2026 Scott L. Nichol: 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	39	6106	5656	306	291	167	6168

Overview

Scott L. Nichol is affiliated with Geoscience Australia and contributes to research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, Geography, Planning and Development, and Atmospheric Science.

Scott L. Nichol's research topics cover a wide range of marine and geological interests. These include Marine and fisheries research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine animal studies overview, Geological formations and processes, Aeolian processes and effects, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies.

Frequent co-authors in their work are:

Zhi Huang
Rachel Nanson
Mardi McNeil
Kim Picard
Joana Gafeira

Scott L. Nichol has published in several academic journals. The most common publication venues include:

Marine Geology
Frontiers in Marine Science
Coastal Engineering
Conservation Science and Practice
Coastal Engineering Proceedings

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Nichol are:

"Submerged Carbonate Banks Aggregate Pelagic Megafauna in Offshore Tropical Australia," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
"Cretaceous to Cenozoic controls on the genesis of the shelf-incising Perth Canyon; insights from a two-part geomorphology mapping approach," 2022, Marine Geology
"Rule-based semi-automated tools for mapping seabed morphology from bathymetry data," 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
"Methodology for estimating return intervals for storm demand and dune recession by clustered and non-clustered morphological events," 2021, Coastal Engineering
"Transferable, predictive models of benthic communities informs marine spatial planning in a remote and data-poor region," 2020, Conservation Science and Practice

Best Publications

Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries

P.S Roy;R.J Williams;A.R Jones;I Yassini

943
Citations
Progress in palaeotsunami research

James Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Scott Nichol;Bruce Jaffe

349
Citations
On the use of abiotic surrogates to describe marine benthic biodiversity

M.A. McArthur;B.P. Brooke;R. Przeslawski;D.A. Ryan

346
Citations
New model of reef-island evolution: Maldives, Indian Ocean

P.S. Kench;R.F. McLean;S.L. Nichol

241
Citations
Palaeotsunami deposits: a New Zealand perspective

J. Goff;C. Chagué-Goff;S. Nichol

240
Citations
Do marine substrates 'look' and 'sound' the same? Supervised classification of multibeam acoustic data using autonomous underwater vehicle images

Vanessa Lucieer;Nicole A. Hill;Neville S. Barrett;Scott Nichol

172
Citations
Geological effects of tsunami on mid-ocean atoll islands: The Maldives before and after the Sumatran tsunami

Paul S. Kench;Roger F. McLean;Robert W. Brander;Scott L. Nichol

160
Citations
Holocene reef growth in the Maldives: Evidence of a mid-Holocene sea-level highstand in the central Indian Ocean

Paul Kench;SG Smithers;RF McLean;SL Nichol

125
Citations
Submerged banks in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, greatly increase available coral reef habitat

Peter T. Harris;Thomas C.L. Bridge;Robin J. Beaman;Jody M. Webster

121
Citations
Sheet-gravel evidence for a late Holocene tsunami run-up on beach dunes, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand

Scott L Nichol;Olav B Lian;Charles H Carter

107
Citations
Multi-proxy records of regionally-sourced tsunamis, New Zealand

James Goff;Steven Pearce;Scott L. Nichol;Catherine Chagué-Goff

106
Citations
Hydrodynamic implications of textural trends in sand deposits of the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka

Robert A. Morton;James R. Goff;Scott L. Nichol

99
Citations
Tsunami as agents of geomorphic change in mid-ocean reef islands

P.S. Kench;S.L. Nichol;S.G. Smithers;R.F. McLean

93
Citations
Lagoon subsidence and tsunami on the West Coast of New Zealand

S.L. Nichol;J.R. Goff;R.J.N. Devoy;C. Chagué-Goff

92
Citations
Palaeotsunamis in the Pacific Islands

James Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Dale Dominey-Howes;Brian McAdoo

87
Citations
Classification of submarine canyons of the Australian continental margin

Zhi Huang;Scott L. Nichol;Peter T. Harris;M. Julian Caley

87
Citations
The influence of limited accommodation space on the stratigraphy of an incised-valley succession: Weiti River estuary, New Zealand

A.D. Heap;S.L. Nichol

81
Citations
The upper Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia: a Holocene example of an estuarine bayhead delta

Scott L. Nichol;Brian A. Zaitlin;Bruce G. Thom

80
Citations
Distribution and assessment of sediment toxicity in Tamaki Estuary, Auckland, New Zealand

G. M. S. Abrahim;R. J. Parker;S. L. Nichol

78
Citations
Pollen, Phytoliths and Diatoms in Prehistoric Coprolites from Kohika, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

M. Horrocks;G.J. Irwin;M.S. McGlone;S.L. Nichol

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Neville S. Barrett University of Tasmania

James Goff University of New South Wales

Catherine Chagué-Goff University of New South Wales

Colin D. Woodroffe University of Wollongong

Alan Williams University of Leeds

Paul S. Kench Simon Fraser University

Peter T. Harris University of Tasmania

Phil Shane University of Auckland

Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum

Scott G. Smithers James Cook University

External Links

Personal website of Scott L. Nichol

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