Griffith University

BSci (Hons), PhD,

Professor of Water Science,

Deputy Director, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Professor Jon Olley

Research expertise

• The role of land use and climate in changing channel morphology and sediment production in Australian rivers and catchments
  
• Application of stable isotope tracing in the study of aquatic ecosystems
  
• Targeting river rehabilitation using sediment and nutrient tracing
• Geomorphology of rivers
  
• Optical dating

Research interests

Healthy Country Project

For the last three years Jon Olley has been the senior science advisor for the Healthy Country project. This is a Queensland Government funded ‘proof of concept’ initiative to demonstrate that bringing together the best science, planning and on ground implementation can significantly reduce non-urban diffuse source pollutants entering the waterways. It started in January 2008 with an $8 million investment. Project partners include the SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership (SEQ HWP), SEQ Catchments, Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF), Dept of Employment and Economic Development, and the SEQ Traditional Owners Alliance (SEQTOA).
Jon and his research team were awarded the 2010 Health Waterways Watersecure Research Award for this work.
Further information and downloadable versions of the key reports can be found at www.healthywaterways.org/healthycountry/resources/

• Olley,J., Ward,D., Pietsch,T., Mahon,J., Laceby,P., Saxton,N., Rickard,B., Rose,C., Pantus,F., (2009) Phase 2a report: Rehabilitation Priorities Knapp Creek – Final Report, Report for the Healthy Waterways Partnership
• Olley,J., Mahon,J., Ward,D., Saxton,N., Pietsch,T., Laceby,P., Bland,A., Rose,C., Pantus,F., (2010) Phase 2b report: Rehabilitation Priorities Bremer Focal Area, Report for the Healthy Waterways Partnership
• Olley,J., Ward,D., Mahon,J., Saxton,N., Pietsch,T., Laceby,P., Bengtsson,F., Rose,C., Pantus,F., (2010) Phase 2c report: Rehabilitation Priorities Lockyer Focal Area, Report for the Healthy Waterways Partnership
• Olley, J., (2011) Knapp Focal catchment – modelled loads reduction – short report
• Olley, J., (2011) Bremer Focal catchment – modelled loads reduction – short report
• Olley, J., (2011) Lockyer Focal catchment – modelled loads reduction – short report

