Dr James A. MacEachern

B.Sc., M.Sc., Regina; Ph.D., Alberta.

Research Interests

Dr. James MacEachern's research interests are associated with the integration of ichnology (trace fossil analysis) with sedimentology/facies analysis and genetic stratigraphy (sequence stratigraphy) for the development of refined facies models. The ultimate goal of this research is to place applied ichnology into the hands of sedimentary facies analysts. His research spans a wide range of depositional settings, from arid/semi-arid fluvial systems, strandplain shorefaces, deltaic successions, estuarine incised valley complexes, brackish bay settings, shelf complexes, and submarine fan systems. To a lesser degree, Dr. MacEachern engages in the paleontologic aspects of ichnology as well. The bulk of Dr. MacEachern's research concerns subsurface problems employing core analysis, well log correlations and subsurface mapping, all essential elements of petroleum geology. He also conducts and supervises outcrop field studies.

Teaching

• EASC 103 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
• EASC 106 - Earth through Time
• EASC 201 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
• EASC 210 - Historical Geology
• EASC 302 - Sedimentary Petrology
• EASC 310 - Paleontology
• EASC 312 - Stratigraphy
• EASC 402 - Sedimentology
• EASC 611 - Sedimentology
• EASC 612 - Stratigraphy
• EASC 622 - Principles of Ichnology