David Awwiller

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

David Awwiller is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Awwiller has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 6 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 6 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in David Awwiller's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (6 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (4 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (3 papers). David Awwiller is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (6 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (4 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (3 papers). David Awwiller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. David Awwiller's co-authors include M.D. Rudnicki, K.L. Milliken, Tongwei Zhang, Lawrence E. Mack, Robert L. Gawthorpe, J. D. Marshall, Kevin G. Taylor, C. D. Curtis, Jörg Bialas and Howard R. Feldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

David Awwiller

13 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Organic matter-hosted pore system, Marcellus Formation (D... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Organic matter-hosted pore system, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania
    2013 995 citations K.L. Milliken, M.D. Rudnicki et al. AAPG Bulletin profile →

Peers

David Awwiller
Neil Sherwood Australia
Liming Ji China
Cheng Ke-ming China
Tian Dong China
Xusheng Guo China
Yuhong Lei China
Xunyu Cai China
Shang Xu China
Chao Liang China
Shejiao Wang China
Neil Sherwood Australia
David Awwiller
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Countries citing papers authored by David Awwiller

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Awwiller

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Awwiller. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Awwiller. The network helps show where David Awwiller may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Awwiller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Awwiller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Awwiller based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Awwiller. David Awwiller is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Hillman, Jess, Ewa Burwicz, Jörg Bialas, et al.. (2018). Investigating a gas hydrate system in apparent disequilibrium in the Danube Fan, Black Sea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 502. 1–11. 27 indexed citations
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Hillman, Jess, Ingo Klaucke, Jörg Bialas, et al.. (2018). Gas migration pathways and slope failures in the Danube Fan, Black Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 92. 1069–1084. 31 indexed citations
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Walters, Clifford C., et al.. (2014). Influence of turbostratic carbon nanostructures on electrical conductivity in shales. International Journal of Coal Geology. 122. 105–109. 33 indexed citations
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Milliken, K.L., M.D. Rudnicki, David Awwiller, & Tongwei Zhang. (2013). Organic matter-hosted pore system, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania. AAPG Bulletin. 97(2). 177–200. 995 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milliken, K.L., M.D. Rudnicki, & David Awwiller. (2012). Form and Distribution of Organic Matter-Hosted Pores, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania, USA. Proceedings. 6 indexed citations
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Taylor, Kevin G., Robert L. Gawthorpe, C. D. Curtis, J. D. Marshall, & David Awwiller. (2000). Carbonate Cementation in a Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework: Upper Cretaceous Sandstones, Book Cliffs, Utah-Colorado. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 70(2). 360–372. 132 indexed citations
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Lynch, F. Leo, K.L. Milliken, David Awwiller, et al.. (1999). Tertiary volcanic rocks and the potassium content of Gulf Coast shales—The smoking gun:Comment and Reply. Geology. 27(7). 663–663. 20 indexed citations
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Awwiller, David. (1994). Accurate determination of reduced sulfur and major elements by fused glass X-ray fluorescence analysis. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 64(3a). 670–672.
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Awwiller, David. (1994). Geochronology and mass transfer in Gulf Coast mudrocks (south-central Texas, U.S.A.): RbSr, SmNd and REE systematics. Chemical Geology. 116(1-2). 61–84. 56 indexed citations
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Awwiller, David & Lawrence E. Mack. (1991). Diagenetic modification of Sm-Nd model ages in Tertiary sandstones and shales, Texas Gulf Coast. Geology. 19(4). 311–311. 70 indexed citations
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Mack, Lawrence E. & David Awwiller. (1990). Sm/Nd ratio as a diagenetic tracer, Paleogene, Texas Gulf Coast. AAPG Bulletin. 22(6). 573–80. 4 indexed citations

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