Teaching and Research Academics

• Quaternary studies and global environmental change
• Sedimentology and stratigraphy
• Amino acid racemisation,  coastal evolution and sea-level change
• Neotectonics

• Chemical hydrology, palaeoceanography & atmospheric chemistry
• Low-temperature geochemistry-chemical, C-14, C1-36 & stable-isotope studies of the formation and evolution of modern and ancient lake basins, etc
• Chemical and isotopic studies of ore deposits

• Estuarine science & management especially nutrient budgeting
• Soil genesis and management
• Small island environments
• Linking coastalzone and catchment management
• Environmental chemistry

• River channel erosion
• Floodplain formation of rivers of arid and tropical regions
• Quaternary environmental change
• Thermoluminescence dating

• Coastal processes
• Estuarine studies
• Mangrove ecology
• Geographic Information Systems
• Sea-level change
• Coral atolls
   

• Indigenous environmental issues
• Conservation and protected area policy
• Cultural values of wildlife
• Experiential learning and outdoor education
   

• Regional geology and tectonics of the Tasmanides of
• eastern Australia
• Sedimentology of deep-marine sediments

• Petrology of petroleum reservoir rocks
• Sedimentology of fluvial, fluvio-deltaic and volcaniclastic sequences
• Basin analysis
• Application of mathematical techniques to geological problems
• Coastal ecology

• Early Precambrian crustal evolution, terrestrial differentiation and emerging life environments
• This is undertaken via integrated field studies (including geological mapping), geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology. Main focus for research is Greenland

• Social/Culture Geography
• Cultures of natures
• Tourism, Festivals, Travelle
• Sexuality and gender

• Ore deposit geology
• Tectonics (China and Central Asia, Eastern Australia)
• Paleofire records and sedimentation
• Geological application of remote sensing

• Remote sensing, GIS, and advanced modelling techniques to investigate impacts of both natural and anthropogenic disturbances on the dynamics of ecological systems
• Specific interests in hyperspectral remote sensing for detection of vegetation stress, monitoring vegetation health, and discrimination between vegetation species, including exotic weeds

• Rural social and cultural change
• Cultural and historical aspects of arid zone pastoralism
• Aboriginal land use
• Cultural geography and environment
• Environmental policy

• Fluvial geomorphology
• Arid zone geomorphology
• Palaeoclimatology and Quaternary studies
• Geochronology
• River and catchment management

• Cultural geographies of nature, especially water
• Environmental governance
• Politics of environmental knowledge production
• Multi-disciplinary research methodologies

• Coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves
• GIS and remote sensing
• Modelling structural and functional processes in coastal systems
• Modelling physical processes in the coastal zone
• Landscape ecology
• The social and cultural contexts of map use

Dr Samuel MARX
smarx@uow.edu.au
Ph: +61 2 42215318
Location: 41.G31

• Aeolian geomorphology, long-range dust transport and the use of dust as a palaeo-environmental proxy.
• Hydro-climate variability.
• Atmospheric pollution and environmental accumulation of pollutants.
• Geochemical tracers of physical processes.
• Effects of anthropogenic activities on the environment, particularly erosion, sedimentation and pollution histories.
• Coastal wetland dynamics.

• Geographies of racism and anti-racism
• Immigration, cultural diversity, asylum seeking and refugees
• Geographies of childhood & youth including children’s work/labour
• Alternative research methodologies, including participatory action research