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Department of Environment and Geography - Environmental Science

Associate Professor Damian Gore - Publications

Juvenile bull elephant seals at Davis Station, Antarctica. These beasts spend the summer on the sandy marine beaches to moult and play.

2011 & In Press

  • Hafsteinsdottir, E.G., White, D.A., Gore, D.B. & Stark, S.C. 2011. Products and stability of orthophosphate reactions with lead under freeze-thaw cycling in simple systems. Environmental Pollution 159, 3496-3503.
  • Mackintosh, A., Golledge, N., Domack, E., Dunbar, R., Leventer, A., White, D., Pollard, D., DeConto, R., Fink, D., Zwartz, D., Gore, D. & Lavoie, C. 2011. Sea level rise and ocean warming drive recession of the East Antarctic ice sheet. Nature Geoscience 4(3), 195-202. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1061
  • Sheedy, K.A. & Gore, D.B. In press. Asyut 422, Seltman Group P, and the imitation of Attic coins. Revue Belge de Numismatique.
  • White, D.A., Hafsteinsdottir, E.G., Gore, D.B. & Thorogood, G., Stark, S.C. In press. Formation and stability of Pb-, Zn- & Cu-PO4 phases at low temperatures: implications for heavy metal fixation in Polar Environments. Environmental Pollution.
  • White, D., Fink, D. & Gore, D. 2011. Cosmogenic nuclide evidence for enhanced sensitivity of an East Antarctic ice stream to change during the last deglaciation. Geology 39(1), 23-26.

2010

  • Gore, D. & Martyn, J. 2010. Soils. pp. 14-15 In Martyn, J. Ed. Field guide to the bushland of the Lane Cove Valley. Step Inc., Sydney, 248 pp.
  • Gore, D. 2010. Water Quality. pp. 86-88. In Martyn, J. Ed. Field guide to the bushland of the Lane Cove Valley. Step Inc., Sydney, 248 pp.
  • Heiden, E.S., Gore, D.B. & Stark, S.C. Transportable EDXRF analysis of environmental water samples using Amberlite IRC748 ion-exchange preconcentration. X-Ray Spectrometry 39(3), 176-183.

2009

  • Gore, D.B. 2009. Chapter 21: Application of reactive barriers operated in frozen ground. In Margesin, R. (Ed.) Permafrost Soils. Springer-Verlag, pp 303-319.
  • Kiernan, K., Gore, D.B., Fink, D., McConnell, A., Sigurdsson, I.A. & White, D.A. Deglaciation and weathering of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 21(4), 373-382.

2008

  • Gore, D.B., Heiden, E.S. & Field, R.J. 2008. Preparation of electrotechnical products for Reduction of Hazardous Substances compliance testing. Environmental Science & Technology 42(11), 4088-4092.
  • Gore, D.B. & Snape, I. 2008. Freeze-thaw cycling, moisture and leaching from a Controlled Release Nutrient source. Cold Regions Science and Technology 52(3), 401-407.
  • Stark, S.C., Snape, I., Graham, N., Brennan, J. & Gore, D.B. 2008. Assessment of metal contamination using X-ray fluoresecence spectrometry and the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) during remediation of a waste disposal site in Antarctica. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 10, 60-70.
  • Wright, A.P., Siegert, M.J., Le Brocq, AM. & Gore, D.B. 2008. High sensitivity of subglacial hydrological pathways in Antarctica to small ice-sheet changes. Geophysical Research Letters 35(L17504), 35, L17504, doi:10.1029/, 2008GL034937.
  • Wright, A.P., White, D., Gore, D.B. & Siegert, M.J. 2008. Chapter 11: Antarctica at the Last Glacial Maximum, Deglaciation and the Holocene. In Florindo, F. & Siegert, M.J. eds. Antarctic Climate Evolution. Developments in Earth & Environmental Science, vol. 8, 531-570. Elsevier. ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52847-6

2007

  • Gore, D.B., Preston, N. & Fryirs, K.A. 2007. Post-rehabilitation environmental hazard of Cu, Zn, As and Pb at the derelict Conrad Mine, eastern Australia. Environmental Pollution 148(2), 491-500.
  • Gore, D.B. & Pickard, J. 2007. Antarctic Oases. In Riffenburgh, B. (Ed). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. Routledge, New York.
  • Mackintosh, A., White, D., Fink, D., Gore, D., Pickard, J. & Fanning, P. 2007. Exposure ages from mountain dipsticks in Mac.Robertson Land, East Antarctica, indicate little change in ice sheet thickness since the Last Glacial Maximum. Geology 35(6), 551-554.
  • Wagner, B., Hultzsch, N., Melles, M. & Gore, D.B. 2007. Indications of Holocene sea-level rise in Beaver Lake, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 19(1), 125-128.

