Murray-Wallace, Colin V.

Overview

My research interests have primarily focused on aspects of Quaternary coastal and marine geology, particularly in terms of long-term coastal evolution in response to relative sea-level changes. I have examined a diverse range of coastal regions and continental shelf environments. A substantial part of my research has been based in southern Australia in view of my specific interests in the development of sedimentary carbonates during the Quaternary period. In addition, I have undertaken fieldwork and published papers on the coastal geology of the following regions; Hawaii (Oahu, Molokai and Kauai); Vietnam (between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City); South Africa (Southern Cape Coastline and the Wilderness region). Studies of Quaternary sea-level changes, neotectonism (recent vertical crustal movements) in coastal regions and the derivation of models of coastal evolution represent unifying themes in my research.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia: An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes
2016	Coastal Landscapes of South Australia
2014	Quaternary Sea-Level Changes: A Global Perspective
2016	Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level determined from a tectonically stable, far-field location, Eyre Peninsula, southern Australia Published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2015	Aminostratigraphy and sea-level history of the Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation, Mount Gambier region, southern Australia Published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2015	Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia Published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2014	Chronology of Quaternary coastal aeolianite deposition and the drowned shorelines of southwestern Western Australia - a reappraisal Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2014	First recorded evidence of subaqueously-deposited late Pleistocene interstadial (MIS 5c) coastal strata above present sea level in Australia Published in Marine Geology
2014	New c. 270kyr strike-slip and uplift rates for the southern Alpine Fault and implications for the New Zealand plate boundary Published in Journal of Structural Geology
2013	Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin: a review Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2012	Sea-level rise and coastal change: The past as a guide to the future Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2011	Prompt transgression and gradual salinisation of the Black Sea during the early Holocene constrained by amino acid racemization and radiocarbon dating Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2011	The evolution of coastal barrier systems: a case study of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Wilderness barriers, South Africa Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2010	Aminostratigraphy and thermoluminescence dating of coastal aeolianites and the later Quaternary history of a failed delta: The River Murray mouth region, South Australia Published in Quaternary Geochronology
2010	The last interglacial sea-level high stand on the southern Cape coastline of South Africa Published in Quaternary Research
2009	Ancestral Murray River on the Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia: Late Quaternary migrations of a major river outlet and strandline development Published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2008	Last interglacial fossil elephant trackways dated by OSL/AAR in coastal aeolianites, Still Bay, South Africa Published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Research Areas

Geographic Focus

Hawaii County
Southern Africa Transnational Region
Southern Australia Continent
Vietnam Country

