Geological References on Lake George

Abell, R.S. 1985. Geology of the Lake George Basin, NSW. Bur. Miner. Res. Record 1985/4. (with appendix by E.M.Truswell). (Most comprehensive overview of geology, with details of 1982/83 drilling program). Abell, R.S. 1992. Canberra (1:100,000 Geology Map). Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra. Abell, R.S., Fitzsimmons, J.L. & Slezak, T.I. 1985. Mineralogy and major element analysis of Cainozoic sediments at Lake George, New South Wales. Bureau of Mineral Resources Australia Record 1985/20. Anonymous. Relief Diagram of the Canberra Region. BMR Pamphlet No. 155/A16/727. Anonymous. 1986. Lake George, N.S.W. Topographic Map. 1:50,000. Series R753, Sheet 8727. 1st Edition 2 – AAS, Royal Australian Survey Corps, Commonwealth of Australia. Babanin, A.V., Young, I.R. & Banner, M.L. 2001. Breaking possibilities for dominant surface waves on water of finite constant depth. Journal of Geophysical Research 106: 11659 – 11676. Bishop, P., 1982. Stability or change: a review of ideas on ancient drainage in eastern New South Wales. Australian Geographer, 15: 219 – 230. Bowler, J.M. 1982. Aridity in the late Tertiary and Quaternary of Australia. In ‘Evolution of the Fauna and Flora of Arid Australia’. (Eds.W.R.Barker and P.J.M. Greenslade).pp. 35 – 45. Peacock Publications, Adelaide. (Extensive discussion of the Lake George sequence as an indicator of changing hydrologic conditions in Australia some 5 – 6 million years ago). Burton, G.M. 1972. Lake George, N.S.W. Notes for sedimentologists excursion, November 1970. Bureau of Mineral Resources Australia, Record 1972/79. Burton, G.M. & Wilson, E.G. 1973. Lake George, NSW: its relevance to salinity problems in agriculture. Bur. Miner. Res. Record 1973/166 Chappell, J., P. Hughes, N.A. Spooner, P.Cook & W. Shawcross, 2006. Lake George, N.S.W: new observations of its late Quaternary history and archaeology. www.rses.anu.edu.au/environment/eePages/eeCurrent Research. Cleary, J.R. 1967. The seismicity of the Gunning and surrounding areas, 1958 – 1961. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 14,:23 – 29. (Some shallow earthquakes may relate to recent movements on the Lake George Fault). Cook, P.G. 1986. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of the Winderradeen Embankment, Lake George, New South Wales. Honours Thesis, Dept. of Geology, The Australian National University. Coventry, R.J. 1967. The Geology of Shingle House Creek Valley, N.S.W. Honours Thesis, Dept of Geology, The Australian National University. Coventry, R.J. 1973. Abandoned Shorelines in the Late Quaternary History of Lake George, New South Wales. Ph.D. Thesis, The Australian National University. Coventry, R.J. 1976. Abandoned shorelines and the Late Quaternary history of Lake George, New South Wales. J. Geol. Soc. Australia 23: 249-273. (Shoreline features around Lake George reflect early high stands in lake levels.) Coventry, R.J. & Walker, P.H. 1977. Geomorphological significance of Late Quaternary deposits of the Lake George area, NSW. Australian Geographer 13: 369-376. De Deckker, P. 1982. Late Quaternary ostracods from Lake George, New South Wales. Alcheringa 6: 305-318.

