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Noel P. James

Noel P. James

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
77
Citations
20188
World Ranking
628
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Noel P. James is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly focusing on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Ecology. Their research topics cover areas including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Drilling and Well Engineering, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, and Geological formations and processes.

James has published research in various scientific venues, frequently appearing in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), with additional contributions to Sedimentology, the Journal of Sedimentary Research, and Cureus. Their recent publications include:

  • Upwelling characteristics and nutrient enrichment of the Kangaroo Island upwelling region, South Australia (2020, Continental Shelf Research)
  • Aragonite depositional facies in a Late Ordovician calcite sea, Eastern Laurentia (2020, Sedimentology)
  • REEVALUATION OF THE INFERRED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVING RHODOLITH MORPHOLOGIES, THEIR MOVEMENT, AND WATER ENERGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS (2020, Palaios)
  • Pneumoperitoneum from pneumomediastinum in paraquat poisoning (2020, Tropical Doctor)
  • Lack of synsedimentary chemical alteration in polar carbonates (Ross Sea, Antarctica): Resolution of a conundrum (2020, Journal of Sedimentary Research)

The frequent collaborators with whom James has worked include:

  • David A. Feary
  • Albert C. Hine
  • Mitchell J Malone
  • Miriam S. Andres
  • Christian Betzler

James's expertise spans a variety of scientific interests centered primarily on marine and geological sciences. Their work covers aspects of ocean dynamics, sedimentology, and paleoclimate, as well as technical fields related to drilling and reservoir engineering. This interdisciplinarity reflects the breadth of their contributions within the earth sciences community.

Awards recognizing James's professional standing include the 1989 designation as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada by the Academy of Science and fellowship in the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Facies models : response to sea level change

    Roger G. Walker;Noel P. James

  • The Cool-Water Carbonate Depositional Realm

    Noel P. James

  • Diagenesis 9. Limestones - The Meteoric Diagenetic Environment

    Noel P. James;Philip W. Choquette

  • Thrombolites and stromatolites; two distinct types of microbial structures

    John M. Kennard;Noel P. James

  • Cool-Water Carbonates

    Noel P. James;Jonathan A. D. Clarke

  • Late Neoproterozoic cap carbonates: Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada: precipitation and global glacial meltdown

    Noel P. James;Guy M. Narbonne;T. Kurtis Kyser

  • The St George Group (Lower Ordovician) of western Newfoundland: tidal flat island model for carbonate sedimentation in shallow epeiric seas

    Brian R. Pratt;Noel P. James

  • Low-magnesian calcite limestones forming at the deep-sea floor, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas

    W. Schlager;N. P. James

  • Holocene and Pleistocene Calcareous Crust (Caliche) Profiles: Criteria for Subaerial Exposure

    Noel P. James

  • The Seaward Margin of Belize Barrier and Atoll Reefs

    Noel P. James;Robert N. Ginsburg

  • Origin of Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks

    Noel P. James;Brian Jones

  • Diagenesis 6. Limestones — The Sea Floor Diagenetic Environment

    Noel P. James;Philip W. Choquette

  • Reefs and mounds

    N. P. James

  • Modern carbonate and terrigenous clastic sediments on a cool water, high energy, mid‐latitude shelf: Lacepede, southern Australia

    Noel P. James;Yvonne Bone;Christopher C. Von Der Borch;Victor A. Gostin

  • DIAGENESIS #12. Diagenesis in Limestones - 3. The Deep Burial Environment

    Philip W. Choquette;Noel P. James

  • Cryptalgal-metazoan bioherms of early Ordovician age in the St George Group, western Newfoundland

    Brian R. Pratt;Noel P. James

  • Shark Bay stromatolites: Microfabrics and reinterpretation of origins

    R. Pamela Reid;Noel P. James;Ian G. Macintyre;Christophe P. Dupraz

  • Carbonate Sedimentation and Diagenesis in the Evolving Precambrian World

    John P. Grotzinger;Noel P. James

  • Precambrian Carbonates: Evolution of Understanding

    John P. Grotzinger;Noel P. James

  • Facies and Fabric Specificity of Early Subsea Cements in Shallow Belize (British Honduras) Reefs

    Noel P. James;Robert N. Ginsburg;Donald S. Marszalek;Philip W. Choquette

  • Bryozoans as carbonate sediment producers on the cool-water Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia

    Yvonne Bone;Noel P. James

Frequent Co-Authors

Yvonne Bone
Yvonne Bone University of Adelaide
Guy M. Narbonne
Guy M. Narbonne Queen's University
Robert N. Ginsburg
Robert N. Ginsburg University of Miami
Robert W. Dalrymple
Robert W. Dalrymple Queen's University
Brian McGowran
Brian McGowran University of Adelaide
Ann Holbourn
Ann Holbourn Kiel University
Benoit Beauchamp
Benoit Beauchamp University of Calgary
Qianyu Li
Qianyu Li Tongji University
Christian Betzler
Christian Betzler Universität Hamburg
Tracy D. Frank
Tracy D. Frank University of Connecticut

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