ESTUARY WETLANDS AND SEA-LEVEL RISE

ESTUARY WETLANDS AND SEA-LEVEL RISE

Over the past three decades or so much has been written on the response of wetland ecosystems bordering estuarine waterways to sea-level rise. In some ways this followed many geological studies supported by radiocarbon dating and lots of coring in marshes and swamps...
COASTAL ZONE AND CATCHMENT BOUNDARIES

COASTAL ZONE AND CATCHMENT BOUNDARIES

Soon after the NSW Coastal Policy was released in 1998 a debate occurred at a coastal conference that the Government had misrepresented the boundary of the Coastal Zone. The mapped boundary did NOT include the natural coastal system based on river catchments. In...
Coastal Archaeology Revisited

Coastal Archaeology Revisited

Burrill Lake, southern NSW coast Browsing in my local Berkelouw’s store last weekend a title on the fiction table struck me: “The Beach Caves”. Usually titles on that table bear no relation to the subject but a quick look and wow! The front page said this is “an...
COASTAL STORIES FROM THE FIELD,1970-2020

COASTAL STORIES FROM THE FIELD,1970-2020

Last week Australia Post successfully delivered a neat package from the USA in the form of Special Issue No 101 of the Journal of Coastal Research (2020). Although this issue has been out online for some months it was a great delight to see the hard copy. And what a...