Roger G. Walker

9.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
85 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

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Roger G. Walker is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger G. Walker has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 28 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Roger G. Walker's work include Geological formations and processes (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (28 papers). Roger G. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (28 papers). Roger G. Walker collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Roger G. Walker's co-authors include Noël P. James, Douglas J. Cant, Frances J. Hein, J. C. Harms, John B. Southard, Darwin Spearing, Janok P. Bhattacharya, A P Hamblin, H. G. Reading and A. Guy Plint and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

Roger G. Walker

81 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Facies models : response to sea level change

2008 1.2k citations Roger G. Walker, Noël P. James profile →
Depositional Environments as Interpreted from Primary Sedimentary and Stratigraphic Sequences

1975 588 citations Roger G. Walker et al. profile →
Fluvial processes and facies sequences in the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River, Canada

1978 450 citations Roger G. Walker et al. profile →
Deep-Water Sandstone Facies and Ancient Submarine Fans: Models for Exploration for Stratigraphic Traps

1978 352 citations Roger G. Walker profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roger G. Walker Canada	35	5.1k	3.6k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	85	6.4k
M. R. Leeder United Kingdom	45	4.5k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	3.2k 1.9×	964 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	110	7.4k
William E. Galloway United States	30	3.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	768 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	72	4.6k
Stephen S. Flint United Kingdom	51	4.4k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	902 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	141	5.8k
S. George Pemberton Canada	47	4.9k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	170	6.8k
Philip A. Allen United Kingdom	50	3.6k 0.7×	4.2k 1.2×	3.6k 2.2×	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	102	8.4k
Ben Kneller United Kingdom	40	5.0k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	665 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	111	6.2k
Arnold H. Bouma United States	22	2.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	562 0.4×	733 0.5×	91	3.9k
William R. Normark United States	44	4.6k 0.9×	4.2k 1.2×	3.2k 2.0×	343 0.2×	882 0.7×	154	7.5k
Ronald J. Steel United States	42	4.5k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	643 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	160	5.5k
H. G. Reading United Kingdom	18	2.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	827 0.6×	643 0.5×	26	3.5k

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Walker, Roger G. & Noël P. James. (2008). Facies models : response to sea level change. 1201 indexed citations breakdown →

Pattison, Simon A. J. & Roger G. Walker. (1998). Multiphase Transgressive Filling of an Incised Valley and Shoreface Complex, Viking Formation, Sundance-Edson Area, Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 46(1). 89–105. 13 indexed citations

Walker, Roger G., et al.. (1997). Sedimentology and Depositional History of Units C and D of the Falher Member, Spirit River Formation, West-Central Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 45(2). 218–238. 12 indexed citations

Walker, Roger G., et al.. (1997). Estuarine valley fills in the Lower Cretaceous Bluesky Formation, Edson area, Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 45(2). 194–217. 16 indexed citations

Walker, Roger G., et al.. (1996). Allostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Lea Park - Belly River Transition in Central Alberta, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 44(1). 14–38. 6 indexed citations

Walker, Roger G., et al.. (1993). Reservoir Geometry Influenced by High-Frequency Forced Regressions Within an Overall Transgression: Caroline and Garrington Fields, Viking Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 41(4). 407–421. 14 indexed citations

Walker, Roger G., et al.. (1991). Definition of Allomembers and their Facies Assemblages in the Viking Formation, Willesden Green Area, Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 39(2). 123–144. 34 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Janok P. & Roger G. Walker. (1991). River- and Wave-Dominated Depositional Systems of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, Northwestern Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 39(2). 165–191. 113 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Janok P. & Roger G. Walker. (1991). Allostratigraphic Subdivision of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan, Shaftesbury, and Kaskapau Formations in the Northwestern Alberta Subsurface. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 39(2). 145–164. 78 indexed citations

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Walker, Roger G.. (1990). Facies Modeling and Sequence Stratigraphy: PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 60(5). 8 indexed citations

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Rine, James M., et al.. (1987). Cardium Formation 6; stratigraphic framework of the Cardium in subsurface; discussions and reply. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 35(3). 362–374. 3 indexed citations

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Plint, A. Guy & Roger G. Walker. (1987). Cardium Formation 8. Facies and Environments of the Cardium Shoreline and Coastal Plain in the Kakwa Field and Adjacent Areas, Northwestern Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 35(1). 48–64. 33 indexed citations

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Plint, A. Guy, et al.. (1986). Cardium Formation 6. Stratigraphic Framework of the Cardium in Subsurface. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 34(2). 213–225. 78 indexed citations

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Pemberton, S. George, Robert W. Frey, & Roger G. Walker. (1984). PROBABLE LOBSTER BURROWS IN THE CARDIUM FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS) OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA, CANADA, AND COMMENTS ON MODERN BURROWING DECAPODS. Journal of Paleontology. 58(6). 1422–1435. 19 indexed citations

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Walker, Roger G.. (1983). CARDIUM FORMATION 2. SAND-BODY GEOMETRY AND STRATIGRAPHY IN THE GARRINGTON-CAROLINE-RICINUS AREA, ALBERTA — THE “RAGGED BLANKET” MODEL. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 31(1). 14–26. 9 indexed citations

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Walker, Roger G.. (1983). Cardium Formation 1; Cardium, a turbidity current deposit (Beach, 1955); a brief history of ideas. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 31(4). 205–212. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, Roger G.. (1983). Cardium Formation 3. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy in the Garrington-Caroline Area, Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 31(4). 213–230. 10 indexed citations

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Walker, Roger G. & Gerard V. Middleton. (1977). Facies Models 9. Eolian Sands. Geoscience Canada. 4(4). 13 indexed citations

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Walker, Roger G.. (1976). Facies Model - 3. Sandy Fluvial Systems. Geoscience Canada. 3(2). 5 indexed citations

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Walker, Roger G.. (1976). Facies Models 2. Turbidites and Associated Coarse Clastic Deposits. Geoscience Canada. 3(1). 156 indexed citations

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