Coastal Landscapes Of South Australia

Author : Robert P. Bourman,Colin V. Murray-Wallace,Nick Harvey
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781925261219

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Coastal Landscapes of South Australia by Robert P. Bourman,Colin V. Murray-Wallace,Nick Harvey Pdf

Geologically, the South Australian coast is very young, having evolved over only 1% of geological time, during the past 43 million years since the separation of Australia and Antarctica. It is also very dynamic, with the current shoreline position having been established from only 7000 years ago. The South Australian mainland coast is 3816 km long, with islands providing an additional 1251 km of coast, giving a total coastline of just over 5000 km. South Australian coastal landforms include cliffs, rocky outcrops and shore platforms, mangrove woodlands, mudflats, estuaries, extensive sandy beaches, coastal dunes and coastal barrier systems, as well as numerous near-shore reefs and islands. This book is a landmark study into the variable character of the South Australian coast and its long-term evolution.

Author : Colin V. Murray-Wallace
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319893426

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Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia by Colin V. Murray-Wallace Pdf

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the Quaternary geological and geomorphological evolution of the Coorong Coastal Plain region and its significance in a global context for understanding long-term records of Quaternary sea-level changes. The Coorong Coastal Plain in southern Australia is a natural laboratory for examining the response of coastal barrier landscapes to relative sea-level changes. The region provides direct evidence of coastal sedimentation during successive interglacials over the past 1 million years, as well as more recent volcanism. The region has received international focus and attracted scientists from around the World, with interests in long-term coastal evolution, sea-level changes, Quaternary dating methods and geochronology, soil development, temperate carbonate sedimentation, karst geomorphology and geologically recent volcanism.

Author : Petrus Cornelis Heyligers,Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Land Use Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Coasts
ISBN : 0643027297

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The Coorong and Beyond by Petrus Cornelis Heyligers,Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Land Use Research Pdf

Author : Madeline E. Fowler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351243759

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Aboriginal Maritime Landscapes in South Australia by Madeline E. Fowler Pdf

Aboriginal Maritime Landscapes in South Australia reveals the maritime landscape of a coastal Aboriginal mission, Burgiyana (Point Pearce), in South Australia, based on the experiences of the Narungga community. A collaborative initiative with Narungga peoples and a cross-disciplinary approach have resulted in new understandings of the maritime history of Australia. Analysis of the long-term participation of Narungga peoples in Australia’s maritime past, informed by Narungga oral histories, primary archival research and archaeological fieldwork, delivers insights into the world of Aboriginal peoples in the post-contact maritime landscape. This demonstrates that multiple interpretations of Australia’s maritime past exist and provokes a reconsideration of how the relationship between maritime and Indigenous archaeology is seen. This book describes the balance ground shaped through the collaboration, collision and reconciliation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Australia. It considers community-based practices, cohesively recording such areas of importance to Aboriginal communities as beliefs, knowledges and lived experiences through a maritime lens, highlighting the presence of Narungga and Burgiyana peoples in a heretofore Western-dominated maritime literature. Through its consideration of such themes as maritime archaeology and Aboriginal history, the book is of value to scholars in a broad range of disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, history and Indigenous studies.

Author : Andrew D. Short
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1261 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030142940

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Australian Coastal Systems by Andrew D. Short Pdf

This book describes the entire coast and beaches and barrier systems of Australia. It covers the coastal processes and systems that form and impact Australia's 30.000 km coast, 12.000 beaches and 2750 barrier systems. These processes include geology, geomorphology, climate, waves, tides, currents, sediment supply, as well as coastal ecosystems. The coast is divided into tropical northern and southern temperate provinces, within which are seven divisions, 23 regions and 354 coastal sediment compartments each of which is described in detail in the 34 chapters. Within these systems are the full range of wave through tide-dominated beaches and barriers ranging from cheniers to massive transgressive dune systems together with a range of onshore and longshore sand transport systems. This is an up to date reference for the entire coast, its present condition and likely responses to the impacts of climate change.

