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Shahin E. Dashtgard

Shahin E. Dashtgard

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
3708
World Ranking
8089
National Ranking
416

Overview

Shahin E. Dashtgard is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and works primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their research focuses notably on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology, extending also into Geophysics and Oceanography.

The key topics in Dashtgard's work include geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and geological and geochemical analysis. Additional research interests encompass hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as coastal and marine dynamics.

Dashtgard has published extensively in various scientific journals with frequent contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Sedimentology
  • Basin Research
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Sedimentary Geology

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Multi-proxy evidence for rapidly shifting sediment sources to the Taiwan Western Foreland Basin at the Miocene-Pliocene transition, 2022, Basin Research
  • Hutchison Medallist 1. Wave-Dominated to Tide-Dominated Coastal Systems: A Unifying Model for Tidal Shorefaces and Refinement of the Coastal-Environments Classification Scheme, 2021, Geoscience Canada
  • Insolation-paced sea level and sediment flux during the early Pleistocene in Southeast Asia, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Salinity indicators in sediment through the fluvial-to-marine transition (Fraser River, Canada), 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Neoichnology of siliciclastic shallow-marine environments: Invertebrates, traces, and environmental conditions, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dashtgard include:

  • Romain Vaucher
  • James A. MacEachern
  • Ludvig Löwemark
  • Amy I. Hsieh
  • Chuqiao Huang

Best Publications

  • Process ichnology and the elucidation of physico-chemical stress

    Murray K. Gingras;James A. MacEachern;Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • The Ichnofacies Paradigm

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

  • Biology of shallow marine ichnology: a modern perspective

    Murray K. Gingras;Shahin E. Dashtgard;James A. MacEachern;S. George Pemberton

  • Tidal effects on the shoreface: Towards a conceptual framework

    Shahin E. Dashtgard;James A. MacEachern;Shannon E. Frey;Murray K. Gingras

  • Grain-size controls on the occurrence of bioturbation

    Shahin E. Dashtgard;Murray K. Gingras;S. George Pemberton

  • Brackish-water ichnological trends in a microtidal barrier island–embayment system, Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick, Canada

    Tyler E. Hauck;Shahin E. Dashtgard;S George Pemberton;Murray K. Gingras

  • Seasonal Controls on the Development and Character of Inclined Heterolithic Stratification in a Tide-Influenced, Fluvially Dominated Channel: Fraser River, Canada

    Chad F. Sisulak;Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • Chapter 19 - Shorefaces

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

  • The potential of trace fossils as tidal indicators in bays and estuaries

    Murray K. Gingras;James A. MacEachern;Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • Chapter 10 - Marine Invertebrate Neoichnology

    Shahin E. Dashtgard;Murray K. Gingras

  • Tidally Modulated Shorefaces

    Shahin E. Dashtgard;Murray K. Gingras;James A. MacEachern

  • Inclined heterolithic stratification in a mixed tidal–fluvial channel: Differentiating tidal versus fluvial controls on sedimentation

    Stacy M. Johnson;Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • How fast do marine invertebrates burrow

    Murray K. Gingras;S. George Pemberton;Shahin Dashtgard;Lynn Dafoe

  • Experimental Studies of Gas-Escape and Water-Escape Structures: Mechanisms and Morphologies

    Shannon E. Frey;Murray K. Gingras;Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • Linking invertebrate burrow distributions (neoichnology) to physicochemical stresses on a sandy tidal flat: implications for the rock record

    Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • Reservoir characterization and multiscale heterogeneity modeling of inclined heterolithic strata for bitumen-production forecasting, McMurray Formation, Corner, Alberta, Canada

    A.W. Martinius;A.W. Martinius;M. Fustic;D.L. Garner;B.V.J. Jablonski

  • The use of microresistivity image logs for facies interpretations: An example in point-bar deposits of the McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada

    Howard Brekke;James A. MacEachern;Tania Roenitz;Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • Sedimentation across the Tidal-Fluvial Transition in the Lower Fraser River, Canada

    Shahin E. Dashtgard;Jeremy G. Venditti;Phillip R. Hill;Chad F. Sisulak

  • Neoichnology of the lower delta plain: Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Canada: Implications for the ichnology of deltas

    Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • Of sand and mud: Sedimentological criteria for identifying the turbidity maximum zone in a tidally influenced river

    Andrew D. La Croix;Shahin E. Dashtgard

  • Computer modeling bioturbation: The creation of porous and permeable fluid-flow pathways

    Andrew D. La Croix;Murray K. Gingras;Shahin E. Dashtgard;S. George Pemberton

  • A Synthesis of Depositional Trends In Intertidal and Upper Subtidal Sediments Across the Tidal–Fluvial Transition In the Fraser River, Canada

    Andrew D. La Croix;Shahin E. Dashtgard

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. MacEachern
James A. MacEachern Simon Fraser University
Murray K. Gingras
Murray K. Gingras University of Alberta
S. George Pemberton
S. George Pemberton University of Alberta
Ludvig Löwemark
Ludvig Löwemark National Taiwan University
John-Paul Zonneveld
John-Paul Zonneveld University of Alberta
Octavian Catuneanu
Octavian Catuneanu University of Alberta
Rolf W. Mathewes
Rolf W. Mathewes Simon Fraser University
Vera Pospelova
Vera Pospelova University of Victoria
Qinglai Feng
Qinglai Feng China University of Geosciences
Jeremy G. Venditti
Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University

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