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Richard E. Ll. Collier

Richard E. Ll. Collier

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3427
World Ranking
8481
National Ranking
857

Overview

Richard E. Ll. Collier is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, complemented by contributions to Engineering. The scientist's work focuses significantly on geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, and methane hydrates and related phenomena. Additional research topics include hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Their recent publications include:

  • Late Quaternary mud-dominated, basin-floor sedimentation of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Implications for deep-water depositional processes and controls on syn-rift sedimentation, 2022, Basin Research
  • Quantitative analysis of a footwall-scarp degradation complex and syn-rift stratigraphic architecture, Exmouth Plateau, NW Shelf, offshore Australia, 2020, Basin Research
  • Reservoir quality estimation using a new ternary diagram approach applied to carbonate formations in north-western Iraq, 2020, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Characterization of the Gas-Bearing Tight Paleozoic Sandstone Reservoirs of the Risha Field, Jordan: Inferences on Reservoir Quality and Productivity, 2024, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • Normal fault growth in continental rifting: Insights from changes in displacement and length fault populations due to increasing extension in the Central Kenya Rift, 2021, Tectonophysics

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several co-authors:

  • D. J. Shillington
  • Robert L. Gawthorpe
  • Sofia Pechlivanidou
  • Mary Ford
  • L.C. McNeill

Richard E. Ll. Collier's work has been published in various academic venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Basin Research
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

The subfields in which the scientist primarily operates include geophysics, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, oceanography, and environmental chemistry. Their research output reflects a multidisciplinary approach toward understanding earth systems and geological phenomena using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Best Publications

  • Ground‐penetrating radar and coring used to study the large‐scale structure of point‐bar deposits in three dimensions

    John S. Bridge;Jan Alexander;Richard E. Ll. Collier;Rob. L. Gawthorpe

  • Sequence stratigraphy of (?)Pliocene ― Quaternary synrift, Gilbert-type fan deltas, northern Peloponnesos, Greece

    Chris J. Dart;Richard E.Ll. Collier;Rob L. Gawthorpe;João V.A. Keller

  • Rates of tectonic uplift in the Corinth and Megara Basins, central Greece

    R. E. L. Collier;M. R. Leeder;P. J. Rowe;T. C. Atkinson

  • Fault architecture, basin structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth Rift, central Greece

    R. E. Bell;L. C. McNeill;J. M. Bull;T. J. Henstock

  • Seismic reflection imaging of active offshore faults in the Gulf of Corinth: their seismotectonic significance

    A. Stefatos;G. Papatheodorou;G. Ferentinos;M. Leeder

  • Porosity and permeability of tight carbonate reservoir rocks in the north of Iraq

    F. Rashid;P.W.J. Glover;P. Lorinczi;R. Collier

  • Slip Rates of The Aigion and Eliki Faults From Uplifted Marine Terraces, Corinth Gulf, Greece

    Paolo Marco De Martini;Daniela Pantosti;Nikolaos Palyvos;Francis Lemeille

  • Uplift and slip rates of the eastern Eliki fault segment, Gulf of Corinth, Greece, inferred from Holocene and Pleistocene terraces

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  • Large-scale structure of Calamus River deposits (Nebraska, USA) revealed using ground-penetrating radar

    John Bridge;Richard Collier;Jan Alexander

  • Permeability Prediction in Tight Carbonate Rocks using Capillary Pressure Measurements

    F. Rashid;P.W.J. Glover;P. Lorinczi;D. Hussein

  • Structures related to Red Sea evolution in northern Eritrea

    S. A. Drury;S. P. Kelley;S. M. Berhe;R. E. Ll. Collier

  • Holocene meander-belt evolution in an active extensional basin, southwestern Montana

    Jan Alexander;John S. Bridge;Michael R. Leeder;Richard E.Ll. Collier

  • Paleoseismicity of the 1981 Corinth earthquake fault: Seismic contribution to extensional strain in central Greece and implications for seismic hazard

    Richard E. L. Collier;Daniela Pantosti;Giuliana D'Addezio;Paolo Marco de Martini

  • High sediment yields and cool, wet winters: Test of last glacial paleoclimates in the northern Mediterranean

    Richard E.L. Collier;Mike R. Leeder;Mark Trout;George Ferentinos

  • Active faulting within the offshore western Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Implications for models of continental rift deformation

    L.C. McNeill;C.J. Cotterill;T.J. Henstock;J.M. Bull

  • Normal faulting and crustal deformation, Alkyonides Gulf and Perachora peninsula, eastern Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece

    M.R. Leeder;C. Portman;J.E. Andrews;R.E.Ll. Collier

  • Tectono-sedimentary processes along an active marine/lacustrine half-graben margin: Alkyonides Gulf, E. Gulf of Corinth, Greece

    M. R. Leeder;R. E. Ll. Collier;L. H. Abdul Aziz;M. Trout

  • Enhanced seasonality of precipitation in the Mediterranean during the early part of the Last Interglacial

    Alice M. Milner;Richard E.L. Collier;Katherine H. Roucoux;Ulrich C. Müller

  • Assessing the uniaxial compressive strength of extremely hard cryptocrystalline flint

    Mohammed M. Aliyu;Junlong Shang;William Murphy;James Anthony Lawrence

  • Tectono-sedimentary development of an extensional basin : the Neogene Megara Basin, Greece

    P. Bentham;R. E. Collier;R. L. Gawthorpe;R. Leeder

  • Recent history of the Eastern Eliki Fault, Gulf of Corinth: geomorphology, palaeoseismology and impact on palaeoenvironments

    L. C. McNeill;R. E. Ll. Collier;P. M. De Martini;D. Pantosti

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Gawthorpe
Robert L. Gawthorpe University of Bergen
Mike Leeder
Mike Leeder University of East Anglia
Mary Ford
Mary Ford University of Lorraine
George Ferentinos
George Ferentinos University of Patras
David M. Hodgson
David M. Hodgson University of Leeds
George Papatheodorou
George Papatheodorou University of Patras
Jonathan M. Bull
Jonathan M. Bull University of Southampton
Timothy J. Henstock
Timothy J. Henstock University of Southampton
Emilio Herrero-Bervera
Emilio Herrero-Bervera University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paul W. J. Glover
Paul W. J. Glover University of Leeds

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