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J. A. D. Dickson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional work in Engineering and Materials Science. The subfields in which they have contributed include Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Ecology.

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research

Key publications by J. A. D. Dickson include:

  • Insights into the growth morphology of calcite cement, 2022, The Depositional Record
  • Clumped isotope analysis of zoned calcite cement, Carboniferous, Isle of Man, 2022, The Depositional Record

Other recent papers related to their research but authored by frequent coauthor Andrea M. Erhardt include:

  • Chemical Composition of Carbonate Hardground Cements as Reconstructive Tools for Phanerozoic Pore Fluids, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • The calcium isotopic composition of carbonate hardground cements: A new record of changes in ocean chemistry?, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • (Table S3) Electron microprobe measurements analysis for hardgrounds, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with J. A. D. Dickson are:

  • Andrea M. Erhardt
  • Alexandra V. Turchyn
  • Aleksey Sadekov
  • Paul D. Taylor
  • Mark A. Wilson

J. A. D. Dickson has published in venues such as The Depositional Record, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Chemical Geology, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), with The Depositional Record being the most frequent publication venue for their recent work.

Best Publications

  • Carbonate identification and genesis as revealed by staining

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  • Changes in Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Composition during Limestone Diagenesis

    J. A. D. Dickson;M. L. Coleman

  • Fossil Echinoderms As Monitor of the Mg/Ca Ratio of Phanerozoic Oceans

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  • Formation of siderite-Mg-calcite-iron sulphide concretions in intertidal marsh and sandflat sediments, north Norfolk, England

    K. Pye;J. A. D. Dickson;N. Schiavon;M. L. Coleman

  • Proterozoic Modular Biomineralized Metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia

    Rachel A. Wood;John P. Grotzinger;J. A. D. Dickson

  • Presalt stratigraphy and depositional systems in the Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola

    Arthur Saller;Shawn Rushton;Lino Buambua;Kerry Inman

  • Echinoderm Skeletal Preservation: Calcite-Aragonite Seas and the Mg/Ca Ratio of Phanerozoic Oceans

    J.A.D. Dickson

  • The composition of the continental river weathering flux deduced from seawater Mg isotopes

    S. de Villiers;S. de Villiers;J.A.D. Dickson;R.M. Ellam

  • The origin of dolomite in the Asmari Formation Oligocene-Lower Miocene, Dezful Embayment, SW Iran

    A.A.M. Aqrawi;M. Keramati;S. N. Ehrenberg;N. Pickard

  • Transient permeability and reseal hardening in fault zones: evidence from dilation breccia textures

    N. H. Woodcock;J. A. D. Dickson;J. P. T. Tarasewicz

  • Unusual calcite stromatolites and pisoids from a landfill leachate collection system

    Robert G. Maliva;Thomas M. Missimer;Kevin C. Leo;Richard A. Statom

  • Carbonate dilation breccias: examples from the damage zone to the Dent Fault, northwest England.

    Jon P.T. Tarasewicz;Nigel H. Woodcock;J. Anthony D. Dickson

  • Quantitative phenomenological model of the BOLD contrast mechanism.

    John D. Dickson;Tom W.J. Ash;Guy B. Williams;Alexander L. Sukstanskii

  • Evolution and Distribution of Porosity Associated with Subaerial Exposure in Upper Paleozoic Platform Limestones, West Texas

    Arthur H. Saller;J. A. D. Dickson;Fumiaki Matsuda

  • The laser microprobe and its application to the study of C and O isotopes in calcite and aragonite

    P.C. Smalley;D.E. Stijfhoorn;A. Råheim;H. Johansen

  • Microbialite and microstratigraphy; the origin of encrustations in the middle and upper Capitan Formation, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas and New Mexico, USA

    B. L. Kirkland;J. A. D. Dickson;R. A. Wood;L. S. Land

  • Turning the Capitan Reef upside down; a new appraisal of the ecology of the Permian Capitan Reef, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas and New Mexico

    Rachel Wood;J. A. D. Dickson;Brenda Kirkland-George

  • Chaotic breccia along the Dent Fault, NW England: implosion or collapse of a fault void?

    N.H. Woodcock;J.E. Omma;J.A.D. Dickson

  • Crystal growth diagrams as an aid to interpreting the fabrics of calcite aggregates

    J. A. D. Dickson

  • New observations on the ecology of the Permian Capitan Reef, Texas and New Mexico

    Rachel Wood;J A D Dickson;Brenda L Kirkland

  • Dynamics of cementation in response to oil charge: Evidence from a Cretaceous carbonate field, U.A.E.

    P. A. Cox;Rachel Wood;J. A. D. Dickson;H. B. Al Rougha

  • Spheroidal dolomites in a Visean karst system – bacterial Induced origin?

    P. Nielsen;R. Swennen;J.A.D. Dickson;A.E. Fallick

  • Cycle Stratigraphy and Porosity in Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian Shelf Limestones, Eastern Central Basin Platform, Texas

    Arthur H. Saller;J. A. D. Dickson;Stacie A. Boyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel Wood
Rachel Wood University of Edinburgh
Guy B. Williams
Guy B. Williams University of Cambridge
Luis A. González
Luis A. González University of Kansas
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Aradhna Tripati
Aradhna Tripati University of California, Los Angeles
James R. Boles
James R. Boles University of California, Santa Barbara
Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel
Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel University College London
Isabel P. Montañez
Isabel P. Montañez University of California, Davis
Kyger C. Lohmann
Kyger C. Lohmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David K. Menon
David K. Menon University of Cambridge

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