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Derald G. Smith

Derald G. Smith

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Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
8508
World Ranking
3999
National Ranking
188

Overview

Derald G. Smith is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on geological and environmental sciences, encompassing fields such as Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The scientist's work includes significant contributions to subfields like Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science. Their research topics cover geological formations and processes, hydrology and sediment transport processes, as well as geology and paleoclimatology research.

Derald G. Smith has published in recognized venues, including the journal Sedimentology. One of their notable recent papers is titled Recognizing the product of concave-bank sedimentary processes in fluvial meander-belt strata, published in 2020 in Sedimentology with a citation count of 25.

Collaborations are a part of their research approach, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Paul R. Durkin
  • Stephen M. Hubbard
  • John Holbrook
  • Zennon Weleschuk
  • Paul R. Nesbit

This profile reflects a focus on sedimentological and geomorphological processes within fluvial environments, with interdisciplinary ties to ecological and atmospheric studies.

Best Publications

  • Inclined heterolithic stratification—Terminology, description, interpretation and significance

    Richard G. Thomas;Derald G. Smith;James M. Wood;John Visser

  • Effect of vegetation on lateral migration of anastomosed channels of a glacier meltwater river

    Derald G. Smith

  • Sedimentation in anastomosed river systems; examples from alluvial valleys near Banff, Alberta

    Derald G. Smith;Norman D. Smith

  • Ground penetrating radar of northern lacustrine deltas

    Harry M. Jol;Derald G. Smith

  • Seismic geomorphology and sedimentology of a tidally influenced river deposit, Lower Cretaceous Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada

    Stephen M. Hubbard;Derald G. Smith;Haley Nielsen;Dale A. Leckie

  • Anastomosed Fluvial Deposits: Modern Examples from Western Canada

    Derald G. Smith

  • Anastomosing river deposits, sedimentation rates and basin subsidence, Magdalena River, northwestern Colombia, South America

    Derald G. Smith

  • Avulsions, channel evolution and floodplain sedimentation rates of the anastomosing upper Columbia River, British Columbia, Canada

    Bart Makaske;Derald G. Smith;Henk J. A. Berendsen

  • Counter point bar deposits: lithofacies and reservoir significance in the meandering modern Peace River and ancient McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada

    Derald G. Smith;Stephen M. Hubbard;Dale A. Leckie;Milovan Fustic

  • Ground penetrating radar: antenna frequencies and maximum probable depths of penetration in Quaternary sediments

    Derald G. Smith;Harry M. Jol

  • Preboreal oscillation caused by a glacial Lake Agassiz flood

    Timothy G. Fisher;Derald G. Smith;John T. Andrews

  • Clastic tidal sedimentology

    D G Smith;G E Reinson;B A Zaitlin;R A Rahmani

  • Glacial Lake Agassiz: The northwestern outlet and paleoflood

    Derald G. Smith;Timothy G. Fisher

  • Digital Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR): A New Geophysical Tool for Coastal Barrier Research (Examples from the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts, U.S.A.)

    Harry M. Jol;Derald G. Smith;Richard A. Meyers

  • Modern Point Bar Deposits Analogous to the Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada

    D. G. Smith

  • Evidence for eight great earthquake-subsidence events detected with ground-penetrating radar, Willapa barrier, Washington

    Richard A. Meyers;Derald G. Smith;Harry M. Jol;Curt D. Peterson

  • Recognition of down-valley translation in tidally influenced meandering fluvial deposits, Athabasca Oil Sands (Cretaceous), Alberta, Canada

    Milovan Fustic;Milovan Fustic;Stephen M. Hubbard;Ron Spencer;Derald G. Smith

  • Electrical resistivity ground imaging (ERGI): a new tool for mapping the lithology and geometry of channel-belts and valley-fills

    Dave Baines;Derald G. Smith;Duane G. Froese;Paul Bauman

  • Anastomosed river deposits: modern and ancient examples in Alberta, Canada

    Derald G. Smith;Peter E. Putnam

  • William River: An outstanding example of channel widening and braiding caused by bed-load addition

    Norman D. Smith;Derald G. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry M. Jol
Harry M. Jol University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Stephen M. Hubbard
Stephen M. Hubbard University of Calgary
Duane G. Froese
Duane G. Froese University of Alberta
Chris H. Hugenholtz
Chris H. Hugenholtz University of Calgary
Dale A. Leckie
Dale A. Leckie University of Calgary
Norman D. Smith
Norman D. Smith University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Stewart B. Rood
Stewart B. Rood University of Lethbridge
Maarten G. Kleinhans
Maarten G. Kleinhans Utrecht University
John T. Andrews
John T. Andrews University of Colorado Boulder
Masaki Hayashi
Masaki Hayashi University of Calgary

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