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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

R. Douglas Elmore is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work is predominantly concentrated on topics related to Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, as well as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research. Other areas of interest include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geological Studies and Exploration, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, and Geological formations and processes.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with R. Douglas Elmore include Gerhard Heij, M. Hamilton, Stacey Evans, Matt Hamilton, and Shannon A. Dulin.

Publications by this researcher appear regularly in several scientific venues, most notably:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Journal of Structural Geology

Recent papers include:

  • Diagenetic controls on reservoir quality of a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic system: Sycamore Formation, Sho-Vel-Tum Field, Oklahoma, USA, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Burial Diagenesis and Tectonism Inferred From Paleomagnetism and Magnetic Fabrics in the Wolfcamp Shale, Midland Basin, Texas, USA, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Fractured, altered, and faulted basement in northeastern Oklahoma: Implications for induced seismicity, 2021, Journal of Structural Geology
  • MESOPROTEROZOIC MAGMATISM IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA: PETROGENETIC CONSTRAINTS FROM TRACE-ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY, 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • INTEGRATED DIAGENETIC AND PALEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HAYNESVILLE SHALE, 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

R. Douglas Elmore has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The occurrence and origin of Late Paleozoic remagnetization in the sedimentary rocks of North America

    Chad McCabe;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Associations between burial diagenesis of smectite, chemical remagnetization, and magnetite authigenesis in the Vocontian trough, SE France

    Bodo Katz;R. Douglas Elmore;Monika Cogoini;Michael H. Engel

  • Evidence for a relationship between hydrocarbons and authigenic magnetite

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  • Remagnetization and chemical alteration of sedimentary rocks

    R. D. Elmore;A. R. Muxworthy;M. Aldana

  • Remagnetization by basinal fluids: Testing the hypothesis in the Viola limestone, southern Oklahoma

    R. Douglas Elmore;David London;Don Bagley;David Fruit

  • Widespread chemical remagnetization: Orogenic fluids or burial diagenesis of clays?

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  • Sedimentologic-magnetic record of western Pangean climate in upper Paleozoic loessite (lower Cutler beds, Utah)

    G.S. (Lynn) Soreghan;R. Douglas Elmore;Michael T. Lewchuk

  • Chemical remagnetization and burial diagenesis: Testing the hypothesis in the Pennsylvanian Belden Formation, Colorado

    Sanjay Banerjee;R. Douglas Elmore;M. H. Engel

  • The Precambrian nonesuch formation of the North American mid-continent rift, sedimentology and organic geochemical aspects of lacustrine deposition

    R. Douglas Elmore;Gary J. Milavec;Scott W. Imbus;Michael H. Engel

  • Strain partitioning of deformation mechanisms in limestones: examining the relationship of strain and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS)

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  • Black Shell turbidite, Hatteras Abyssal Plain, western Atlantic Ocean

    R. Douglas Elmore;Orrin H. Pilkey;William J. Cleary;H. Allen Curran

  • Remanence in authigenic magnetite: Testing the hydrocarbon-magnetite hypothesis

    R. Douglas Elmore;Lisa Crawford

  • The Copper Harbor Conglomerate: A late Precambrian fining-upward alluvial fan sequence in northern Michigan

    R. Douglas Elmore

  • Stable isotope (C, S, N) and molecular studies on the Precambrian nonesuch Shale (Wisconsin-Michigan, U.S.A.): Evidence for differential preservation rates, depositional environment and hydrothermal influence

    Scott W. Imbus;Stephen A. Macko;R. Douglas Elmore;Michael H. Engel

  • The late diagenetic conversion of pyrite to magnetite by organically complexed ferric iron

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  • Remagnetization and orogenic fluids: testing the hypothesis in the central Appalachians

    R. Douglas Elmore;Jeff Kelley;Mark Evans;Michael T. Lewchuk

  • Paleoclimatic inferences from paleopedology and magnetism of the Permian Maroon Formation loessite, Colorado, USA

    Kristy L. Tramp;G.S. (Lynn) Soreghan;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Paleosols Capping Regressive Carbonate Cycles in the Pennsylvanian Black Prince Limestone, Arizona

    Robert K. Goldhammer;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Paleomagnetic dating of burial diagenesis in Mississippian carbonates, Utah

    Angela M. Blumstein;R. Douglas Elmore;Michael H. Engel;Crawford Elliot

  • The Occurrence and Origin of Remagnetization in the Sedimentary Rocks of North America

    R. Douglas Elmore;Chad Mccabe

  • Fluid control of localized mineral domains in limestone pressure solution structures

    Mark A. Evans;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Precambrian non‐marine stromatolites in alluvial fan deposits, the Copper Harbor Conglomerate, upper Michigan

    R. Douglas Elmore

  • The origin, distribution and hydrocarbon generation potential of organic-rich facies in the Nonesuch formation, central North American Rift System: A regional study

    Scott W. Imbus;Michael H. Engel;R.Douglas Elmore;John E. Zumberge

  • A study of the relationship between hydrocarbon migration and the precipitation of authigenic magnetic minerals in the Triassic Chugwater Formation, southern Montana

    Brian Kilgore;R. Douglas Elmore

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerilyn S. Soreghan
Gerilyn S. Soreghan University of Oklahoma
Cortland F. Eble
Cortland F. Eble University of Kentucky
Michael D. Blum
Michael D. Blum University of Kansas
John Parnell
John Parnell University of Aberdeen
Lee R. Riciputi
Lee R. Riciputi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Orrin H. Pilkey
Orrin H. Pilkey Duke University
Stephen A. Macko
Stephen A. Macko University of Virginia
Nathan D. Sheldon
Nathan D. Sheldon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David R. Cole
David R. Cole The Ohio State University
Gregory J. Retallack
Gregory J. Retallack University of Oregon

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