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Victor A. Gostin is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and conducts research spanning multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences. Their work particularly intersects with the study of geological and paleoclimatological phenomena, ecological isotope analysis, and archaeological exploration of the Pleistocene era.

Their recent scholarly contributions include two papers published between 2021 and 2023. One article, published in 2021 in Quaternary Science Reviews, is titled "Late Pleistocene interstadial sea-levels (MIS 5a) in Gulf St Vincent, southern Australia, constrained by amino acid racemization dating of the benthic foraminifer Elphidium macelliforme." Another article, published in 2023 in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, is "Notes on the Pens Collection of Australites in the Tate Museum, The University of Adelaide, and their use as artefacts."

Throughout their career, Victor A. Gostin has collaborated with a range of researchers, including Colin V. Murray-Wallace, J. H. Cann, Yūsuke Yokoyama, William A. Nicholas, and Terry J. Lachlan. These collaborations contribute to the interdisciplinary scope of their work.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics and subfields:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Anthropology
  • Paleontology

Victor A. Gostin has published in recognized scientific venues such as Quaternary Science Reviews and Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, reflecting an engagement with research communities focused on Earth sciences and regional archaeological studies.

Best Publications

  • Shrinkage Cracks: Desiccation or Synaeresis?

    P. S. Plummer;V. A. Gostin

  • 44. CENOZOIC PALEOCEANOGRAPHY IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN, ANTARCTIC GLACIATION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CIRCUM-ANTARCTIC CURRENT

    James P. Kennett;Robert E. Houtz;Peter B. Andrews;Anthony R. Edwards

  • Modern carbonate and terrigenous clastic sediments on a cool water, high energy, mid‐latitude shelf: Lacepede, southern Australia

    Noel P. James;Yvonne Bone;Christopher C. Von Der Borch;Victor A. Gostin

  • A chemostratigraphic overview of the late Cryogenian interglacial sequence in the Adelaide Fold-Thrust Belt, South Australia

    David M. McKirdy;Jamie M. Burgess;Nicholas M. Lemon;Xinke Yu

  • Impact ejecta horizon within late precambrian shales, adelaide geosyncline, South australia.

    Victor A. Gostin;Peter W. Haines;Richard J. F. Jenkins;William Compston

  • Development of the circum-antarctic current.

    J. P. Kennett;R. E. Houtz;P. B. Andrews;A. R. Edwards

  • The Elatina glaciation, late Cryogenian (Marinoan Epoch), South Australia: Sedimentary facies and palaeoenvironments

    George E. Williams;Victor A. Gostin;David M. McKirdy;Wolfgang V. Preiss

  • ACRAMAN IMPACT EJECTA AND HOST SHALES - EVIDENCE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE MOBILIZATION OF IRIDIUM AND OTHER PLATINOIDS

    Malcolm W. Wallace;Victor A. Gostin;Reid R. Keays

  • The Holocene non-tropical coastal and shelf carbonate province of southern Australia

    V.A. Gostin;A.P. Belperio;J.H. Cann

  • Facies and allostratigraphy of high-latitude, glacially influenced marine strata of the Early Permian southern Sydney Basin, Australia

    Carolyn H. Eyles;Nicholas Eyles;Victor A. Gostin

  • Sea-level history, 45,000 to 30,000 yr B.P., inferred from Benthic foraminifera, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia

    John H. Cann;Antonio P. Belperio;Victor A. Gostin;Colin V. Murray-Wallace

  • The stratigraphy of coastal carbonate banks and Holocene sea levels of northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia

    A.P Belperio;J.R Hails;V.A Gostin;H.A Polach

  • Iridium anomaly from the Acraman impact ejecta horizon: impacts can produce sedimentary iridium peaks

    Victor A. Gostin;Reid R. Keays;Malcolm W. Wallace

  • The sedimentary framework of northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia

    V.A Gostin;J.R Hails;A.P Belperio

  • Cool-Water Carbonate Sedimentation During the Terminal Quaternary Sea-Level Cycle: Lincoln Shelf, Southern Australia

    Noel P. James;Yvonne Bone;Steven J. Hageman;David A. Feary

  • Iceberg rafting and scouring in the Early Permian Shoalhaven Group of New South Wales, Australia: Evidence of Heinrich-like events?

    N. Eyles;C.H. Eyles;V.A. Gostin

  • Stratigraphy of the upper carboniferous and lower permian sequence, southern Sydney Basin

    V.A. Gostin;C. Herbert

  • Ediacaran ice-rafting and coeval asteroid impact, South Australia: insights into the terminal Proterozoic environment

    V. A. Gostin;D. M. McKirdy;L. J. Webster;G. E. Williams

  • Acraman – Bunyeroo impact event (Ediacaran), South Australia, and environmental consequences: twenty-five years on

    G. E. Williams;V. A. Gostin

  • Late Proterozoic (Sturtian) succession of the North Flinders Basin, South Australia; An example of temperate glaciation in an active rift setting

    G. M. Young;V. A. Gostin

  • Mantle plume uplift in the sedimentary record: origin of kilometre-deep canyons within late Neoproterozoic successions, South Australia

    George E. Williams;Victor A. Gostin

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Williams
George E. Williams University of Adelaide
Malcolm W. Wallace
Malcolm W. Wallace University of Melbourne
Reid R. Keays
Reid R. Keays Monash University
David M. McKirdy
David M. McKirdy University of Adelaide
Yvonne Bone
Yvonne Bone University of Adelaide
Colin V. Murray-Wallace
Colin V. Murray-Wallace University of Wollongong
Grant M. Young
Grant M. Young University of Western Ontario
Noel P. James
Noel P. James Queen's University
Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University
Geraldine Jacobsen
Geraldine Jacobsen Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

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