Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Dodson, J. R., Frank, K., Fromme, M., Hickson, D., McRae, V., Mooney, S. & Smith, J. D. (1994) Environmental systems and human impact at Cobrico Crater, southwestern Victoria. Australian Geographical Studies 31(1): 27-40.

Mooney, S. (1997) A fine-resolution palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the last 2000 years, from Lake Keilambete, south-eastern Australia. The Holocene 7(2): 139-149.

Mooney, S. D., Watson, J. R. & Dodson, J. R. (1997) Late Holocene environmental change in an upper montane area of the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales. Australian Geographer 28(2): 185-200.

Harle, K. J., Colhoun, E., Dodson, J., Haberele, S., Hope, G., Kershaw, A. P., Picket, L., Boyd, B., Hantoru, W. S., Head, L., Liu, T., Markgraf, V., Mooney, S., Morris, A., Ono, Y., Semah, A., Shulmeister J., Simpson, H. and Suparan, P. (1998) BIOMES and plant functional types of Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia. Quaternary Australasia 16(1): 38-42. (ISSN 0811-0433).

Mooney, S. & Radford, K. (2001) A simple and fast method for the quantification of macroscopic charcoal in sediments. Quaternary Australasia 19(1): 43-46. (ISSN 0811-0433)

Mooney, S. D. & Dodson, J. R. (2001) A comparison of the environmental changes of the post-European period with those of the preceding 2000 years at Lake Keilambete, south-western Victoria. Australian Geographer 32(2): 163-179. (ISSN 0004-9182)

Mooney, S. D., Radford, K. L. & Hancock, G. (2001) Clues to the 'burning question': pre-European fire in the Sydney coastal region from sedimentary charcoal and palynology. Ecological Management and Restoration 2(3): 203-12. (ISSN 1442-7001)

Dodson, J. R. & Mooney, S. D. (2002) An assessment of historic human impact on south-eastern Australian environmental systems, using late Holocene rates of environmental change. Australian Journal of Botany 50: 455-464. (ISSN 0067-1924)

Bennett, P. & Mooney, S. D. (2003) A palynological reconstruction of pre-European riparian vegetation at Wollombi, New South Wales and its application to stream bank management and revegetation. Ecological Management and Restoration 4(1): S69-78. (ISSN 1442-7001)

Mooney, S. D., Geiss, C. & Smith, M. A. (2003) The use of mineral magnetic parameters to characterise archaeological ochres. Journal of Archaeological Science 30(5): 511-523.

Mooney, S. & Black, M. (2003) A simple and fast method for calculating the area of macroscopic charcoal isolated from sediments. Quaternary Australasia 21(1): 18-21. (ISSN 0811-0433).

Black, M. and Mooney, S. D. (2006) Holocene fire history from the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, New South Wales, Australia: the climate, humans and fire nexus. Regional Environmental Change 6(1-2): 41-51.

Mooney, S. D. & Maltby, E. L. (2006) A synthesis of two proxy records revealing the late Holocene fire history at a site on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia. Austral Ecology, 31:682-695.

Gergis, J., Braganza, K., Fowler, A., Risbey, J and Mooney, S. (2006) Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) from High-Resolution Palaeoarchives. Journal of Quaternary Science, 21(7): 707-722.

Turney, C.S.M., Haberle, S., Fink, D., Kershaw, A.P., Barbetti, M., Barrows, T.T., Black, M., Cohen, T.J., Corrège, T., Hesse, P.P., Hua, Q., Johnston, R., Morgan, V., Moss, P., Nanson, G., van Ommen, T., Rule, S., Williams, N.J., Zhao, J.-X., D'Costa, D., Feng, Y.-X., Gagan, M., Mooney S. and Xia, Q. (2006) Integration of ice core, marine and terrestrial records for the Australian Last Glacial Maximum and Termination: A contribution from the OZ INTIMATE group. The Journal of Quaternary Science 21(7): 751-761.

Black, M. P., Mooney, S. D. and Martin, H. A. (2006) A >43 000-year vegetation and fire history from Lake Baraba, New South Wales, Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25: 3003-3016.

Black M. P. and Mooney, S. D. (2007) The response of Aboriginal burning practices to population levels and El Nino-Southern Oscillation events during the mid- to late-Holocene: a case study from the Sydney Basin using charcoal and pollen analysis. Australian Geographer, 38(1): 37-52.

