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Esther J. Sumner 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 Esther J. Sumner sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 111 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Esther J. Sumner 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 Esther J. Sumner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Esther J. Sumner is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry. The primary thematic focus of their work covers areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, and Underwater Acoustics Research.

Their publication record includes contributions to several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Nature Communications, Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, and Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Esther J. Sumner include:

  • Efficient preservation of young terrestrial organic carbon in sandy turbidity-current deposits, 2020, Geology
  • Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Novel Acoustic Method Provides First Detailed Measurements of Sediment Concentration Structure Within Submarine Turbidity Currents, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Fill, flush or shuffle: How is sediment carried through submarine channels to build lobes?, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Turbidity Currents Can Dictate Organic Carbon Fluxes Across River-Fed Fjords: An Example From Bute Inlet (BC, Canada), 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Michael Clare, Matthieu Cartigny, Daniel R. Parsons, Peter J. Talling, and Sophie Hage, with whom they have worked extensively.

Best Publications

  • Subaqueous sediment density flows: Depositional processes and deposit types

    Peter J. Talling;Douglas G. Masson;Esther J. Sumner;Giuseppe Malgesini

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

    Russell B. Wynn;Veerle A.I. Huvenne;Timothy P. Le Bas;Bramley J. Murton

  • Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons.

    Maria Azpiroz-Zabala;Maria Azpiroz-Zabala;Matthieu J. B. Cartigny;Peter J. Talling;Daniel R. Parsons

  • Deposit Structure and Processes of Sand Deposition from Decelerating Sediment Suspensions

    Esther J. Sumner;Lawrence A. Amy;Peter J. Talling

  • Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers

    Charles K. Paull;Peter J. Talling;Katherine L. Maier;Katherine L. Maier;Daniel Parsons

  • Key Future Directions For Research On Turbidity Currents and Their Deposits

    Peter J. Talling;Joshua Allin;Dominic A. Armitage;Robert W.C. Arnott

  • Deposits of flows transitional between turbidity current and debris flow

    Esther J. Sumner;Peter J. Talling;Lawrence A. Amy

  • Large-scale sediment waves and scours on the modern seafloor and their implications for the prevalence of supercritical flows

    William O. Symons;Esther J. Sumner;Peter J. Talling;Matthieu J.B. Cartigny

  • Submarine channel flow processes and deposits: A process-product perspective

    Jeff Peakall;Esther J. Sumner;Esther J. Sumner

  • How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: insights from active submarine channels

    Sophie Hage;Sophie Hage;Matthieu J.B. Cartigny;Michael A. Clare;Esther J. Sumner

  • Facies architecture of individual basin‐plain turbidites: Comparison with existing models and implications for flow processes

    Esther J. Sumner;Peter J. Talling;Lawrence A. Amy;Russell B. Wynn

  • Anatomy of the La Jolla Submarine Canyon system; offshore southern California

    C.K. Paull;D.W. Caress;E. Lundsten;R. Gwiazda

  • Which Triggers Produce the Most Erosive, Frequent, and Longest Runout Turbidity Currents on Deltas?

    J. L. Hizzett;J. L. Hizzett;J. E. Hughes Clarke;E. J. Sumner;M. J. B. Cartigny

  • An experimental investigation of sand–mud suspension settling behaviour: implications for bimodal mud contents of submarine flow deposits

    Lawrence A. Amy;Peter J. Talling;Victoria O. Edmonds;Esther J. Sumner

  • Direct Monitoring Reveals Initiation of Turbidity Currents From Extremely Dilute River Plumes.

    Sophie Hage;Sophie Hage;Matthieu J.B. Cartigny;Esther J. Sumner;Michael A. Clare

  • What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents

    Catharina J. Heerema;Peter J. Talling;Matthieu J. Cartigny;Charles K. Paull

  • Can turbidites be used to reconstruct a paleoearthquake record for the central Sumatran margin

    Esther J. Sumner;Marina I. Siti;Lisa C. McNeill;Peter J. Talling

  • Flow dynamics and mixing processes in hydraulic jump arrays: Implications for channel-lobe transition zones

    R.M. Dorrell;J. Peakall;E.J. Sumner;D.R. Parsons

  • First direct measurements of hydraulic jumps in an active submarine density current

    Esther J. Sumner;Esther J. Sumner;Jeff Peakall;D. R. Parsons;R. B. Wynn

  • Efficient preservation of young terrestrial organic carbon in sandy turbidity current deposits.

    S. Hage;S. Hage;S. Hage;V.V. Galy;M.J.B. Cartigny;S. Acikalin

  • A new model for turbidity current behavior based on integration of flow monitoring and precision coring in a submarine canyon

    William O. Symons;Esther J. Sumner;Charles K. Paull;Matthieu J.B. Cartigny

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Talling
Peter J. Talling Durham University
Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
Matthieu J.B. Cartigny
Matthieu J.B. Cartigny Durham University
Michael A. Clare
Michael A. Clare Natural Environment Research Council
Russell B. Wynn
Russell B. Wynn National Oceanography Centre
Charles K. Paull
Charles K. Paull Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
James P. Barry
James P. Barry Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Stephen E. Darby
Stephen E. Darby University of Southampton
David W. Caress
David W. Caress Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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