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Overview

John Webb is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Environmental Engineering, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work encompasses key topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis

John Webb has published research in several academic venues frequently, including:

  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Minerals
  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by John Webb are:

  • Reassessing southern African silcrete geochemistry: implications for silcrete origin and sourcing of silcrete artefacts, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Carbon, water and energy fluxes in agricultural systems of Australia and New Zealand, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Controls on species distribution and biogeochemical cycling in nitrate-contaminated groundwater and surface water, southeastern Australia, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Solution pipes and focused vertical water flow: Geomorphology and modelling, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Fellowship of the Spring: An initiative to document and protect the world's oases, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborating frequently with John Webb are several co-authors, including Susan White, R. J. Fensham, Matej Lipar, Matthew Currell, and Jaafar Jotheri.

In addition to articles, John Webb has contributed to book publications, including one with Springer International Publishing titled Australian Caves and Karst Systems (2023).

Best Publications

  • Distribution of trace elements between carbonate minerals and aqueous solutions

    J.Donald Rimstidt;Anna Balog;John Webb

  • Key factors influencing differences in stream water quality across space

    A. Lintern;J. A. Webb;D. Ryu;Shuci Liu

  • Remote sensing and GIS for mapping groundwater recharge and discharge areas in salinity prone catchments, southeastern Australia

    Sarah O. Tweed;Marc. Leblanc;John Allan. Webb;Maciek W. Lubczynski

  • Effect of heat treatment on Siliceous rocks used in prehistoric lithic technology

    Marian Domanski;John A. Webb

  • Climatic significance of seasonal trace element and stable isotope variations in a modern freshwater tufa

    Christian Ihlenfeld;Marc D. Norman;Michael K. Gagan;Russell N. Drysdale

  • Understanding the salinisation process for groundwater in an area of south-eastern Australia, using hydrochemical and isotopic evidence

    D.A. Bennetts;J.A. Webb;D.J.M. Stone;D.M. Hill

  • A Review of Heat Treatment Research

    Marian Domanski;John Webb

  • Estimating the longevity of limestone drains in treating acid mine drainage containing high concentrations of iron

    Silvana Santomartino;John A. Webb

  • The genesis of glaucony in the Oligo–Miocene Torquay Group, southeastern Australia: petrographic and geochemical evidence

    Jonathan C Kelly;John A Webb

  • Strontium isotopes as tracers to delineate aquifer interactions and the influence of rainfall in the basalt plains of southeastern Australia

    Matthias Raiber;John A. Webb;Darren A. Bennetts

  • Key Factors Affecting Temporal Variability in Stream Water Quality

    D. Guo;A. Lintern;A. Lintern;J. A. Webb;D. Ryu

  • Facies and cyclicity of the Late Permian Bainmedart Coal Measures in the Northern Prince Charles Mountains, MacRobertson Land, Antarctica

    Christopher R. Fielding;John A. Webb

  • Nonparametric estimation of averages and errors for small data-sets in isotope geoscience: a proposal

    N.M.S. Rock;J.A. Webb;N.J. McNaughton;G.D. Bell

  • The Creation of a Papua New Guinean Landscape: Archaeological and Geomorphological Evidence

    Chris Gosden;John Webb

  • Geochemical Mass-Balance and Oxygen-Isotope Constraints on Silcrete Formation and Its Paleoclimatic Implications in Southern Australia

    John A. Webb;Suzanne D. Golding

  • Volcanic disasters and cultural discontinuities in Holocene time, in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

    Robin Torrence;Christina Pavlides;Peter Jackson;John Webb

  • The interaction of acid mine drainage with a carbonate terrane: evidence from the Obey River, north-central Tennessee

    John A. Webb;Ira D. Sasowsky

  • What Are the Key Catchment Characteristics Affecting Spatial Differences in Riverine Water Quality

    A. Lintern;A. Lintern;J. A. Webb;D. Ryu;S. Liu

  • Heat treatment of Polish flints

    Marian Domański;John Webb;Robert Glaisher;Jan Gurba

  • Source to discard : patterns of lithic raw material procurement and use in Sturt National Park, northwestern New South Wales

    Trudy Doelman;John Webb;Marian Domanski

  • Karst evolution of the Nullarbor Plain, Australia

    John A. Webb;Julia M. James

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Finlayson
Brian Finlayson University of Melbourne
Derek Fabel
Derek Fabel Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Geraldine Jacobsen
Geraldine Jacobsen Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Christopher R. Fielding
Christopher R. Fielding University of Connecticut
Louis A. Schipper
Louis A. Schipper University of Waikato
Peter Grace
Peter Grace Queensland University of Technology
C. Hearty
C. Hearty University of British Columbia
Luca Silvestrini
Luca Silvestrini INFN Sezione di Roma I
Christoph Hanhart
Christoph Hanhart Forschungszentrum Jülich

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