GEOS3009 – Kioloa 2018
We had a great fieldtrip to Kioloa Coastal Campus with our third year students from GEOS3009/3909. We measured topography of the beach and the inlet; assessed the sediment characteristics; and analysed […]
Category Archives: GRG Activities
Hot off the press! Did rapid sea-level rise drown fossil coral reefs around Hawaii?
Hot off the press! Did rapid sea-level rise drown fossil coral reefs around Hawaii? In a paper published today in Quaternary Science Reviews, the GRG examines evidence of a Hawaiian […]
Hot off the press! New paper on estimating regional coral reef calcium carbonate production!
Our new paper, a multidisciplinary collaboration lead led by Dr Sarah Hamylton from the University of Wollongong, estimates the calcium carbonate production on the southern Great Barrier Reefs using remote […]
JASAG 2017
Last Friday we had a productive worskshop discussing the geomorphology of coral reefs with our Australian and Japanese colleagues. It was an inspiring day for sharing and discussing our latest […]
Hot off the Press! Hyperspectral imaging of fossil coral reefs for environmental and climate reconstructions
In a new paper just published we present novel research showing for the first time how hyperspectral analysis (analysing waves beyond the visible light spectrum) can be used to effectively […]
Japan Australia Sangoshō Geomorphology – JASAG
We are busy at the GRG organising the first Australia-Japan meeting on the geomorphology of coral reefs – JASAG. We are organising it with a consortium of Japanese researchers led by Professors […]
New paper on using geochemical ratios as proxies for sediment transport
Our latest paper on using Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca as geochemical proxies for understanding sediment transport processes within coral reefs is in press. This paper is based on Jordan Gacutan’s honours […]
Hot off the press! Storms in coral reefs
A new book on “Coastal Storms: Processes and Impacts” has been published by Wiley. The book editors are Paolo Ciavola and Giovanni Coco; this book is a timely contribution on […]
Sculptures under water
The last days have seen some swell arriving at the eastern beaches of Sydney. They were big but not as big as the swells that battered our coast in early […]
Fun Science with the GRG at ICRS in Honolulu, Hawaii
Aloha! An impressive constituency from the GRG has recently returned from a very productive and fun International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Honolulu, Hawaii. The GRG was represented in several […]
Geocoastal Research Group 