Dr. Stephen Gale
ProfessorThe University of Sydney, Australia
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Archaeology from The University of Sydney, Australia
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- Gale, S. J., C.A. de Rochefort, S.R. Moore and A.J.C. Timms, 2018. The origin and stratigraphic significance of the Quaternary Waterloo Rock of the Botany Basin of south-east Australia. Aust. Geog., 49: 291-316.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Fepuleai, A., S.J. Gale, N.A. Wales, S.P.L. McInerney, K.K. Lal and B.V. Alloway, 2018. Post-eruptive sedimentary processes in volcanic crater lakes: Implications for deciphering the samoan sedimentary record. J. Paleolimnol., .
Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 2016. The mined-out phosphate lands of nauru, equatorial western pacific. Austr. J. Earth Sci., 63: 333-347.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and B. Rao, 2015. The stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Waindalithi Conglomerate of northeast Viti Levu, Fiji: Hyperconcentrated flows and pliocene environmental history. Austr. J. Earth Sci., 62: 1009-1020.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S. J., D.E. Cook and N.J. Dorrington, 2013. The eastern Australian magnetic inclination record: Dating the recent past and re-assessing the historical geomagnetic archive. Holocene, 23: 398-415.
- Gale, S.J. and D.A. Penny, 2012. Clastic spring sediments: A tool for palaeoflood reconstruction. Z. Geomorphol., 56: 387-400.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S. J. and P.G. Hoare, 2012. The stratigraphic status of the anthropocene. Holocene, 22: 1491-1494.
Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and P.G. Hoare, 2011. Quaternary Sediments: Petrographic Methods for the Study of Unlithified Rocks, Blackburn Press, New Jersey, ISBN 1932846255, 9781932846256 pages :325.
- Gale, S.J., R.J.B. Gale, H.P.M. Winchester, N.J. Dorrington and N.F. Cano, 2010. The River Torrens 2: contaminated sediments in the river. In: Adelaide: Water of a City, Daniels. C.B., (ed.) Wakefield Press, Adelaide, pp: 197–206.
- Hoare, P.G., S.J. Gale, R.A.J. Robinson, E.R. Connell and N.R. Larkin, 2009. Marine isotope stage 7–6 transition age for beach sediments at morston, north norfolk, uk: implications for pleistocene chronology, stratigraphy and tectonics. J. Quat. Sci., 24.: 311-316.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 2009. Event chronostratigraphy: A high-resolution tool for dating the recent past. Quat. Geochronol., 4: 391-399.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 2009. Dating the recent past. Quat. Geochronol., 4: 374-377.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and P.G. Hoare, 2007. The glacial stratigraphy of lowland southern and eastern britain: Temperate-stage deposits at morston and kirmington. Proc. Yorkshire Geol. Soc., 56: 245-251.
- Williams, N.J., K.J. Harle, S.J. Gale and H. Heijnis, 2006. The vegetation history of the last glacial–interglacial cycle in eastern New South Wales, Australia. J. Quat. Sci., 21: 735-750.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and D.E. Cook, 2006. The 210Pb chronology of deposition in tocal homestead lagoon, eastern Australia. Quat. Newsletter, 110: 40-43.
- Gale, R.J.B., S.J. Gale and H.P.M. Winchester, 2006. Inorganic pollution of the sediments of the river torrens, South Australia. Environ. Geol., 50: 62-75.
Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and Y.R. Carden, 2005. The archaeology of native wells: Aboriginal Wells on Sweers Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria of northern Australia. In: Gulf of Carpentaria Scientific Study Report, Royal Geographical Society of Queensland(Ed). Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Brisbane, pp: 181–200.
