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William C. Clyde 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 William C. Clyde sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 127 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William C. Clyde 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 William C. Clyde sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William C. Clyde is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a particular focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research broadly covers topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and NMR Spectroscopy and Applications.

William C. Clyde's publication record includes works in several scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Cretaceous Research, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, and Sedimentology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by William C. Clyde include:

  • New South American record of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary interval (La Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina), 2021, Cretaceous Research
  • Isolating Detrital and Diagenetic Signals in Magnetic Susceptibility Records From Methane-Bearing Marine Sediments, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Terrestrial carbon isotope stratigraphy and mammal turnover during post-PETM hyperthermals in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA, 2022, Climate of the past
  • Carbonates and microbialites record a dynamic lake basin evolution in the Late Cretaceous to Eocene Sheep Pass Formation, Nevada, USA, 2025, Sedimentology
  • Tracking diagenetic alteration of magnetic susceptibility in thrust ridge and slope basin sediments of the Cascadia margin (ODP Sites 1249 and 1252; IODP Site U1325), 2025, Marine Geology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Joel E. Johnson, Marta E. Torres, Kathryn E. Snell, Stephen C. Phillips, and Sarah Widlansky.

Best Publications

  • Initiation of the western branch of the East African Rift coeval with the eastern branch

    Eric M Roberts;N. J Stevens;Patrick M O'Connor;P.H.G.M Dirks

  • Mammalian dispersal at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary.

    Gabriel J. Bowen;William C. Clyde;Paul L. Koch;Suyin Ting;Suyin Ting

  • Intra-tooth variations in δ18O (PO4) of mammalian tooth enamel as a record of seasonal variations in continental climate variables

    Henry C Fricke;William C Clyde;James R O’Neil

  • Evidence for rapid climate change in North America during the latest Paleocene thermal maximum: oxygen isotope compositions of biogenic phosphate from the Bighorn Basin (Wyoming)

    Henry C. Fricke;William C. Clyde;James R. O'Neil;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Mammalian community response to the latest Paleocene thermal maximum: An isotaphonomic study in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

    William C. Clyde;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Two massive, rapid releases of carbon during the onset of the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum

    Gabriel J. Bowen;Bianca J. Maibauer;Mary J. Kraus;Ursula Röhl

  • Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

    T. R. Lyson;I. M. Miller;A. D. Bercovici;A. D. Bercovici;K. Weissenburger

  • 4. Wasatchian Through Duchesnean Biochronology

    Peter Robinson;Gregg F. Gunnell;Stephen L. Walsh;William C. Clyde

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope records from Paleosols spanning the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

    Paul L. Koch;William C. Clyde;Robert P. Hepple;Marilyn L. Fogel

  • Terrestrial carbon isotope excursions and biotic change during Palaeogene hyperthermals

    Hemmo A. Abels;William C. Clyde;Philip D. Gingerich;Frederik J. Hilgen

  • Direct high-precision U–Pb geochronology of the end-Cretaceous extinction and calibration of Paleocene astronomical timescales

    William C. Clyde;Jahandar Ramezani;Kirk R. Johnson;Samuel A. Bowring

  • New Age Constraints for the Salamanca Formation and Lower Río Chico Group in the Western San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina: Implications for Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Recovery and Land Mammal Age Correlations

    William C. Clyde;Peter Wilf;Ari Iglesias;Rudy L. Slingerland

  • New Archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Domanda Formation of Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan)

    Philip D. Gingerich;M. Arif;William C. Clyde

  • GEOCHRONOLOGY AND MAMMALIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF MIDDLE AND UPPER PALEOCENE CONTINENTAL STRATA, BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING

    Ross Secord;Ross Secord;Philip D. Gingerich;M. Elliot Smith;William C. Clyde

  • Linking the Wasatchian/Bridgerian boundary to the Cenozoic Global Climate Optimum: new magnetostratigraphic and isotopic results from South Pass, Wyoming

    W.C. Clyde;Nathan D. Sheldon;P.L. Koch;G.F. Gunnell

  • Chronology of the Wasatchian Land-Mammal Age (Early Eocene): Magnetostratigraphic Results from the McCullough Peaks Section, Northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

    William C. Clyde;John Stamatakos;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Stratigraphic response and mammalian dispersal during initial India-Asia collision: Evidence from the Ghazij Formation, Balochistan, Pakistan

    William C. Clyde;Intizar H. Khan;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Comparing the fit of stratigraphic and morphologic data in phylogenetic analysis

    William C. Clyde;Daniel C. Fisher

  • Basin-wide magnetostratigraphic framework for the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

    William C. Clyde;Walid Hamzi;John A. Finarelli;Scott L. Wing

  • Geology, Paleoenvironment, and Age of Birket Qarun Locality 2 (BQ-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt

    Erik R. Seiffert;Thomas M. Bown;William C. Clyde;Elwyn Simons

  • Rates of evolution in the dentition of early Eocene Cantius: comparison of size and shape

    William C. Clyde;Philip D. Gingerich

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip D. Gingerich
Philip D. Gingerich University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gabriel J. Bowen
Gabriel J. Bowen University of Utah
Scott L. Wing
Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History
Thomas Westerhold
Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen
Mary J. Kraus
Mary J. Kraus University of Colorado Boulder
Ursula Röhl
Ursula Röhl University of Bremen
Roy H Wilkens
Roy H Wilkens University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
Paul L. Koch
Paul L. Koch University of California, Santa Cruz
Kirk R. Johnson
Kirk R. Johnson National Museum of Natural History

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