Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. 2026 — Shchepetkina, A. & Wetzel, A. "Ichnofabric analysis of deep-ocean sediment cores from the South Atlantic ocean: Eocene–Oligocene transition (IODP expeditions 390 and 393)." Ichnos, p. 1–30.
2. 2026 — Toffani, M. & Shchepetkina, A. “Reconstructing dune evolution at Pinery Provincial Park (Ontario) using sediment texture, mineral composition, and principal component analysis.” Journal of Great Lakes Research. (Submitted, September 2026.)
3. 2026 — Hart, B.S., Shchepetkina, A., McCausland, P.J.A., Hofmann, M.H. & Vaisblat, N. “Rock-Physics Based Prediction of Elastic Properties in a Mixed Carbonate-Clastic Carbon Capture and Storage Target: Cambrian of Southern Ontario, Canada.” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. (Submitted, July 2026.)
4. 2026 — Leila, M., Kuzhamratova, N., Šegvić, B., Shchepetkina, A., Slipko, V. & Fustić, M. “Experimental evaluation of CO2 mineral trapping in Albian glauconite-bearing sandstone, Mangyshlak Basin, Kazakhstan.” Scientific Reports.
5. 2026 — Armstrong, D., Hart, B. & Shchepetkina, A. “Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and lithology of the Basal Cambrian Sandstone, SW Ontario: A potential carbon capture and storage repository.” Bulletin of Canadian Energy Geoscience (CEGA). (Accepted for publication, July 2026.)
6. 2026 — Musembi Mbithi, D., Shchepetkina, A. & Muna, M.M. “Climate change adaptation strategies in universities: A comparative study of Kenyatta University (Kenya) and the University of Western Ontario (Canada).” International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. (Submitted, March 2026.)
7. 2025 — Coggon, R.M., Carter, E.J., Grant, L.J.C., et al. & the South Atlantic Transect IODP Expedition 390 & 393 Scientists (includes Shchepetkina, A.). “A geological carbon cycle sink hosted by ocean crust talus breccias.” Nature Geoscience, v. 18, p. 1279–1286.
8. 2025 — Sigstad, S., Konhauser, K.O., Herrle, J.O., Myers, P., Shchepetkina, A. & Gingras, M. “Ichnological analysis of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 681, 113417.
9. 2025 — Shchepetkina, A., Drago, T., Santos, J., Alberto, A., Fatela, F. & Freitas, M.D.C. “Neoichnology and sediment distribution in tidal flats of the mud-dominated mesotidal Mira River estuary (Portugal).” Sedimentology.
10. 2025 — Shchepetkina, A. “Crab traces on muddy tidal flats of the Mira River estuary, Portugal.” PALAIOS, v. 40 (1), p. 19–34. (and associated Comment, PALAIOS, v. 40, p. 101–102.)
11. 2025 — Fustic, M., Plink-Bjorklund, P., Shchepetkina, A., Umralin, A. & Strobl, R. “Atypical strata in a typical point bar of the McMurray Formation — a function of floods, tides and high sediment concentrations, or salt dissolution tectonics? Reply to discussion of Paul Broughton.” Sedimentology.
12. 2025 — Jin, X., Ma, X., Dinarès-Turell, J., et al. & South Atlantic Transect IODP Expedition 390 & 393 Scientists. “The Late Miocene ocean carbon cycle changes: new evidence from the South Atlantic IODP expeditions.” Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, v. 40, e2024PA005028.
13. 2024 — Shchepetkina, A., Moal-Darrigade, P., Pekar, S., Williams, T. & South Atlantic Transect IODP Expedition 390 & 393 Scientists. “Estimating CaCO3 content based on natural gamma ray (NGR) in deep-ocean sediment cores.” Stratigraphy.
14. 2023 — Fustic, M., Plink-Bjorklund, P., Shchepetkina, A. & Strobl, R. “A typical point bar with atypical strata in the McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada: floods, tides, and high suspended sediment concentrations.” Sedimentology.
15. 2023 — Shchepetkina, A., Drago, T., Santos, J. & Alberto, A. “Effects of X-ray computer tomography (CT) on the ichnologic interpretation of the Mira River estuary sediment core, SW Portugal.” Ichnos, p. 1–14.
16. 2022 — Chen, Q., Shchepetkina, A., Melnyk, S. & Gingras, M.K. “Integrating facies analysis with dipmeter data to characterize point bars of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Christina River, AB, Canada.” Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 136, 105449.
17. 2020 — Shchepetkina, A., Ponce, J.J., Carmona, N.B., Mángano, M.G., Buatois, L.A., Ribas, S. & Villar Benvenuto, M.C. “Sedimentological and ichnological analyses of the continental to marginal-marine Centenario Formation (Cretaceous), Neuquén Basin, Argentina: reservoir implications.” Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 119, 104471.
18. 2019 — Shchepetkina, A., Gingras, M.K., Mángano, M.G. & Buatois, L.A. “Fluvio-tidal transition zone: terminology, sedimentological and ichnological characteristics, and significance.” Earth-Science Reviews, v. 192, p. 214–235.
19. 2018 — Shchepetkina, A., Gingras, M.K., Zonneveld, J-P. & Pemberton, S.G. “Modern observations of floccule ripples: Petitcodiac River estuary, New Brunswick, Canada.” Sedimentology, v. 65 (2), p. 582–596.
20. 2017 — Shchepetkina, A., Gingras, M.K. & Pemberton, S.G. “Potential reservoir characterization of the fluvial reach to inner estuary, Ogeechee River estuary, Georgia, USA.” CSPG Reservoir, v. 44 (5), p. 15–19.
21. 2017 — Shchepetkina, A., Speta, M., Gingras, M.K., Rivard, B. & Pemberton, S.G. “Hyperspectral imaging as an aid for facies analysis in massive-appearing sediments: a demonstrative case study for the middle McMurray Formation.” Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 65 (2), p. 262–278.

Conference Abstracts

A full record of conference abstracts and presentations is available on Dr. Shchepetkina's Google Scholar and ResearchGate profiles (linked below).

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