Publications

Published journal papers

• Hermoso, V., Pantus, F., Olley, J.,  Linke, S., Mugodo, J., Lea, P., (accepted) Systematic rehabilitation planning in freshwater environments: triage to seriously ill ecosystems. Freshwater Biology
• Kerr, J., Burford, M., Olley, J., Bunn, S., Udy, J., (accepted). Examining the link between terrestrial and aquatic phosphorus speciation in a subtropical catchment: the role of selective erosion and transport of fine sediments during storm events. Water Research
• Kerr, J.G., Burford, M.A., Olley, J., Udy, J. (2011) Phosphorus sorption in soils and sediments: implications for phosphate supply to a subtropical river in southeast Queensland, Australia. Biogeochemistry, 102,1-3, 73 - 85
• Kerr, J.G., Burford, M.A., Olley, J., Udy, J. (2010) Nitrogen and Phosphorus Storage in Contrasting Reaches of a Sub-tropical River System. Water Air Soil Pollution 217, 523-534.
• Kerr, J.G., Burford, M.A. Olley, J., Udy, J. (2010) The effects of drying on phosphorus sorption and speciation in subtropical river sediments. Marine and Freshwater Research, 61/8 928 -935.
• Hughes A, Croke J.C., Pietsch T.J., Olley J.M. (2010) Changes in the rates of floodplain and in-channel bench accretion in response to catchment disturbance, central Queensland, Australia, Geomorphology 114/3, 338-347
• Hughes, A., Olley J.M, Croke, J., and Webster, I., (2009) Determining floodplain sedimentation rates using 137Cs in a low fallout environment dominated by channel- and cultivation-derived sediment inputs, central Queensland, Australia Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 100/10, 858–865
• Likens, G, Walker, K.,  Davies, P.,  Brookes, J., Olley, J., Young, B.,  Thoms, M., Lake, S.,  Gawne, B.,  Davis, J., Arthington, A., Thompson, R., Oliver, R.,  and Doolan, J., (2009).  Ecosystem science:  a paradigm shift for managing Australia’s aquatic resources.  Marine and Freshwater Research.60, 271-279.
• Hughes, A., Olley J.M, Croke, J., and McKergow, L., (2009) Sediment source changes over the last 250 years in a dry-tropical catchment, central Queensland, Australia. Geomorphology 104, 262-275
• Brooke B, Lee R., Cox M., Olley J, and Pietsch T (2008). Rates of shoreline progradation during the last 1700 years at Beachmere, Southeastern Queensland, Australia, based on optically stimulated luminescence dating of beach ridges. Journal of Coastal Research 24 , 3, 640-648
• Brooke, B., Ryan, D., Pietsch, T., Olley, J., Douglas, G., Packett, R., Radke, L., and Flood, P. (2008). Influence of climate fluctuations and changes in catchment land use on Late Holocene and modern beach-ridge sedimentation on a tropical macro-tidal coast: Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia. Marine Geology 251,3-4, 195-208
• Brooke, B., Preda, M., Lee, R., Cox, M., Olley, J., Pietsch, T. and Price, D. (2008) Development, composition and age of indurated sand layers in the Late Quaternary deposits of northern Moreton Bay, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 55 (2), 141-157.
• Pietsch, T.J., Olley, J.M. and Nanson, G.C. (2008) Fluvial transport as a natural luminescence sensitiser of quartz. Quaternary Geochronology, 3, 365-376.
• Prideaux, G., Roberts, R., Megirian, D., Westaway, K., Hellstrom, J., and Olley, J. (2007). Mammalian responses to Pleistocene climate change in southeastern Australia. Geology, 35 (no. 1): 33-36.
• Eriksson, M., Olley, J., Kilham, D., Pietsch, T., and Wasson, R. (2006). Aggradation and incision since the very late Pleistocene in the Naas River, south-eastern Australia. Geomorphology, 81 (no. 1-2): 66-88.
• Rustomji, P., Olley, J., and Chappell, J. (2006). Holocene Valley aggradation driven by river mouth progradation: Examples from Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31 (no. 12): 1510-1524.
• Olley, J., Roberts, R., Yoshida, H., and Bowler, J. (2006). Single-grain optical dating of grave-infill associated with human burials at Lake Mungo, Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25 (no. 19-20): 2469-2474.
• Goodwin, I., Stables, M., and Olley, J. (2006). Wave climate, sand budget and shoreline alignment evolution of the Iluka-Woody Bay sand barrier, northern New South Wales, Australia, since 3000 yr BP. Marine Geology, 226 (no. 1-2): 127-144.
• Wilkinson SN, Olley JM, Read AM, DeRose RC (2005). Targeting erosion control using spatially distributed sediment budgets. Sediment Budgets 2; Proceedings of symposium S1 held during the Seventh IAHS Scientific Assembly at Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, April 2005: IAHS Publ. 292: 65-72.
