By Dr Thomas Oliver

Book Chapters

McBride RA; Anderson JB; Buynevich IV; Byrnes MR; Cleary W; Fenster MS; FitzGerald DM; Hapke CJ; Harris MS; Hein CJ; Johnson CL; Klein AHF; Liu B; De Menezes JT; Mulhern JS; Oliver TSN; Pejrup M; Riggs SR; Roberts HH; Rodriguez AB; Seminack CT; Short AD; Stone GW; Tamura T; Wallace DJ; Wang P, 2022, 'Morphodynamics of Modern and Ancient Barrier Systems: An Updated and Expanded Synthesis', in Treatise on Geomorphology, pp. 289 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00153-X

Journal articles

Oliver TSN, 2026, 'Luminescence dating of coastal landforms in Australia: A review, database and geomorphic significance', Earth Science Reviews, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105574

Seike K; Oliver TSN, 2026, 'Burrows of the giant beach worm (Australonuphis) in a high-energy beach environment in New South Wales, Australia: implications for the palaeoecology of some Phanerozoic Skolithos assemblages', Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113555

Oliver T; Kinsela MA; Doyle TB; McLaughlin D; McLean RF, 2025, 'Extreme storm impact and recovery on a natural beach-foredune system: The June 2016 storm at Bengello Beach, southeastern Australia', Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cft.2025.10015

Seike K; Oliverc TSN; Tamura T, 2025, 'Assessing benthic ecosystems using geological techniques: examples of a polychaete worm and ghost crab in beach sediments (JAN, 10.1080/21664250.2025.2456357, 2025)', COASTAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2025.2463241

Seike K; Oliver TSN; Tamura T, 2025, 'Assessing benthic ecosystems using geological techniques: examples of a polychaete worm and ghost crab in beach sediments', Coastal Engineering Journal, 67, pp. 53 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2025.2456357

Oliver TSN; Short AD; Tamura T, 2025, 'Millennial and contemporary dynamics of the barrier estuary entrance at Moruya, SE Australia', Coastal Engineering Journal, 67, pp. 12 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2024.2391638

Murshed S; Griffin AL; Islam MA; Oliver T; Wang XH; Paull DJ, 2024, 'A framework for appraising the status of disaster resilience within the multi-hazard environment of coastal Bangladesh', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104832

Oliver TSN; Kinsela MA; Doyle TB; Mclean RF, 2024, 'Foredune erosion, overtopping and destruction in 2022 at Bengello Beach, southeastern Australia', Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cft.2024.8

Short AD; Tamura T; Oliver TSN; Detmar S; Fotheringham D, 2024, 'Quaternary clifftop and last glacial maximum dunes around the Great Australian Bight', Quaternary Science Reviews, 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108517

Oliver TSN; Owers CJ; Tamura T; van Bracht D, 2023, 'Holocene estuary infill leads to coastal barrier initiation from fluvial sand supply in southeastern Australia', Holocene, 33, pp. 1489 - 1503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09596836231197744

McLean R; Thom B; Shen J; Oliver T, 2023, '50 years of beach–foredune change on the southeastern coast of Australia: Bengello Beach, Moruya, NSW, 1972–2022', Geomorphology, 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108850

Yang G; Wang XH; Zhong Y; Oliver TSN, 2022, 'Modelling study on the sediment dynamics and the formation of the flood-tide delta near Cullendulla Beach in the Batemans Bay, Australia', Marine Geology, 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106910

Oliver TSN; Tamura T, 2022, 'The relevance of coastal sediment budgets to management of sandy wave-dominated shorelines, a case study of Twofold Bay, southeastern Australia', Ocean and Coastal Management, 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106311

Woodroffe CD; Carvalho RC; Oliver TSN; Thom BG, 2022, 'Sediment dynamics at different timescales on an embayed coast in southeastern Australia', Journal of Coastal Conservation, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11852-022-00867-2

Brooke BP; Huang Z; Nicholas WA; Oliver TSN; Tamura T; Woodroffe CD; Nichol SL, 2022, 'Reply to the comment by Dougherty, A.J. on “Relative sea-level records preserved in Holocene beach-ridge strandplains – An example from tropical northeastern Australia” by Brooke, B.P., Huang, Z., Nicholas, W.A., Oliver, T.S.N., Tamura, T., Woodroffe, C.D., Nichol, S.L.', Marine Geology, 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106768

