Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

32. Stacey, J, Wallace, M, Hood, A, Shuster, A, Corlett, H, Reed, C, Moynihan, C (2024) Ocean oxygenation and ecological restructuring caused by the late Paleozoic evolution of land plants. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G52502.1

31. Brown, D*, Corlett, H, Kibblewhite, T, Whitaker, F, Zonneveld, J, Gingras, M (2024) Neoichnology of a microtidal carbonate intertidal zone: Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Palaios 39(9), 344-361. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2023.042

30. McCormick, C*, Corlett, H, Roberts, N, Johnston, P, Collom, C, Stacey, J, Koeshidayatullah, A, Hollis, C. (2024). U-Pb geochronology reveals that hydrothermal dolomitization was coeval to the deposition of the Burgess Shale lagerstätte. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 318. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01429-0

29. Muñoz-López, D, Lu, C, Li, W, Corlett, H, Hollis, C, Swart, P, & Koeshidayatullah, A (2024) What is the source of magnesium in hydrothermal dolomites? New insights from coupling δ26Mg-∆ 47 isotopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 638, 118760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118760

28. Stacey, J*, Corlett, H, Hollis, C, Hills, D (2024) Reservoir evaluation of dolomitized Devonian strata in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Implications for carbon capture, utilization and storage. Journal of Sedimentary Research 2024. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2023.082

27. Zonneveld, JP, Britt, B, Brown, D*, Corlett, H, Gingras, M, Kibbelwhite, T, Kuwae, T, Melnyk, S, Naone, S, Whitaker, F, Zonneveld, Z (2024) Biogenic structures produced by foraging shorebirds and waterbirds in marginal marine and marginal lacustrine settings: implications for the rock record. Journal of Paleontology, Accepted Jan 2024.

26. McCormick, C*, Corlett, H, Clog, M, Boyce, A, Tartèse, R, Steele-MacInnis, M, Hollis, C (2023) Basin scale evolution of zebra textures in fault-controlled, hydrothermal dolomite bodies: Insights from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Basin Research, 00, 1– 30. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12789

25. Corlett, H, Feng, J, Playter, T, Rivard, B. (2023) Mapping amorphous SiO2 in Devonian shales and the possible link to marine productivity during incipient forest diversification. Scientific Reports. 13(1), p.1516. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28542-y

24. *Robertson, H, Corlett, H, Hollis, C, Whitaker, F. (2022) Solubility product constants for natural dolomite (0–200°C) through a groundwater-based approach using the USGS produced water database. American Journal of Science. 322(4): 593-645. https://doi.org/10.2475/04.2022.03

23. *McCormick, C, Corlett, H, Hollis, C, *Stacey, J, Feng, J, Rivard, B, Omma, Jenny. (2021) Shortwave infrared hyperspectral imaging as a novel method to elucidate multi-phase dolomitization, recrystallization, and cementation in carbonate sedimentary rocks. Scientific Reports. 11(1): 1-16. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01118-4

22. *Koeshidayatullah, A, Corlett, H, Hollis, C. (2021). An overview of structurally-controlled dolostone-limestone transitions in the stratigraphic record. Earth-Science Reviews, p.103751. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103751

21. *Stacey, J, Corlett, H, Holland, G, *Koeshidayatullah, A, Cao, C, Swart, P, Crowley, S, Hollis, C. (2021). Regional fault-controlled shallow dolomitization of the Middle Cambrian Cathedral Formation by hydrothermal fluids fluxed through a basal clastic aquifer. GSA Bulletin. 133(11-12): 2355-2377. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35927.1 

20. Corlett, H, Hodgetts, D, Hirani, J, Rotevatn, A, Taylor, R, Hollis, C. (2021). A geocellular modelling workflow for partially dolomitized remobilized carbonates: An example from the Hammam Faraun Fault block, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 126, p.104831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104831

19. Szmihelsky, M, Steele-MacInnis, M, Bain, W, Falck, H, Adair, R, Campbell, B, Dufrane, S, Went, A, Corlett, H. (2021). Mixing of brine with oil triggered sphalerite deposition at Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada. Geology, 49(5), pp.488-492. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48259.1

18. *Stacey, J, Hollis, C, Corlett, H, Koeshidayatullah, A. (2021). Burial dolomitization driven by modified seawater and basal aquifer‐sourced brines: Insights from the Middle and Upper Devonian of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Basin Research, 33(1), pp.648-680. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12489

17. *Koeshidayatullah, A, Corlett, H, *Stacey, J, Swart, P, Boyce, A, Robertson, H, Whitaker, F, Hollis, C. (2020). Evaluating new fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization models: Insights from the Cambrian Dolomite, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Sedimentology. 67, pp.2945-2973. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12729

16. *Koeshidayatullah, A, Corlett, H, *Stacey, J, Swart, P, Boyce, A, Hollis, C. (2020). Origin and evolution of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization fronts: A new insight. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 541, p.116291. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116291 

15. Corlett, H, Bastesen E, Gawthorpe R, Hirani J, Hodgetts D, Hollis C, Rotevatn A. (2018). Origin, dimensions, and distribution of remobilized carbonate deposits in a tectonically active zone, Eocene Thebes Formation, Sinai, Egypt. Sedimentary Geology. 372: 44-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.04.008 