• Olley, J., and Wallbrink, P., (2004). Recent trends in turbidity and suspended sediment loads in the Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Australia. In (eds. Golosov, V. Belyaev, V. and Walling, D.E.) Sediment transfer through fluvial systems, IAHS Publ. no 288, 125-129
• Wallbrink, P. and Olley, J., (2004). Sources of fine grained sediment in incised and un-incised channels, Jugiong Creek, NSW, Australia. In (eds. Golosov, V. Belyaev, V. and Walling, D.E.) Sediment transfer through fluvial systems, IAHS Publ. no 288, 165-169.
• Thoms, M.C. and Olley, J.M (2004).The stratigraphy, mode of deposition and age of inset floodplains on the Barwon-Darling River, Australia. in (eds. Golosov, V. Walling, D.E. and Wallbrink, P.J.) Sediment transfer through fluvial systems, IAHS Publ. no 288 , 316-325.
• Bartley, R., Olley, J., Henderson, A., (2004). A sediment budget for the Herbert River Catchment, North Queensland, Australia. In press in (eds. Golosov, V. Walling, D.E. and Wallbrink, P.J.) Sediment transfer through fluvial systems, IAHS Publ. no 288.
• Wilkinson SN, Olley JM, Prosser I, Read A (2004). Targeting erosion control in large river systems using spatially distributed sediment budgets Geomorphological Processes and Human Impacts in River Basins IAHS Publ. 299, 2005.
• Olley, J.M., De Deckker, P., Roberts, R.G., Fifield, L.K, Hancock, G., (2004). Optical dating of deep-sea sediments using single grains of quartz: a comparison with radiocarbon, Sedimentary Geology 169, 175-189.
• Olley, J.M., Pietsch, T., Roberts, R.G., (2004). Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic setting using single grains of quartz. Geomorphology, 60, 337-358
• Olley, J.M. and Wasson R.J. (2003). Changes in the flux of sediment in the Upper Murrumbidgee catchment, SE Australia, since European settlement. Hydrological processes, 17, 3307-3320.
• Bowler, J.M, Johnston, H., Olley, J.M. Prescott, Roberts, R.G., Shawcross, W., and Spooner, N.A, (2003). New ages for human occupation and climatic change at Lake Mungo, Australia , Nature, 421 (6925), 837?840
• Yoshida, H., Roberts, R.G., and Olley, J.M., (2003) Progress towards single-grain optical dating of fossil mud-wasp nests and associated rock art in northern Australia Quaternary Geochronology 22 (10-13), 1273-1278.
• Eriksson M.G., Olley J.M., Kilham D.R. and Wasson R.J. (2002). Late Holocene aggradation and incision in the Naas River, Australian Capital Territory ? preliminary findings. In: Roach I.C. ed. Regolith and Landforms in Eastern Australia. Cooperative research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME), 24-27.
• Wallbrink, P.J. Olley, J.M. and Hancock, G. (2002) Estimating residence times of sediment in river channels using fallout Pb-210, In The structure function and management implications of fluvial sedimentary systems, eds. Dyer, F. Thoms, M. and Olley, J.M IAHS red book series, No 276. 425-432
• Olley, J.M. (2002) Organic carbon supply to a large lowland river and implications for aquatic ecosystems. In The structure function and management implications of fluvial sedimentary systems, eds. Dyer, F. Thoms, M. and Olley, J.M IAHS red book series, No 276. 27-34
• Holdaway R.N., Roberts, R.G., Beavan, N.R., Olley, J.M., Worthy, T.H., (2002) Optical dating of quartz sediments and accelerator mass spectrometry 14C dating of bone gelatin and moa eggshell: a comparison of age estimates for non-archaeological deposits in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32, 463-505.
• Murray, A.S., and Olley, J.M., (2002). Precision and Accuracy in the Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating of Sedimentary Quartz: A Status Review. Geochronometrica 21, 1-16.
• Wallbrink, P.J. Roddy, B.P. and Olley, J.M. (2002). A tracer budget quantifying soil redistribution on hillslopes after forest harvesting, Catena 47, 179-201.
• Young, W.J., Olley, J.M., Prosser, I.P., and Warner, R.F. (2002). Relative changes in sediment supply and sediment transport capacity in a bedrock-controlled river Water Resource Research, 37/12, 3307-3320.
• Murray-Wallace, C.V., Banerjee, D., Bourman, R.P., Olley, J.M., and Brooke, B.P., (2002). Optical stimulated luminescence dating of Holocene relict foredunes, Guichen Bay, South Australia Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 1077-1086.
• Chen, X.Y., Spooner, N.A., Olley, J.M and Questiaux, D.G. (2002). Addition of aeolian dust to soils in southeastern Australia: red silty clay trapped in dunes bordering Murrumbidgee River in Wagga Wagga Region, Catena 47, 1-27.
