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- Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology (2007) (2102)
- Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology (1989) (1638)
- Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology: Ford/Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology (2007) (1266)
- The development of limestone cave systems in the dimensions of length and depth (1978) (223)
- Speleogenesis Evolution of Karst Aquifers (2000) (222)
- High-precision mass-spectrometric uranium-series dating of cave deposits and implications for palaeoclimate studies (1989) (210)
- Continental Oxygen Isotopic Record of the Last 170,000 Years in Jerusalem (1999) (189)
- Luminescent microbanding in speleothems: High-resolution chronology and paleoclimate (1994) (186)
- Stable isotope studies of cave seepage water (1985) (157)
- Stable isotope studies of fluid inclusions in speleothems and their paleoclimatic significance (1976) (152)
- Self‐Organized Permeability in Carbonate Aquifers (2009) (151)
- Modern freshwater microbialite analogues for ancient dendritic reef structures (2000) (141)
- Northwest European palaeoclimate as indicated by growth frequency variations of secondary calcite deposits (1993) (121)
- Thermal genesis of dissolution caves in the Black Hills, South Dakota (1987) (121)
- Discovery of a submerged relic reef and shoreline off Grand Cayman: further support for an early Holocene jump in sea level (2002) (115)
- Late Pleistocene Sea Level History of Bermuda (1978) (112)
- Paleoclimate and vegetation of the Last Glacial Cycles in Jerusalem from a Speleothem Record (2000) (108)
- Sea-Level Lowering During the Illinoian Glaciation: Evidence from a Bahama "Blue Hole" (1979) (99)
- Late pleistocene sea level change in the Bahamas from mass spectrometric U-series dating of submerged speleothem (1994) (91)
- Sea-level highstands over the last 500,000 years; evidence from the Ironshore Formation on Grand Cayman, British West Indies (1999) (88)
- Interglacial chronology of the Rocky and Mackenzie Mountains based upon 230Th–234U dating of calcite speleothems (1977) (87)
- Causes of colour and fluorescence in speleothems (2001) (84)
- Dating of Late Pleistocene Interglacial and Interstadial Periods in the United Kingdom from Speleothem Growth Frequency (1989) (83)
- Porosity and permeability enhancement in unconfined carbonate aquifers as a result of dissolution. (2000) (80)
- Late Pleistocene Paleoclimates of North America as Inferred from Stable Isotope Studies of Speleothems (1978) (79)
- Characteristics of Dissolutional Cave Systems in Carbonate Rocks (1988) (77)
- Paleokarst: A Systematic and Regional Review (1990) (72)
- The origin of labyrinth and tower karst and the climatic conditions necessary for their development (1978) (70)
- CONDENSATION CORROSION IN CAVES ON CAYMAN BRAC AND ISLA DE MONA (1998) (67)
- A Holocene millennial-scale climatic cycle from a speleothem in Nahal Qanah Cave, Israel (1999) (66)
- Continental Pleistocene Climatic Variations from Speleothem Age and Isotopic Data (1974) (61)
- Estimates of the age of the existing relief within the Southern Rocky Mountains of Canada. (1981) (61)
- Correlating specific conductivity with total hardness in limestone and dolomite karst waters (2006) (58)
- Stable isotope geochemistry, geothermometry, and geochronology of speleothems from West Virginia (1976) (57)
- Late Pleistocene chronology and paleoclimate of Vancouver Island determined from cave deposits (1981) (57)
- Uranium-Series Ages of Speleothem from Northwest England: Correlation with Quaternary Climate (1983) (57)
- A palaeotemperature record for the mid-Wisconsin in Vancouver Island (1980) (55)
- Highstands during Marine Isotope Stage 5: evidence from the Ironshore Formation of Grand Cayman, British West Indies (2007) (54)
- Principal features of evaporite karst in Canada (1997) (54)
- Uranium-series disequilibrium studies of granitic rocks (1982) (52)
- Pre-Wisconsinan Mammals from Jamaica and Models of Late Quaternary Extinction in the Greater Antilles (1989) (52)
- Calcite Precipitates at the Soles of Temperate Glaciers (1970) (48)
- An absolute paleotemperature record from 10 to 6 Ka inferred from fluid inclusion D/H ratios of a stalagmite from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (2008) (48)
