ProfessorJody Webster

Jody Webster's research in sedimentology and stratigraphy focuses on carbonate sedimentology, climate change, and tectonics and it tends to take him to all the beautiful places in the world (e.g. the Great Barrier Reef, Tahiti, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Brazil).

Jody is particularly interested in coral reef and carbonate platform systems, both modern and ancient, and their associated sedimentary systems; as tools to address fundamental questions in paleoclimate variability and tectonics, and in turn the influence of these factors on the geometry, composition and evolution of these sedimentary systems.

His research is multidisciplinary nature, encompassing traditional elements of sedimentology and stratigraphy, combined with the novel use of marine geology and geophysics, GIS, paleobiology, paleoecology, and geochemistry (stable isotopes, trace elements, radiometric dating). Jody is also heavily involved in several large international research programs including the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) which is focused on recovering sediment cores from the sea bed to understand past sea level and climate changes. Jody, along with colleagues from across Australia and overseas, have been awarded several large ARC Discovery grants and major research shiptime awards to investigate the evolution of the Great Barrier Reef and Hawaii in response to sea level, climate and and palaeoenviromental changes.

Several funded honors and PhD student projects are now available. Please contact Jody directly if you are interested.

Jody's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Understanding Our Planet, Climate and Environmental Change, Sustainability, Healthy Ecosystems.