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John-Paul Zonneveld

John-Paul Zonneveld

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
3216
World Ranking
8992
National Ranking
455

Overview

John-Paul Zonneveld is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has produced significant research within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work is particularly concentrated on subfields such as Paleontology, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Geology.

The scientist's research topics encompass geological formations and processes, evolution and paleontology studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies, paleontology and evolutionary biology, turtle biology and conservation, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Recent publications by John-Paul Zonneveld include:

  • Ectoparasite borings, mesoparasite borings, and scavenging traces in early Miocene turtle and tortoise shell: Moghra Formation, Wadi Moghra, Egypt, 2021, Journal of Paleontology
  • Tooth marks, gnaw marks, claw-marks, bite marks, scratch marks, etc: terminology in ichnology, 2022, Ichnos/Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces
  • THE OCCURRENCE OF BONE MODIFICATION FEATURES IN THE CARAPACE AND PLASTRON OF THE EXTANT RED-EARED SLIDER TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS (WIED-NEUWIED, 1839): IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF FOSSIL TURTLE ASSEMBLAGES, 2022, Palaios

Frequent co-authors in their research include Murray K. Gingras, Yahdi Zaim, Yan Rizal, Russell L. Ciochon, and Peter Wilf. These collaborations have supported extensive contributions to the scientific literature.

The main publication venues where John-Paul Zonneveld has frequently contributed are:

  • Palaios
  • Ichnos/Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

Their research integrates detailed ichnological terminology and analysis of bone modification features, particularly focusing on turtle biology and conservation, which is one of the primary topics represented in their work.

John-Paul Zonneveld's scholarship reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding fossil assemblages, ecological interactions, and geological contexts, as evidenced by their diverse range of studies in paleontology and geology.

Best Publications

  • Colonization of Brackish-Water Systems through Time: Evidence from the Trace-Fossil Record

    Luis A. Buatois;Murray K. Gingras;James Maceachern;M. Gabriela Mángano

  • Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

    Robert B. MacNaughton;Benoit Beauchamp;Keith Dewing;I. Rod Smith

  • The Ichnofacies Paradigm

    James A. MacEachern;Kerrie L. Bann;Murray K. Gingras;John-Paul. Zonneveld

  • Anomalously diverse Early Triassic ichnofossil assemblages in northwest Pangea: A case for a shallow-marine habitable zone

    Tyler W. Beatty;J. P. Zonneveld;Charles M. Henderson

  • Diverse ichnofossil assemblages following the P-T mass extinction, Lower Triassic, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada: Evidence for shallow marine refugia on the northwestern coast of Pangaea

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Murray K. Gingras;Tyler W. Beatty

  • Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago

    Yan Rizal;Kira E. Westaway;Yahdi Zaim;Gerrit D. van den Bergh

  • The Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation in the Wapiti Lake area: lithostratigraphy, conodont biostratigraphy, and a new biozonation for the lower Olenekian (Smithian)Earth Science Sector (ESS) Contribution 20080714.

    M. J. Orchard;J.-P. Zonneveld

  • Trace fossil assemblages in a Middle Triassic mixed siliciclastic-carbonate marginal marine depositional system, British Columbia

    J.-P. Zonneveld;J.-P. Zonneveld;M.K. Gingras;M.K. Gingras;S.G. Pemberton

  • Porosity and Permeability in Bioturbated Sediments

    Murray K. Gingras;Greg. Baniak;John. Gordon;Jussi. Hovikoski

  • The end Triassic mass extinction record of Williston Lake, British Columbia

    P.B. Wignall;J.-P. Zonneveld;R.J. Newton;K. Amor

  • Carbon and nitrogen isotope disturbances and an end-Norian (Late Triassic) extinction event

    Mark A. Sephton;Ken Amor;Ian A. Franchi;Paul B. Wignall

  • Chapter 19 - Shorefaces

    S. George Pemberton;James A. MacEachern;Shahin E. Dashtgard;Kerrie L. Bann

  • LINGULIDE BRACHIOPODS AND THE TRACE FOSSIL LINGULICHNUS FROM THE TRIASSIC OF WESTERN CANADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FAUNAL RECOVERY AFTER THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Tyler W. Beatty;S. George Pemberton

  • Sedimentology and Ichnology of the Lower Triassic Montney Formation in the Pedigree-Ring/Border-Kahntah River Area, Northwestern Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Tyler W. Beatty;Robert B. MacNaughton;S. George Pemberton

  • Sedimentologic and stratigraphic constraints on emplacement of the Star Kimberlite, east–central Saskatchewan

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Shawn E. Harvey;Larry M. Heaman

  • A NEW FAMILY OF TRIASSIC LOBSTERS (DECAPODA: ASTACIDEA) FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ITS PHYLOGENETIC CONTEXT

    Lisa Amati;Rodney M. Feldmann;John-Paul Zonneveld

  • EARLY EOCENE FOSSIL VERTEBRATES FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN GREEN RIVER BASIN, LINCOLN AND UINTA COUNTIES, WYOMING

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Gregg F. Gunnell;William S. Bartels

  • Microbe-clay interactions as a mechanism for the preservation of organic matter and trace metal biosignatures in black shales

    Tiffany Playter;Kurt Konhauser;George Owttrim;Cheryl Hodgson

  • Lithofacies Associations and Depositional Environments in a Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Coastal Depositional System, Upper Liard Formation, Triassic, Northeastern British Columbia

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Thomas F. Moslow;Charles M. Henderson

  • Sedilichnus, Oichnus, Fossichnus, and Tremichnus: ‘small round holes in shells' revisited

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Murray K. Gingras

  • Palaeogeographic setting, lithostratigraphy, and sedimentary framework of the Lower Triassic Montney Formation of western Alberta and northeastern British Columbia

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Thomas F. Moslow

  • The Ichnotaxonomy of Vertically Oriented, Bivalve-Generated Equilibrichnia

    John-Paul Zonneveld;Murray K. Gingras

  • A subseafloor carbonate factory across the Triassic-Jurassic transition

    Sarah E. Greene;Sarah E. Greene;David J. Bottjer;Frank A. Corsetti;William M. Berelson

  • Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats

    John-Paul Zonneveld

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray K. Gingras
Murray K. Gingras University of Alberta
S. George Pemberton
S. George Pemberton University of Alberta
Michael J. Orchard
Michael J. Orchard Geological Survey of Canada
Charles M. Henderson
Charles M. Henderson University of Calgary
David J. Bottjer
David J. Bottjer University of Southern California
Kurt O. Konhauser
Kurt O. Konhauser University of Alberta
James A. MacEachern
James A. MacEachern Simon Fraser University
Stephen M. Hubbard
Stephen M. Hubbard University of Calgary
Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds
Mark A. Sephton
Mark A. Sephton Imperial College London

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