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Helen L Neil is affiliated with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple areas within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Geological formations and processes, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Helen L Neil has published in a variety of scientific venues. These include:

  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on marine and geological research:

  • Growth and longevity of New Zealand black corals, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • What We Do in the Shallows: Natural and Anthropogenic Seafloor Geomorphologies in a Drowned River Valley, New Zealand, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Natural cycles in South Pacific Gyre strength and the Southern Annular Mode, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Seafloor pockmarks on the South Westland margin of the South Island/Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • Maieretal_NZJG_SeafloorPockmarksSouthWestland_SupplementaryFiles, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Helen L Neil frequently collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors. Frequently working alongside them are:

  • N. T. Hitt
  • Alan R. Orpin
  • Daniel J. Sinclair
  • Stewart Fallon
  • Aimée Komugabe-Dixson

Best Publications

  • Atlas of modern dinoflagellate cyst distribution based on 2405 data points

    Karin A.F. Zonneveld;Fabienne Marret;Gerard J.M. Versteegh;Kara Bogus

  • Response of surface water masses and circulation to Late Quaternary climate change east of New Zealand

    Philip P. E. Weaver;Lionel Carter;Helen L. Neil

  • Factors influencing the distribution patterns of Recent deep-sea benthic foraminifera, east of New Zealand, Southwest Pacific Ocean

    Bruce W. Hayward;Helen Neil;Rowan Carter;Hugh R. Grenfell

  • Glacial to interglacial changes in non-carbonate and carbonate accumulation in the SW Pacific Ocean, New Zealand

    L Carter;H.L Neil;I.N McCave

  • 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

  • A review of the Australian-New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean over the last 30ka (Aus-INTIMATE project)

    Helen C. Bostock;Timothy T. Barrows;L Carter;Zanna Chase

  • Subantarctic oceanography around New Zealand: Preliminary results from an ongoing survey

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  • Thermal isolation of Campbell Plateau, New Zealand, by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current over the past 130 kyr

    Helen L. Neil;Lionel Carter;Michele Y. Morris

  • 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

  • Glacial-interglacial sea surface temperature changes across the subtropical front east of New Zealand based on alkenone unsaturation ratios and foraminiferal assemblages

    E. L. Sikes;E. L. Sikes;W. R. Howard;H. L. Neil;J. K. Volkman;J. K. Volkman

  • Geographic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments

    Karin A F Zonneveld;Fabienne Marret;Gerard J M Versteegh;Kara A Bogus

  • Greater frequency variability of landfalling tropical cyclones at centennial compared to seasonal and decadal scales

    Jonathan Nott;Jordahna Haig;Helen Neil;David Gillieson

  • Speleothem stable isotope records interpreted within a multi-proxy framework and implications for New Zealand palaeoclimate reconstruction

    Andrew Lorrey;Andrew Lorrey;Paul Williams;Jim Salinger;Tim Martin

  • The effect of submerged plateaux on Pleistocene gyral circulation and sea-surface temperatures in the Southwest Pacific

    Bruce W. Hayward;George H. Scott;Martin P. Crundwell;James P. Kennett

  • Age and growth of two genera of deep-sea bamboo corals (family isididae) in New Zealand waters

    Dianne M. Tracey;Helen Neil;Peter Marriott;Allen H. Andrews

  • A review of New Zealand palaeoclimate from the Last Interglacial to the global Last Glacial Maximum

    Paul W. Williams;Matt McGlone;Helen Neil;Jian-Xin Zhao

  • Changes in the position of the Subtropical Front south of New Zealand since the last glacial period

    Helen C. Bostock;Bruce W. Hayward;Helen L. Neil;Ashwaq T. Sabaa

  • Deep-water carbonate concentrations in the southwest Pacific

    Helen C. Bostock;Bruce W. Hayward;Helen L. Neil;Kim I. Currie

  • Benthonic ostracods and deep watermasses: A qualitative comparison of Southwest Pacific, Southern and Atlantic Oceans

    M. Ayress;H. Neil;V. Passlow;K. Swanson

  • Sea surface temperature estimates from the Southwest Pacific based on planktonic foraminifera and oxygen isotopes

    P.P.E. Weaver;H. Neil;L. Carter

  • Environmental versus biological controls on Mg/Ca variability in Globigerinoides ruber (white) from core top and plankton tow samples in the southwest Pacific Ocean

    Annette Bolton;Joel A. Baker;Gavin B. Dunbar;Lionel Carter

  • Palaeocirculation across New Zealand during the last glacial maximum at ∼21 ka

    Andrew M. Lorrey;Marcus Vandergoes;Peter Almond;James Renwick

Frequent Co-Authors

Lionel Carter
Lionel Carter Victoria University of Wellington
Helen C. Bostock
Helen C. Bostock University of Queensland
Bruce W. Hayward
Bruce W. Hayward University of Auckland
Ashwaq T Sabaa
Ashwaq T Sabaa Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
Philip Pe Weaver
Philip Pe Weaver National Oceanography Centre
Campbell S. Nelson
Campbell S. Nelson University of Waikato
Gavin B. Dunbar
Gavin B. Dunbar Victoria University of Wellington
James P. Kennett
James P. Kennett University of California, Santa Barbara
Chris H. Hendy
Chris H. Hendy University of Waikato
Andrew Mackintosh
Andrew Mackintosh Monash University

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