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Overview

Peter J. Clarke is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of Oceanography, Geophysics, and Aerospace Engineering. The body of work spans several related topics, including geophysics and gravity measurements, GNSS positioning and interference, earthquake and tectonic studies, statistical and numerical algorithms, Arctic and Russian policy studies, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on geophysical phenomena observed through Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and GPS technologies as well as crustal deformation and ocean tide loading effects. Key recent papers include:

  • Asthenospheric anelasticity effects on ocean tide loading around the East China Sea observed with GPS (2020, Solid Earth)
  • Benefits of combining GPS and GLONASS for measuring ocean tide loading displacement (2020, Journal of Geodesy)
  • GPS-Observed Elastic Deformation Due to Surface Mass Balance Variability in the Southern Antarctic Peninsula (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Effect of antenna snow intrusion on vertical GPS position time series in Antarctica (2020, Journal of Geodesy)
  • A GNSS velocity field for crustal deformation studies: The influence of glacial isostatic adjustment on plate motion models (2022, Geophysical Journal International)

Their frequent coauthors include Achraf Koulali, Pippa L. Whitehouse, Grace Nield, Matt A. King, and Michael J. Bentley.

Peter J. Clarke's work has appeared frequently in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geodesy
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Remote Sensing
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Study of free and occluded particulate organic matter in soils by solid state 13C Cp/MAS NMR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy

    A Golchin;JM Oades;JO Skjemstad;P Clarke

  • Resprouting as a key functional trait: how buds, protection and resources drive persistence after fire

    P.J. Clarke;M.J. Lawes;J.J Midgley;B.B. Lamont;B.B. Lamont

  • Soil structure and carbon cycling

    A Golchin;JM Oades;JO Skjemstad;P Clarke

  • Assessing the extent of decomposition of natural organic materials using solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy

    J.A. Baldock;J M. Oades;P.N. Nelson;T.M. Skene

  • The chemistry and nature of protected carbon in soil

    JO Skjemstad;P Clarke;JA Taylor;JM Oades

  • The removal of magnetic materials from surface soils. A solid state 13C CP/MAS n.m.r. study

    JO Skjemstad;P Clarke;JA Taylor;JM Oades

  • The effects of cultivation on the composition of organic matter and structural stability of soils

    A Golchin;P Clarke;JM Oades;JO Skjemstad

  • Structural and dynamic properties of soil organic-matter as reflected by 13C natural-abundance, pyrolysis mass-spectrometry and solid-state 13C NMR-spectroscopy in density fractions of an oxisol under forest and pasture

    A Golchin;JM Oades;JO Skjemstad;P Clarke

  • A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems.

    Peter J. Clarke;Michael J. Lawes;Brett P. Murphy;Jeremy Russell-Smith

  • Dispersal potential and early growth in 14 tropical mangroves: do early life history traits correlate with patterns of adult distribution?

    Peter J. Clarke;Raelee A. Kerrigan;Christine J. Westphal

  • Long-term changes in semi-arid vegetation: Invasion of an exotic perennial grass has larger effects than rainfall variability

    Peter John Clarke;Peter K Latz;David E Albrecht

  • The intertidal distribution of the grey mangrove (Avicennia marina) in southeastern Australia: The effects of physical conditions, interspecific competition, and predation on propagule establishment and survival

    P. J. Clarke;P. J. Myerscough

  • The regeneration niche of the grey mangrove (Avicennia marina): effects of salinity, light and sediment factors on establishment, growth and survival in the field

    P. J. Clarke;W. G. Allaway

  • The effects of vegetation and burning on the chemical composition of soil organic matter in a volcanic ash soil as shown by 13C NMR spectroscopy. I. Whole soil and humic acid fraction

    A. Golchin;P. Clarke;J.A. Baldock;T. Higashi

  • Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: a savanna/forest contrast

    Michael J. Lawes;Jeremy J. Midgley;Peter J. Clarke

  • The effects of vegetation and burning on the chemical composition of soil organic matter of a volcanic ash soil as shown by 13C NMR spectroscopy. II. Density fractions

    A. Golchin;J.A. Baldock;P. Clarke;T. Higashi

  • Dispersal of grey mangrove (Avicennia marina) propagules in southeastern Australia

    Peter J. Clarke

  • Interactions between climate change, fire regimes and biodiversity in Australia: A preliminary assessment

    R.J. Williams;R.A. Bradstock;G.J. Cary;N.J. Enright

  • Landscape patterns of woody plant response to crown fire: disturbance and productivity influence sprouting ability

    Peter J. Clarke;Kirsten J. E. Knox;Karen E. Wills;Monica Campbell

  • Nutrient availability induces contrasting allocation and starch formation in resprouting and obligate seeding shrubs

    K. J. E. Knox;P. J. Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

J.M. Oades
J.M. Oades University of Adelaide
Jan O. Skjemstad
Jan O. Skjemstad Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Michael J. Lawes
Michael J. Lawes University of KwaZulu-Natal
Nick Reid
Nick Reid University of New England
David A. Keith
David A. Keith University of New South Wales
Jeremy J. Midgley
Jeremy J. Midgley University of Cape Town
Jeff Baldock
Jeff Baldock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Neal J. Enright
Neal J. Enright Murdoch University
Tony D. Auld
Tony D. Auld University of New South Wales
Byron B. Lamont
Byron B. Lamont Curtin University

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