• Roberts, R., Flannery, T., Ayliffe, L., Yoshida, H., Olley, J. Prideaux, G., Laslett, G., Baynes, A., Smith, M., Jones, R., and Smith, B., (2001). Response to Field, J., and Fullagar, R., Archaeology and Australian Megafauna. Science, 294, 5540-5541.
• Roberts, R., Flannery, T., Ayliffe, L., Yoshida, H., Olley, J. Prideaux, G., Laslett, G., Baynes, A., Smith, M., Jones, R., and Smith, B., (2001), "The last Australian megafauna", Australasian Science, vol. 22, no. 9, p 40-41
• Roberts, R., Flannery, T., Ayliffe, L., Yoshida, H., Olley, J. Prideaux, G., Laslett, G., Baynes, A., Smith, M., Jones, R., and Smith, B., (2001). New Ages for the last Australian megafauna: Continent-wide Extinction about 46,000 years ago, Science, 292, 1888-1892
• Prosser, I. P., Rutherfurd I.D., Olley, J.M., Young, W.J., Wallbrink, P.J. and Moran, C.J., (2001). Large-scale patterns of erosion and sediment transport in rivers networks, with examples from Australia. Freshwater and Marine Research, 52, 81-99.
• Olley, J.M. and Caitcheon, G.G., (2000) The major element chemistry of sediments from the Darling-Barwon River and its tributaries: Implications for sediment and phosphorus sources, Hydrological Processes, 14, 1159-1175
• Yoshida, H., Roberts, R.G., Olley, J.M., Laslett G.M and Galbraith, R (2000) Extending the age range of optical dating using single `super? grains of quartz. Radiation Measurements, 32, 5-6,439-446.
• Spooner, N.A., Olley, J.M., Questiaux, D.G., and Chen, X.Y. (2000). Optical dating of an aeolian deposit on the Murrumbidgee floodplain: an investigation of partial bleaching. Quaternary Geochronology 36, 1-2, 107-128.
• Roberts, R.G., Galbraith, R.F., Yoshida, H., Laslett, G.M., and Olley, J.M (2000). Distinguishing dose populations in sediment mixtures: a test of single-grain optical dating procedures using mixtures of laboratory-dosed quartz. Radiation Measurements 32, 5-6, 459-465.
• Eriksson, M., Olley, J.M., and Payton, R.W., (2000). Soil erosion history in central Tanzania based on OSL dating of colluvial and alluvial hillslope deposits. Geomorphology 36, 1-2, 107-128.
• Eriksson, M., Olley, J.M., and Payton, R.W., (1999). Late Pleistocene colluvial deposits in Tanzania; erosional response to climate change? Geologiska Foreningen forum 121, 198-201.
• Olley, J.M., Caitcheon, G., and Roberts, R. (1999). The origin of dose distributions in fluvial sediments, and the prospect of dating single grains of quartz from fluvial deposits using OSL. Radiation Measurements, 30, 207-217
• Dyer, F.J., Olley, J.M., Moore, G.A., Murray, A.S. (1999). Sources of sediment and phosphorus in Tarago reservoir Water 26/3, 11-13
• Galbraith, R., Roberts, R.G., Laslett, G., Yoshida, H. and Olley J, (1999). Optical Dating of Single and Multiple Grains of Quartz from Jinmium Rock Shelter, Northern Australia. Part I: Experimental Design and Statistical Models Archaeometry 41, 339-364.
• Roberts, R.G., Galbraith, R., Olley J, Yoshida, H., and Laslett, G. (1999). Optical Dating of Single and Multiple Grains of Quartz from Jinmium Rock Shelter, Northern Australia. Part II: Results and Implications. Archaeometry 41, 365-395.
• Wallbrink, P.J., Murray, A.S. and Olley, J.M., (1999). Relating suspended sediment to its original soil depth using fallout radionuclides, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63, 369-378.
• Dyer, F.J. and Olley, J.M. (1999). The effects of grain abrasion and disaggregation on 137Cs concentrations in different sized particles from soils developed on three different rock types. Catena, 36, 143-151
• Roberts, R., Bird, M., Olley J, Galbraith, R., Lawson, E., Laslett, G.,Yoshida, H.,Jones,R.,Fullagar,R.,Jacobsen G and Hua., Q. (1998). Optical and radiocarbon dating at Jinmium rock shelter, northern Australia, Nature 393, 358-362.
• Crockford, R.H., and Olley, J.M., (1998). The effect of particle breakage and abrasion on the magnetic properties of two soils Hydrological Processes, 12, 1495-1505.
• Wallbrink, P.J., Murray, A.S., Olley, J.M. and Olive, L. (1998). Determining sources and transit times of suspended sediment within the Murrumbidgee tributaries, NSW, Australia, using fallout 137Cs and 210Pb. Water Resources Research 34/4 879-887.
• Roberts, R.G., Walsh, G.L., Murray, A.S., Olley, J.M., Jones, R., Morwood, M.J. Tuniz, C., Lawson, E., Macphail, M.K., Bowdery, D., and Naumann, I.D.,(1997). Luminescence dating of rock art and reconstruction of past environments mud-wasp nests in Northern Australia. Nature, 387, 696-699.
• Olley, J.M., Roberts, R.G., and Murray, A.S. (1997). A novel method for determining transport rates and residence times of river and lake sediments based on disequilibrium in the thorium decay series. Water Resources Research 33/6 1319-1326.
