Sedimentary Environments and Analogues Research Group

Publications

2025-

50. Zhang, C., Liu, D., She, M., He, J., Underschultz, J.R., La Croix, A.D., Dong, Y., and Huang, Y. (In Press), Direct constraints on shale fluid overpressure evolution from U-Pb dating of bed-parallel fracture-filling calcite, Geology. DOI: 10.1130 /G53931.1.

50. La Croix, A.D. (2025), Sedimentary environment controls carbon sequestration potential of unvegetated intertidal estuarine sediments, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, v. 130(12), e2025JG009261. DOI: 10.1029/2025JG009261.

49. Moore, P.R. and La Croix, A.D. (2025), The material for boring the greenstone: characterization and archaeological distribution of the Pahautane chert, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Journal of Pacific Archeology, v. 15(1), Paper 12. DOI: 10.70460/jpa.v15i1.383.

48. La Croix, A.D., Roche, B., and Mullarney, J.C. (2025), Dynamic mud deposition along the fluvial-tidal transition zone in the Waihou River, Aotearoa New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, v. 130, e2024JF007817. DOI: 10.1029/2024JF007817.

47. Nazemi, M., Dashtgard, S.E., Amarante, F.B., Hassanzadeh, H, and La Croix, A.D.(2025), Geological screening for CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers in the Lower Mainland British Columbia (LMBC), Canada, Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, v. 15(4), 432-448. DOI: 10.1002/ghg.2345.

46. Eltom, H.A., Salih, M., Ayranci, K., and La Croix, A.D., (2025), Bioturbation enhances porosity and permeability of mudrocks: Insights from the Ordovician Qasim Formation, northern Saudi Arabia, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. DOI: 10.1007/s13369-025-10122-z.

45. Cao, F., He, J., Deng, H., La Croix, A.D., Jiang, R., Li, R., and Li, J., 2025, Quantitative characterization of the multiscale mechanical properties of low-permeability sandstone roofs of coal seams based on nanoindentation and triaxial tests and its implications for CO2 geological sequestration, International Journal of Coal Science and Technology, v. 12. DOI: 10.1007/s40789-024-00739-0.

2020-2024

44. La Croix, A.D., Dashtgard, S.E., Hill, P.R., Ayranci, K., Clague, J.J. (2024), The Holocene to Modern Fraser River Delta, Canada: geological history, processes, deposits, natural hazards, and coastal management, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 61(10), 1043-1075. DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2024-0041.

43. Hartland, A., Farrant, M., Höpker, Torres-Rojas, D., Saeed, H., Rivas, A., La Croix, A.D., Grainger, M., and O’Neill, T., 2024, Mines to moana: hydrochemical legacies in a historically mined watershed, Applied Geochemistry, v. 171, 106104. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.106104.

42. Kamaruzaman, E.H., La Croix, A.D., Kamp, P.J.J. (2024), Interpreting environments of deposition from facies analysis of outcrop versus seismic reflection data: a cautionary tale from the Mount Messenger Formation, Taranaki Basin (New Zealand), Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 167, 106934. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106934.

41. Zhu, Y., La Croix, A.D., Kemp, D.B., Shen, J., Huang, C., Hua, X., Li, Y., and Wei, M. (2024), Are suflides the primary host of sedimentary Hg? A case study from the lower Jurassic of the Surat Basin (Australia), Chemical Geology, v. 652, 122028. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122028.

40. Crossingham, T., Sobczak, K., La Croix, A.D., Esterle, J., Dalton, H., and Hayes, P. (2024), Detrital or re-set? 40Ar/39Ar dating of mica from the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 71(4), 585-599. DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2024.2319105.

39. Wang, J., Pang, X., Wang, H., Zhang, Z., Liu, B., La Croix, A.D. (2024), Seismic geomorphological analysis of submarine fan architecture in the Baiyun Sag, Pearl River Mouth Basin: Impact of second-order relative sea level, Marine Geology, v. 449, 107234. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107234.

38. Kamaruzaman, E.H., La Croix, A.D., Kamp, P.J.J. (2024), Critical re-assessment of Middle and Late Miocene submarine fans in offshore southern and western Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, to update the paleogeography, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 161, 106664. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106664.

37. Kamaruzaman, E.H., La Croix, A.D., Kamp, P.J.J. (2024), Dataset of 3D computer models of Late Miocene Mount Messenger Formation outcrops in New Zealand, built with UAV drones, Data in Brief, v. 52, 110035. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110035.

36. Wang, J., La Croix, A.D., Wang, H., Pang, X., Liu, B. (2024), Flume experiments of gravity flows: transformation from sandy debris flows to turbidity currents with clay matrix separation, Sedimentary Geology, v. 461, 106576. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106576.

35. Kamaruzaman, E.H., La Croix, A.D., Kamp, P.J.J. (2023), Quantitative seismic geomorphology of sediment conduits on an evolving slope in Taranaki Basin (New Zealand): the influence of increasing slope gradient through time, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 152, 106233. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106233.