- The paleomagnetism and U-Th dating of Mexican stalagmite, DAS2 (1986) (47)
- Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Speleothems and Cave Waters from the Flint Ridge-Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky: Implications for Terrestrial Climate Change during the Period 230,000 to 100,000 Years B.P. (1978) (45)
- High sulfate concentrations in limestone springs: An important factor in conduit initiation? (1995) (44)
- Karst geomorphology, caves and cave deposits: A review of North American contributions during the past half century (2006) (43)
- Carbon and sulfur isotope evidence for in situ reduction of sulfate, Nanisivik lead-zinc deposits, Northwest Territories, Baffin Island, Canada (1990) (43)
- The chronology of speleothem deposition in northern Yukon and its relationships to permafrost (1997) (43)
- Effects of glaciations and permafrost upon the development of karst in Canada (1987) (42)
- Rates of cave and landform development in the Yorkshire Dales from speleothem age data (1983) (42)
- Late Pleistocene paleoclimate in the Black Hills of South Dakota from isotope records in speleothems (2004) (42)
- Characteristics of Limestone Solution in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Selkirk Mountains, Alberta and British Columbia (1971) (42)
- Uranium-series dating of the draining of an aquifer: The example of Wind Cave, Black Hills, South Dakota (1993) (40)
- Evidences of multiple glaciation in South Nahanni National Park, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories (1976) (39)
- Body Size Variability and a Sangamonian Extinction Model for Amblyrhiza,a West Indian Megafaunal Rodent (1998) (38)
- Palaeoclimatic interpretation of stable isotope data from Holocene speleothems of the Waitomo district, North Island, New Zealand (1999) (38)
- Seasonal variability in organic substances in surface and cave waters at Marengo Cave, Indiana (2000) (37)
- A simulation study of the development of rillenkarren (1980) (36)
- A PRELIMINARY U-Pb DATE ON CAVE SPAR, BIG CANYON, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, USA (2000) (36)
- Rapid entrenchment of stream profiles in the salt caves of Mount Sedom, Israel (1995) (35)
- Effects of glaciations upon karst aquifers in Canada (1983) (35)
- The paleomagnetism and U–Th dating of three Canadian speleothems: evidence for the westward drift, 5.4–2.1 ka BP (1982) (34)
- Traces of epigenetic hydrothermal activity at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: preliminary data on the fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence (2001) (33)
- Hydrochemistry of a dolomite karst: the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario (1980) (33)
- Impacts of primary deforestation upon limestone slopes in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia (1993) (32)
- Secular variation from Mexican stalagmites: their potential and problems (1989) (31)
- Jovan Cvijić and the founding of karst geomorphology (2006) (31)
- ESR dating of spring deposited travertines (1988) (31)
- The Physiography and Speleogenesis of Castleguard Cave, Columbia Icefields, Alberta, Canada∗ (1983) (30)
- Clastic Sediments in Castleguard Cave, Columbia Icefields, Alberta, Canada (1983) (30)
- Hypogene Speleogenesis and Karst Hydrogeology of Artesian Basins (2009) (29)
- Hypogene Speleogenesis and Karst Hydrogeology of Artesian Basins (2009) (29)
- Paleoclimate Information From Speleothems: The Present As A Guide To The Past (2004) (29)
- U234U238 Ratios in limestone cave seepage waters and speleothem from West Virginia (1975) (26)
- Water budget studies in karst aquifers (1969) (26)
- Hydrology of the Nahanni karst, northern Canada, and the importance of extreme summer storms (1980) (25)
- Limestone Dissolution Processes in Beke Doline Aggtelek National Park, Hungary (1997) (23)
- Organic Substances in Cave Drip Waters: Studies from Marengo Cave, Indiana (2002) (22)
- Structure and function of a conduit aquifer (1986) (22)
- Paleokarst as a target for modern karstification (1995) (22)
- The Antiquity of Castleguard Cave, Columbia Icefields, Alberta, Canada (1983) (22)
