Honorary Professor Mike Gagan
Honorary Professor
School of the Environment
Researcher biography
Mike Gagan joined the University of Queensland in 2018 to pursue his abiding interests in tropical palaeoclimatology, natural hazards, neotectonics, and early human migration in Australasia. He received his BA in geology from UC Santa Barbara (1980) and then relocated to Australia to work with Elf Aquitaine Minerals Pty. Ltd. as an exploration geologist (1981-84) on the Sorby Hills (WA) carbonate-hosted lead-zinc-silver deposit. He completed his PhD at James Cook University (1990) on the marine geology of the Great Barrier Reef, and then held faculty appointments at the University of New England, Northern Rivers (1988-1991) and the Australian National University (1992-2017).
Since 1994, Mike has enjoyed an active scientific partnership with colleagues at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). The group uses geochemical tracers in raised-reef corals and speleothems to explore three Quaternary research themes: (1) the history of ocean temperature, salinity and palaeomonsoons in Australasia; (2) environmental impacts and early human dispersal; and (3) reconstructing great-earthquake cycles along convergent plate boundaries. The recent award of ARC Discovery grant DP180103762 will allow these topics to be further developed at UQ.
Book Chapters
Gagan, Michael K. and Abram, Nerilie J. (2011). Stable isotopes and trace elements. Encyclopedia of modern coral reefs. (pp. 1034-1043) The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_27
Gagan, Michael K. (2009). Paleo-el niÑo-southern oscillation (Enso) records. Encyclopedia of paleoclimatology and ancient environments. (pp. 721-728) edited by Vivien Gornitz. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Dordrecht. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4411-3_172
Anderson, Atholl, Gagan, Michael and Shulmeister, James P. (2007). Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions. (pp. 265-296) edited by David G. Anderson, Kirk A. Maasch and Daniel H. Sandweisse. New York, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-012088390-5.50013-3
Journal Articles
Gagan, Michael K., Halide, Halmar, Permana, Raden Cecep Eka, Lebe, Rustan, Dunbar, Gavin B., Kimbrough, Alena K., Scott-Gagan, Heather, Zwartz, Dan and Hantoro, Wahyoe S. (2022). The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 21512, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25810-1
Scroxton, Nick, Gagan, Michael K., Ayliffe, Linda K., Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Hellstrom, John C., Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Zhao, Jian-xin, Suwargadi, Bambang W. and Rifai, Hamdi (2022). Antiphase response of the Indonesian–Australian monsoon to millennial-scale events of the last glacial period. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 20214, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21843-8
McDonough, Liza K., Treble, Pauline C., Baker, Andy, Borsato, Andrea, Frisia, Silvia, Nagra, Gurinder, Coleborn, Katie, Gagan, Michael K., Zhao, Jian-xin and Paterson, David (2022). Past fires and post-fire impacts reconstructed from a southwest Australian stalagmite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 325, 258-277. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.03.020
Treble, Pauline C., Baker, Andy, Abram, Nerilie J., Hellstrom, John C., Crawford, Jagoda, Gagan, Michael K., Borsato, Andrea, Griffiths, Alan D., Bajo, Petra, Markowska, Monika, Priestley, Stacey C., Hankin, Stuart and Paterson, David (2022). Ubiquitous karst hydrological control on speleothem oxygen isotope variability in a global study. Communications Earth and Environment, 3 (1) 29. doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00347-3
Brenner, Logan D., Linsley, Braddock K., Webster, Jody M., Potts, Donald, Felis, Thomas, Gagan, Michael K., Inoue, Mayuri, McGregor, Helen, Suzuki, Atsushi, Tudhope, Alexander, Esat, Tezer, Thomas, Alex, Thompson, William, Fallon, Stewart, Humblet, Marc, Tiwari, Manish and Yokoyama, Yusuke (2020). Coral Record of Younger Dryas Chronozone Warmth on the Great Barrier Reef. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35 (12) e2020PA003962. doi: 10.1029/2020PA003962
Pearson, Ryan M., van de Merwe, Jason P., Gagan, Michael K. and Connolly, Rod M. (2020). Unique Post-telemetry Recapture Enables Development of Multi-Element Isoscapes From Barnacle Shell for Retracing Host Movement. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 596. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00596