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Identification of reworked foraminifera in temperate carbonate sediments – A pilot study from the Coorong Coastal Plain, southern Australia Published In Marine Geology Volume 421 Altmetric
2019	Amino acid racemisation and uranium-series dating of a last interglacial raised beach, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, southern Australia Published In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 143 Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 0376-2750 Altmetric
2019	Holocene shoreline progradation and coastal evolution at Guichen and Rivoli Bays, southern Australia Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume Online First Pages 1 - 19 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2019	The geomorphological evolution of a saline coastal lagoon on the southeast coast of Australia: Swan Lake, New South Wales Published In Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Volume 224 Pages 301 - 313 ISSN 0272-7714 Altmetric
2018	Identification of a penultimate interglacial (marine isotope stage 7) alluvium in South Australia and its climatic and sea-level implications Published In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 142 Pages 208 - 223 ISSN 0376-2750 Altmetric
2018	Interglacial-glacial climatic signatures preserved in a regressive coastal barrier, southeastern Australia Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 501 Pages 124 - 135 ISSN 1872-616X Altmetric
2018	Micropalaeontological evidence for deglacial marine flooding of the ancient courses of the River Murray across the Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia Published In Marine Micropaleontology Volume 141 Pages 55 - 72 ISSN 0377-8398 Altmetric
2018	The Moyjil site, south-west Victoria, Australia: Chronology Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria Volume 130 Pages 32 - 49 ISSN 0035-9211 Altmetric
2018	The last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea level highstand from a tectonically stable far-field setting, Yorke Peninsula, southern Australia Published In Marine Geology Volume 398 Pages 126 - 136 ISSN 0025-3227 Altmetric
2016	Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level determined from a tectonically stable, far-field location, Eyre Peninsula, southern Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 63 Pages 611 - 630 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2015	Aminostratigraphy and sea-level history of the Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation, Mount Gambier region, southern Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 62 Pages 151 - 169 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2015	Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 4 Pages 143 - 151 Altmetric
2015	The Mungo mega-lake event, semi-arid Australia: non-linear descent into the last ice age, implications for human behaviour Published In PLoS One Volume 10 Pages e0127008-1 - e0127008-19 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2014	Chronology of Quaternary coastal aeolianite deposition and the drowned shorelines of southwestern Western Australia - a reappraisal Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 93 Pages 106 - 124 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2014	Depositional history and archaeology of the central Lake Mungo lunette, Willandra Lakes, southeast Australia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 41 Pages 349 - 364 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2014	First recorded evidence of subaqueously-deposited late Pleistocene interstadial (MIS 5c) coastal strata above present sea level in Australia Published In Marine Geology Volume 355 Pages 377 - 383 ISSN 0025-3227 Altmetric
2014	New c. 270kyr strike-slip and uplift rates for the southern Alpine Fault and implications for the New Zealand plate boundary Published In Journal of Structural Geology Volume 64 Pages 39 - 52 ISSN 0191-8141 Altmetric
2013	Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin: a review Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 74 Pages 115 - 138 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2012	Comments on Slee et al. (2012). A reassessment of Last Interglacial deposits at Mary Ann Bay, Tasmania. Quaternary Australasia 29: 4-11 Published In Quaternary Australasia Volume 30 Pages 4 - 6 ISSN 0811-0433
2012	Interstadial age (MIS5c) beach-dune barrier deposits in the Coorong Lagoon, South Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 59 Pages 1127 - 1134 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2012	Sea-level rise and coastal change: The past as a guide to the future Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 54 Pages 4 - 11 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2011	Comment on: "New (40)Ar/(39)Ar ages for selected young (<1 Ma) basalt flows of the Newer Volcanic Province, southeastern Australia" by E. Matchan & D. Phillips Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 6 Pages 598 - 599 ISSN 1871-1014 Altmetric
2011	Contrasting sedimentation rates in Lake Illawarra and St Georges Basin, two large barrier estuaries on the southeast coast of Australia Published In Journal of Paleolimnology Volume 46 Pages 561 - 577 ISSN 0921-2728 Altmetric
2011	Prompt transgression and gradual salinisation of the Black Sea during the early Holocene constrained by amino acid racemization and radiocarbon dating Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 3769 - 3790 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2011	The evolution of coastal barrier systems: a case study of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Wilderness barriers, South Africa Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 63 - 81 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2010	Aminostratigraphy and thermoluminescence dating of coastal aeolianites and the later Quaternary history of a failed delta: The River Murray mouth region, South Australia Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 5 Pages 28 - 49 ISSN 1871-1014 Altmetric
2010	Late Pliocene age of glacial deposits at Heidemann Valley East Antarctica: evidence for the last major glaciation in the Vestfold Hills Published In Antarctic Science Volume 22 Pages 53 - 64 ISSN 0954-1020 Altmetric
2010	The last interglacial sea-level high stand on the southern Cape coastline of South Africa Published In Quaternary Research Volume 73 Pages 351 - 363 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2009	Ancestral Murray River on the Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia: Late Quaternary migrations of a major river outlet and strandline development Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 56 Pages 135 - 157 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2009	Holocene palaeofire records in a high-level, proximal valley-fill (Wilson Bog), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume 19 Pages 1017 - 1029 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2009	West coast dune plumes: climate driven contrasts in dunefield morphogenesis along the western and southern South African coasts Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 271 Pages 24 - 38 ISSN 1872-616X Altmetric
2008	A dating intercomparison study on late stone age coastal midden deposits, South Africa Published In Geoarchaeology: an international journal Volume 23 Pages 715 - 741 ISSN 0883-6353 Altmetric
2008	Last interglacial fossil elephant trackways dated by OSL/AAR in coastal aeolianites, Still Bay, South Africa Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 257 Pages 261 - 279 ISSN 1872-616X Altmetric
2008	Shell-gathering from mangroves and the seasonality of the Southeast Asian Monsoon using high-resolution stable isotopic analysis of the tropical estuarine bivalve (Geloina erosa) from the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak: methods and reconnaissance of molluscs of early Holocene and modern times Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 35 Pages 2686 - 2697 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2007	Holocene sea-level change on the southeast coast of Australia: a review Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume 17 Pages 999 - 1014 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2007	The geochronological potential of isoleucine epimerisation in cassowary and megapode eggshells from archaeological sites Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 34 Pages 1051 - 1063 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric

