Colin V Murray‐wallace
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colin V Murray‐wallace |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colin V |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray‐wallace |
| SIGNATURE | WALLACE C V M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3029-9141 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Michael Francis Barbetti (1945–2019)
Calibrating Holocene human–environment interactions using ancient narratives
The essence of stories of human–environment interactions can be preserved in oral contexts for millennia, creating novel opportunities for humanizing the past. This study examines stories (knowledge-rich narratives) about the ancestral being Ngurunderi, told by Ngarrindjeri peoples of South Australia. Three elements of the Ngurunderi narrative are considered. The first recalls his journey along a 170-km long coastal barrier (Younghusband Peninsul…
Holocene shoreline progradation and coastal evolution at Guichen and Rivoli Bays, southern Australia
Prograded barrier systems record shoreline behaviour and palaeoenvironmental information. The Guichen Bay Holocene embayment fill succession in South Australia has been subject to several prominent studies; however, several important unanswered questions remained regarding the timing of the older ridge sets at this site. Additional Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating indicates that progradation commenced in the southeastern corner of t…
Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia
Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin
Depositional history and archaeology of the central Lake Mungo lunette, Willandra Lakes, southeast Australia
The last interglacial sea-level high stand on the southern Cape coastline of South Africa
The continental margin of southern South Africa exhibits an array of emergent marginal marine sediments permitting the reconstruction of long-term eustatic sea-level changes. We report a suite of optical luminescence ages and supplementary amino acid racemization data, which provide paleosea-level index points for three sites on this coastline. Deposits in the Swartvlei and Groot Brak estuaries display tidal inlet facies overlain by shoreface or …
Holocene palaeofire records in a high-level, proximal valley-fill (Wilson Bog), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
An elevated valley-fill peat bog (Wilson Bog) near Mount Lofty, South Australia, failed in November 2005 following a flooding event, and exposed representative sections of the sediment infill. Two distinct units were revealed: 2 m of coarse-grained, siliciclastic sand/gravel, overlain by 2 m of peat. A simple charcoal extraction technique based on floatation and skimming was developed to extract coarse charcoal from coarse-grained gravels to dete…
Shell-gathering from mangroves and the seasonality of the Southeast Asian Monsoon using high-resolution stable isotopic analysis of the tropical estuarine bivalve (Geloina erosa) from the Great Cave o…
A dating intercomparison study on Late Stone Age coastal midden deposits, South Africa
The southern and western coastlines of South Africa have an extensive archaeological record with many sites associated with widespread eolian deposits. While much of this rich archaeological record is based on cave sites, evidence of Late Stone Age occupation is additionally preserved in the form of open‐site shell middens. We present here a comparative study of the application of amino acid racemization (AAR), optically stimulated luminescence (…
Holocene sea-level change on the southeast coast of Australia
A revised Holocene sea-level curve for the southeast coast of New South Wales, Australia, is presented based on a review of previously published geochronological results for fossil molluscs, organic-rich mud, mangrove roots and fixed biological indicators. It is supplemented by new radiocarbon and amino acid racemization-derived ages on fossil molluscs from transgressive sandsheet facies in back-barrier settings within shallow incised valleys alo…
Successive foraminiferal faunas and inferred palaeoenvironments associated with the postglacial (Holocene) marine transgression, Gulf St Vincent, South Australia
Gulf St Vincent is one of a pair of elongate, triangular, shallow water embayments into the southern coast of continental Australia. From the southern floor of this embayment, within a shallow basin-like depression where present-day water depth is about 40 m, vibracore SV23 recovered c. 4 m of late Quaternary sediments. The uppermost 1.5 m of this core comprises postglacial (Holocene) marine deposits; six radiocarbon ages for the interval 64-130 …
The geochronological potential of isoleucine epimerisation in cassowary and megapode eggshells from archaeological sites
Aboriginal occupation on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, provisionally dated by Aspartic Acid Racemisation assay of land snails to greater than 50 ka
The generally accepted age for the earliest human occupation of Australia is about 60,000 years (e.g. Chappell et al. 1996), with many dates centred around 30,000 to 40,000 years (e.g. Pearce and Barbetti 1981; Dortch 1984; Allen and Holdaway 1995; Dortch and Dortch 1996). Recent, but disputed, archaeological evidence at Jinmium in the Northern Territory indicates a much earlier date of occupation of 116,000 years (FuUagar et al. 1996; Spooner 19…
Age of the Lancefield megafauna
