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Selwyn Symposium 2014

The Nullarbor Plain: Recent Advances

Selwyn Symposium 2014
The Nullarbor Plain: Recent Advances

Friday October 3, 2014
University of Melbourne, 9am to 5pm.
Elizabeth Murdoch Theatre, Old Pathology Building, Parkville

The Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division) Selwyn Memorial Lecture and Symposium commemorate the work of A.R.C. Selwyn, the first Government Geologist of Victoria.

The world’s largest continuous karst area, the 200,000 km2 Nullarbor Plain, is a flat, mostly treeless limestone plain terminating abruptly at a cliff-line that mostly falls sheer into the sea. The flat-lying Eocene-Miocene shallow marine calcarenites host >150 collapse dolines and ~100 caves with substantial, sometimes very large passages, as well as over 400,000 blowholes. The caves and their contents, the karst landscape chronology and the environmental setting have been subject to significant exploration and research. This symposium brings together leading researchers, who have been brought new techniques and discoveries to a fascinating landscape. 

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Large passage, Mullamulang Cave (Photo Unknown)

DETAILED PROGRAM *some changes may occur
8.00 - 9.00    
9.05
9.15 - 10.00


10.00 - 10.30

10.30 - 11.00
11.00 - 11.30

11.30 - 12.00

12.00 - 12.30

12.30 - 13.30
13.30 - 14.00


14.00 - 14.30

14.30 - 15.00


15.00 - 15.30

15.30 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.30

16.30 - 17.00

17.00 - 17.10
17.10 - 18.00
18.00 - 18.15

18.15 - 19.15


20.00
SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION
INTRODUCTION AND OPENING ADDRESS
PLENARY ADDRESS
A/Prof John Webb, La Trobe University
The Nullarbor - flat but far from boring.
Dr Jon Clarke, Canberra
Advances in Understanding the evolution of the Eucla Basin over the past decade.
MORNING TEA
Prof Jon Woodhead, University of Melbourne
Nullarbor speleogenesis: constraints from U-Pb geochronology.
Dr John Hellstrom, University of Melbourne
Late Quaternary speleothem geochronology of the Nullarbor Plain.
A/Prof Russell Drysdale, University of Melbourne
Stable oxygen and carbon isotope records from Nullarbor speleothems.
LUNCH
Dr Kale Sniderman, University of Melbourne
Late Neogene vegetation and climate history of the Nullarbor Plain: new insights from fossil pollen records of U-Pb-dated speleothems.
Ms Elen Shute, Flinders University
Million-year menagerie: the Thylacoleo Caves fossil fauna.
Mr Shannon Burnett, La Trobe University
Shallow caves and blowholes on the Nullarbor Plain, Australia — Flank margin caves on a low gradient limestone platform.
Mr Ian Lewis & Ms Liz Rogers, La Trobe University, Cave Diving Association Australia
Underwater geology and geomorphology of the southern Nullarbor.
AFTERNOON TEA
Mr Ian Lewis, Latrobe University
The role of tectonics on the deep caves array - a template for large global Tertiary karst areas.
Dr Susan White & Dr Gresley Wakelin-King, La Trobe University, Wakelin Associates
Natural heritage values of the Nullarbor and National Heritage List criteria.
DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
DRINKS & REFRESHMENTS
SELWYN MEDAL PRESENTATION
to Dr Ian Duddy, Geotrack International
SELWYN LECTURE
Prof Paul Williams, Auckland University
Downstream Reflections of an Upstream Environment
SELWYN DINNER
Café Italia, 56 University St, Carlton (bookings required - use registration form)
www.cafeitalia.com.au
Download Detailed Program as PDF

COST
AUD 95.-
AUD 80.-
AUD 55.- 

Non GSA members 
Members
Students
Cost includes lunch, morning/afternoon teas and abstract volume.

Header image: Coastal Cliffs, Eucla area. Image courtesy of  Roger Taylor
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The Victorian Division of the GSA respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this land, the people of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respect to their Elders, past and present. We uphold & acknowledge their continuing relationship to this land.
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