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  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

P.G. Eriksson is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, Civil and Structural Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main themes in Eriksson's research involve geological formations and processes, paleontology and evolutionary biology, evolutionary and paleontology studies, ichthyology and marine biology, landslides and related hazards, geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, as well as soil and unsaturated flow.

Eriksson has contributed to several recent publications, which include:

  • Bipedal leaping Jurassic vertebrates in Southern Africa: proposed new ichnotaxon and inferred palaeoenvironment (2021), published in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Process variations of a Neoproterozoic delta system in response to the influence of mixed-energy systems and sea-level fluctuation: an insight from Simla Group, Lesser Himalaya, India (2021), published in Arabian Journal of Geosciences
  • Investigation on the possible control of grain size on development of 'mud cracks': a preliminary experimental study of recent Gangetic alluvial samples, West Bengal, India (2021), published in Arabian Journal of Geosciences
  • Sequence stratigraphy in extraterrestrial settings: The Jezero crater, Mars (2023), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Effects of transgression on sedimentation system vis-à-vis coastal erosion on the Chandipur coast, Odisha, India (2023), published in Indian Association of Sedimentologists

Frequent collaborators in their research include D. E. van Dijk, Soumyadip Banerjee, Abhik Kundu, Subhajit Sinha, and Priyanka Mazumdar.

The most common publication venues for Eriksson's work are:

  • Arabian Journal of Geosciences
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Indian Association of Sedimentologists

Eriksson has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

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

  • The Karoo basins of south-central Africa

    O. Catuneanu;H. Wopfner;P.G. Eriksson;B. Cairncross

  • Precambrian clastic sedimentation systems

    P.G. Eriksson;K.C. Condie;H. Tirsgaard;W.U. Mueller

  • A review of the stratigraphy and sedimentary environments of the Karoo-aged basins of Southern Africa

    R.M.H. Smith;P.G. Eriksson;W.J. Botha

  • Dust storms and their horizontal dust loading in the Sistan region, Iran

    A. Rashki;A. Rashki;D.G. Kaskaoutis;C.J.deW. Rautenbach;P.G. Eriksson

  • An overview of the geology of the Transvaal Sequence and Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    P. G. Eriksson;P. J. Hattingh;W. Altermann

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

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

  • The sedimentary and tectonic setting of the Transvaal Supergroup floor rocks to the Bushveld complex

    P.G. Eriksson;B.F.F. Reczko

  • Major influences on the evolution of the 2.67–2.1 Ga Transvaal basin, Kaapvaal craton

    P.G Eriksson;W Altermann;O Catuneanu;R van der Merwe

  • Muddy Roll-up Structures in Siliciclastic Interdune Beds of the c. 1.8 Ga Waterberg Group, South Africa

    Patrick G. Eriksson;Edward L. Simpson;Kenneth A. Eriksson;Adam J. Bumby

  • The 2.7–2.0 Ga volcano-sedimentary record of Africa, India and Australia: evidence for global and local changes in sea level and continental freeboard

    P.G. Eriksson;R. Mazumder;S. Sarkar;P.K. Bose

  • The transvaal sequence: an overview

    P.G. Eriksson;J.K. Schweitzer;P.J.A. Bosch;U.M. Schereiber

  • Neoproterozoic tectonic and climatic evolution recorded in the Gariep Belt, Namibia and South Africa

    H. E. Frimmel;P. G. Fölling;P. G. Eriksson

  • Precambrian sequence stratigraphy

    O. Catuneanu;M.A. Martins-Neto;P.G. Eriksson

  • Microbial mat mediated structures in the Ediacaran Sonia Sandstone, Rajasthan, India, and their implications for proterozoic sedimentation

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  • Secular changes in sedimentation systems and sequence stratigraphy

    Patrick G. Eriksson;Santanu Banerjee;Octavian Catuneanu;Patricia L. Corcoran

  • Sedimentation patterns during the Precambrian : a unique record?

    P.K. Bose;P.G. Eriksson;S. Sarkar;D.T. Wright

  • Cratonic sedimentation regimes in the ca. 2450-2000Ma period: relationship to a possible widespread magmatic slowdown on Earth?

    P.G. Eriksson;K.C. Condie

  • Patterns of sedimentation in the Precambrian

    Patrick G. Eriksson;Octavian Catuneanu;Subir Sarkar;Henrik Tirsgaard

  • An introduction to Precambrian basins: their characteristics and genesis

    P.G Eriksson;M.A Martins-Neto;D.R Nelson;L.B Aspler

  • Microbial mat control on siliciclastic Precambrian sequence stratigraphic architecture: Examples from India

    S. Sarkar;S. Banerjee;P.G. Eriksson;O. Catuneanu

Frequent Co-Authors

Octavian Catuneanu
Octavian Catuneanu University of Alberta
Wladyslaw Altermann
Wladyslaw Altermann University of Johannesburg
Andrew D. Miall
Andrew D. Miall University of Toronto
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
Henry W. Posamentier
Henry W. Posamentier Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Brian R. Pratt
Brian R. Pratt University of Saskatchewan
Janok P. Bhattacharya
Janok P. Bhattacharya McMaster University
William E. Galloway
William E. Galloway The University of Texas at Austin

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