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Email

idruth@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Principal Fellow)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
PhD
Monash University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-6229-7223

Prof Ian Rutherfurd

Honorary (Principal Fellow)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

168 Scholarly works
17 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    The impact of catastrophic forest blowdown on large wood loads in headwater streams
    DOI: 10.1002/esp.70214
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Arsenic speciation and mobility in gold mining-impacted riverine sediments from the Loddon River catchment in Victoria, Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106582
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Investigating sediment dynamics and landscape change processes in the semi-arid Pilbara, Western Australia – Insights using paired cosmogenic 26Al/10Be ratios
    DOI: 10.1002/esp.70144
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of an Australian river
    DOI: 10.1007/s10653-024-02003-5
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    The Technopolitics of China's South - North Water Transfer Project
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Rivers of Gold: The Legacy of Historical Gold Mining for Victoria’s Rivers
  • 2016

    Research Contracts

    The Dynamics and Management of Sand in the Glenelg River, Victoria
Ian Rutherfurd

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Ken Sutton Memorial Award The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland
2020
Distinguished Fellowship of the Institute of Australian Geographers institute of Australian Geographers
1998
ITT Fulbright Fellowship (Ful)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Achieving change through gully erosion research
    DOI: 10.1002/esp.5575
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Potential to use free satellite imagery to retrieve the past bathymetry of large rivers
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2023.101133
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Mining the Yarrowee: Environmental Change on the Ballarat Goldfield
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Characterising mine wastes as archaeological landscapes
    DOI: 10.1002/gea.21958
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Ecological water, a new focus of China's water management
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163001
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Establishing Geomorphic Reference Criteria for Design of River Diversions Around Mine Pits in the Pilbara, Western Australia
    DOI: 10.1007/s10230-023-00937-3

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Towards Linking Long-Term Denudation and Modern Fluvial Dynamics in the Pilbara, WA
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Mitigating Extreme Water Supply Contamination in Bushfire Burned Catchments

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