Book

Year	Title
2018	Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia: An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes Publisher Cham, Switzerland: Springer International ISBN 9783319893419 Pages 229 Altmetric
2016	Coastal Landscapes of South Australia Publisher University of Adelaide Altmetric
2014	Quaternary Sea-Level Changes: A Global Perspective Publisher Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press
2007	Quaternary history of the Coorong Coastal Plain, South Australia Publisher University of Wollongong

Chapter

Year	Title
2013	An introduction to dating techniques: a guide for geomorphologists Published In Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 14: Methods in Geomorphology Publisher Elsevier Inc Pages 346 - 369 Altmetric
2008	Geology of Hawaii Reefs Published In Coral Reefs of the USA Publisher Springer Pages 435 - 488
2007	Eustatic sea-level changes since the last glaciation Published In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science Publisher Elsevier BV Pages 3034 - 3044
2007	Eustatic sea-level changes, glacial-interglacial cycles Published In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science Publisher Elsevier BV Pages 3024 - 3034

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2014	Microtextural characteristics of quartz grains from large scale marine inundations: case studies from the eastern coastline of Australia Published In AQUA Biennial Meeting: Program and Abstracts Pages 35-1 - 35-1
2011	A large-scale coastal inundation event, inferred from foraminifera, Eden, NSW, Australia Published In Second Joint IGCP 588 'Preparing for Coastal Change' and INQUA 1001: 'Quaternary Coastal Change and Records of Extreme Marine Inundation on Coastal Environments' Meeting Pages 12 - 13

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020	Global climate change and coastal landscape evolution in southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015	Landscape archaeology at Lake Mungo Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015	Sedimentary processes on sandy coasts in southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Sonic drilling to provide contamination-free core sampling of rock, unconsolidated sediment and organics Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2010	A facility for sensitive and precise isotopic dating of Earth's and extraterrestrial rocks Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2010	How green were our deserts? Evidence for Late Quaternary climate change and the source of water in the Lake Eyre basin Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Human responses to long term landscape and climate change in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Reef-island sedimentation determined by the age of reef-flat foraminifera Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2009	The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	A stable-isotope mass spectrometer for novel determinations of past temperature Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Dating of foraminifera to establish reef island deposition rates, Tarawa, central Pacific Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2008	Late Pleistocene sea-level changes and the evolution of the Lacapede Shelf, Southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2007	A new generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for advanced research in the Earth, planetary and environmental sciences Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
	Innovative isotopic techniques to study the response of soil and water resources to modern and past climate change Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)

Potential Supervision Topics

Amino acid racemization geochronology
Coastal evolution over Holocene and Pleistocene timeframes
Coastal neotectonics
Quaternary sea-level changes

Teaching Activities

(EESC332) Sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments Facilitator

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Climate and sea-level changes during the last interglacial maximum	Pan, Tsun-You
Doctor of Philosophy	Late Quaternary Sea-Level Changes and Evolution of the Lacepede Shelf, Southern Australia	Lahuerta Pineiro, Nuria
Doctor of Philosophy	"Structural Geology and Tectonics of the northeastern Bird's Head, West Papua, Indonesia"	Saputra, Sukahar Eka Adi
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Depositional and erosional history of the Robe Range Coastal Barrier, Coorong - Mount Gambier Coastal Plain, South Australia	Hidayat, Rahmadi
Doctor of Philosophy	Palaeogeographic Evolution of Australia's Southern Margin	Porritt, Erin
Doctor of Philosophy	Australia's Beaches in the Anthropocene: Deciphering Past Changes in Coastal Evolution from Climate Change to Better Understand Future Shoreline Behaviour Resulting from Global Warming	Golding, Hayden

Organizer Of Event

XVII INQUA Congress, Cairns, 2007 2007 -

Professional Service Activities

Quaternary Research Editorial Board 2009 -
Quaternary Geochronology Editorial Board 2008 -
Quaternary Science Reviews Editor-in-Chief 2008 - 2016
Quaternary Science Reviews Editor 2003 - 2007
Archaeology in Oceania Assistant Editor 1988 - 1990

Education And Training

D.Sc. in Geology, University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Amino acid racemization geochronology - contributions to the understanding of Quaternary sea-level changes, neotectonics and coastal evolution 2009
Ph.D. in Geology, University of Adelaide, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Evaluation and application of the amino acid racemisation reaction in studies of Quaternary coastal and marine sediments in Australia 1984 - 1987

Credentials

Doctor of Science, 2010
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, 1994
Doctor of Philosophy, 1988
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours), 1984

