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Campbell S. Nelson

Campbell S. Nelson

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
7336
World Ranking
4064
National Ranking
34

Campbell S. Nelson 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 Campbell S. Nelson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 209 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Campbell S. Nelson 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 Campbell S. Nelson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Campbell S. Nelson is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, Biomaterials, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their scholarly output includes two recent papers published in notable scientific journals. In 2020, they contributed to a study titled "Testing for astronomical forcing of cycles and gamma ray signals in outer shelf/upper slope, mixed siliciclastic-carbonates: Upper Oligocene, New Zealand" published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. The following year, 2021, they authored a paper called "Latest Miocene (Kapitean/Messinian) glauconite and the central Chatham Rise greensand: an enigmatic, highly condensed, relict/palimpsest deposit on the modern seafloor", appearing in the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.

Research topics frequently addressed by Nelson include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include J. Fred Read, Mingsong Li, Linda A. Hinnov, Steven D. Hood, and Anna Shanti Lawless.

Nelson's work is published primarily in two journals:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Their contributions focus on interdisciplinary approaches within Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly examining geological formations, paleoenvironmental changes, and mineral studies. Through their research, they have advanced understanding in fields such as atmospheric influences on sedimentary cycles and characterization of greensand deposits from the Miocene epoch.

Best Publications

  • An introductory perspective on non-tropical shelf carbonates

    Campbell S. Nelson

  • Non-tropical carbonate deposits on the modern New Zealand shelf

    Campbell S. Nelson;Sandra L. Keane;Philip S. Head

  • Temperate shelf carbonate sediments in the Cenozoic of New Zealand

    Campbell S. Nelson

  • Oceanographic and climatic changes over the past 160,000 years at deep sea drilling project site 594 off Southeastern New Zealand, Southwest Pacific Ocean

    Campbell S. Nelson;Penelope J. Cooke;Chris H. Hendy;Alison M. Cuthbertson

  • Stable oxygen and carbon isotope compositional fields for skeletal and diagenetic components in New Zealand Cenozoic nontropical carbonate sediments and limestones: a synthesis and review

    Campbell S. Nelson;Abigail M. Smith

  • History of oceanic front development in the New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean during the Cenozoic--a synthesis

    Campbell S. Nelson;Penelope J. Cooke

  • Application of Bryozoan zoarial growth-form studies in facies analysis of non-tropical carbonate deposits in New Zealand

    Campbell S. Nelson;Fiona M. Hyden;Sandra L. Keane;William L. Leask

  • Effects of early sea-floor processes on the taphonomy of temperate shelf skeletal carbonate deposits

    Abigail M. Smith;Campbell S. Nelson

  • Shallow-water Sporolithon Rhodoliths from North Island (New Zealand)

    Daniela Basso;Ronald Nalin;Campbell S. Nelson

  • A skeletal assemblage classification system for non-tropical carbonate deposits based on New Zealand Cenozoic limestones

    Shaun Hayton;Campbell S. Nelson;Steven D. Hood

  • Neogene stratigraphic architecture and tectonic evolution of Wanganui, King Country, and eastern Taranaki Basins, New Zealand

    Peter J. J. Kamp;Adam J. Vonk;Kyle J. Bland;Rochelle J. Hansen

  • Hydrocarbon seep-carbonates of a Miocene forearc (East Coast Basin), North Island, New Zealand

    Kathleen A. Campbell;David A. Francis;Mike Collins;Murray R. Gregory

  • Near-synchroneity of New Zealand alpine glaciations and Northern Hemisphere continental glaciations during the past 750 kyr

    C. S. Nelson;C. H. Hendy;G. R. Jarrett;A. M. Cuthbertson

  • Shelf to basin, temperate skeletal carbonate sediments, Three Kings Plateau, New Zealand

    Campbell S. Nelson;Graeme E. Hancock;Peter J. J. Kamp

  • Last glacial jetting of cold waters through the subtropical convergence zone in the southwest Pacific off eastern New Zealand, and some geological implications

    C.S Nelson;I.L Hendy;H.L Neil;H.L Neil;C.H Hendy

  • Correlation, dispersal, and preservation of the Kawakawa Tephra and other late Quaternary tephra layers in the Southwest Pacific Ocean

    Lionel Carter;Campbell S. Nelson;Helen L. Neil;Paul C. Froggatt

  • Marine cements in mid‐Tertiary cool‐water shelf limestones of New Zealand and southern Australia

    Campbell S. Nelson;Noel P. James

  • Cross-stratified calcarenites from New Zealand: subaqueous dunes in a cool-water, Oligo-Miocene seaway

    Alexis S. Anastas;Robert W. Dalrymple;Noel P. James;Campbell S. Nelson

  • Evolution of Pliocene to Recent abyssal sediment waves on Bounty Channel levees, New Zealand

    L. Carter;R. M. Carter;C. S. Nelson;Craig S Fulthorpe

  • Barnacle-dominated limestone with giant cross-beds in a non-tropical, tide-swept, Pliocene forearc seaway, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

    Peter J.J. Kamp;Fraka J. Harmsen;Campbell S. Nelson;Susan F. Boyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J.J. Kamp
Peter J.J. Kamp University of Waikato
Chris H. Hendy
Chris H. Hendy University of Waikato
David J. Lowe
David J. Lowe University of Waikato
Kathleen A. Campbell
Kathleen A. Campbell University of Auckland
Helen L Neil
Helen L Neil National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Philip Pe Weaver
Philip Pe Weaver National Oceanography Centre
Noel P. James
Noel P. James Queen's University
Jens Greinert
Jens Greinert GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Tim R Naish
Tim R Naish Victoria University of Wellington
Robert W. Dalrymple
Robert W. Dalrymple Queen's University

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