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John W.F. Waldron

John W.F. Waldron

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33
Citations
3490
World Ranking
8469
National Ranking
428

Overview

John W.F. Waldron is a researcher affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Paleontology, and Artificial Intelligence. The focus of their research encompasses a variety of geological and geophysical topics.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Waldron's publication record includes papers in well-regarded venues. Their recent works are:

  • "Terrane history of the Iapetus Ocean as preserved in the northern Appalachians and western Caledonides," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Provenance and Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Ganderia and its relationships with Avalonia and Megumia in the Appalachian-Caledonide orogen," 2021, Gondwana Research
  • "The amalgamation of Pangea: Paleomagnetic and geological observations revisited," 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Active strike-slip faults and an outer frontal thrust in the Himalayan foreland basin," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Along-strike variations in the deformed Laurentian margin in the Northern Appalachians: Role of inherited margin geometry and colliding arcs," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews

The researcher has frequent collaborations with Sandra M. Barr, David I. Schofield, P. J. A. McCausland, Chris E. White, and J. Brendan Murphy, reflecting a network of coauthors contributing to their work.

Waldron's contributions also include book publications through the University of Calgary Press and the University of Alberta Library. Notable titles include "Canadian Mountain Assessment" (2023) published twice, and "Geological Structures: a Practical Introduction" (2020).

Their work appears regularly in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Atlantic Geology, and Earth-Science Reviews, with multiple publications in each. This demonstrates consistent engagement with the geological research community.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Late Paleozoic strike‐slip faults in Maritime Canada and their role in the reconfiguration of the northern Appalachian orogen

    John W. F. Waldron;Sandra M. Barr;Adrian F. Park;Chris E. White

  • Provenance of the Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia: rifted margin of early Paleozoic Gondwana

    John W.F. WaldronJ.W.F. Waldron;Chris E. WhiteC.E. White;Sandra M. BarrS.M. Barr;Antonio SimonettiA. Simonetti

  • Minas Fault Zone: Late Paleozoic history of an intra-continental orogenic transform fault in the Canadian Appalachians

    J. Brendan Murphy;John W.F. Waldron;Daniel J. Kontak;Georgia Pe-Piper

  • Evolution of the Appalachian Laurentian margin: Lithoprobe results in western Newfoundland

    John W. F. Waldron;Scott D. Anderson;Peter A. Cawood;Laurel B. Goodwin

  • Cambrian successions of the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, and Harlech Dome, North Wales: dispersed fragments of a peri-Gondwanan basin?

    John W.F. Waldron;David I. Schofield;Chris E. White;Sandra M. Barr

  • Recognizing soft-sediment structures in deformed rocks of orogens

    John W.F. Waldron;Jean-François Gagnon

  • Deep seismic reflection data from the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine: tectonic implications for the northern Appalachians

    C. E. Keen;W. A. Kay;D. Keppie;F. Marillier

  • Ganderia–Laurentia collision in the Caledonides of Great Britain and Ireland

    John W.F. Waldron;David I. Schofield;S. Andrew Dufrane;James D. Floyd;James D. Floyd

  • Truncation and translation of Appalachian promontories: Mid-Paleozoic strike-slip tectonics and basin initiation

    James Hibbard;John W.F. Waldron

  • Role of evaporite withdrawal in the preservation of a unique coal-bearing succession: Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia

    John W.F. Waldron;Michael C. Rygel

  • Extensional fault arrays in strike-slip and transtension

    John W.F. Waldron

  • Provenance and Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Ganderia and its relationships with Avalonia and Megumia in the Appalachian-Caledonide orogen

    Cees R. van Staal;Cees R. van Staal;Sandra M. Barr;John W.F. Waldron;David I. Schofield

  • Deformation styles at the Appalachian structural front, western Newfoundland: implications of new industry seismic reflection data

    Glen S. Stockmal;Art Slingsby;John W. F. Waldron

  • Geochemical and isotopic characteristics of Early Silurian clastic sequences in Antigonish Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada: constraints on the accretion of Avalonia in the Appalachian – Caledonlde Orogen

    J. Brendan Murphy;J. Duncan Keppie;Mary Pat Cude;Jarda Dostal

  • Ancient Laurentian detrital zircon in the closing Iapetus Ocean, Southern Uplands terrane, Scotland

    John W.F. Waldron;James D. Floyd;Antonio Simonetti;Larry M. Heaman

  • Terrane history of the Iapetus Ocean as preserved in the northern Appalachians and western Caledonides

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  • Anatomy and evolution of a pull-apart basin, Stellarton, Nova Scotia

    John W.F. Waldron

  • Silurian Tectonics of Western Avalonia: Strain-Corrected Subsidence History of the Arisaig Group, Nova Scotia

    John W. F. Waldron;J. B. Murphy;M. J. Melchin;G. Davis

  • Structure of the Appalachian deformation front in western Newfoundland: Implications of multichannel seismic reflection data

    Glen S. Stockmal;John W. F. Waldron

  • Paleozoic Evolution and Metallogeny of Pericratonic Terranes at the Ancient Pacific Margin of North America, Canadian and Alaskan Cordillera

    John W.F. Waldron

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra M. Barr
Sandra M. Barr Acadia University
Brian O'Sullivan
Brian O'Sullivan Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
J. Brendan Murphy
J. Brendan Murphy St. Francis Xavier University
Andrea Bezjak
Andrea Bezjak Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Frances A. Shepherd
Frances A. Shepherd Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Antonio Simonetti
Antonio Simonetti University of Notre Dame
Cees R. van Staal
Cees R. van Staal Geological Survey of Canada
Fei-Fei Liu
Fei-Fei Liu Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Georgia Pe-Piper
Georgia Pe-Piper Saint Mary's University
Yani Najman
Yani Najman Lancaster University

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