BA, MA, PhD
Research Member, Atmospheric Environment Research Centre
Professor, Griffith School of Environment, Nathan
Contact Details for Professor Grant McTainsh
Research interests
- Wind erosion, desert dust transport and deposition processes
- Wind erosion and dust processes in Lake Eyre Basin, the lower MD Basin, the Kimberley Plateau, the Gulf of Carpentaria
- Ecological implications of dust deposition into the Southern Ocean
Recent Publications
Books
- McTainsh, G.H. and Boughton, W.C. (1993).(Eds). “Land degradation processes in Australia”. Longman-Cheshire, Melbourne, 383pp. (Nominated for ABC Eureka Prize for Promotion of Science - 1994.)
Refereed Journal Articles
- Haberlah, D, and McTainsh, G.H. (2009) “Quantifying particle aggregation in sediments”. SEDIMENTOLOGY (under review).
- Butler H.J., McTainsh G.H.., and Hogarth, W.L. (2009) “Effects of spatial variations in Aeolian emission processes on dust particle-size concentration profiles”. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH (under review).
- Strong, C.L., Parsons, K., McTainsh, G.H. and Sheehan, A. (2009) “Dust transporting wind systems in the lower Lake Eyre Basin, Australia”. AEOLIAN RESEARCH (under review).
- Webb, N.P., McGowan, H.A., Phinn, S.R., Leys, J.F and McTainsh, G.H. (2009) “Simulation of the spatiotemporal aspects of land erodibility in the northeast Lake Eyre Basin, Australia, 1980-2006” JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, 114 (in press).
- Webb, N.P., McGowan, H.A., Phinn, S.R., Leys, J.F and McTainsh, G.H. (2009) “A model to predict land susceptibility to wind erosion in western Queensland, Australia” ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING AND SOFTWARE (in press).