Sedimentary processes on sandy coasts in southern Australia

该项目旨在重建澳大利亚南部主要沿海平原的沉积过程和演化。这些地势低洼的海岸及其上的定居点和基础设施很容易受到洪水和海岸线的侵蚀。不同类型海岸的过去行为将通过结合创新的地理空间技术绘制地貌和过去的变化地图、地层的地球物理成像和地质年代学来确定。结果将是解释对沉积物可获得性、过去的风暴历史和海平面变化的反应的模型。这将有利于可持续的沿海规划和管理，为支持对这些海岸和邻近海岸的侵蚀危险评估提供地貌证据。

This project aims to reconstruct sedimentary processes and evolution of key coastal plains in southern Australia. These low-lying coasts, and the settlements and infrastructure on them, are vulnerable to inundation and shoreline erosion. Past behaviour of different types of coasts will be determined by combining innovative geospatial techniques to map morphology and past changes, geophysical imaging of stratigraphy and geochronology. The outcome will be models that explain responses to sediment availability, past storm history and sea-level changes. This will benefit sustainable coastal planning and management, providing geomorphological evidence to support erosion hazard assessments of these and adjacent coasts.