Awards And Honors

Mawson Medal, conferred by Australian Academy of Science, 2016
A.H. Voisey Medal, conferred by Geological Society of Australia, 1995

Keywords

Amino acid racemization

Coastal Geomorphology

Quaternary geochronology

Quaternary sea-level changes

Full Name

Colin Vincent Murray-Wallace

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-9141 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia: An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes
2016	Coastal Landscapes of South Australia
2014	Quaternary Sea-Level Changes: A Global Perspective
2016	Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level determined from a tectonically stable, far-field location, Eyre Peninsula, southern Australia Published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2015	Aminostratigraphy and sea-level history of the Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation, Mount Gambier region, southern Australia Published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2015	Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia Published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2014	Chronology of Quaternary coastal aeolianite deposition and the drowned shorelines of southwestern Western Australia - a reappraisal Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2014	First recorded evidence of subaqueously-deposited late Pleistocene interstadial (MIS 5c) coastal strata above present sea level in Australia Published in Marine Geology
2014	New c. 270kyr strike-slip and uplift rates for the southern Alpine Fault and implications for the New Zealand plate boundary Published in Journal of Structural Geology
2013	Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin: a review Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2012	Sea-level rise and coastal change: The past as a guide to the future Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2011	Prompt transgression and gradual salinisation of the Black Sea during the early Holocene constrained by amino acid racemization and radiocarbon dating Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2011	The evolution of coastal barrier systems: a case study of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Wilderness barriers, South Africa Published in Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2010	Aminostratigraphy and thermoluminescence dating of coastal aeolianites and the later Quaternary history of a failed delta: The River Murray mouth region, South Australia Published in Quaternary Geochronology
2010	The last interglacial sea-level high stand on the southern Cape coastline of South Africa Published in Quaternary Research
2009	Ancestral Murray River on the Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia: Late Quaternary migrations of a major river outlet and strandline development Published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2008	Last interglacial fossil elephant trackways dated by OSL/AAR in coastal aeolianites, Still Bay, South Africa Published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Research Areas

Geographic Focus

Hawaii County
Southern Africa Transnational Region
Southern Australia Continent
Vietnam Country

