W. Posamentier;Janok P. Bhattacharya

  • Thematic Set: Sequence stratigraphy: common ground after three decades of development

    O. Catuneanu;J. P. Bhattacharya;M. D. Blum;R. W. Dalrymple

  • Searching for Modern Ferron Analogs and Application to Subsurface Interpretation

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;Robert S. Tye

  • Reappraisal of the sequence boundary in time and space: Case and considerations for an SU (subaerial unconformity) that is not a sediment bypass surface, a time barrier, or an unconformity

    John M. Holbrook;Janok P. Bhattacharya

  • The Expression and Interpretation of Marine Flooding Surfaces and Erosional Surfaces in Core; Examples from the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, Alberta Foreland Basin, Canada

    J. P. Bhattacharya

  • NO CHANGE IN FLUVIAL STYLE ACROSS A SEQUENCE BOUNDARY, CRETACEOUS BLACKHAWK AND CASTLEGATE FORMATIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH, U.S.A.

    Michael M. Adams;Janok P. Bhattacharya

Frequent Co-Authors

George A. McMechan
George A. McMechan The University of Texas at Dallas
James A. MacEachern
James A. MacEachern Simon Fraser University
Andrew D. Miall
Andrew D. Miall University of Toronto
Henry W. Posamentier
Henry W. Posamentier Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
William E. Galloway
William E. Galloway The University of Texas at Austin
André Strasser
André Strasser University of Fribourg
Ronald J. Steel
Ronald J. Steel The University of Texas at Austin
Michael D. Blum
Michael D. Blum University of Kansas
Brian R. Pratt
Brian R. Pratt University of Saskatchewan
Octavian Catuneanu
Octavian Catuneanu University of Alberta

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