2026 I. N. McCave: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	82	468	403	45	40	295	22448

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

1276
Citations
Holocene periodicity in North Atlantic climate and deep-ocean flow south of Iceland

Giancarlo G. Bianchi;I. Nicholas McCave

943
Citations
Evolution of Ocean Temperature and Ice Volume Through the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition

H Elderfield;P Ferretti;M Greaves;S Crowhurst

918
Citations
Size spectra and aggregation of suspended particles in the deep ocean

I.N. McCave;I.N. McCave

860
Citations
Sortable silt and fine sediment size/composition slicing: Parameters for palaeocurrent speed and palaeoceanography

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

783
Citations
Vertical flux of particles in the ocean

I.N. McCave

767
Citations
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

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

486
Citations
Size sorting in marine muds: Processes, pitfalls, and prospects for paleoflow-speed proxies

I. N. McCave;Ian Robert Hall

425
Citations
Sand waves in the North Sea off the coast of Holland

I.N. McCave

406
Citations
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

399
Citations
Sedimentation under deep-sea storms

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

376
Citations
Deep current-controlled sedimentation in the western North Atlantic

I. N. McCave;Brian E. Tucholke

362
Citations
Local and global aspects of the bottom nepheloid layers in the world ocean

I.N. McCave

336
Citations
Evaluation of a laser-diffraction-size analyzer for use with natural sediments

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

324
Citations
Erosion, transport and deposition of fine-grained marine sediments

I. N. McCave

317
Citations
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

293
Citations
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

263
Citations
Nepheloid layers on the continental slope west of Porcupine Bank

R.R. Dickson;I.N. McCave

257
Citations
Intensified deep Pacific inflow and ventilation in Pleistocene glacial times.

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

245
Citations
Circulation in the glacial North Atlantic inferred from grain-size measurements

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

236
Citations
Sedimentary environments and facies

Unknown

31
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Hall Griffith University

Lionel Carter Victoria University of Wellington

Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey

Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge

Robert M. Carter James Cook University

David A Hodell University of Cambridge

Christopher E. Vincent University of East Anglia

John T. Andrews University of Colorado Boulder

Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida

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