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Identification of reworked foraminifera in temperate carbonate sediments – A pilot study from the Coorong Coastal Plain, southern Australia Published In Marine Geology Volume 421 Altmetric
2019	Amino acid racemisation and uranium-series dating of a last interglacial raised beach, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, southern Australia Published In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 143 Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 0376-2750 Altmetric
2019	Holocene shoreline progradation and coastal evolution at Guichen and Rivoli Bays, southern Australia Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume Online First Pages 1 - 19 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2019	The geomorphological evolution of a saline coastal lagoon on the southeast coast of Australia: Swan Lake, New South Wales Published In Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Volume 224 Pages 301 - 313 ISSN 0272-7714 Altmetric
2018	Identification of a penultimate interglacial (marine isotope stage 7) alluvium in South Australia and its climatic and sea-level implications Published In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 142 Pages 208 - 223 ISSN 0376-2750 Altmetric
2018	Interglacial-glacial climatic signatures preserved in a regressive coastal barrier, southeastern Australia Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 501 Pages 124 - 135 ISSN 1872-616X Altmetric
2018	Micropalaeontological evidence for deglacial marine flooding of the ancient courses of the River Murray across the Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia Published In Marine Micropaleontology Volume 141 Pages 55 - 72 ISSN 0377-8398 Altmetric
2018	The Moyjil site, south-west Victoria, Australia: Chronology Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria Volume 130 Pages 32 - 49 ISSN 0035-9211 Altmetric
2018	The last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea level highstand from a tectonically stable far-field setting, Yorke Peninsula, southern Australia Published In Marine Geology Volume 398 Pages 126 - 136 ISSN 0025-3227 Altmetric
2016	Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level determined from a tectonically stable, far-field location, Eyre Peninsula, southern Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 63 Pages 611 - 630 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2015	Aminostratigraphy and sea-level history of the Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation, Mount Gambier region, southern Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 62 Pages 151 - 169 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2015	Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 4 Pages 143 - 151 Altmetric
2015	The Mungo mega-lake event, semi-arid Australia: non-linear descent into the last ice age, implications for human behaviour Published In PLoS One Volume 10 Pages e0127008-1 - e0127008-19 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2014	Chronology of Quaternary coastal aeolianite deposition and the drowned shorelines of southwestern Western Australia - a reappraisal Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 93 Pages 106 - 124 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2014	Depositional history and archaeology of the central Lake Mungo lunette, Willandra Lakes, southeast Australia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 41 Pages 349 - 364 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2014	First recorded evidence of subaqueously-deposited late Pleistocene interstadial (MIS 5c) coastal strata above present sea level in Australia Published In Marine Geology Volume 355 Pages 377 - 383 ISSN 0025-3227 Altmetric
2014	New c. 270kyr strike-slip and uplift rates for the southern Alpine Fault and implications for the New Zealand plate boundary Published In Journal of Structural Geology Volume 64 Pages 39 - 52 ISSN 0191-8141 Altmetric
2013	Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin: a review Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 74 Pages 115 - 138 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2012	Comments on Slee et al. (2012). A reassessment of Last Interglacial deposits at Mary Ann Bay, Tasmania. Quaternary Australasia 29: 4-11 Published In Quaternary Australasia Volume 30 Pages 4 - 6 ISSN 0811-0433
2012	Interstadial age (MIS5c) beach-dune barrier deposits in the Coorong Lagoon, South Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 59 Pages 1127 - 1134 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2012	Sea-level rise and coastal change: The past as a guide to the future Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 54 Pages 4 - 11 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2011	Comment on: "New (40)Ar/(39)Ar ages for selected young (<1 Ma) basalt flows of the Newer Volcanic Province, southeastern Australia" by E. Matchan & D. Phillips Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 6 Pages 598 - 599 ISSN 1871-1014 Altmetric
2011	Contrasting sedimentation rates in Lake Illawarra and St Georges Basin, two large barrier estuaries on the southeast coast of Australia Published In Journal of Paleolimnology Volume 46 Pages 561 - 577 ISSN 0921-2728 Altmetric
2011	Prompt transgression and gradual salinisation of the Black Sea during the early Holocene constrained by amino acid racemization and radiocarbon dating Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 3769 - 3790 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2011	The evolution of coastal barrier systems: a case study of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Wilderness barriers, South Africa Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 63 - 81 ISSN 0277-3791 Altmetric
2010	Aminostratigraphy and thermoluminescence dating of coastal aeolianites and the later Quaternary history of a failed delta: The River Murray mouth region, South Australia Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 5 Pages 28 - 49 ISSN 1871-1014 Altmetric
2010	Late Pliocene age of glacial deposits at Heidemann Valley East Antarctica: evidence for the last major glaciation in the Vestfold Hills Published In Antarctic Science Volume 22 Pages 53 - 64 ISSN 0954-1020 Altmetric
2010	The last interglacial sea-level high stand on the southern Cape coastline of South Africa Published In Quaternary Research Volume 73 Pages 351 - 363 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2009	Ancestral Murray River on the Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia: Late Quaternary migrations of a major river outlet and strandline development Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 56 Pages 135 - 157 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2009	Holocene palaeofire records in a high-level, proximal valley-fill (Wilson Bog), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume 19 Pages 1017 - 1029 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2009	West coast dune plumes: climate driven contrasts in dunefield morphogenesis along the western and southern South African coasts Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 271 Pages 24 - 38 ISSN 1872-616X Altmetric
2008	A dating intercomparison study on late stone age coastal midden deposits, South Africa Published In Geoarchaeology: an international journal Volume 23 Pages 715 - 741 ISSN 0883-6353 Altmetric
2008	Last interglacial fossil elephant trackways dated by OSL/AAR in coastal aeolianites, Still Bay, South Africa Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 257 Pages 261 - 279 ISSN 1872-616X Altmetric
2008	Shell-gathering from mangroves and the seasonality of the Southeast Asian Monsoon using high-resolution stable isotopic analysis of the tropical estuarine bivalve (Geloina erosa) from the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak: methods and reconnaissance of molluscs of early Holocene and modern times Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 35 Pages 2686 - 2697 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2007	Holocene sea-level change on the southeast coast of Australia: a review Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume 17 Pages 999 - 1014 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2007	The geochronological potential of isoleucine epimerisation in cassowary and megapode eggshells from archaeological sites Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 34 Pages 1051 - 1063 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric

Book

Year	Title
2018	Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia: An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes Publisher Cham, Switzerland: Springer International ISBN 9783319893419 Pages 229 Altmetric
2016	Coastal Landscapes of South Australia Publisher University of Adelaide Altmetric
2014	Quaternary Sea-Level Changes: A Global Perspective Publisher Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press
2007	Quaternary history of the Coorong Coastal Plain, South Australia Publisher University of Wollongong