14. Galloway, E, Hauck, T, Corlett, H, Pana, D, Schultz, R. (2018). Faults and associated karst collapse suggest conduits for fluid-flow that influence hydraulic fracturing induced seismicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115: E10003-E10012. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807549115

13. Corlett, H, Schultz, R, Branscombe, P, Hauck, T, Haug, K, MacCormack, K, Shipman, T. (2018). Subsurface faults inferred from reflection seismic, earthquakes, and sedimentological relationships: implications for induced seismicity in Alberta, Canada. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 93: 135-144.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.03.008

12. Korneva, I, Bastesen, E, Corlett H, Eker, A, Hirani, J, Hollis, C, Gawthorpe, R, Rotevatn, A, Taylor, R. (2018). The effects of dolomitization on petrophysical properties and fracture distribution within rift-related carbonates (Hammam Faraun Fault Block, Suez Rift, Egypt). Journal of Structural Geology. 108: 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.06.005

11. Hauck, T, Corlett, H, Grobe, M, Walton, E, Sansjofre, P. (2018). Meteoric diagenesis and dedolomite fabrics in precursor primary dolomicrite in a mixed carbonate–evaporite system. Sedimentology. 65: 1827-1858. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12448

10. Playter, T, Corlett, H, Konhauser, K, Robbins, L, Rohais, S, Crombez, V, Maccormack, K, Rokosh, D, Prenoslo, D, Furlong, C, Pawlowicz, J., Gingras, M., Lalonde, S., Lyster, S., Zonneveld, J.P. (2018). Clinoform identification and correlation in fine-grained sediments: A case study using the Triassic Montney Formation. Sedimentology. 65(1): 263-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12403

9. Hirani, J, Bastesen, E, Boyce, A, Corlett, H, Gawthorpe, R, Hollis, C, John, C, Robertson, H, Rotevatn, A, Whitaker F. (2018). Controls on the formation of stratabound dolostone bodies, Hammam Faraun Fault block, Gulf of Suez. Sedimentology. 65: 1973-2002.  https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12454

8. Hirani, J, Bastesen, E, Boyce, A, Corlett, H, Eker, A, Gawthorpe, R, Hollis, C, Korneva, I, Rotevatn, A. (2018). Structural controls on non-fabric selective dolomitization within rift-related basin-bounding normal fault systems: Insights from the Hammam Faraun Fault, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Basin Research. 30: 990-1014.  https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12290 

7. Pawley, S, Schultz, R, Playter, T, Corlett, H, Shipman, T, Lyster, S, Hauck, T. (2018). The geological susceptibility of induced earthquakes in the Duvernay play. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(4): 1786-1793. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076100 

6. Hollis, C, Bastesen, E, Boyce, A, Corlett, H, Gawthorpe, R, Hirani, J, Rotevatn, A, Whitaker, F. (2017). Fault controlled dolomitization in a rift basin. Geology. 45(3): 219-222. https://doi.org/10.1130/G38s394.1 

5. Schultz, R, Corlett, H, Haug, K, Kocon, K, MacCormack, K, Stern, V, Shipman, T. (2016). Linking fossil reefs with earthquakes: Geologic insight to where induced seismicity occurs in Alberta. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(6): 2534-2542. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067514

4. Corlett, H, Jones, B. (2012). Petrographic and geochemical contrasts between calcite-and dolomite-filled burrows in the Middle Devonian Lonely Bay Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada: Implications for dolomite formation in Paleozoic burrows. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 82(9): 648-663. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2012.57

3. Corlett, H, Jones, B. (2011). Ecological controls on Devonian stromatoporoid-dominated and coral-dominated reef growth in the Mackenzie Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 48: 1543-1560. https://doi.org/10.1139/e11-056 

2. Corlett, H, Jones, B. (2011). The influence of paleogeography in epicontinental seas: A case study based on Middle Devonian strata from the MacKenzie Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada. Sedimentary Geology. 239(3): 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.07.001

1. Corlett, H, Jones, B. (2007). Epiphyte communities on Thalassia testudinum from Grand Cayman, British West Indies: Their composition, structure, and contribution to lagoonal sediments. Sedimentary Geology. 194(3-4): 245-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.06.010

Scientific Reports 

4. Corlett, H, Playter, T, Babakhani, M, Hathway, B, Peterson, J, MacCormack, K. (2019). Regional Stratigraphic Correlation and 3D Geological Modelling of West-Central Alberta. 62. Alberta Geological Survey. https://ags.aer.ca/publication/ofr-2019-04 

3. Marshall F, Corlett H, Lyster S, Berhane H. (2019). Three-Dimensional Property Modelling of the Duvernay Formation in Alberta. 55. Alberta Geological Survey. https://ags.aer.ca/publication/ofr-2018-11

2. Pana D, Creaser R, Toma J, Playter, T, Corlett H, Hauck T, Peterson J, Grobe M, Poulton T. (2018). Geochronology in Support of the Alberta Table of Formations: Rhenium-Osmium Isotope Dating of Selected Devonian and Jurassic Core Samples from Central and Northern Alberta. 25. Alberta Geological Survey. https://ags.aer.ca/publication/ofr-2018-06 

1. Lyster S, Corlett H, Berhane M. (2017). Hydrocarbon Resource Potential of the Duvernay Formation in Alberta - Update. 44. Alberta Geological Survey. https://ags.aer.ca/publication/ofr-2017-02