- Gale, S.J. and R.J. Haworth, 2005. Catchment-wide soil loss from pre-agricultural times to the present: Transport- and supply-limitation of erosion. Geomorphology, 68: 314-333.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Cook, D.E. and S.J. Gale, 2005. The curious case of the date of introduction of leaded fuel to Australia: Implications for the history of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric lead pollution. Atmos. Environ., 39: 2553-2557.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Carden, Y.R. and S.J. Gale, 2005. Assessing the impact of human activity on the groundwater chemistry of a small, hydrologically-simple tropical island: Sweers Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. In: Gulf of Carpentaria Scientific Study Report, Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Brisbane, pp: 97–107.
- Gale, S.J., R.J. Haworth, D.E. Cook and N.J. Williams, 2004. Human impact on the natural environment in early colonial Australia. Archaeol. Oceania, 39: 148-156.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Winchester, H.P.M. and S.J. Gale, 2003. Postgraduate studies in Australia. In: The Student’s Companion to Geography, Rogers, A. and H.A. Viles, (eds). Blackwell, Oxford. pp: 348–357.
- Gale, S.J. and R.J. Haworth, 2002. Beyond the limits of location: Human environmental disturbance prior to official European contact in early colonial Australia. Archaeol. Oceania, 37: 123-136.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and P.C. Pisanu, 2001. The late-Holocene decline of Casuarinaceae in southeast Australia. Holocene, 11: 485-490.
Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., G. Association and B.G.R. Group , 2000. Classic landforms of Morecambe Bay, British Geomorphological Research Group, Sheffield, pages :47.
- Haworth, R.J., S.J. Gale, S.A. Short and H. Heijnis, 1999. Land use and lake sedimentation on the New England tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Austr. Geog., 30: 51-73.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1999. The snowy water inquiry. Geog. Res., 37: 300-300.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1999. The Snowy water inquiry: Food, power, politics and the environment. Geog. Res., 37: 301-313.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1999. Edgeworth david and australian geography. Geog. Res., 37: 73-77.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Scherrer, N.C., M.J. Fischer, S.J. Gale, R.N. Drysdale and H. Heijnis, 1998. Secular variations in palaeomagnetism during the Middle Quaternary in northern Australia. In: Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report, Royal Geographical Society of Queensland (Ed). Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Brisbane, ISBN 0949286060 pp: 213–229.
- Drysdale, R.N., S.J. Gale, M.J. Fischer and N.C. Scherrer, 1998. The chemistry of karst waters, northeastern Barkly Tableland, northwest Queensland. In: Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report, Royal Geographical Society of Queensland (Ed). Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Brisbane, ISBN 0949286060 pp: 97–124.
- Gale, S.J., R.N. Drysdale, N.C. Scherrer and M.J. Fischer, 1997. The lost city of north‐west Queensland: A test of the model of giant Grikeland development in semi‐arid Karst. Austr. Geog., 28: 107-115.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1997. The beginnings of university geography in Australia. Austr. Geog. Stud., 35: 349-351.
- Gale, S.J. and P.G. Hoare, 1997. The glacial history of the northwest Picos de Europa of northern Spain. Z. Geomorphol., 41: 81-96.
- Drysdale, R.N. and S.J. Gale, 1997. The Indarri Falls travertine dam, Lawn Hill Creek, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Earth Surf. Proc. Landforms, 22: 413-418.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., R.J. Haworth and P.C. Pisanu, 1995. The 210Pb chronology of late holocene deposition in an Eastern Australian Lake basin. Quat. Sci. Rev., 14: 395-408.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1994. Morecambe Bay. In: The Three Counties System and the North-West., Brook, D., J. Griffiths, M.H. Long and P.F. Ryder, (eds). Dalesman, Skipton, pp: 266–281.
- Gale, S.J. and S. Bainbridge, 1994. Megafloods in inland eastern Australia, April 1990. Z. Geomorphol., 38: 1-11.
