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Gail M. Ashley 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 Gail M. Ashley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 156 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Gail M. Ashley 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 Gail M. Ashley sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gail M. Ashley is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Recent publications by Gail M. Ashley include a variety of contributions to multiple scientific venues. These papers are:

  • The Ecological Integrity of Spring Ecosystems: A Global Review, 2021, Elsevier eBooks
  • Paleo-Critical Zones, windows into the changing life and landscapes during the Quaternary Period, 2020, Quaternary Research
  • Oxygen Isotopes in Authigenic Clay Minerals: Toward Building a Reliable Salinity Proxy, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Widespread freshwater carbonate in the Olduvai Basin, a precursor to a major eruption in the East African Rift System, 2020, The Depositional Record
  • Earth Sciences Are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene, 2024, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include J. S. Delaney, Lawrence E. Stevens, Anwar A. Aly, Sarah Arpin, and Iva Apostolova.

The venues in which Gail M. Ashley frequently publishes work are:

  • Elsevier eBooks
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Quaternary Research
  • The Depositional Record
  • Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists

Best Publications

  • Classification of large-scale subaqueous bedforms; a new look at an old problem

    Gail M. Ashley

  • Processes, Bar Morphology, and Sedimentary Structures on Braided Outwash Fans, Northeastern Gulf of Alaska

    Jon C. Boothroyd;Gail M. Ashley

  • Late Pliocene Homo and hominid land use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Charles R. Peters;Fidelis T. Masao;Ronald J. Clarke

  • Rhythmic Sedimentation in Glacial Lake Hitchcock, Massachusetts-Connecticut

    Gail M. Ashley

  • Classification of Large-Scale Subaqueous Bedforms: A New Look at an Old Problem-SEPM Bedforms and Bedding Structures

    Gail M. Ashley

  • Deposition of climbing‐ripple beds: a flume simulation

    Gail M. Ashley;John B. Southard;Jon C. Boothroyd

  • Proglacial Lacustrine Environment

    Norman D. Smith;Gail Ashley

  • Interpretation of Polymodal Sediments

    Gail M. Ashley

  • Ecosystem variability and early human habitats in eastern Africa

    Clayton R. Magill;Gail M. Ashley;Katherine H. Freeman

  • Origins of the Ice-contact Stratified Ridges (Eskers) of Ireland

    William P. Warren;Gail M. Ashley

  • First partial skeleton of a 1.34-million-year-old paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo;Travis Rayne Pickering;Travis Rayne Pickering;Travis Rayne Pickering;Enrique Baquedano;Audax Mabulla

  • Depositional Sequences in Glaciolacustiline Deltas

    Thomas C. Gustavson;Gail M. Ashley;Jon C. Boothroyd

  • Glacial marine sedimentation : paleoclimatic significance

    John B. Anderson;Gail M. Ashley

  • Glacial Sedimentary Environments

    Gail M. Ashley;John Shaw;Norman D. Smith

  • Water, plants, and early human habitats in eastern Africa

    Clayton R. Magill;Gail M. Ashley;Katherine H. Freeman

  • Paleopedology and Paleohydrology of a Volcaniclastic Paleosol Interval: Implications for Early Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Paleoclimate Record, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Gail M. Ashley;Steven G. Driese

  • Hominin use of springs and wetlands: Paleoclimate and archaeological records from Olduvai Gorge (~ 1.79–1.74 Ma)

    Gail M. Ashley;Joanne C. Tactikos;R. Bernhart Owen

  • Phytoliths infer locally dense and heterogeneous paleovegetation at FLK North and surrounding localities during upper Bed I time, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Doris Barboni;Gail M. Ashley;Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo;Henry T. Bunn

  • Sedimentation and recent history of a freshwater wetland in a semi‐arid environment: Loboi Swamp, Kenya, East Africa

    G. M. Ashley;J. Maitima Mworia;A. M. Muasya;R. B. Owen

  • Geochemical Signatures of Paleodepositional and Diagenetic Environments: A STEM/AEM Study of Authigenic Clay Minerals from an Arid Rift Basin, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Victoria C. Hover;Gail M. Ashley

  • Orbital rhythms, monsoons, and playa lake response, Olduvai Basin, equatorial East Africa (ca. 1.85–1.74 Ma)

    Gail M. Ashley

  • Sedimentation in Continental Rifts

    Robin W. Renaut;Gail M. Ashley

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo University of Alcalá
Audax Mabulla
Audax Mabulla University of Dar es Salaam
Henry T. Bunn
Henry T. Bunn University of Wisconsin–Madison
Enrique Baquedano
Enrique Baquedano University of Alcalá
Travis Rayne Pickering
Travis Rayne Pickering University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven G. Driese
Steven G. Driese Baylor University
José Yravedra
José Yravedra Complutense University of Madrid
Robin W. Renaut
Robin W. Renaut University of Saskatchewan
R. Bernhart Owen
R. Bernhart Owen Hong Kong Baptist University
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University

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