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William R. Dickinson

William R. Dickinson

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Earth Science

D-Index
87
Citations
33381
World Ranking
330
National Ranking
175

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Penrose Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1964 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

William R. Dickinson was affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields within the social sciences, arts and humanities, and earth and planetary sciences.

The main fields of study included:

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, Dickinson focused on several subfields, namely:

  • Archeology
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Demography
  • Paleontology

Their work covered specific topics such as:

  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Frequent collaborators in their research included Sally Brockwell, Sue O'Connor, Jack N. Fenner, Andrew McWilliam, and Noel Amano, each of whom co-authored multiple publications with Dickinson.

Throughout their career, Dickinson received several distinctions:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1999
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1992
  • Penrose Medal, The Geological Society of America, 1991
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1964

Best Publications

  • Provenance of North American Phanerozoic sandstones in relation to tectonic setting

    William R. Dickinson;L. Sue Beard;G. Robert Brakenridge;James L. Erjavec

  • Plate tectonics and sandstone compositions

    William R. Dickinson;Christopher A. Suczek

  • Interpreting Provenance Relations from Detrital Modes of Sandstones

    William R. Dickinson

  • Use of U–Pb ages of detrital zircons to infer maximum depositional ages of strata: A test against a Colorado Plateau Mesozoic database

    William R. Dickinson;George E. Gehrels

  • Interpreting detrital modes of graywacke and arkose

    William R. Dickinson

  • Plate tectonics of the Laramide orogeny

    William R. Dickinson;Walter S. Snyder

  • Paleogeographic and paleotectonic setting of Laramide sedimentary basins in the central Rocky Mountain region

    William R. Dickinson;Margaret A. Klute;Michael J. Hayes;Susanne U. Janecke

  • EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA

    William R.. Dickinson

  • Carboniferous to Cretaceous assembly and fragmentation of Mexico

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Structure and Stratigraphy of Forearc Regions

    W. R. Dickinson;D. R. Seely

  • Geometry of Subducted Slabs Related to San Andreas Transform

    William R. Dickinson;Walter S. Snyder

  • Plate Tectonics and Sedimentation

    William R. Dickinson

  • U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from Permian and Jurassic eolian sandstones of the Colorado Plateau, USA: Paleogeographic implications

    William R Dickinson;George E Gehrels

  • The relationship between andesitic volcanism and seismicity in Indonesia, the Lesser Antilles, and other island arcs

    Trevor Hatherton;William R. Dickinson

  • Himalayan-Bengal Model for Flysch Dispersal in the Appalachian-Ouachita System

    Stephan A. Graham;William R. Dickinson;Raymond V. Ingersoll

  • Geometry of triple junctions related to San Andreas Transform

    William R. Dickinson;Walter S. Snyder

  • U-Pb ages of detrital zircons in Jurassic eolian and associated sandstones of the Colorado Plateau: Evidence for transcontinental dispersal and intraregional recycling of sediment

    William R. Dickinson;George E. Gehrels

  • Relations of andesites, granites, and derivative sandstones to arc‐Trench tectonics

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  • Andesitic Volcanism and Seismicity around the Pacific

    William R. Dickinson;Trevor Hatherton

  • Provenance and Sediment Dispersal in Relation to Paleotectonics and Paleogeography of Sedimentary Basins

    Unknown

  • Common Provenance for Lithic Grains in Carboniferous Sandstones from Ouachita Mountains and Black Warrior Basin

    Stephan A. Graham;Raymond V. Ingersoll;William R. Dickinson

  • The Basin and Range Province as a Composite Extensional Domain

    William R. Dickinson

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Timothy F. Lawton
Timothy F. Lawton The University of Texas at Austin
James D. Gleason
James D. Gleason University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
P. Jonathan Patchett
P. Jonathan Patchett University of Arizona
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Raymond V. Ingersoll University of California, Los Angeles
Patrick D. Nunn
Patrick D. Nunn University of the Sunshine Coast
Karl E. Karlstrom
Karl E. Karlstrom University of New Mexico
Joaquin Ruiz
Joaquin Ruiz University of Arizona
Robert F. Butler
Robert F. Butler University of Portland
Stephan A. Graham
Stephan A. Graham Stanford University

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