34. Eltom, H.A., El-Husseiny, A., Syahputra, M.R.N., La Croix, A.D. (2023), Spatial complexity of burrow attributes and their impact on porosity and permeability distributions in bioturbated reservoirs, v. 450, Sedimentary Geology, 106395. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106395.

33. La Croix, A.D., Ayranci, K., Dashtgard, S.E. (2022), Neoichnology of siliciclastic shallow-marine environments: invertebrates, traces, and environmental conditions, Earth-Science Reviews, v. 233, 104170. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104170.

32. La Croix, A.D., Sobczak, K. Esterle, Bianchi, V., Wang, J., He, J., Hayes, P., Underschultz, J., Garnett, A. (2022), Integrating palynostratigraphy with zircon geochronology in the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation to improve stratigraphic correlation within the Great Artesian Basin, Australia, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 144, 105845. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105845.

31. Sobczak, K., La Croix, A.D., Esterle, J., Hayes, P., Holl, H., Ciesiolka, R., Crowley, J.L., Allen, C.M. (2022), Geochronology and sediment provenance of the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia: implications for the Palaeogeography of eastern Gondwana, Gondwana Research. v.111, 189-208. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2022.08.003

30. Sobczak, K., Crowley, J.L., Allen, C.M., Ciesiolka, R., Esterle, J., La Croix, A.D. (2022), Geochronology and sediment provenance of the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia: implications for the Palaeogeography of eastern Gondwana – geochronology data, Mendeley Data. 34 p. DOI: 10.17632/345rhp3dh8.1.

29. Baniak, G.M., La Croix, A.D., Gingras, M.K. (2022), Recent advancements in characterizing permeability and porosity distributions in bioturbated flow media, Earth-Science Reviews, v.232, 104162. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104162

28. Dashtgard, S.E., Wang, A., Pospelova, V., Wang, P.L., La Croix, A.D., Ayranci, K. (2022), Salinity indicators in sediment through the fluvial-to-marine transition (Fraser River, Canada), Scientific Reports, v.12, 14303. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18466-4.

27. Gugliotta, M., Saito, Y., Oanh, T.T.K., Nguyen, V.L., La Croix, A.D., Wang, T., Tamura, T., Nakashima, R., Lieu, K.P. (2022), Late Holocene stratigraphic evolution and sedimentary facies of an active to abandoned tide-dominated distributary channel and its mouth bar, Sedimentology, v. 69, 1151-1178. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12940.

26. La Croix, A.D., and Gingras, M.K. (2021). Facies characteristics and stratigraphy of an Upper Cretaceous mud‐dominated subaqueous delta: Medicine Hat Member (Niobrara Formation), Alberta, Canada. Sedimentology, v.68, 2820-2853. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12875.

25. Pearce, J.K., La Croix, A.D., Brink, F.J., Hayes, P.J., and Underschultz, J.R. (2021). CO2 mineral trapping comparison in different regions: predicted geochemical reactivity of the Precipice Sandstone reservoir and overlying Evergreen Formation. Petroleum Geoscience, v.27, 1-27. DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2020-106.

24. Gugliotta, M., Saito, Y., Oanh, T.T.K., Nguyen, V.L., Tamura, T., Wang, Z., La Croix, A.D., and Nakashima, R. (2021). Abandonment and rapid infilling of a tide-dominated distributary channel at 0.7 ka in the Mekong River Delta. Scientific Reports, v.11, 11040. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90268-6.

23. King, M.R., La Croix, A.D., Gates, T.A., Anderson, P.B., and Zanno, L.E. (2021). Glossifungites gingrasi n. isp., a probable subaqueous insect domicile from the Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah. Journal of Paleontology, v.93(3), 427-439. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2020.115.

22. He, J., La Croix, A.D., Gonzalez, S., Pearce, J., Ding, W., Underschultz, J.R., and Garnett, A. (2021). Quantifying and modelling the effects of pre-exisiting basement faults on folding of overlying strata in the Surat Basin, Australia: implications for fault seal potential. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v.198, March 2021, 108207. DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2020.108207.

21. La Croix, A.D., Dashtgard, S.E., and MacEachern (2020). Reply to Comment by Durkin et al. on “Using a modern analogue to interpret depositional position in ancient fluvial–tidal channel complexes: an example from the McMurray Formation, Canada”. Geoscience Frontiers, v.11., 1087-1092. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2019.11.011.

20. La Croix, A.D., Harfoush, A. Roger, I., Gonzalez, S., Underschultz, J.R., Hayes, P., and Garnett, A. (2020). Reservoir modelling notional CO2 injection into the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia. Petroleum Geoscience, v.26, 127-140. DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2019-058 .

19. La Croix, A.D., He J., Bianchi, V., Wang, J., Gonzalez, S., and Underschultz, J.R. (2020). Early Jurassic palaeoenvironments in the Surat Basin, Australia–marine incursion into eastern Gondwana. Sedimentology, v.67, 457-485. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12649.

18. Wang, J., Guan, Z., La Croix, A.D., Wang, Q., Ji, L., and Sun, J. (2020). Seismic geomorphology of shallow-water lacustrine deltas in the Paleocene Huanghua Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 120, 104561. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104561.

