2026 Kitty L. Milliken: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	55	2543	2313	1062	942	207	11994

Overview

Kitty L. Milliken is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines and focuses significantly on environmental chemistry, geophysics, astronomy and astrophysics, ocean engineering, and geology.

The main subfields of study include:

Environmental Chemistry
Geophysics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ocean Engineering
Geology

Their primary research topics cover a variety of scientific interests, particularly related to earth and planetary sciences:

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Astro and Planetary Science
Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies

Milliken has coauthored publications with several researchers, including:

Xixi Zhao
K.T. Pickering
A. Hüpers
Brandon Dugan
L.C. McNeill

They have published extensively within specific scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Marine and Petroleum Geology
AAPG Bulletin
Microscopy and Microanalysis

Recent scholarly papers by Kitty L. Milliken include:

MudrockNet: Semantic Segmentation of Mudrock SEM Images through Deep Learning, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
Machine learning for point counting and segmentation of arenite in thin section, 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
Grain assemblages and diagenesis in organic-rich mudrocks, Upper Pennsylvanian Cline shale (Wolfcamp D), Midland Basin, Texas, 2020, AAPG Bulletin
Earth system science applications of next-generation SEM-EDS automated mineral mapping, 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
Mineral diagenetic control of expulsion efficiency in organic-rich mudrocks, Bakken Formation (Devonian-Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota, U.S.A., 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology

In addition to journal articles, Milliken has contributed to book publications, including one titled IODP Technical Note published in 2023 under the International Ocean Discovery Program technical note series.

Best Publications

Effect of organic-matter type and thermal maturity on methane adsorption in shale-gas systems

Tongwei Zhang;Geoffrey S. Ellis;Stephen C. Ruppel;Kitty Milliken

1369
Citations
Organic matter–hosted pore system, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania

Kitty L. Milliken;Mark Rudnicki;David N. Awwiller;Tongwei Zhang

1290
Citations
Experimental investigation of main controls to methane adsorption in clay-rich rocks

Liming Ji;Liming Ji;Tongwei Zhang;Kitty L. Milliken;Junli Qu

706
Citations
Pore types and pore-size distributions across thermal maturity, Eagle Ford Formation, southern Texas

Maxwell Pommer;Maxwell Pommer;Kitty L Milliken

433
Citations
Grain assemblages and strong diagenetic overprinting in siliceous mudrocks, Barnett Shale (Mississippian), Fort Worth Basin, Texas

Kitty L. Milliken;William L. Esch;Robert M. Reed;Tongwei Zhang

368
Citations
Microbial precipitation of dolomite in methanogenic groundwater

Jennifer A. Roberts;Philip C. Bennett;Luis A. González;G.L. Macpherson

312
Citations
Interactions between deformation and fluids in the frontal thrust region of the NanTroSEIZE transect offshore the Kii Peninsula, Japan: Results from IODP Expedition 316 Sites C0006 and C0007

E Screaton;G Kimura;D Curewitz;D Curewitz;G Moore;G Moore

297
Citations
The Silicified Evaporite Syndrome--Two Aspects of Silicification History of Former Evaporite Nodules from Southern Kentucky and Northern Tennessee

Kitty Lou Milliken

195
Citations
Shales at all scales: Exploring coupled processes in mudrocks

Anastasia G. Ilgen;Jason E. Heath;I. Yucel Akkutlu;L. Taras Bryndzia

179
Citations
Feldspar diagenesis in the Frio Formation, Brazoria County, Texas Gulf Coast

Lynton S. Land;Kitty L. Milliken

179
Citations
Silica Diagenesis, Porosity Evolution, and Mechanical Behavior In Siliceous Mudstones, Mowry Shale (Cretaceous), Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.

Kitty L. Milliken;Terrilyn Olson

177
Citations
A Compositional Classification For Grain Assemblages In Fine-Grained Sediments and Sedimentary RocksCLASSIFICATION OF FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS AND ROCKS

Kitty Milliken

174
Citations
Imaging pores in sedimentary rocks: Foundation of porosity prediction

Kitty L. Milliken;Mark E. Curtis

172
Citations
Prediction of lithofacies and reservoir quality using well logs, Late Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation, Mamm Creek field, Piceance Basin, Colorado

Aysen Ozkan;Stephen P. Cumella;Kitty L. Milliken;Stephen E. Laubach

166
Citations
Quartz types, authigenic and detrital, in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation, South Texas, USA

Kitty L. Milliken;Suzan M. Ergene;Aysen Ozkan

164
Citations
History of burial diagenesis determined from isotopic geochemistry, Frio Formation, Brazoria County, Texas

Kitty L Milliken;L. S. Land;Robert G Loucks

162
Citations
Diagenetic evolution of Cenozoic sandstones, Gulf of Mexico sedimentary basin

Lynton S. Land;Kitty Lou Milliken;Earle F. McBride

160
Citations
Late Diagenesis and Mass Transfer in Sandstone-Shale Sequences

Kitty L Milliken

148
Citations
Petrography and composition of authigenic feldspars, Oligocene Frio Formation, South Texas

Kitty L Milliken

146
Citations
Loss of provenance information through subsurface diagenesis in Plio-Pleistocene sandstones, northern Gulf of Mexico

Kitty Lou Milliken

134
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tongwei Zhang The University of Texas at Austin

Kevin T. Pickering University College London

Lynton S. Land The University of Texas at Austin

Brandon Dugan Colorado School of Mines

Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University

Robert G. Loucks The University of Texas at Austin

Farid Chemale Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Marta E Torres Oregon State University

Jan Backman Stockholm University

Timothy J. Henstock University of Southampton

External Links

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