Black M. P., Mooney, S. D., Haberle, S. G. (2007) The fire, human and climate nexus in the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia. The Holocene, 17(4): 465-478.

Lynch, A.H., Beringer, J., Kershaw, P., Marshall, A., Mooney, S., Tapper, N., Turney, C. and Van Der Kaars, S. (2007) The scope for using the palaeorecord to evaluate climate and fire interactions in Australia. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 35: 215-239.

Mooney, S. D., Webb, M. and Attenbrow, V. (2007) A comparison of charcoal and archaeological information to address the influences on Holocene fire activity in the Sydney Basin. Australian Geographer, 38: 177-194.

 

Papers submitted to peer-reviewed journals

Black M. P. and Mooney, S. D. (submitted) The archaeological and climatic implications of a 14 200 yr contiguous fire record from Gooches Crater, Blue Mountains, Australia. Submitted to The Holocene, Jan, 2007.

Power et al. (submitted) Changes in fire activity since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis of charcoal data". Submitted to Climate Dynamics for review July, 2007.

 

Publications in peer-reviewed journals by my research students

Gergis, J. and Fowler, A. (2005). Classification of synchronous oceanic and atmospheric El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events for palaeoclimate reconstruction. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1541-1565.

Gergis, J. and Fowler, A. (2006). How unusual was late 20th century El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)? Assessing evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice-core and documentary palaeoarchives, A.D. 1525-2002. Advances in Geosciences 6, 173-179.

 

Completed PhD Theses (Under my Supervision)

Here Nikki Williams (2005) USYD (co-supervised)

Black, M. P. (2006) A late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental investigation of the fire, climate, human and vegetation nexus from the Sydney Basin, Australia. Unpub. PhD Thesis, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Gergis, J. L. (2006) Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice and documentary palaeoarchives, A.D. 1525-2002. Unpub. PhD Thesis, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

 

Published works in monographs/proceedings

McHugh, G. R., Cohen, D. R., Dixon, E., Mooney, S. D. & Rutherford, N. F. (1998) The geochemistry of pond sediments in Centennial Park, Sydney. In G. H. McNally & J. Jankowski (eds) Environmental Geology of the Botany Basin, Geological Society of Australia, Sydney, pp58-69. (ISBN 1 876315 15 6).

Mooney, S. D. (1999) Planet Earth: Plants and Animals. In B. Thom (Ed) Geographica: The Complete illustrated reference to Australia and the World, Random House Australia, Sydney (ISBN 0 09 1832063), pp. 34-5.

Mooney, S. D. (1999) Planet Earth: Earth's Biosphere. In B. Thom (Ed) Geographica: The Complete illustrated reference to Australia and the World, Random House Australia, Sydney (ISBN 0 09 1832063), pp. 36-7.

Mooney, S. D. and Black, M. P. (2004) Investigating past fire regimes: implications from the Holocene fire history of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. In: Baker, A. et al. (Eds) Bushfire in a Changing Environment. Proceedings of the 2004 NCC Conference on Ecologically Sustainable Bushfire Management. Nature Conservation Council of NSW Inc., pp.137-144.

 

Published abstracts

Mooney, S. D. (1998) Environmental Change over the last 2000 years at Thirlmere Lakes: Climatic oscillation and European-induced change. In Conference Abstracts of Institute of Australian Geographers' Conference, June 29-July 2, 1998.

Mooney, S. D. (1999) A comparison of the historic fire record and several methods for the reconstruction of fire using the sediments of Lake Keilambete, western Victoria, Australia. In Conference Abstracts, Bushfire 99, 6-9th July, 1999, Charles Sturt University, Albury, N.S.W..

Mooney, S. D. (1999) Climatic variability over the last 2000 years in south-eastern Australia. In Conference Abstracts, Institute of Australian Geographers' Conference, Sept. 27 - October 1, 1999, Sydney University, Sydney, N.S.W..

Mooney, S. D. (2000) Climatic variability over the last 2000 Years in SE Australia. In J. Magee & C. Craven (Eds) Abstract Volume, Quaternary Studies Meeting, Feb. 7-9, 2000, Australian National University, pp. 74-76.

Mooney, S. D., Radford, K. L. & Hancock, G. (2000) Late Holocene fire in the Sydney coastal region from sedimentary charcoal and palynology. In J. Magee & C. Craven (Eds) Abstract Volume, Quaternary Studies Meeting, Feb. 7-9, 2000, Australian National University, pp. 77-80.

