Paul J. McCarthy

Recent Publications

Papers and Reports

McCarthy, P.J. and Plint, A.G. (2003). Spatial variability of palaeosols across Cretaceous interfluves in the Dunvegan Formation, NE British Columbia, Canada: palaeohydrological, palaeogeomorphological and stratigraphic implications. Sedimentology, 50: 1187-1220.

McCarthy, P.J. (2003). Alluvial facies and paleosols in the Cretaceous Nanushuk Formation, Kanayut River, North Slope, Alaska: preliminary results from the 2001 field season. Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Preliminary Interpretive Report 2003-1, 19 p.

McCarthy, P.J. (2002). Micromorphology and development of interfluve paleosols: a case study from the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, NE British Columbia, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 50: 158-177.

McCARTHY, P.J., Faccini, U.F., and Plint, A.G., 1999. Evolution of an ancient coastal plain: palaeosols, interfluves and alluvial architecture in a sequence stratigraphic framework, Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Sedimentology, 46, in press.

McCARTHY, P.J. and Plint, A.G., 1999. Floodplain palaeosols of the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada: Micromorphology, pedogenic processes and palaeoenvironmental implications. In: S. Marriott, J. Alexander and R. Hey (eds), Floodplains: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Geological Society Special Publication, 163: 289-310.

McCARTHY, P.J., Martini, I.P., and Leckie, D.A., 1999. Pedogenic and diagenetic influences on compound void coating formation in Lower Cretaceous paleosols from the Mill Creek Formation, southwestern Alberta, Canada. Geoderma, 87: 209-237.

McCARTHY, P.J. and Plint, A.G., 1998. Recognition of interfluve sequence boundaries: Integrating paleopedology and sequence stratigraphy. Geology, 26: 387-390.

McCARTHY, P.J., Martini, I.P. and Leckie, D.A. 1998. Use of micromorphology for paleoenvironmental interpretation of complex alluvial paleosols: An example from the Mill Creek Formation (Albian), southwestern Alberta, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 143: 87-110.

McCARTHY, P.J., Martini, I.P., and Leckie, D.A., 1997. Anatomy and evolution of a Lower Cretaceous alluvial plain: sedimentology and palaeosols in the upper Blairmore Group, south-western Alberta, Canada. Sedimentology, 44: 197-220.

McCARTHY, P.J., Martini, I.P., and Leckie, D.A., 1997. Pedosedimentary history and floodplain dynamics of the Lower Cretaceous upper Blairmore Group, southwestern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 34: 598-617.

McCARTHY, P.J. and King, R.H., 1997. Characteristics and genesis of two Gray Brown Luvisols, southwestern Ontario, Canada. The Great Lakes Geographer, 4: 7-24.

McCARTHY, P.J. and Leckie, D.A., 1991. Preliminary observations on Lower Cretaceous (Albian) paleosols in the Mill Creek Formation of southwestern Alberta. In: Current Research, Part B, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 91-1B, p. 51-58.

Abstracts

Ufnar, D.J., McCARTHY, P.J., Ludvigson, G.A., White, T.S., Gonzalez, L.A. and Brenner, R.L., 1999. Sphaerosiderite dO18 composition: a proxy for paleoprecipitation, Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, Denver, Colorado, October 25-28.

McCARTHY, P.J. and Plint, A.G., 1998. Floodplain sequence stratigraphy: sequence boundaries and systems tracts in the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, Toronto, Ontario, October 26-29, p. A-177.

Ludvigson, G.A., Gonzalez, L.A., White, T.S., Phillips, P.L., Leckie, D.A. and McCARTHY, P.J., 1998. Oxygen isotopic compositions of local vs. regional recharge on Albian coastal plains, proximal foreland basin, western Canada. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, Toronto, Ontario, October 26-29, p. A-323.

McCARTHY, P.J., Faccini, U.F., and Plint, A.G., 1998. Evolution of an ancient floodplain: palaeosols and alluvial architecture in a sequence stratigraphic framework, Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, NE British Columbia, Canada. Floodplains '98, British Sedimentology Research Group and British Geomorphology Research Group, Norwich, U.K., June 25-26.

McCARTHY, P.J., Plint, A.G. and Longstaffe, F.J. 1997. Identification and genesis of interfluve, sequence-bounding paleosols, Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, British Columbia, Canada. IAS 18th Regional European meeting of Sedimentology, September 2-4, Heidelberg, Germany, p. 234-235.

McCARTHY, P.J., Plint, A.G. and Longstaffe, F.J. 1997. Recognition and interpretation of interfluve sequence boundaries, Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, NE British Columbia. CSPG-SEPM Joint meeting, June 1-6, Calgary, Alberta, p. 186.

McCARTHY, P.J., Martini, I.P. and Leckie, D.A., 1997. Complex alluvial paleosols in the Lower Cretaceous Mill Creek Formation, southwestern Alberta: micromorphological features and significance as paleoenvironmental indicators. CSPG-SEPM Joint meeting, Calgary, Alberta, p. 185.

Faccini, U.F., McCARTHY, P.J. and Plint, A.G., 1997. The development of key surfaces and alluvial architecture in response to changes in accomodation on the Cretaceous Dunvegan deltaic plain, Kiskatinaw River Valley, NE British Columbia. CSPG-SEPM Joint meeting, Calgary, Alberta, p. 97.

McCARTHY, P.J. and Martini, I.P., 1995. Paleopedological features as paleoenvironmental indicators: are fully-developed profiles really required? First SEPM Congress on Sedimentary Geology, August 13-16, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, p. 90.

McCARTHY, P.J. and Martini, I.P., 1992. Floodplain anatomy and paleosol morphology of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Blairmore Group, southwestern Alberta, Canada. SEPM 1992 Theme Meeting: Mesozoic of the Western Interior, August 17-19, Ft. Collins, Colorado, p. 46-47.

McCARTHY, P.J. and Martini, I.P., 1992. Paleosols and overbank deposits of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Mill Creek Formation. Central Canada Geological Conference, February 19-21, Waterloo, Ontario, p. 32.

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