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Scott R. Dallimore

Scott R. Dallimore

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
6719
World Ranking
8568
National Ranking
393

Overview

Scott R. Dallimore is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work predominantly focuses on methane hydrates, climate change impacts on permafrost, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

The scientist has a notable record of publications spanning diverse subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, and Mechanics of Materials. Their research emphasizes topics including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Scott R. Dallimore has published frequently in key scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Marine Geology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • The Cryosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include Young Keun Jin, Michael Riedel, Michael Angelopoulos, Julia Boike, and Pier Paul Overduin.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored are:

  • Review of Past Gas Production Attempts from Subsurface Gas Hydrate Deposits and Necessity of Long-Term Production Testing, 2022, Energy & Fuels
  • Rapid seafloor changes associated with the degradation of Arctic submarine permafrost, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Continuous Dynamics of Dissolved Methane Over 2 Years and its Carbon Isotopes (δ13C, Δ14C) in a Small Arctic Lake in the Mackenzie Delta, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • A 100-km wide slump along the upper slope of the Canadian Arctic was likely preconditioned for failure by brackish pore water flushing, 2021, Marine Geology
  • Microbial Greenhouse Gas Dynamics Associated With Warming Coastal Permafrost, Western Canadian Arctic, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of the carbon cycle in the Arctic to climate change

    A. David McGuire;Leif G. Anderson;Torben R. Christensen;Scott Dallimore

  • Scientific Results from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S R Dallimore;T S Collett

  • Numerical studies of gas production from several CH4 hydrate zones at the Mallik site, Mackenzie Delta, Canada

    George J. Moridis;Timothy S. Collett;Scott R. Dallimore;Tohru Satoh

  • Identification of Younger Dryas outburst flood path from Lake Agassiz to the Arctic Ocean

    Julian B. Murton;Mark D. Bateman;Scott R. Dallimore;James T. Teller

  • Scientific Results from JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S R Dallimore;T Uchida;T S Collett

  • Intrapermafrost gas hydrates from a deep core hole in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S. R. Dallimore;T. S. Collett

  • Origin of pingo-like features on the Beaufort Sea shelf and their possible relationship to decomposing methane gas hydrates

    Charles K. Paull;William Ussler;Scott R. Dallimore;Steve M. Blasco

  • Massive ice of the Tuktoyaktuk area, western Arctic coast, Canada

    J. Ross Mackay;Scott R. Dallimore

  • Analysis of Production Data for 2007/2008 Mallik Gas Hydrate Production Tests in Canada

    Masanori Kurihara;Akihiko Sato;Kunihiro Funatsu;Hisanao Ouchi

  • Summary and implications of the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program

    S R Dallimore;T S Collett

  • Overview of thermal-stimulation production-test results for the JAPEX/ JNOC/ GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well

    S. H. Hancock;T. S. Collett;S. R. Dallimore;T. Satoh

  • Review of Past Gas Production Attempts from Subsurface Gas Hydrate Deposits and Necessity of Long-Term Production Testing

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  • Basal ice facies and supraglacial melt-out till of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada

    J.B. Murton;C.A. Whiteman;R.I. Waller;W.H. Pollard

  • A decade of remotely sensed observations highlight complex processes linked to coastal permafrost bluff erosion in the Arctic

    Benjamin M. Jones;Louise M. Farquharson;Carson Baughman;Richard M. Buzard

  • Influence of ground ice and permafrost on coastal evolution, Richards Island, Beaufort Sea coast, N.W.T.

    Scott R. Dallimore;Stephen A. Wolfe;Steven M. Solomon

  • Gas hydrate dissociations in Mallik hydrate bearing zones A, B, and C by depressurization: Effect of salinity and hydration number in hydrate dissociation

    Mafiz Uddin;Fred Wright;Scott Dallimore;Dennis Coombe

  • Active mud volcanoes on the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea

    Charles K Paull;S R Dallimore;D W Caress;R Gwiazda

  • Diverse origins of Arctic and subarctic methane point source emissions identified with multiply substituted isotopologues

    P. M. J. Douglas;D. A. Stolper;D. A. Stolper;D. A. Smith;D. A. Smith;K. M. Walter Anthony

  • Occurrence and structural characterization of gas hydrates associated with a cold vent field, offshore Vancouver Island

    Hailong Lu;Igor Moudrakovski;Michael Riedel;George Spence

  • Permafrost-Associated Gas Hydrate

    Timothy S. Collett;Scott R. Dallimore

  • Geochemistry and fluxes of hydrocarbons to the Beaufort Sea shelf: A multivariate comparison of fluvial inputs and coastal erosion of peat using principal components analysis

    Mark B Yunker;Robie W Macdonald;Brian R Fowler;Walter J Cretney

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy S. Collett
Timothy S. Collett United States Geological Survey
Michael Riedel
Michael Riedel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Humfrey Melling
Humfrey Melling Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Charles K. Paull
Charles K. Paull Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
David W. Caress
David W. Caress Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Robie W. Macdonald
Robie W. Macdonald Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Lance F. W. Lesack
Lance F. W. Lesack Simon Fraser University
Benjamin M. Jones
Benjamin M. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ming Xiao
Ming Xiao Royal Institute of Technology

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