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82
Citations
22448
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468
National Ranking
45

I. N. McCave 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 I. N. McCave sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 295 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

I. N. McCave 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 I. N. McCave sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

I. N. McCave is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, contributing extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a significant number of publications, focusing on topics such as geology, paleoclimatology, and environmental studies.

Their fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these main fields, they have specialized in several subfields, particularly:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ocean Engineering

The primary areas of McCave's research address key scientific topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Their publication record covers multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Journal of the Geological Society

Some recent papers authored by or including McCave examine a range of subjects in environmental and Earth sciences:

  • Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate, 2020, Journal of the Geological Society
  • New insights from multi-proxy data from the West Antarctic continental rise: Implications for dating and interpreting Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental records, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Last deglacial abrupt climate changes caused by meltwater pulses in the Labrador Sea, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Millennial and centennial CO2 release from the Southern Ocean during the last deglaciation, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Atlantic water inflow to Labrador Sea and its interaction with ice sheet dynamics during the Holocene, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

McCave has collaborated regularly with a core group of peers, including:

  • Rob Carter
  • Carl Richter
  • Yoshiaki Aita
  • Christophe Buret
  • J. Fenner

In recognition of their contributions, McCave was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Threshold of sediment motion under unidirectional currents

    M. C. Miller;I. N. McCAVE;P. D. Komar

  • Holocene periodicity in North Atlantic climate and deep-ocean flow south of Iceland

    Giancarlo G. Bianchi;I. Nicholas McCave

  • Evolution of Ocean Temperature and Ice Volume Through the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition

    H Elderfield;P Ferretti;M Greaves;S Crowhurst

  • Size spectra and aggregation of suspended particles in the deep ocean

    I.N. McCave;I.N. McCave

  • Sortable silt and fine sediment size/composition slicing: Parameters for palaeocurrent speed and palaeoceanography

    I. N. McCave;B. Manighetti;S. G. Robinson

  • Vertical flux of particles in the ocean

    I.N. McCave

  • Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

    Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Jess F. Adkins;William B. Curry;Trond Dokken

  • Size sorting in marine muds: Processes, pitfalls, and prospects for paleoflow-speed proxies

    I. N. McCave;Ian Robert Hall

  • Sand waves in the North Sea off the coast of Holland

    I.N. McCave

  • Holocene oscillations in temperature and salinity of the surface subpolar North Atlantic

    David J. R. Thornalley;David J. R. Thornalley;Harry Elderfield;I. Nick McCave

  • Sedimentation under deep-sea storms

    C. D. Hollister;I. N. McCave;I. N. McCave

  • Deep current-controlled sedimentation in the western North Atlantic

    I. N. McCave;Brian E. Tucholke

  • Local and global aspects of the bottom nepheloid layers in the world ocean

    I.N. McCave

  • Evaluation of a laser-diffraction-size analyzer for use with natural sediments

    I. N. McCave;R. J. Bryant;H. F. Cook;C. A. Coughanowr

  • Erosion, transport and deposition of fine-grained marine sediments

    I. N. McCave

  • Iceberg production, debris rafting, and the extent and thickness of Heinrich layers (H-1, H-2) in North Atlantic sediments

    J. A. Dowdeswell;M. A. Maslin;J. T. Andrews;I. N. McCave

  • Magnetic susceptibility variations in Upper Pleistocene deep-sea sediments of the NE Atlantic: implications for ice-rafting and paleocirculation at the last glacial maximum

    Simon G. Robinson;Mark A. Maslin;I. Nicholas McCave

  • Nepheloid layers on the continental slope west of Porcupine Bank

    R.R. Dickson;I.N. McCave

  • Intensified deep Pacific inflow and ventilation in Pleistocene glacial times.

    Ian Robert Hall;I. Nicholas McCave;Nicholas J. Shackleton;Graham P. Weedon

  • Circulation in the glacial North Atlantic inferred from grain-size measurements

    I. N. McCave;B. Manighetti;N. A. S. Beveridge

  • Sedimentary environments and facies

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Hall
Ian Hall Griffith University
Lionel Carter
Lionel Carter Victoria University of Wellington
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Henry Elderfield
Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge
Robert M. Carter
Robert M. Carter James Cook University
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Christopher E. Vincent
Christopher E. Vincent University of East Anglia
John T. Andrews
John T. Andrews University of Colorado Boulder
Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Alastair G C Graham
Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida

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