1 Fellows, M. 1991. A Stratigraphic and Palaeoenvironmental Study of the Bungendore Formation, Lake George, N.S.W. MSc Thesis, The Australian National University. (Sedimentary studies and ostracod data to support the history of lake level fluctuations). Galloway, R.W. 1965. Late Quaternary climates in Australia. J. Geol.73:603-618. (Describes colluvial deposits mantling the Lake George escarpment). Galloway, R.W. 1969. Geomorphology of the Queanbeyan-Shoalhaven area in Lands of the Queanbeyan-Shoalhaven ACT and NSW. Land Research Series, CSIRO, Australia. 24, pp. 76 – 91. Garretty, M.D. 1936. Introductory account of the geology and petrology of the Lake George district. Part 1. General geology. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 61, (3 – 4): 186 – 207. (Proposed that Lake George was formed by gentle warping and subsequent erosion). Garretty, M.D. 1937. Some notes on the physiography of the Lake George region, with special reference to the origin of Lake George. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 70: 285 – 293. Hope, Jeanette, 1982. Late Cainozoic vertebrate faunas and the development of aridity in Australia. In ‘Evolution of the Fauna and Flora of Arid Australia’. (Eds.W.R.Barker and P.J.M. Greenslade) Peacock Publications, Adelaide. pp.85 – 100. (Discusses the deep weathering soil profiles in the sedimentary sequence at Lake George in the context of developing arid climates in Australia). Jacobson, G., Jankowski, J. & Abell, R.S. 1991. Groundwater and surface water interaction at Lake George, New South Wales. Bureau of Mineral Resources Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 12: 161 – 190 Jacobson, G & Shuett, A.W. 1979. Water levels, balance, and chemistry of Lake George, New South Wales. J. Bur. Miner. Res. Geol. Geophys. 4: 25-32. Jennings, J. N. 1981. The rise and fall of Lake George. The Geographical Magazine 53: 853-858. Jennings, J.N., Noakes, L.C., & Burton, G.M. 1964. Notes on the Lake George and Lake Bathurst excursion in Geological Excursions, Canberra District, ANZAAS, January 1964. Bureau of Mineral Resources Australia. Kershaw, A.P. 1988. Australasia. In ‘Vegetation History’ (eds. B.Huntly & T.Webb). Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp.238 – 306. (Discusses pollen record at Lake George; also charcoal evidence for fire regime). Kershaw, A.P., D’Costa, D.M., McEwan Mason, J.R.C. and Wagstaff, B.E. 1991. Palynological evidence for Quaternary vegetation and environments of mainland southeastern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews 10,:391 – 404. (Discusses and figures pollen sequence from Lake George with special reference to last phase of rainforest at 2.8 Ma,). McEwen Mason, J.R.C. 1991. The late Cainozoic magnetostratigraphy and preliminary palynology of Lake George, New South Wales. In ‘The Cainozoic in Australia: a Reappraisal of the Evidence.’(Eds. M.A.J. Williams, P. De Deckker & A.P. Kershaw). pp.195 – 209. Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication 18. Martens, K., De Deckker, P. & Marples, T. G. 1985. Life history of Mytilocypris henricae (Chapman) (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in Lake Bathurst, New South Wales. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 36: 807-819.

New South Wales Public Works Department, 1903. Bathymetry of Lake George, N.S.W. Plan No. B42(3/2/1903). Noakes, L.C. 1951. Notes on fluctuations of water level at Lake George. Bureau of Mineral Resources Australia, Record 1951/17.

2 Noakes, L.C. 1957. The significance of high-angle reverse faults in the Canberra region. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia, Record 1957/2. Noakes, L.C. & Jennings, J.N. 1954. Lake George Excursion Notes. ANZAAS, Canberra (unpublished). Ollier, C.D. 1978. The tectonics and geomorphology of the Eastern Highlands.In Landform Evolution in Australasia. (Eds. J.L. Davies and M.A.J. Williams). Australian National University Press, Canberra. pp. 5 – 47. (Supports Taylor’s theory of Lake George’s origins). Parkinson, G. (ed). Climate. Atlas of Australian Resources, 3rd Series, Vol. 4. Division of National Mapping, Canberra. Polak, E.J. & Kevi, L. 1964. Lake George seismic refraction survey, New South Wales. Bureau of Mineral Resources Australia Record 1964/118. Russell, H.C. 1886. Notes upon floods in Lake George. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 20: 241 – 260. Sanson, G.D., Riley, S.J. & Williams, M.A.J. 1980. A Late Quaternary Procoptodon fossil from Lake George, New South Wales. Search: 11: 39 – 40. Singh, G. & Geissler, E.A. 1985. Late Cainozoic history of vegetation, fire, lake levels and climate at Lake George, New South Wales, Australia. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 311: 379-447. Singh, G. & Jennings, J. 1984. Lake George excursion, notes. ANZAAS May 1984 (Geographical Sciences). Singh, G., Kershaw, A.P. & Clark, R. 1981. Quaternary vegetation and fire history in Australia. In: Gill, A.M., Groves, R.A. & Noble, I.R. (eds.). Fire and Australian Biota. Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, pp.23-54. Singh, G., Opdyke, N.D. & Bowler, J.M. 1981a. Late Cainozoic stratigraphy, palaeomagnetic chronology and vegetational history from Lake George, NSW. J. Geol. Soc. Aust. 28: 35-52. Taylor, T.G. 1907. The Lake George Senkungsfeld, a study of the evolution of Lakes George and Bathurst. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 32: 325 – 345. (Presents the view that Lake George owes its origin to normal faulting truncating E – W drainage patterns). Taylor, T.G., 1911. Physiography of eastern Australia. Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, 8. Torgersen, T. 1984. Wind effects on water and salt loss in playa lakes. J. Hydrol. 74: 137-149. (Discusses wind generated movements of water in L.G. and salt concentration). Truswell, E.M. 1984. Lake George: preliminary palynology of deep sediments. BMR Research Newsletter 1: 12-13, (Sept. 1984). Truswell, E.M. 1993. Vegetation changes in the Australian Tertiary in response to Climatic and phytographic forcing factors. Australian Systematic Botany 6: 533 – 57. (Discussion of the pollen data in a wider context). Woolley, J. 1974. Lake George – its geography, geology and history. Goulburn and District Historical Society.