The Lancefield megafauna site is located on the southwest edge of the small town of Lancefield, 70 km NNE of Melbourne. The site is located in a swamp, a depression (possibly formed by a collapsed lava tunnel) which is almost surrounded by weathered Pliocene basalts which have formed a laterite cap. A natural spring flow under this cap emerges at the swamp and the water then drains into Deep Creek, a tributary of the Maribyrnong River. Three foss…
Amino acid racemisation and radiocarbon dating of a contact period midden, Greenglade rockshelter, New South Wales
The extent of racemisation of one of the fastest racemising amino acids, aspartic acid, in the marine gastropod Turbo undulatus from Greenglade rockshelter, southern New South Wales, is examined in an attempt to resolve time within the last few hundred years, an interval that is difficult to date by radiocarbon. Aspartic acid racemisation, in conjunction with radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic evidence, indicates that Greenglade rockshelter was…
Understanding ‘deep’ time — Advances since Archbishop Ussher
Our comprehension of ‘deep’ time and our approaches to measuring this phenomenon have evolved considerably since the work of Archbishop James Ussher and Rev. John Lightfoot in the 17th century. Early attempts to determine the age of the Earth (that is, the moment of creation) were primarily based on the literal interpretation of Scriptures. With the emergence of geology as a formal academic discipline, scholars began to use qualitative evidence t…
Glacial Lowstand Deposits on the Outer Continental Shelf of Southeastern Australia
Vibracores collected from water depths of 130 to 150 m on the outer continental shelf of southeastern Australia contain evidence for several cycles of shallow marine deposition. One of these vibracores (112/VC/134; lat. 33°24′S, long, 151°58′ E) preserves evidence for the last three glacial lowstands, as inferred from radiocarbon dating, amino acid racemization, and fossil mollusc assemblages. The core contains the inner-shelf molluscs Pecten fum…
A pleistocene origin for shore platforms along the Northern Illawarra Coast, New South Wales
This paper examines the composition, structure and age of clastic deposits situated behind shore platforms at Austinmer and Coledale on the northern Illawarra coast, New South Wales. Our results support earlier chronological evidence of a Pleistocene history for shore platforms along the Illawarra coast. The size and fabric of sediments within these deposits indicate rapid, high‐energy deposition of bedrock eroded from platforms adjacent to the d…
Coastal Aminostratigraphy of the Last Interglaciation in Southern Australia
Amino acid racemization data for marine molluscs of the last interglaciation from southern Australia provide the basis for a predictive model for relative dating of late Quaternary sequences. Genera analyzed include Anadara sp., Katelysia sp., Glycymeris sp., and Fulvia sp. that exhibit moderate racemization rates. A genus effect on racemization is not evident in these taxa. Coefficients of variation for intershell D/L ratio variation for each de…
Sea-Level History, 45,000 to 30,000 yr B.P., Inferred from Benthic Foraminifera, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia
Surficial sediments of Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia, are predominantly bioclastic, cool-temperate carbonates. Benthic foraminifera are abundant and distribution of species is closely related to water depth. For example, Massilina milletti is most common at depths ca. 40 m, while Discorbis dimidiatus is characteristics of shallow, subtidal environments. Elphidium crispum , a shallow-water species, and E. macelliforme , favoring deeper water, …
A dating intercomparison study on Late Stone Age coastal midden deposits, South Africa
The southern and western coastlines of South Africa have an extensive archaeological record with many sites associated with widespread eolian deposits. While much of this rich archaeological record is based on cave sites, evidence of Late Stone Age occupation is additionally preserved in the form of open‐site shell middens. We present here a comparative study of the application of amino acid racemization (AAR), optically stimulated luminescence (…
Depositional history and archaeology of the central Lake Mungo lunette, Willandra Lakes, southeast Australia
Shell-gathering from mangroves and the seasonality of the Southeast Asian Monsoon using high-resolution stable isotopic analysis of the tropical estuarine bivalve (Geloina erosa) from the Great Cave o…
Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia
Amino acid racemisation and radiocarbon dating of a contact period midden, Greenglade rockshelter, New South Wales
The extent of racemisation of one of the fastest racemising amino acids, aspartic acid, in the marine gastropod Turbo undulatus from Greenglade rockshelter, southern New South Wales, is examined in an attempt to resolve time within the last few hundred years, an interval that is difficult to date by radiocarbon. Aspartic acid racemisation, in conjunction with radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic evidence, indicates that Greenglade rockshelter was…
Understanding ‘deep’ time — Advances since Archbishop Ussher
Our comprehension of ‘deep’ time and our approaches to measuring this phenomenon have evolved considerably since the work of Archbishop James Ussher and Rev. John Lightfoot in the 17th century. Early attempts to determine the age of the Earth (that is, the moment of creation) were primarily based on the literal interpretation of Scriptures. With the emergence of geology as a formal academic discipline, scholars began to use qualitative evidence t…
Calibrating Holocene human–environment interactions using ancient narratives
