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Jon Olley 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 Jon Olley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 176 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jon Olley 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 Jon Olley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jon Olley is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research intersects several subfields, including Ecology, Soil Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work focuses extensively on topics such as soil erosion and sediment transport, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrology and sediment transport processes, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, and archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Jon Olley include:

  • Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The Darling River: Algal growth and the cycling and sources of nutrients, 2023, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Sediment and nutrient sources and sinks in a wet-dry tropical catchment draining to the Great Barrier Reef, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Refining fine sediment source identification through integration of spatial modelling, concentration monitoring and source tracing: A case study in the Great Barrier Reef catchments, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Dating stone arrangements using optically stimulated luminescence and fallout radionuclides, 2022, Geoarchaeology

Jon Olley has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Geoarchaeology

Frequent collaborators include Andrew Brooks, Joanne Burton, Justine Kemp, Richard Sharpe, and Zoë Bainbridge, with multiple joint publications contributing to cross-disciplinary research efforts.

Best Publications

  • OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART I, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL MODELS*

    R. F. Galbraith;R. G. Roberts;G. M. Laslett;H. Yoshida

  • New ages for human occupation and climatic change at Lake Mungo, Australia

    James M. Bowler;Harvey Johnston;Jon M. Olley;John R. Prescott

  • PRECISION AND ACCURACY IN THE OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING OF SEDIMENTARY QUARTZ: A STATUS REVIEW

    Andrew S. Murray;Jon Olley

  • New Ages for the Last Australian Megafauna: Continent-Wide Extinction About 46,000 Years Ago

    Richard G. Roberts;Timothy F. Flannery;Linda K. Ayliffe;Hiroyuki Yoshida

  • The distribution of apparent dose as determined by Optically Stimulated Luminescence in small aliquots of fluvial quartz: Implications for dating young sediments

    Jon Olley;Gary Caitcheon;Andrew Murray

  • The effects of disequilibria in the uranium and thorium decay chains on burial dose rates in fluvial sediments

    Jon M. Olley;Andrew Murray;Richard G. Roberts

  • Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz

    Jon M Olley;Tim Pietsch;Tim Pietsch;Richard G Roberts

  • The origin of dose distributions in fluvial sediments, and the prospect of dating single grains from fluvial deposits using optically stimulated luminescence

    J.M Olley;G.G Caitcheon;R.G Roberts

  • Large-scale patterns of erosion and sediment transport in river networks, with examples from Australia

    Ian P. Prosser;Ian D. Rutherfurd;Jon M. Olley;William J. Young

  • Optical and radiocarbon dating at Jinmium rock shelter in northern Australia

    Richard Roberts;Michael Bird;Jon Olley;Rex Galbraith

  • Distinguishing dose populations in sediment mixtures: a test of single-grain optical dating procedures using mixtures of laboratory-dosed quartz

    Richard G Roberts;R F Galbraith;Hiroyuki Yoshida;G M Laslett

  • Corrigendum to: Large-scale patterns of erosion and sediment transport in river networks, with examples from Australia

    Ian P. Prosser;Ian D. Rutherfurd;Jon M. Olley;William J. Young

  • Determining sources and transit times of suspended sediment in the Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia, using fallout 137Cs and 210Pb

    P. J. Wallbrink;A. S. Murray;J. M. Olley;L. J. Olive

  • The challenges and opportunities of addressing particle size effects in sediment source fingerprinting: a review.

    J. Patrick Laceby;Olivier Evrard;Hugh G. Smith;Will H. Blake

  • OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART II, RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS*

    R. G. Roberts;R. F. Galbraith;J. M. Olley;H. Yoshida

  • Sediment fingerprinting in fluvial systems: review of tracers, sediment sources and mixing models

    Arman Haddadchi;Darren S. Ryder;Olivier Evrard;Jon Olley

  • Luminescence dating of rock art and past environments using mud-wasp nests in northern Australia

    Richard Roberts;Grahame Walsh;Andrew Murray;John Olley

  • Measurement of equivalent doses in quartz from contemporary water-lain sediments using optically stimulated luminescence

    A.S. Murray;J.M. Olley;G.G. Caitcheon

  • 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

  • Identifying sediment sources in a gullied catchment using natural and anthropogenic radioactivity

    J. M. Olley;A. S. Murray;D. H. Mackenzie;K. Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Roberts
Richard G. Roberts University of Wollongong
Peter Wallbrink
Peter Wallbrink Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Andrew S. Murray
Andrew S. Murray Technical University of Denmark
Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
Michele A. Burford
Michele A. Burford Griffith University
Virgilio Hermoso
Virgilio Hermoso Griffith University
Calvin Wyatt Rose
Calvin Wyatt Rose Griffith University
Simon Linke
Simon Linke CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Fran Sheldon
Fran Sheldon Griffith University
Ian P. Prosser
Ian P. Prosser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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