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Dorothy J. Merritts 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 Dorothy J. Merritts sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Dorothy J. Merritts 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 Dorothy J. Merritts sits on this spectrum.

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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

Dorothy J. Merritts is affiliated with Franklin & Marshall College in the United States and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist has contributed to numerous topics, notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Merritts has published regularly in various academic venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Earth's Future
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Episodes

Selected recent papers by Merritts cover themes aligned with geological and environmental events and processes, including:

  • The Anthropocene as an Event, not an Epoch (2022) published in Journal of Quaternary Science
  • A practical solution: the Anthropocene is a geological event, not a formal epoch (2021) published in Episodes
  • Rediscovering, Reevaluating, and Restoring Lost River-Wetland Corridors (2021) published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Threshold constraints on the size, shape and stability of alluvial rivers (2022) published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Anthropocene: event or epoch? (2021) published in Nature

Frequent collaborators include Robert C. Walter, Philip L. Gibbard, Matt Edgeworth, M. J. C. Walker, and Andrew M. Bauer.

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

Best Publications

  • Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills

    Robert C. Walter;Dorothy J. Merritts

  • Landscape response to tectonic forcing: Digital elevation model analysis of stream profiles in the Mendocino triple junction region, northern California

    Noah P. Snyder;Kelin X. Whipple;Gregory E. Tucker;Dorothy J. Merritts

  • Long river profiles, tectonism, and eustasy: A guide to interpreting fluvial terraces

    Dorothy J. Merritts;Kirk R. Vincent;Ellen E. Wohl

  • Channel response to tectonic forcing: field analysis of stream morphology and hydrology in the Mendocino triple junction region, northern California

    Noah P Snyder;Kelin X Whipple;Gregory E Tucker;Dorothy J Merritts

  • Geomorphic response of coastal streams to low, intermediate, and high rates of uplift, Medocino triple junction region, northern California

    Dorothy Merritts;Kirk R. Vincent

  • Importance of a stochastic distribution of floods and erosion thresholds in the bedrock river incision problem

    Noah P. Snyder;Kelin X. Whipple;Gregory E. Tucker;Dorothy J. Merritts

  • Bedrock Fluvial Incision and Longitudinal Profile Development Over Geologic Time Scales Determined by Fluvial Terraces

    Frank J. Pazzaglia;Thomas W. Gardner;Dorothy J. Merritts

  • Interpreting Quaternary uplift rates at the Mendocino triple junction, northern California, from uplifted marine terraces.

    Dorothy Merritts;William B. Bull

  • The Anthropocene as an Event, not an Epoch

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  • Anthropocene streams and base-level controls from historic dams in the unglaciated mid-Atlantic region, USA.

    Dorothy Merritts;Robert Walter;Michael Rahnis;Jeff Hartranft

  • Forecasting the response of Earth's surface to future climatic and land use changes: A review of methods and research needs

    Jon D. Pelletier;A. Brad Murray;Jennifer L. Pierce;Paul R. Bierman

  • What Is a Natural River

    Ellen Wohl;Dorothy J. Merritts

  • Pool and riffle characteristics in relation to channel gradient

    Ellen E. Wohl;Kirk R. Vincent;Dorothy J. Merritts

  • Rates and processes of soil evolution on uplifted marine terraces, northern California

    D.J. Merritts;O.A. Chadwick;D.M. Hendricks

  • Environmental Geology: An Earth System Science Approach

    Dorothy J. Merritts;Andrew De Wet;Kirsten Menking

  • The mass balance of soil evolution on late Quaternary marine terraces, northern California

    Dorothy J. Merritts;Oliver A. Chadwick;David M. Hendricks;George H. Brimhall

  • The Mendocino triple junction: Active faults, episodic coastal emergence, and rapid uplift

    Dorothy J. Merritts

  • A Practical Solution: the Anthropocene is a Geological Event, not a Formal Epoch

    Philip L. Gibbard;Andrew M. Bauer;Matthew Edgeworth;William F. Ruddiman

  • Rediscovering, Reevaluating, and Restoring Lost River-Wetland Corridors

    Ellen Wohl;Janine Castro;Brian Cluer;Dorothy Merritts

  • Holocene forearc block rotation in response to seamount subduction, southeastern Península de Nicoya, Costa Rica

    Thomas Gardner;Jeffrey Marshall;Dorothy Merritts;Bhavani Bee

  • Landscape response to tectonic forcing: Digital elevation model analysis of stream profiles in the Mendocino triple junction region, northern California

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  • Inland flood hazards: human, riparian, and aquatic communities.

    Ellen E. Wohl

  • Interactions between onshore bedrock-channel incision and nearshore wave-base erosion forced by eustasy and tectonics

    N.P. Snyder;K.X. Whipple;G.E. Tucker;D.J. Merritts

Frequent Co-Authors

Shreeram Inamdar
Shreeram Inamdar University of Delaware
Kelin X. Whipple
Kelin X. Whipple Arizona State University
Gregory E. Tucker
Gregory E. Tucker University of Colorado Boulder
Paul R. Bierman
Paul R. Bierman University of Vermont
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Arthur J. Gold
Arthur J. Gold University of Rhode Island
Ellen Wohl
Ellen Wohl Colorado State University
John Webb
John Webb La Trobe University
Paul M. Mayer
Paul M. Mayer Environmental Protection Agency
Peter Wilf
Peter Wilf Pennsylvania State University

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