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B. G. Jones

2013

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Contrasting Sedimentation Rates In Lake Illawarra And St Georges Basin, Two Large Barrier Estuaries On The Southeast Coast Of Australia, Colin Murray-Wallace, Brian Jones, Craig Sloss, H Heijnis, B Brooke Jun 2013

Contrasting Sedimentation Rates In Lake Illawarra And St Georges Basin, Two Large Barrier Estuaries On The Southeast Coast Of Australia, Colin Murray-Wallace, Brian Jones, Craig Sloss, H Heijnis, B Brooke

B. G. Jones

Sedimentation rates over the last 100 years within two lagoons on the southeast coast of Australia, Lake Illawarra and St Georges Basin, have been quantified to determine the effects of catchment land use change and native vegetation clearance on infill rates, and spatial variations in the rate at which the estuaries have filled. Both catchments have similar lake and catchment area but have experience different degrees of modification due to land clearing for agriculture practices, urbanisation and industrialisation. Results indicate that in the heavily modified catchment of Lake Illawarra sedimentation rates close to fluvial deltas can be in excess of …


Reconstructing Recent Sedimentation In Two Urbanised Coastal Lagoons (Nsw, Australia) Using Radioisotopes And Geochemistry, Brian Jones, H Heijnis, J. Harrison, Suzanne Hollins, S Hankin, Atun Zawadzki Jun 2013

Reconstructing Recent Sedimentation In Two Urbanised Coastal Lagoons (Nsw, Australia) Using Radioisotopes And Geochemistry, Brian Jones, H Heijnis, J. Harrison, Suzanne Hollins, S Hankin, Atun Zawadzki

B. G. Jones

In this study, we combined grain size and geochemical analyses with radioisotope analysis of lead-210 (210Pb), caesium-137 (137Cs) and radiocarbon (14C) ages to reconstruct the sedimentation history of two urbanised coastal lagoons in south-east Australia. Towradgi and Fairy Lagoons were both found to exhibit slow initial sedimentation of less than 1 mm year-1 prior to anthropogenic influences. Land clearing in the catchments increased runoff and erosion in the creeks feeding into the estuaries, and has resulted in progradation of fluvial material into the estuarine systems with a marked increase in sedimentation to between 2 and 7 mm year-1. The upper …


Setup, Deposition And Sedimentary Characteristics Of Two Storm Overwash Deposits, Abrahams Bosom Beach, Southeastern Australia, Brian Jones, Adam Switzer Jun 2013

Setup, Deposition And Sedimentary Characteristics Of Two Storm Overwash Deposits, Abrahams Bosom Beach, Southeastern Australia, Brian Jones, Adam Switzer

B. G. Jones

No abstract provided.


Aminostratigraphy Of Two Holocene Wave-Dominated Barrier Estuaries In Southeastern Australia, Colin Murray-Wallace, Brian Jones, Craig Sloss Jun 2013

Aminostratigraphy Of Two Holocene Wave-Dominated Barrier Estuaries In Southeastern Australia, Colin Murray-Wallace, Brian Jones, Craig Sloss

B. G. Jones

No abstract provided.