The essence of stories of human–environment interactions can be preserved in oral contexts for millennia, creating novel opportunities for humanizing the past. This study examines stories (knowledge-rich narratives) about the ancestral being Ngurunderi, told by Ngarrindjeri peoples of South Australia. Three elements of the Ngurunderi narrative are considered. The first recalls his journey along a 170-km long coastal barrier (Younghusband Peninsul…
Holocene palaeofire records in a high-level, proximal valley-fill (Wilson Bog), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
An elevated valley-fill peat bog (Wilson Bog) near Mount Lofty, South Australia, failed in November 2005 following a flooding event, and exposed representative sections of the sediment infill. Two distinct units were revealed: 2 m of coarse-grained, siliciclastic sand/gravel, overlain by 2 m of peat. A simple charcoal extraction technique based on floatation and skimming was developed to extract coarse charcoal from coarse-grained gravels to dete…
Age of the Lancefield megafauna
The Lancefield megafauna site is located on the southwest edge of the small town of Lancefield, 70 km NNE of Melbourne. The site is located in a swamp, a depression (possibly formed by a collapsed lava tunnel) which is almost surrounded by weathered Pliocene basalts which have formed a laterite cap. A natural spring flow under this cap emerges at the swamp and the water then drains into Deep Creek, a tributary of the Maribyrnong River. Three foss…
Holocene shoreline progradation and coastal evolution at Guichen and Rivoli Bays, southern Australia
Prograded barrier systems record shoreline behaviour and palaeoenvironmental information. The Guichen Bay Holocene embayment fill succession in South Australia has been subject to several prominent studies; however, several important unanswered questions remained regarding the timing of the older ridge sets at this site. Additional Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating indicates that progradation commenced in the southeastern corner of t…
The geochronological potential of isoleucine epimerisation in cassowary and megapode eggshells from archaeological sites
Sea-Level History, 45,000 to 30,000 yr B.P., Inferred from Benthic Foraminifera, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia
Surficial sediments of Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia, are predominantly bioclastic, cool-temperate carbonates. Benthic foraminifera are abundant and distribution of species is closely related to water depth. For example, Massilina milletti is most common at depths ca. 40 m, while Discorbis dimidiatus is characteristics of shallow, subtidal environments. Elphidium crispum , a shallow-water species, and E. macelliforme , favoring deeper water, …
Coastal Aminostratigraphy of the Last Interglaciation in Southern Australia
Amino acid racemization data for marine molluscs of the last interglaciation from southern Australia provide the basis for a predictive model for relative dating of late Quaternary sequences. Genera analyzed include Anadara sp., Katelysia sp., Glycymeris sp., and Fulvia sp. that exhibit moderate racemization rates. A genus effect on racemization is not evident in these taxa. Coefficients of variation for intershell D/L ratio variation for each de…
A pleistocene origin for shore platforms along the Northern Illawarra Coast, New South Wales
This paper examines the composition, structure and age of clastic deposits situated behind shore platforms at Austinmer and Coledale on the northern Illawarra coast, New South Wales. Our results support earlier chronological evidence of a Pleistocene history for shore platforms along the Illawarra coast. The size and fabric of sediments within these deposits indicate rapid, high‐energy deposition of bedrock eroded from platforms adjacent to the d…
Glacial Lowstand Deposits on the Outer Continental Shelf of Southeastern Australia
Vibracores collected from water depths of 130 to 150 m on the outer continental shelf of southeastern Australia contain evidence for several cycles of shallow marine deposition. One of these vibracores (112/VC/134; lat. 33°24′S, long, 151°58′ E) preserves evidence for the last three glacial lowstands, as inferred from radiocarbon dating, amino acid racemization, and fossil mollusc assemblages. The core contains the inner-shelf molluscs Pecten fum…
Understanding ‘deep’ time — Advances since Archbishop Ussher
Our comprehension of ‘deep’ time and our approaches to measuring this phenomenon have evolved considerably since the work of Archbishop James Ussher and Rev. John Lightfoot in the 17th century. Early attempts to determine the age of the Earth (that is, the moment of creation) were primarily based on the literal interpretation of Scriptures. With the emergence of geology as a formal academic discipline, scholars began to use qualitative evidence t…
Amino acid racemisation and radiocarbon dating of a contact period midden, Greenglade rockshelter, New South Wales
The extent of racemisation of one of the fastest racemising amino acids, aspartic acid, in the marine gastropod Turbo undulatus from Greenglade rockshelter, southern New South Wales, is examined in an attempt to resolve time within the last few hundred years, an interval that is difficult to date by radiocarbon. Aspartic acid racemisation, in conjunction with radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic evidence, indicates that Greenglade rockshelter was…
Age of the Lancefield megafauna
