The R.J.W. Douglas Medal is presented annually by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists

Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists

The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists is a professional geological society in Canada. The CSPG works to advance the science of geology, foster professional development of members and promote community awareness of the profession...

 in recognition of outstanding contributions to the understanding of sedimentary geology

Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...

 in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, commending major contributions to regional tectonics

Tectonics

Tectonics is a field of study within geology concerned generally with the structures within the lithosphere of the Earth and particularly with the forces and movements that have operated in a region to create these structures.Tectonics is concerned with the orogenies and tectonic development of...

, petroleum

Petroleum geology

Petroleum geology refers to the specific set of geological disciplines that are applied to the search for hydrocarbons .-Sedimentary basin analysis:...

 and structural

Structural geology

Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories. The primary goal of structural geology is to use measurements of present-day rock geometries to uncover information about the history of deformation in the rocks, and...

 geology. The award is open to all geologists who follow the example of R. J. W. Douglas

R. J. W. Douglas

Robert John Wilson "Bob" Douglas FRSC was an award winning Canadian geologist who made noteworthy contributions in the fields of structure stratigraphy, sedimentation, and petroleum geology.-Education:...

in contributing to the development of Canadian sedimentary, petroleum and structural geology.