- Alpine Karst in the Mt. Castleguard-Columbia Icefield Area, Canadian Rocky Mountains (1971) (21)
- Quaternary glacial events in the Pyrenees from U-series dating of speleothems in the Niaux-Lombrives-Sabart caves, Ariège, France (1984) (21)
- Geomorphology and Geochemistry of a Gypsum Karst near Canal Flats, British Colombia (1973) (21)
- Development of the Canyons of the South Nahanni River, N.W.T. (1973) (21)
- Karst hydrology of the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada (1983) (21)
- Chronology of Termination II and the Last Interglacial Period in North Spain based on stable isotope records of stalagmites from Cueva del Cobre (Palencia) (2007) (20)
- Landform development; Karst (1988) (19)
- Introduction to Karst (2013) (19)
- Comment and Reply on ‘An isotopic paleotemperature record for late Wisconsinan time in northeast Iowa’ (1979) (18)
- Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic variations between adjacent drips in three caves at increasing elevation in a temperate coastal rainforest, Vancouver Island, Canada (2016) (18)
- A review of dissolutional rills in limestone and other soluble rocks. (1987) (17)
- Geo-Hydrologic and Thermometric Observations in the Vicinity of the Columbia Icefield, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada (1976) (17)
- Secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field from 18.5 to 15.0 ka BP, as recorded in a Vancouver Island stalagmite (1987) (17)
- The geomorphology of the south-central Mendip Hills (1968) (17)
- Environmental change in karst areas (1993) (16)
- HOLOCENE CLIMATIC VARIATION RECORDED IN A SPELEOTHEM FROM MCFAIL'S CAVE, NEW YORK (2004) (15)
- The Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism of Cave and Karst Deposits (1993) (15)
- The Age of the Kirkdale Cave Palaeofauna (1998) (14)
- Hydrochemistry of the Athabasca and North Saskatchewan Rivers in the Rocky Mountains of Canada (1974) (13)
- Present state and future trends of Karst studies (2001) (13)
- Caves and groundwater patterns in a tropical karst environment; Jamaica, West Indies (1973) (13)
- Correlated strontium, carbon and oxygen isotopes in carbonate gangue at the Nanisivik zinc-lead deposits, northern Baffin Island, N.W.T. Canada (1991) (12)
- Multistage dolomitization in the Society Cliffs Formation, northern Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada (1992) (12)
- Karst geomorphology and hydrogeology of the bear rock formation — a remarkable dolostone and gypsum megabreccia in the continuous permafrost zone of northwest Territories, Canada (2002) (12)
- Initial assessment of recharge areas for large karst springs: a case study from the central Zagros Mountains, Iran (2018) (11)
- Critical comment on ‘Uranium series dating of stalagmites from Blanchard Springs Caverns, Arkansas, U.S.A.’ (1978) (11)
- Rillenkarren on Gypsum in Nova Scotia (2007) (11)
- Genesis of paleokarst and strata-bound zinc-lead sulfide deposits in a Proterozoic dolostone, northern Baffin Island, Canada; discussion (1986) (10)
- Corrections for initial isotopic disequilibrium in the speleothem U-Pb dating method (2019) (9)
- INFLUENCE OF SOLAR LUMINOSITY OVER GEOMAGNETIC AND CLIMATIC CYCLES AS DERIVED FROM SPELEOTHEMS (2004) (9)
- THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE CASTLEGUARD KARST AND COLUMBIA ICEFIEKL1DS AREA, ALBERTA, CANADA* (1983) (9)
- Uranium series dating of speleothems. II: Results from the Yorkshire Dales and implications for cave development and quaternary climates (1984) (9)
- Alpine karst systems at Crowsnest Pass, Alberta-British Columbia, Canada (1983) (9)
- Stable isotopic composition of the hydrothermal fluids responsible for the Nanisivik ZnPb deposits, Northwest Territories, Canada (1991) (8)
- Canada: How Many Glaciations? (1984) (8)
- Correlating specific conductivity with total hardness in gypsum karst waters (2007) (8)
- Hydrologic and geologic control of carbonate water chemistry in the subarctic nahanni karst, canada (1982) (8)
- Karst in the Earth’s Crust: its distribution and principal types (2009) (8)
- Karstic interpretation of the Winnipeg aquifer (Manitoba, Canada) (1983) (8)
- Symposium Discussion: Some Notes on the Last Deglaciation in Northern Europe Compared with Canadian Conditions (1973) (7)
- Plate Tectonic Morphology: a Comparative Survey (1984) (7)