Author : Neil N. McKenzie,David D. Jacquier,Ray R.F. Isbell,Katharine K. Brown
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643104334

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Australian Soils and Landscapes by Neil N. McKenzie,David D. Jacquier,Ray R.F. Isbell,Katharine K. Brown Pdf

This essential reference provides an introduction to the remarkable soils and landscapes of Australia. It reveals their great diversity and explains why an understanding of soil properties and landscape processes should guide our use of the land. Using striking photographs of characteristic landscapes, it begins by describing the basic properties of soils and how Australia's distinctive soils and landscapes have co-evolved. We gain a greater understanding of why particular soils occur at certain locations and how soil variation can influence landscape processes, agricultural productivity and ecosystem function. The book explains the impact of various forms of land use and the changes they can bring about in soil. This is followed by an invaluable compendium that describes and illustrates over 100 of the more important and widespread soils of Australia, along with their associated landscapes. There is a brief account of each soil's environment, usage and qualities as well as details on chemical and physical properties so we can make more informed decisions about appropriate land-use. Australian Soils and Landscapes will be a valuable resource for farmers, natural resource managers, soil and environmental scientists, students and anyone with an interest in Australia's unique environment.

Author : Alistair Glen,Christopher Dickman
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643103177

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Carnivores of Australia by Alistair Glen,Christopher Dickman Pdf

The Australian continent provides a unique perspective on the evolution and ecology of carnivorous animals. In earlier ages, Australia provided the arena for a spectacular radiation of marsupial and reptilian predators. The causes of their extinctions are still the subject of debate. Since European settlement, Australia has seen the extinction of one large marsupial predator (the thylacine), another (the Tasmanian devil) is in danger of imminent extinction, and still others have suffered dramatic declines. By contrast, two recently-introduced predators, the fox and cat, have been spectacularly successful, with devastating impacts on the Australian fauna. Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future explores Australia's unique predator communities from pre-historic, historic and current perspectives. It covers mammalian, reptilian and avian carnivores, both native and introduced to Australia. It also examines the debate surrounding how best to manage predators to protect livestock and native biodiversity. Readers will benefit from the most up-to-date synthesis by leading researchers and managers in the field of carnivore biology. By emphasising Australian carnivores as exemplars of flesh-eaters in other parts of the world, this book will be an important reference for researchers, wildlife managers and students worldwide.

Author : P. Bishop,B. Pillans,Brad Pillans
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Geomorphology
ISBN : 1862393141

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Australian Landscapes by P. Bishop,B. Pillans,Brad Pillans Pdf

Australian Landscapes provides an up-to-date statement on the geomorphology of Australia. Karst, desert, bedrock rivers, coasts, submarine geomorphology, biogeomorphology and tectonics are all covered, aided by the latest geochronological techniques and remote sensing approaches. The antiquity and enduring geomorphological stability of the Australian continent are emphasized in several chapters, but the cutting-edge techniques used to establish that stability also reveal much complexity, including areas of considerable recent tectonic activity and a wide range of rates of landscape change. Links to the biological sphere are explored, in relation both to the lengthy human presence on the continent and to a biota that resulted from Cenozoic aridification of the continent, dated using new techniques. New syntheses of glaciation in Tasmania, aridification in South Australia and aeolian activity all focus on Quaternary landscape evolution.

Author : Ben Ford
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441982100

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The Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes by Ben Ford Pdf

Maritime cultural landscapes are collections of submerged archaeological sites, or combinations of terrestrial and submerged sites that reflect the relationship between humans and the water. These landscapes can range in size from a single beach to an entire coastline and can include areas of terrestrial sites now inundated as well as underwater sites that are now desiccated. However, what binds all of these sites together is the premise that each aspect of the landscape –cultural, political, environmental, technological, and physical – is interrelated and can not be understood without reference to the others. In this maritime cultural landscape approach, individual sites are treated as features within the larger landscape and the interpretation of single sites add to a larger analysis of a region or culture. This approach provides physical and theoretical links between terrestrial and underwater archaeology as well as prehistoric and historic archaeology; consequently, providing a framework for integrating such diverse topics as trade, resource procurement, habitation, industrial production, and warfare into a holistic study of the past. Landscape studies foster broader perspectives and approaches, extending the study of maritime cultures beyond the shoreline. Despite this potential, the archaeological study of maritime landscapes is a relatively untried approach with many questions regarding the methods and perspectives needed to effectively analyze these landscapes. The chapters in this volume, which include contributions from the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia, address many of the theoretical and methodological questions surrounding maritime cultural landscapes. The authors comprise established scholars as well as archaeologists at the beginning of their careers, providing a healthy balance of experience and innovation. The chapters also demonstrate parity between method and theory, where the varying interpretations of culture and space are given equal weight with the challenges of investigating both wet and dry sites across large areas.

