Emeritus Professor
Patrick De Deckker
AM FAA
Patrick De Deckker pioneered the study of the Quaternary [last 2 million years] history of the oceans bordering Australia and principally used microfossils and their chemical composition to reconstruct past changes. He was also first in linking patterns of environmental change on land [through salt lake records] and at sea, again using microfossils and other proxies. He also found that the glacial oceans have become progressively warmer as aridity increased in Australia. His most recent innovative research deals with the microbiological and geochemical fingerprinting of airborne dust with the aim at linking dust events with changes in the oceans.
Fields of research
37 EARTH SCIENCES-
3705
GEOLOGY
- 370504 Marine Geoscience
- 370506 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
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3709
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE
- 370905 Quaternary Environments
For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .
Expertise type
- Earth Sciences
- Paeleooceanography
- Palaeontology
- Palaelimnology
- Aeolian dust
- Limnology
- Trace elements geochemistry
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