Research Fellow

Phone: +61 (0)2 612 58138
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: Sara.Beavis@anu.edu.au

Professional Activities

Temporal and spatial analysis of anthropogenic disturbances to landscapes and impacts on catchment hydrology. Measurement of land degradation processes (erosion, salinity and acid sulphate soils) impacting productivity and downstream water quality. Hydrological and policy implications of farm dam development.

Selected Publications

Beavis, S.G., 2000. Structural controls on the orientation of erosion gullies in mid-western New South Wales, Australia. Geomorphology, 33 2000.:59-72

Beavis SG and Jakeman AJ. Review of farm dam assessment studies relating to the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Report to the NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation.

Beavis SG, Jakeman AJ, Zhang L and Gray SD. Erosional history of the Warrah Catchment, New South Wales. Hydrological Processes.

Crapper PF, Beavis SG and Zhang L. The relationship between climate and streamflow in the Namoi Catchment. Environment International.

Crapper PF, Beavis SG and Zhang L. Climate and hydrology in the Namoi Catchment. In. McDonald AD et al. (eds). Proceedings International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 97 University of Tasmania, December 8-11, 1997: vol. 1: 300-305.

Green TR, Beavis SG, Dietrich CR† and Jakeman AJ. Relating streambank erosion to in-stream transport of suspended sediment. Hydrological Processes.

Green TR, Jakeman AJ, Zhang Li, Beavis SG and Dietrich CR.† A framework for modelling sediment transport in a large basin. In. Summer W et al. (eds). International Symposium on Modelling Soil Erosion, Sediment Transport and Closely Related Hydrological Processes, Vienna, Austria, 13-17 July 1988: 21-30. (IAHS Publ. No. 249).

Jakeman AJ, Green TR, Zhang L, Beavis SE, Evans JP, Dietrich CR†and Barnes B. Modelling catchment erosion, sediment and nutrient transport in large basins. In. Penning de Vries FWT et al. (eds). Soil erosion at multiple scales. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing: 343-355.

Zhang L, Beavis SG, and Gray SD. Development of a spatial database for large scale catchment management. In. McDonald AD et al. (eds). Proceedings International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM97 University of Tasmania, December 8-11, 1997. Vol. 1: 428-433.