Allen, J., Fielding, C.R., Rygel, M.C., and Gibling, M.R., 2008, Fluvial instability in the paleoequatorial realm of Atlantic Canada during the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian.  A record of global climate variation?, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Remington, K., Daeschler, E.B., and Rygel, M.C., 2008, Sedimentology of an Archanodon-bearing channel body in the Catskill Formation (Upper Devonian) near Steam Valley, PA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, p. 82.

Blumberg, E., Chiarenzelli, J., Husinec, A., and Rygel, M.C., 2008, Insight from cores in the Potsdam Group, northern New York: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, p. 82.

Salg, J., and Rygel, M.C., 2008, Sedimentology of the lower Springhill Mines Formation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, p. 82.

Rygel, M.C., Fielding, C.R., Frank, T.D., and Birgenheier, L.P., 2007, New insight into the timing, dynamics, and consequences of Late Paleozoic glaciation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, No. 6, p. 354. - invited keynote speech.

Rygel, M.C., Fielding, C.R., Frank, T.D., and Birgenheier, L.P., 2007, Late Paleozoic sea-level fluctuations: a closer look at glacioeustasy in an icehouse world: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, No. 6, p. 86.

Rygel, M.C., Gibling, M.R., and Calder, J.H., 2007, Vegetation-induced sedimentary structures (VISS): The influence of in-situ plants on sedimentary systems: International Geological Correlation Programme, Meeting for Project 469 – Late Variscan terrestrial biotas and palaeoenvironments, Abstract Volume.

Rygel, M.C., and Waldron, J.W.F., 2007, Tectonostratigraphic history of the Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia: extension, shortening, and salt tectonics in a "strike-slip" basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, p. 77-78.

Allen, J., Fielding, C.R., Rygel, M.C., and Gibling, M.R., 2007, Comparison of fluvial styles within the late Carboniferous succession of the Maritimes Basin, Atlantic Canada: Towards a refined understanding of palaeoclimate: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention and Exhibition, April 1-4, Long Beach, CA.

Birgenheier, L.P., Fielding, C.R., Frank, T.D., and Rygel, M.C., 2007, Nested cyclicity in the Carboniferous glacial record from New South Wales, Australia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting and Convention, April 1-4, Long Beach, CA.

Birgenheier, L.P., Fielding, C.R., Rygel, M.C., Frank, T.D., 2007, Evidence for dynamic climate change on timescales of <1-5.5 M.Y. from the Carboniferous ice-proximal record, New South Wales, Australia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 354-355. 

Birgenheier, L.P., Frank, T.D., Fielding, C.R., and Rygel, M.C., 2006, The Permian stable isotope record from ice-proximal localities in eastern Australia: a proxy for Late Paleozoic climate change: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 317.

Fielding, C.R., Allen, J., Rygel, M.C., Birgenheier, L.P., and Frank, T.D., 2007, Stratigraphic signatures of icehouse climate regimes: the Permian record of eastern Australia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting and Convention, April 1-4, Long Beach, CA.

Fielding, C.R., Frank, T.D., Rygel, M.C., Birgenheier, L.P., Isbell, J.L., Koch, Z., Henry, L.C., 2007, Reconciling the timing, duration and character of Late Paleozoic Gondwanan glaciations: relevance to the midcontinent North American stratigraphic record: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 3, p. 19.

Rygel, M.C., Fielding, C.R., Frank, T.D., and Birgenheier, L.P., 2006, The magnitude of Carboniferous-Permian glacioeustatic fluctuations: a review: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 7, p. 315.

Rygel, M.C., Fielding, C.R., Bann, K.L., Frank, T.D., and Birgenheier, L.P., 2006, High-latitude, shallow marine sedimentation during the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age: The Early Permian Wasp Head Formation, Sydney Basin, Australia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 9-12.

Rygel, M.C., and Gibling, M.R., 2006, Channel bodies of the Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation: A unique opportunity to compare internal architecture and external form: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 9-12.

Birgenheier, L.P., Frank, T.D., Fielding, C.R., and Rygel, M.C., 2006, The Permian stable isotope record from ice-proximal localities in eastern Australia: a proxy for Late Paleozoic climate change: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 317.

