Peter Kershaw

Emeritus Prof

Emeritus Professor, Sch of Earth Atmosphere & Environment

EmailPeter.Kershaw@monash.edu

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Biography

Peter Kershaw was appointed Emeritus Professor in the School of Earth, Atmsophere and Environment after working for nearly 40 years at Monash as a Lecturer, Reader and Professor, mainly in The School of Geography and Environmental Science. His research, and that of his research students and post-doctoral fellows, has focused on the reconstruction of past natural and human-modified landscapes, largely through the analysis of fossil pollen, and applications to the understanding of present-day environments and predictions of future environmental change.

Keywords

Palynology
Palaeoecology
vegetation history
Climate history
Biomass burning
Quaternary
Australasia-Southeast Asia

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Projects 2000 2017

27 Finished

Environmental Transformations linked to Early Human Occupation in Northern Australia

Kershaw, P., Connor, S., Haberle, S., Van Der Kaars, W. & Perry, G.

Australian Research Council (ARC)

5/02/14 → 5/02/17

Project: Research

Australian Membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program

Schellart, W., Aitchison, J., Arculus, R., Baxter, A., Coffin, M., Collins, L., Daniell, J., Exon, N., Fergusson, C., Foden, J., Gallagher, S., George, S., George, A., Heap, A., Hergt, J., Kershaw, P., McCuaig, T., Muller, R., O'Reilly, S., Roberts, A., Rohling, E., Skilbeck, C., Stilwell, J., Vasconcelos, P., Webster, J., Welsh, K., Clennell, M., Howard, W., Sloss, C. & Yeats, C.

Australian Research Council (ARC)

1/01/14 → 31/12/14

Project: Research

Self-sustaining Regions Research and Innovation Initiative

Burstein, F., Baker, A., Beardall, J., Boretti, A., Charchar, F., Davis, J., Gao, D., Gell, P., Harrap, S. B., Hodgson, P., Karoly, D. J., Keenan, R., Kershaw, P., Kingsford, R., Myers, M., Reeves, A., Shaw, J., Smith-Miles, K., Smyth, J., Stagnitti, F., Stranieri, A., Turney, C., Weber, R., Wilby, R., Wyn, J., Yearwood, J., Nahavandi, S. & Sonenberg, L.

Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Comm)

1/07/11 → 18/05/16

Project: Research

Resolving chronological problems with the key late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental record of Lake Wangoom, southeastern Australia

Kershaw, P.

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE)

29/01/08 → 31/12/08

Project: Research

The Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas

Kershaw, P., Bowman, D., Dodson, J., Evans, B., Haberle, S., Hope, G., Hungerford, S. & Kljakovic, M.

Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University

1/01/08 → 31/12/08

Project: Research

Research Output 1970 2018

115 Article
22 Chapter (Book)
6 Editorial
4 Abstract
12 More

Millennial-scale variability in south-east Australian hydroclimate between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago

Falster, G., Tyler, J., Grant, K., Tibby, J., Turney, C., Löhr, S., Jacobsen, G. & Kershaw, A. P., 15 Jul 2018, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 192, p. 106-122 17 p.