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44
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6851
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194

C. Hans Nelson publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Hans Nelson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 124 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

C. Hans Nelson D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Hans Nelson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

C. Hans Nelson is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work primarily spans Environmental Science as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with more focused interests in Nature and Landscape Conservation and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research concentrates on key topics within Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies. These thematic areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach to understanding aquatic environments and their biological communities.

Among the recent scholarly contributions, Nelson has co-authored the paper titled First Record of Bramble Sharks, Echinorhinus brucus (Echinorhiniformes, Echinorhinidae), in the United Arab Emirates, published in 2024 in the journal Diversity.

  • John A. Burt
  • Juan Pablo Torres-Flórez
  • Mattie Rodrigue
  • Mika Chance

These individuals have acted as frequent co-authors collaborating with Nelson on published works.

Nelson's publications have appeared chiefly in the venue Diversity, indicating a focus on broad biological diversity topics within the environmental science domain.

Best Publications

  • Turbidite Event History—Methods and Implications for Holocene Paleoseismicity of the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Ann E. Morey;Joel E. Johnson

  • Life and times of the Bering land bridge

    Scott A. Elias;Susan K. Short;C. Hans Nelson;Hilary H. Birks

  • HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKE RECORDS FROM THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE AND NORTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT BASED ON PRECISE DATING OF OFFSHORE TURBIDITES

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Joel E. Johnson

  • A 120-yr record of widespread contamination from mining of the Iberian pyrite belt

    A. van Geen;J. F. Adkins;E. A. Boyle;C. H. Nelson

  • Mediterranean undercurrent sandy contourites, Gulf of Cadiz, Spain

    C. Hans Nelson;Jesús Baraza;Andrés Maldonado

  • Influence of the Atlantic inflow and Mediterranean outflow currents on late Quaternary sedimentary facies of the Gulf of Cadiz continental margin

    C.Hans Nelson;Jesus Baraza;Andrés Maldonado;Jésus Rodero

  • Sedimentary, Tectonic, and Sea-Level Controls

    Dorrik A. V. Stow;David G. Howell;C. Hans Nelson

  • Modern shallow-water graded sand layers from storm surges, Bering Shelf; a mimic of Bouma sequences and turbidite systems

    C. Hans Nelson

  • Rupture lengths and temporal history of significant earthquakes on the offshore and north coast segments of the Northern San Andreas Fault based on turbidite stratigraphy

    Chris Goldfinger;Ann E. Morey;C. Hans Nelson;Julia Gutiérrez-Pastor

  • Late Holocene Rupture of the Northern San Andreas Fault and Possible Stress Linkage to the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Chris Goldfinger;Kelly Grijalva;Roland Bürgmann;Ann E. Morey

  • The importance of site selection, sediment supply, and hydrodynamics: A case study of submarine paleoseismology on the northern Cascadia margin, Washington USA

    Chris Goldfinger;Steve Galer;Jeffrey Beeson;Tark Hamilton

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene sedimentary facies on the Ebro continental shelf

    JoséI Díaz;C.Hans Nelson;John H Barber;Salvador Giró

  • Characteristics of a sandy depositional lobe on the outer Mississippi fan from SeaMARC IA sidescan sonar images

    David C. Twichell;William C. Schwab;C. Hans Nelson;Neil H. Kenyon

  • Sediment mass-flow processes on a depositional lobe, outer Mississippi Fan

    William C. Schwab;Homa J. Lee;David C. Twichell;Jacques Locat

  • Interaction of tectonic and depositional processes that control the evolution of the Iberian Gulf of Cadiz margin

    Andrés Maldonado;C.Hans Nelson

  • Estimated post-Messinian sediment supply and sedimentation rates on the Ebro continental margin, Spain

    C.Hans Nelson

  • Potential geologic hazards on the eastern Gulf of Cadiz slope (SW Spain)

    J Baraza;G Ercilla;C H. Nelson

  • Whales and Walruses as Tillers of the Sea Floor

    C. Hans Nelson;Kirk R. Johnson

  • Upper Pleistocene turbidite sand beds and chaotic silt beds in the channelized, distal, outer-fan lobes of the Mississippi fan

    C. Hans Nelson;David C. Twichell;William C. Schwab;Homa J. Lee

  • Morphology and Acoustic Character of the Antarctic Wilkes Land Turbidite Systems: Ice-Sheet-Sourced Versus River-Sourced Fans

    C. Escutia;S.L. Eittreim;A.K. Cooper;C.H. Nelson

  • Miocene to Recent contourite drifts development in the northern Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

    Andrés Maldonado;Antonio Barnolas;Fernando Bohoyo;Carlota Escutia

  • Deep-water turbidites as Holocene earthquake proxies: the Cascadia subduction zone and Northern San Andreas Fault systems

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Joel E. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Goldfinger
Chris Goldfinger Oregon State University
Andrés Maldonado
Andrés Maldonado University of Granada
Carlota Escutia
Carlota Escutia University of Granada
Joel E. Johnson
Joel E. Johnson University of New Hampshire
David C. Twichell
David C. Twichell United States Geological Survey
David A. Cacchione
David A. Cacchione United States Geological Survey
Belén Alonso
Belén Alonso Spanish National Research Council
Minoru Ikehara
Minoru Ikehara Kōchi University
Michael E. Field
Michael E. Field United States Geological Survey
Ulrich Salzmann
Ulrich Salzmann Northumbria University

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