Mr Peter Whitehead ~ Adjunct Lecturer

Interests

Research

• Volcanology.
• Cainozoic basaltic volcanism in eastern Australia.
• Lava inflation structures.

Teaching

• Facilitation of flexible learning options.
• Production of eBooks as handbooks and to supplement lecture materials.

Experience

• 1998 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 1987 to 1997 - Tutor, James Cook Unversity (Townsville)
• 1981 to 1985 - Secondary Teacher - Mathematics, Warrnambool High School (Victoria)
• 1978 to 1980 - Secondary Teacher - Geography and Mathematics, Wycheproof P-12 (Victoria)

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Journal Articles

• Mishra A, Placzek C, Wurster C and Whitehead P (2019) New radiocarbon age constraints for the 120 km-long Toomba flow, north Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 66 (1). pp. 71-79
• Whitehead P and Nelson P (2014) Displacement of the Great Divide in north Queensland associated with Neogene lava flows. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61 (6). pp. 803-809
• Nelson P, Whitehead P and Link C (2010) Buried lava flows crossing the Great Divide in north Queensland: discovery using magnetic methods, and implications for hydrology. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57 (3). pp. 279-289
• Whitehead P, Stephenson P, McDougall I, Hopkins M, Graham A, Collerson K and Johnson D (2007) Temporal development of the Atherton Basalt Province, North Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54 (5). pp. 691-709
• Stephenson P, Burch-Johnson A, Stanton D and Whitehead P (1998) Three long lava flows in north Queensland. Journal of Geophysical Research: solid earth, 103 (B11). pp. 27359-27370
• Whitehead P and Stephenson P (1998) Lava rise ridges of the Toomba basalt flow, north Queensland, Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research: solid earth, 103 (B11). pp. 27371-27382

Books

• Lottermoser B, Whitehead P, Nelson P and Beaman R (2008) Rocks, Landscapes and Resources of the Wet Tropics. Geological Society of Australia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Other research outputs

• Whitehead P and Nelson P (2014) Reply to discussion by J. Nott (2014) on 'Displacement of the Great Divide in north Queensland associated with Neogene lava flows'. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61 (7). pp. 1019-1021
• Whitehead P (2010) The regional context of the McBride Basalt Province and the formation of the Undara Lava flows, tubes, rises and depressions. Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology. 12 - 17 August, 2010, Undara Volcanic National Park, QLD, Australia
• Whitehead P and Nelson P (2008) Influence of basalt flows and alluvial deposition on surface and groundwater hydrology on the Great Divide, North Queensland. Papers from 2008 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. In: American Geophysical Union, Western Pacific Meeting, 29 July – 1 August 2008, Cairns, QLD, Australia