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D-Index
31
Citations
4395
World Ranking
8889
National Ranking
2886

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Dennis A. Darby is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their recent research contributions cover topics spanning atomic and subatomic physics, geology, and environmental chemistry, with a focus on both foundational and applied scientific domains.

The scientist's frequent coauthors include Shannon Cofield and W. Myers, collaborating across multiple studies.

Darby's recent publications include:

  • "A compilation of the silt and clay mineralogy from coastal and shelf regions of the Arctic Ocean," 2022, published in Marine Geology
  • "HLY0503-JPC22 Master Data," 2023, published twice in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "History of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet, MIS 11 to present," 2025, published in Quaternary Science Reviews

Their research appears in a set of notable venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Geology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Research subfields for Darby include:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geology

The main topics covered in their work comprise:

  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Dennis A. Darby has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • History of sea ice in the Arctic

    Leonid Polyak;Richard B. Alley;John T. Andrews;Julie Brigham-Grette

  • Contrasting glacial/interglacial regimes in the western Arctic Ocean as exemplified by a sedimentary record from the Mendeleev Ridge

    Leonid Polyak;William B Curry;Dennis A Darby;Jens Bischof

  • Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation patterns in the western Arctic Ocean

    Leonid Polyak;Jens Bischof;Joseph D. Ortiz;Dennis A. Darby

  • 1,500-year cycle in the Arctic Oscillation identified in Holocene Arctic sea-ice drift

    Dennis A. Darby;Joseph D. Ortiz;Chester E. Grosch;Steven P. Lund

  • Mid- to Late Pleistocene Ice Drift in the Western Arctic Ocean: Evidence for a Different Circulation in the Past

    Jens F. Bischof;Dennis A. Darby

  • Radiocarbon chronology of depositional regimes in the western Arctic Ocean

    Dennis A. Darby;Jens F. Bischof;Glenn A. Jones

  • An Arctic Ocean ice shelf during MIS 6 constrained by new geophysical and geological data

    Martin Jakobsson;Johan Nilsson;Matthew O'Regan;Jan Backman

  • Sources of sediment found in sea ice from the western Arctic Ocean, new insights into processes of entrainment and drift patterns

    Dennis A. Darby

  • Variability of sea ice cover in the Chukchi Sea (western Arctic Ocean) during the Holocene

    Anne de Vernal;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Dennis A. Darby

  • The role of currents and sea ice in both slowly deposited central Arctic and rapidly deposited Chukchi–Alaskan margin sediments

    Dennis Darby;Joseph Ortiz;Leonid Polyak;Steven P Lund

  • Past glacial and interglacial conditions in the Arctic Ocean and marginal seas - a review

    Dennis A. Darby;Leonid Polyak;Henning A. Bauch

  • Sediment Composition and Sedimentary Processes in the Arctic Ocean

    D. A. Darby;A. S. Naidu;T. C. Mowatt;G. Jones

  • Stratigraphic constraints on late Pleistocene glacial erosion and deglaciation of the Chukchi margin, Arctic Ocean

    Leonid Polyak;Dennis A. Darby;Jens F. Bischof;Martin Jakobsson

  • Arctic ice export events and their potential impact on global climate during the late Pleistocene

    Dennis A. Darby;Jens F. Bischof;Robert F. Spielhagen;Steven A. Marshall

  • Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

    Chris R. Stokes;Chris D. Clark;Dennis A. Darby;Douglas A. Hodgson

  • Arctic perennial ice cover over the last 14 million years

    Dennis A. Darby

  • Modern dirty sea ice characteristics and sources: The role of anchor ice

    Dennis A. Darby;Wesley B. Myers;Martin Jakobsson;Ignatius Rigor

  • Size-dependent isotopic composition of planktic foraminifers from Chukchi Sea vs. NW Atlantic sediments—implications for the Holocene paleoceanography of the western Arctic

    C. Hillaire-Marcel;A. de Vernal;L. Polyak;D. Darby

  • Provenance of Holocene sediment on the Chukchi-Alaskan margin based on combined diffuse spectral reflectance and quantitative X-Ray Diffraction analysis

    Joseph D. Ortiz;Leonid Polyak;Jacqueline M. Grebmeier;Dennis Darby

  • A Holocene record of changing Arctic Ocean ice drift analogous to the effects of the Arctic Oscillation

    Dennis A. Darby;Jens F. Bischof

  • Icebreaker Expedition Collects Key Arctic Seafloor and Ice Data

    Dennis A. Darby;Martin Jakobsson;Leonid Polyak

  • A robust, multisite Holocene history of drift ice off northern Iceland: implications for North Atlantic climate

    John T. Andrews;Dennis A. Darby;Dennis Eberle;Anne E. Jennings

  • Bathymetry and deep-water exchange across the central Lomonosov Ridge at 88–89°N

    Göran Björk;Martin Jakobsson;Bert Rudels;James H. Swift

  • Evidence for ephemeral middle Eocene to early Oligocene Greenland glacial ice and pan-Arctic sea ice.

    Aradhna Tripati;Dennis Darby

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonid Polyak
Leonid Polyak The Ohio State University
Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University
Joseph D. Ortiz
Joseph D. Ortiz Kent State University
John T. Andrews
John T. Andrews University of Colorado Boulder
Simon T. Belt
Simon T. Belt Plymouth University
Guillaume St-Onge
Guillaume St-Onge Université du Québec à Rimouski
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Claude Hillaire-Marcel University of Quebec at Montreal
Stefanie Brachfeld
Stefanie Brachfeld Montclair State University
Ignatius Rigor
Ignatius Rigor University of Washington
Anne E. Jennings
Anne E. Jennings University of Colorado Boulder

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