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RESEARCH

My main research is concentrated in the fields of sedimentology and stratigraphy, with particular interests in the interactions between clastic non-marine, coastal and shallow marine depositional systems.This work has involved studying both modern and ancient examples from many parts of Australia and overseas.

I am particularly interested in applying modern analogues to the development of genetic models for the deposition and exploration of coal, petroleum and mineral resources. This work is integrated with my interest and involvement with the petroleum industry, particularly in the areas of sedimentary facies analysis, petrology and reservoir characterisation.

However, I also have broader interests in carbonate sedimentology, micropalaeontology, volcaniclastic successions and environmental geology, especially the effects of pollution and excessive sedimentation in coastal ecosystems in southern New South Wales.

Recent research endeavours have included:

(1) fluvial sedimentology and architecture of the Triassic Hawkesbury Sandstone (with Professor Andrew Miall, University of Toronto);

(2) volcaniclastic sedimentation in the Sydney Basin and its relationship to palaeogeography and basin evolution (with A/Prof Paul Carr, UOW, and Honours students);

(3) Quaternary fluvio-deltaic sedimentation in the Gulf of Carpentaria (in collaboration with staff and PhD students at UOW);

(4) Quaternary fluvial and aeolian sedimentation in central and SE Australia and its relationship to climate change and neotectonics (with Prof. Gerald Nanson, UOW, and Honours and PhD students;

(5) carbonate sedimentation and reef development in the Lord Howe region (with A/Prof Colin Woodroffe, UOW, Honours and PhD students);

(6) Holocene evolution of barrier estuaries and associated coastal deposits on the southern coast of New South Wales together with the more recent problems of pollution and rapid sedimentation in these environments (with Dr Bryan Chenhall, UOW, and Honours and PhD students).

The ARC, AINSE, Government, Industry and the University of Wollongong have funded my research.

TEACHING

Within the School of Geosciences I contribute to both the undergraduate teaching programs and supervise Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Environmental Science honours, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy students.

Currently I am teaching in the first year subject Earth Environments and Resources , the second year subjects Field Geology I , Field Techniques in Earth Sciences and Marine Sediments and Fossils and the third year subject Fluvial Geomorphology, Sedimentology and River Management.

Recent publications include:

Yassini, I., and Jones, B. G., 1995. Foraminiferida and Ostracoda from estuarine and shelf environments on the southeastern coast of Australia. University of Wollongong Press, Wollongong, 484 pp.

Bamberry, W. J., Hutton, A. C., and Jones, B. G., 1995. The Permian Illawarra Coal Measures, southern Sydney Basin, Australia: a case study of deltaic sedimentation. In Oti, M. N., and Postma, G., (eds) Geology of Deltas, pp. 153-166. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Chenhall, B. E., Yassini, I, Depers, A. M., Caitcheon, G., Jones, B. G., Batley, G. E., and Ohmsen, G. S., 1995. Anthropogenic marker evidence for accelerated sedimentation in Lake Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia. Environmental Geology 26, 124-135.

Yassini, I., Jones, B. G., King, R. J., Ayress, M., and Dewi, K. T., 1995. Ostracod fauna associated with sublittoral kelp forest vegetation at Windang Island, south of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 46, 1181-1194.

Tye, S. C., Fielding, C. R., and Jones, B. G., 1996. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Permian Talaterang and Shoalhaven Groups in the southernmost Sydney Basin, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 43, 57-69.

Chiaradia, M., Chenhall, B. E., Depers, A. M., Gulson, B. L., and Jones, B. G., 1997. Identification of historical lead sources in roof dusts and recent lake sediments from an industrialized area: indications from lead isotopes. The Science of the Total Environment 205, 107-128.

Payne, M., Chenhall, B. E., Murrie M., and Jones, B. G., 1997. Spatial variation of sediment-bound zinc, lead, copper and rubidium in Lake Illawarra, a coastal lagoon in eastern Australia. Journal of Coastal Research 13, 1181-1191.

Simpson, C. J., Carr, P. F., and Jones, B. G., 1997. Evolution of the Early Devonian Bindook Volcanic Complex, Wollondilly Basin, eastern Lachlan Fold Belt. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 44, 711-726.

Jones, B. G. and Chenhall, B. E., 2001. Lagoonal and estuarine sedimentation during the past 200years. In Heijnis, H. and Harle, K. (eds), Archives of Human Impact of the Last 200 Years, pp. 42-46. Australian Institute for Nuclear Science and Engineering Workshop, Lucas Heights.

Jones, B. G., Chowdhury, R. N. and Ghobadi, M. H., 2001. Land instability: a case study from the Illawarra region, New South Wales. In V. A. Gostin (ed.), Gondwana to Greenhouse: Australian Environmental Geoscience, pp. 67-74. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 21.

Chenhall, B. E., Jones, B. G. and Depers, A. M., 2001. Trace metal pollution and sedimentation in coastal lagoons: an example from Lake Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia. In V. A. Gostin (ed.), Gondwana to Greenhouse: Australian Environmental Geoscience, pp. 227-233. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 21.

Chenhall, B. E., Chiaradia, M., Gulson, B. L., Jones, B. G. and Depers, A. M. 2001. Stable Lead Isotopes: application to sourcing of lead in the environment. In V. A. Gostin (ed.), Gondwana to Greenhouse: Australian Environmental Geoscience, pp. 235-242. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 21.

Carr, P. F., and Jones, B. G., 2001. The influence of palaeoenvironment and lava flux on the emplacement of submarine, near-shore Late Permian basalt lavas, Sydney Basin (Australia). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 112, 247-266.

Bann, G. R., and Jones, B. G., 2001. The Coolangatta Latite Member and associated tuffs: newly identified basal units in the Gerringong Volcanics, southern Sydney Basin, NSW. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 123, 23-37.

Murray-Wallace, C. V., Jones, B. G., Nghi, T., Price, D. M., Vinh, V. V., Tinh, T. N. and Nanson, G. C., 2002. Thermoluminescence ages for a reworked coastal barrier, southeastern Vietnam: a preliminary report. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 20, 535-548.

García, A., Jones, B. G., Chenhall, B. E., and Murray-Wallace, C. V., 2002. Charophytes as environmental indicators: a Holocene example from Tom Thumbs Lagoon, Australia. Alcheringa 26, 507-518.

Kennedy, D. M., Woodroffe, C. D., Jones, B. G., Dickson, M. E., and Phipps, C. V. G., 2002. Carbonate sedimentation on tropical shelves around Lord Howe Island and Balls Pyramid, southwest Pacific. Marine Geology 188, 333-349.

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