Bruce Thom
Australian environmentalist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Bruce Graham Thom is an Australian geoscientist and educator. He is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney in Australia and founding President of the Australian Coastal Society. Educated at The Scots College in Bellevue Hill, Sydney, Australia and the University of Sydney, where he served as Professor of Geography and Pro-Vice Chancellor . He is also former Vice Chancellor of the University of New England and former Chair of the Australian State of the Environment Committee. Professor Thom has written widely in the areas of physical geography, coastal management, coastal policy, coastal geology, and geomorphology. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2010.
Bruce Thom's Published Works
Published Works
- Morphodynamics of reflective and dissipative beach and inshore systems: Southeastern Australia (1979) (341)
- Mangrove Ecology and Deltaic Geomorphology: Tabasco, Mexico (1967) (320)
- Coastal Evolution: Morphodynamics of coastal evolution (1995) (269)
- Development of widespread mangrove swamps in mid-Holocene times in northern Australia (1985) (264)
- Coastal Evolution: Wave-dominated coasts (1995) (260)
- Behaviour of beach profiles during accretion and erosion dominated periods (1991) (221)
- Holocene sequences on an embayed high-energy coast: an evolutionary model (1980) (221)
- Depositional model of a macrotidal estuary and floodplain, South Alligator River, Northern Australia (1989) (203)
- Coastal Geomorphology in Australia (1985) (192)
- Mangrove Ecology and Deltaic-Estuarine Geomorphology: Cambridge Gulf-Ord River, Western Australia (1975) (164)
- Relative Sea Levels and Coastal Sedimentation in Southeast Australia in the Holocene (1985) (162)
- Management of Uncertainty in Predicting Climate-Change Impacts on Beaches (2006) (161)
- Coastal depositional landforms (1977) (159)
- Transgressive and regressive stratigraphies of coastal sand barriers in southeast Australia (1984) (138)
- Processes of Channel Development in a High-Tide-Range Environment: Cambridge Gulf-Ord River Delta, Western Australia (1973) (129)
- Hydro-isostasy and the sea-level isobase of 5500 B.P. in north Queensland, Australia (1982) (121)
- Morphometric assessment of intermittently open/closed coastal lagoons in New South Wales, Australia (2006) (109)
- Coastal landforms and geomorphic processes (1984) (98)
- Late Quaternary Evolution of Coastal Sand Barriers, Port Stephens-Myall Lakes Area, Central New South Wales, Australia (1981) (88)
- Geomorphological Dynamics and Evolution of the South Alligator Tidal River and Plains, Northern Territory (1986) (81)
- Coastal geomorphology and quaternary geology of the Port Stephens-Myall Lakes area (1992) (74)
- COASTAL EROSION IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA (1968) (69)
- National sediment compartment framework for Australian coastal management (2018) (69)
- The upper Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia: a Holocene example of an estuarine bayhead delta (1997) (66)
- Shell middens in the context of estuarine development, South Alligator River, Northern Territory (1988) (62)
- Age Structure of Holocene Coastal Sediments: Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia (1980) (59)
- Last glacial “coastal” dunes in Eastern Australia and implications for landscape stability during the Last Glacial Maximum (1994) (55)
- Natural Hazards in Australia (1981) (55)
- Shoreface Sand Supply to Beaches (2001) (54)
- Carolina Bays in Horry and Marion Counties, South Carolina (1970) (53)
- Radiocarbon evidence against higher Postglacial sea levels in eastern Australia (1969) (52)
- Geomorphology of the Purari Delta (1983) (50)
- Relative sea level in the South Alligator river region, North Australia, during the Holocene (1987) (49)
- The Tabasco lowlands of southeastern Mexico (1969) (44)
- Physiographic plant geography (1982) (43)
- Coastal morphodynamics in North Australia: review and prospect (1986) (41)
- Evolution of Reefs and Islands, Northern Great Barrier Reef: Synthesis and Interpretation (1978) (38)
- Nonsorted Steps in the Mt. Kosciusko Area, Australia (1967) (36)
- MORPHODYNAMIC VARtABILITY OF HIGH-ENERGY BEACHES (1978) (35)
- Triggers for Late Twentieth Century Reform of Australian Coastal Management (2000) (34)
- SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION IN A MACROTIDAL RIVER CHANNEL: ORD RIVER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (1975) (33)
- Geography, planning and the law: a coastal perspective (2004) (27)
- Drilling investigation of Bewick and Stapleton islands (1978) (26)
- Wave influences on river-mouth depositional process: Examples from Australia and Papua New Guinea (1980) (26)
