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  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

William A. Berggren is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with notable contributions in Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Additional areas of work include Oceanography, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their main research topics cover a range of subjects focused on energy and environmental studies, including:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

William A. Berggren has contributed to several recent papers, reflecting ongoing involvement in micropaleontology and stratigraphy. Some of these include:

  • In Memoriam - John Anthony Van Couvering (1931-2023), 2024, Micropaleontology
  • A memorial to Robert D. Liska (1931-2021), 2021, Micropaleontology
  • Subseries/Subepochs approved as a formal rank in the International Stratigraphic Guide, 2020, Episodes
  • Unifying Cenozoic chronostratigraphy and geochronology: applying the rules, 2023, Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Frequent coauthors working alongside William A. Berggren include:

  • Marie-Pierre Aubry
  • Maurice Ewing
  • J. Lamar Worzel
  • Arthur O. Beall
  • David Bukry

Publication venues where William A. Berggren is regularly featured include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Micropaleontology
  • Episodes
  • Newsletters on Stratigraphy
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Among their recognitions, William A. Berggren was named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1989.

Best Publications

  • A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy

    William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;Carl C. Swisher;Marie-Pierre Aubry

  • GEOCHRONOLOGY, TIME SCALES AND GLOBAL STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION

    William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;Marie-Pierre Aubry;Jan Hardenbol

  • Review and revision of Cenozoic tropical planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and calibration to the geomagnetic polarity and astronomical time scale

    Bridget S. Wade;Paul Nicholas Pearson;William A. Berggren;William A. Berggren;Heiko Pälike

  • Formation of the Isthmus of Panama

    Aaron O’Dea;Harilaos A. Lessios;Anthony G. Coates;Ron I. Eytan

  • The Neogene: Part 2: Neogene geochronology and chronostratigraphy

    W. A. Berggren;D. V. Kent;J. A. van Couvering

  • The late Neogene : biostratigraphy, geochronology, and paleoclimatology of the last 15 million years in marine and continental sequences

    William A. Berggren;John A. Van Couvering

  • Cenozoic cosmopolitan deep-water benthic Foraminifera

    Frank P. C. M. Van Morkhoven;William A. Berggren;Anne S. Edwards;Jane Aubert

  • A revised tropical to subtropical Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal zonation

    William A. Berggren;William A. Berggren;Paul Nicholas Pearson

  • Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution

    Donald R. Prothero;William A. Berggren

  • Late Neogene chronology: New perspectives in high-resolution stratigraphy

    William A. Berggren;F. J. Hilgen;C. G. Langereis;Dennis V. Kent

  • Jurassic to Paleogene: Part 2 Paleogene geochronology and chronostratigraphy

    William A. Berggren;William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;John J. Flynn

  • A Cenozoic time‐scale — some implications for regional geology and paleobiogeography

    William A. Berggren

  • Atlas of Paleocene planktonic foraminifera

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

  • Paleogeography, Paleobiogeography and the History of Circulation in the Atlantic Ocean

    W. A. Berggren;C. D. Hollister

  • The Geology of the Darien, Panama, and the late Miocene-Pliocene collision of the Panama arc with northwestern South America

    Anthony G. Coates;Laurel S. Collins;Marie-Pierre Aubry;William A. Berggren;William A. Berggren

  • Paleogene tropical planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and magnetobiochronology

    W. A. Berggren;Kenneth G. Miller

  • Late Paleocene-early Eocene climatic and biotic events in the marine and terrestrial records

    Marie-Pierre Aubry;Spencer G. Lucas;William A. Berggren

  • Paleocene benthonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography and paleoecology of Atlantic—Tethyan regions: Midway-type fauna

    W.A. Berggren;Jane Aubert

  • Circum-Mediterranean Neogene (Miocene and Pliocene) marine-continental chronologic correlations of European mammal units

    F. F. Steininger;William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;Raymond L. Bernor

  • A New Paleogene Numerical Time Scale

    J. Hardenbol;W. A. Berggren

  • Handbook of paleontological techniques

    W. A. Berggren;Bernhard Kummel;David Raup

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie-Pierre Aubry
Marie-Pierre Aubry Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dennis V. Kent
Dennis V. Kent Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Richard K. Olsson
Richard K. Olsson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Paul Nicholas Pearson
Paul Nicholas Pearson Cardiff University
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Frédéric Quillévéré
Frédéric Quillévéré Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian T. Huber
Brian T. Huber National Museum of Natural History
Michael A. Kaminski
Michael A. Kaminski King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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