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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

William B. F. Ryan is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography, and Geophysics.

The research topics that William B. F. Ryan engages with span multiple areas such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Guidance and Control Systems

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by William B. F. Ryan reflect these interests:

  • "50th anniversary review of the Mediterranean desiccation hypothesis," 2023, published in Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento
  • "Introducing a water activity coefficient to account for abundance and isotopic compositions of gypsum and halite in the Mediterranean's salt giant deposit," 2025, published in Sedimentary Geology
  • "Erratum to: 50th anniversary review of the Mediterranean desiccation hypothesis," 2023, published in Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento

Additional publications demonstrate collaborations with coauthors contributing to interdisciplinary studies, including:

  • Andrew S. Madof
  • Claudia Bertoni
  • Fabien J. Laugier
  • Abdallah S. Zaki
  • Sarah Baumgardner

Frequent publication venues contributing to the dissemination of this scientist's research include:

  • Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento
  • Terra Nova
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

William B. F. Ryan was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2002, indicating acknowledgment by peers in the geophysical sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Global Multi-Resolution Topography synthesis

    William B. F. Ryan;Suzanne M. Carbotte;Justin O. Coplan;Justin O. Coplan;Suzanne O'Hara

  • Extension in the Tyrrhenian Sea and Shortening in the Apennines as Result of Arc Migration Driven by Sinking of the Lithosphere

    Alberto Malinverno;William B. F. Ryan

  • Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of the Alpine System

    John F. Dewey;Walter C. Pitman;William B. F. Ryan;Jean Bonnin

  • Late Miocene Desiccation of the Mediterranean

    K. J. Hsü;W. B. F. Ryan;M. B. Cita

  • An abrupt drowning of the Black Sea shelf

    William B.F. Ryan;Walter C. Pitman;Candace O. Major;Kazimieras Shimkus

  • Flexure of the Lithosphere and Continental Margin Basins

    A.B. Watts;W.B.F. Ryan

  • Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History

    William B. F. Ryan;Walter C. Pitman;Anastasia Sotiropoulos;William Haxby

  • Explosive volcanic activity in the Mediterranean over the past 200,000 yr as recorded in deep-sea sediments

    J. Keller;W.B.F. Ryan;D. Ninkovich;R. Altherr

  • Catastrophic Flooding of the Black Sea

    William B. F. Ryan;Candace O. Major;Gilles Lericolais;Steven L. Goldstein

  • Volcanic Episodicity and a Non‐Steady State Rift Valley Along Northeast Pacific Spreading Centers: Evidence From Sea MARC I

    Ellen S. Kappel;William B. F. Ryan

  • Stable isotopic fractionation, climate change and episodic stagnation in the eastern Mediterranean during the late Quaternary

    Colette Vergnaud-Grazzini;Colette Vergnaud-Grazzini;William B.F. Ryan;William B.F. Ryan;Maria Bianca Cita;Maria Bianca Cita

  • The nature and distribution of Messinian erosional surfaces — Indicators of a several-kilometer-deep Mediterranean in the Miocene☆

    William B.F. Ryan;Maria Bianca Cita

  • Breaching the Shelfbreak: Passage from Youthful to Mature Phase in Submarine Canyon Evolution

    John A. Farre;Bonnie A. McGregor;William B. F. Ryan;James M. Robb

  • Decoding the Mediterranean salinity crisis

    William B. F. Ryan

  • Submarine canyon initiation by downslope-eroding sediment flows: Evidence in late Cenozoic strata on the New Jersey continental slope

    Lincoln F. Pratson;William B.F. Ryan;Gregory S. Mountain;David C. Twichell

  • Ignorance Concerning Episodes of Ocean-Wide Stagnation*

    William B.F. Ryan;Maria B. Cita

  • The Messinian salinity crisis and evidence of late Miocene eustatic changes in the world ocean

    C. G. Adams;R. H. Benson;R. B. Kidd;W. B. F. Ryan

  • Erosional processes and paleo-environmental changes in the Western Gulf of Lions (SW France) during the Messinian Salinity Crisis.

    Johanna Lofi;Johanna Lofi;Christian Gorini;Serge Berné;Georges Clauzon

  • The co-evolution of Black Sea level and composition through the last deglaciation and its paleoclimatic significance

    Candace O. Major;Steven L. Goldstein;William B.F. Ryan;Gilles Lericolais

  • Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 13

    W.B.F. Ryan;K.J. Hsu

  • Deep Drilling Results in the Atlantic Ocean: Continental Margins and Paleoenvironment

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Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne M. Carbotte
Suzanne M. Carbotte Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Maria Bianca Cita
Maria Bianca Cita University of Milan
Robin E. Bell
Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ingo Klaucke
Ingo Klaucke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Reinhard Hesse
Reinhard Hesse McGill University
Alberto Malinverno
Alberto Malinverno Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Gilles Lericolais
Gilles Lericolais French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Lincoln F. Pratson
Lincoln F. Pratson Duke University
Marie-Helene Cormier
Marie-Helene Cormier University of Rhode Island
Roger D. Flood
Roger D. Flood Stony Brook University

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