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D-Index
41
Citations
4972
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5659
National Ranking
280

Gerald M. Ross 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 Gerald M. Ross sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 77 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Gerald M. Ross 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 Gerald M. Ross sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gerald M. Ross is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada in Canada. Their work is connected to the geological sciences, as indicated by this primary institutional association.

No information is available regarding published papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields of study, subfields of study, main research topics, or awards.

The profile remains focused on the known affiliation without additional bibliometric or topical data to elaborate further on the specific nature of Gerald M. Ross's scientific contributions or areas of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Geophysics and geochronology of the crystalline basement of the Alberta Basin, western Canada

    G. M. Ross;R. R. Parrish;M. E. Villeneuve;S. A. Bowring

  • Provenance of the Mesoproterozoic (1.45 Ga) Belt basin (western North America): Another piece in the pre-Rodinia paleogeographic puzzle

    Gerald M. Ross;Mike Villeneuve

  • Detrital zircon reference for Cambrian to Triassic miogeoclinal strata of western North America

    George E. Gehrels;William R. Dickinson;Gerald M. Ross;John H. Stewart

  • Provenance and U-Pb geochronology of the Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup (northwestern United States): implications for age of deposition and pre-Panthalassa plate reconstructions

    Gerald M. Ross;Randall R. Parrish;Don Winston

  • Tectonic setting of the Windermere Supergroup revisited

    G. M. Ross

  • Constraints on the timing of Marinoan “Snowball Earth” glaciation by 187Re–187Os dating of a Neoproterozoic, post-glacial black shale in Western Canada

    Brian S. Kendall;Robert A. Creaser;Gerald M. Ross;David Selby

  • Tectonic subdivision and U-Pb geochronology of the crystalline basement of the Alberta basin, western Canada

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  • Neoproterozoic strata of the southern Canadian Cordillera and the isotopic evolution of seawater sulfate

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  • Evolution of Precambrian continental lithosphere in Western Canada: results from Lithoprobe studies in Alberta and beyond

    Gerald M. Ross

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of Neoproterozoic to Permian miogeoclinal strata in British Columbia and Alberta

    George E Gehrels;Gerald M Ross

  • Paleoproterozoic collisional orogen beneath the western Canada sedimentary basin imaged by Lithoprobe crustal seismic-reflection data

    Gerald M. Ross;Bernd Milkereit;David Eaton;Don White

  • Geochronology of the Narakay Volcanic Complex: implications for the age of the Coppermine Homocline and Mackenzie igneous events

    Samuel A. Bowring;Gerald M. Ross

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of metasedimentary rocks in the southern Omineca Belt, Canadian Cordillera

    Gerald M. Ross;Randall R. Parrish

  • Sedimentary Cover of the Canadian Shield through Mesozoic Time Reflected by Nd Isotopic and Geochemical Results for the Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada

    P. J. Patchett;A. F. Embry;G. M. Ross;B. Beauchamp

  • Continental Drainage in North America During the Phanerozoic from Nd Isotopes

    P. Jonathan Patchett;Gerald M. Ross;James D. Gleason

  • Electrical Conductivity in the Precambrian Lithosphere of Western Canada

    D. E. Boerner;R. D. Kurtz;J. A. Craven;G. M. Ross

  • Nd isotopes and the source of sediments in the miogeocline of the Canadian Cordillera

    Nevine D. Boghossian;P. Jonathan Patchett;Gerald M. Ross;Gerald M. Ross;George E. Gehrels

  • Nd isotopes, geochemistry, and constraints on sources of sediments in the Franklinian mobile belt, Arctic Canada

    P. J. Patchett;M. A. Roth;B. S. Canale;T. A. de Freitas

  • Crustal geometry and tectonic evolution of the Archean crystalline basement beneath the southern Alberta Plains, from new seismic reflection and potential-field studies

    Sophie Lemieux;Gerald M. Ross;Frederick A. Cook

  • Tectonic entrapment and its role in the evolution of continental lithosphere: An example from the Precambrian of western Canada

    Gerald M. Ross;David W. Eaton;David E. Boerner;Warner Miles

  • Evolution of the Cordilleran orogen (southwestern Alberta, Canada) inferred from detrital mineral geochronology, geochemistry, and Nd isotopes in the foreland basin

    Gerald M. Ross;P. Jonathan Patchett;Mike Hamilton;Larry Heaman

  • Provenance of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the Canadian Cordilleran miogeocline: a Nd isotopic study

    Carmala N. Garzione;P. Jonathan Patchett;Gerald M. Ross;JoAnne Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Eaton
David W. Eaton University of Calgary
P. Jonathan Patchett
P. Jonathan Patchett University of Arizona
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Bernd Milkereit
Bernd Milkereit University of Toronto
Carmala N. Garzione
Carmala N. Garzione University of Arizona
Ashton F. Embry
Ashton F. Embry Geological Survey of Canada
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta
Mark Pilkington
Mark Pilkington Geological Survey of Canada

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