Oliver TSN; Donaldson P; Tamura T, 2022, 'Embayment-scale coastal evolution and shoreline progradation in southeast Tasmania, Australia', Marine Geology, 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106725

Yang G; Wang XH; Cheng Z; Zhong Y; Oliver T, 2021, 'Modelling study on estuarine circulation and its effect on the turbidity maximum zone in the Yalu River Estuary, China', Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107634

Lu J; Han G; Song D; Oliver T; Teng Y; Guo J; Wu L; Zhang C; Jiang X, 2021, 'The Cross-Shore Component in the Vertical Structure of Wave-Induced Currents and Resulting Offshore Transport', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017311

McBride RA; Oliver TSN; Dougherty AJ; Tamura T; Carvalho RC; Short AD; Woodroffe CD, 2021, 'The turnaround from transgression to regression of Holocene barrier systems in south-eastern Australia: Geomorphology, geological framework and geochronology', Sedimentology, 68, pp. 943 - 986, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12812

Oliver TSN; Tamura T, 2021, 'Sub-centennially resolved behavior of an accreting sandy shoreline over the past ~ 1000 years', Journal of Sedimentary Research, 91, pp. 211 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/JSR.2020.074

Kennedy DM; Oliver TSN; Tamura T; Murray-Wallace CV; Thom BG; Rosengren NJ; Ierodiaconou D; Augustinus P; Leach C; Gao J; McSweeney SL; Konlechner T; Woodroffe CD, 2020, 'Holocene evolution of the Ninety Mile Beach sand barrier, Victoria, Australia: The role of sea level, sediment supply and climate.', Marine Geology, 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106366

Oliver TSN; Tamura T; Brooke BP; Short AD; Kinsela MA; Woodroffe CD; Thom BG, 2020, 'Holocene evolution of the wave-dominated embayed Moruya coastline, southeastern Australia: Sediment sources, transport rates and alongshore interconnectivity', Quaternary Science Reviews, 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106566

Oliver TSN, 2020, 'Backhoe for an Auger', Journal of Coastal Research, 101, pp. 406 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI101-074.1

Oliver TSN, 2020, 'Sliding, Sliding, Stuck - Flotsam Tobogganing Down an Interglacial Beach', Journal of Coastal Research, 101, pp. 390 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI101-070.1

Oliver TSN; Tamura T; Murray-Wallace CV, 2020, 'Identification of reworked foraminifera in temperate carbonate sediments – A pilot study from the Coorong Coastal Plain, southern Australia', Marine Geology, 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106096

Oliver TSN; Murray-Wallace CV; Woodroffe CD, 2019, 'Holocene shoreline progradation and coastal evolution at Guichen and Rivoli Bays, southern Australia', The Holocene, pp. 095968361987581 - 095968361987581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683619875815

Carvalho RC; Oliver TSN; Woodroffe CD, 2019, 'Transition from marine to fluvial-dominated sediment supply at Shoalhaven prograded barrier, southeastern Australia', Geomorphology, 341, pp. 65 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.05.010

Tamura T; Oliver TSN; Cunningham AC; Woodroffe CD, 2019, 'Recurrence of Extreme Coastal Erosion in SE Australia Beyond Historical Timescales Inferred From Beach Ridge Morphostratigraphy', Geophysical Research Letters, 46, pp. 4705 - 4714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083061

Brooke BP; Huang Z; Nicholas WA; Oliver TSN; Tamura T; Woodroffe CD; Nichol SL, 2019, 'Relative sea-level records preserved in Holocene beach-ridge strandplains – An example from tropical northeastern Australia', Marine Geology, 411, pp. 107 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.02.005

Thom BG; Oliver TSN, 2019, 'Evidence for a change in wind regime during the Last Glacial Maximum from the Sydney region', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 66, pp. 279 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2019.1522668

Oliver TSN; Tamura T; Short AD; Woodroffe CD, 2019, 'Rapid shoreline progradation followed by vertical foredune building at Pedro Beach, southeastern Australia', Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44, pp. 655 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4510

