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William D. McCaffrey

William D. McCaffrey

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
6668
World Ranking
4761
National Ranking
522

William D. McCaffrey 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 D. McCaffrey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 156 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William D. McCaffrey 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 D. McCaffrey 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.

Overview

William D. McCaffrey is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Ecology. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, and Geological and Geophysical Studies worldwide.

McCaffrey's recent publications demonstrate a strong engagement with sedimentology and stratigraphy, as well as the structural and sedimentary dynamics of deep-water environments. Notable papers include:

  • Distribution of contourite drifts on convergent margins: Examples from the Hikurangi subduction margin of New Zealand, 2020, Sedimentology
  • Relating seafloor geomorphology to subsurface architecture: How mass-transport deposits and knickpoint-zones build the stratigraphy of the deep-water Hikurangi Channel, 2021, Sedimentology
  • Deformation-sedimentation feedback and the development of anomalously thick aggradational turbidite lobes: Outcrop and subsurface examples from the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, 2021, Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Origin of mud in turbidites and hybrid event beds: Insight from ponded mudstone caps of the Castagnola turbidite system (north-west Italy), 2020, Sedimentology
  • Controls on the architectural evolution of deep-water channel overbank sediment wave fields: insights from the Hikurangi Channel, offshore New Zealand, 2021, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Frequent collaboration plays a significant role in McCaffrey's body of work. They have worked extensively with researchers such as R. M. Dorrell, Adam D. McArthur, Marco Patacci, Philip A. Allen, and Oliver G. Harlen.

The scientist's research is regularly published in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Default Digital Object Group
  • Sedimentology
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Best Publications

  • Hybrid sediment gravity flow deposits – Classification, origin and significance

    Peter Haughton;Christopher Davis;William McCaffrey;Simon Barker

  • "Linked" debrites in sand-rich turbidite systems - origin and significance

    Peter D. W. Haughton;Simon P. Barker;William D. McCaffrey

  • Depositional effects of flow nonuniformity and stratification within turbidity currents approaching a bounding slope; deflection, reflection, and facies variation

    Ben Kneller;William McCaffrey

  • Velocity structure, turbulence and fluid stresses in experimental gravity currents

    Benjamin C. Kneller;Sean J. Bennett;William D. McCaffrey

  • The Interpretation of Vertical Sequences in Turbidite Beds: The Influence of Longitudinal Flow Structure

    Benjamin C. Kneller;William D. McCaffrey

  • Oblique reflection of turbidity currents

    Ben Kneller;Deborah Edwards;William McCaffrey;Richard Moore

  • Anatomy of a submarine channel-levee : An example from Upper Cretaceous slope sediments, Rosario Formation, Baja California, Mexico

    Ian A. Kane;Benjamin C. Kneller;Mason Dykstra;Ahmed Kassem

  • Process controls on the development of stratigraphic trap potential on the margins of confined turbidite systems and aids to reservoir evaluation

    W. D. McCaffrey;Benjamin Charles Kneller

  • Velocity and turbulence structure of density currents and internal solitary waves: potential sediment transport and the formation of wave ripples in deep water

    B.C. Kneller;S.J. Bennett;W.D. McCaffrey

  • A quantitative approach to fluvial facies models: Methods and example results

    Luca Colombera;Nigel P. Mountney;William D. McCaffrey

  • Controls on sinuosity evolution within submarine channels

    Ian A. Kane;William D. McCaffrey;Jeff Peakall

  • The role of mass-transport complexes in controlling channel avulsion and the subsequent sediment dispersal patterns on an active margin: The Magdalena Fan, offshore Colombia

    A. Ortiz-Karpf;D.M. Hodgson;W.D. McCaffrey

  • Submarine channel levee shape and sediment waves from physical experiments

    Ian A. Kane;William D. McCaffrey;Jeffrey Peakall;Benjamin Charles Kneller

  • Coupling between suspended sediment distribution and turbulence structure in a laboratory turbidity current

    Jaco H. Baas;William D. McCaffrey;Peter D. W. Haughton;Caroline Choux

  • Character and distribution of hybrid sediment gravity flow deposits from the outer Forties Fan, Palaeocene Central North Sea, UKCS

    Christopher Davis;Peter Haughton;William McCaffrey;Erik Scott

  • Hybrid event bed character and distribution linked to turbidite system sub-environments: The North Apennine Gottero Sandstone (north-west Italy)

    Marco Fonnesu;Marco Fonnesu;Fabrizio Felletti;Peter D. W. Haughton;Marco Patacci

  • Development of rheological heterogeneity in clay-rich high-density turbidity currents: Aptian Britannia Sandstone Member, U.K. continental shelf

    Simon P. Barker;Peter D.W. Haughton;William D. McCaffrey;Stuart G. Archer

  • Directional petrological characterisation of deep-marine sandstones using grain fabric and permeability anisotropy: methodologies, theory, application and suggestions for integration.

    Jaco H. Baas;Ernie A. Hailwood;William D. McCaffrey;Mike Kay

  • Architecture of a coarse-grained channel-levee system: the Rosario Formation, Baja California, Mexico

    Ian A. Kane;Mason L. Dykstra;Benjamin Charles Kneller;Sacha Tremblay

  • A Process Model for the Evolution of Submarine Fan Channels: Implications for Sedimentary Architecture

    J. Peakall;W. D. McCaffrey;B. C. Kneller;C. E. Stelting

  • Particulate gravity currents

    William McCaffrey;Ben Kneller;Jeff Peakall

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. W. Haughton
Peter D. W. Haughton University College Dublin
Nigel P. Mountney
Nigel P. Mountney University of Leeds
Jaco H. Baas
Jaco H. Baas Bangor University
Ian A. Kane
Ian A. Kane University of Manchester
Robert W. H. Butler
Robert W. H. Butler University of Aberdeen
David M. Hodgson
David M. Hodgson University of Leeds
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
Ben Kneller
Ben Kneller University of Aberdeen
Derek B. Ingham
Derek B. Ingham University of Sheffield
Ole J. Martinsen
Ole J. Martinsen Equinor (Norway)

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