• Olley, J.M., Caitcheon, G., and Murray, A.S. (1998). The distribution of apparent dose as determined by Optically Stimulated Luminescence in small aliquots of fluvial quartz: Implications for dating young sediments Quaternary Geochronology,17, 1033-1040.
• Oliver, R.l., Rees, G., Grace, M., Hart, B.T., Caitcheon, G., and Olley, J.M., (1998). Cyanobacterial blooms in the Darling River. Water, May 1998, 18-19.
• Olley, J.M., Roberts, R.G., and Murray, A.S. (1997). Disequilibria in the uranium decay series in sedimentary deposits at Allen's Cave, Nullarbor Plain, Australia: Implications for dose rate determinations. Radiation Measurements 27/2, 433-443.
• Roberts, R.G., Spooner, N.A., Jones, R., Cane, S., Olley, J.M., Murray, A.S., and Head, M.J., (1996). Preliminary luminescence dates for Archaeological sediments on the Nullabor Plain, South Australia. Australian Archaeometry 42, 7-16.
• Olley, J.M., Murray, A.S. and Roberts, R.G. (1996). The effects of disequilibria in the uranium and thorium decay chains on burial dose rates in fluvial sediments Quaternary Geochronology 15, 751-760.
• Olley, J.M., Murray, A.S., and Wallbrink, P. (1996). Identifying Sediment In a Partially Logged Catchment using Natural and Anthropogenic Radioactivity. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie Supp 105, 111-127.
• Olive, L. and Olley, J.M. (1997) River regulation and sediment transport in a semi-arid river: the Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Australia. IAHS publication 245,283-290.
• Wallbrink, P.J., Olley, J.M. , Murray, A.S and Olive, L.J. (1996). The contribution of subsoils to sediment yield in the Murrumbidgee River basin, NSW, Australia, IAHS publication 236, 347-357
• Olive, L., Olley, J.M., Wallbrink, P.J., and Murray A.S. (1996). Downstream patterns of sediment transport during floods in the Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Australia. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie Supp 105, 129-140
• Murray, A.S., Olley, J.M., and Caitcheon, G.C., (1995). Measurement of equivalent doses in quartz from contemporary water-lain sediments using optically stimulated luminescence. Quaternary Geochronology 14,365-371
• Olive, L., Olley, J.M., Murray A.S. and Wallbrink, P.J., (1995). Variations in sediment transport at a variety of temporal scales in the Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia. IAHS publication 226, 275-284
• Olive, L.J., Olley, J.M., Murray, A.S., and Wallbrink, P.J., (1994). Spatial variation in suspended sediment transport in the Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Australia. IAHS publication 224,241-250.
• Olley, J.M. and Murray, A.S., (1994). The origins of variability of in the 230Th/232Th ratio in sediments IAHS publication 224, 65-70.
• Wallbrink, P.J., Olley, J.M. and Murray, A.S., (1994). Re-evaluating predicted soil movement on the basis of Caesium variability in reference sites in the Australian Capital Territory. IAHS publication 224, 95-102.
• Olley, J.M., Murray, A.S., Mackenzie, D.H., and Edwards, K. (1993). Identifying sediment sources in a gullied catchment using natural and anthropogenic radioactivity. Water Resources Research, 29/4 pp1037-1043. 92WR02710.
• Murray, A.S., Stanton, R., Olley, J.M., and Morton, R. (1993). Determining the origins and history of sedimentation in an underground river system using natural and fallout radionuclides. J. Hydro. Proc. Vol 146 pp341-359.
• Murray, A.S., Olive, L.J., Olley, J.M., Caitcheon, G.G., Wasson, R.J., and Wallbrink, P.J. (1993). Tracing the source of suspended sediment in the Murrumbidgee River, Australia. Proc. IAHS Symp. 11-23 Jul. 1993, Yokohama.
• Stanton, R.K., Murray, A.S., and Olley, J.M. (1992). Tracing the source of recent sediment using environmental magnetism and radionuclides in the karst of the Jenolan Caves, Australia. IAHS publication, 210,125-135.
• Murray, A.S., Olley, J.M., and Wallbrink, P.J. (1992). Natural radionuclide behaviour in the fluvial environment. Rad. Prot. Dos, Vol 45/1 pp285-288.
• Herczeg, A., Barnes, C.J., Macumber, P., and Olley, J.M. (1992). A stable isotope investigation of groundwater - surface water interactions at Lake Tyrell, Victoria, Australia. Chem. Geol. 96.
• Murray, A.S., Caitcheon, G., Olley, J.M., and Crockford, H. (1989). Methods for determining the sources of sediments reaching reservoirs: targeting soil conservation. Ancold Bull. 85, pp. 61-70.
• Olley, J.M, Murray, A.S. and Wallbrink, P.J. (1990). The use of fallout radionuclides as chronometers, Proc. Quat. Dat. Work., ANU, 51-55.

