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William R. Dickinson
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 63
Citations - 11780
William R. Dickinson is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plate tectonics & Subduction. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 63 publications receiving 11105 citations. Previous affiliations of William R. Dickinson include University of Arizona.
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Plate tectonics and sandstone compositions
TL;DR: The relationship between provenance and basin is important for hydrocarbon exploration because sand frameworks of contrasting detrital compositions respond differently to diagenesis, and thus display different trends of porosity reduction with depth of burial as mentioned in this paper.
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Interpreting Provenance Relations from Detrital Modes of Sandstones
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare sandstone compositions by grouping diverse grain types into a few operational categories having broad genetic significance and displaying compositional fields associated with different provenances on standard triangular diagrams.
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Interpreting detrital modes of graywacke and arkose
TL;DR: In this paper, the determination of detrital modes in graywackes and arkoses, here grouped as subquartzose sandstones, requires special attention to the identification of detribal grain types, as defined operationally.
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Evolution of the north american cordillera
TL;DR: The Cordilleran orogen of western North America is a segment of the Circum-Pacific orogenic belt where subduction of oceanic lithosphere has been underway along a great circle of the globe since breakup of the supercontinent Pangea began in Triassic time as mentioned in this paper.