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Lloyd R. Snowdon

Lloyd R. Snowdon

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
6982
World Ranking
6059
National Ranking
309

Overview

Lloyd R. Snowdon is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their academic contributions focus primarily on the field of Engineering with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Analytical Chemistry.

The main topics of Snowdon's research encompass multiple aspects of drilling and well engineering, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, petroleum processing and analysis, as well as radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Frequent publication venues for Snowdon include OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), each featuring seven of their works. Other notable venues include the journal Organic Geochemistry, with five publications, and Marine and Petroleum Geology, with one publication.

Snowdon's recent papers include:

  • Mechanistic insights into sulfur rich oil formation, relevant to geological carbon storage routes. A study using (+) APPI FTICR-MS analysis (2020, Organic Geochemistry)
  • Inter-maceral effects on hydrocarbon generation as determined using artificial mixtures of purified macerals (2020, Organic Geochemistry)
  • Characterization of crude oils derived from carbonate and siliciclastic source rocks using FTICR-MS (2021, Organic Geochemistry)
  • Impacts of natural irradiation on sedimentary organic matter-A review (2023, Organic Geochemistry)
  • The dating of petroleum fluid residence time in subsurface reservoirs. Part 2: Tracking effects of radiolysis on crude oil by comprehensive molecular analysis (2020, Organic Geochemistry)

Snowdon has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Ulrich von Rad, Bilal U. Haq, Suzanne O'Connell, Alistair Bent, and Charles D. Blome.

Best Publications

  • Immature oil and condensate: modification of hydrocarbon generation model for terrestrial organic matter

    L. R. Snowdon;T. G. Powell

  • Guidelines for assessing the petroleum potential of coaly source rocks using Rock-Eval pyrolysis

    R Sykes;L.R Snowdon

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Composition and Potential Sources for Sediment Samples from the Beaufort and Barents Seas

    Mark B. Yunker;Lloyd R. Snowdon;Robie W. Macdonald;John N. Smith

  • Fluorescence micro-spectrometry of synthetic and natural hydrocarbon fluid inclusions: crude oil chemistry, density and application to petroleum migration

    L.D. Stasiuk;L.R. Snowdon

  • Vitamin D and seasonal fluctuations of gadolinium-enhancing magnetic resonance imaging lesions in multiple sclerosis.

    Ashton F. Embry;Lloyd R. Snowdon;Reinhold Vieth

  • Alkane and PAH biomarkers as tracers of terrigenous organic carbon in Arctic Ocean sediments

    Mark B. Yunker;Robie W. Macdonald;Lloyd R. Snowdon;Brian R. Fowler

  • A practical biodegradation scale for use in reservoir geochemical studies of biodegraded oils

    Steve Larter;Haiping Huang;Jennifer Adams;Barry Bennett

  • Oil families and their sources in Canadian Williston Basin, (southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba)

    Kirk G. Osadetz;Paul W. Brooks;Lloyd R. Snowdon

  • Hydrogen isotopic compositions of individual alkanes as a new approach to petroleum correlation: case studies from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

    Maowen Li;Yongsong Huang;Mark Obermajer;Chunqing Jiang

  • Rock-Eval Tmax Suppression: Documentation and Amelioration

    Lloyd R. Snowdon

  • The organic geochemistry of asphaltenes and occluded biomarkers

    Lloyd R. Snowdon;John K. Volkman;Zhirong Zhang;Guoliang Tao

  • Oil from Type III organic matter: resinite revisited☆

    Lloyd R. Snowdon

  • Geochemical characterization of selected Western Canada oils by C5–C8 Compound Specific Isotope Correlation (CSIC)

    Michael J. Whiticar;Lloyd R. Snowdon

  • Bakken/Madison petroleum systems in the Canadian Williston Basin. Part 2: molecular markers diagnostic of Bakken and Lodgepole source rocks

    Chunqing Jiang;Maowen Li;Kirk G Osadetz;Lloyd R Snowdon

  • Resinite — A Potential Petroleum Source in the Upper Cretaceous/Tertiary of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin

    L. R. Snowdon

  • Book reviewApplied Petroleum Geochemistry: Edited by M. L. Bordenave. Editions Technip, Paris. 524 pp. 785F, U.S.$162

    Lloyd R. Snowdon

  • TLC–FID (Iatroscan) analysis of heavy oil and tar sand samples

    Chunqing Jiang;Steve R. Larter;Kimberley J. Noke;Lloyd R. Snowdon

  • Geochemical characterisation of Middle Devonian oils in NW Alberta, Canada: possible source and maturity effect on pyrrolic nitrogen compounds

    Maowen Li;M.G. Fowler;M. Obermajer;L.D. Stasiuk

  • Depositional Environment and Oil Generation in Ordovician Source Rocks from Southwestern Ontario, Canada: Organic Geochemical and Petrological Approach

    M. Obermajer;M. G. Fowler;L. R. Snowdon

  • Limitations of Use of Organic Petrographic Techniques for Identification of Petroleum Source Rocks

    T. G. Powell;S. Creaney;L. R. Snowdon

  • Natural gas composition in a geological environment and the implications for the processes of generation and preservation

    Lloyd R. Snowdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin G. Fowler
Martin G. Fowler Applied Petroleum Technology (Norway)
Fariborz Goodarzi
Fariborz Goodarzi Geological Survey of Canada
Maowen Li
Maowen Li Geological Survey of Canada
Steve Larter
Steve Larter University of Calgary
Philip A. Meyers
Philip A. Meyers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Haiping Huang
Haiping Huang University of Calgary
Ian D. Gates
Ian D. Gates University of Calgary
Robie W. Macdonald
Robie W. Macdonald Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Thomas Gentzis
Thomas Gentzis Core Laboratories (United States)
Bernhard Mayer
Bernhard Mayer University of Calgary

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