William J. Cleary

1.0k total citations
23 papers, 801 citations indexed

About

William J. Cleary is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Cleary has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 801 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 10 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William J. Cleary's work include Geological formations and processes (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (9 papers). William J. Cleary is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (9 papers). William J. Cleary collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Netherlands. William J. Cleary's co-authors include Stanley R. Riggs, Stephen W. Snyder, Orrin H. Pilkey, E. Robert Thieler, Duncan M. FitzGerald, Antonio Henrique da Fontoura Klein, Christopher J. Hein, João Thadeu de Menezes, Courtney T. Hackney and William C. Schwab and has published in prestigious journals such as Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geological Society London Special Publications and Marine Geology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Cleary

23 papers receiving 733 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William J. Cleary United States 12 676 398 364 86 66 23 801
D.J. Beets Netherlands 14 538 0.8× 732 1.8× 248 0.7× 71 0.8× 75 1.1× 17 912
Stephen W. Snyder United States 11 363 0.5× 315 0.8× 226 0.6× 91 1.1× 65 1.0× 18 570
P. T. Gayes United States 16 485 0.7× 488 1.2× 351 1.0× 161 1.9× 92 1.4× 50 835
Juan L. González United States 12 409 0.6× 414 1.0× 300 0.8× 107 1.2× 74 1.1× 29 735
Raphaël Certain France 18 557 0.8× 289 0.7× 283 0.8× 117 1.4× 40 0.6× 44 691
B. L. Mullenbach United States 9 558 0.8× 455 1.1× 232 0.6× 193 2.2× 122 1.8× 11 753
James G. Flocks United States 15 441 0.7× 281 0.7× 323 0.9× 103 1.2× 22 0.3× 89 622
Jean‐Pierre Tastet France 15 476 0.7× 461 1.2× 131 0.4× 66 0.8× 40 0.6× 26 717
Jack L. Kindinger United States 15 386 0.6× 297 0.7× 273 0.8× 127 1.5× 50 0.8× 47 664
Harley J. Knebel United States 19 425 0.6× 400 1.0× 205 0.6× 154 1.8× 42 0.6× 43 708

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Cleary

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All Works

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Hein, Christopher J., Duncan M. FitzGerald, Ioannis Y. Georgiou, et al.. (2016). Complex coastal change in response to autogenic basin infilling: An example from a sub‐tropical Holocene strandplain. Sedimentology. 63(6). 1362–1395. 36 indexed citations
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Hein, Christopher J., et al.. (2014). Coastal response to late-stage transgression and sea-level highstand. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 126(3-4). 459–480. 36 indexed citations
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Hein, Christopher J., et al.. (2012). Diverse Sedimentological Signatures of the Mid-Holocene Highstand in Brazil. AGUFM. 2012. 4 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., et al.. (2007). Evolution of a Relocated Tidal Inlet: Mason Inlet, NC. 1543–1556. 1 indexed citations
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Thieler, E. Robert, Orrin H. Pilkey, William J. Cleary, & William C. Schwab. (2001). Modern Sedimentation on the Shoreface and Inner Continental Shelf at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, U.S.A.. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 71(6). 958–970. 77 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., et al.. (1999). Inlet Induced Shoreline Changes, High Energy Flank of the Cape Fear Foreland, Southeastern North Carolina. Coastal Sediments. 1402–1417. 1 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., et al.. (1999). Barrier Morphology and Inlet Types: Low Energy Flank of the Cape Fear Foreland, North Carolina. 1295–1310. 2 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., et al.. (1996). The influence of inherited geological framework upon a hardbottom-dominated shoreface on a high-energy shelf: Onslow Bay, North Carolina, USA. Geological Society London Special Publications. 117(1). 249–266. 6 indexed citations
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Thieler, E. Robert, et al.. (1995). Geology of the Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina shoreface: Implications for the concept of shoreface profile of equilibrium. Marine Geology. 126(1-4). 271–287. 76 indexed citations
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Riggs, Stanley R., William J. Cleary, & Stephen W. Snyder. (1995). Influence of inherited geologic framework on barrier shoreface morphology and dynamics. Marine Geology. 126(1-4). 213–234. 237 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., Stanley R. Riggs, & E. Robert Thieler. (1993). Barrier/lagoon and shoreface Holocene stratigraphy: Masonboro Island, N. C. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 2 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., et al.. (1992). Living with the Georgia Shore. 12 indexed citations
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Hackney, Courtney T. & William J. Cleary. (1987). Saltmarsh loss in southeastern North Carolina lagoons: importance of sea level rise and inlet dredging. Journal of Coastal Research. 3(1). 93–97. 47 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., et al.. (1987). Onslow Beach, NC: Morphology and Stratigraphy. Coastal Sediments. 1745–1759. 1 indexed citations
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Elmore, R. Douglas, Orrin H. Pilkey, William J. Cleary, & H. Allen Curran. (1979). Black Shell turbidite, Hatteras Abyssal Plain, western Atlantic Ocean. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 90(12). 1165–1165. 53 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J., et al.. (1977). Cyclic geomorphic patterns of washover on a barrier Island in southeastern North Carolina. Environmental Geology. 2(1). 23–31. 52 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J. & John R. Conolly. (1974). Petrology and origin of deep-sea sands: Hatteras Abyssal Plain. Marine Geology. 17(4). 263–279. 7 indexed citations
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Cleary, William J. & John R. Conolly. (1971). Distribution and Genesis of Quartz in a Piedmont-Coastal Plain Environment. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 82(10). 2755–2755. 29 indexed citations
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Doyle, Larry J., William J. Cleary, & Orrin H. Pilkey. (1968). Mica: Its use in determining shelf-depositional regimes. Marine Geology. 6(5). 381–389. 28 indexed citations

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