173:
46:
Adamson's research interests include geomorphology, vegetation-landscape interactions and environmental history, in particular his work in archaeology and geomorphology in Africa, and his research on various aspects of the environment of
Antarctica. His research involved fieldwork in the
42:
in biological sciences where he received his doctorate. He was appointed to a lectureship in the School of
Biological Sciences at the then relatively new Macquarie University and was later rewarded with an Associate Professorship and became Senior Research Fellow in biology.
198:
83:
86:
expedition that established the Sir
Edgeworth David summer field base in the Bunger Hills. His most important scientific contribution may have been the finding of the
193:
35:
178:
124:
68:
52:
168:
30:. He grew up in the Australian bush where he lived his early childhood before moving with his parents to
99:
79:
208:
203:
23:
87:
78:
In 1978 Don
Adamson found the first marine fossils in Antarctica. In 1986 he joined forces with
39:
72:
107:
age and showed that the sea had covered the
Vestfold area around three million years ago.
60:
56:
48:
174:
Late
Quaternary aeolian dunes on the presently humid Blue Mountains, Eastern Australia
187:
64:
27:
94:
fossils were later found. Together with John
Pickard he found the fossil
104:
91:
90:
deposits at Marine Plain in the
Vestfold Hills where the world-famous
31:
179:
Quaternary lakes, paleochannels and dunes in the White Nile Valley
95:
152:, David McGonigal and Dr. Lynn Woodworth, Firefly Books, 2001
150:
The
Complete Encyclopedia: Antarctica and the Arctic
199:People educated at North Sydney Boys High School
8:
116:
7:
169:ABC News: Antarctic Summer Stories
14:
125:"A mind that defied convention"
141:NSBHS Leaving Certificate 1948
103:that dated the deposits as of
1:
156:Australian Antarctic Magazine
36:North Sydney Boys High School
225:
158:, Spring, 2002, p. 54
82:to work together on the
53:Prince Charles Mountains
194:Australian biologists
129:Sydney Morning herald
34:. He was educated at
26:, was an Australian
24:Macquarie University
16:Australian biologist
100:Clamys tuftsensis
40:Sydney University
216:
142:
139:
133:
132:
121:
80:Erich A. Colhoun
73:Macquarie Island
224:
223:
219:
218:
217:
215:
214:
213:
184:
183:
165:
146:
145:
140:
136:
123:
122:
118:
113:
61:Stillwell Hills
57:Larsemann Hills
17:
12:
11:
5:
222:
220:
212:
211:
206:
201:
196:
186:
185:
182:
181:
176:
171:
164:
163:External links
161:
160:
159:
153:
144:
143:
134:
115:
114:
112:
109:
49:Vestfold Hills
20:Don A. Adamson
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
221:
210:
207:
205:
202:
200:
197:
195:
192:
191:
189:
180:
177:
175:
172:
170:
167:
166:
162:
157:
154:
151:
148:
147:
138:
135:
130:
126:
120:
117:
110:
108:
106:
102:
101:
97:
93:
89:
85:
81:
76:
74:
70:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
44:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
22:(1931-2002),
21:
155:
149:
137:
128:
119:
98:
77:
65:Bunger Hills
45:
19:
18:
209:1931 births
204:2002 deaths
69:Beaver Lake
188:Categories
111:References
88:diatomite
71:, and on
28:biologist
105:Pliocene
92:cetacean
51:, the
32:Sydney
84:ANARE
67:, at
96:clam
38:and
190::
127:.
75:.
63:,
59:,
55:,
131:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.