Chapter

Year	Title
2013	An introduction to dating techniques: a guide for geomorphologists Published In Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 14: Methods in Geomorphology Publisher Elsevier Inc Pages 346 - 369 Altmetric
2008	Geology of Hawaii Reefs Published In Coral Reefs of the USA Publisher Springer Pages 435 - 488
2007	Eustatic sea-level changes since the last glaciation Published In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science Publisher Elsevier BV Pages 3034 - 3044
2007	Eustatic sea-level changes, glacial-interglacial cycles Published In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science Publisher Elsevier BV Pages 3024 - 3034

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2014	Microtextural characteristics of quartz grains from large scale marine inundations: case studies from the eastern coastline of Australia Published In AQUA Biennial Meeting: Program and Abstracts Pages 35-1 - 35-1
2011	A large-scale coastal inundation event, inferred from foraminifera, Eden, NSW, Australia Published In Second Joint IGCP 588 'Preparing for Coastal Change' and INQUA 1001: 'Quaternary Coastal Change and Records of Extreme Marine Inundation on Coastal Environments' Meeting Pages 12 - 13

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020	Global climate change and coastal landscape evolution in southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015	Landscape archaeology at Lake Mungo Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015	Sedimentary processes on sandy coasts in southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Sonic drilling to provide contamination-free core sampling of rock, unconsolidated sediment and organics Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2010	A facility for sensitive and precise isotopic dating of Earth's and extraterrestrial rocks Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2010	How green were our deserts? Evidence for Late Quaternary climate change and the source of water in the Lake Eyre basin Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Human responses to long term landscape and climate change in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Reef-island sedimentation determined by the age of reef-flat foraminifera Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2009	The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	A stable-isotope mass spectrometer for novel determinations of past temperature Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Dating of foraminifera to establish reef island deposition rates, Tarawa, central Pacific Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2008	Late Pleistocene sea-level changes and the evolution of the Lacapede Shelf, Southern Australia Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2007	A new generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for advanced research in the Earth, planetary and environmental sciences Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
	Innovative isotopic techniques to study the response of soil and water resources to modern and past climate change Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)

Potential Supervision Topics

Amino acid racemization geochronology
Coastal evolution over Holocene and Pleistocene timeframes
Coastal neotectonics
Quaternary sea-level changes

Teaching Activities

(EESC332) Sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments Facilitator

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Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Climate and sea-level changes during the last interglacial maximum	Pan, Tsun-You
Doctor of Philosophy	Late Quaternary Sea-Level Changes and Evolution of the Lacepede Shelf, Southern Australia	Lahuerta Pineiro, Nuria
Doctor of Philosophy	"Structural Geology and Tectonics of the northeastern Bird's Head, West Papua, Indonesia"	Saputra, Sukahar Eka Adi
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Depositional and erosional history of the Robe Range Coastal Barrier, Coorong - Mount Gambier Coastal Plain, South Australia	Hidayat, Rahmadi
Doctor of Philosophy	Palaeogeographic Evolution of Australia's Southern Margin	Porritt, Erin
Doctor of Philosophy	Australia's Beaches in the Anthropocene: Deciphering Past Changes in Coastal Evolution from Climate Change to Better Understand Future Shoreline Behaviour Resulting from Global Warming	Golding, Hayden

Organizer Of Event

XVII INQUA Congress, Cairns, 2007 2007 -

Professional Service Activities

Quaternary Research Editorial Board 2009 -
Quaternary Geochronology Editorial Board 2008 -
Quaternary Science Reviews Editor-in-Chief 2008 - 2016
Quaternary Science Reviews Editor 2003 - 2007
Archaeology in Oceania Assistant Editor 1988 - 1990

Education And Training

D.Sc. in Geology, University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Amino acid racemization geochronology - contributions to the understanding of Quaternary sea-level changes, neotectonics and coastal evolution 2009
Ph.D. in Geology, University of Adelaide, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Evaluation and application of the amino acid racemisation reaction in studies of Quaternary coastal and marine sediments in Australia 1984 - 1987

Credentials

Doctor of Science, 2010
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, 1994
Doctor of Philosophy, 1988
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours), 1984

Awards And Honors

Mawson Medal, conferred by Australian Academy of Science, 2016
A.H. Voisey Medal, conferred by Geological Society of Australia, 1995

Keywords

Amino acid racemization

Coastal Geomorphology

Quaternary geochronology

Quaternary sea-level changes

Full Name

Colin Vincent Murray-Wallace

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-9141 (confirmed)

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