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Dr Susan White

Lecturer

Contact Details
Email: S.White@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9479 5641
Fax: +61 3 9479 1272

Room 275B
Physical Sciences 4 Building

Environmental Geoscience
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Victoria 3086
Australia

Qualifications
B.A., B.Sc., Dip.Ed., University of Melbourne.

M.Sc. University of Melbourne, 1984. Thesis: Karst Landforms and their Relationship to Pleistocene Dune Ridges, Bats Ridge, Portland, Victoria.

Ph.D., Department of Earth Sciences, La Trobe University, 2005. Thesis: Karst and Landscape Evolution in parts of the Gambier Karst Province, Southeast South Australia and Western Victoria, Australia.

• Karst geomorphology and hydrogeology
• Karst management
• Geological heritage assessment
• Cave and karst consultant for Wakelin Associates

Teaching
First year geology (GEO1PRO & GEO1ERS)

Biography
I obtained B.A (1965), Dip. Ed. (1966), B.Sc (1977) degrees from the University of Melbourne with majors in Geography, History and Geology. These were followed by a M.Sc in Geography (Melb) (1984) titled Karst landforms and their relationship to Pleistocene dune ridges, Bats Ridge, Portland, Victoria. I obtained my PhD at LaTrobe in Earth sciences in 2005 with a thesis titled Karst and Landscape Evolution in parts of the Gambier Karst Province, Southeast South Australia and Western Victoria, Australia.

My research interests are predominantly geomorphological, particularly karst geomorphology, landscape evolution and karst hydrogeology. In particular I am interested in karst geomorphology of Cainozoic limestones and Proterozoic dolomites. I also have a strong interest in geological heritage and conservation as convenor of the Standing Committee for Geological Heritage for the Geological Society of Australia.

I have taught is a wide range of secondary and tertiary institutions before working at La Trobe.

Publications
A complete list of recent publications is available.