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Derek C. Ford

Derek C. Ford

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Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
15382
World Ranking
2796
National Ranking
132

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Derek C. Ford is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Psychology. The subfields of focus include Clinical Psychology, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Derek C. Ford's main topics of study cover a diverse range of areas, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. These topics include:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

They have published in several frequent venues, among them:

  • The Journal of Primary Prevention
  • Science
  • BMC Pediatrics
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Hydrology

Recent publications by Derek C. Ford include:

  • "Adverse Childhood Experiences Increase Risk for Prescription Opioid Misuse," 2020, The Journal of Primary Prevention
  • "Brazilian cave heritage under siege," 2022, Science
  • "Pediatric ACEs and related life event screener (PEARLS) latent domains and child health in a safety-net primary care practice," 2023, BMC Pediatrics
  • "Increasing Pleistocene permafrost persistence and carbon cycle conundrums inferred from Canadian speleothems," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Conservation of oxygen and hydrogen seasonal isotopic signals in meteoric precipitation in groundwater: An experimental tank study of the effects of land cover in a summer monsoon climate," 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Their frequent co-authors include Melissa T. Merrick, Katie A. Ports, Angie S. Guinn, Paul W. Williams, and Megan Feely.

Derek C. Ford was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1988 for contributions to the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology

    Derek Ford;Paul W. Williams

  • Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology: Ford/Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology

    Derek Ford;Paul Williams

  • Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology

    Derek Ford;Paul W. Williams

  • The development of limestone cave systems in the dimensions of length and depth

    Derek Clifford Ford;R. O. Ewers

  • High-precision mass-spectrometric uranium-series dating of cave deposits and implications for palaeoclimate studies

    W.-X. Li;J. Lundberg;A. P. Dickin;D. C. Ford

  • Luminescent microbanding in speleothems: High-resolution chronology and paleoclimate

    Y. Y. Shopov;D. C. Ford;H. P. Schwarcz

  • Speleogenesis Evolution of Karst Aquifers

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt;Derek C Ford;Arthur N Palmer;Alexander B Kimchouk

  • Continental Oxygen Isotopic Record of the Last 170,000 Years in Jerusalem☆

    Amos Frumkin;Derek C. Ford;Henry P. Schwarcz

  • Stable isotope studies of fluid inclusions in speleothems and their paleoclimatic significance

    Henry P Schwarcz;Russell S Harmon;Peter Thompson;Derek C Ford

  • Stable isotope studies of cave seepage water

    C.J. Yonge;D.C. Ford;J. Gray;H.P. Schwarcz

  • Self-Organized Permeability in Carbonate Aquifers

    S.R.H. Worthington;D.C. Ford

  • Modern freshwater microbialite analogues for ancient dendritic reef structures

    Bernard Laval;Sherry L. Cady;John C. Pollack;Christopher P. McKay

  • Northwest European palaeoclimate as indicated by growth frequency variations of secondary calcite deposits

    Andy Baker;Peter L. Smart;D.C. Ford

  • Thermal genesis of dissolution caves in the Black Hills, South Dakota

    M. J. Bakalowicz;D. C. Ford;T. E. Miller;A. N. Palmer

  • Late Pleistocene sea level history of Bermuda

    Russell S. Harmon;Henry P. Schwarcz;Derek C. Ford

  • Porosity and permeability enhancement in unconfined carbonate aquifers as a result of dissolution.

    SR H Worthington;D C Ford;Patricia A Beddows

  • Paleoclimate and vegetation of the Last Glacial Cycles in Jerusalem from a Speleothem Record

    Amos Frumkin;Derek C. Ford;Henry P. Schwarcz

  • Discovery of a submerged relic reef and shoreline off Grand Cayman: further support for an early Holocene jump in sea level

    Paul Blanchon;Brian Jones;Derek C. Ford

  • Sea-level lowering during the illinoian glaciation: evidence from a bahama "blue hole".

    M. Gascoyne;G. J. Benjamin;H. P. Schwarcz;D. C. Ford

  • Causes of colour and fluorescence in speleothems

    Philip E. van Beynen;Rick Bourbonniere;Derek Ford;Henry P. Schwarcz

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry P. Schwarcz
Henry P. Schwarcz McMaster University
George A. Brook
George A. Brook University of Georgia
Russell S. Harmon
Russell S. Harmon North Carolina State University
Amos Frumkin
Amos Frumkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Peter L. Smart
Peter L. Smart University of Bristol
Brian Jones
Brian Jones University of Alberta
Tom M. L. Wigley
Tom M. L. Wigley University of Adelaide
John T. Andrews
John T. Andrews University of Colorado Boulder
Ross D. E. MacPhee
Ross D. E. MacPhee American Museum of Natural History
Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne

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