- Climate Change Impacts on Entrance Processes of Intermittently Open/Closed Coastal Lagoons in New South Wales, Australia (2007) (26)
- Radiocarbon ages from the northern Great Barrier Reef (1978) (23)
- The suburbanisation of coastal Australia (2006) (22)
- Holocene sea level change: an interpretation (1978) (21)
- Beach Changes at Moruya, 1972-74 (1975) (21)
- Coastal and Fluvial Landforms, Horry and Marion Counties, South Carolina. (1967) (20)
- Postglacial sea levels in eastern Australia—A reply (1972) (20)
- Holocene environments in the Hawkesbury valley, new South Wales: A comparison of terrestrial and marine records (1994) (20)
- Formation of beach‐ridge plains: an appreciation of the contribution by Jack L. Davies (2017) (19)
- Climate change, coastal hazards and the public trust doctrine (2012) (18)
- Australia: An Unstable Platform for Tide-Gauge Measurements of Changing Sea Levels: A Discussion (1988) (17)
- Snow Action on Mount Twynam, Snowy Mountains, Australia (1964) (17)
- East Australian marine abrasion surface (2010) (16)
- Australian estuaries: A framework for management (2001) (14)
- Holocene evolution of the wave-dominated embayed Moruya coastline, southeastern Australia: Sediment sources, transport rates and alongshore interconnectivity (2020) (12)
- The Role of Spring Thaw in String Bog Genesis (1972) (10)
- Introduction: Australian Coastal Geomorphology, 1984–2004 (2006) (10)
- Holocene vegetation history from the Hawkesbury Valley, New South Wales (1992) (8)
- Future challenges in beach management as contested spaces (2020) (7)
- Evidence for a change in wind regime during the Last Glacial Maximum from the Sydney region (2018) (7)
- Coastal geomorphology of the Jervis Bay area (2010) (7)
- Future Adaptive Coastal Management (2018) (6)
- Application of a Geographical Information System for Risk Assessment on Open Ocean Beaches: Collaroy/Narrabeen Beach, Sydney, Australia—An Example (2000) (6)
- Holocene evolution of the Ninety Mile Beach sand barrier, Victoria, Australia: The role of sea level, sediment supply and climate. (2020) (6)
- BEACH EROSION-ACCRETION AT TWO TIME SCALES (1980) (6)
- Development of a gully-flow near Sept-Iles, Quebec (1976) (6)
- Response to Lane et al. (2004): Decentralisation and Environmental Management in Australia: A Comment on the Prescriptions of The Wentworth Group (2004) (5)
- Geomorphic Coastal Variability, Northwestern Australia. (1973) (5)
- Reply to: Pilkey, O.H. and Cooper, A.G., 2006. Discussion of: Cowell et al., 2006. Management of Uncertainty in Predicting Climate-Change Impacts on Beaches, Journal of Coastal Research, 22(2), 232–245; Journal of Coastal Research, 22(6), 1577–1579 (2006) (4)
- The man/land theme in geography: a Sydney University perspective (1987) (4)
- The Integrative Power of Interdisciplinary Geography (1988) (4)
- Promoting Resilience of Tomorrow’s Impermanent Coasts (2018) (4)
- The Population Policy Debate from a Natural Resource Perspective: Reflections from the Wentworth Group (2011) (4)
- Sea-level Rise: an Eminent Threat? (1987) (3)
- Natural hazards in Australia : proceedings of a symposium (1979) (3)
- National Climate Change Research Plan: Settlements and Infrastructure (2010) (3)
- Coastal Physical Geography and Global Science (1989) (2)
- Coastal Zone Management—A Conundrum (2001) (1)
- Open-ocean beaches: an unstable resource. (1978) (1)
- ANU Radiocarbon Date List VII (1979) (1)
- Reflections on managing Australia's coastal environments: Interview with Bruce Thom (2009) (1)
- Australian National University radiocarbon date list VIII. (2006) (1)
- Climate change and Settlements and Infrastructure (2010) (0)
- Carolina Bays: Reply (1970) (0)
- Mud flatTidal flat (1982) (0)
- Future trends in coastal geomorphology (1978) (0)
- Facing the Squeeze: Climate Change (2009) (0)
- Conversations on adaptation effectiveness (2013) (0)
- COASTAL STUDIES BULLETIN NUMBER 1. (1967) (0)
- People and policies in Antarctica (1984) (0)
- Graduate Studies at Louisiana State University (2020) (0)
- Morphometric assessment of coastal lagoons in New South Wales , Australia (2009) (0)
- Geoscience in Australia in relation to IGBP; a study of global change (1987) (0)
- Professor Trevor Langford-Smith, 1916–2011 (2012) (0)
- Holocene sediment budget for wave-dominated Moruya coastline, southeastern Australia: sediment sources, transport and embayment interconnectivity (2021) (0)
- ANU Radiocarbon Date List VIII (1981) (0)
- Beaches and Dunes of Developed Coasts: By Karl F. Nordstrom; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.; 2000; pp. 338; US $74.95; ISBN 0 521 470 137 (Hbk) (2000) (0)
- Sediment dynamics at different timescales on an embayed coast in southeastern Australia (2022) (0)
- NSW coastal policy – a blueprint for a sustainable future (2010) (0)
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