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Richard K. Olsson is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily within engineering, including notable work in ocean engineering, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, mechanical engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics related to drilling and well engineering, oil and gas production techniques, water management and technologies, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, as well as water systems and optimization, and water resources management and optimization.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Richard K. Olsson include:

  • Water quantities for public and private use in Pompeii, 2023, published in Water History
  • DSDP Leg 5, Hole 35 - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 5, Hole 35 - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ODP Leg 174AX, Hole OV - Well Logging Data, 2021, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 174AX, Hole BR - Well Logging Data, 2021, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their frequent coauthors include Kenneth G. Miller, Peter J. Sugarman, James V. Browning, Marie-Pierre Aubry, and Gilbert J. Brenner.

Richard K. Olsson's publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Water History, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Warm tropical sea surface temperatures in the Late Cretaceous and Eocene epochs

    Paul Nicholas Pearson;Peter V. Ditchfield;Joyce Singano;Katherine G. Harcourt-Brown

  • Atlas of Paleocene planktonic foraminifera

    R. K. Olsson;William A. Berggren;C. Hemleben;Brian T. Huber

  • Late Cretaceous chronology of large, rapid sea-level changes: Glacioeustasy during the greenhouse world

    Kenneth G. Miller;Peter J. Sugarman;James V. Browning;Michelle A. Kominz

  • Atlas of eocene planktonic foraminifera

    Paul Nicholas Pearson;Richard K. Olsson;Brian T. Huber;C. Hemleben

  • Introduction to marine micropaleontology

    Bilal U. Haq;Anne Boersma;William A. Berggren

  • Upper Cretaceous sequences and sea-level history, New Jersey Coastal Plain

    Kenneth G. Miller;Peter J. Sugarman;James V. Browning;Michelle A. Kominz

  • Does ice drive early Maastrichtian eustasy

    Kenneth G. Miller;Enriqueta Barrera;Richard K. Olsson;Peter J. Sugarman

  • Upper Eocene to Oligocene isotope (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O, δ13C) standard section, Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 522

    Kenneth G. Miller;Mark D. Feigenson;Dennis V. Kent;Richard K. Olsson

  • A paleoslope model for Campanian-lower Maestrichtian foraminifera of New Jersey and Delaware

    Richard K. Olsson;Eyo E. Nyong

  • Effects of thermal discharges on the microstructural growth of Mercenaria mercenaria

    Michael J. Kennish;Richard K. Olsson

  • A paleoslope model of Campanian to lower Maestrichtian foraminifera in the North American basin and adjacent continental margin

    Eyo E. Nyong;Richard K. Olsson

  • Ejecta layer at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Bass River, New Jersey (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 174AX)

    Richard K. Olsson;Kenneth G. Miller;Kenneth G. Miller;James V. Browning;Daniel Habib

  • Controversies on the placement of Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary and the K/P mass extinction of planktonic foraminifera

    Richard K. Olsson;Chengjie Liu

  • Wall texture classification of planktonic foraminifera genera in the lower Danian

    Richard K. Olsson;Christoph Hemleben;William A. Berggren;Chengjie Liu

  • An exceptional chronologic, isotopic, and clay mineralogic record of the latest Paleocene thermal maximum, Bass River, NJ, ODP 174AX

    Benjamin S. Cramer;Marie-Pierre Aubry;Kenneth G. Miller;Richard K. Olsson

  • Evolutionary radiation of microperforate planktonic Foraminifera following the K/T mass extinction event

    Chengjie Liu;Richard K. Olsson

  • Foraminifera of latest Cretaceous and earliest Tertiary age in the New Jersey Coastal Plain

    Richard Keith Olsson

  • Paleobiogeography of Pseudotextularia elegans during the latest Maastrichtian global warming event

    Richard K. Olsson;James D. Wright;Kenneth G. Miller

  • Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level change across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary on the New Jersey passive margin

    Richard K. Olsson;Kenneth G. Miller;James V. Browning;James D. Wright

  • Relationship between mass extinction and iridium across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in New Jersey

    Kenneth G. Miller;Robert M. Sherrell;James V. Browning;M. Paul Field

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth G. Miller
Kenneth G. Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James V. Browning
James V. Browning Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
William A. Berggren
William A. Berggren Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James D. Wright
James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christoph Hemleben
Christoph Hemleben University of Tübingen
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Paul Nicholas Pearson
Paul Nicholas Pearson Cardiff University
Mark D. Feigenson
Mark D. Feigenson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brian T. Huber
Brian T. Huber National Museum of Natural History
Marie-Pierre Aubry
Marie-Pierre Aubry Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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