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Overview

William B. Curry is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research activity spans multiple areas within engineering, particularly focusing on ocean engineering and mechanical engineering, as well as contributions to atmospheric science, paleontology, and oceanography.

The subfields of study dominating their work include:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Paleontology
  • Oceanography

The main topics explored across their publications are:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

William B. Curry's frequent co-authors include:

  • Jan Backman
  • Jean-Pierre Valet
  • Hisato Yasuda
  • Nicholas J Shackleton
  • Carl Richter

They have published regularly in several venues, with a concentration in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Recent papers by William B. Curry include:

  • "Deglacial Temperature and Carbonate Saturation State Variability in the Tropical Atlantic at Antarctic Intermediate Water Depths" (2023), published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • "ODP Leg 154, Hole 927C - Well Logging Data" (2020), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "ODP Leg 154, Hole 925C - Well Logging Data" (2020), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "ODP Leg 154, Hole 927C - Well Logging Data" (2020), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "ODP Leg 154, Hole 928B - Well Logging Data" (2020), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming

    Z. Liu;B. L. Otto-Bliesner;F. He;E. C. Brady

  • Glacial water mass geometry and the distribution of δ13C of ΣCO2 in the western Atlantic Ocean

    William B. Curry;Delia W. Oppo

  • Changes in the distribution of δ13C of deep water ΣCO2 between the Last Glaciation and the Holocene

    W. B. Curry;J. C. Duplessy;L. D. Labeyrie;N. J. Shackleton

  • Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Rates and mechanisms of mineral carbonation in peridotite: natural processes and recipes for enhanced, in situ CO2 capture and storage

    Peter B. Kelemen;Juerg Matter;Elisabeth E. Streit;John F. Rudge

  • Stable isotopes in deep-sea corals and a new mechanism for "vital effects"

    J.F. Adkins;E.A. Boyle;W.B. Curry;A. Lutringer;A. Lutringer

  • Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

    Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Jess F. Adkins;William B. Curry;Trond Dokken

  • The mid-Pleistocene climate transition: a deep sea carbon isotopic perspective

    M.E. Raymo;D.W. Oppo;W. Curry

  • North Atlantic ocean circulation and abrupt climate change during the last glaciation.

    L. G. Henry;J. F. McManus;W. B. Curry;W. B. Curry;N. L. Roberts

  • Links between annual, Milankovitch and continuum temperature variability

    Peter John Huybers;William Thomas Curry

  • Seasonality and interannual variability of particle fluxes to the deep Arabian sea

    B. Haake;V. Ittekkot;T. Rixen;V. Ramaswamy

  • Core-top evaluation of benthic foraminiferal isotopic ratios for paleo-oceanographic interpretations

    P.E. Belanger;W.B. Curry;R.K. Matthews

  • The role of the deep ocean in North Atlantic climate change between 70 and 130 kyr ago

    L. D. Keigwin;W. B. Curry;S. J. Lehman;S. Johnsen;S. Johnsen

  • Contrasting glacial/interglacial regimes in the western Arctic Ocean as exemplified by a sedimentary record from the Mendeleev Ridge

    Leonid Polyak;William B Curry;Dennis A Darby;Jens Bischof

  • Foraminiferal production and monsoonal upwelling in the Arabian Sea: evidence from sediment traps

    W. B. Curry;Dorinda Ostermann;M. V.S. Guptha;V. Ittekkot

  • Gulf Stream density structure and transport during the past millennium

    David C. Lund;David C. Lund;Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;William B. Curry

  • Carbon isotopic changes in benthic foraminifera from the western South Atlantic: Reconstruction of glacial abyssal circulation patterns

    W. B. Curry;G. P. Lohmann

  • Weaker Gulf Stream in the Florida Straits during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;William B. Curry;Niall Slowey

  • Improved oxygen isotope temperature calibrations for cosmopolitan benthic foraminifera

    T.M. Marchitto;T.M. Marchitto;W.B. Curry;J. Lynch-Stieglitz;S.P. Bryan;S.P. Bryan

  • Seasonal changes in the isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera collected in Panama Basin sediment traps

    W.B. Curry;R.C. Thunell;S. Honjo

  • SYNCHRONOUS, HIGH-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS IN TROPICAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER PRODUCTION DURING THE LAST GLACIAL CYCLE

    W. B. Curry;D. W. Oppo

Frequent Co-Authors

Delia W Oppo
Delia W Oppo Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nicholas J Shackleton
Nicholas J Shackleton University of Cambridge
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas M. Marchitto
Thomas M. Marchitto University of Colorado Boulder
Lloyd D Keigwin
Lloyd D Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kenneth G. Miller
Kenneth G. Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Anders E. Carlson
Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University
Venugopalan Ittekkot
Venugopalan Ittekkot University of Bremen
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University

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