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Overview

Jody M. Webster is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Geology.

Their research topics cover diverse areas with a particular focus on:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Marine animal studies overview

Jody M. Webster has contributed to a substantial number of research papers with recent publications including:

  • "Defining multi-scale surface roughness of a coral reef using a high-resolution LiDAR digital elevation model", 2023, Geomorphology
  • "Field measurements show rough fore reefs with spurs and grooves can dissipate more wave energy than the reef crest", 2022, Geomorphology
  • "Mechanisms of spur and groove development and implications for reef platform evolution", 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Large-scale margin collapses along a partly drowned, isolated carbonate platform (Lansdowne Bank, SW Pacific Ocean)", 2021, Marine Geology
  • "The Influence of Carbonate Platforms on the Geomorphological Development of a Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Margin (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)", 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent collaborators in their body of work include:

  • Thomas Felis
  • Yūsuke Yokoyama
  • Ryuji Asami
  • Ed C. Hathorne
  • Hildegard Westphal

Jody M. Webster has published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Geology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Coral Reefs

In addition to journal articles, Webster has contributed to book publications such as:

  • "Expedition 389 Scientific Prospectus: Hawaiian Drowned Reefs", Scientific prospectus, 2023
  • "Expedition 389 Preliminary Report: Hawaiian Drowned Reefs", Preliminary report, 2024
  • "Hawaiian Drowned Reefs", Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports, 2025

Best Publications

  • Coral reef structural complexity provides important coastal protection from waves under rising sea levels

    Daniel L. Harris;Daniel L. Harris;Alessio Rovere;Elisa Casella;Hannah Power

  • Coral reefs and sea-level change

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Jody M. Webster

  • Erratum: Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the Last Glacial Maximum (Nature Communications (2014) 5 (4102) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5102)

    Thomas Felis;Helen V. McGregor;Braddock K. Linsley;Alexander W. Tudhope

  • Rapid glaciation and a two-step sea level plunge into the Last Glacial Maximum

    Yusuke Yokoyama;Yusuke Yokoyama;Tezer M. Esat;William G. Thompson;Alexander L. Thomas

  • Ice Sheet Collapse Following a Prolonged Period of Stable Sea Level during the Last Interglacial

    Michael J. O’Leary;Paul J. Hearty;William G. Thompson;Maureen E. Raymo

  • Mid‐late Holocene sea‐level variability in eastern Australia

    Stephen E. Lewis;Raphael A. J. Wüst;Jody M. Webster;Graham A. Shields;Graham A. Shields

  • Tropical tales of polar ice: evidence of Last Interglacial polar ice sheet retreat recorded by fossil reefs of the granitic Seychelles islands

    Andrea Dutton;Andrea Dutton;Jody M. Webster;Dan Zwartz;Kurt Lambeck

  • Response of the Great Barrier Reef to sea-level and environmental changes over the past 30,000 years

    Jody M. Webster;Juan Carlos Braga;Marc Humblet;Donald C. Potts

  • Drowning of the −150 m reef off Hawaii: A casualty of global meltwater pulse 1A?

    Jody M. Webster;David A. Clague;Kristin Riker-Coleman;Christina D Gallup

  • Coral variation in two deep drill cores: significance for the Pleistocene development of the Great Barrier Reef

    Jody M. Webster;Jody M. Webster;Peter J. Davies

  • Palaeoenvironmental records from fossil corals: The effects of submarine diagenesis on temperature and climate estimates

    Nicola Allison;Adrian A. Finch;Jody M. Webster;Jody M. Webster;David A. Clague

  • Coral reef response to Quaternary sea‐level and environmental changes: State of the science

    Gilbert F. Camoin;Jody M. Webster

  • Topography, substratum and benthic macrofaunal relationships on a tropical mesophotic shelf margin, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    T. C. L. Bridge;T. J. Done;R. J. Beaman;A. Friedman

  • Submerged banks in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, greatly increase available coral reef habitat

    Peter T. Harris;Thomas C.L. Bridge;Robin J. Beaman;Jody M. Webster

  • Differences between the last two glacial maxima and implications for ice-sheet, δ18O, and sea-level reconstructions

    Eelco J. Rohling;Eelco J. Rohling;Fiona D. Hibbert;Felicity H. Williams;Felicity H. Williams;Katharine M. Grant

  • Variability in mesophotic coral reef communities along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    Thomas C. L. Bridge;Terence J. Done;Ariell Friedman;Robin J. Beaman

  • Morphology and controls on the evolution of a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic submarine canyon system, Great Barrier Reef margin, north-eastern Australia

    Ángel Puga-Bernabéu;Ángel Puga-Bernabéu;Jody M. Webster;Robin J. Beaman;Vincent Guilbaud

  • Geomorphology of submerged reefs on the shelf edge of the Great Barrier Reef: the influence of oscillating Pleistocene sea-levels

    Elizabeth Abbey;Jody M. Webster;Robin J. Beaman

  • Reef response to sea-level and environmental changes during the last deglaciation: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 310, Tahiti Sea Level

    Gilbert F. Camoin;Claire Seard;Pierre Deschamps;Jody M. Webster

  • New evidence for drowned shelf edge reefs in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    Robin J. Beaman;Jody M. Webster;Raphael A.J. Wust

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Juan C. Braga
Juan C. Braga University of Granada
Alexander L. Thomas
Alexander L. Thomas University of Edinburgh
Willem Renema
Willem Renema Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Andrea Dutton
Andrea Dutton University of Florida
Yasufumi Iryu
Yasufumi Iryu Tohoku University
Tom C. L. Bridge
Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum
Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Alexander W. Tudhope
Alexander W. Tudhope University of Edinburgh
Helen McGregor
Helen McGregor University of Wollongong

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