Gagan, Michael K.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2014	Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the last glacial maximum Published in Nature Communications
2013	A weak El Niño/Southern Oscillation with delayed seasonal growth around 4,300 years ago Published in Nature Geoscience
2010	Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA

Research Areas

Research Overview

I joined the University of Wollongong in 2019 to pursue my abiding interests in tropical palaeoclimatology, natural hazards, and early human migration in Australasia. Since 1994, I have enjoyed an active scientific partnership with colleagues at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Our team uses geochemical tracers in raised-reef corals and speleothems to explore three Quaternary research themes in Australasia: (1) the history of ocean temperature, salinity and palaeomonsoons; (2) environmental impacts and early human dispersal; and (3) reconstructing great-earthquake cycles along convergent plate boundaries. The recent award of ARC Discovery grant DP180103762 (Exploring past climates, volcanic disasters and earthquakes in Australasia) will allow these topics to be further developed at UOW.

Geographic Focus

Australasia Transnational Region
Australia Country
Indonesia Country

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Unique Post-telemetry Recapture Enables Development of Multi-Element Isoscapes From Barnacle Shell for Retracing Host Movement Published In Frontiers in Marine Science
2019	Distinguishing between sea turtle foraging areas using stable isotopes from commensal barnacle shells Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Isotopic variation within Tasmanian bare-nosed wombat tooth enamel: Implications for archaeological and palaeoecological research Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2019	Spatio-temporal evolution of Australasian monsoon hydroclimate over the last 40,000 years Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2019	Varied contribution of the Southern Ocean to deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise Published In Nature Geoscience
2018	Early Goats in Bali, Indonesia: Stable Isotope Analyses of Diet and Movement Published In Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
2018	Rainfall seasonality on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous greenhouse Published In Scientific Reports
2018	Rapid measurement of strontium in speleothems using core-scanning micro X-ray fluorescence Published In Chemical Geology
2017	Hydroclimate of the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in southern Australia’s arid margin interpreted from speleothem records (23–15 ka) Published In Climate of the Past
2017	Saving our marine archives Published In Eos
2016	Disentangling the impacts of climate and human colonization on the flora and fauna of the Australian arid zone over the past 100 ka using stable isotopes in avian eggshell Published In Quaternary Science Reviews
2016	Investigating the presence of foreigners and pig husbandry in ancient Bali: Stable isotopes in human and domestic animal tooth enamel Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2016	Natural attrition and growth frequency variations of stalagmites in southwest Sulawesi over the past 530,000 years Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2016	Western Pacific hydroclimate linked to global climate variability over the past two millennia Published In Nature Communications
2015	Coral ¹³C/¹²C records of vertical seafloor displacement during megathrust earthquakes west of Sumatra Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Dealing with climate change through understanding past tropical ocean-atmosphere climate interactions and their impacts on marine ecosystems Published In Quaternary Australasia
2015	Dealing with climate change: palaeoclimate research in Australia Published In Quaternary Australasia
2015	ENSO variability during MIS 11 (424-374 ka) from Tridacna gigas at Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Geoarchaeological finds below Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia): A split-level cave system for Homo floresiensis? Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2015	Optimized coral reconstructions of the Indian Ocean Dipole: An assessment of location and length considerations Published In Paleoceanography
2015	Reply to comment by Karnauskas et al. on "Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker circulation" Published In Paleoceanography
2014	Determination of element/Ca ratios in foraminifera and corals using cold- and hot-plasma techniques in inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry Published In Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
2014	Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker Circulation Published In Paleoceanography
2014	Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the last glacial maximum Published In Nature Communications
2013	A weak El Niño/Southern Oscillation with delayed seasonal growth around 4,300 years ago Published In Nature Geoscience
2013	Abrupt increase in east Indonesian rainfall from flooding of the Sunda Shelf ~9500years ago Published In Quaternary Science Reviews
2013	An isotopic and modelling study of flow paths and storage in Quaternary calcarenite, SW Australia: Implications for speleothem paleoclimate records Published In Quaternary Science Reviews
2013	Australasian monsoon response to Dansgaard-Oeschger event 21 and teleconnections to higher latitudes Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2013	Coral microatoll reconstructions of El Niño-Southern Oscillation: new windows on seasonal and interannual processes Published In PAGES News
2013	Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years - a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2013	Preliminary U-series and Thermoluminescence dating of excavated deposits in Liang Bua sub-chamber, Flores, Indonesia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2013	Rapid interhemispheric climate links via the Australasian monsoon during the last deglaciation Published In Nature Communications
2012	Barremian-Cenomanian palaeotemperatures for Australian seas based on new oxygen-isotope data from belemnite rostra Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2012	Hydrological control of the dead carbon fraction in a Holocene tropical speleothem Published In Quaternary Geochronology
2012	Noble gas and carbon isotope ratios in Argyle diamonds, Western Australia: Evidence for a deeply subducted volatile component Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2012	The effect of skeletal mass accumulation in Porites on coral Sr/Ca and δ¹⁸O paleothermometry Published In Paleoceanography
2011	Environmental control of the oxygen isotope composition of Porites coral microatolls Published In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
2011	Late Pleistocene monsoon variability in northwest Thailand: an oxygen isotope sequence from the bivalve Margaritanopsis laosensis excavated in Mae Hong Son province Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2010	Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
2009	Oscillations in the southern extent of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during the mid-Holocene Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2008	Mid-Holocene variability in the marine 14C reservoir age for northern coastal Papua New Guinea Published In Quaternary Geochronology
2007	ENSO and Indian Ocean dipole in eastern Indian Ocean derived from isotopic records in modern corals from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Published In Quaternary International
2007	Radiocarbon and Delta18 O in modern corals from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and implications for ENSO and Indian Ocean Dipole in eastern Indian Ocean Published In Geophysical Research Abstracts
2007	Would the Australian megafauna have become extinct if humans had never colonised the continent? Comments on 'A review of the evidence for a human role in the extinction of Australian megafauna and an alternative explanation' by S.Wroe and J.Field Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2021	Exploring past climates, volcanic disasters and earthquakes in Australasia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8279-323X (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

