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Michael J. Bentley

Michael J. Bentley

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
58
Citations
11547
World Ranking
2168
National Ranking
226

Michael J. Bentley 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 Michael J. Bentley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 191 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Bentley 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 Michael J. Bentley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael J. Bentley is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and works extensively in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus strongly weighted toward Atmospheric Science as a subfield. Their research encompasses related areas including Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of work include cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, and polar research and ecology. Additionally, they have engaged with themes involving winter sports injuries and performance, climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and landslides and related hazards.

Among recent publications are:

  • Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change, 2022, Nature
  • Antarctic extreme events, 2023, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Long-Term Increase in Antarctic Ice Sheet Vulnerability Driven by Bed Topography Evolution, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Evidence for a "Little Ice Age" glacial advance within the Antarctic Peninsula - Examples from glacially-overrun raised beaches, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • An ensemble of Antarctic deglacial simulations constrained by geological observations, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews

Michael J. Bentley commonly collaborates with several researchers, including Stewart S. R. Jamieson, Guy J. G. Paxman, Tina van de Flierdt, Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, and Pippa L. Whitehouse.

Their work has been published frequently in a range of venues, with multiple papers appearing in The Cryosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Quaternary Science Reviews, Nature, and Frontiers in Earth Science.

Best Publications

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;A. Geruo;Valentina R. Barletta

  • Climatic inferences from glacial and palaeoecological evidence at the last glacial termination, southern South America

    Robert McCulloch;Michael J Bentley;Ross S Purves;Nicholas R J Hulton

  • The Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in southern South America

    Nicholas R J Hulton;Ross Purves;Robert McCulloch;David E Sugden

  • A new glacial isostatic adjustment model for Antarctica: calibrated and tested using observations of relative sea‐level change and present‐day uplift rates

    Pippa L. Whitehouse;Michael J. Bentley;Glenn A. Milne;Matt A. King

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • A deglacial model for Antarctica: geological constraints and glaciological modelling as a basis for a new model of Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment

    Pippa L. Whitehouse;Michael J. Bentley;Anne M. Le Brocq

  • Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

    M. J. Bentley;D. A. Hodgson;J. A. Smith;C. Ó. Cofaigh

  • Lower satellite-gravimetry estimates of Antarctic sea-level contribution

    Matt A. King;Matt A. King;Rory J. Bingham;Phil Moore;Pippa L. Whitehouse

  • CHRONOLOGY OF THE LAST GLACIATION IN CENTRAL STRAIT OF MAGELLAN AND BAHÍA INÚTIL, SOUTHERNMOST SOUTH AMERICA

    Robert McCulloch;Chris Fogwill;David E Sugden;Michael J Bentley

  • Antarctic ice rises and rumples: Their properties and significance for ice-sheet dynamics and evolution

    Kenichi Matsuoka;Richard C. A. Hindmarsh;Geir Moholdt;Michael J. Bentley

  • LATE‐GLACIAL GLACIER EVENTS IN SOUTHERNMOST SOUTH AMERICA: A BLEND OF ‘NORTHERN’ AND 'SOUTHERN’ HEMISPHERIC CLIMATIC SIGNALS?

    David E Sugden;Michael J Bentley;Chris Fogwill;Nicholas R J Hulton

  • Deglacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Weddell Sea embayment: Constraints on past ice volume change

    Michael J. Bentley;David E. Sugden;Christopher J. Fogwill;Anne M. Le Brocq

  • Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change

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  • Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Bethan J. Davies;Stephen J. Livingstone;James A. Smith

  • Early holocene retreat of the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula.

    M.J. Bentley;D.A. Hodgson;D.E. Sugden;S.J. Roberts

  • Widespread low rates of Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment revealed by GPS observations

    Ian D. Thomas;Matt A. King;Michael J. Bentley;Pippa L. Whitehouse

  • Glacial and marine geological evidence for the ice sheet configuration in the Weddell Sea–Antarctic Peninsula region during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J. Bentley;John B. Anderson

  • Clean access, measurement, and sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake: A method for exploring deep Antarctic subglacial lake environments

    Martin J. Siegert;Rachel J. Clarke;Matt Mowlem;Neil Ross

  • A new Holocene relative sea level curve for the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

    Emma Watcham;Michael Bentley;Michael Bentley;Dominic Hodgson;Stephen J. Roberts

  • Volume of Antarctic Ice at the Last Glacial Maximum, and its impact on global sea level change

    Michael J. Bentley

  • Reconstructions of Antarctic topography since the Eocene–Oligocene boundary.

    Guy J.G. Paxman;Stewart S.R. Jamieson;Katharina Hochmuth;Karsten Gohl

  • Supplementary Materials for A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;Geruo A;Valentina R. Barletta

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominic A. Hodgson
Dominic A. Hodgson British Antarctic Survey
Pippa L. Whitehouse
Pippa L. Whitehouse Durham University
Stephen Roberts
Stephen Roberts British Antarctic Survey
David E. Sugden
David E. Sugden King's College London
Neil Ross
Neil Ross Newcastle University
Stewart S. R. Jamieson
Stewart S. R. Jamieson Durham University
Chris R. Stokes
Chris R. Stokes Durham University
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
Matt A. King
Matt A. King University of Tasmania

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