Book and book chapters

• Scott, A., and Olley, J., (2003) Settlement, erosion and muddy waters: Lesson from the past, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra, 20p.
• Baldwin, D., Mitchell A., and Olley., J.M., (2002). Pollutant-Sediment Interactions: Sorption, Reactivity and Transport of Phosphorus in Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality ed by Haygarth, P.M., and Jarvis, S.C., chapter 12, 265-280.
• Richard G. Roberts, Grahame L. Walsh, Jon M. Olley, Andrew S. Murray, Michael K. Macphail, Ian D. Naumann, Rhys Jones and Michael J. Morwood: Rock-picture chronologies and palaeoenvironmental records from fossil mud-wasp nests: preliminary investigations using optical dating. In Advances in Dating Australian Rock-Markings edit by Graeme K. Ward and Claudio Tuniz, Organisation Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centrech 6, 40-45.
• Oliver, R. Grace, M, Olley, J.M, Cooper, B., (2000). Water Quality, The Darling River, MDBC publication 69/04, 13, 298-331.
• Murray A.S. and Olley J.M. (1999). Determining sedimentation rates using luminescence dating. In 'Determination of Sediment Accumulation Rates', Bruns P. and Hass H.C. (eds.), GeoResearch Forum, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
• L.A. Chambers, J.M. Olley, R.H. Crockford and A.S. Murray (1997). Chapter 4:Conditions affecting the availability and release of phosphate from sediments in the Maude Weir pool on the Murrumbidgee River, NSW. Blue-green algae in Australia, CSIRO publication, 41-50.
• Murray, A.S., Olive, L., Olley, J.M., Stanton, R., Dias, A., Caitcheon, G., Wallbrink, P.J., and Wasson, R.J., (1994). Sourcing Turbidity in the Murrumbidgee River. In 'The Murrumbidgee past and present', ed. J. Roberts and R. Oliver. Published by CSIRO Division of Water Resources, Griffith Laboratory ISBN 0-643-05660-2.
  

