2026 Mary Bourke: 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	34	8056	7473	18	18	165	3879

Overview

Mary Bourke is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions spanning related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Economics and Econometrics, and Water Science and Technology.

Key topics covered in their work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis.

Mary Bourke has published several papers in notable scientific venues. Recent publications include:

Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach (2022) in the Journal of Environmental Management
Nature-based solutions and restoration are intertwined but not identical: Highlighting implications for societies and ecosystems (2024) in Nature-Based Solutions
The case for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into integrated catchment management in Ireland (2020) in Biology & Environment Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
The formation of araneiforms by carbon dioxide venting and vigorous sublimation dynamics under martian atmospheric pressure (2021) in Scientific Reports
Morphometric trends and implications for the formation of araneiform clusters (2023) in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their frequent co-authors include Lauren E. Mc Keown, S. Diniega, Megan E. Schwamb, Ilias Goranitis, and Pavel Raška.

Mary Bourke's research has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

Biology & Environment Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Environmental Management
Nature-Based Solutions
Scientific Reports

Best Publications

Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Mars

Matt Balme;Matt Balme;Daniel C. Berman;Mary C. Bourke;James R. Zimbelman

199
Citations
Mars Global Digital Dune Database and initial science results

Rosalyn K. Hayward;Kevin F. Mullins;Lori K. Fenton;Trent M. Hare

183
Citations
North polar region of Mars: Advances in stratigraphy, structure, and erosional modification

Kenneth L. Tanaka;J. Alexis P. Rodriguez;James A. Skinner;Mary C. Bourke

180
Citations
Seasonal erosion and restoration of Mars' northern polar dunes.

C.J. Hansen;M. Bourke;M. Bourke;Nathan T. Bridges;Shane Byrne

179
Citations
Recent Aeolian Dune Change on Mars

M.C. Bourke;M.C. Bourke;K.S. Edgett;B.A. Cantor

176
Citations
Planet-wide sand motion on Mars

Nathan T. Bridges;Mary C. Bourke;Paul E. Geissler;Maria E. Banks

176
Citations
Extraterrestrial dunes: An introduction to the special issue on planetary dune systems

Mary C. Bourke;Mary C. Bourke;Nick Lancaster;Lori K. Fenton;Eric J.R. Parteli

165
Citations
Barchan dune asymmetry: Observations from Mars and Earth

Mary C. Bourke;Mary C. Bourke

123
Citations
Dynamic river channels suggest a long-lived Noachian crater lake on Mars

Janok P. Bhattacharya;Tobias H. D. Payenberg;Simon C. Lang;Mary Bourke

122
Citations
Origins of barchan dune asymmetry: Insights from numerical simulations

Eric J. R. Parteli;Orencio Durán;Mary C. Bourke;Mary C. Bourke;Haim Tsoar

110
Citations
A new dry hypothesis for the formation of martian linear gullies

Serina Diniega;Candice J. Hansen;Jim N. McElwaine;C.H. Hugenholtz;C.H. Hugenholtz

109
Citations
Varieties of barchan form in the Namib Desert and on Mars

Mary C. Bourke;Mary C. Bourke;Andrew S. Goudie

100
Citations
Sand dune movement in the Victoria Valley, Antarctica

Mary C. Bourke;Mary C. Bourke;Ryan C. Ewing;David Finnegan;Hamish A. McGowan

96
Citations
Dune field pattern formation and recent transporting winds in the Olympia Undae Dune Field, north polar region of Mars

Ryan C. Ewing;Ryan C. Ewing;Aymeric Pierre B. Peyret;Gary A Kocurek;Mary Bourke;Mary Bourke

93
Citations
Fluvial Form Variability in Arid Central Australia

M. C. Bourke;G. Pickup

84
Citations
A comparison of methods used to estimate the height of sand dunes on Mars

M. C. Bourke;M. C. Bourke;M. Balme;R. A. Beyer;K. K. Williams

83
Citations
‘Stop making it such a big issue’: Perceptions and experiences of gender inequality by undergraduates at a British University

Zoë Morrison;Mary Bourke;Caroline Kelley

81
Citations
Observations of the northern seasonal polar cap on Mars: I. Spring sublimation activity and processes

C.J. Hansen;S. Byrne;G. Portyankina;M. Bourke

74
Citations
Aeolian processes and dune morphology in Gale Crater

Steven W. Hobbs;David J. Paull;Mary C. Bourke

69
Citations
Simulating weathering of basalt on Mars and Earth by thermal cycling

Heather Viles;Bethany Ehlmann;Colin F. Wilson;Tomasz Cebula

63
Citations
Mars Global Digital Dune Database: MC2-MC29

Rosalyn K. Hayward;Kevin F. Mullins;L.K. Fenton;T.M. Hare

22
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Candice Hansen Planetary Science Institute

Heather Viles University of Oxford

James R. Zimbelman Smithsonian Institution

Matthew R. Balme The Open University

Nathan T. Bridges Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Derek Jackson University of Ulster

Alfred S. McEwen University of Arizona

Colin M. Dundas United States Geological Survey

Ryan C. Ewing Texas A&M University

Catherine M. Weitz Planetary Science Institute

External Links

Personal website of Mary Bourke

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