2006

  • Gore, D.B., Heiden, E.S., Stevens, G., Snape, I. & Nash, G. Grain size of GAC and untreated and modified granular clinoptilolite under freeze-thaw, Polar Record 42(2), 1-6.
  • Gore, D.B. & Pickard, J. 2006. Antarctic Oases. In Riffenburgh, B. (Ed). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. Routledge, New York. [D4]
  • Scouller, R.C., Snape, I., Stark, J.S. & Gore, D.B. 2006. Evaluation of geochemical methods for discrimination of metal contamination in Antarctic marine sediments: A case study from Casey Station. Chemosphere 65, 294-309

2005

  • Low, C., Gore, D.B., Taylor, M.P. & Louie, H. Black Bluebush and Old Man Saltbush biogeochemistry on a contaminated site: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Conference Proceedings "Regolith 2005 - Ten Years of CRC Leme" [E1]

2004

  • Cremer, H., Gore, D., Hultzsch, N., Melles, M., Wagner, B. 2004. The diatom flora and limnology of lakes in the Amery Oasis, East Antarctica. Polar Biology 27, 513-531.
  • Leishman, M.R., Hughes, M.T. & Gore, D.B. 2004. The effect of stormwater outlets on phosphorus in urban bushland soils: spatial and temporal changes and the relationship with invasive plants. Australian Journal of Soil Research 42, 197-202.
  • Roberts, D., McMinn, A., Cremer, H., Gore, D.B. and Melles, M. 2004. The Holocene evolution and palaeosalinity history of Beall Lake, Windmill Islands (East Antarctica) using an expanded diatom-based weighted-averaging model. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 208: 121-140.
  • Snape, I., Scouller, R.C., Stark, S.C., Stark, J., Riddle, M.J. & Gore, D.B. 2004. Characterisation of the dilute HCl extraction method for the identification of metal contamination in Antarctic marine sediments. Chemosphere 57, 491-504.
  • Wagner, B., Holger Cremer, H., Hultzsch, N., Gore, D.B. & Melles, M. 2004. Late Pleistocene and Holocene history of Lake Terrasovoje, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica, and its climatic and environmental implications. Journal of Paleolimnology 32(4), 321-339.

2003

  • Cremer, H., Gore, D., Melles, M., Roberts, D. 2003. Palaeoclimatic significance of late Quaternary diatom assemblages from southern Windmill Islands, East Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 195, 261-280.
  • Cremer, H., Roberts, D., McMinn, A., Gore, D., Melles, M. 2003. The Holocene diatom flora of marine bays in the Windmill islands, East Antarctica. Botanica Marina 46, 82-106.
  • Gore, D.B. & Taylor, M.P. 2003. Discussion and Reply. Grooves and striations on the Stanthorpe Adamellite: evidence for a possible late Middle-Late triassic age glaciation. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, 467-470.
  • Gore, D.B., Snape, I. & Leishman, M.R. 2003. Glacial sediment provenance, dispersal and deposition, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 15(2), 259-269.
  • Hesse, P.P., Humphreys, G.S., Selkirk, P., Adamson, D.A., Gore, D.B., Nobes, D.C., Price, D.M., Schwenninger, J.-L., Smith, B., Tulau, M. & Hemmings, F. 2003. Late Quaternary aeolian dunes on the presently humid Blue Mountains, Eastern Australia. Quaternary International 108, 13-32.
  • Hodgson, D., McMinn, A., Kirkup, H., Cremer, H., Gore, D., Melles, M., Roberts, D. & Montiel, P. 2003. Colonisation, succession, and extinction of marine floras during a glacial cycle: A case study from the Windmill Islands (east Antarctica) using biomarkers. Paleoceanography 18(3), 1-14.
  • Riddle, M.J., Scouller, R.C., Snape, I., Stark, J.S., Kratzmann, S.M., Stark, S.C., King, C.K., Duquesne, S. & Gore, D.B. 2003. From chemical monitoring to biological meaning: extraction techniques and the biological interpretation of sediment chemistry data from the Casey region. Huiskes, A.H.L., Gieskes, W.W.C., et al. (ed.) Antarctic Biology in a Global Contact. Proceedings of the VIIIth SCAR International biology symposium. 27 August - 1 September 2001, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 278-284.

2002

  • Gibson, J.A.E., Gore, D.B. & Kaup, E. 2002. Algae River: An extensive drainage system in the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica. Polar Record 38(205), 141-152.
  • Kirkup, H., Melles, M. & Gore, D.B. 2002. Late Quaternary environment of southern Windmill Islands, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 14(4), 385-394.
  • Snape, I., Gore, D.B., Cole, C.M. & Riddle, M.J. 2002. Contaminant dispersal and mitigation at Casey Station: An example of how applied geoscience research can reduce environmental risks in Antarctica. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 35, 641-648.