Other refereed publications

• Olley, J.M., and Young, B. (2001) Nutrient sources transport and cycling in large river systems, Land and Water Australia, RipRap 20 19-22 (Invited article).
• Caitcheon, G., I. Prosser, P. Wallbrink, G. Douglas, J. Olley, A. Hughes, G. Hancock and A. Scott (2001). "Sediment delivery from Moreton Bay's main tributaries: a multifaceted approach to identifying sediment sources". Paper for 3rd Australian Stream Management Conference Brisbane September 2001, Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.
• Caitcheon, G.G., Olley, J.M., Hancock, G, and Wallbrink, P.J. (1999). Exposing the phosphorus myth: looking for evidence of anthropogenic phosphorus in large inland basins. International Association of Water Quality Proceeding of the International Conference on Diffuse Pollution. CSIRO Land and Water, Perth. 287-295.
• Wallbrink, P.J. Wilson, C.J., Olley, J.M and Beavis, S. (1999). Management implications of channel incision in the Liverpool plains, NSW, Australia, Proceedings of 2ndnational Conference on Stream Management, Adelaide 8-11 February, 667-673, 1999.
• Donnelly, T. H., Olley, J. M., Murray, A. S., Caitcheon, G. G., Olive, L. J., and Wallbrink, P. (1996). Phosphate sources and algal blooms in Australian catchments. In Hunter, H.M., Eyles A.G., and Rayment, G.E., (edit) Downstream effects of land use, Department of Natural Resources, Brisbane, Australia, 189-194.
• Roberts, R.G., Walsh, G.L., Olley, J.M.,Murray, A.S., Macphail, M.K., Naumann, I.D., Jone, R. and Morwood, M.J. (1996). Rock art chronologies and palaeoenvironmental records from fossil mud-wasp nests: Preliminary investigations using optical dating. In the proceedings of the 1st workshop on Australia rock picture dating. Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne.
• Wallbrink, P.J., Olley, J.M. , Murray, A.S and Olive, L.J. (1996). The contribution of channel banks and gully walls to total phosphorus loads in the Murrumbidgee River, eds I. Rutherford and M. Walker, National Conference on Stream Managment, Feb 19-23, Merrijig, pp1-6.ISBN 1876006 07 2.
• Dyer, F., Olley, J.M., and Murray, A.S. (1996) Using Major Element Chemistry to Determine Sediment Source in the Tarago Catchment: Preliminary Findings, eds I. Rutherford and M. Walker, National Conference on Stream Managment, Feb 19-23, Merrijig, pp23-28.ISBN 1876006 07 2.
• Caitcheon, G. Olley, J. M., and Murray, A.S., (1996). The Sources Of Sediment In The Darling-Barwon Rivers eds I. Rutherford and M. Walker, National Conference on Stream Managment, Feb 19-23, Merrijig, 13-17, 1996. ISBN 1876006 07 2.
• Barnes, C.J., Burns, J., Crapper, P., and Olley, J.M. (1989). The analysis of catchment response using environmental stable isotopes. In ' Comparisons in Austral Hydrology ', Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand. pp. 404-407.
• Burch, G.L., Barnes, C.J, Moore, I.D., Barling, R.S., Mackenzie, D.H., and Olley, J.M. (1988). Detection and prediction of sediment sources in catchments : use of Be-7 and Cs-137. In ' Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium Aust. Inst.Eng. National Conference Publication ' No. 88/1, Canberra, pp. 146-151.
  

