I Nick McCave

19.3k citations

186 papers · 13.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 65

Impact in

Earth-Surface Processes top 0.01%
- Geological formations and processes
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Atmospheric Science top 0.05%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Earth-Surface Processes 100
- Geological formations and processes 91
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics 17
Atmospheric Science 133
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 133

Co-authors: I.R. Hall G. G. Bianchi Barbara Manighetti Paul D. Komar Martin C. Miller David Thornalley H. Elderfield S. G. Robinson
Journals: Marine Geology (21 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (16 papers)Journal of Sedimentary Research (9 papers)Quaternary Science Reviews (9 papers)Nature (9 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

In The Last Decade

I Nick McCave

185 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Evolution of Ocean Temperature and Ice Volume Through the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition 2012 · 607 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Science
1999 Nature
1995 Paleoceanography
1984 Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers
1979 Marine Geology
1977 Sedimentology
1975 Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts

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1	Last deglacial abrupt climate changes caused by meltwater pulses in the Labrador Sea Communications Earth & Environment ·Yi-Lin Yang, Ruediger Stein, Kirsten Fahl, Gemma Vall, Daniela N. Schmidt, I Nick McCave, S. Barker, Enno Schefuß, Lu Niu, Gerhard Kühn, Frank Niessen	2023	10
2	Calibration and application of B/Ca, Cd/Ca, and δ¹¹B in Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral) to constrain CO₂ uptake in the subpolar North Atlantic during the last deglaciation Paleoceanography ·Jimin Yu, David Thornalley, James Rae, I Nick McCave	2013	42
3	Long-term variations in Iceland–Scotland overflow strength during the Holocene Climate of the past ·David Thornalley, Michael Blaschek, 康景琅, Summer Praetorius, Delia W Oppo, Jerry F McManus, I.R. Hall, H. F. Kleiven, H. Renssen, I Nick McCave	2013	82
4	Constant flow speed of the ACC through Drake Passage between glacial maximum and Holocene. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·I Nick McCave, Zichen Nie, Claus‐Dieter Hillenbrand, Gerhard Kühn	2012	2
5	Dynamics of North Atlantic Deep Water masses during the Holocene Paleoceanography ·Babette Hoogakker, Mark R Chapman, I Nick McCave, Claude Hillaire‐Marcel, Paul F. Bucchi, I.R. Hall, Richard J. Telford	2011	95
6	Holocene oscillations in temperature and salinity of the surface subpolar North Atlantic Nature ·David Thornalley, H. Elderfield, I Nick McCave	2009	287
7	Circulation and water masses of the Southern Ocean: a review Department of Earth Sciences EPrints Repository ·杜满希, I Nick McCave, Michael Williams	2008	47
8	Holocene Oscillations in the Temperature and Salinity of the Surface Subpolar North Atlantic UCL Discovery (University College London) ·David Thornalley, Henry Elderfield, I Nick McCave	2008	1
9	Size sorting in marine muds: Processes, pitfalls, and prospects for paleoflow‐speed proxies Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·I Nick McCave, I.R. Hall	2006	290
10	Controls on 231 Pa/ 230 Th in the Indian Ocean: Circulation or Productivity? AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Gerardo Plata García, Gideon M. Henderson, I Nick McCave	2004	1
11	Changes in Southern Ocean Circulation Across the Oligocene-Miocene Boundary AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Erik H. Ten Winkel, I Nick McCave, Stephen A. Schellenberg	2002	1
12	Intensified deep Pacific inflow and ventilation in Pleistocene glacial times Nature ·I.R. Hall, I Nick McCave, Nicholas J Shackleton, Graham P. Weedon, Sara Harris	2001	182
13	Hydrography and sedimentation under the deep western boundary current on Björn and Gardar Drifts, Iceland Basin Marine Geology ·G. G. Bianchi, I Nick McCave	2000	79
14	Holocene periodicity in North Atlantic climate and deep-ocean flow south of Iceland Nature ·G. G. Bianchi, I Nick McCave Hit paper breakdown →	1999	582
15	Sedimentary processes and the creation of the stratigraphic record in the Late Quaternary North Atlantic Ocean Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·I Nick McCave	1995	20
16	Resuspension processes and seston dynamics, southern North Sea Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences ·C.F. Jago, A.J. Bale, Chun-Chen Huang, M.J. Howarth, Sarah E. Jones, I Nick McCave, G.E. Millward, A.W. Morris, Ashley A. Rowden, Jon J. Williams	1993	61
17	Sedimentation on the Feni Drift and late Glacial bottom water production in the northern Rockall Trough Sedimentary Geology ·Marco T uacute, I Nick McCave	1993	29
18	Evaluation of a Laser-Diffraction-Size Analyzer for Use with Natural Sediments: RESEARCH METHOD PAPER Journal of Sedimentary Research ·I Nick McCave, Richard J. Bryant, Hadrian Cook, 汪振泽	1986	4
19	Megaripples, ridges and runnels on intertidal flats of the Wash, England Sedimentology ·I Nick McCave, M. Marcelin	1979	24
20	Sediments in the Abyssal Boundary Layer. I Nick McCave	1978	9

About I Nick McCave

I Nick McCave is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Paleontology, having authored 186 papers that have together received 13.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (133 papers), Geological formations and processes (91 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (46 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (30 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (21 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (17 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (16 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (6.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (9.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.1k citations), Oceanography (3.7k citations) and Paleontology (1.5k citations). I Nick McCave has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include I.R. Hall, G. G. Bianchi, Barbara Manighetti, Paul D. Komar, Martin C. Miller, David Thornalley, H. Elderfield, S. G. Robinson, Henry Elderfield and Charles D. Hollister. Their work appears in journals such as Marine Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Sedimentary Research, Quaternary Science Reviews and Nature.

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