Mooney, S. D. and Dodson, J. R. (2000) Recent human impacts on Australian environmental systems: A palaeoenvironmental perspective. In: Eos Trans. AGU, 81(48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B12D-10, pp. F262-263.

Mooney, S. D. & Black, M. (2003) Holocene fire history in the Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia: The climate, human and fire nexus. XVI INQUA Congress, Reno Nevada, July 23-30, 2003, Desert Research Institute. Abstract No. 54-8, p. 169.

Mooney, S. D. and Dixon, E. (2003) Holocene fire history in the Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia: What do we really know? In M. Marra and D. Kennedy (Eds) Abstracts, Australasian Quaternary Association, Biennial Conference, Westport New Zealand, 3-7 February, 2003.

Gergis, J. Fowler, A., Mooney, S., Boswijk, G. and Lorrey, A. (2004) A multiproxy analysis of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability. 1st International CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Science Conference, Understanding and Predicting Our Climate System, June 21-25 2004, Baltimore, USA. (Also at: www.clivar2004.org/media_docs/All_abstracts.pdf)

Mooney, S. D. & Black, M. (2004) Investigating Past Fire Regimes: The Implications from the Holocene Fire History of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. Nature Conservation Council of NSW Fifth Biennial Bushfire Conference: Bushfire in a Changing Environment. Sydney, 24-25 June 2004.

Black, M. P. & Mooney, S. D. (2004) Holocene fire history from the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, New South Wales, Australia: the climate, humans and fire nexus. In S. Haberle & J. Stevenson (Eds) AQUA 2004 Program and Abstracts. Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference, Cradle Mountain Tasmania, 6-10th December, 2004.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A. & Mooney, S. D. (2004) A multiproxy approach to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation reconstruction. In S. Haberle & J. Stevenson (Eds) AQUA 2004 Program and Abstracts. Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference, Cradle Mountain Tasmania, 6-10th December, 2004.

Sim, A., Heijnis, H. & Mooney, S. (2004) Use of the pollen record to investigate vegetation thickening in central Queensland over the last 120 years. In S. Haberle & J. Stevenson (Eds) AQUA 2004 Program and Abstracts. Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference, Cradle Mountain Tasmania, 6-10th December, 2004.

Mooney, Scott (2005) Investigating the past with an eye on the future: implications of the Holocene fire history of south-eastern Australia. Gordon Research Conference: Past Ecosystem Processes and Human-Environment Interactions. February 13-18, Buellton, California, USA.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A. and Mooney, S. (2005). A multiproxy analysis of El Nino-Southern Oscillation variability. 1st Alexander von Humboldt International Conference on the El Niño phenomenon and its global impact, 16-20th May 2005, Guayaquil, Ecuador, pp 35-36.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A., Braganza, K., Risbey, J. and Mooney, S. (2005). Multiproxy approaches to El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) reconstruction; integrating evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice and documentary archives, A.D. 1525-2002. Reconstructing Past Climates for Future Prediction: Integrating High-Resolution Palaeo Data for Meaningful Prediction in the Australasian Region, 27-28th June 2005, Canberra, Australia.

Gergis, J., Fowler, A., Braganza, K., Mooney, S. and Risbey, J. (2005). El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) since A.D. 1525: integrating evidence from tree-ring, coral, ice core and documentary archives. PAGES 2nd Open Science Meeting: Paleoclimate, Environmental Sustainability and Our Future, August 10-12, Beijing, China.

Mooney, S. D., Black, M. P., Attenbrow, V. J. and Webb, M. C. (2005) The fire, humans and climate nexus during the Holocene in the Sydney Basin, Australia. Australasian Archaeometry Conference, Abstracts, 12-15 December, 2005, Australian National University, Canberra.

Mooney, S. D., Black, M. P., Attenbrow, V. J. and Webb, M. C. (2005) The inter-relationships between fire, humans and climate during the Holocene in the Sydney Basin, Australia. International Geographical Union 2006 Conference, Brisbane, 3-7 July, 2006.

Gehrels, R., Newham, R., Marshall, W., Wilson, G., Southall, K., Hayward, B. & Mooney, S. (2006) A 20th Century Southern Hemisphere sea-level acceleration recorded in a New Zealand Salt Marsh. Third International Meeting of IGCO Project 495 "Quaternary Land-Ocean Interaction: Natural and Human Forcings on Coastal Evolution", Balneario Camboriu, Brazil, 17-22 September, 2006.