Birgenheier, L.P., Fielding, C.R., Frank, T.D., Rygel, M.C., and Roberts, J., 2006, Lithologic consequences of glacially influenced deposition: A case study from the Late Paleozoic of New South Wales, Australia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 9-12, p. 10.

Calder, J.H., Gibling, M.R., Naylor, R.D., Rygel, M.C., and Waldron, J.W.F., 2006, Current views on the geology of Nova Scotia’s Coal Basins, in MacDonald, D.R., ed., Mining Matters 2006, November 9-10, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch, Report ME 2006-2, p. 1.

Fielding, C.R., Rygel, M.C., Frank, T.D., Birgenheier, L.P., Jones, A.T., and Roberts, J., 2006, Near-field stratigraphic record from the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age from eastern Australia discloses multiple, alternating glacial and non-glacial intervals: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 317.

Fielding, C.R., Bann, K.L., MacEachern, J.A., Frank, T.D., and Rygel, M.C., 2006, Stratigraphic stacking patterns through a protracted icehouse interval disclose alternating glacial and non-glacial periods: the Permian of eastern Australia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 9-12, p. 32.

Frank, T.D., Birgenheier, L.P., Fielding, C.R., and Rygel, M.C., 2006, Near-field stratigraphic record of the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age from eastern Australia provides a framework for examining far-field stable isotope records: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, p. 317.

Waldron, J.W.F., Rygel, M.C., and Roselli, C, 2006, Strike-slip faults and salt tectonics in the evolution of the late Paleozoic Maritimes Basin, Northern Appalachians of Atlantic Canada: Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, Camp Hill, PA, March 20-22. 

Rygel, M.C., Gibling, M.R., Davies, S.J., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Calder, J.H., and Waldron, J.W.F., 2005, The Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation of Nova Scotia: nature and origin of cyclic sedimentation in a rapidly subsiding depocenter: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 255.

Rygel, M.C., Gibling, M.R., and Calder, J.H., 2005, The fossil record of plant-sediment interaction: vegetation-induced sedimentary structures from the Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia: North American Paleontological Conference Programme and Abstracts, Paleobios, v. 25, Supplement to No. 2, p. 100.

Rygel, M.C., and Shipley, B.H., 2005, “The detail will surprise you” – A closer look at Logan, Dawson, and Lyell’s measurements of the Joggins section: GAC-MAC-CSPG-CSSS Joint Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 16-18, Abstracts, v. 30, p. 169.

Fielding, C.R., Frank, T.D., Birgenheier, L., Thomas, S., Rygel, M.C., and Jones, A. 2005, Revised Permian glacial record of eastern Australia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 256.

Gibling, M.R., Rygel, M.C., Davies, S.J., and Calder, J.H., 2005, Sequence stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia:  Architecture of a rapidly subsiding extensional basin: GAC-MAC-CSPG-CSSS Joint Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 16-18, Abstracts, v. 30, p. 66.

Waldron, J.W.F., and Rygel, M.C., 2005, Structure of the western Cumberland Basin: implications for coalbed-methane exploration, Mining Matters 2005, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Report ME 2005-2, p. 24.

Waldron, J.W.F., and Rygel, M.C., 2005, Development and deformation of the late Paleozoic Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada: AAPG Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, June 19-22. 

Waldron, J.W.F., and Rygel, M.C., 2005, Role of evaporite withdrawal in the preservation of a unique coal-bearing succession: Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia: GAC-MAC-CSPG-CSSS Joint Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 16-18, Abstracts, v. 30, p. 203.

Rygel, M.C., and Shipley, B.H., 2004, “Such a section as never was put together before”: Logan, Dawson, Lyell, and mid-nineteenth-century measurements of the Joggins section: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 244.    

Rygel, M.C., Leiggi, P.A., and Bassant, P., 2004, Stratigraphic modeling with DIONISOS: Mesozoic strata of the Peschanomys Uplift, Middle Caspian Basin, Kazakhstan: ChevronTexaco Subsurface Characterization Forum, The Woodlands, Texas, October 24-29.

