BSc(Hons) USyd., MenvEngSc UNSW, PhD USyd, MIEAust, MAGU
Office Location:
CE 106 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 5381
Manly Vale Water Research Laboratory, Manly Vale
Phone: +61 2 9949 4488 ext 229
Fax: + 61 2 9949 4188
Email: ian.turner@unsw.edu.au
beach groundwater dynamics and sediment transport at the beach face; monitoring of coastal change and impacts of climate variability; coastal erosion control and coastal management; and coastal aquifer hydrogeology
See WRL Coastal Imaging web site (created by Ian Turner)
Harley, M., Turner, I.L., Short, A.D. and Ranasinghe, R., 2007. Monitoring beach processes using conventional, RTK-GPS and video image-derived survey methods: Narrabeen Beach, Australia. In Woodroffe, C.D., Bruce E.M., Puotinen, M., and Furness, R.A. (eds), GIS for the Coastal Zone. Wollongong Papers on Maritime Policy No.16, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security, Wollongong, 151-164.
Davidson, M.A. and Turner, I.L., 2009. A behavioural-template beach profile model for predicting seasonal to interannual shoreline evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 114, F01020, doi:10.1029/2007JF000888.
Masselink, G., Turner, I. and Williams, J., 2009. Large-scale laboratory investigation into the effect of back-barrier lagoon water level on gravel beach morphology. SI Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, 93-97.
Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Blenkinsopp, C.E. and Turner, I.L., 2009. A comparison of berm accretion in the swash zone on sand and gravel beaches at the timescale of individual waves. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, 1791-1795.
Williams, J., Masselink, G., Buscombe, D., Turner, I., Matias, A., Ferreira, O., Metje, N., Bradbury, A., Albers, T. and Pan, S. 2009. BARDEX (Barrier Dynamics Experiment): taking the beach in to the laboratory. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, 158-162.
Turner, I.L., Russell, P. and Butt, T., 2008. Measurement of wave-by-wave bed-levels in the swash zone. Coastal Engineering. 55, 1237-1242.
Harley, M.D. and Turner, I.L. 2008. A simple data transformation technique for processing survey data at embayed beaches. Coastal Engineering, 55, 63-68.
Turner, I.L., and Anderson, D.J. 2007 Web-based and ‘real-time’ beach management system. Coastal Engineering, 54, 555-565.
Castelle, B. Turner. I.L. and Tomlinson, R. 2007. Impacts of storms on beach erosion: Broadbeach beach (Gold Coast, Australia). Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 534 – 539.
Morris, B.D, Coco, G. and Turner. I.L. 2007. Application of coastal imaging methods to estuary research. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 410-414.
Butt, T., Russell, P.E., Miles, J.R. and Turner, I.L., 2007. Sediment transport processes in the swash zone of sandy beaches. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 636-640..
Turdukulov, U.D., Blok, C.A., Ruessink, B.G. and Turner, I.L. 2007. Connecting users with their data: an environment to explore the morphodynamics of rip channels. Cartographica, 42, 139-151
Plant, N.G., Aarninkhof, S.G.J., Turner, I.L. and Kingston, K., 2007. The performance of shoreline detection models applied to video imagery. Journal of Coastal Research, 23(3), 658–670.
Ruessink, B.G., Coco., G., Ranasinghe, R. and Turner, I.L. 2007. Coupled and noncoupled behavior of three-dimensional morphological patterns in a double sandbar system. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C07002, doi:10.1029/2006JC003799.
Turner, I.L, Whyte, D., Ruessink, G and Ranasinghe, R., 2007. Observations of rip spacing, persistence and mobility at a long, straight coastline. Marine Geology, 236, 209-221.
Pape, L., Reussink, B.G., Wiering, M.A., and Turner, I.L. 2007. Recurrent Neural Network modeling of nearshore sandbar behaviour. Neural Networks, 20, 509-518.
Acworth, R.I., Hughes, C.E. and Turner, I.L. 2007. A radioisotope tracer investigation of groundwater flux adjacent to a tidal creek during a spring tide period. Journal of Hydrogeology, 15, 281-296.
Castelle, B., Turner, IL., Tomlinson, R. & Bertin, X., 2008. Evolution de la morphologie de la baie de Coolangatta (Gold Coast, Australie): impact des rechargements de plate et du systeme permanent de bypass de sediment (In French). In Proceedings: Xeme Journees Nationales des Genie Cotier, eds D Levacher; P Gaufres, Sophia Antipolis, France, France, Vol.1, 211 – 220.
Sénéchal, N., F. Ardhuin, and others, 2008. ECORS-TRUC VERT 2008. Qualification des modèles de houle et de morphodynamique. (In French). In Proceedings. Xèmes Journées Nationales de Génie Côtier - Génie Civil, Sophia Antipolis, France, Oct. 2008.
B. Castelle, I.L. Turner, B.G. Ruessink, R. Tomlinson, 2007. Erosion de la plage aérienne et comportement des barres prè-littorales pendant des événements extrêmes: Broadbeach (Australie). 11ème Congrèsfrançais de sédimentologie ("11th French Symposium of Sedimentology"), Caen (France), 23-25 Oct 2007.
Timms, W.A., Acworth, R.I. and Turner, I.L. 2007. Interactions between groundwater and artificial pond in the northern Botany aquifer, Sydney, Australia. In: Riberio, L., Chambel, A. and Condesso de Melo M.T., (eds), Proceedings of the Association of Hydrologists XXXV Congress, Groundwater and Ecosystems, Lisbon Portugal, ISMB 978-989-95297-3-1.
Harley, M., Turner, I.L., Morris, B.D., Short, A.D. and Ranasinghe, R., 2007. Nearshore wave climate and localised erosion during storm events. 18th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, #89 [published on CD], 6p., IEAust, Melbourne, Australia.
Morris, B.D. and Turner, I.L., 2007. Rapid infilling of an intermittently open-closed lagoon entrance following mechanical clearance. 18th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, #48 [published in CD], 6p., IEAust, Melbourne, Australia.
Harley, M.A., Turner, I.L., Short, A.D. and Ranasinghe, R., 2009. Rotation and oscillation of an embayed beach. 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers, Hamburg. (in press).
Turner, I.L., Masselink, G., Russell, P.R., Blenkinsopp. C. and Peak, S., 2009. Beach level change over individual wash cycles on sand and gravel beaches. 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Hamburg. (in press)
Morris, B.D., Turner, I.L., and Davidson, M.A., 2009. Monitoring and modelling of entrance sedimentation at an intermittently open-closed lagoon. 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Hamburg. (in press)
Austin, M., Masselink, G., Turner, I.L., Buscombe, D., and Williams, J., 2009. Groundwater seepage between a gravel barrier beach and a freshwater lagoon. 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Hamburg. (in press)
Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I.L., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., 2008. Field measurements of bed-level change in the swash zone at wave-by-wave timescales. Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference, University of Oxford, 9 – 11 April
Harley, M., Turner, I.L., Short, A.D. and Ranasinghe, R., 2007. Assessing the accuracy and applicability of a multi-decadal beach survey dataset. Proceedings, 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers, San Diego, Vol.5, 4000-4008.
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