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I am a quantitative geomorphologist and geochemist interested in catchment and Earth Systems. For me, this involves understanding the links between landscape, climate and critters, and how these have changed during the Quaternary period – i.e. the last couple of million years. This interest has taken me across Australia and on several trips to Antarctica, the Arctic and Sub-Antarctic Islands and beyond.
My research in polar regions has focussed on generating records of past ice sheet changes, which informs ice sheet model development and projections of future sea level rise. I have utilised isotopic tracers such as cosmogenic nuclides to investigate the dynamics of the ice sheets on glacial-interglacial timescales. Much of my existing work has been on-shore, but I’m increasingly interested in the offshore part of the system, including developing methods for understanding how ice shelves have functioned in the past.
In Australia I have been working to build a picture of how climate and landscapes have evolved during the Quaternary. My teaching program has allowed me to build a diverse understanding of these processes and events, especially in east Australia, and I’m starting to apply cosmogenic nuclides to investigate the rates and timing of landscape-scale events in the eastern highlands. I have also leveraged my experience in the geothermal exploration industry to investigate past temperatures across eastern Australia from borehole paleothermometry.
Since moving to UC, I’ve been exposed to how landscape events affect modern-day patterns of genetic diversity. I’m working with colleagues at UC and beyond to help bring a paleo-perspective to the amazing genetic datasets now being generated from critters in Australia and Antarctica.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ANSTO Access Proposal AP19482: For how long have warm waters been interacting with the grounding line of Denman Glacier?
JEROMSON, M. (CI), WHITE, D. (CoI), Fink, D. (CoI), Bostock, H. C. (CoI), Simon, K. (CoI), Husdell, M. (CoI), Hua, Q. (CoI), McNeil, M. (CoI), Klages, J. (CoI), Lembke-Jene, L. (CoI) & Müller, J. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Are warm waters interacting with ice sheet grounding lines within the Denman region, East Antarctica?
JEROMSON, M. (CI), WHITE, D. (CoI) & Fink, D. (CoI)
1/10/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (“Centre”)
White, D. (CI), King, M. (CoI) & Boyd, P. W. (CoI)
16/08/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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2024-1 ANSTO Research Portal Proposal AP17510:, Extracting Be, Th, and Nd from seawater samples: can 10Be trace different water masses?
JEROMSON, M. (CI), WHITE, D. (CoI), Williams, T. (CoI), Noble, T. L. (CoI), Chase, Z. (CoI), Fink, D. (CoI), Simon, K. (CoI) & Post, A. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Exposing past marine environments in Antarctica using Beryllium isotope signatures
WHITE, D. (CI), JEROMSON, M. (CoI) & Richter, S. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Other
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Beryllium-isotope signatures in ice sheet proximal marine sediments
JEROMSON, M., Fujioka, T., Fink, D., Simon, K., Post, A., Blaxell, M., SANCHEZ-PALACIOS, J. T., Enge, T. G., Beggs, C. & WHITE, D., 2025, In: Chemical Geology. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing geospatial tools to identify refuges from alien trout invasion in Australia to assist freshwater conservation
Allan, H., Duncan, R. P., Unmack, P., White, D. & Lintermans, M., 24 Feb 2025, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 76, 4, MF24221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Circumpolar Deep Water upwelling is a primary source of 10Be in Antarctic continental shelf sediments
Jeromson, M., Fujioka, T., Fink, D., Simon, K., Smith, J., Hillenbrand, C. D., Kuhn, G., Post, A. L., SANCHEZ-PALACIOS, J. T., Blaxell, M., Enge, T. G. & White, D., May 2024, In: Global and Planetary Change. 236, p. 1-11 11 p., 104424.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detection of tangled lignum (Duma florulenta) from UAVs using imagery and machine learning
HIGGISSON, W., Tschierchke, A., Blaxell, M., Lanspeary, A., WHITE, D. & DYER, F., Jul 2023, Australia: Mallee CMA. 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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An extended last glacial maximum in the Southern Hemisphere: A contribution to the SHeMax project
Petherick, L. M., Knight, J., Shulmeister, J., Bostock, H., Lorrey, A., Fitchett, J., Eaves, S., Vandergoes, M. J., Barrows, T. T., Barrell, D. J. A., Eze, P. N., Hesse, P., Jara, I. A., Mills, S., Newnham, R., Pedro, J., Ryan, M., Saunders, K. M., White, D. & Rojas, M. & 1 others, , Aug 2022, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 231, 104090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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