Tectonics, sedimentary basins, and provenance [electronic resource] : a celebration of the career of William R. Dickinson / edited by Raymond V. Ingersoll (Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA), Timothy F. Lawton (Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico, and Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA), Stephan A. Graham (School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA).

"A key figure in the plate-tectonic revolution of the 1960s-1970s, William Dickinson explained how the distribution of sediments on Earth's surface could be traced to tectonic processes, and is recognized as a founder of modern sedimentary basin analysis. A tribute to the depth and breadth of his ge...

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