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Gary Hancock 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 Gary Hancock sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 74 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Gary Hancock 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 Gary Hancock sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gary Hancock is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific attention to Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Gary Hancock has contributed to publications in notable venues including the Journal of Paleolimnology and Geomorphology.

Key recent papers by Hancock include:

  • The effect of the introduction of livestock on the erosion of alpine soils: a comparison of five dating techniques applied to sediments of the Australian alpine Blue Lake (2023, Journal of Paleolimnology)
  • Episodic rainfall events characterise complex sediment deposition in a fault-bounded sag pond in Northwest China (2024, Geomorphology)

Frequent coauthors in Hancock's work include:

  • Patrick De Deckker
  • Jon Olley
  • Shawn Stanley
  • Geoffrey Hope
  • Chris Gouramanis

Best Publications

  • Using sediment tracing to assess processes and spatial patterns of erosion in grazed rangelands, Burdekin River basin, Australia

    Scott N. Wilkinson;Gary J. Hancock;Rebecca Bartley;Aaron A. Hawdon

  • Modelling the effect of salinity on radium desorption from sediments

    Ian T. Webster;Gary J. Hancock;Andrew S. Murray

  • Optical Dating of Deep-Sea Sediments using Single Grains of Quartz: a Comparison with Radiocarbon

    J.M. Olley;P. De Deckker;R.G. Roberts;L.K. Fifield

  • Can nuclear weapons fallout mark the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch

    Colin N. Waters;James P. M. Syvitski;Agnieszka Gałuszka;Gary J. Hancock

  • The mangrove pump: The tidal flushing of animal burrows in a tropical mangrove forest determined from radionuclide budgets

    Thomas C. Stieglitz;Jordan F. Clark;Gary J. Hancock

  • Comparison of Pu and (137)Cs as tracers of soil and sediment transport in a terrestrial environment.

    S.E. Everett;S.G. Tims;G.J. Hancock;R. Bartley

  • Accessing limnological change and variability using fossil diatom assemblages, south‐east Australia

    Peter A Gell;John Tibby;Jennie Fluin;Paul Joseph Leahy

  • The dominant erosion processes supplying fine sediment to three major rivers in tropical Australia, the Daly (NT), Mitchell (Qld) and Flinders (Qld) Rivers

    Gary G. Caitcheon;Jon M. Olley;Francis Pantus;Gary Hancock

  • Fallout radionuclide tracers identify a switch in sediment sources and transport-limited sediment yield following wildfire in a eucalypt forest

    S.N. Wilkinson;P.J. Wallbrink;G.J. Hancock;W.H. Blake

  • Horizontal mixing of Great Barrier Reef waters: Offshore diffusivity determined from radium isotope distribution

    Gary J. Hancock;Ian. T. Webster;Thomas C. Stieglitz;Thomas C. Stieglitz

  • Tareena Billabong – a palaeolimnological history of an ever-changing wetland, Chowilla Floodplain, lower Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

    Peter A. Gell;Sorell Bulpin;Peter Wallbrink;Gary Hancock

  • Estimating the date corresponding to the horizon of the first detection of 137Cs and 239+240Pu in sediment cores.

    C. Leslie;G.J. Hancock

  • Plutonium as a chronomarker in Australian and New Zealand sediments: a comparison with (137)Cs.

    G.J. Hancock;C. Leslie;S.E. Everett;S.G. Tims

  • Palaeolimnological evidence for the independent evolution of neighbouring terminal lakes, the Murray Darling Basin, Australia

    Jennie Fluin;Peter Gell;Deborah Haynes;John Tibby

  • Plutonium as a tracer of soil and sediment movement in the Herbert River, Australia

    S.G. Tims;S.E. Everett;L.K. Fifield;G.J. Hancock

  • Erosion source discrimination in a rural Australian catchment using compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA)

    Gary J. Hancock;Andrew T. Revill

  • Using Ra isotopes to examine transport processes controlling benthic fluxes into a shallow estuarine lagoon

    G.J Hancock;I.T Webster;P.W Ford;W.S Moore

  • Anthropogenic acceleration of sediment accretion in lowland floodplain wetlands, Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

    Peter Gell;Jennie Fluin;John Tibby;Gary Hancock

  • Source and distribution of dissolved radium in the Bega River estuary, Southeastern Australia

    G.J. Hancock;A.S. Murray

  • Use of fallout tracers 7Be, 210Pb and 137Cs to distinguish the form of sub‐surface soil erosion delivering sediment to rivers in large catchments

    Gary J. Hancock;Scott N. Wilkinson;Aaron A. Hawdon;Rex J. Keen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Gell
Peter Gell Federation University Australia
Peter Wallbrink
Peter Wallbrink Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John Tibby
John Tibby University of Adelaide
Andrew S. Murray
Andrew S. Murray Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Stieglitz
Thomas Stieglitz University of Freiburg
Jon Olley
Jon Olley Griffith University
L.K. Fifield
L.K. Fifield Australian National University
William H. Blake
William H. Blake Plymouth University
L. Keith Fifield
L. Keith Fifield Australian National University
Evelyn S. Krull
Evelyn S. Krull CSIRO Land and Water

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