- Oсhtiná Aragonite Cave (Slovakia): morphology, mineralogy and genesis (2006) (6)
- The Goose Arm karst, Newfoundland, Canada (1983) (6)
- Geomorphology Underground: The Study of Karst and Karst Processes (2011) (6)
- Cave drip monitoring as a foundation for better paleo-climate reconstruction (2007) (6)
- The South Nahanni: High-Latitude Limestone Landscapes (2009) (6)
- ANTECEDENT CANYONS OF THE SOUTH NAHANNI RIVER, MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS, N.W.T. (1991) (6)
- THE BONNECHERE CAVES, RENFREW COUNTY, ONTARIO: A NOTE (1961) (6)
- Conservation of oxygen and hydrogen seasonal isotopic signals in meteoric precipitation in groundwater: An experimental tank study of the effects of land cover in a summer monsoon climate (2020) (6)
- The Upper Salmon River karst, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada (1983) (6)
- Use of hydrogen isotope variations in speleothem fl uid inclusions as an independent measure of paleoclimate (2005) (5)
- The Castleguard karst, Main Ranges, Canadian Rocky Mountains (1983) (5)
- Increasing Pleistocene permafrost persistence and carbon cycle conundrums inferred from Canadian speleothems (2021) (5)
- Paleokarst of Canada (1989) (5)
- An Introduction to Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of Iran (2017) (5)
- Ice Caves in Canada (2018) (5)
- RAISED MARINE TERRACES ALONG THE GULF OF ADEN COAST OF SOMALIA (1996) (4)
- UNDERWATER DISSOLUTIONAL PITTING ON DOLOSTONES, LAKE HURON-GEORGIAN BAY, ONTARIO (2000) (4)
- Analysis of Karst Drainage Systems (2013) (4)
- Expanding South Nahanni National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Include and Manage Some Remarkable Sub-Arctic/Arctic Karst Terranes (2011) (4)
- THE WODEHOUSE CREEK KARST, GREY COUNTY, ONTARIO (1975) (4)
- 1. The science of caves and karst: From the beginning of the Geological Society of America to ca. 1960 (2016) (4)
- Expect the Unexpected! Groundwater Flow in Karstified Carbonate Aquifers (2014) (4)
- Karst Landform Development in Humid Regions (2013) (4)
- Hydrogeological characterization of Dasht-e-Arjan Lake (Zagros Mountains, Iran): clarifying a long-time question (2019) (4)
- Speleogenesis: The Development of Cave Systems (2013) (4)
- SOLUTIONAL EROSION IN THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN ROCKIES (1976) (4)
- Karst Water Resources Management (2013) (3)
- Distorted ice stalactites as indicators of glacier movement (1970) (3)
- Paleoclimate variations from 0 to 12.3 ka BP inferred from three coeval calcite and aragonite speleothems from Marengo Cave, Indiana, USA (2007) (3)
- Castleguard Cave and Karst, Columbia Icefield, Alberta and British Columbia (2017) (3)
- Karst groundwater activity and landform genesis in modern permafrost regions of Canada (2020) (3)
- The morphology and development of Kalahroud Cave, Iran (2016) (3)
- Human Impacts and Environmental Rehabilitation (2013) (2)
- Stalactite and stalagmite (1968) (2)
- Depth of conduit flow in unconfined carbonate aquifers: Comment and Reply (2002) (2)
- Ranges (amplitudes) of isotopic ratios in speleothems, with particular reference to samples from the centre of North America (2003) (2)
- High resolution speleothem records of Quaternary solar activity climate and variations (1992) (2)
- The Age of the Woolly Rhino from Dream Cave, Derbyshire, UK (2000) (2)
- Cave Interior Deposits (2013) (2)
- Dr. Marjorie Sweeting (1987) (1)
- Integrated study of cave drip hydrology and hydrochemistry, and the associated paleoclimate records from North America (2006) (1)
- Karst resources, their exploitation and management (1989) (1)
- Little Limestone Lake: A Beautiful Marl Lake in the Interlake Region, Manitoba (2017) (1)
- Distribution and Rate of Karst Denudation (2013) (1)
- ALPINE KARST IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS -INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM (2014) (1)
- Dissolution: Chemical and Kinetic Behaviour of the Karst Rocks (2013) (1)
- Paleokarst as a Problem (1989) (1)
- A Survey of Geomorphic Processes in Canada (1989) (1)
- The Karst Rocks (2013) (1)
- Dynamics of the karst system; a review of some recent work in North America (2010) (1)
- Short Communication (1990) (0)
