Concepedia

Petrofacies Analysis

Petrofacies Analysis is a systematic geological methodology that classifies and interprets sedimentary rocks based on their petrological characteristics to reconstruct provenance, transport history, and depositional environments within siliciclastic successions.

103

Publications

5.3K

Citations

237

Authors

142

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

13

Parents

Publications

103

Alluvial sandstone composition and paleoclimate; I, Framework mineralogy

Lee J. Suttner, Prodip K. Dutta · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1986 · 490 citations

, , +17

Petrologic Intervals and Petrofacies in the Great Valley Sequence, Sacramento Valley, California

William R. Dickinson, E. I. Rich · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1972 · 234 citations

, , +7

Petrography and geochemistry of feldspathic and mafic sediments of the northeastern Pacific margin

Peter C. van de Kamp, Bernard E. Leake · Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences · 1985 · 231 citations

, , +17

Quaternary sediments: petrographic methods for the study of unlithified rocks

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 204 citations

, , +16

Petrofacies and Provenance of Late Mesozoic Forearc Basin, Northern and Central California

Raymond V. Ingersoll · AAPG Bulletin · 1983 · 202 citations

, , +15

1–5 of 103

Authors

237

  1. RV
    Raymond V. Ingersoll

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    8 publications · 1K citations

    8

    h-index

  2. SC
    Salvatore Critelli

    University of Calabria, Italy

    7 publications · 659 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. EL
    Emilia Le Pera

    University of Calabria, Italy

    3 publications · 291 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. UC
    U. Cibin

    Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione e Ambiente della Regione Emilia-Romagna, Italy

    2 publications · 99 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. KD
    Kenneth D. Ridgway

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    2 publications · 46 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 237

Institutions

142

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    792 citations

  2. Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection

    Perugia, Italy

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    329 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    400 citations

  4. Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    138 citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    173 citations

  6. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    138 citations

  7. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    309 citations

  8. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    113 citations

1–8 of 142

Venues

  1. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 17 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. Sedimentology

    5 publications · 508 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. Carbonates and Evaporites

    4 publications · 69 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. Journal of South American Earth Sciences

    4 publications · 193 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Journal of African Earth Sciences

    4 publications · 110 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5