L-5014-2018

Scopus Id

7004000431

Top Publications

Year	Title
2014	Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the last glacial maximum Published in Nature Communications
2013	A weak El Niño/Southern Oscillation with delayed seasonal growth around 4,300 years ago Published in Nature Geoscience
2010	Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA

Research Areas

Research Overview

I joined the University of Wollongong in 2019 to pursue my abiding interests in tropical palaeoclimatology, natural hazards, and early human migration in Australasia. Since 1994, I have enjoyed an active scientific partnership with colleagues at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Our team uses geochemical tracers in raised-reef corals and speleothems to explore three Quaternary research themes in Australasia: (1) the history of ocean temperature, salinity and palaeomonsoons; (2) environmental impacts and early human dispersal; and (3) reconstructing great-earthquake cycles along convergent plate boundaries. The recent award of ARC Discovery grant DP180103762 (Exploring past climates, volcanic disasters and earthquakes in Australasia) will allow these topics to be further developed at UOW.

Geographic Focus

Australasia Transnational Region
Australia Country
Indonesia Country

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Unique Post-telemetry Recapture Enables Development of Multi-Element Isoscapes From Barnacle Shell for Retracing Host Movement Published In Frontiers in Marine Science
2019	Distinguishing between sea turtle foraging areas using stable isotopes from commensal barnacle shells Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Isotopic variation within Tasmanian bare-nosed wombat tooth enamel: Implications for archaeological and palaeoecological research Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2019	Spatio-temporal evolution of Australasian monsoon hydroclimate over the last 40,000 years Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2019	Varied contribution of the Southern Ocean to deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise Published In Nature Geoscience
2018	Early Goats in Bali, Indonesia: Stable Isotope Analyses of Diet and Movement Published In Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
2018	Rainfall seasonality on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous greenhouse Published In Scientific Reports
2018	Rapid measurement of strontium in speleothems using core-scanning micro X-ray fluorescence Published In Chemical Geology
2017	Hydroclimate of the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in southern Australia’s arid margin interpreted from speleothem records (23–15 ka) Published In Climate of the Past
2017	Saving our marine archives Published In Eos
2016	Disentangling the impacts of climate and human colonization on the flora and fauna of the Australian arid zone over the past 100 ka using stable isotopes in avian eggshell Published In Quaternary Science Reviews
2016	Investigating the presence of foreigners and pig husbandry in ancient Bali: Stable isotopes in human and domestic animal tooth enamel Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2016	Natural attrition and growth frequency variations of stalagmites in southwest Sulawesi over the past 530,000 years Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2016	Western Pacific hydroclimate linked to global climate variability over the past two millennia Published In Nature Communications
2015	Coral ¹³C/¹²C records of vertical seafloor displacement during megathrust earthquakes west of Sumatra Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Dealing with climate change through understanding past tropical ocean-atmosphere climate interactions and their impacts on marine ecosystems Published In Quaternary Australasia
2015	Dealing with climate change: palaeoclimate research in Australia Published In Quaternary Australasia
2015	ENSO variability during MIS 11 (424-374 ka) from Tridacna gigas at Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015	Geoarchaeological finds below Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia): A split-level cave system for Homo floresiensis? Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2015	Optimized coral reconstructions of the Indian Ocean Dipole: An assessment of location and length considerations Published In Paleoceanography