- Northwest Europe palaeoclimate as indicated by growth frequency of secondary carbonates (1992) (0)
- KARST DEVELOPMENT IN THE GLACIATED AND PERMAFROSTREGIONS OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA (2013) (0)
- U-series Dating of a Speleothem from Inazumi Cave, Oita Prefecture, Japan (2003) (0)
- The Influence of Climate, Climatic Change and Other Environmental Factors on Karst Development (2013) (0)
- Hydrochemical and isotopic variability of cave drip water with increasing elevation, Vancouver Island, Canada (2008) (0)
- Earthlike Planets: Surfaces of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars (1981) (0)
- δD, δ18O and hydrological variations in adjacent drips in three caves at increasing elevation: Vancouver Island, BC (2006) (0)
- Land Surface Temperature Mapping and Analysis of Moss Banks on the Western Antarctic Peninsula using a multi-sensor UAV (2020) (0)
- Concluding discussion (2021) (0)
- Abbreviated curriculum vitae—Derek C. Ford (2006) (0)
- Sustainable potable water supplies from conduit systems: Caribbean coast, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. (1998) (0)
- The Age of the Kir kdale Cave Palaeofauna (1998) (0)
- Reply by Professor D.C. Ford (1969) (0)
- Castleguard Cave, Canada (2019) (0)
- Holocene environmental change on Vancouver Island: The karst record. (2007) (0)
- PALEOKARSTAS A TARGET FOR MODERNKARSTIFICATION (1995) (0)
- Cave drip waters associated with speleothem formation: Intra and inter-site comparison. (2007) (0)
- PLEISTOCENE PERMAFROST THAWING HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC AND CORDILLERA FROM U-TH DATING OF CAVE SPELEOTHEMS (2016) (0)
- Radiometric Age Studies of Speleothem (1974) (0)
- Noah's Flood and the Associated Tremendous Rainfall as a Possible Result of Collision of a Big Asteroid with the Sun. (2009) (0)
- Hydrological aspects of a tropical coastal karstic aquifer: North-eastern Yucatan Peninsula. (1998) (0)
- Cold Climate, Canyons and Karst Along the Canol Road Corridor, Mackenzie Mountains, NWT (2017) (0)
- Rock properties and rock-controlled landforms (2021) (0)
- Review of Krešić, N. and Stevanović, Z. (Editors) 2010.Groundwater Hydrology of Springs: Engineering, Theory, Management and Sustainability (2010) (0)
- Professor Jean NICOD (2021) (0)
- Spatial and temporal variations in karst solution rates: the structure of variability (2020) (0)
- Threshold and Limit Effects in Karst Geomorphology (2020) (0)
- Quantitative Annual Speleothem Records of Temperature, Precipitation and Solar Insolation in the past - A Key for Characterisation of past climatic systems (2001) (0)
- Annual laminae as measured using fluorescence in historic stalagmites from Baradla Cave, Aggtelek National Park, Hungary. (2012) (0)
- The Many Landscapes of South Nahanni National Park (2017) (0)
- Spring Creek Timber Sale (Johnson Spring-Clear Creek) (1978) (0)
- Solution Processes [Chapter 9: a Survey of Geomorphic Processes in Canada] (1989) (0)
- Ice Caves in Iran (2018) (0)
- Carbonate-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits and Hypogene Speleogenesis: A Case Study from Nanisivik Zinc/Lead Mine Baffin Island, Canada (2017) (0)
- KARST 2018 “ Expect the Unexpected ” (2018) (0)
- Seasonality of cave drip hydrology and chemistry in relation to mid-latitude North American Holocene paleoclimate records from speleothems. (2005) (0)
- Hydrochemical and isotopic variability of cave drip water along an elevation gradient and Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction, Vancouver Island, Canada. (2008) (0)
- SEM and petrographic studies of stalagmite caps and trapping of fluid inclusions. (2005) (0)
- Calibrated Holocene paleo-temperature record for North America from stable isotopic analyses of speleothems and their fluid inclusions (2005) (0)
- Spatial and temporal trends of groundwater velocity and water stage within the Nohoch Nah Chich System: Implications for contaminant dispersion (Yucatan Peninsula, México). (1998) (0)
- Primary deforestation and regrowth on limestone slopes on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (1992) (0)
- Influence of Solar Luminosity Variation on Glaciations and Time Shifting of Termination-II (2005) (0)
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