Author : Simon Haberle,Bruno David
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781921862724

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Peopled Landscapes by Simon Haberle,Bruno David Pdf

"This volume brings together a collection of papers from a diverse field of international scholars exploring the multiple ways that East Timorese communities are making and remaking their connections to land and places of ancestral significance. The work is explicitly comparative and highlights the different ways Timorese language communities negotiate access and transactions in land, disputes and inheritance especially in areas subject to historical displacement and resettlement. Consideration is extended to the role of ritual performance and social alliance for inscribing connection and entitlement. Emerging through analysis is an appreciation of how relations to land, articulated in origin discourses, are implicated in the construction of national culture and differential contributions to the struggle for independence."--Publisher's description.

Author : Camille Roulière,Claudia Egerer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000578294

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Water Lore by Camille Roulière,Claudia Egerer Pdf

Located within the field of environmental humanities, this volume engages with one of the most pressing contemporary environmental challenges of our time: how can we shift our understanding and realign what water means to us? Water is increasingly at the centre of scientific and public debates about climate change. In these debates, rising sea levels compete against desertification; hurricanes and floods follow periods of prolonged drought. As we continue to pollute, canalise and desalinate waters, the ambiguous nature of our relationship with these entities becomes visible. From the paradisiac and pristine scenery of holiday postcards through to the devastated landscapes of post-tsunami news reports, images of waters surround us. And while we continue to damage what most sustains us, collective precarity grows. Breaking down disciplinary boundaries, with contributions from scholars in the visual arts, history, earth systems, anthropology, architecture, literature and creative writing, archaeology and music, this edited collection creates space for less-prominent perspectives, with many authors coming from female, Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ contexts. Combining established and emerging voices, and practice-led research and critical scholarship, the book explores water across its scientific, symbolic, material, imaginary, practical and aesthetic dimensions. It examines and interrogates our cultural construction and representation of water and, through original research and theory, suggests ways in which we can reframe the dialogue to create a better relationship with water sources in diverse contexts and geographies. This expansive book brings together key emerging scholarship on water persona and agency and would be an ideal supplementary text for discussions on the blue humanities, climate change, environmental anthropology and environmental history.

Author : L. Beyer,M. Bölter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642563188

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Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes by L. Beyer,M. Bölter Pdf

Research in Antarctica in the past two decades has fundamentally changed our perceptions of the southern continent. This volume describes typical terrestrial environments of the maritime and continental Antarctic. Life and chemical processes are restricted to small ranges of ambient temperature, availability of water and nutrients. This is reflected not only in life processes, but also in those of weathering and pedogenesis. The volume focuses on interactions between plants, animals and soils. It includes aspects of climate change, soil development and biology, as well as above- and below-ground results of interdisciplinary research projects combining data from botany, zoology, microbiology, pedology, and soil ecology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : CHI:80383415

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Proceedings RMRS. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gloria Strzelecki
Publisher : Wakefield Press
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781862549586

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Kathleen Sauerbier by Gloria Strzelecki Pdf

Modern in her attitude to life and art, Kathleen Sauerbier painted outstanding landscapes, and also portraits, streetscapes and still lifes. In South Australia she became one of the first artists to respond to the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula with a truly modernist approach, while she lived and painted also in Melbourne, London and France.

Author : Nick Harvey,Brian Caton
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780980723038

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Coastal Management in Australia by Nick Harvey,Brian Caton Pdf

The coast is one of our most valuable assets but how is it being treated and what is being done to look after it? COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of this important subject. Interesting case studies are used to illustrate human impact on coastal processes as well as demonstrating the global significance of the coast and the international imperative to manage it properly. COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA introduces the background to the various coastal management systems operating in Australia and illustrates these with 'real world' examples from the different states and territories. Since this book was first published yet another parliamentary inquiry has been added to some 30 years of national inquiries into coastal management, with further calls for national co-ordination. In addition, the Australian government has focused attention on the potential risks of climate change for the Australian coast. Both authors have national and international coastal expertise; significant academic teaching experience in coastal processes and coastal management; coastal planning and policy skills; and have extensive government expertise in coastal management.