The Lancefield megafauna site is located on the southwest edge of the small town of Lancefield, 70 km NNE of Melbourne. The site is located in a swamp, a depression (possibly formed by a collapsed lava tunnel) which is almost surrounded by weathered Pliocene basalts which have formed a laterite cap. A natural spring flow under this cap emerges at the swamp and the water then drains into Deep Creek, a tributary of the Maribyrnong River. Three foss…
Aboriginal occupation on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, provisionally dated by Aspartic Acid Racemisation assay of land snails to greater than 50 ka
The generally accepted age for the earliest human occupation of Australia is about 60,000 years (e.g. Chappell et al. 1996), with many dates centred around 30,000 to 40,000 years (e.g. Pearce and Barbetti 1981; Dortch 1984; Allen and Holdaway 1995; Dortch and Dortch 1996). Recent, but disputed, archaeological evidence at Jinmium in the Northern Territory indicates a much earlier date of occupation of 116,000 years (FuUagar et al. 1996; Spooner 19…
Successive foraminiferal faunas and inferred palaeoenvironments associated with the postglacial (Holocene) marine transgression, Gulf St Vincent, South Australia
Gulf St Vincent is one of a pair of elongate, triangular, shallow water embayments into the southern coast of continental Australia. From the southern floor of this embayment, within a shallow basin-like depression where present-day water depth is about 40 m, vibracore SV23 recovered c. 4 m of late Quaternary sediments. The uppermost 1.5 m of this core comprises postglacial (Holocene) marine deposits; six radiocarbon ages for the interval 64-130 …
The geochronological potential of isoleucine epimerisation in cassowary and megapode eggshells from archaeological sites
Holocene sea-level change on the southeast coast of Australia
A revised Holocene sea-level curve for the southeast coast of New South Wales, Australia, is presented based on a review of previously published geochronological results for fossil molluscs, organic-rich mud, mangrove roots and fixed biological indicators. It is supplemented by new radiocarbon and amino acid racemization-derived ages on fossil molluscs from transgressive sandsheet facies in back-barrier settings within shallow incised valleys alo…
Shell-gathering from mangroves and the seasonality of the Southeast Asian Monsoon using high-resolution stable isotopic analysis of the tropical estuarine bivalve (Geloina erosa) from the Great Cave o…
A dating intercomparison study on Late Stone Age coastal midden deposits, South Africa
The southern and western coastlines of South Africa have an extensive archaeological record with many sites associated with widespread eolian deposits. While much of this rich archaeological record is based on cave sites, evidence of Late Stone Age occupation is additionally preserved in the form of open‐site shell middens. We present here a comparative study of the application of amino acid racemization (AAR), optically stimulated luminescence (…
Holocene palaeofire records in a high-level, proximal valley-fill (Wilson Bog), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
An elevated valley-fill peat bog (Wilson Bog) near Mount Lofty, South Australia, failed in November 2005 following a flooding event, and exposed representative sections of the sediment infill. Two distinct units were revealed: 2 m of coarse-grained, siliciclastic sand/gravel, overlain by 2 m of peat. A simple charcoal extraction technique based on floatation and skimming was developed to extract coarse charcoal from coarse-grained gravels to dete…
The last interglacial sea-level high stand on the southern Cape coastline of South Africa
The continental margin of southern South Africa exhibits an array of emergent marginal marine sediments permitting the reconstruction of long-term eustatic sea-level changes. We report a suite of optical luminescence ages and supplementary amino acid racemization data, which provide paleosea-level index points for three sites on this coastline. Deposits in the Swartvlei and Groot Brak estuaries display tidal inlet facies overlain by shoreface or …
Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin
Depositional history and archaeology of the central Lake Mungo lunette, Willandra Lakes, southeast Australia
Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia
Holocene shoreline progradation and coastal evolution at Guichen and Rivoli Bays, southern Australia
Prograded barrier systems record shoreline behaviour and palaeoenvironmental information. The Guichen Bay Holocene embayment fill succession in South Australia has been subject to several prominent studies; however, several important unanswered questions remained regarding the timing of the older ridge sets at this site. Additional Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating indicates that progradation commenced in the southeastern corner of t…
Calibrating Holocene human–environment interactions using ancient narratives
The essence of stories of human–environment interactions can be preserved in oral contexts for millennia, creating novel opportunities for humanizing the past. This study examines stories (knowledge-rich narratives) about the ancestral being Ngurunderi, told by Ngarrindjeri peoples of South Australia. Three elements of the Ngurunderi narrative are considered. The first recalls his journey along a 170-km long coastal barrier (Younghusband Peninsul…
Michael Francis Barbetti (1945–2019)
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 works) · Geology (14 works) · Archaeology (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Paleontology (11 works) · Holocene (10 works) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 works) · Radiocarbon dating (9 works) · Geology (6 works) · Oceanography (6 works)