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Ian W. D. Dalziel publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian W. D. Dalziel sits on this spectrum.

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Ian W. D. Dalziel D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian W. D. Dalziel sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Ian W. D. Dalziel is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and focuses predominantly on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research intersects multiple subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geology, and Molecular Biology.

The scope of Dalziel's work spans several main topics: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

They have contributed to a selection of recent scientific papers, with notable publications such as:

  • "South Georgia microcontinent: Displaced fragment of the southernmost Andes" (2021) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Rodinia palaeogeography: Laurentia as the geological 'Key'" (2023) appearing in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "P- and S-wave velocity structure of central West Antarctica: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the West Antarctic Rift System" (2020) in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Seismicity and Pn Velocity Structure of Central West Antarctica" (2021) published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Shear Wave Splitting Across Antarctica: Implications for Upper Mantle Seismic Anisotropy" (2022) in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent collaborators in their research include P. Stone, Erica M. Lucas, A. Nyblade, Andrew Lloyd, and R. C. Aster.

Dalziel has published multiple papers in the following venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

The scientist has been recognized by professional societies with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1996
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1976
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • OVERVIEW: Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic geography and tectonics: Review, hypothesis, environmental speculation

    Ian W. D. Dalziel

  • Pacific margins of Laurentia and East Antarctica-Australia as a conjugate rift pair: Evidence and implications for an Eocambrian supercontinent

    Ian W.D. Dalziel

  • Fossil marginal basin in the southern Andes

    Ian W. D. Dalziel;Maarten J. de Wit;Keith F. Palmer;Keith F. Palmer

  • Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system

    Ian W.D. Dalziel;Luis H. Dalla Salda;Lisa M. Gahagan

  • West Antarctica: Problem child of Gondwanaland

    Ian W. D. Dalziel;David H. Elliot

  • Back-Arc Extension in the Southern Andes: A Review and Critical Reappraisal

    I. W. D. Dalziel

  • An orphaned basement block: The Arequipa-Antofalla Basement of the central Andean margin of South America

    Staci L. Loewy;James N. Connelly;Ian W.D. Dalziel

  • Laurentia-Kalahari Collision and the Assembly of Rodinia

    Ian W. D. Dalziel;Sharon Mosher;Lisa M. Gahagan

  • On the organization of American plates in the Neoproterozoic and the breakout of Laurentia

    Ian W Dalziel

  • Antarctica; A Tale of Two Supercontinents?

    Ian W. D. Dalziel

  • Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability

    Valentina R. Barletta;Valentina R. Barletta;Michael Bevis;Benjamin E. Smith;Terry Wilson

  • Mesozoic break-up of SW Gondwana: implications for regional hydrocarbon potential of the southern South Atlantic

    David Iain MacPherson MacDonald;David Iain MacPherson MacDonald;I. Gomez-Perez;J. Franzese;L. A. Spalletti

  • Plumes, orogenesis, and supercontinental fragmentation

    Ian W Dalziel;Lawrence A Lawver;J. B. Murphy

  • Geochemistry of Mesozoic marginal basin floor igneous rocks from southern Chile

    Andrew D. Saunders;John Tarney;Charles R. Stern;Ian W. D. Dalziel

  • Collision and Cordilleran orogenesis: An Andean perspective

    I. W. D. Dalziel

  • Coeval Large-Scale Magmatism in the Kalahari and Laurentian Cratons During Rodinia Assembly

    Richard E. Hanson;James L. Crowley;Samuel A. Bowring;Jahandar Ramezani

  • Progress in Geodynamics in the Scotia Arc Region

    Peter F. Barker;Ian W. D. Dalziel

  • Did the Taconic Appalachians continue into southern South America

    Luis H. Dalla Salda;Ian W. D. Dalziel;Carlos A. Cingolani;Ricardo Varela

  • Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Evolution of Gondwana's Pacific margin constrained by zircon U-Pb geochronology and feldspar common-Pb isotopic compositions

    Samuel B. Mukasa;Ian W. D. Dalziel

  • A Tight fit-Early Mesozoic Gondwana, a Plate Reconstruction Perspective

    Lawrence A. Lawver;Lisa M. Gahagan;Ian W.D. Dalziel

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry Wilson
Terry Wilson The Ohio State University
Robert Smalley
Robert Smalley University of Memphis
Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Richard C. Aster
Richard C. Aster Colorado State University
Lawrence A. Lawver
Lawrence A. Lawver The University of Texas at Austin
Douglas A. Wiens
Douglas A. Wiens Washington University in St. Louis
Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Sridhar Anandakrishnan Pennsylvania State University
Andrew A. Nyblade
Andrew A. Nyblade Pennsylvania State University
Bryan C. Storey
Bryan C. Storey University of Canterbury
James N. Connelly
James N. Connelly University of Copenhagen

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