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Overview

Lawrence A. Lawver is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and earth sciences, focusing on topics related to reservoir engineering, drilling, geophysics, and geological analysis.

Their recent publications include well logging data reports published in 2020 with P. F. Barker and other collaborators. These works appeared in the repository Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) and cover specific Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Legs and Holes as follows:

  • ODP Leg 113, Hole 693A - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 113, Hole 696B - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors in Lawrence A. Lawver's publications include:

  • P. F. Barker
  • James P. Kennett
  • Suzanne O'Connell
  • Stephen Berkowitz
  • William R. Bryant

Their work is published primarily through the venue Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

The main fields of study for Lawrence A. Lawver are:

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, the subfields of study include:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Mechanical Engineering

The scientist's research topics cover multiple aspects of subsurface and geophysical engineering, including:

  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Best Publications

  • Cenozoic plate reconstruction of Southeast Asia

    Tung Yi Lee;Lawrence A. Lawver

  • Revised plate motions relative to the hotspots from combined Atlantic and Indian Ocean hotspot tracks

    R. Dietmar Müller;Jean-Yves Royer;Lawrence A. Lawver

  • Tectonics of the Andaman Sea and Burma: Convergent Margins

    J. R. Curray;D. G. Moore;L. A. Lawver;F. J. Emmel

  • Evolution of Cenozoic seaways in the circum-Antarctic region

    Lawrence A. Lawver;Lisa M. Gahagan

  • The development of paleoseaways around Antarctica

    Lawrence A Lawver;Lisa M Gahagan;M. F. Coffin

  • Tectonics of the Andaman Sea and Burma

    J. R. Curray;D. G. Moore;L. A. Lawver;F. J. Emmel

  • Iceland hotspot track

    Lawrence A. Lawver;R. Dietmar Müller

  • A Revised Reconstruction of Gondwanaland

    Lawrence A. Lawver;Christopher R. Scotese

  • Plate kinematic evolution of the present Arctic region since the Ordovician

    Lawrence A. Lawver;Arthur Grantz;Lisa M. Gahagan

  • Arc-Continent Collision in Banda Sea Region

    Carl Bowin;G. M. Purdy;Chris Johnston;George Shor

  • 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

  • New aerogeophysical study of the Eurasia Basin and Lomonosov Ridge: Implications for basin development

    J.M. Brozena;V.A. Childers;L.A. Lawver;L.M. Gahagan

  • Tectonic history and new isochron chart of the south Pacific

    Catherine L. Mayes;Lawrence A. Lawver;David T. Sandwell

  • Plumes, orogenesis, and supercontinental fragmentation

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

  • A review of tectonic models for the evolution of the Canada Basin

    L. A. Lawver;C. R. Scotese

  • Cenozoic plate reconstruction of the South China Sea region

    Tung Yi Lee;Lawrence A. Lawver

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

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

  • The Scotia Arc: Genesis, Evolution, Global Significance

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

  • Comparison of long‐wavelength residual elevation and free air gravity anomalies in the North Atlantic and possible implications for the thickness of the lithospheric plate

    John G. Sclater;Lawrence A. Lawver;Barry Parsons

  • Distributed, active extension in Bransfield basin Antarctic Peninsula: Evidence from multibeam bathymetry

    Lawrence A Lawver;Benjamin J. Sloan;Daniel H.N. Barker;Marta Ghidella

  • Tectonic History and New Isochron Chart of the South Pacific (Paleoceanographic Mapping Project Progress Report No. 43-0888)

    Catherine L. Mayes;David T. Sandwell;Lawrence A. Lawver

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian W. D. Dalziel
Ian W. D. Dalziel The University of Texas at Austin
David T. Sandwell
David T. Sandwell University of California, San Diego
Christopher R. Scotese
Christopher R. Scotese Northwestern University
John G. Sclater
John G. Sclater University of California, San Diego
Peter F. Barker
Peter F. Barker British Antarctic Survey
Jean-Yves Royer
Jean-Yves Royer Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes
Millard F. Coffin
Millard F. Coffin University of Tasmania
Christoph Heubeck
Christoph Heubeck Friedrich Schiller University Jena
R. Dietmar Müller
R. Dietmar Müller University of Sydney
Malcolm Hole
Malcolm Hole University of Aberdeen

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