Tamura T; Nicholas WA; Oliver TSN; Brooke BP, 2019, 'Reply to the Discussion by John Nott on ‘Coarse-sand beach ridges at Cowley Beach, north-eastern Australia: Their formative processes and potential as records of tropical cyclone history’ by Tamura et al. (2018), Sedimentology,65, 721–744', Sedimentology, 66, pp. 769 - 773, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12495

Tamura T; Cunningham AC; Oliver TSN, 2019, 'Two-dimensional chronostratigraphic modelling of OSL ages from recent beach-ridge deposits, SE Australia', Quaternary Geochronology, 49, pp. 39 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2018.03.003

Oliver TSN; Donaldson P; Roach M; Woodroffe CD; Sharples C, 2018, 'Reply to: Punctuated transgression (?): Comment on Oliver, T.S.N., Donaldson, P., Sharples, C., Roach, M., and Woodroffe, C.D. “Punctuated progradation of the Seven Mile Beach Holocene barrier system, southeastern Tasmania”', Marine Geology, 405, pp. 131 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2018.09.005

Oliver TSN; Kennedy DM; Tamura T; Murray-Wallace CV; Konlechner TM; Augustinus PC; Woodroffe CD, 2018, 'Interglacial-glacial climatic signatures preserved in a regressive coastal barrier, southeastern Australia', Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 501, pp. 124 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.011

Tamura T; Nicholas WA; Oliver TSN; Brooke BP, 2018, 'Coarse-sand beach ridges at Cowley Beach, north-eastern Australia: Their formative processes and potential as records of tropical cyclone history', Sedimentology, 65, pp. 721 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12402

Gugliotta M; Saito Y; Ben B; Sieng S; Oliver TSN, 2018, 'Sedimentology of late Holocene fluvial levee and point-bar deposits from the Cambodian tract of the Mekong river', Journal of the Geological Society, 175, pp. 176 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-047

Oliver TSN; Thom BG; Woodroffe CD, 2017, 'Formation of beach-ridge plains: an appreciation of the contribution by Jack L. Davies', Geographical Research, 55, pp. 305 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12193

Oliver TSN; Tamura T; Hudson JP; Woodroffe CD, 2017, 'Integrating millennial and interdecadal shoreline changes: Morpho-sedimentary investigation of two prograded barriers in southeastern Australia', Geomorphology, 288, pp. 129 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.03.019

Oliver TSN; Donaldson P; Sharples C; Roach M; Woodroffe CD, 2017, 'Punctuated progradation of the Seven Mile Beach Holocene barrier system, southeastern Tasmania', Marine Geology, 386, pp. 76 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.02.014

Oliver TS; Dougherty AJ; Gliganic LA; Woodroffe CD, 2015, 'Towards more robust chronologies of coastal progradation: Optically stimulated luminescence ages for the coastal plain at Moruya, south-eastern Australia', Holocene, 25, pp. 536 - 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683614561886

Oliver TSN; Rogers K; Chafer CJ; Woodroffe CD, 2012, 'Measuring, mapping and modelling: An integrated approach to the management of mangrove and saltmarsh in the Minnamurra River estuary, southeast Australia', Wetlands Ecology and Management, 20, pp. 353 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-012-9258-2

Hoff MN; Yapp DT; Yung AC; Oliver TS; Kozlowski P, 2008, 'In vivo measurement of the hypoxia marker EF5 in Shionogi tumours using ¹⁹F magnetic resonance spectroscopy', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY, 84, pp. 237 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09553000801902174

Conference Papers

Owers CJ; Oliver TSN, 2025, 'Mapping of unvegetated coastal dunes using Earth observation time series', in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, pp. 4817 - 4821, presented at IGARSS 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, 03 August 2025 - 08 August 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS55030.2025.11243272

Oliver TSN; Woodroffe CD, 2016, 'Chronology, morphology and GPR-imaged internal structure of the Callala Beach Prograded Barrier in Southeastern Australia', in Journal of Coastal Research, pp. 318 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/SI75-064.1

Conference Presentations

Oliver T; Tamura T; Brooke B; Short A; Kinsela M; Woodroffe C; Thom B, 2021, 'Holocene sediment budget for wave-dominated Moruya coastline, southeastern Australia: sediment sources, transport and embayment interconnectivity', http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8104

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