Griffith University

PhD

Research Member, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Associate Professor Jacqueline Croke

Research Expertise

• Fluvial Processes in Arid, Tropical, Temperate Environments
• Pollutant generation and Delivery in large catchments
• Floodplain Processes and Sediment Residence Times
• Hydrology, Runoff Generation processes in Forests

Publications

• Croke, J., Jansen, J., Amos, K., and Pietsch, T. (in press). A 100 ka record of fluvial change in the Fitzroy River Basin, Queensland Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews.
• Hughes, A.O., and Croke, J.C., (in press). Validation of a spatially distributed erosion/sediment yield model (SedNet) with empirically-derived data. Marine and Tropical Research.
• Thompson, C.T. Croke, J. and Purvis-Smith, D. (2011). Floodplain Sedimentation at a tributary junction and valley constriction site in the Fitzroy River Basin, Queensland, Australia. Geomorphology, 125(2), 293-304.
• Hughes, A.O., Croke, J.C., Pietsch, T., Olley, J.M. (2010). Changes in the rates of floodplain and in-channel bench accretion in response to catchment disturbance, central Queensland, Australia. Geomoprhology, 114, 338-347.
• Amos, K.J., Croke, J.C., Timmers, H., Owens, P.N., Thompson, C. (2009). The application of caesium-137 measurements to investigate floodplain deposition in a large semi-arid catchment in Queensland, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 515-529.
• Hughes, A.O., Olley, J.M., Croke, J.C., Webster, I.T., (2009). Determining sedimentation rates using 137Cs in a low fallout environment dominated by channel-and cultivation-derived sediment inputs, central Queensland, Australia. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100, 858-865.
• Amos, K., Croke J., Hughes, A., Chapman, J., Takken, I., and Lymburner L. (2008). A catchment-scale assessment of anabranching in the 140 000 km2 Fitzroy River catchment, north-eastern Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 33(8),1222-1241.
• Croke, J.C., Purvis-Smith, D., Thompson, C.J., Lymburner, L. (2008). The effect of valley constrictions on flood inundation and catchment scale sediment delivery in the Fitzroy River Basin, Australia. In: Schmiddt, J, Cochrane, T, Philips, C, Elliot, S, Davies, T and Basher, L (Eds). Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments. IAHS Publication, 325, 200-208.
• Hughes, A.O., Olley, J.M., Croke, J.C., McKergow, L.A. (2008). Sediment source changes over the last 250 years in a dry-tropical catchment, central Queensland, Australia. Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.003.
• Thompson, C. J., Croke, J. and Takken, I. (2008). A catchment-scale model of mountain stream channel morphologies in southeast Australia. Geomorphology, 10/016/j.geomorph.2007.05.015.
• Thompson, C. J. and Croke, J. (2008). Channel competence and sediment transport in upland, bedrock controlled streams in southeast Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms doi: 10.1002/esp.1558.
• Takken, I., Croke, J. and Lane, P. (2008). A methodology to assess the delivery of road runoff in forestry environments. Hydrological processes, 22, 254-264.
• Takken, I., Croke, J. and Lane, P. (2008).Thresholds for gully initiation at road drain outlets. Catena, 75, 257-267.
• Bracken, L. and Croke, J. (2008). The concept of hydrological connectivity and its contribution to understanding runoff-dominated geomorphic systems. Hydrological processes, 21, 1749-1763.
• Hughes, A.O., Olley, J.M., Croke, J.C., McKergow, L.A. (2008). Sediment sources in a dry-tropical catchment, central Queensland, Australia. In: Schmiddt, J, Cochrane, T, Philips, C, Ellioyt, S, Davies, T and Basher, L (Eds). Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments. IAHS Publication, 325, 339-350.
• Thompson, C. J., Takken, I, Hairsine, P.B., and Croke, J.. (2008). Hydrological and Sedimentological Connectivity of forest roads. . In: Schmiddt, J, Cochrane, T, Philips, C, Ellioyt, S, Davies, T and Basher, L (Eds). Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments. IAHS Publication, 325, 524-531.
• Thompson, C., Rhodes, E. and Croke, J. (2007). The storage of bed material in mountain stream channels as assessed using Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating. Geomorphology, 83(3-4): 307-321.
• Thompson, C., Croke, J., Ogden, R. and Wallbrink, P. (2006). A morpho-statistical classification of mountain stream reach types in southeastern Australia. Geomorphology, 81(1-2): 43-65.
