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Overview

Peter Wallbrink is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with specific attention to several interconnected subfields and topics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these broader fields, Wallbrink has concentrated on subfields such as:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology

Their research topics reflect a strong emphasis on water resources and risk management, particularly:

  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Wallbrink's recent publications include the paper titled Mainstreaming gender into water management modelling processes, published in 2020 in Environmental Modelling & Software. This article reflects interdisciplinary interest in integrating social dimensions into technical water management models.

Coauthors frequently working with Wallbrink include:

  • Evangeline Packett
  • Nicky Grigg
  • Joyce Wu
  • Susan Cuddy
  • Anthony J. Jakeman

Their publications have appeared primarily in the venue:

  • Environmental Modelling & Software

The combination of Wallbrink's areas of study and topics indicates a research profile dedicated to understanding and modeling water systems both in engineering contexts and broader environmental frameworks, integrating hydrological processes and assessments of flood risks.

Best Publications

  • Large-scale patterns of erosion and sediment transport in river networks, with examples from Australia

    Ian P. Prosser;Ian D. Rutherfurd;Jon M. Olley;William J. Young

  • Effects of differing wildfire severities on soil wettability and implications for hydrological response

    S.H. Doerr;R.A. Shakesby;W.H. Blake;C.J. Chafer

  • Use of fallout radionuclides as indicators of erosion processes

    P. J. Wallbrink;A. S. Murray

  • Determining the sources of suspended sediment in a forested catchment in southeastern Australia

    J. A. Motha;J. A. Motha;P. J. Wallbrink;P. B. Hairsine;R. B. Grayson

  • Corrigendum to: Large-scale patterns of erosion and sediment transport in river networks, with examples from Australia

    Ian P. Prosser;Ian D. Rutherfurd;Jon M. Olley;William J. Young

  • Determining sources and transit times of suspended sediment in the Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia, using fallout 137Cs and 210Pb

    P. J. Wallbrink;A. S. Murray;J. M. Olley;L. J. Olive

  • Distribution and Variability of 7Be in Soils Under Different Surface Cover Conditions and its Potential for Describing Soil Redistribution Processes

    P. J. Wallbrink;A. S. Murray

  • An integrated modelling framework for regulated river systems

    Wendy D. Welsh;Jai Vaze;Dushmanta Dutta;David Rassam

  • Heating effects on water repellency in Australian eucalypt forest soils and their value in estimating wildfire soil temperatures

    Stefan H. Doerr;William H. Blake;Richard A. Shakesby;Frank Stagnitti

  • Fallout of 7Be in South Eastern Australia

    P.J. Wallbrink;A.S. Murray

  • Determining Soil Loss Using the Inventory Ratio of Excess Lead-210 to Cesium-137

    P. J. Wallbrink;A. S. Murray

  • Distinctiveness of wildfire effects on soil erosion in south-east Australian eucalypt forests assessed in a global context

    R.A. Shakesby;P.J. Wallbrink;S.H. Doerr;P.M. English

  • Unsealed roads as suspended sediment sources in an agricultural catchment in south-eastern Australia

    J.A. Motha;J.A. Motha;P.J. Wallbrink;P.B. Hairsine;R.B. Grayson

  • Tracer properties of eroded sediment and source material

    J. A. Motha;J. A. Motha;P. J. Wallbrink;P. B. Hairsine;R. B. Grayson

  • Relating suspended sediment to its original soil depth using fallout radionuclides

    P. J. Wallbrink;J. M. Olley;A. S. Murray

  • Deriving hillslope sediment budgets in wildfire-affected forests using fallout radionuclide tracers

    W.H. Blake;P.J. Wallbrink;S.N. Wilkinson;G.S. Humphreys

  • Fire severity, water repellency characteristics and hydrogeomorphological changes following the Christmas 2001 Sydney forest fires

    Richard A. Shakesby;Christopher Chafer;Stefan H. Doerr;William H. Blake

  • A tracer budget quantifying soil redistribution on hillslopes after forest harvesting

    P.J Wallbrink;P.J Wallbrink;B.P Roddy;J.M Olley;J.M Olley

  • Accessing limnological change and variability using fossil diatom assemblages, south‐east Australia

    Peter A Gell;John Tibby;Jennie Fluin;Paul Joseph Leahy

  • Magnetic enhancement in wildfire-affected soil and its potential for sediment-source ascription

    W. H. Blake;P. J. Wallbrink;S. H. Doerr;R. A. Shakesby

  • Fallout radionuclide tracers identify a switch in sediment sources and transport-limited sediment yield following wildfire in a eucalypt forest

    S.N. Wilkinson;P.J. Wallbrink;G.J. Hancock;W.H. Blake

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Blake
William H. Blake Plymouth University
Stefan H. Doerr
Stefan H. Doerr Swansea University
Richard A. Shakesby
Richard A. Shakesby Swansea University
Jon Olley
Jon Olley Griffith University
Gary Hancock
Gary Hancock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Andrew S. Murray
Andrew S. Murray Technical University of Denmark
Ian P. Prosser
Ian P. Prosser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ian G. Droppo
Ian G. Droppo Environment and Climate Change Canada
Chris Moran
Chris Moran Curtin University
Frank Stagnitti
Frank Stagnitti Deakin University

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