Rygel, M.C., Davies, S.J., Gibling, M.R., and Calder, J.H., 2004, The Joggins Formation: sedimentological log and stratigraphic framework of the historic fossil cliffs: Abstracts, 30th Annual Atlantic Geoscience Society Meeting, Atlantic Geology, v. 40, p. 155.

Calder, J.H., Rygel, M.R., Gibling, M.R., and Hebert, B.L., 2004, Sedimentology and stratigraphy of Pennsylvanian red beds near Joggins, Nova Scotia: The proposed Lower Cove Formation with redefinition of the Joggins Formation: Abstracts, 30th Annual Atlantic Geoscience Society Meeting, Atlantic Geology, v. 40, p. 136.

Waldron, J.W.F, and Rygel, M.C., 2004, Evolution of the Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia: New insights on deposition and salt tectonics from seismic reflection profiles: Abstracts, 30th Annual Atlantic Geoscience Society Meeting, Atlantic Geology, v. 40, p. 160.

Waldron, J.W.F, and Rygel, M.C., 2004, Evolution of the Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia: New insights on deposition and salt tectonics from seismic reflection profiles: presentation to the Geological Survey of Canada’s Logan Club, Ottawa, Ontario, February 3.

Waldron, J.W.F, Rygel, M.C., and Chesterman, J.P., 2004, Salt tectonism and sedimentation patterns in the Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia: new insights from Devon Canada’s seismic reflection profiles: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Conference Abstracts Volume.

Rygel, M.C., and Gibling, M.R., 2003, Centroclinal cross strata - origin, morphology, and implications for understanding ancient terrestrial ecosystems: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.35, p. 25.

Gibling, M.R., Rygel, M.C., Falcon-Lang, H.J., and Calder, J.H., 2003, Dryland vegetation in the Paleozoic: the Pennsylvanian Record from Joggins, Nova Scotia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 25.

Calder, J. H., Davies, S. J., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Gibling, M. R., Hebert, B. L., Rygel, M. C., and Scott, A. C., 2003, Current Research at Joggins: Testimony to a Prospective World Heritage Site: in MacDonald, D.R. (ed.), Mining Matters for Nova Scotia 2003 – Opportunities for Economic Development, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Report ME 2003-2, p. 2.

Rygel, M.C., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Calder, J.H., and Gibling, M.R., 2002, Sedimentology and fossil biota of a Pennsylvanian “waterhole” deposit in a dryland alluvial plain setting, Joggins, Nova Scotia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 18. 

Rygel, M.C., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Calder, J.H., and Gibling, M.R., 2002, Sedimentology and fossil biota of a Pennsylvanian “waterhole” deposit in a dryland alluvial plain setting, Joggins, Nova Scotia: in MacDonald, D.R. (ed.), Mining Matters for Nova Scotia 2002 – Opportunities for Economic Development, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Report ME 2002-2, p. 24.

Gibling, M.R., Rygel, M.C., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Calder, J.H., and Davies, S.J., 2002, Joggins: Carboniferous river and forest landscapes: in MacDonald, D.R. (ed.), Mining Matters for Nova Scotia 2002 – Opportunities for Economic Development, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Report ME 2002-2, p. 9.

Rygel, M.C., and Gibling, M.R., 2001, The interaction of sediment and vegetation – some examples from the Carboniferous of Nova Scotia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A-220.

Rygel, M.C., 2001, Fluvial sedimentology of the Joggins Formation (Pennsylvanian), Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, no. 11, p. 2058.

Rygel, M.C., Gibling, M.R., and Davies, S.D., 2001, Alluvial architecture of the Joggins Formation, Atlantic Canada – the evolution of fluvial style in a rapidly subsiding Carboniferous floodplain: in Mason, J.A., Diffendal, R.F., and Joeckel, R.M. (eds.), Program with Abstracts, 7th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Open-File Report 60, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, p. 238.

Rygel, M.C., and Beuthin, J.D., 2000, Paleoweathering evidence for the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian unconformity near Johnstown, Cambria County, PA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 1, p. A-71.