Books by W. John Nelson
Sequence stratigraphy of the lower Chesterian (Mississippian) strata of the Illinois Basin
Neotectonics of the northern Mississippi Embayment
Bedrock geology of the Paducah 1⁰x2⁰ CUSMAP Quadrangle, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri
Geology of the Lick Creek Quadrangle, Johnson, Union, and Williamson counties, southern Illinois
Bedrock geology of the Paducah 1 x̊ 2 Q̊uadrangle, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri
Geology of the Jonesboro 15-minute quadrangle, southwestern Illinois
Structural features in Illinois
Geology of the Bloomfield Quadrangle, Johnson County, Illinois
Structural geology of the Cat
Structural geology of the Cat Creek anticline and related features, Central Montana
Structure and tectonics of the Rough Creek Graben
Geology of the Eddyville, Stonefort, and Creal Springs quadrangles, southern Illinois
The Hornsby district of low-sulfur Herrin coal in central Illinois (Christian, Macoupin, Montgomery, and Sangamon counties)
Ste. Genevieve fault zone, Missouri and Illinois
Structural geology of southeas
Structural geology of southeastern Illinois and vicinity
Geologic disturbances in Illinois coal seams
Faults and their effect on coal mining in Illinois
The Cottage Grove Fault System in southern Illinois