Elspeth Rae
PhD Student
Telephone: +61 2 6268 8317
Fax: +61 2 6268 8017
Email: e.rae@student.adfa.edu.au
Location: PEMS Nth, Room 303
Field of Study - Geography
Supervisor: Professor Brian Lees
Co-Supervisor:
Research Topic - Climatic changes as the cause behind cessation in beach progradation throughout the late Holocene
Previous studies have shown several breaks in progradation along Bengello Beach ridge plain, southeast NSW. Using ground penetrating radar, thermoluminescent dating, and detailed sedimentary, topographic, and vegetation surveys, the cause of these breaks is being investigated. To validate methods, the results for the Holocene sequence are cross-referenced with time-series topographic survey data of the present day beach, dating back to the early 1970s. Preliminary results indicate climatic shifts analogous to those recently proposed across Eastern Australia.
