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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Gary D. Acton is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and earth and planetary sciences, reflecting a broad and interdisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

The primary fields of study in their work are:

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields of Acton's research include:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atmospheric Science

The main topics covered in their work encompass:

  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Acton has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Carl Richter (18 publications)
  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian (18 publications)
  • Roger D. Flood (16 publications)
  • Junichiro Kuroda (16 publications)
  • Futoshi Nanayama (16 publications)

Their work has appeared repeatedly in various publication venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 40 publications
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) with 16 publications
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors with 3 publications
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems with 2 publications
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America with 2 publications

Selected recent papers authored by Gary D. Acton include:

  • Intermittent PI3Kδ inhibition sustains anti-tumour immunity and curbs irAEs, 2022, Nature
  • Phase Ib dose-escalation study of the selective, non-covalent, reversible Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor vecabrutinib in B-cell malignancies, 2021, Haematologica
  • Climate-Induced Variability in Mediterranean Outflow to the North Atlantic Ocean During the Late Pleistocene, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • On the relationship between paleomagnetic secular variation and excursions - Records from MIS 9 and 10 - ODP Leg 172, 2022, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • On the relationship between paleomagnetic secular variation and excursions - Records from MIS 6 and 7 - ODP Leg 172, 2021, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

Acton has also contributed to book publications, including an engineering testing report published as part of an expedition preliminary report:

  • Expedition 384 Preliminary Report: Engineering Testing, 2020, Preliminary report publisher

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • Drilling to gabbro in intact ocean crust

    Douglas S. Wilson;Damon A.H. Teagle;Jeffrey C. Alt;Neil R. Banerjee

  • Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic

    F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Dorrik A. V. Stow;Carlos A. Alvarez-Zarikian;Gary Acton

  • Leg 200 Summary

    R.A. Stephen;J. Kasahara;G.D. Acton

  • Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 variations in the early to mid-Miocene.

    Richard Levy;David Harwood;Fabio Florindo;Francesca Sangiorgi

  • A summary of Brunhes paleomagnetic field variability recorded in Ocean Drilling Program cores

    Steve Lund;Joseph S. Stoner;James E.T. Channell;Gary Acton

  • A reference time scale for Site U1385 (Shackleton Site) on the SW Iberian Margin

    D. Hodell;L. Lourens;S. Crowhurst;T. Konijnendijk

  • Strengthening of North American dust sources during the late Pliocene (2.7 Ma)

    B. David A. Naafs;B. David A. Naafs;Jens Hefter;Gary Acton;Gerald H. Haug;Gerald H. Haug

  • Block rotation and continental extension in Afar: A comparison to oceanic microplate systems

    Gary D. Acton;Seth Stein;Joseph F. Engeln

  • Paleomagnetic tests of pacific plate reconstructions and implications for motion between hotspots.

    Gary D. Acton;Richard G. Gordon

  • Apparent polar wander of India since the Cretaceous with implications for regional tectonics and true polar wander

    G. D. Acton

  • Geomagnetic field excursions occurred often during the last million years

    Steve P. Lund;Gary Acton;Brad Clement;Margaret Hastedt

  • 10. BRUNHES CHRON MAGNETIC FIELD EXCURSIONS RECOVERED FROM LEG 172 SEDIMENTS

    Steve P. Lund;Trevor Williams;Gary D. Acton;Brad Clement

  • Orbitally tuned timescale and astronomical forcing in the middle Eocene to early Oligocene

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Heiko Pälike;R Wilkens

  • Paleomagnetic overprints in ocean sediment cores and their relationship to shear deformation caused by piston coring

    Gary D. Acton;Makoto Okada;Bradford M. Clement;Steve P. Lund

  • Micromagnetic coercivity distributions and interactions in chondrules with implications for paleointensities of the early solar system

    Gary Acton;Qing-Zhu Yin;Kenneth L. Verosub;Luigi Jovane;Luigi Jovane

  • A 13 200 year history of century to millennial-scale paleoenvironmental change magnetically recorded in the Palmer Deep, western Antarctic Peninsula

    Stefanie A Brachfeld;Subir K Banerjee;Yohan Guyodo;Gary D Acton

  • IODP Expedition 339 in the Gulf of Cadiz and off West Iberia: decoding the environmental significance of the Mediterranean outflow water and its global influence

    F. J. Hernández-Molina;D. Stow;C. Alvarez-Zarikian;Expedition Iodp Scientists

  • On the construction of geomagnetic timescales from non-prejudicial treatment of magnetic anomaly data from multiple ridges

    Stephen P. Huestis;Gary D. Acton

  • The tectonic and geomagnetic significance of paleomagnetic observations from volcanic rocks from central Afar, Africa

    Gary D. Acton;Abera Tessema;Michael Jackson;Roger Bilham

  • Essentials of Paleomagnetism

    Gary Acton

  • Paleomagnetism and plate tectonics

    Richard G. Gordon;Gary Acton

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Westerhold
Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen
Roy H Wilkens
Roy H Wilkens University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams Texas A&M University
Luigi Jovane
Luigi Jovane Universidade de São Paulo
Lloyd D Keigwin
Lloyd D Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Domenico Rio
Domenico Rio University of Padua
Fabio Florindo
Fabio Florindo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
James E T Channell
James E T Channell University of Florida
Toshitsugu Yamazaki
Toshitsugu Yamazaki University of Tokyo

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