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David B. Loope publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David B. Loope sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 128 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

David B. Loope D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David B. Loope sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

David B. Loope is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanics of Materials, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications

David B. Loope has published several papers, with a focus on geological and geological surface processes. Notable publications include:

  • "Surficial fractures in the Navajo sandstone, south-western USA: the roles of thermal cycles, rainstorms, granular disintegration, and iterative cracking," 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "Backwasting rock sheets of the Navajo Sandstone, Utah, USA," 2022, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "Cut, Fill, Repeat: Slot Canyons of Dry Fork, Kane County," 2020, Geosites

Besides their own work, David B. Loope frequently collaborates with other researchers such as Richard M. Kettler, G. R. Loope, Caroline M. Burberry, Clinton M. Rowe, and Gerald Bryant.

The main publication venues where David B. Loope's research appears include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geosites

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A 10,000 year record of dune activity, dust storms, and severe drought in the central Great Plains

    Xiaodong Miao;Joseph A. Mason;James B. Swinehart;David B. Loope

  • Late-Holocene dune activity linked to hydrological drought, Nebraska Sand Hills, USA

    Joseph A. Mason;James B. Swinehart;Ronald J. Goble;David B. Loope

  • Episodic deposition and preservation of eolian sands: A late Paleozoic example from southeastern Utah

    David B. Loope

  • Dune-dammed paleovalleys of the Nebraska Sand Hills: Intrinsic versus climatic controls on the accumulation of lake and marsh sediments

    David B. Loope;James B. Swinehart;Jon P. Mason

  • Eolian origin of upper Paleozoic sandstones, southeastern Utah

    David B. Loope

  • Annual monsoon rains recorded by Jurassic dunes.

    David B. Loope;Clinton M. Rowe;R. Matthew Joeckel

  • Life and death in a Late Cretaceous dune field, Nemegt basin, Mongolia

    David B. Loope;Lowell Dingus;Carl C. Swisher;Chuluun Minjin

  • Recognizing and utilizing vertebrate tracks in cross section; Cenozoic hoofprints from Nebraska

    David B. Loope

  • Optical and radiocarbon ages of stacked paleosols and dune sands in the Nebraska Sand Hills, USA

    R.J. Goble;Joseph A. Mason;David B. Loope;James B. Swinehart

  • Tropical westerlies over Pangaean sand seas

    David B. Loope;Maureen B. Steiner;Clinton M. Rowe;Nicholas Lancaster

  • New Stratigraphic Subdivision, Depositional Environment, and Age Estimate for the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Southern Ulan Nur Basin, Mongolia

    Demberelyin Dashzeveg;Lowell Dingus;David B. Loope;Carl C. Swisher

  • Rhizoliths in ancient eolianites

    David B. Loope

  • Large Wind Shift on the Great Plains during the Medieval Warm Period

    Venkataramana Sridhar;David B. Loope;James B. Swinehart;Joseph A. Mason

  • Anomalous 17O compositions in massive sulphate deposits on the Earth

    Huiming Bao;Mark H. Thiemens;James Farquhar;Douglas A. Campbell

  • Long‐Lived Pluvial Episodes during Deposition of the Navajo Sandstone

    David B. Loope;Clinton M. Rowe

  • Atlantic and Pacific SST influences on Medieval drought in North America simulated by the Community Atmospheric Model

    Song Feng;Robert J Oglesby;Clinton M. Rowe;David B Loope

  • Ichnofacies of an Ancient Erg: A Climatically Influenced Trace Fossil Association in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Southern Utah, USA

    A.A. Ekdale;Richard G. Bromley;David B. Loope

  • Thinking Like a Dune Field: Geologic History in the Nebraska Sand Hills

    David B. Loope;James Swinehart

  • Late Pleistocene dune activity in the central Great Plains, USA

    Joseph A. Mason;James B. Swinehart;Paul R. Hanson;David Loope

  • The Geology of Ukhaa Tolgod (Djadokhta Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Nemegt Basin, Mongolia)

    Lowell. Dingus;David B. Loope;Dėmbėrėliĭn Dashzėvėg;Carl Celso. Swisher

  • New stratigraphic subdivision, depositional environment, and age estimate for the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, southern Ulan Nur Basin, Mongolia. American Museum novitates ; no. 3498

    Dėmbėrėliĭn. Dashzėvėg;Lowell. Dingus;David B. Loope;Carl Celso. Swisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph A. Mason
Joseph A. Mason University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert J. Oglesby
Robert J. Oglesby University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Huiming Bao
Huiming Bao Louisiana State University
Carl C. Swisher
Carl C. Swisher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mark H. Thiemens
Mark H. Thiemens University of California, San Diego
Vitaly A. Zlotnik
Vitaly A. Zlotnik University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Song Feng
Song Feng University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Richard G. Bromley
Richard G. Bromley University of Copenhagen
Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History

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