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44
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4677
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Norman D. Smith 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 Norman D. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 79 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.

Norman D. Smith 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 Norman D. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Norman D. Smith was affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing to significant advances in subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work addressed a range of main topics such as Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Norman D. Smith contributed authorship to several papers published between 2020 and 2023. Key publications included:

  • Southern Ocean sourced waters modulate Eastern Equatorial Pacific denitrification during the Mid-Pleistocene transition (2021) in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Applied Sciences: "Coastal Deposits: Environmental Implications, Mathematical Modeling and Technological Development" (2020) in Applied Sciences
  • Bulk sedimentary nitrogen isotopes and nitrogen content of ODP Site 202-1242 (2021) in Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Time Series of Water Levels in a Coastal Barrier-Lagoon System, NW Spain (2009-2012) (2023) in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Norman D. Smith were:

  • Rita González-Villanueva
  • Susana Costas
  • Paula Diz

Their research outputs were frequently published in venues that included:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Applied Sciences
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Throughout their career, Norman D. Smith received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1965. They were also a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • RIVER AVULSIONS AND THEIR DEPOSITS

    Rudy Slingerland;Norman D. Smith

  • Anatomy of an avulsion

    Norman D. Smith;Timothy A. Cross;Joseph P. Dufficy;Stephen R. Clough

  • The Braided Stream Depositional Environment: Comparison of the Platte River with Some Silurian Clastic Rocks, North-Central Appalachians

    Norman D Smith

  • Sedimentology and Bar Formation in the Upper Kicking Horse River, a Braided Outwash Stream

    Norman D. Smith

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

    Derald G. Smith;Norman D. Smith

  • Transverse Bars and Braiding in the Lower Platte River, Nebraska

    Norman D Smith

  • Necessary conditions for a meandering-river avulsion

    Rudy Slingerland;Norman D. Smith

  • Some Sedimentological Aspects of Planar Cross-stratification in a Sandy Braided River

    Norman D. Smith

  • Proglacial Lacustrine Environment

    Norman D. Smith;Gail Ashley

  • Sedimentology and morphology of a low-sinuosity river: Calamus River, Nebraska Sand Hills

    J. S. Bridge;N. D. Smith;F. Trent;S. L. Gabel

  • Sedimentation processes and patterns in a glacier-fed lake with low sediment input

    Norman D. Smith

  • Occurrence and Formation of Water-Laid Placers

    Rudy Slingerland;Norman D. Smith

  • Fine-grained splay deposition in the avulsion belt of the lower Saskatchewan River, Canada

    Norman D. Smith;Marta Perez-Arlucea

  • Depositional Patterns Following the 1870S Avulsion of the Saskatchewan River (Cumberland Marshes, Saskatchewan, Canada)

    Marta Perez-Arlucea;Norman D. Smith

  • Sediment production and transport in a proglacial stream: Hilda Glacier, Alberta, Canada

    Kathleen M. Hammer;Norman D. Smith

  • Glacial Sedimentary Environments

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

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

    Norman D. Smith;Derald G. Smith

  • Holocene avulsion styles and sedimentation patterns of the Saskatchewan River, Cumberland Marshes, Canada

    Galina S Morozova;Norman D Smith

  • A study of morphology and texture of natural levees—Cumberland Marshes, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Dan Cazanacli;Norman D. Smith

  • The 1870s avulsion of the Saskatchewan River

    Norman D Smith;Rudy L Slingerland;Marta Pérez-Arlucea;Galina S Morozova

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudy Slingerland
Rudy Slingerland Pennsylvania State University
Francis J. Magilligan
Francis J. Magilligan Dartmouth College
Basil Gomez
Basil Gomez University of Hawaii at Manoa
Laurence C. Smith
Laurence C. Smith Brown University
Gail M. Ashley
Gail M. Ashley Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James B. Garvin
James B. Garvin Goddard Space Flight Center
Derald G. Smith
Derald G. Smith University of Calgary
Ross D. Powell
Ross D. Powell Northern Illinois University
Terence S. McCarthy
Terence S. McCarthy University of the Witwatersrand
Esther Stouthamer
Esther Stouthamer Utrecht University

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