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William C. McClelland

William C. McClelland

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
7567
World Ranking
3309
National Ranking
1315

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William C. McClelland is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on geophysics, geology, and artificial intelligence, alongside areas such as paleontology and atmospheric science.

The main topics of McClelland's research include geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological studies and exploration, high-pressure geophysics and materials, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

McClelland has contributed to numerous scientific papers, including the following notable recent publications:

  • 'Taters versus Sliders: Evidence for a Long-Lived History of Strike-Slip Displacement along the Canadian Arctic Transform System (CATS)' (2021), published in GSA Today
  • A detrital zircon test of large-scale terrane displacement along the Arctic margin of North America (2021), published in Geology
  • The Ordovician Thores volcanic island arc of the Pearya Terrane from northern Ellesmere Island formed on Precambrian continental crust (2021), published in Lithos
  • Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of the Southwestern Basement Province, Svalbard (Norway): Constraints on the Proterozoic-Paleozoic evolution of the North Atlantic-Arctic Caledonides (2021), published in Precambrian Research
  • Metamorphism of the Sierra de Maz and implications for the tectonic evolution of the MARA terrane (2021), published in Geosphere

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most common co-authors including:

  • Justin V. Strauss
  • Karol Faehnrich
  • Karolina Kośmińska
  • Maurice Colpron
  • Jane A. Gilotti

William C. McClelland has published extensively across several respected scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Geosphere
  • Tectonics
  • Geoscience Frontiers

In 1965, McClelland was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), highlighting their association with the wider scientific community.

Best Publications

  • U‐Pb dating of zircon by LA‐ICP‐MS

    Zhaoshan Chang;Zhaoshan Chang;Jeffery D. Vervoort;William C. McClelland;Charles Knaack

  • Evolution of the Kangmar Dome, southern Tibet: Structural, petrologic, and thermochronologic constraints

    Jeffrey Lee;Bradley R. Hacker;William S. Dinklage;Yu Wang

  • The Late Cretaceous Donlin Creek Gold Deposit, Southwestern Alaska: Controls on Epizonal Ore Formation

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Robert A. Ayuso;Marti L. Miller;Shane W. Ebert

  • Evidence from neodymium isotopes for mantle contributions to phanerozoic crustal genesis in the Canadian cordillera

    Scott D. Samson;William C. McClelland;P. Jonathan Patchett;George E. Gehrels

  • Migrating magmatism in the northern US Cordillera: in situ U–Pb geochronology of the Idaho batholith

    Richard M. Gaschnig;Jeffrey D. Vervoort;Reed S. Lewis;William C. McClelland

  • Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous basinal strata along the Cordilleran Margin: Implications for the accretionary history of the Alexander-Wrangellia-Peninsular Terrane

    William C. McClelland;George E. Gehrels;Jason B. Saleeby

  • Pennsylvanian pluton stitching of Wrangellia and the Alexander terrane, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska

    M. C. Gardner;S. C. Bergman;G. W. Cushing;E. M. MacKevett

  • The geology of the southern Mariana fore-arc crust: Implications for the scale of Eocene volcanism in the western Pacific

    Mark K. Reagan;William C. McClelland;Guillaume Girard;Kathleen R. Goff

  • Discordant paleomagnetic poles from the Canadian Coast Plutonic Complex: Regional tilt rather than large-scale displacement?

    Robert F. Butler;George E. Gehrels;William C. McClelland;Steven R. May

  • Closing the ocean between the Precordillera terrane and Chilenia: Early Devonian ophiolite emplacement and deformation in the southwest Precordillera

    J. Steven Davis;Sarah M. Roeske;William C. McClelland;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Oligocene-Miocene Middle Crustal Flow in Southern Tibet: Geochronology of Mabja Dome

    Jeffrey Lee;W. McClelland;Yu Wang;Ann Blythe

  • Two-phase evolution of accretionary margins: examples from the North American Cordillera

    W.C. McClelland;B. Tikoff;C.A. Manduca

  • Ancient continental margin assemblage in the northern Coast Mountains, southeast Alaska and northwest Canada

    George E. Gehrels;William C. McClelland;Scott D. Samson;P. Jonathan Patchett

  • Geology of the western flank of the Coast Mountains between Cape Fanshaw and Taku Inlet, southeastern Alaska

    George E. Gehrels;William C. McClelland;Scott D. Samson;P. Jonathan Patchett

  • Timing of deformation and exhumation in the western Idaho shear zone, McCall, Idaho

    Scott Giorgis;William McClelland;Annia Fayon;Brad S. Singer

  • U-Pb reverse discordance in zircons: The role of fine-scale oscillatory zoning and sub-micron transport of Pb

    James M. Mattinson;Cinda M. Graubard;David L Parkinson;William C. McClelland

  • Missing Idaho arc: Transpressional modification of the 87Sr/86Sr transition on the western edge of the Idaho batholith

    Scott Giorgis;Basil Tikoff;William McClelland

  • Structural and geochronologic relations along the western flank of the Coast Mountains batholith : Stikine River to Cape Fanshaw, central southeastern Alaska

    W.C McClelland;G.E Gehrels;S.D Samson;P.J Patchett

  • Nd isotopic characterization of metamorphic rocks in the Coast Mountains, Alaskan and Canadian cordillera: ancient crust bounded by juvenile terranes

    Scott D. Samson;P. Jonathan Patchett;William C. McClelland;George E. Gehrels

  • U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology and trace-element geochemistry of coesite-bearing zircons, North-East Greenland Caledonides

    William C. McClelland;Siobhán E. Power;Jane A. Gilotti;Frank K. Mazdab

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Justin V. Strauss
Justin V. Strauss Dartmouth College
Cees R. van Staal
Cees R. van Staal Geological Survey of Canada
Scott D. Samson
Scott D. Samson Syracuse University
P. Jonathan Patchett
P. Jonathan Patchett University of Arizona
Jeffrey D. Vervoort
Jeffrey D. Vervoort Washington State University
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Francis A. Macdonald
Francis A. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
Dwight C. Bradley
Dwight C. Bradley United States Geological Survey
Zhaoshan Chang
Zhaoshan Chang Colorado School of Mines

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