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    Studies on coastal and desert dunes, and coastal systems : a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Science of Massey University
    (Massey University, 2013) Hesp, Patrick A.
    The research achievements of the author, relating to the study of coastal dunes, desert dunes and coastal ecosystems in various coasts and deserts of the world are described. These studies began during a period when the morphodynamics approach was in its infancy, and when the "Australian school" of coastal research was just beginning. In this thesis, the research achievements of the author, and the publications, are detailed in the Preface. The thesis comprises 80 selected publications in refereed journals and books. The author's curriculum vitae follows in Appendix 1, and a brief career history is provided in Appendix 2. These selected publications extend over a period from 1981 to May, 2013, during a time when the author held 11 positions and visiting fellowships in several countries. Significant achievements include (i) the first wind tunnel and field study of flow around an isolated plant and the formation of shadow dunes, (ii) studies on the initiation and evolution of incipient foredune types, (iii) a ecogeomorphological classification of foredunes and analyses of their internal sedimentary structures, (iv) contributions to the understanding and classification of beach ridges, (v) studies of the flow dynamics in bowl and trough blowouts, (vi) studies on transgressive dunefield and dune sheet initiation, geomorphology and evolution, (vii) surfzone-beach-dune interactions and model; (viii) flow dynamics over foredunes, (xi) furthering our understanding of barchan morphometrics and flow, and (x) climbing dunes forming via the operation ofreversing offshore winds. Discoveries include the following: (i) the relation between shadow dune morphometrics and plant morrhology; (iii) surfzone-beach-dune interactions and a model of these interactions and dunefield evolution; (iii) jet flows and dynamics in trough blowouts, including the nature of topographic flow steering in such blowouts; (iv) the morphometric relationships between trough blowout erosional morphologies and depositional lobe morphologies; (v) linear dunes can migrate laterally, (vi) the relationships between faunal abundance and species richness and nebkha size and plant species type; (vii) the nature of speed-down and speed-up within vegetation up a foredune stoss slope; (vii) jet flow over foredunes; (viii) trailing ridges may be produced from the margins of transverse dunes, (ix) the dunes on Saturn's moon, Titan, may be linear (rather than transverse) due to the 'sticky' nature of the sediments, and (x) the existence and species of phytoplankton in South Australian surfzones.
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    Beach morphology and sediments of the West Wellington coast, Wanganui to Paekakariki : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geography
    (Massey University, 1972) Gibbard, Ronald Graeme
    During the past two decades the coastal districts of New Zealand have received increasing attention, in terms of recreation, settlement, pollution and the evaluation of mineral deposits. This trend is clearly in evidence along the west Wellington coast, especially in relation to the pressure of a rapidly increasing population on coastal facilities. The region considered in this thesis as the west Wellington coast is shown in Figure 1. For the southern coastal section, recently-mooted development proposals include the offshore siting of a Jumbo Jet airport and the establishment of a marina complex, with accompanying breakwater, in the vicinity of Kapiti Island. This southern section has a documented history of incipient erosion since the 1930's, the consequences of which have been accentuated by widespread road, housing and property development on the foredunes. In recent months there has been renewed discussion on groyne and breakwater construction to protect these beaches.