- Gale, S. J. and P.G. Hoare, 1994. Reply: Bulk sampling of coarse clastic sediments for particle‐size analysis. Earth Surf. Proc. Landforms, 19: 263-268.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., D.D. Gilbertson, P.G. Hoare, C.O. Hunt, R.D.S. Jenkinson, 1993. Late Holocene environmental change in the Libyan pre-desert. J. Arid Environ., 24: 1-19.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1992. Regolith: The mantle of unconsolidated material at the Earth's surface. Quat. Res., 37: 261-262.
- Gale, S.J., 1992. Long‐term landscape evolution in Australia. Earth Surf. Processes Landforms, 17: 323-343.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and P.G. Hoare, 1992. Bulk sampling of coarse clastic sediments for particle‐size analysis. Earth Surf. Proc. Landforms, 17: 729-733.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J. and P.G. Hoare, 1991. Quaternary Sediments: Petrographic Methods for the Study of Unlithified Rocks. Belhaven, London, Pages: 323.
- Gale, S.J., 1990. The shape of beach gravels. J. Sediment. Petrol., 60: 787-789.
- Gale, S.J. and C.O. Hunt, 1990. The stratigraphy of kirkhead cave, an upper palaeolithic site in Northern England: Discussion. Proc. Preh. Soc., 56: 51-56.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., P.G. Hoare, C.O. Hunt and K. Pye, 1988. The middle and upper Quaternary deposits at Morston, North Norfolk, UK. Geol. Mag., 125: 521-533.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1987. Laterite, soil and landform development in Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia: Discussion. Z. Geomorphol. Supplementband, 64: 160-161.
- Gale, S.J. and H.P.M. Winchester, 1987. Summer precipitation in the mountains of the Picos de Europa of Northern Spain. J. Meteorol., 12: 191-197.
- Hunt, C.O. and S.J. Gale, 1986. Palynology: A neglected tool in British cave studies. In: New Directions in Karst, Paterson, K. and M.M. Sweeting, (Eds). Geo Books, Norwich, pp: 323–332.
- Gale, S.J., D.D. Gilbertson and C.O. Hunt, 1986. ULVS XII: The infill sequence and water-carrying capacity of an ancient irrigation channel, wadi gobbeen, Tripolitania. Libyan Stud., 17: 1-5.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1986. The hydrological development of tropical tower karst: An example from Peninsular Malaysia. In: New Directions in Karst, Paterson, K. and M.M. Sweeting, (Eds). Geo Books, Norwich, pp: 443–459.
- Gale, S.J., 1986. Quaternary magnetostratigraphy in Britain. Quat. Newsletter, 48: 29-33.
- Gale, S.J. and C.O. Hunt, 1986. The hydrological characteristics of a floodwater farming system. Applied Geog., 6: 33-42.
- Hunt, C.O., S.J. Gale and D.D. Gilbertson, 1985. The UNESCO libyan valleys survey IX: Anhydrite and limestone karst in the tripolitanian pre-desert. Libyan Stud., 16: 1-13.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., C.O. Hunt and G.A. Southgate, 1985. The stratigraphy of kirkhead cave, an upper palaeolithic site in northern England. Proc. Prehist. Soc., 51: 283-304.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1985. The Late- and Post-glacial environmental history of the southern Cumbrian massif and its surrounding lowlands. In: The Geomorphology of North-West England, Johnson, R.H.,(ed.) Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp:282–298.
- Gale, S.J., C.O. Hunt and G.A. Southgate, 1984. Kirkhead cave: Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy. Archaeometry, 26: 192-198.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1984. The hydraulics of conduit flow in carbonate aquifers. J. Hydrol., 70: 309-327.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1984. Quaternary hydrological development in the Morecambe Bay karst, northwest England. Norsk Geog. Tidsskr. Norw. J. Geog., 38: 185-192.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Gale, S.J., 1984. Arctic and alpine karst in Norway. Polar Record, 22: 311-314.
- Gale, S.J., 1981. The geomorphology of the morecambe bay karst and its implications for landscape chronology. Z. Geomorph., 25: 457-469.