Publications
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
[8] Matheson, E.J., Pufahl, P.K., Voinot, A., Murphy, J.B., and Fitzgerald, D.M. 2022. Ironstone as a proxy of Paleozoic oceanic oxygenation. Earth & Planetary Science Letters v. 594, 117715. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117715
[7] Chen, F., Pufahl, P.K., Wang, Q., Matheson, E.J., Shabaga, B.M., Zhang, Q., Zeng, Y., Le, X., Ruan, D., and Zhao, Y., 2021. A new model for the genesis of Carboniferous Mn ores, Longtou deposit, South China Block. Economic Geology v. 117, 105-125. DOI: 10.5382/econgeo.4855
[6] Matheson, E.J. and Pufahl, P.K., 2021. Clinton ironstone revisited and implications for Silurian Earth system evolution. Earth-Science Reviews v. 215, 103527. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103527
[5] Matheson, E.J. and Frank, T.D. 2020. Phosphorites, glass ramps, and carbonate factories: the evolution of an epicontinental sea and a late Paleozoic upwelling system (Phosphoria Rock Complex). Sedimentology v. 67, p. 3003-3040. DOI: 10.111/sed/sed.12731
[4] Matheson, E.J. and Frank, T.D. 2020. An epeiric glass ramp: Permian low-latitude neritic siliceous sponge colonization and its novel preservation (Phosphoria Rock Complex). Sedimentary Geology v. 399, 105568. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.105568
[3] Blanchard, S., Matheson, E.J., Fielding, C.R., Best, J.L., Bryk, A., Howell, K., Monson, C.C., Mahoney, G., and Peakall, J. 2018. Early burial mud diapirism and its impact on stratigraphic architecture in the Carboniferous of the Shannon Basin, County Clare, Ireland. Sedimentology, v. 66, p. 329-361. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12492
[2] Matheson, E.J., Hamilton, S.M., and Kyser, T.K. 2018. Analysis of the anomalous groundwater geochemistry of the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v. 18, p. 155-174. DOI: 10.1144/geochem2017-072
[1] Matheson, E.J., Dalrymple, R.W., and James, N.P. 2016. Swell-dominated carbonates on a Mississippian ramp in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Front Ranges. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 86, p. 843-862. DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2016.50
Conference Oral Presentations
[8] Matheson, E.J., Pufahl, P.K., and Murphy, J.B. 2021. Prolonged oceanic oxygenation and transient deep-ocean anoxia led to Paleozoic ironstone deposition and extinctions. Geological Association of Canada – Mineralogical Association of Canada (GACMAC) 2021 Joint Annual Meeting, London, ON.
[7] Matheson, E.J. and Pufahl, P.K. 2021. Coupled early Paleozoic ferruginous water masses, ironstone deposition, and extinction events. 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology (Virtual Conference).
[6] Chen, F., Pufahl, P.K., Wang, Q., and Matheson, E.J. 2021. A new model for the genesis of carbonate-hosted Mn ores, Longtou deposit, South China Block. 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology (Virtual Conference).
[5] Matheson, E.J. and Pufahl, P.K. 2020. Clinton ironstone and the Silurian Ireviken Event: Ferruginous upwelling and Paleozoic ocean instability. Geological Society of America (GSA) 2020 Connects Online.
[4] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2019. A Permian hypersaline lake with bacterial sulfate reduction and dolomite precipitation in the Minnekahta Member, Bighorn Basin. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
[3] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2018. Paleoceanographic and Paleoclimatic Controls on Siliceous vs. Carbonate Benthos, Skeletal Mineralogy, and Eogenesis in the Phosphoria Rock Complex of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, US. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
[2] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2017. The relationships between paleoclimate, paleoceanography, deposition, and eogenesis in the Phosphoria Rock Complex of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
[1] Matheson, E.J. 2012. Origin of the Anomalous Groundwater Geochemistry of the Niagara Peninsula. Advances in Earth Sciences Research Conference, Kingston, Ontario.
Conference Poster Presentations
[8] Matheson, E.J., P.K. Pufahl, J.B. Murphy, J.D., Malone, S.E. Todd, S.K., Dunn and A.D. Squires. 2020. Ironstone as a record of early Paleozoic ocean instability. American Geophysical Union 2020 Fall Meeting (Online).
[7] Matheson, E.J., R.W. Dalrymple, and N.P. James. 2019. Did transgressive, landward-migrating carbonate barrier islands exist in the Chazyan (Ordovician) of eastern North America? 16th International Meeting of Carbonate Sedimentologists (Bathurst Meeting), Palma, Spain.
[6] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2018. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Phosphoria Rock Complex in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA. International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) 20th International Sedimentological Congress, Québec City, Canada.
[5] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2017. The Role of Paleoceanography and Eogenetic Alteration in Influencing Diagenetic Pathways in Carbonate Facies of the Phosphoria Rock Complex, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) International Meeting of Sedimentology, Toulouse, France.
[4] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2017. The Permian Phosphoria Rock Complex: A Record of the Interaction of the Arid Western Pangean Landmass and Panthalassa. International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) International Meeting of Sedimentology, Toulouse, France.
[3] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2017. The influence of paleoceanography in controlling diagenetic pathways in the Phosphoria Rock Complex of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mountain Section 2017 Annual Meeting, Billings, Montana.
[2] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2017. The Terrestrial-Marine Transition in the Phosphoria Rock Complex of the Bighorn Basin. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention and Exhibition 2017, Houston, Texas.
[1] Matheson, E.J. and T.D. Frank. 2017. The Terrestrial-Marine Transition in the Phosphoria Rock Complex of the Bighorn Basin. Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Carbonate Research Group Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas.
Invited Presentations
[3] Matheson, E.J. 2022. Linking early Paleozoic ironstone deposition, redox stratification, and extinction events, Saskatchewan Geological Society speaker series.
[2] Seds Online Great Debate: Sea Level Rise Drowns Reefs. Participants: Cecilia Lopez-Gamundi, Elias Samankassou, Edward Matheson, and Peter Burgess. Accessible at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bysscOKD2I.
[1] Matheson, E.J. 2020. Phosphorites, glass ramps, carbonate factories, and saline lakes: the marine-terrestrial transition in the Phosphoria Rock Complex. Denver Museum of Nature and Science Colloquium.
Other Publications
Hamilton, S.M., Matheson, E.J., Freckelton, C.N., and Burke, H. 2011. Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Program: The 2011 Aurora-Orillia Study Area and Selected Results for the Bruce and Niagara Peninsulas; in Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 2011, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6270, p. 32-1 – 32-11.
Theses
Matheson, E.J. 2019. Paleoceanographic and Paleoclimatic Controls on Biochemical Sedimentation in the Permian Phosphoria Rock Complex in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming [PhD Dissertation]. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Matheson, E.J. 2014. Origin and Significance of Middle Ordovician and Mississippian Calcarenites [Master's thesis]. Kingston, Ontario: Queen's University.
Matheson, E.J. 2012. Analysis of the Anomalous Groundwater Geochemistry of the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada [Honour's thesis]. Kingston, Ontario: Queen's University.
