What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Sedimentary rock
- Sediment
- Mechanics
His main research concerns Turbidity current, Turbidite, Geomorphology, Sedimentary depositional environment and Facies.
He combines subjects such as Turbulence, Mechanics and Geotechnical engineering with his study of Turbidity current.
He has researched Turbidite in several fields, including Aggradation, Flow velocity and Clastic rock.
His Clastic rock research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Petroleum reservoir, Foreland basin, Outcrop and Debris.
His study on Facies is covered under Structural basin.
His work carried out in the field of Sedimentary rock brings together such families of science as Sediment gravity flow and Petrology.
His most cited work include:
- Hybrid sediment gravity flow deposits – Classification, origin and significance (259 citations)
- "Linked" debrites in sand-rich turbidite systems - origin and significance (201 citations)
- Velocity structure, turbulence and fluid stresses in experimental gravity currents (186 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Turbidity current, Turbidite, Geomorphology, Paleontology and Sedimentary depositional environment are his primary areas of study.
He has included themes like Turbulence, Mechanics, Flow, Flow velocity and Geotechnical engineering in his Turbidity current study.
His Turbidite research includes elements of Debris flow, Deposition, Petrology and Clastic rock.
His Geomorphology study typically links adjacent topics like Current.
His study in the field of Structural basin, Sedimentary rock, Foreland basin and Overbank also crosses realms of Passive margin.
His Sedimentary depositional environment research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Outcrop, Facies and Flysch.
He most often published in these fields:
- Turbidity current (32.61%)
- Turbidite (31.16%)
- Geomorphology (30.43%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Paleontology (29.71%)
- Sedimentary rock (22.46%)
- Structural basin (21.74%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Paleontology, Sedimentary rock, Structural basin, Turbidity current and Petrology.
His Sedimentary rock study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Texture, Subduction and Sediment.
In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Structural basin, Sedimentary depositional environment, Siliciclastic, Channelized and Facies is strongly linked to Outcrop.
His Turbidity current research incorporates elements of Gravity current, Flow velocity, Seabed, Turbidite and Mechanics.
In his work, Pulse propagation is strongly intertwined with Geophysics, which is a subfield of Turbidite.
His studies deal with areas such as Erosion and Geomorphology as well as Substrate.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Hybrid event bed character and distribution linked to turbidite system sub-environments: The North Apennine Gottero Sandstone (north-west Italy) (30 citations)
- Mass‐transport complexes as markers of deep‐water fold‐and‐thrust belt evolution: insights from the southern Magdalena fan, offshore Colombia (26 citations)
- Hierarchical classifications of the sedimentary architecture of deep-marine depositional systems (23 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Sedimentary rock
- Sediment
- Erosion
William D. McCaffrey mainly investigates Petrology, Structural basin, Flow, Aggradation and Continental shelf.
His work on Petrology is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Sedimentary rock.
His Structural basin study is focused on Paleontology in general.
His study looks at the intersection of Flow and topics like Sediment transport with Erosion.
In his study, Turbidite is inextricably linked to Clastic rock, which falls within the broad field of Erosion.
His work in Aggradation addresses subjects such as Tectonics, which are connected to disciplines such as Sedimentary depositional environment.
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