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William Helland-Hansen

William Helland-Hansen

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
4862
World Ranking
7589
National Ranking
112

William Helland-Hansen 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 William Helland-Hansen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 80 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William Helland-Hansen 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 William Helland-Hansen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William Helland-Hansen is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular concentration in several subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, and Geology.

Their work spans numerous topics, notably geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geological studies and exploration, geological modeling and analysis, as well as hydrology and sediment transport processes.

William Helland-Hansen has contributed to several scientific papers. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Clinoforms and clinothems: Fundamental elements of basin infill," 2020, Basin Research
  • "The Svalbard Eocene-Oligocene (?) Central Basin succession: Sedimentation patterns and controls," 2020, Basin Research
  • "Assessing first-order BQART estimates for ancient source-to-sink mass budget calculations," 2021, Basin Research
  • "Deep-water sand transfer by hyperpycnal flows, the Eocene of Spitsbergen, Arctic Norway," 2023, Sedimentology
  • "Quantification of reservoir rock properties (Porosity, Permeability and Vshale) in the reservoir rock units of South Lake Albert Basin, Albertine Rift, Western Uganda," 2021, Journal of African Earth Sciences

They frequently publish in the following venues:

  • Basin Research
  • Sedimentology
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Norwegian Journal of Geology

William Helland-Hansen collaborates with several researchers regularly. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sten-Andreas Grundvåg
  • Claudio Pellegrini
  • Stefano Patruno
  • Ronald J. Steel
  • Fabio Trincardi

Best Publications

  • Shoreline Trajectories and Sequences: Description of Variable Depositional-Dip Scenarios

    William Helland-Hansen;Ole J. Martinsen

  • Trajectory analysis: concepts and applications

    W. Helland-Hansen;G. J. Hampson

  • Relationships between morphological and sedimentological parameters in source-to-sink systems: a basis for predicting semi-quantitative characteristics in subsurface systems

    Tor O. Sømme;William Helland-Hansen;Ole J. Martinsen;John B. Thurmond

  • Conceptual basis and variability in sequence stratigraphy: a different perspective

    William Helland-Hansen;John G. Gjelberg

  • Stratigraphic base level and fluvial architecture: Ericson Sandstone (Campanian), Rock Springs Uplift, SW Wyoming, USA

    Ole J. Martinsen;Alf Ryseth;William Helland‐Hansen;Harald Flesche

  • Clinoforms and clinoform systems: Review and dynamic classification scheme for shorelines, subaqueous deltas, shelf edges and continental margins

    Strefano Patruno;William Helland-Hansen

  • The Tertiary Strike-Slip Basins and Orogenic Belt of Spitsbergen

    Ron Steel;John Gjelberg;William Helland-Hansen;Karen Kleinspehn

  • Advance and retreat of the Brent delta: recent contributions to the depositional model

    W. Helland-Hansen;M. Ashton;L. Lomo;Ronald J Steel

  • Impact of eustatic amplitude variations on shelf morphology, sediment dispersal, and sequence stratigraphic interpretation: Icehouse versus greenhouse systems

    Tor Oftedal Sømme;William Helland-Hansen;William Helland-Hansen;Didier Granjeon

  • Deciphering Earth's Natural Hourglasses: Perspectives On Source-To-Sink Analysis

    William Helland-Hansen;Tor O. Sømme;Ole J. Martinsen;Ian Lunt

  • Depositional architecture and evolution of progradationally stacked lobe complexes in the Eocene Central Basin of Spitsbergen

    Sten-Andreas Grundvåg;Erik P. Johannessen;William Helland-Hansen;Piret Plink-Björklund

  • Strike variability of clastic depositional systems: Does it matter for sequence-stratigraphic analysis?

    Ole J. Martinsen;William Helland-Hansen

  • Shelf edge and shoreline trajectories, a dynamic approach to stratigraphic analysis

    Sverre Henriksen;Gary J. Hampson;William Helland-Hansen;Erik P. Johannessen

  • Regional development and sequence stratigraphy of the Middle to Late Triassic Snadd Formation, Norwegian Barents Sea

    Tore Grane Klausen;Alf Eivind Ryseth;William Helland-Hansen;Robert Gawthorpe

  • Shelf Genesis Revisited

    William Helland-Hansen;Ronald J. Steel;Tor O. Sømme

  • Linking Onshore–Offshore Sediment Dispersal in the Golo Source-to-Sink System (Corsica, France) During the Late Quaternary

    Tor O. Sømme;David J. W. Piper;Mark E. Deptuck;William Helland-Hansen

  • Sedimentation in Paleogene Foreland Basin, Spitsbergen

    William Helland-Hansen

  • Tectonostratigraphic development in the eastern Lower Congo Basin, offshore Angola, West Africa

    Paul J Valle;Paul J Valle;John G Gjelberg;William Helland-Hansen

  • Clinoforms and clinothems: Fundamental elements of basin infill

    Claudio Pellegrini;Stefano Patruno;William Helland‐Hansen;Ronald J. Steel

  • Revisiting morphological relationships of modern source-to-sink segments as a first-order approach to scale ancient sedimentary systems

    Björn Nyberg;William Helland-Hansen;Rob L. Gawthorpe;Pål Sandbakken

  • Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy

    William Helland-Hansen

  • Erosional vs. accretionary shelf margins: the influence of margin type on deepwater sedimentation: an example from the Porcupine Basin, offshore western Ireland

    M. C. Ryan;W. Helland-Hansen;E. P. Johannessen;Ronald J Steel

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald J. Steel
Ronald J. Steel The University of Texas at Austin
Ole J. Martinsen
Ole J. Martinsen Equinor (Norway)
Robert L. Gawthorpe
Robert L. Gawthorpe University of Bergen
Snorre Olaussen
Snorre Olaussen University Centre in Svalbard
Gary J. Hampson
Gary J. Hampson Imperial College London
Brian W. Romans
Brian W. Romans Virginia Tech
Lars Stemmerik
Lars Stemmerik University of Copenhagen
Fabio Trincardi
Fabio Trincardi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
David J.W. Piper
David J.W. Piper Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Peter M. Sadler
Peter M. Sadler University of California, Riverside

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