Scott Melnyk

Assistant Professor of Sedimentary Geology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks 🐻‍❄️

[Scott Melnyk @IchnoMelnyk]

@FaithfullJohn @GaryMcCrinoid @palaeokatie @hunterian I will have to rummage through the archives

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@FaithfullJohn @palaeokatie @hunterian @GaryMcCrinoid I have a similar piece and have never been able to place its origin… to think it is #SharkVomit makes me much more happy than any interp I’ve come up with thus far!

[Royal Alberta Museum @RoyalAlberta]

Make it a royal weekend: We’re pleased to offer free admission from June 3-5 in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee!

Reserve your free tickets online: https://t.co/AogmMzsnD9

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Ichnos DOI: https://t.co/hovjz3pFUM For those without access, feel free to DM me for an eprint link!

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New (niche) paper alert 🚨 a gull does a thing #VertebrateNeoichnology

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During unrelated field work on the west coast of Canada, we observed a gull making these weird biogenic sed structures in search of lunch — was too cool not to write the paper 😅

[Sedimentology @JSedimentology]

Don't forget to check out the latest issue of @JSedimentology available at https://t.co/oqfuHqafMw

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This makes me want to bring back #TraceFossilTuesday 👀

[Time Scavengers @TimeScavengers]

#FossilFriday with the trace fossil, Zoophycos

This ichnofossil was likely created by burrowing or feeding behaviors from marine worm-like organisms. But, just like with many other ichnofossils, it is difficult to pin the exact behavior that created it.

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Breaking down barriers 👏

[ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord @ScienceUpFirst]

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That’s why we're thrilled to partner with Lotus STEMM (@Lotus_STEMM)! 🪷

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[Scott Melnyk @IchnoMelnyk]

After a two-year delay we finally made it to the Spanish Pyrenees ⛰ some spectacular #ichnology in the Eocene tidal dunes

[Sedimentologika @sedimentologika]

Welcome Dr. Murray Gingras (@MurrayGingras) as the 4th member of our #EditorialBoard Murray works at the University of Alberta, Canada @UAlberta His research focuses on ichnology, clastic and reservoir geology #DOA

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@andy_yeg @APEGA_AB This has to be it

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The newest paper from our group is out now! Using sedimentary facies analysis to predict the distribution of pore-throat radii in fine-grained Triassic strata (Montney Formation). Available as a free download for the next 50 days: https://t.co/gaUrwB2zSP

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It’s growing up so fast 🥲 https://t.co/xZ3GKwfMjg

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Where there were feet, there is food: here are two images comparing the distribution of shorebird tracks (left) to that of Nereid polychaetes (right)

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American geography in peer review 😅

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My first geology gig: gold exploration in the Canadian Arctic #FieldworkFriday

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[Mattias Malmer @3Dmattias]

A short virtual stroll around Mont Mercou. Built from images taken by @MarsCuriosity on sol 3049.

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Had the opportunity to work with @KonhauserGeobio on a project about Cyanobacteria and their impact on trace metal transport to the oceans — https://t.co/dlHtvYwFsH 🦠

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A bit different from my normal research, but I certainly have a newfound respect for the work of taxonomists

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Check out our paper in the January issue of the Journal of Paleontology, in which we describe Cretaceous wood borings that are similar to those made by modern isopods — the first trace fossils of their kind!!

Link to pdf: https://t.co/fDFoUxMO1K