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William W. Sager is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research focuses on geological and geophysical studies, particularly relating to ocean ridges, hot spots, and paleomagnetism. Their work spans several disciplines, including astronomy and astrophysics, environmental chemistry, ocean engineering, geophysics, and geology.

They have contributed to multiple fields of study and topics, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by William W. Sager include:

  • Late Cretaceous Ridge Reorganization, Microplate Formation, and the Evolution of the Rio Grande Rise - Walvis Ridge Hot Spot Twins, South Atlantic Ocean (2021), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Paleomagnetism and paleolatitude of igneous drill core samples from the Izu-Bonin forearc and implications for Philippine Sea plate motion (2022), published in Tectonophysics

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations encompass:

  • Claire Carvallo
  • Mike Widdowson
  • Wendy R. Nelson
  • John W. Shervais
  • Aaron J. Avery

The primary publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters

William W. Sager has also published several scientific prospectuses and expedition reports related to the Walvis Ridge Hotspot. These include titles such as:

  • Expedition 391 Scientific Prospectus: Walvis Ridge Hotspot: drilling Walvis Ridge, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, to test models of ridge-hotspot interaction, isotopic zonation, and the hotspot reference frame (2020)
  • Expedition 391 Scientific Prospectus Addendum: Walvis Ridge Hotspot: drilling Walvis Ridge, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, to test models of ridge-hotspot interaction, isotopic zonation, and the hotspot reference frame (2021)
  • Expedition 397T Scientific Prospectus: Transit and Return to Walvis Ridge Hotspot (2022)
  • Expedition 391 Preliminary Report: Walvis Ridge Hotspot (2022)
  • Walvis Ridge Hotspot (2023)
  • Expedition 397T Preliminary Report: Return to Walvis Ridge Hotspot (2022)

The research contributions of William W. Sager integrate geological, geophysical, and geochemical analyses of oceanic structures and tectonic processes, emphasizing paleomagnetic data and hot spot dynamics in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Best Publications

  • Subduction initiation and ophiolite crust: new insights from IODP drilling

    Mark K. Reagan;Julian A. Pearce;Katerina Petronotis;Renat R. Almeev

  • Gas hydrate and chemosynthetic biota in mounded bathymetry at mid-slope hydrocarbon seeps: Northern Gulf of Mexico

    Ian R. MacDonald;William W. Sager;Michael B. Peccini

  • Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary age and mid-ocean-ridge–type mantle source for Shatsky Rise

    J.J. Mahoney;R.A. Duncan;M.L.G. Tejada;W.W. Sager

  • Magnetic lineations within Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean: Implications for hot spot‐triple junction interaction and oceanic plateau formation

    Masao Nakanishi;William W. Sager;Adam Klaus

  • Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous evolution of the eastern Indian Ocean adjacent to northwest Australia

    Lawrence G. Fullerton;William W. Sager;David W. Handschumacher

  • Bathymetry of Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean: Implications for ocean plateau development at a triple junction

    William W. Sager;Jinho Kim;Adam Klaus;Masao Nakanishi

  • Geology and Geochronology of the Line Islands

    S. O. Schlanger;M. O. Garcia;B. H. Keating;J. J. Naughton

  • Tectonic evolution of the northern Pacific plate and Pacific-Farallon Izanagi triple junction in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (M21-M10)

    William W. Sager;David W. Handschumacher;Thomas W.C. Hilde;Dewey R. Bracey

  • An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean

    William W. Sager;William W. Sager;Jinchang Zhang;Jun Korenaga;Takashi Sano

  • Pacific‐Panthalassic reconstructions: Overview, errata and the way forward

    Trond Helge Torsvik;Trond Helge Torsvik;Bernhard Steinberger;Grace Shephard;Pavel Doubrovine

  • Pre-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Pacific plate and extension of the geomagnetic polarity reversal time scale with implications for the origin of the Jurassic Quiet Zone

    David W. Handschumacher;William W. Sager;Thomas W.C. Hilde;Dewey R. Bracey

  • Pulsed oil discharge from a mud volcano

    Ian R. MacDonald;David B. Buthman;William W. Sager;Michael B. Peccini

  • GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR A MID-CRETACEOUS SUPERPLUME

    Yoshiyuki Tatsumi;Hironao Shinjoe;Hideo Ishizuka;William W. Sager

  • Geophysical signatures of mud mounds at hydrocarbon seeps on the Louisiana continental slope, northern Gulf of Mexico

    William W Sager;Ian R MacDonald;Rousheng Hou

  • Mid‐Cretaceous to early Tertiary apparent polar wander path of the Pacific Plate

    William W. Sager;Malcolm S. Pringle

  • Tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge derived from spreading records in adjacent oceanic basins and age constraints of the ridge

    Kolluru S. Krishna;Honey Abraham;William W. Sager;Malcolm S. Pringle

  • What built Shatsky Rise, a mantle plume or ridge tectonics?

    William W. Sager

  • Late Cretaceous Polar Wander of the Pacific Plate: Evidence of a Rapid True Polar Wander Event

    William W. Sager;and Anthony A. P. Koppers

  • Cretaceous Guyots in the Northwest Pacific: an Overview of their Geology and Geophysics

    Edward L. Winterer;James H. Natland;Robert J. Van Waasbergen;Robert A. Duncan

  • Seismic tomography of Shatsky Rise by adaptive importance sampling

    J. Korenaga;W. W. Sager

  • Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Covering Leg 116 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution, Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sites 717-719, 2 July 1987-19 August 1987 : SR. Vol. 116 Distal Bengal Fan

    J. Cochran;D.A.V. Stow;Christian Auroux;Kazuo Amano

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian R. MacDonald
Ian R. MacDonald Florida State University
Anthony A. P. Koppers
Anthony A. P. Koppers Oregon State University
Edward L. Winterer
Edward L. Winterer University of California, San Diego
John A. Tarduno
John A. Tarduno University of Rochester
John W. Shervais
John W. Shervais Utah State University
Jun Korenaga
Jun Korenaga Yale University
Eric C. Ferré
Eric C. Ferré New Mexico State University
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Maurice A. Tivey
Maurice A. Tivey Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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