Published Reports

• Brooke Brendan, Ryan, David Radke, Lynda Tim Pietsch, Jon Olley, Grant Douglas, Peter Flood and Bob Packett . 2006. A 1500 year record of coastal sediment accumulation preserved in beach deposits at Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia, Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management Technical Report 51. Uttp://www.coastal.crc.org.au/pdf/TechnicalReports/51_1500years_sediment_Keppel_screen.pdf
• Olley, J.M., and Deere, D. (2003). Targeting Rectification action in the Wingecarribee Catchment. Technical Report 47/03, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra.
• Prosser, I., Moran, C., Lu, H., Olley, J., De Rose, R., Cannon, G., Croke, B., Hughes, A., Jakeman, T., Newham, L., Scott, A., and Weisse, M., (2003). Basin-Wide Mapping of Sediment and Nutrient Exports in Dryland Regions of the Murray-Darling Basin. Technical Report 33/03, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra.
• Lu, H., Moran, C., Prosser, I., Raupach, M., Olley, J., and Petheram, C., (2003). Sheet and Rill Erosion and Sediment Delivery to Streams: A Basin Wide Estimation at hillslope to Medium Catchment Scale. Technical Report 15/03, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra.
• Wallbrink, P., Olley, J., and Hancock, G., (2003). Tracer assessment of catchment sediment contributions to Western Port, Victoria. Technical Report 8/03, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra.
• Wallbrink, P.J., G.J. Hancock, J.M. Olley, A. Hughes, I.P. Prosser, D. Hunt, G. Rooney, R. Coleman and J. Stevenson, (2003). The Western Port sediment study, CSIRO Land and Water Client report.
• Hancock, G.J., Olley, J.M. and Wallbrink, P.J. (2001). Sediment transport and accumulation in Westernport. CSIRO Land and Water technical report 47/01.
• Olley J.M. and Scott A, (2002). Sediment supply and transport in the Murrumbidgee, and Namoi Rivers since European settlement Technical Report 9/02, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra.
• Moran, C., Bormans, B., Cox, J., Hairsine, P. Oliver, R., Olley, J., Wallbrink, P., Young, B., (2001). Sediment Nutrient Transport and Budgeting. Technical Report 20/01, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra.
• Young,W.J.,Brock,M.A.,Chessman,B.C.,Gehrke,P.C.,Maher,W.A.,Marr.A., Olley,J.M., and Warner,R.F. ( 2000 ). Assessments of river condition under the current flow regime and proposed flow regimes in the lower Coxs River, New South Wales. A consultancy report to the Coxs River review Joint Working Party, commissioned by the New South Wales Department of Land and Water Conservation. CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra Consultancy Report 00/23.
• Wallbrink, P.J., Roddy, B.P. and Olley, J.M. (1997). Quantifying the redistribution of soil and sediment within a post-harvested forest coupe near Bombala, New South Wales, Australia CSIRO Technical Report series 7/97.
• Olley, J.M. and Caitcheon, G. (1996). Pilot study into sediment tracing in the Cimanuk catchment, Java. CSIRO Technical Report series. 11/96.
• Olley, J.M. (1995). Sources of suspended sediment and phosphorus to the Murrumbidgee River' Edited by J.M. Olley, with contributors in alphabetical order, Caitcheon, G.G., Donnelly, T., Olive, L.J., Olley, J.M., Murray, A.S., Short, D. and Wallbrink, P.J. Consultancy report No. 95-32.
• MacKenzie, D.H., Edwards, K., Armstrong, I.L., Olley, J.M., and Murray, A.S. (1991). Prediction of catchment scale water erosion deposition and sedimentation. Consultancy Report No. 91/7.
• Murray, A.S., Olley, J.M., and Wallbrink, P.J. (1991). Radionuclides for analysis of sediment in Water Supply Catchments Consultancy Report No. 91/8.

Unpublished Reports

• Olley, J. M., and Caitcheon, G, (2003). A Pilot Study to Identify the Major Sources of Sediment in Lake Hume. (to be released as Tech report).
  Caitcheon, G., Prosser, I., Wallbrink, P., Douglas, G., Olley, J., Hughes, A., Hancock, G., Scott, A., and Stevenson, J. (2001). Sediment Sources in Southeast Queensland. Report on Project SS, Phase 3 for the Southeast Queensland Regional Water Quality Strategy.
  Caitcheon, G., Prosser, I., Douglas, G., Wallbrink, P., Olley, J., Hancock, G.,
• Hughes, A., Scott, A., and Stevenson, J. (2001). Sediment Sources in Southeast Queensland. Report on Project SS, Phase 3 for the Southeast Queensland Regional Water Quality Strategy. p 67 (to be released as Tech report)
• J.M.Olley, G.G. Caitcheon, G. Hancock, and P. J. Wallbrink (2001). Tracing and Dating Techniques for Sediment and Associated Substances A consultancy report for the Sydney Catchment Authority.
• Prosser, I. P. and Olley, J. 2000. Sediment in Rivers: a Contribution to Strategic Planning for a National River Contaminants Program. Consultants Report to the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, 10 p.
• Oliver, R.l., Hart, B.T., Olley, J.M., Grace, M., Rees, G., Caitcheon, G., (2000). The Darling River: algal growth, cycling and sources of nutrients', MDBC Project M386).
• Chambers, L.A., Olley, J.M., Crockford, R.H. and Murray, A.S. (1996). Conditions affecting availability and release of phosphate from sediments in the Maude Weir pool on the Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Australia. CSIRO Water Resources Consultancy report.
• Olley, J.M. (1997). Sediments and phosphorus in the upper Murrumbidgee River. Expert panel report for the NSW EPA.
• Donnelly, T., Olley, J.M., Murray, A.S., and Wasson, R.J. (1992). Algal blooms in the Darling River: run of river study Wentworth to Collarenabri, November/December 1991. Consultancy report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.
• Donnelly, T., Wasson, R.J., Murray, A.S., Olley, J.M., and Kamprad, J.L. (1992). Aspects of sediment - water relationships in the Bourke Weir pool. Report to the NSW DWR Algal Bloom Task Force.