R. P. Major

508 total citations
22 papers, 302 citations indexed

About

R. P. Major is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R. P. Major has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 302 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 9 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 8 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in R. P. Major's work include Geological formations and processes (9 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). R. P. Major is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (9 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). R. P. Major collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and United Kingdom. R. P. Major's co-authors include F. Jerry Lucia, R. Michael Lloyd, Mark H. Holtz, R. K. Matthews, Don G. Bebout, Paul M. Harris, Wan Yang, Michelle A. Kominz, Robert Dill and Eugene A. Shinn and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

R. P. Major

22 papers receiving 265 citations

Peers

R. P. Major
S. L. Dorobek United States
Charles W. Byers United States
Clinton A. Cowan United States
Matthew J. Corbett United States
Osman Varol United Kingdom
Lowell Waite United States
Matthew P. Watkinson United Kingdom
Anthony Kirkham United Kingdom
V. G. Phansalkar India
Taíssa Rêgo Menezes Brazil
S. L. Dorobek United States
R. P. Major
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. P. Major

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Major, R. P.. (2014). Early Meteoric Diagenesis and Porosity Preservation: Stratigraphic Traps in Carbonate Grainstones. International Petroleum Technology Conference. 4 indexed citations
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Major, R. P., et al.. (2012). Influence of Primary Ooid Mineralogy on Porosity Evolution in Limestone and Dolomite Reservoirs: An Example from the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Basin. 461–469. 3 indexed citations
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Holtz, Mark H. & R. P. Major. (2004). Integrated Geological and Petrophysical Characterization of Permian Shallow-Water Dolostone. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 7(1). 47–58. 6 indexed citations
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Rasbury, E. Troy, William B. Ward, N. G. Hemming, et al.. (2004). Concurrent U–Pb age and seawater 87Sr/86Sr value of a marine cement. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 221(1-4). 355–371. 17 indexed citations
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Holtz, Mark H., et al.. (2002). Petrophysical Characterization of Permian Shallow-Water Dolostone. SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium. 5 indexed citations
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Hardage, Bob A., et al.. (1999). Using petrophysics and cross-section balancing to interpret complex structure in a limited-quality 3-D seismic image. Geophysics. 64(6). 1760–1773. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Wan, Michelle A. Kominz, & R. P. Major. (1998). Distinguishing the roles of autogenic versus allogenic processes in cyclic sedimentation, Cisco Group (Virgilian and Wolfcampian), north-central Texas. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 110(10). 1333–1353. 20 indexed citations
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Major, R. P., Don G. Bebout, & Paul M. Harris. (1996). Recent evolution of a Bahamian ooid shoal: Effects of Hurricane Andrew. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 108(2). 168–180. 21 indexed citations
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Holtz, Mark H. & R. P. Major. (1994). Geological and Engineering Assessment of Remaining Oil in a Mature Carbonate Reservoir: An Example From the Permian Basin, West Texas. Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference. 4 indexed citations
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Shinn, Eugene A., Randolph P. Steinen, Robert Dill, & R. P. Major. (1993). Lime-mud layers in high-energy tidal channels: A record of hurricane deposition. Geology. 21(7). 603–603. 24 indexed citations
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Tyler, Noel, R. P. Major, Don G. Bebout, et al.. (1992). Styles of heterogeneity in dolomitized platform carbonate reservoirs: Examples from the central basin platform of the permian basin, southwestern USA. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 6(4). 301–339. 5 indexed citations
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Major, R. P., R. Michael Lloyd, & F. Jerry Lucia. (1992). Oxygen isotope composition of Holocene dolomite formed in a humid hypersaline setting. Geology. 20(7). 586–586. 53 indexed citations
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Major, R. P., et al.. (1991). Crystal habit, geochemistry, and cathodoluminescence of magnesian calcite marine cements from the lower slope of Little Bahama Bank. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 103(4). 461–471. 34 indexed citations
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Major, R. P. & Mark H. Holtz. (1990). Depositionally and Diagenetically Controlled Reservoir Heterogeneity at Jordan Field. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 42(10). 1304–1309. 15 indexed citations
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Major, R. P., Don G. Bebout, & F. Jerry Lucia. (1988). Depositional Facies and Porosity Distribution, Permian (Guadalupian) San Andres and Grayburg Formations, P.J.W.D.M. Field Complex, Central Basin Platform, West Texas. 1 indexed citations
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Major, R. P., R. B. Halley, & Karen J. Lukas. (1988). Cathodoluminescent bimineralic ooids from the Pleistocene of the Florida continental shelf. Sedimentology. 35(5). 843–855. 19 indexed citations
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Major, R. P.. (1985). Fracture permeability and high initial water cut in a carbonate gas reservoir. AAPG Bulletin. 1 indexed citations
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Major, R. P.. (1984). The Midway Atoll coral cap: Meteoric diagenesis, amplitude of sea-level fluctuation and dolomitization. PhDT. 13 indexed citations
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Major, R. P. & R. K. Matthews. (1983). Isotopic composition of bank margin carbonates on Midway Atoll: Amplitude constraint on post-early Miocene eustasy. Geology. 11(6). 335–335. 24 indexed citations

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