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D-Index
54
Citations
43110
World Ranking
2620
National Ranking
1084

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2003 - Penrose Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter R. Vail is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on Paleontology. The scientist's work covers Evolution and Paleontology Studies as the main research topics.

The scholar has collaborated with at least one frequent co-author, Henry W. Posamentier.

Among published works, Peter R. Vail has contributed to book publications with Elsevier BV. Notably, they authored the book Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy, published in 2022, which has received a significant number of citations.

Awards received during their career include the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2005, the Penrose Medal from The Geological Society of America in 2003, and recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1982.

Best Publications

  • Chronology of fluctuating sea levels since the triassic.

    Bilal U. Haq;Jan Hardenbol;Peter R. Vail

  • Mesozoic and cenozoic chronostratigraphy and cycles of sea level change

    B U Haq;J Hardenbol;P R Vail

  • An Overview of the Fundamentals of Sequence Stratigraphy and Key Definitions

    J. C. Van Wagoner;H. W. Posamentier;R. M. Mitchum;P. R. Vail

  • Eustatic Controls on Clastic Deposition II—sequence and Systems Tract Models

    H. W. Posamentier;P. R. Vail

  • Eustatic Controls on Clastic Deposition I—conceptual Framework

    H. W. Posamentier;M. T. Jervey;P. R. Vail

  • Seismic Stratigraphy and Global Changes of Sea Level

    P. R. Vail;R. M. Mitchum;R. G. Todd;J. M. Widmier

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sequence Chronostratigraphic Framework of European Basins

    Jan Hardenbol;Jacques Thierry;Martin B. Farley;Thierry Jacquin

  • The stratigraphic signatures of tectonics, eustacy and sedimentology - an overview

    P. R. Vail

  • Seismic Stratigraphy Interpretation Using Sequence Stratigraphy: Part 1: Seismic Stratigraphy Interpretation Procedure

    P. R. Vail

  • Seismic stratigraphy and global changes of sea level, Part 4 : Global cycles of relative changes of sea level

    P. R. Vail;R. M. Mitchum;S. Thompson

  • Condensed Sections: The Key to Age Determination and Correlation of Continental Margin Sequences

    Tom S. Loutit;Jan Hardenbol;Peter R. Vail;Gerald R. Baum

  • Seismic Stratigraphy and Global Changes of Sea Level, Part 6: Stratigraphic Interpretation of Seismic Reflection Patterns in Depositional Sequences

    R. M. Mitchum;P. R. Vail;J. B. Sangree

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy of European Basins

    Pierre-Charles de Graciansky;Jan Hardenbol;Thierry Jacquin;Peter R. Vail

  • Seismic Stratigraphy and Global Changes of Sea Level, Part 3: Relative Changes of Sea Level from Coastal Onlap

    P. R. Vail;R. M. Mitchum;S. Thompson

  • Jurassic Unconformities, Chronostratigraphy, and Sea-Level Changes from Seismic Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy

    P. R. Vail;J. Hardenbol;R. G. Todd

  • Seismic Stratigraphy and Global Changes of Sea Level, Part 2: The Depositional Sequence as a Basic Unit for Stratigraphic Analysis

    R. M. Mitchum;P. R. Vail;S. Thompson

  • Sea-Level Changes during the Tertiary.

    Peter R. Vail;Jan Hardenbol

  • Trench Slope Model

    D. R. Seely;P. R. Vail;G. G. Walton

  • Sequence Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Paleogene Outcrops, Gulf and Atlantic Basins

    Gerald R. Baum;Peter R. Vail

  • Seismic Stratigraphy Interpretation Using Sequence Stratigraphy: Part 2: Key Definitions of Sequence Stratigraphy

    P. R. Vail

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry W. Posamentier
Henry W. Posamentier Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Bilal U. Haq
Bilal U. Haq Smithsonian Institution
Gabor Tari
Gabor Tari OMV (Austria)
André W. Droxler
André W. Droxler Rice University
Carlo Doglioni
Carlo Doglioni National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Joseph R. Curray
Joseph R. Curray Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Stephen P. Hesselbo
Stephen P. Hesselbo University of Exeter

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