Rachel Nanson

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 825 citations indexed

About

Rachel Nanson is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Nanson has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 825 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Nanson's work include Geological formations and processes (17 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (12 papers). Rachel Nanson is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (17 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (12 papers). Rachel Nanson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Rachel Nanson's co-authors include R. Bruce Ainsworth, Boyan K. Vakarelov, Stephen Sagar, Robbi Bishop‐Taylor, Leo Lymburner, He Qing Huang, Gerald C. Nanson, Geoffrey Hope, James A. MacEachern and Frances M. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Nanson

28 papers receiving 796 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mapping Australia's dynamic coastline at mean sea level using three decades of Landsat imagery

2021 143 citations Robbi Bishop‐Taylor, Rachel Nanson et al. profile →

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Kathryn Amos Australia

Nick Howes United States

Meng‐Long Hsieh Taiwan

Cherith Moses United Kingdom

Luisa Sabato Italy

Robert S. Tye United States

C. R. Fielding Australia

Katrin Huhn Germany

Marcello Tropeano Italy

Sarah J. Boulton United Kingdom

Kathryn Amos Australia

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kennedy, David M., et al.. (2025). The palaeogeography of the Bass Strait land-bridge, a vital zone of human and biological connectivity across southeastern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews. 369. 109606–109606.

Nanson, Gerald C. & Rachel Nanson. (2025). A continental review of Australia's Cenozoic megafans and associated large accretionary fluvial systems. Earth-Science Reviews. 266. 105084–105084. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Zhi, et al.. (2023). Rule-based semi-automated tools for mapping seabed morphology from bathymetry data. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 7 indexed citations

Fanson, Benjamin G., Claire E. Krause, Leo Lymburner, et al.. (2023). Wetlands Insight Tool: Characterising the Surface Water and Vegetation Cover Dynamics of Individual Wetlands Using Multidecadal Landsat Satellite Data. Wetlands. 43(4). 8 indexed citations

Zuchuat, Valentin, Miquel Poyatos‐Moré, Björn Nyberg, et al.. (2023). Use of Remote-Sensing to Quantify the Distribution of Progradation/erosion Along a Forced-Regressive Modern Coastline: Driving Factors and Impact on the Stratigraphic Record. 21(1). 2 indexed citations

Nanson, Rachel, Irina Borissova, Zhi Huang, et al.. (2022). Cretaceous to Cenozoic controls on the genesis of the shelf-incising Perth Canyon; insights from a two-part geomorphology mapping approach. Marine Geology. 445. 106731–106731. 12 indexed citations

Nanson, Rachel, Robbi Bishop‐Taylor, Stephen Sagar, & Leo Lymburner. (2021). Geomorphic insights into Australia's coastal change using a national dataset derived from the multi-decadal Landsat archive. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 265. 107712–107712. 22 indexed citations

Sloss, Craig R., Luke D. Nothdurft, Quan Hua, et al.. (2018). Holocene sea-level change and coastal landscape evolution in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. The Holocene. 28(9). 1411–1430. 35 indexed citations

Ainsworth, R. Bruce, et al.. (2017). Anatomy of A Shoreline Regression: Implications For the High-Resolution Stratigraphic Architecture of Deltas. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 87(5). 425–459. 45 indexed citations

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Counts, John W., et al.. (2016). Sedimentological interpretation of an Ediacaran delta: Bonney Sandstone, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 63(3). 257–273. 16 indexed citations

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Nanson, Rachel, et al.. (2016). Evolution and architectural styles of a forced-regressive Holocene delta and megafan, Mitchell River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Geological Society London Special Publications. 444(1). 305–334. 23 indexed citations

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Hope, Geoffrey & Rachel Nanson. (2015). Peatland Carbon Stores and Fluxes in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15. 13 indexed citations

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Nyberg, Björn, Simon J. Buckley, John Howell, & Rachel Nanson. (2015). Geometric attribute and shape characterization of modern depositional elements: A quantitative GIS method for empirical analysis. Computers & Geosciences. 82. 191–204. 17 indexed citations

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Bourget, Julien, et al.. (2013). Seismic Stratigraphy of a Plio-quaternary Intra-shelf Basin (Bonaparte Shelf, NW Australia). UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 1–18. 7 indexed citations

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Ainsworth, R. Bruce, et al.. (2013). Detailed mapping, three-dimensional modelling and upscaling of a mixed-influence delta system, Mitchell River delta, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Geological Society London Special Publications. 387(1). 135–151. 8 indexed citations

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Nanson, Rachel, Boyan K. Vakarelov, R. Bruce Ainsworth, Frances M. Williams, & David M. Price. (2013). Evolution of a Holocene, mixed-process, forced regressive shoreline: The Mitchell River delta, Queensland, Australia. Marine Geology. 339. 22–43. 55 indexed citations

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Nanson, Rachel, et al.. (2012). Geometric attributes of reservoir elements in a modern, low accomodation, tide-dominated delta. The APPEA Journal. 52(1). 483–492. 11 indexed citations

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Ainsworth, R. Bruce, Boyan K. Vakarelov, & Rachel Nanson. (2011). Dynamic spatial and temporal prediction of changes in depositional processes on clastic shorelines: Toward improved subsurface uncertainty reduction and management. AAPG Bulletin. 95(2). 267–297. 207 indexed citations

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Nanson, Rachel, Gerald C. Nanson, & He Qing Huang. (2009). The hydraulic geometry of narrow and deep channels; evidence for flow optimisation and controlled peatland growth. Geomorphology. 117(1-2). 143–154. 38 indexed citations

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Nanson, Rachel. (2009). Flow fields in tightly curving meander bends of low width‐depth ratio. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 35(2). 119–135. 56 indexed citations

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