K.L. Milliken

9.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
121 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

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K.L. Milliken is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, K.L. Milliken has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 42 papers in Geophysics and 25 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in K.L. Milliken's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (69 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (29 papers) and Geological formations and processes (22 papers). K.L. Milliken is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (69 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (29 papers) and Geological formations and processes (22 papers). K.L. Milliken collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. K.L. Milliken's co-authors include Tongwei Zhang, David Awwiller, M.D. Rudnicki, Stephen C. Ruppel, Rongsheng Yang, Geoffrey S. Ellis, Maxwell Pommer, Robert M. Reed, Xiaolong Zhang and Liming Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

K.L. Milliken

120 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

Effect of organic-matter type and thermal maturity on methane adsorption in shale-gas systems

2012 1.0k citations Tongwei Zhang, Stephen C. Ruppel et al. profile →
Organic matter-hosted pore system, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania

2013 995 citations K.L. Milliken, Tongwei Zhang et al. AAPG Bulletin profile →
Experimental investigation of main controls to methane adsorption in clay-rich rocks

2012 552 citations Tongwei Zhang, K.L. Milliken et al. profile →
Pore types and pore-size distributions across thermal maturity, Eagle Ford Formation, southern Texas

2015 328 citations K.L. Milliken et al. AAPG Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K.L. Milliken United States	44	5.7k	2.5k	1.7k	1.6k	1.2k	121	7.2k
Andrew C. Aplin United Kingdom	40	4.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	117	6.6k
Robert G. Loucks United States	37	7.7k 1.4×	3.6k 1.5×	2.8k 1.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	120	9.0k
Zhijun Jin China	51	6.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	358	8.3k
Caineng Zou China	49	8.5k 1.5×	3.5k 1.4×	3.3k 2.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	140	10.2k
Richard H. Worden United Kingdom	56	5.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	764 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	176	8.8k
Dazhong Dong China	40	5.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	96	6.6k
Richard M. Pollastro United States	22	4.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	744 0.6×	95	5.4k
Xiongqi Pang China	44	5.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	313	6.7k
Rukai Zhu China	43	6.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.7×	616 0.4×	554 0.4×	144	6.9k
Chengzao Jia China	37	3.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	479 0.3×	724 0.6×	125	4.8k

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Müller, Gerrit, Jeremy K. Caves Rugenstein, Daniel J. Conley, et al.. (2025). Earth’s silicate weathering continuum. Nature Geoscience. 18(8). 691–701. 1 indexed citations

Reece, J., et al.. (2023). Classification of elemental chemofacies as indicators of cement diagenesis in mudrocks of the Permian Spraberry Formation and Wolfcamp formation, western Texas. AAPG Bulletin. 107(6). 863–886. 2 indexed citations

Piane, Claudio Delle, et al.. (2022). On the origin of quartz in the Velkerri Fm: implications for exploration and production in the Beetaloo Sub-basin and the Si cycle in the Mesoproterozoic. 1 indexed citations

Torres, Marta E., et al.. (2022). Authigenic Clays Versus Carbonate Formation as Products of Marine Silicate Weathering in the Input Sequence to the Sumatra Subduction Zone. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(4). 9 indexed citations

Milliken, K.L., et al.. (2022). Mechanical compaction mechanisms in the input sediments of the Sumatra subduction complex – insights from microstructural analysis of cores from IODP Expedition 362. Solid Earth. 13(10). 1513–1539. 1 indexed citations

Mehmani, Ayaz, K.L. Milliken, & Maša Prodanović. (2018). Predicting flow properties in diagenetically-altered media with multi-scale process-based modeling: A Wilcox Formation case study. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 100. 179–194. 13 indexed citations

Pickering, K.T., H.F.A. Pouderoux, Sergio Andò, et al.. (2018). Sediment Provenance and Depositional History of the Nicobar Fan (Bengal Depositional System) from IODP Expedition 362: Detrital Zircon Geochronology, Apatite Thermochronometry, Sand Petrography and Heavy-Mineral Results. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2018. 1 indexed citations

Milliken, K.L., et al.. (2018). Grain assemblages and diagenesis in the Vaca Muerta Formation (Jurassic-Cretaceous), Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Sedimentary Geology. 380. 45–64. 26 indexed citations

Daigle, Hugh, et al.. (2017). Fracture capture of organic pores in shales. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(5). 2167–2176. 69 indexed citations

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Limonta, Mara, Eduardo Garzanti, Sergio Andò, et al.. (2017). Mineralogy of Nicobar Fan turbidites (IODP Leg 362): Himalayan provenance and diagenetic control.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 20. 7117. 2 indexed citations

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Rowe, Harry, Xiangzeng Wang, Tongwei Zhang, et al.. (2016). CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC INSIGHTS INTO FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE DEPOSITION, YANCHANG FORMATION, UPPER TRIASSIC, ORDOS BASIN, CHINA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Mehmani, Ayaz, K.L. Milliken, & Maša Prodanović. (2015). A Quantitative Pore-Scale Investigation on the Paragenesis of Wilcox Tight Gas Sandstone. 6 indexed citations

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Milliken, K.L. & Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat. (2013). Cementation in Mudrocks. American Association of Petroleum Geologists eBooks. 133–150. 36 indexed citations

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McBride, Earle F. & K.L. Milliken. (2006). Giant calcite‐cemented concretions, Dakota Formation, central Kansas, USA. Sedimentology. 53(5). 1161–1179. 29 indexed citations

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Milliken, K.L., Robert M. Reed, & Stephen E. Laubach. (2005). Quantifying Compaction and Cementation in Deformation Bands in Porous Sandstones. 237–249. 14 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Daniel de, et al.. (2003). Série Negra black quartzites - Tomar Cordoba Shear Zone, E Portugal: mineralogy and cathodoluminescence studies. Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe: Revista de xeoloxía galega e do hercínico peninsular. 193–211. 2 indexed citations

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Milliken, K.L.. (2001). Endolithic Microbial Communities in Fractures: Insights Gleaned from Mineralized Filaments in Cretaceous-age Calcite Veins in Serpentinized Peridotites, Iberia Abyssal Plain. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1010. 1 indexed citations

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Laubach, Stephen E. & K.L. Milliken. (1996). New Fracture Characterization Methods For Siliciclastic Rocks. 4 indexed citations

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Milliken, K.L.. (1994). The Widespread Occurrence of Healed Microfractures in Siliciclastic Rocks: Evidence From Scanned Cathodoluminescence Imaging. 27 indexed citations

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Milliken, K.L.. (1992). Regional diagenetic variations in Middle Pennsylvanian foreland basin sandstones of the southern Appalachians: Comparison to passive margin Cenozoic sandstones of the Gulf of Mexico. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations

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