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Peter D. Thorne 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 Peter D. Thorne sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 171 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter D. Thorne 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 Peter D. Thorne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

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

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Overview

Peter D. Thorne is affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work extensively examines topics related to coastal and marine environments, including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Peter D. Thorne has contributed to multiple publications, often appearing in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Continental Shelf Research, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Geophysical Research Letters, and the Journal of Physical Oceanography.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Assessing the impacts of different land uses and soil and water conservation interventions on runoff and sediment yield at different scales in the central highlands of Ethiopia, 2020, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
  • Salt Intrusion as a Function of Estuary Length in Periodically Weakly Stratified Estuaries, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Interactions between sediment microbial ecology and physical dynamics drive heterogeneity in contextually similar depositional systems, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Asymmetric effects of a modelled tidal turbine on the flow and seabed, 2020, Renewable Energy
  • Unraveling Interactions between Asymmetric Tidal Turbulence, Residual Circulation, and Salinity Dynamics in Short, Periodically Weakly Stratified Estuaries, 2021, Journal of Physical Oceanography

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues including Laurent O. Amoudry, Megan E. Williams, Xiaoyan Wei, Jennifer Brown, and Henk M. Schuttelaars.

Best Publications

  • A review of acoustic measurement of small-scale sediment processes

    Peter D. Thorne;Daniel M. Hanes

  • Measuring suspended sediment concentrations using acoustic backscatter devices

    P.D Thorne;C.E Vincent;P.J Hardcastle;S Rehman

  • Comparison between ADCP and transmissometer measurements of suspended sediment concentration

    Glenn P. Holdaway;Peter D. Thorne;David Flatt;Sarah E. Jones

  • Analysis of acoustic measurements of suspended sediments

    Peter D. Thorne;Peter J. Hardcastle;Richard L. Soulsby

  • The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development

    Jonathan Malarkey;Jaco Baas;Julie Anne Hope;Rebecca Jane Aspden

  • Sea-bed noises reveal role of turbulent bursting phenomenon in sediment transport by tidal currents

    A. D. Heathershaw;P. D. Thorne

  • A multi-frequency Acoustic Concentration and Velocity Profiler (ACVP) for boundary layer measurements of fine-scale flow and sediment transport processes

    David Hurther;Peter Derreck Thorne;Mickaël Bricault;Ulrich Lemmin

  • The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size.

    Daniel R. Parsons;Robert J. Schindler;Robert J. Schindler;Julie A. Hope;Jonathan Malarkey

  • An overview on the use of backscattered sound for measuring suspended particle size and concentration profiles in non-cohesive inorganic sediment transport studies

    Peter D. Thorne;David Hurther

  • Acoustic measurements of suspended sediments in turbulent currents and comparison with in-situ samples

    Peter D. Thorne;Peter J. Hardcastle

  • In situ acoustic measurements of marine gravel threshold and transport

    Peter D. Thorne;Jon J. Williams;Anthony D. Heathershaw

  • Formulations for the scattering properties of suspended sandy sediments for use in the application of acoustics to sediment transport processes

    Peter D. Thorne;Ramazan Meral

  • Suspended sediments under waves measured in a large-scale flume facility

    Peter D. Thorne;Jon J. Williams;Alan G. Davies

  • Laboratory and marine measurements on the acoustic detection of sediment transport

    Peter D. Thorne

  • Modeling and measurement of sediment transport by waves in the vortex ripple regime

    A. G. Davies;P. D. Thorne

  • Sticky stuff: Redefining bedform prediction in modern and ancient environments

    Robert J. Schindler;Robert J. Schindler;Daniel R. Parsons;Leiping Ye;Julie A. Hope

  • Suspension and near-bed load sediment transport processes above a migrating, sand-rippled bed under shoaling waves

    David Hurther;Peter Derreck Thorne

  • The effect of suspended particulate matter on sound attenuation in seawater

    S. D. Richards;A. D. Heathershaw;P. D. Thorne

  • Calibrating multi-frequency acoustic backscatter systems for studying near-bed suspended sediment transport processes

    Kyle F.E. Betteridge;Peter D. Thorne;Richard D. Cooke

  • Observations and analysis of sediment diffusivity profiles over sandy rippled beds under waves.

    Peter D. Thorne;Alan G. Davies;Paul S. Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Manning
Andrew J. Manning Plymouth University
Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
Jan S. Ribberink
Jan S. Ribberink University of Twente
Christopher E. Vincent
Christopher E. Vincent University of East Anglia
David M. Paterson
David M. Paterson University of St Andrews
Jaco H. Baas
Jaco H. Baas Bangor University
Judith Wolf
Judith Wolf National Oceanography Centre
David M. Hodgson
David M. Hodgson University of Leeds
Philip L.-F. Liu
Philip L.-F. Liu National University of Singapore

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