• Takken, I., Croke, J. and Mockler, S. (2006). ‘A practical method for the management of road runoff’, In: Rowan, J.S., Duck, R.W. and Werritty, A. (Eds), Sediment Dynamics and the Hydromorphology of Fluvial Systems, IAHS Publication 306: 249-256.
• Croke, J. and Nethery, M. (2006). Modelling runoff and soil erosion in logged forests: scope and application of existing models. Catena, 67(1): 35-49. (1)
• Croke, J., Mockler, S., Hairsine, P. and Fogarty, P. (2006). Relative contributions of runoff and sediment from sources within a road prism and implications for total sediment delivery. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(4): 457-468. (1)
• Croke, J. and Hairsine, P. (2006). Sediment Delivery in Managed Forests: A review. Environmental Reviews, 14, 59-87.
• Croke, J., Mockler, S., Hairsine, P. and Fogarty, P. (2006). Runoff and sediment generation from unsealed forest roads: the effects of road usage and landscape position. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31, 457-468.
• Lane, P., Hairsine, P., Croke, J and Takken, I. (2006). Quantifying diffuse pathways for overland flow between the roads and streams of the Mountain Ash forests of central Victoria Australia. Hydrological Processes.
• Croke, J, Takken, I., and Mockler, S. (2005).Sediment concentration changes in runoff pathways from a forest road network and the resultant spatial pattern of catchment connectivity. Geomorphology, 68, 257-268.
• Lane, P. Croke, J and Dignan, P. (2004). Dynamics of surface and subsurface flow in convergent topography: the results of rainfall simulation and modelling. Hydrological Processes, 18(5), 879-892.
• Croke, J. (2004). Forests and Soil Erosion Control. Encyclopaedia of Forest Sciences. Chapter 7. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
• Nanson, G.C and Croke, J.C (2002). Emerging Issues in Floodplain Research. In (Eds) Dyer, F., Thoms, M and Olley, J.M. The structure, function and management implications of fluvial sedimentary systems, IAHS Pub., No 276.
• Wallbrink, P and Croke, J. (2002). A combined rainfall simulator and tracer approach to assess the role of Best Management Practices in minimising sediment redistribution and loss in forests after harvesting.  Forest Ecology and Management, 217-232.
• Hairsine, P., Croke, J., Mathews, H., Fogarty, P. and Mockler, S. (2002). Modelling overland flow plumes from track surfaces. Hydrological Processes, 16 (12), 2311-2327.
• Croke, J.C., Hairsine, P. and Fogarty, P. (2001). Soil recovery from timber harvesting activities as assessed by changes in surface infiltration rates, erosion and sediment delivery. Forest Ecology and Management, 143, 3-12.
• Croke, J. and Mockler, S. (2001). Gully initiation and road-to-stream linkage in a forested catchment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26, 1-13.
• Croke, J. and Hairsine, P. (2001). Sediment Movement in Forests. Journal of Australian Water Association,  28(1), 20-23.
• Croke, J.C., Hairsine, P. and Fogarty, P. (2000) Nutrient movement due to overland flow in managed native Eucalyptus forests, south eastern Australia. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 122, 17-35.
• Croke, J.C., Hairsine, P. and Fogarty, P. (1999) Sediment transport, storage and redistribution on logged forest hillslopes. Hydrological Processes, 13, 2705-2720.
• Croke, J.C., Hairsine, P. and Fogarty, P. (1999). Runoff generation and redistribution on disturbed forest hillslopes, south eastern NSW Australia. Journal of Hydrology, 216, 55-77.
• Croke J.C. Magee, J.M and Wallensky, E.P. (1999). The role of the tropical monsoon in the western catchments of Lake Eyre Central Australia during the Last Interglacial. Quaternary International, 57/58, 71-80.
• Croke J.C. Magee, J.M and Price, D.M. (1998). Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the lower Neales River, west Lake Eyre, Central Australia: from Palaeocene to Holocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 144, 331-351.
• Croke J.C, Magee JM and Price DM (1996).  Quaternary stratigraphy, sedimentology and chronology of fluvial, lacustrine and aeolian sediments along the western margin of Lake Eyre, Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 124, 1-15.
• Croke, J.C. (1996). Australian Arid Geomorpholgy. Chapter 25. Arid Zone Geomorphology. 2nd Edition. Edited by D.S Thomas. John Wiley Publication.
• Croke J.C (1994). Floodplain Variability in the Glenmalure Valley and the role of geomorphic inheritance. Ir. Geog., 35: 12-26.
• Croke J.C (1994). Buried bedrock topography and Quaternary valley fills of the Glenmalure Valley, south east Leinster.  Ir. Jrnl. Earth Sci., 41:15-23.
• Nanson G.C and Croke J.C (1992). A genetic classification of floodplains.  Geomorphology, 4: 459-486.