2015	Reply to comment by Karnauskas et al. on "Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker circulation" Published In Paleoceanography
2014	Determination of element/Ca ratios in foraminifera and corals using cold- and hot-plasma techniques in inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry Published In Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
2014	Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker Circulation Published In Paleoceanography
2014	Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the last glacial maximum Published In Nature Communications
2013	A weak El Niño/Southern Oscillation with delayed seasonal growth around 4,300 years ago Published In Nature Geoscience
2013	Abrupt increase in east Indonesian rainfall from flooding of the Sunda Shelf ~9500years ago Published In Quaternary Science Reviews
2013	An isotopic and modelling study of flow paths and storage in Quaternary calcarenite, SW Australia: Implications for speleothem paleoclimate records Published In Quaternary Science Reviews
2013	Australasian monsoon response to Dansgaard-Oeschger event 21 and teleconnections to higher latitudes Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2013	Coral microatoll reconstructions of El Niño-Southern Oscillation: new windows on seasonal and interannual processes Published In PAGES News
2013	Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years - a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2013	Preliminary U-series and Thermoluminescence dating of excavated deposits in Liang Bua sub-chamber, Flores, Indonesia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2013	Rapid interhemispheric climate links via the Australasian monsoon during the last deglaciation Published In Nature Communications
2012	Barremian-Cenomanian palaeotemperatures for Australian seas based on new oxygen-isotope data from belemnite rostra Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2012	Hydrological control of the dead carbon fraction in a Holocene tropical speleothem Published In Quaternary Geochronology
2012	Noble gas and carbon isotope ratios in Argyle diamonds, Western Australia: Evidence for a deeply subducted volatile component Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
2012	The effect of skeletal mass accumulation in Porites on coral Sr/Ca and δ¹⁸O paleothermometry Published In Paleoceanography
2011	Environmental control of the oxygen isotope composition of Porites coral microatolls Published In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
2011	Late Pleistocene monsoon variability in northwest Thailand: an oxygen isotope sequence from the bivalve Margaritanopsis laosensis excavated in Mae Hong Son province Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2010	Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
2009	Oscillations in the southern extent of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during the mid-Holocene Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
2008	Mid-Holocene variability in the marine 14C reservoir age for northern coastal Papua New Guinea Published In Quaternary Geochronology
2007	ENSO and Indian Ocean dipole in eastern Indian Ocean derived from isotopic records in modern corals from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Published In Quaternary International
2007	Radiocarbon and Delta18 O in modern corals from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and implications for ENSO and Indian Ocean Dipole in eastern Indian Ocean Published In Geophysical Research Abstracts
2007	Would the Australian megafauna have become extinct if humans had never colonised the continent? Comments on 'A review of the evidence for a human role in the extinction of Australian megafauna and an alternative explanation' by S.Wroe and J.Field Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2021	Exploring past climates, volcanic disasters and earthquakes in Australasia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8279-323X (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

L-5014-2018

Scopus Id

7004000431

Gagan, Michael K. Prof.

Honorary Professor - School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences

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