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Dougal A. Jerram

Dougal A. Jerram

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
8571
World Ranking
3277
National Ranking
41

Overview

Dougal A. Jerram is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to research within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work spans numerous subfields including geophysics, mechanics of materials, earth-surface processes, geology, and atmospheric science.

Their research projects cover a broad array of topics, such as geological and geochemical analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geological formations and processes, geological and geophysical studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Highlights of their recent published papers include:

  • Characterizing ancient and modern hydrothermal venting systems (2022), Marine Geology
  • The Rosebank Field, NE Atlantic: Volcanic characterisation of an inter-lava hydrocarbon discovery (2021), Basin Research
  • Inside the volcano: Three-dimensional magmatic architecture of a buried shield volcano (2020), Geology
  • Characterization of volcanic reservoirs; insights from the Badejo and Linguado oil field, Campos Basin, Brazil (2022), Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Connecting the Deep Earth and the Atmosphere (2021), Geophysical Monograph

Frequent publication venues for Dougal A. Jerram include the Geological Society London Special Publications, Basin Research, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Journal of the Geological Society, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their collaborations involve several recurrent co-authors such as Sverre Planke, John Millett, Olivier Galland, J. Octavio Palma, and Ezequiel Lombardo.

In addition to journal articles, Dougal A. Jerram has contributed a book published by Liverpool University Press titled Introducing Volcanology (2021).

Best Publications

  • Flood and shield basalts from Ethiopia: Magmas from the African superswell

    Bruno Kieffer;Nicholas Arndt;Henriette Lapierre;Florence Bastien

  • The largest volcanic eruptions on Earth

    Scott E. Bryan;Scott E. Bryan;Scott E. Bryan;Ingrid Ukstins Peate;David W. Peate;Stephen Self

  • On estimating crystal shape for crystal size distribution analysis

    Dan J. Morgan;Dougal A. Jerram

  • The anatomy of Continental Flood Basalt Provinces: geological constraints on the processes and products of flood volcanism

    Dougal A. Jerram;Mike Widdowson

  • Silicic volcanism: an undervalued component of large igneous provinces and volcanic rifted margins

    Scott E. Bryan;Teal R. Riley;Dougal A. Jerram;Christopher J. Stephens

  • jPOR: An ImageJ macro to quantify total optical porosity from blue-stained thin sections

    Clayton Grove;Dougal A. Jerram

  • Quantifying the Building Blocks of Igneous Rocks: Are Clustered Crystal Frameworks the Foundation?

    Dougal A. Jerram;Michael J. Cheadle;Anthony R. Philpotts

  • Effects of igneous intrusions on the petroleum system: a review

    Kim Senger;John Millett;Sverre Planke;Kei Ogata

  • Understanding crystal populations and their significance through the magma plumbing system

    Dougal A. Jerram;Victoria M. Martin

  • Crystal size distributions (CSD) in three dimensions : insights from the 3D reconstruction of a highly porphyritic rhyolite.

    A. Mock;D. A. Jerram

  • The spatial distribution of grains and crystals in rocks

    D. A. Jerram;Michael J. Cheadle;Robert H. Hunter;Michael T. Elliott

  • Internal stratigraphic relationships in the Etendeka group in the Huab Basin, NW Namibia: understanding the onset of flood volcanism

    Dougal Jerram;Nigel Mountney;Frank Holzförster;Harald Stollhofen

  • 3D Analysis of Rock Textures: Quantifying Igneous Microstructures

    Dougal A. Jerram;Michael D. Higgins

  • The effects of large igneous provinces on the global carbon and sulphur cycles

    Morgan T. Jones;Dougal A. Jerram;Dougal A. Jerram;Henrik H. Svensen;Clayton Grove

  • Volcanology and facies architecture of flood basalts

    Dougal A. Jerram

  • Death of a sand sea: an active aeolian erg systematically buried by the Etendeka flood basalts of NW Namibia

    D. A. Jerram;N. P. Mountney;J. A. Howell;D. Long

  • Lava-sediment interaction in desert settings; are all peperite-like textures the result of magma-water interaction?

    Dougal A Jerram;Harald Stollhofen

  • Case studies of plagioclase growth and residence times in island arc lavas from Tonga and the Lesser Antilles, and a model to reconcile discordant age information

    Simon Turner;Rhiannon George;Dougal A. Jerram;Neil Carpenter

  • Bang! Month-scale eruption triggering at Santorini volcano.

    Victoria M. Martin;Daniel J. Morgan;Dougal A. Jerram;Mark J. Caddick

  • The largest volcanic eruptions on Earth

    Scott E. Bryan;Ingrid Ukstins Peate;David W. Peate;Stephen Self

Frequent Co-Authors

Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo
Henrik Svensen
Henrik Svensen University of Oslo
Nick Schofield
Nick Schofield University of Aberdeen
Scott E. Bryan
Scott E. Bryan Queensland University of Technology
John A. Howell
John A. Howell University of Aberdeen
Trond H. Torsvik
Trond H. Torsvik University of Oslo
Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jan Inge Faleide
Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo
Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University
Malcolm Hole
Malcolm Hole University of Aberdeen

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