2026 Patrick A. Hesp: 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	60	1896	1710	113	103	216	12959

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Earth Science

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12959

Overview

Patrick A. Hesp is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses Earth-Surface Processes, with extensive work also encompassing Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Soil Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in Patrick A. Hesp's research include:

Aeolian processes and effects
Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Geological formations and processes
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Patrick A. Hesp include:

Salt Spray Distribution and Its Impact on Vegetation Zonation on Coastal Dunes: a Review, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
Controls on dune scarping, 2020, Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment
150 years of foredune initiation and evolution driven by human and natural processes, 2020, Geomorphology
Complementary classifications of aeolian dunes based on morphology, dynamics, and fluid mechanics, 2024, Earth-Science Reviews
Sea level rise outpaced by vertical dune toe translation on prograding coasts, 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their publications include Graziela Miot da Silva, Nicolas Robin, David Bruce, Sérgio R. Dillenburg, and Eduardo Guimarães Barboza.

Patrick A. Hesp's work has been published in multiple venues with repeated contributions to:

Geomorphology
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Journal of Coastal Research
The Science of The Total Environment
Marine Geology

In addition to journal articles, Patrick A. Hesp has authored book publications, including a work titled Inland Dunes of North America published in 2020 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

Foredunes and blowouts: initiation, geomorphology and dynamics

Patrick Hesp

1166
Citations
Wave, beach and dune interactions in southeastern Australia

A.D. Short;P.A. Hesp

847
Citations
Ecological processes and plant adaptations on coastal dunes

Patrick A. Hesp

519
Citations
Aeolian sediment transport on a beach: Surface moisture, wind fetch, and mean transport

Bernard Bauer;Robin Davidson-Arnott;Patrick Hesp;S Namikas

315
Citations
The formation of shadow dunes

P. A. Hesp

304
Citations
A review of biological and geomorphological processes involved in the initiation and development of incipient foredunes

Patrick A. Hesp

269
Citations
The effects of surface moisture on aeolian sediment transport threshold and mass flux on a beach

Robin G. D. Davidson-Arnott;Yanqi Yang;Jeff Ollerhead;Patrick A. Hesp

222
Citations
Morphology, dynamics and internal stratification of some established foredunes in southeast Australia

Patrick Hesp

221
Citations
Width, height and slope relationships and aerodynamic maintenance of barchans

Patrick A. Hesp;Kathleen Hastings

194
Citations
Flow dynamics over a foredune at Prince Edward Island, Canada

Patrick A. Hesp;Robin Davidson-Arnott;Ian J. Walker;Jeff Ollerhead

189
Citations
Beach ridges, foredunes or transgressive dunefields? Definitions and an examination of the Torres to Tramandaí barrier system, Southern Brazil

Patrick A. Hesp;Sergio R. Dillenburg;Eduardo G. Barboza;Luiz J. Tomazelli

179
Citations
Surfzone, beach, and foredune interactions on the Australian south east coast

P. Hesp

174
Citations
Seagrass loss associated with boat moorings at Rottnest Island, Western Australia

Kathleen Hastings;Patrick Hesp;Gary A. Kendrick

173
Citations
Flow dynamics and geomorphology of a trough blowout

Patrick A. Hesp;Robert Hyde

166
Citations
Geology and Geomorphology of Holocene Coastal Barriers of Brazil

Sérgio R. Dillenburg;Patrick A. Hesp

163
Citations
Morphodynamics of Incipient Foredunes in New South Wales, Australia

Patrick Hesp

160
Citations
Present and Future Challenges of Coastal Erosion in Latin America

Rodolfo Silva;M. Luisa Martínez;Patrick A. Hesp;Patricio Catalan

160
Citations
Scale-dependent perspectives on the geomorphology and evolution of beach-dune systems

Ian J. Walker;Robin G.D. Davidson-Arnott;Bernard O. Bauer;Patrick A. Hesp

156
Citations
Conceptual models of the evolution of transgressive dune field systems

Patrick A. Hesp

155
Citations
The Holocene Coastal Barriers of Rio Grande do Sul

Sérgio R. Dillenburg;Eduardo G. Barboza;Luiz J. Tomazelli;Ricardo N. Ayup-Zouain

151
Citations
Morphology, dynamics, ecology and fauna of Arctotheca populifolia and Gazania rigens nabkha dunes

Patrick Hesp;Anton McLachlan

141
Citations
Restoration of Coastal Dunes

M. Luisa Martínez;Juan B. Gallego-Fernández;Patrick A. Hesp

114
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian J. Walker University of California, Santa Barbara

Bernard O. Bauer University of British Columbia

Robin G.D. Davidson-Arnott University of Guelph

Jeff Ollerhead Mount Allison University

Sergio R. Dillenburg Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Tammy M. Rittenour Utah State University

James Shulmeister University of Canterbury

Zhibao Dong Shaanxi Normal University

Steven L. Forman Baylor University

Derek Jackson University of Ulster

External Links

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