David Sear

David Sear

University of Southampton

H-index: 57

Europe-United Kingdom

About David Sear

David Sear, With an exceptional h-index of 57 and a recent h-index of 35 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Southampton, specializes in the field of Lake sediment archives, Polynesia, Climate impacts on geomorphic processes, Fluvial Geomorphology, River Restoration & Ecology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The sedimentology of gravel beds in groundwater‐dominated chalk streams: Implications for sediment modelling and management

Improving predictions of critical shear stress in gravel bed rivers: Identifying the onset of sediment transport and quantifying sediment structure

Floristic homogenization of South Pacific islands commenced with human arrival

Reconstructing South Pacific Convergence Zone precipitation over the past 60 ka using plant wax biomarkers

Decreased precipitation intensity in the South Pacific Convergence Zone during the Little Ice Age inferred from dinosterol hydrogen isotope ratios

Comparing methods to quantify grain-scale sediment structure in gravel-bed rivers

Lake and Peat Records of Climate Change and Archaeology

Island ecosystem responses to the Kuwae eruption and precipitation change over the last 1600 years, Efate, Vanuatu

David Sear Information

University

Position

Professor of Physical Geography

Citations(all)

13354

Citations(since 2020)

5380

Cited By

9993

hIndex(all)

57

hIndex(since 2020)

35

i10Index(all)

119

i10Index(since 2020)

77

Email

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University of Southampton

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David Sear Skills & Research Interests

Lake sediment archives

Polynesia

Climate impacts on geomorphic processes

Fluvial Geomorphology

River Restoration & Ecology

Top articles of David Sear

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The sedimentology of gravel beds in groundwater‐dominated chalk streams: Implications for sediment modelling and management

River Research and Applications

Beth Mondon

David A Sear

Adrian L Collins

Peter J Shaw

Tim Sykes

2024/2/8

Improving predictions of critical shear stress in gravel bed rivers: Identifying the onset of sediment transport and quantifying sediment structure

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Rebecca A Hodge

Hal E Voepel

Elowyn M Yager

Julian Leyland

Joel PL Johnson

...

2024/4/18

Floristic homogenization of South Pacific islands commenced with human arrival

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Nichola A Strandberg

Manuel J Steinbauer

Anna Walentowitz

William D Gosling

Patricia L Fall

...

2024/1/15

Reconstructing South Pacific Convergence Zone precipitation over the past 60 ka using plant wax biomarkers

Mark Peaple

Gordan Inglis

Pete Langdon

Manoj Joshi

Daniel Skinner

...

2024/3/7

Decreased precipitation intensity in the South Pacific Convergence Zone during the Little Ice Age inferred from dinosterol hydrogen isotope ratios

Nemiah Ladd

Ashley Maloney

Daniel B Nelson

Julie N Richey

Amanda Witt

...

2024/3/7

Comparing methods to quantify grain-scale sediment structure in gravel-bed rivers

Rebecca Hodge

Hal Voepel

Elowyn Yager

Julian Leyland

Joel Johnson

...

2024/3/7

Lake and Peat Records of Climate Change and Archaeology

Handbook of Archaeological Sciences

PG Langdon

AG Brown

CL Clarke

ME Edwards

PDM Hughes

...

2023/3/24

Island ecosystem responses to the Kuwae eruption and precipitation change over the last 1600 years, Efate, Vanuatu

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Nichola A Strandberg

David A Sear

Peter G Langdon

Shane J Cronin

Catherine T Langdon

...

2023/2/23

Nature‐based solutions enhance sediment and nutrient storage in an agricultural lowland catchment

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

John Robotham

Gareth Old

Ponnambalam Rameshwaran

David Sear

Emily Trill

...

2023/2

A qualitative review of tsunamis in Hawaiʻi

Scott Fisher

James Goff

Andrew Cundy

David Sear

2023/9

Carbon storage in river and floodplain systems: A review of evidence to update and inform policy development for riverine nature based solutions

David Sear

Imogen Speck

Benjamin Pears

2023

Developing a South Pacific tephra framework: Initial results from a Samoan Holocene sequence

Journal of Quaternary Science

Anna J Bourne

David A Sear

Pete G Langdon

Shane J Cronin

2023/8

Gastrulation and hatch as critical thermal windows for salmonid embryo development

River Research and Applications

Jack Bloomer

James J Anderson

David Sear

Sheila Greene

Drew Gantner

...

2023/1

Influences of sea level changes and volcanic eruptions on Holocene vegetation in Tonga

Biotropica

Nichola A Strandberg

Mary Edwards

Joanna C Ellison

Manuel J Steinbauer

Anna Walentowitz

...

2023/7

Contrasting Common Era climate and hydrology sensitivities from paired lake sediment dinosterol hydrogen isotope records in the South Pacific Convergence Zone

Ashley E Maloney

Julie N Richey

Daniel B Nelson

Samantha N Hing

David A Sear

...

2022/4/1

Assessing hazards and disaster risk on the coast for Pacific small island developing States: the need for a data-driven approach

Anthropocene Coasts

Sally Brown

Susan E Hanson

David Sear

Christopher Hill

Craig W Hutton

2022/9/23

Evidence for a mid-Holocene drowning from the Atacama Desert coast of Chile

Journal of Archaeological Science

Pedro Andrade

James Goff

Richard Pearce

Andrew Cundy

David Sear

...

2022/4/1

Climate and human exploitation have regulated Atlantic salmon populations in the River Spey, Scotland, over the last 2000 years

The Holocene

David Sear

Pete Langdon

Melanie Leng

Mary Edwards

Tim Heaton

...

2022/8

Channel topography and grain-scale sediment structure, measured in flume experiments

Rebecca A Hodge

HE Voepel

J Leyland

DA Sear

Sharif Ahmed

2022

Untangling the controls on bedload transport in a wood‐loaded river with RFID tracers and linear mixed modelling

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Miles J Clark

Georgina L Bennett

Sandra E Ryan‐Burkett

David A Sear

Aldina MA Franco

2022/7

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Co-Authors

H-index: 111
Paul Bates

Paul Bates

University of Bristol

H-index: 55
Darby SE

Darby SE

University of Southampton

H-index: 51
Ian W Croudace (Emeritus Professor)

Ian W Croudace (Emeritus Professor)

University of Southampton

H-index: 49
Iwan Jones

Iwan Jones

Queen Mary University of London

H-index: 47
Julian P. Sachs

Julian P. Sachs

University of Washington

H-index: 44
Professor Peter Guy Langdon

Professor Peter Guy Langdon

University of Southampton

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