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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Earth Sciences
  • 1990 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Wolfgang Schlager is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The research topics covered by Schlager mainly address areas within Drilling and Well Engineering, Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Schlager has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

  • DSDP Leg 50, Hole 415 - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 101, Hole 627B - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 50, Hole 416A - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ODP Leg 101, Hole 626D - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • DSDP Leg 50, Hole 415A - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequently appearing co-authors in Schlager's work include:

  • R.E. Boyce
  • Yves Lancelot
  • Edward L. Winterer
  • Alfonso Bosellini
  • Pavel Čepek

The scientist has repeatedly published in two main venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Wolfgang Schlager's research mainly covers practical and technical aspects relevant to energy resource extraction and management, specifically through the analysis and logging of drilling operations and well data. Their work contributes to understanding drilling performance, reservoir characteristics, and production efficiencies within ocean and mechanical engineering contexts.

As part of their career achievements, Schlager has been recognized with awards including membership in the Academia Europaea (1990), fellowship of the Geological Society of America, and induction into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1996 for contributions related to Earth Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Nutrient excess and the demise of coral reefs and carbonate platforms

    Pamela Hallock;Wolfgang Schlager

  • The paradox of drowned reefs and carbonate platforms

    Wolfgang Schlager

  • Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy

    Wolfgang Schlager

  • Carbonates and relative changes in sea level

    Christopher G.St.C. Kendall;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Highstand Shedding of Carbonate Platforms

    Wolfgang Schlager;John J. G. Reijmer;Andre Droxler

  • Accommodation and supply—a dual control on stratigraphic sequences

    Wolfgang Schlager

  • Benthic carbonate factories of the Phanerozoic

    Wolfgang Schlager

  • Glacial versus interglacial sedimentation rates and turbidite frequency in the Bahamas

    Andre W. Droxler;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Low-magnesian calcite limestones forming at the deep-sea floor, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas

    W. Schlager;N. P. James

  • Drowning Unconformities on Carbonate Platforms

    Wolfgang Schlager

  • Basic Types of Submarine Slope Curvature

    Erwin W. Adams;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Submarine slope angles, drowning unconformities, and self-erosion of limestone escarpments

    Wolfgang Schlager;Oren Camber

  • Computer simulation of reef growth

    Hemmo Bosscher;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Identifying causes of ground‐penetrating radar reflections using time‐domain reflectometry and sedimentological analyses

    Remke L. Van Dam;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Depositional bias and environmental change—important factors in sequence stratigraphy

    Wolfgang Schlager

  • Quaternary aragonite cycles and oxygen-isotope record in Bahamian carbonate ooze

    A. W. Droxler;W. Schlager;C. C. Whallon

  • Bahama carbonate platforms — The deep and the past

    Wolfgang Schlager;Robert N. Ginsburg

  • Carbonate Debris Sheets and Turbidites, Exuma Sound, Bahamas

    Paul D. Crevello;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Accumulation Rates of Carbonate Platforms

    Hemmo Bosscher;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Architecture and growth history of a Miocene carbonate platform from 3D seismic reflection data; Luconia province, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia

    Valentina Zampetti;Wolfgang Schlager;Jan-Henk van Konijnenburg;Arnout-Jan Everts

Frequent Co-Authors

André W. Droxler
André W. Droxler Rice University
James A. Austin
James A. Austin The University of Texas at Austin
John J. G. Reijmer
John J. G. Reijmer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bruce W. Fouke
Bruce W. Fouke University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Adrian Immenhauser
Adrian Immenhauser Ruhr University Bochum
Peter K. Swart
Peter K. Swart University of Miami
Roger LeB. Hooke
Roger LeB. Hooke University of Maine
Noel P. James
Noel P. James Queen's University
Gregor P. Eberli
Gregor P. Eberli University of Miami
Christopher G. St. C. Kendall
Christopher G. St. C. Kendall University of South Carolina

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