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HDR Opportunities in Environment Research

GeoQuest Research Centre

  • Sedimentation in coastal/riverine environments including stratigraphy and dating of estuaries, floodplains and coastal lakes in southern or northern Australia [Brian Jones, Colin Murray-Wallace, Colin Woodroffe, Gerald Nanson]
  • Identification of natural hazards along the east coast of Australia such as landslides or the impact of tsunamis [Brian Jones, Ted Bryant, Phil Flentje]
  • Application of innovative new dating techniques to unravelling the archaeological science and/or changing landforms in Australian or southeast Asian sedimentary environments [Bert Roberts, Mike Morwood, Colin Murray-Wallace]
  • Ocean drilling, focused on paleoenvironments of the Gulf of Carpentaria and sedimentological interpretation of deep-sea cores on plate boundaries [Allan Chivas, Chris Fergusson]
  • Geomorphology of rivers and the history of floods and aridity, particularly in eastern or northern Australia [Gerald Nanson, Brian Jones]
  • Catchment management, including social impacts, land-use change and indigenous land management [John Morrison, Nick Gill, Lesley Head, Laurie Chisholm]
  • Geochemistry of sediments, and identification of contaminants in sediments and their transport in coastal catchments [Allan Chivas, John Morrison, Dianne Jolley]
  • Geological study of igneous rocks, ore deposits, and structural processes at plate boundaries [Paul Carr, Chris Fergusson, Solomon Buckman]
  • Modelling (incorporating remote sensing and GIS) to examine ecological processes in relation to disturbance events (weeds, clearing, fire, tropical cyclones, landslide risk, etc [Marji Puotinen, Laurie Chisholm, Phil Flentje]
  • Hyperspectral remote sensing for species discrimination and plant physiology studies (e.g. forest stress) [Laurie Chisholm]
  • Assessment of the effect of climate change on the evolution and sustainability of coastal environments in the Australian and southeast Asian region [Colin Woodroffe, John Morrison, Colin Murray-Wallace]
  • Cultural dimensions of environmental management, including responses to climate change [Lesley Head, Nick Gill]
  • Tourism geographies, and geographies of sexuality and gender, and sport, youth and home [Gordon Waitt]
  • Social and cultural geography, including reinventing rural places, the role of festivals, creative economies, and cultural applications of GIS [Chris Gibson, Gordon Waitt]


    For Further Information: http://www.uow.edu.au/science/eesc/geoquest/

Other Opportunities

> Please view the Physical and Chemical Sciences web page for other Environmental Research opportunities with the Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry.

 
   

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