2001

  • Cremer, H., Gore, D., Kirkup, H., McMinn, A., Melles, M., Roberts, D. & Hubberten, H.-W. 2001. The Late Quaternary environmental history of the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica - initial evidence from the diatom record. In Economou-Amilli, A. ed. 16th International Diatom Symposium 2000. University of Athens, Greece, 471-484.
  • Crighton, P.J. & Gore, D.B. 2001. Wannara Creek. In Trustrum, N., Page, M., Brierley, G. & Marutani, T. Eds. 2001. Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Cascades in Pacific Rim Geo-systems, Nippon Alps Sabo Center, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, 154 pp.
  • Gore, D.B., Rhodes, E.J., Augustinus, P.C., Leishman, M.R., Colhoun, E.A. & Rees-Jones, J. 2001. Bunger Hills, East Antarctica: ice free at the Last Glacial Maximum. Geology 29(12), 1103-1106.
  • Hodgson, D.A., Noon, P.E. , Vyverman, W., Bryant, C., Gore, D.B., Appleby, P., Gilmour, M., Verleyen, E., Sabbe, K., Jones, V.J., Ellis-Evans, J.C. and Wood, P.B. 2001. Were the Larsemann Hills ice-free through the Last Glacial Maximum? Antarctic Science 13(4), 440-454.
  • Roberts, D., McMinn, A., Johnston, N., Gore, D.B., Melles, M. & Cremer, H. 2001. An analysis of the limnology and sedimentary diatom flora of fourteen lakes and ponds from the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 13(4), 410-419.
  • Snape, I., Riddle, M.J., Stark, J.S., Cole, C.M., King, C.K., Duquesne, S. & Gore, D.B. 2001. Management and remediation of contaminated sites at Casey Station, Antarctica. Polar Record 37(202), 199-214.

2001

  • Gore, D.B., Brierley, G.J., Pickard, J. & Jansen, J.D. 2000. Anatomy of a floodout in semi-arid eastern Australia. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband 122, 113-139.
  • Gore, D.B., Nichols, G.T. , Lehmann, C.E.R., Burgess, J.S., Baird, A.S. & Creagh, D.C. 2000. An atlas of surficial salts of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica: composition, distribution and origin. ANARE Report 143, 138 pp. Published electronically at http://www-new.aad.gov.au/
  • Gore, D.B., Revill, A.T. & Guille, D. 1999. Petroleum hydrocarbons ten years after spillage at a helipad in Bunger Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 11(4), 428-430.
  • Gore, D.B. & Pickard, J. 1998. Proglacial hydrology and drainage, Southeastern Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 119, 181-196.
  • Augustinus, P.C., Gore, D.B., Leishman, M.R., Zwartz, D. & Colhoun, E.A. 1997. Reconstruction of ice flow across the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 9(3), 349-354.
  • Gore, D.B. 1997. Blanketing snow and ice; constraints on radiocarbon dating deglaciation in East Antarctic oases. Antarctic Science 9(3), 336-348.
  • Gore, D.B. 1997. Last glaciation of Vestfold Hills: extension of the East Antarctic ice sheet or lateral expansion of Sorsdal Glacier?Polar Record 33(184), 5-12.
  • Gore, D.B. & Colhoun, E.A. 1997. Regional contrasts in weathering and glacial sediments reflect long term subaerial exposure of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. In Ricci, C.A. ed. The Antarctic region: geological evolution and processes. Siena: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, 835-839.
  • Gore, D.B., Creagh, D.C., Burgess, J.S., Colhoun, E.A., Spate, A.P. & Baird, A.S. 1996. Composition, distribution and origin of surficial salts in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 8(1), 73-84.
  • Gore, D.B., Pickard, J., Baird, A.S. & Webb, J.A. 1996. Glacial Crooked Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Polar Record 32(180), 19-24.
  • Gore, D.B., Colhoun, E.A. & Bell, K. 1994. Derived constituents in the glacial sediments of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 13, 301-307.
  • Gore, D.B. 1993. Changes in the ice boundary of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica, 1947 to 1990. Australian Geographical Studies 31(1), 49-61.
  • Gore, D.B. 1992. Ice-damming and fluvial erosion in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 4(2), 227-234.
  • Gore, D.B. 1991. Examples of ice damming of lakes in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica, with implications for landscape development. In Gillieson, D. & Fitzsimons, S. eds. Quaternary Research in Australian Antarctica: Future Directions. Special Publication No. 3, Department of Geography and Oceanography, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, 37-44.
  • Riley, S.J. & Gore, D.B. 1988. Aspects of the design and calibration of a portable flume. Soil Technology 1, 297-312.
  • Riley, S.J. & Gore, D.B. 1988. The Catena: implications for the study of hydraulic conductivity in forest soils. In Yu-Si Fok ed. Infiltration Principles and Practises. Water Resources Research Centre, University of Hawaii, 357-368.

Other Output

  • Gore, D.B. and Others. 1999. Vestfold Salts database, analyses and photographs. http://www.antdiv.gov.au/datacentre/. (follow the Metadata link, search for 'salt' and the metadata record and link to two downloadable Zip files will appear).
  • Gore, D.B. 1995. Back to the Bunger Hills. ANARE News 76, 10-11.
  • Gore, D., Burgess, J., Creagh, D. & Baird, A. 1995. Salts in the Vestfold and Larsemann hills and why they are important. ANARE News 76, 21-22.
  • Gore, D.B. 1989. Temporary ice-damming of some lakes in the Vestfold Hills. ANARE News 59, 9.
  • Gore, D.B. 1987. Canyons in the Blue Mountains. This Australia 6(4), 48-49.

 
Dr. Dan Zwartz examining a core from Lake Dolgoe, Bunger Hills, East Antarctica. The core is being used as part of a program that will help to unravel the timing of recession of the East Antarctic ice sheet.