17. Pearce, J.K., La Croix, A.D., Underschultz, J.R., and Golding, S.D. (2020). Long term reactivity of CO2 in a low salinity reservoir-seal complex. Applied Geochemistry, v.114, 104529. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104529.

16. Hayes, P., Nicol, C., La Croix, A.D., Pearce, J., Gonzalez, S., Wang, J., Harfoush, A., He, J., Moser, A., Helm, L., Morris, R., and Gornall, D. (2020). Advances in geological and hydrogeological understanding of the Precipice Sandstone aquifer of the Surat Basin, Australia through model inversion of Managed Aquifer Research datasets. Hydrogeology Journal, v.28, 175-192. DOI: 10.1007/s10040-019-02079-9.

2012-2019

15. La Croix, A.D., Dashtgard, S.E., and MacEachern, J.A. (2019). Using a modern analogue to interpret depositional position in ancient fluvial–tidal channel complexes: an example from the McMurray Formation, Canada. Geoscience Frontiers, v.10, 2219-2238. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2019.03.008.

14. La Croix, A.D., Wang, J., He, J., Hannaford, C., Bianchi, V., Esterle, J., and Underschultz, J.R. (2019). Widespread nearshore and shallow marine deposition within the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 109, 760-790. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.048.

13. Wang, J., La Croix, A.D., Wang, H., Guo, F., and Ren, B. (2019). Linkage between calcirudite lithofacies and storm-generated depositional processes in the Upper Cambrian Series, Shandong Province, eastern China. Sedimentary Geology, 105518. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.105518.

12. Wang, J., La Croix, A.D., Gonzalez, S., He, J., and Underschultz, J.R. (2019). Sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia: implications for the architecture of reservoirs and seals for CO2storage. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 102, 829-843. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.01.038.

11. He, J., La Croix, A.D., Wang, J., Ding, W., and Underschultz, J.R. (2019). Using neural networks and the Markov Chain approach for facies analysis and prediction from well logs in the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation, Surat Basin, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 101, 410-427. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.12.022.

10. La Croix, A.D., MacEachern, J.A., Ayranci, K., Hsieh, A., and Dashtgard, S.E. (2017). An ichnological-assemblage approach to reservoir heterogeneity assessment in bioturbated strata: insights from the Lower Cretaceous Viking Formation, Alberta, Canada. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 86, 636-654. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.06.024.

9. La Croix, A.D. and Dashtgard, S.E. (2015). A synthesis of depositional trends in intertidal and upper subtotal sediments across the tidal-fluvial transition in the Fraser River, Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, 683-698. DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.47.

8. La Croix, A.D., Dashtgard, S.E., Gingras, M.K., Hauck, T.E., and MacEachern, J.A. (2015). Bioturbation trends across the freshwater to brackish-water transition in rivers. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 440, 66-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.08.030.

7. Dashtgard, S.E. and La Croix, A.D. (2015). Sedimentological trends across the tidal-fluvial transition, Fraser River, Canada: a review and some broader implications, in Parsons, D., Ashworth, P., and Best, J. (eds.), Fluvial-Tidal Sedimentology, Elsevier, Developments in Sedimentology, v. 68, 111-126. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63529-7.00005-5.

6. La Croix, A.D. and Dashtgard, S.E. (2014). Of sand and mud: sedimentological criteria for identifying the turbidity maximum zone in a tidally influenced river. Sedimentology, v. 61, 1961-1981. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12126.

5. Baniak, G.M., La Croix, A.D. Polo, C.A., Player, T.L., Pemberton, S.G., and Gingras, M.K. (2014). Associating x-ray microtomography with permeability contrasts in bioturbated media. Ichnos, v. 21, 234-250. DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2014.958224.

4. La Croix, A.D., Gingras, M.K., Pemberton, S.G., Mendoza, C.A., MacEachern, J.A., and Lemiski, R.T. (2013). Biogenically enhanced reservoir properties in the Medicine Hat gas field, Alberta, Canada. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 43, 464-477. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.12.002.

3. La Croix, A.D., Gingras, M.K., Dashtgard, S.E., and Pemberton, S.G. (2012). Computer modelling bioturbation: the creation of porous and permeable fluid flow pathways. AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, 545-556. DOI: 10.1306/07141111038.

2. Dashtgard, S.E., Venditti, J.G., Hill, P.R., Sisulak, C.F., Johnson, S.M., and La Croix, A.D. (2012). Sedimentation across the tidal-fluvial transition in the lower Fraser River, Canada. The Sedimentary Record, v. 10, 4-9. DOI: 10.2110/sedred.2012.4.4.

1. Gingras, M.K., Baniak, M.G., Gordon, J., Hovikowski, J., Konhauser, K., La Croix, A.D., Lemiski, R.T., Mendoza, C.A., Pemberton, S.G., Polo, C., Zonneveld, J.P. (2012). Porosity and permeability in bioturbated sediments, in Knaust, D., and Bromley, R.G. (eds.), Trace Fossils as Indicators of Sedimentary Environments, Elsevier, Developments in Sedimentology, v. 64, 837-868. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-53813-0.00027-7.