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Paul Hesse 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 Paul Hesse sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 158 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Hesse 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 Paul Hesse sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Hesse is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, underscoring a focus on processes that shape terrestrial environments.

Their scholarly output addresses a range of specific subfields, including:

  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

Key topics in their work encompass:

  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Their recent publications include:

  • "Deep learning for dune pattern mapping with the AW3D30 global surface model" (2020), published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "OCTOPUS database (v.2)" (2022), published in Earth system science data
  • "An extended last glacial maximum in the Southern Hemisphere: A contribution to the SHeMax project" (2022), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Testing models of linear dune formation by provenance analysis with composite sediment fingerprints" (2020), published in Geomorphology
  • "Refining medium resolution fractional cover for arid Australia to detect vegetation dynamics and wind erosion susceptibility on longitudinal dunes" (2021), published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Samuel Shumack, Will Farebrother, Simon Turner, Heather Handley, and Anthony Dosseto. These collaborations indicate multi-disciplinary engagement with experts likely contributing distinct perspectives on earth surface processes and environmental science topics.

Publication venues reflect a focus on geomorphology, earth system data, environmental remote sensing, and broader earth science reviews, including sources such as Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Earth system science data, Earth-Science Reviews, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Aeolian Research.

Best Publications

  • Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

    Barbara Maher;J. M. Prospero;D. Mackie;D. Gaiero

  • Late Quaternary climates of the Australian arid zone: a review

    Paul P Hesse;John W Magee;Sander van der Kaars

  • The record of continental dust from Australia in Tasman Sea Sediments

    Paul P. Hesse

  • Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in the Australian drylands

    Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons;Timothy J. Cohen;Paul P. Hesse;John Jansen

  • Australian dust deposits: modern processes and the Quaternary record

    Paul P. Hesse;Grant Harvey McTainsh

  • The Southern Hemisphere westerlies in the Australasian sector over the last glacial cycle: a synthesis

    J. Shulmeister;I. Goodwin;J. Renwick;K. Harle

  • Eastern Australia: A possible source of dust in East Antarctica interglacial ice

    M Revel-Rolland;P De Deckker;B Delmonte;P. P Hesse

  • Variable vegetation cover and episodic sand movement on longitudinal desert sand dunes

    Paul P. Hesse;Rebecca L. Simpson

  • Evidence for bacterial palaeoecological origin of mineral magnetic cycles in oxic and sub-oxic Tasman Sea sediments

    Paul P Hesse

  • Last Glacial Maximum to Early Holocene Wind Strength in the Mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere from Aeolian Dust in the Tasman Sea

    Paul P. Hesse;Grant H. McTainsh

  • Tsunami and palaeotsunami depositional signatures and their potential value in understanding the late-Holocene tsunami record

    Dale T.M. Dominey-Howes;Geoff S. Humphreys;Paul P. Hesse

  • Twelve thousand years of dust: the Holocene global dust cycle constrained by natural archives

    S. Albani;S. Albani;N. M. Mahowald;G. Winckler;R. F. Anderson

  • Origin of maghaemite in Chinese loess deposits: aeolian or pedogenic?

    Xiu Ming Liu;Paul Hesse;Tim Rolph

  • Paleoclimatic significance of magnetic properties on the Red Clay underlying the loess and paleosols in China

    Xiu Ming Liu;Tim Rolph;Zhisheng An;Paul Hesse

  • Soil production in heath and forest, Blue Mountains, Australia: influence of lithology and palaeoclimate

    Marshall T. Wilkinson;John Chappell;Geoff S. Humphreys;Keith Fifield

  • Properties of magnetic mineralogy of Alaskan loess: evidence for pedogenesis

    Xiu Ming Liu;Paul Hesse;Tim Rolph;James E Begét

  • Climatic and vegetation control on sediment dynamics during the last glacial cycle

    A Dosseto;P. P. Hesse;Kate Maher;Kirstie Fryirs

  • The INQUA Dunes Atlas chronologic database

    Nicholas Lancaster;Stephen Wolfe;David Thomas;Charlie Bristow

  • Downstream hydrogeomorphic changes along the Macquarie River, southeastern Australia, leading to channel breakdown and floodplain wetlands

    Timothy J. Ralph;Paul P. Hesse

  • Paleodust variability since the Last Glacial Maximum and implications for iron inputs to the ocean

    S. Albani;S. Albani;N. M. Mahowald;L. N. Murphy;R. Raiswell

  • Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records for the Australian Last Glacial Maximum and Termination: a contribution from the OZ INTIMATE group

    Christian S M Turney;Simon Haberle;David Fink;Arnold Peter Kershaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Dosseto
Anthony Dosseto University of Wollongong
Kirstie Fryirs
Kirstie Fryirs Macquarie University
Simon Turner
Simon Turner Macquarie University
Nicholas Lancaster
Nicholas Lancaster Desert Research Institute
Andrew J. Pitman
Andrew J. Pitman University of New South Wales
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Kate Maher
Kate Maher Stanford University
Samuel Albani
Samuel Albani University of Milano-Bicocca
Geoff A.T. Duller
Geoff A.T. Duller Aberystwyth University
Bofu Yu
Bofu Yu Griffith University

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