Derek Heathfield

600 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 373 citations indexed

About

Derek Heathfield is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Heathfield has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 373 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 4 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Derek Heathfield's work include Aeolian processes and effects (4 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (3 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (3 papers). Derek Heathfield is often cited by papers focused on Aeolian processes and effects (4 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (3 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (3 papers). Derek Heathfield collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Derek Heathfield's co-authors include Ian J. Walker, Jeff E. Hansen, Patrick L. Barnard, Peter Ruggiero, Kristen D. Splinter, Shigeru Kato, Mitchell D. Harley, Jonathan C. Allan, Sean Vitousek and Yoshiaki Kuriyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Nature Geoscience and Geomorphology.

In The Last Decade

Derek Heathfield

9 papers receiving 363 citations

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Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation

2015 294 citations Patrick L. Barnard, Andrew D. Short et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Derek Heathfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Heathfield

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Heathfield

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Heathfield. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Heathfield based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Derek Heathfield. Derek Heathfield is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Holocene landslides in the Fraser Canyon Corridor and implications for ‘ecohazard’ assessment 2025 ·Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Derek Heathfield, Brian Menounos, Isaac J. Larsen, Elizabeth Dingle, Jeremy G. Venditti	1
2	Structural control of bedrock river alignment and morphology in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada 2023 ·Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Michael A. Curran, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tingan Li, Derek Heathfield, Brian Menounos, John J. Clague, Michael Church, Jeremy G. Venditti	1
3	Bridging the gap between airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy for mountain glacier surface property retrievals 2023 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·(unknown), Brian Menounos, Nick Viner, S. McKenzie Skiles, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), R. E. White, Derek Heathfield	14
4	A landslide-generated tsunami and outburst flood at Elliot Creek, coastal British Columbia   2021 ·Marten Geertsema, Brian Menounos, Dan H. Shugar, (unknown), Brent Ward, Göran Ekström, John J. Clague, Patrick Lynett, Pierre A. Friele, A. J. Schaeffer, Jennifer M. Jackson, Bretwood Higman, Chunli Dai, (unknown), Derek Heathfield, (unknown), Ian Giesbrecht, (unknown)	3
5	Comparison of Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) and Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for geomorphic change detection in beach-dune systems. 2016 ·AGUFM ·Derek Heathfield, Ian J. Walker, (unknown)	2
6	Evolution of a foredune and backshore river complex on a high-energy, drift-aligned beach 2015 ·Geomorphology ·Derek Heathfield, Ian J. Walker	7
7	Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation breakdown → 2015 ·Nature Geoscience ·Patrick L. Barnard, Andrew D. Short, Mitchell D. Harley, Kristen D. Splinter, Sean Vitousek, Ian L. Turner, Jonathan C. Allan, Masayuki Banno, Karin R. Bryan, André Doria, Jeff E. Hansen, Shigeru Kato, Yoshiaki Kuriyama, Evan Randall-Goodwin, Peter Ruggiero, Ian J. Walker, Derek Heathfield	294
8	Erosive water level regime and climatic variability forcing of beach–dune systems on south‐western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 2012 ·Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Derek Heathfield, Ian J. Walker, David Atkinson	15
9	Analysis of coastal dune dynamics, shoreline position, and large woody debris at Wickaninnish Bay, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia 2011 ·Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·Derek Heathfield, Ian J. Walker	36

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