Scott Melnyk

@ualberta.ca

PhD Candidate in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sedimentology, ichnology and stratigraphy.
111

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

4

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Droning on: neoichnology in the age of UAV photogrammetry
    S Melnyk, BS Harris
    Ichnos 33 (1), 1-9 , 2026
    2026
  • Microbial mats and thalassinid shrimp: Spatial and geochemical interactions in a modern intertidal environment
    BS Harris, SK Biddle, MT LaGrange, S Melnyk, CN Lazowski, JS Spence, ...
    Sedimentology , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Characterizing the potential of wind-blown lithium sediments: A case study from Devonian evaporites of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
    CN Lazowski, S Melnyk, D Gutierrez-Rueda, J Wang, LG Tarhan, ...
    Geological Society of America Bulletin 137 (11-12), 4955-4970 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Lithium isotopes of the Peace River Arch in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: A framework for resolving deep basin lithium sources
    CN Lazowski, B Kalderon-Asael, D Asael, ML Arizaleta, S Melnyk, ...
    Geological Society of America Bulletin 137 (11-12), 4993-5008 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Assessing vertical bioturbation intensity from bedding planes
    S Melnyk, B Coutret, D Brown, JP Zonneveld, JL Kavanaugh, MK Gingras
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Biogenic structures produced by foraging birds in marginal marine and marginal lacustrine settings: implications for the rock record
    JP Zonneveld, B Britt, D Brown, H Corlett, MK Gingras, T Kibblewhite, ...
    Journal of Paleontology 99 (sp98), 1-51 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Topographic controls on the distribution of bioturbation in an intertidal sandflat
    S Melnyk, CN Lazowski, SE Dashtgard, MK Gingras
    Sedimentology 72 (2), 613-630 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Aratichnus igen. nov. from the Eocene-aged Baronia Formation, Àger Basin, Lleida, Spain
    BS Harris, C Olariu, S Melnyk, MT LaGrange, KO Konhauser, MK Gingras
    Ichnos 31 (2-3), 110-123 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Investigations into the Occurrence and Distribution of Bioturbation in Tidally-Influenced Sedimentary Environments
    SA Melnyk
    2024
  • The impact of aggregation between clay and phytoplanktonic cyanobacteria on trace elemental cycling in coastal environments
    W Hao, L Swaren, J Wang, D Baker, S Melnyk, GW Owttrim, H Zeng, ...
    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 360, 68-80 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Applications of photogrammetry to neoichnological studies: the significance of shorebird trackway distributions at the Bay of Fundy
    S Melnyk, A Cowper, JP Zonneveld, MK Gingras
    Palaios 37 (10), 606-621 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 10
  • Sedimentological and ecological significance of a biodeformational structure associated with an unusual feeding behavior in gulls ( Larus sp.)
    S Melnyk, CN Lazowski, MK Gingras
    Ichnos 29 (2), 84-92 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Integrating facies analysis with dipmeter data to characterize point bars of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Christina River, AB, Canada
    Q Chen, A Shchepetkina, S Melnyk, MK Gingras
    Marine and Petroleum Geology 136, 105449 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Lithofacies-dependent pore-throat radii and reservoir properties in the Lower Triassic Montney Formation, Puskwaskau Field, Alberta
    C Feng, S Melnyk, C Ross, K Shanley, JP Zonneveld, MK Gingras
    Marine and Petroleum Geology 131, 105157 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 12
  • Surface reactivity of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803–Implications for trace metals transport to the oceans
    L Swaren, W Hao, S Melnyk, D Baker, Y Li, GW Owttrim, H Zeng, ...
    Chemical Geology 562, 120045 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • A new marine woodground ichnotaxon from the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group, Saskatchewan, Canada
    S Melnyk, S Packer, JP Zonneveld, MK Gingras
    Journal of Paleontology 95 (1), 162-169 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 13
  • Using ichnological relationships to interpret heterolithic fabrics in fluvio‐tidal settings
    S Melnyk, MK Gingras
    Sedimentology 67 (2), 1069-1983 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 27