Mooney, S. D., Attenbrow, V. J., Black, M. P. and Webb, M. C. (2006) Case studies of Holocene fire activity in the Sydney Basin: natural, anthropogenic or something much more complicated? Australasian Archaeology Association Conference, Abstracts, 8-10 December, 2006, La Trobe University, Beechworth.

Mooney, S. D. (2007) The fire, humans and climate nexus in south-eastern Australia. Oral presentation and Abstract, Nature Conservation Council of NSW Biennial Conference "Bushfire in a Heating World". St Leonards, Sydney, 31st May - 1st June, 2007.

Mooney, S.D., Attenbrow, V. and Black M. P. (2007) The fire, humans and climate nexus in south-eastern Australia. Oral presentation and Abstract, International Quaternary Association (INQUA) 2007 Conference, Cairns, Queensland, 29th July - 3rd August, 2007.

 

Non-refereed publications

Mooney, S. D. (1999) Firesticks to Park Management: Lake sediments assists fire hazard reduction. In S. Ford (Ed.) Chaos Magazine, Issue 9, February-April, 1999, p. 10.

Taylor, G., Mooney, S. & Edwards, E. (2000) Running an Earth and Environmental Science Field Trip: Generic Aspects. In G. Taylor (Ed.) Earth and Environmental Science: Teaching an Integrated Science Subject (ISBN 0 6463 8869 X), School of Geology, UNSW.

Mooney, S. (2000) Caring for the Country: Module 9.4. In G. Taylor (Ed.) Earth and Environmental Science: The HSC Year (ISBN 0 7334 0751 X), School of Geology, UNSW.

Mooney, S. (2000) Introduced Species and the Australian Environment: Module 9.5. In G. Taylor (Ed.) Earth and Environmental Science: The HSC Year (ISBN 0 7334 0751 X), School of Geology, UNSW.

Mooney, S. (2000) Workshop Report: BIOME300. Quaternary Australasia 18(1), pp 10-11. June, 2000. (ISSN 0811-0433).

The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia (2003) A Nation Charred: Report on the inquiry into bushfires. House of Representatives Select Committee into the recent Australian bushfires. October 2003, Canberra. (ISBN 0 642 78445 0) (This report mentions the submission to the Inquiry by Mooney, S., May 2003.)

 

Unpublished reports

Kodela, P.G. & Mooney, S.D. (1995) Reconnaissance Vegetation Survey of Irrawong Reserve, Warriewood, 5 July, 1995. Lodged with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

Mooney, S. D. (1997a) Flora Survey of the Lidcombe Liquid Waste Treatment Plant.  Report prepared for Kinhill Engineers, Pty Ltd, Sydney, August, 1997.

Mooney, S. D. (1997b) Beacon Hill Flora & Fauna Survey, Landcom Project 12575, Precinct 103 - Beacon Hill. Report prepared for Kinhill Engineers, Pty Ltd, Sydney, September, 1997.

Mooney, S. D. (1997c) Menai Flora & Fauna Survey, Landcom Project 12744, Precinct 4 - Menai.  Report prepared for Kinhill Engineers, Pty Ltd, Sydney, October, 1997.

Mooney, S. D. & Watson, J. R. (1997) Beacon Hill Tree Survey, Landcom Project 12575, Precinct 103 - Beacon Hill.  Report prepared for Kinhill Engineers, Pty Ltd, Sydney. September, 1997.

Mooney, S. D. (1998a) Warnervale Flood-plain Environmental Strategy, Part 2 Flora/Fauna Investigations. Report prepared for Kinhill Engineers, Pty Ltd, Sydney, January, 1998.

Mooney, S. D. (1998b) Flora and Fauna Report, Horningsea Detention Basin REF. Report prepared for Kinhill Engineers, Pty Ltd, Sydney, July, 1998.

Edwards, D. J., Mooney, S. D., Harradine, S. T. & Cook, C. G. (2000) An Investigation into Aspects of Recent Environmental Change at Dee Why Lagoon. A report prepared for the Coast and Estuaries Section, Warringah Council, March, 2000.

Mooney, S. D. (2004) Looking back as a way forward: Prehistoric fire in the high altitude ecosystems of mainland south-eastern Australia. A report prepared for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), March, 2004.