Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology; March 2007; v. 55; no. 1;
p. 78-79; DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.55.1.78
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R.J.W. DOUGLAS MEDAL
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M.E. MCMECHAN
SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
The R.J.W. Douglas Medal is awarded annually by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists for outstanding contributions to the understanding of sedimentary geology in Canada, commending major contributions to regional tectonics, petroleum and structural geology. The award is open to all geologists who follow the example of Bob Douglas in contributing to the development of Canadian sedimentary, petroleum and structural geology. Margaret E. (Margot) McMechan is an ideal candidate for the CSPGs 2007 R.J.W. Douglas Medal because her outstanding contributions to the elucidation of the geological structure, stratigraphy, tectonic evolution, and petroleum geology of the Rocky Mountains of western Alberta and eastern British Columbia closely follow the example set by Bob Douglas.
Margot, like Bob Douglas, is first and foremost a very perspicacious and productive field geologist. She has published more than thirty high quality geological maps and numerous carefully balanced cross-sections covering various parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains between the Crowsnest Pass and the Peace River area. Her more important scientific contributions, most of which are based upon the systematic geological mapping she has done for the Geological Survey of Canada and the B.C. Geological Survey, include the following:
- her perceptive and informative analyses of the nature and significance of stratigraphically controlled lateral variations in structural style along the deformation front of the Cordilleran . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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