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Using ichnological relationships to interpret heterolithic fabrics in fluvio‐tidal settings
    S Melnyk, MK Gingras
    Sedimentology 67 (2), 1069-1983 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 27
  • A new marine woodground ichnotaxon from the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group, Saskatchewan, Canada
    S Melnyk, S Packer, JP Zonneveld, MK Gingras
    Journal of Paleontology 95 (1), 162-169 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 13
  • Lithofacies-dependent pore-throat radii and reservoir properties in the Lower Triassic Montney Formation, Puskwaskau Field, Alberta
    C Feng, S Melnyk, C Ross, K Shanley, JP Zonneveld, MK Gingras
    Marine and Petroleum Geology 131, 105157 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 12
  • Applications of photogrammetry to neoichnological studies: the significance of shorebird trackway distributions at the Bay of Fundy
    S Melnyk, A Cowper, JP Zonneveld, MK Gingras
    Palaios 37 (10), 606-621 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 10
  • Sedimentological and ecological significance of a biodeformational structure associated with an unusual feeding behavior in gulls ( Larus sp.)
    S Melnyk, CN Lazowski, MK Gingras
    Ichnos 29 (2), 84-92 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • The impact of aggregation between clay and phytoplanktonic cyanobacteria on trace elemental cycling in coastal environments
    W Hao, L Swaren, J Wang, D Baker, S Melnyk, GW Owttrim, H Zeng, ...
    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 360, 68-80 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Surface reactivity of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803–Implications for trace metals transport to the oceans
    L Swaren, W Hao, S Melnyk, D Baker, Y Li, GW Owttrim, H Zeng, ...
    Chemical Geology 562, 120045 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • Assessing vertical bioturbation intensity from bedding planes
    S Melnyk, B Coutret, D Brown, JP Zonneveld, JL Kavanaugh, MK Gingras
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Biogenic structures produced by foraging birds in marginal marine and marginal lacustrine settings: implications for the rock record
    JP Zonneveld, B Britt, D Brown, H Corlett, MK Gingras, T Kibblewhite, ...
    Journal of Paleontology 99 (sp98), 1-51 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Topographic controls on the distribution of bioturbation in an intertidal sandflat
    S Melnyk, CN Lazowski, SE Dashtgard, MK Gingras
    Sedimentology 72 (2), 613-630 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Integrating facies analysis with dipmeter data to characterize point bars of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Christina River, AB, Canada
    Q Chen, A Shchepetkina, S Melnyk, MK Gingras
    Marine and Petroleum Geology 136, 105449 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Characterizing the potential of wind-blown lithium sediments: A case study from Devonian evaporites of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
    CN Lazowski, S Melnyk, D Gutierrez-Rueda, J Wang, LG Tarhan, ...
    Geological Society of America Bulletin 137 (11-12), 4955-4970 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Lithium isotopes of the Peace River Arch in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: A framework for resolving deep basin lithium sources
    CN Lazowski, B Kalderon-Asael, D Asael, ML Arizaleta, S Melnyk, ...
    Geological Society of America Bulletin 137 (11-12), 4993-5008 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Aratichnus igen. nov. from the Eocene-aged Baronia Formation, Àger Basin, Lleida, Spain
    BS Harris, C Olariu, S Melnyk, MT LaGrange, KO Konhauser, MK Gingras
    Ichnos 31 (2-3), 110-123 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Microbial mats and thalassinid shrimp: Spatial and geochemical interactions in a modern intertidal environment
    BS Harris, SK Biddle, MT LaGrange, S Melnyk, CN Lazowski, JS Spence, ...
    Sedimentology , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Droning on: neoichnology in the age of UAV photogrammetry
    S Melnyk, BS Harris
    Ichnos 33 (1), 1-9 , 2026
    2026
  • Investigations into the Occurrence and Distribution of Bioturbation in Tidally-Influenced Sedimentary Environments
    SA Melnyk
    2024