2026 Russell N. Drysdale: 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	58	2205	1998	127	117	283	9995

Overview

Russell N. Drysdale is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences in which they have authored over 100 publications.

The main subfields of study covered in Drysdale's work include Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Archeology, Paleontology, and Anthropology.

Their research topics span a range of areas such as:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Geological formations and processes
Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Drysdale has contributed multiple articles to several scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

Quaternary Science Reviews
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Nature Communications
Geosciences
Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Their recent papers include:

"Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period", 2020, Science
"Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition", 2020, Science
"Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability", 2021, Nature Geoscience
"An end to the Last Interglacial highstand before 120 ka: Relative sea-level evidence from Infreschi Cave (Southern Italy)", 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
"Perturbation of the deep-Earth carbon cycle in response to the Cambrian Explosion", 2022, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Drysdale are:

John Hellström
Giovanni Zanchetta
Jon Woodhead
Petra Bajo
Eleonora Regattieri

Best Publications

Increasing Australian–Indonesian monsoon rainfall linked to early Holocene sea-level rise

Michael L Griffiths;Russell N Drysdale;Michael Gagan;Jian-xin Zhao

406
Citations
Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone

Russell Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John Hellstrom;Roland Maas

388
Citations
Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years: a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group

Jessica M. Reeves;Helen C. Bostock;Linda K. Ayliffe;Timothy T. Barrows

306
Citations
Enhanced rainfall in the Western Mediterranean during deposition of sapropel S1: stalagmite evidence from Corchia cave (Central Italy)

G Zanchetta;Russell N Drysdale;John Charles Hellstrom;A.E. Fallick

256
Citations
Evidence for Obliquity Forcing of Glacial Termination II

R.N. Drysdale;J. C. Hellstrom;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;A. E. Fallick

256
Citations
Most Earth-surface calcites precipitate out of isotopic equilibrium

Mathieu Daëron;Russell N Drysdale;Marion Peral;Damien Huyghe

228
Citations
The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

Monica Bini;Giovanni Zanchetta;Aurel Perşoiu;Rosine Cartier

221
Citations
13C18O clumping in speleothems: Observations from natural caves and precipitation experiments

Mathieu Daeron;Mathieu Daeron;Weifu Guo;Weifu Guo;John Eiler;Dominique Genty

200
Citations
Rapid interhemispheric climate links via the Australasian monsoon during the last deglaciation

Linda K. Ayliffe;Michael K. Gagan;Jian Xin Zhao;Russell N. Drysdale;Russell N. Drysdale

197
Citations
Stalagmite evidence for the onset of the Last Interglacial in southern Europe at 129±1 ka

Russell N. Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John C. Hellstrom;Anthony E. Fallick

197
Citations
U–Pb geochronology of speleothems by MC-ICPMS

Jon Woodhead;John Hellstrom;Roland Maas;Russell Drysdale

191
Citations
Evidence for Holocene changes in Australian–Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratios

Michael L. Griffiths;Russell N. Drysdale;Michael K. Gagan;Silvia Frisia

175
Citations
Palaeoclimatic implications of the growth history and stable isotope (delta O-18 and delta C-13) geochemistry of a Middle to Late Pleistocene stalagmite from central-western Italy

Russell N. Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John C. Hellstrom;Anthony E. Fallick

167
Citations
The holocene climatic evolution of mediterranean Italy: A review of the continental geological data

C. Giraudi;M. Magny;G. Zanchetta;R.N. Drysdale

164
Citations
Enhanced climate instability in the North Atlantic and southern Europe during the Last Interglacial.

P. C. Tzedakis;Russell N. Drysdale;Russell N. Drysdale;Vasiliki Margari;Luke C. Skinner

163
Citations
Stalagmite evidence for the precise timing of North Atlantic cold events during the early last glacial

Russell N. Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John C. Hellstrom;Anthony E. Fallick

163
Citations
Climatic significance of seasonal trace element and stable isotope variations in a modern freshwater tufa

Christian Ihlenfeld;Marc D. Norman;Michael K. Gagan;Russell N. Drysdale

156
Citations
Pliocene reversal of late Neogene aridification.

J. M. Kale Sniderman;Jon D. Woodhead;John Hellstrom;Gregory J. Jordan

152
Citations
Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period.

Ellen C. Corrick;Ellen C. Corrick;Russell N. Drysdale;Russell N. Drysdale;John C. Hellstrom;Emilie Capron;Emilie Capron

149
Citations
A near-field sea level record of East Antarctic Ice Sheet instability from 32 to 27 Myr

Stephen J. Gallagher;Giuliana Villa;Russell N. Drysdale;Bridget S. Wade

143
Citations
The hydrochemical response of cave drip waters to sub-annual and inter-annual climate variability, Wombeyan Caves, SE Australia

Janece McDonald;Russell Drysdale;David Hill;Robert Chisari

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Hellstrom University of Melbourne

Giovanni Zanchetta University of Pisa

Jon D. Woodhead University of Melbourne

Ilaria Isola National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Silvia Frisia University of Newcastle Australia

Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland

Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow

Michael K. Gagan Australian National University

Emilie Capron Grenoble Alpes University

Alan Greig University of Melbourne

External Links

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