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Denis Tetreault

Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext:2495
Email:deniskt@uwindsor.ca

Earth Sciences
University of Windsor
Memorial Hall Rm. 101b
401 Sunset Avenue Windsor,
Ontario Canada N9B 3P4

Denis K. Tetreault
Laboratory Demonstrator/Coordinator
BSc (Brock), MSc (Rochester), PhD (Western Ontario)

Principal Research Interests:

Silurian and Devonian paleontology and stratigraphy
Paleoecology and taphonomy of exceptionally preserved biotas (fossil Konservat-Lagerstätten)
Taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy of Paleozoic arthropods and echinoderms

Ongoing Research Projects :

Paleoecology, taphonomy, taxonomy, ichnology, sedimentology, stratigraphy and geochemistry of a Silurian soft-bodied fauna from the Eramosa Dolostone, Bruce Peninsula
Silurian noncalcified macro algae
The use of Ground-Penetrating Radar for stratigraphic and paleo-topographic characterization of shallow marine environments

Publications:

von Bitter, P.H., Purnell, M.A., Tetreault, D.K., and Stott, C.A. 2007. Eramosa Lagerstätte - Exceptionally preserved soft-bodied biotas with shallow-marine shelly and bioturbating organisms (Silurian, Ontario, Canada). Geology 35: 879-882. Cover article.

Adrain, J.M., and Tetreault, D.K., 2005. The brachymetopid Radnoria in the Silurian (Wenlock) of New York State and Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42: 2087-2096.

Brett, C.E., and Tetreault, D.K., 2004. Sedimentology and depositional environments of Silurian strata of the Niagara Escarpment, Ontario and New York. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada 2004 Annual Meeting, May 12-14, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Field Trip Guidebook, 56 p.

Stott, C.A., von Bitter, P.H., Kleffner, M.A., Tetreault, D.K., and Armstrong, D.K. 2001. Evidence for the Wenlockian age of the Middle Silurian Eramosa Member, Guelph Formation, southern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Paleontology Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, September 22-24, 2001. CPC-2001 Program and Abstracts No. 11, Geological Association of Canada. p. 50. (extended abstract)

Tetreault, D.K. 2001. Silurian fossil Konservat-Lagerstätten from the Eramosa Dolostone of the southern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Paleontology Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, September 22-24, 2001. CPC-2001 Program and Abstracts No. 11, Geological Association of Canada. p. 51. (extended abstract)

Tsujita, C.J., Tetreault, D.K., and Jin. J. 2001. Middle and Upper Devonian Strata of Southwestern Ontario. Canadian Paleontology Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, September 22-24, 2001. CPC-2001 Field Trip Guidebook No. 9. Geological Association of Canada. 58 p.

von Bitter, P.H., Purnell, M.A., Tetreault, D.K., and Stott, C.A. 2001. New, exceptionally-preserved Silurian conodont skeletal apparatuses from the Eramosa Member, Bruce Peninsula, southern Ontario, Canada. Canadian Paleontology Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, September 22-24, 2001. CPC-2001 Program and Abstracts No. 11, Geological Association of Canada. p. 61-62. (extended abstract)

Tsujita, C.J., and Tetreault, D.K. 2000. Depositional Environments and Paleoecology of Middle and Upper Devonian Strata in Southwestern Ontario. American Association of Petroleum Geologists - Eastern Section 29th Annual Meeting, September 23-27, 2000, London, Ontario, Guidebook Field Trip No. 3, Ontario Petroleum Institute. 46 p.

Brett, C.E., Goodman, W.M., LoDuca, S.T. and Tetreault, D.K., 1999, Silurian-Early Devonian sequence stratigraphy, events, and paleoenvironments of western New York and Ontario, Canada. New York State Geological Association 71st Annual Meeting,Field Trip Guidebook, Fredonia, NY, p. B1-B58.

Brett, C.E., Goodman, W.M., LoDuca, S.T., Pratt, B., and Tetreault, D.K., 1998, Silurian-Early Devonian sequence stratigraphy, cycles, and paleoenvironments of the Niagara Peninsula area of Ontario, Canada. Geological Society of America 1998 Annual Meeting, Field Trip Guide No. 16, Toronto, Ontario. 32 p.

Rudkin, D., Stott, C., Tetreault, D.K., and Rancourt, C. 1998. Ordovician and Silurian Rocks of the Southern Georgian Bay Area, Ontario. Canadian Paleontology Conference Field Trip Guidebook No. 7, CPC-VIII Collingwood '98, 22-25 October 1998. Geological Association of Canada - Paleontology Division. 38 p. 9 pls.

Tetreault, D.K. 1994. Brachiopod and trilobite biofacies of the Rochester Shale (Silurian, Wenlock Series) in western New York. p. 347-361. In Landing, E. (ed.)., Papers on New York State Stratigraphy and Paleontology in Honor of Don Fisher. New York State Museum Bulletin 481, NYS Museum, Albany, NY. 380 p.

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