by kapow | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Miscellaneous
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TEACHING—THE NEXUS IS IT BROKEN? Emphasis in higher education funding overlooks the fundamental nexus between teaching and research. Academics are driven by their training and inclination to pursue research questions. This is where they receive...
by kapow | Jun 21, 2020 | Blog, Book
Sandy beach morphodynamics – a new book It is a delight to see a new book that so comprehensively covers the field of beach morphodynamics. Derek Jackson and Andy Short have edited 29 chapters on this topic: Sandy Beach Morphodynamics, Elsevier, Amstersdam,2020,...
by kapow | Jun 7, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Cliffs in the Narrabeen Group, Sydney Cliffs form a magnificent front door for Sydney. A previous blog discussed those cut into Hawkesbury Sandstone to the south of the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Here we describe those carved into an older set of Triassic age rocks,...
by kapow | May 21, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
PROGNOSIS FOR A CHOKING MOUTH: THE RIVER MURRAY Some of the world’s major rivers no longer flow to the ocean. They begin to die from the mouth upwards. Extraction of river water for irrigation has dramatically affected the Colorado in the USA, and the Yellow River in...
by kapow | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Geomorphologic Mapping Self-isolation has benefits; time is available to look at collected materials stretching back many years. In the words of the late lamented John Chappell, “I went digging deep into one’s stratigraphy”. It is a time of re-discovery, finding...
by kapow | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts, Miscellaneous
DOVER HEIGHTS CLIFFS, SYDNEY Approaching Sydney from the east by sea or by air offers an experience rare for those entering a great city. Perhaps only San Francisco has comparable cliffs at its harbour gates. The majestic North and South Heads flank the entrance to...