Pearson, Ryan M., van de Merwe, Jason P., Gagan, Michael K., Limpus, Colin J. and Connolly, Rod M. (2019). Distinguishing between sea turtle foraging areas using stable isotopes from commensal barnacle shells. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 6565, 6565. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42983-4
Roberts, Georgia L., Towers, Jacqueline, Gagan, Michael K., Cosgrove, Richard and Smith, Colin (2019). Isotopic variation within Tasmanian bare-nosed wombat tooth enamel: implications for archaeological and palaeoecological research. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 523, 97-115. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.003
Krause, Claire E., Gagan, Michael K., Dunbar, Gavin B., Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Hellstrom, John C., Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Suwargadi, Bambang W., Abram, Nerilie J. and Rifai, Hamdi (2019). Spatio-temporal evolution of Australasian monsoon hydroclimate over the last 40,000 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 513, 103-112. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.01.045
Moy, Andrew D., Palmer, Martin R., Howard, William R., Bijma, Jelle, Cooper, Matthew J., Calvo, Eva, Pelejero, Carles, Gagan, Michael K. and Chalk, Thomas B. (2019). Varied contribution of the Southern Ocean to deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise. Nature Geoscience, 12 (12), 1006-1011. doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0473-9
Ghosh, Prosenjit, Prasanna, K., Banerjee, Yogaraj, Williams, Ian S., Gagan, Michael K., Chaudhuri, Atanu and Suwas, Satyam (2018). Rainfall seasonality on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous greenhouse. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 8482, 8482. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26272-0
Scroxton, Nick, Burns, Stephen, Dawson, Pete, Rhodes, J. Michael, Brent, Kaylee, McGee, David, Heijnis, Henk, Gadd, Patricia, Hantoro, Wahyoe and Gagan, Mike (2018). Rapid measurement of strontium in speleothems using core-scanning micro X-ray fluorescence. Chemical Geology, 487, 12-22. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.04.008
Fenner, Jack N., Jones, Rebecca K., Piper, Philip J., Llewellin, Madison, Gagan, Michael K., Prasetyo, Bagyo and Calo, Ambra (2018). Early Goats in Bali, Indonesia: Stable Isotope Analyses of Diet and Movement. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 13 (4), 563-581. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2017.1325421
Treble, Pauline C., Baker, Andy, Ayliffe, Linda K., Cohen, Timothy J., Hellstrom, John C., Gagan, Michael K., Frisia, Silvia, Drysdale, Russell N., Griffiths, Alan D. and Borsato, Andrea (2017). Hydroclimate of the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in southern Australia's arid margin interpreted from speleothem records (23-15 ka). Climate of the Past, 13 (6), 667-687. doi: 10.5194/cp-13-667-2017
Dassié, Emilie, Delong, Kristine, Kilbourne, Hali, Williams, Branwen, Abram, Nerilie, Brenner, Logan, Brahmi, Chloé, Cobb, Kim M., Corrège, Thierry, Dissard, Delphine, Emile-Geay, Julien, Evangelista, Heitor, Evans, Michael N., Farmer, Jesse, Felis, Thomas, Gagan, Michael, Gillikin, David P., Goodkin, Nathalie, Khodri, Myriam, Lavagnino, Ana Carolina, Lavigne, Michèle, Lazareth, Claire, Linsley, Braddock, Lough, Janice, McGregor, Helen, Nurhati, Intan S., Ouellette, Gilman, Perrin, Laura, Raymo, Maureen ... Wu, Henry (2017). Saving our marine archives. EOS, 98 (9), 32-36. doi: 10.1029/2017EO068159
Fenner, Jack N., Gagan, Michael K., Cowley, Joan, Armstrong, Richard and Prasetyo, Bagyo (2016). Investigating the presence of foreigners and pig husbandry in ancient Bali: stable isotopes in human and domestic animal tooth enamel. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10, 272-281. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.09.014
Miller, Gifford H., Fogel, Marilyn L., Magee, John W. and Gagan, Michael K. (2016). Disentangling the impacts of climate and human colonization on the flora and fauna of the Australian arid zone over the past 100 ka using stable isotopes in avian eggshell. Quaternary Science Reviews, 151, 27-57. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.009
Felis, Thomas, McGregor, Helen V., Linsley, Braddock K., Tudhope, Alexander W., Gagan, Michael K., Suzuki, Atsushi, Inoue, Mayuri, Thomas, Alexander L., Esat, Tezer M., Thompson, William G., Tiwari, Manish, Potts, Donald C., Mudelsee, Manfred, Yokoyama, Yusuke and Webster, Jody M. (2016). Erratum: Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the Last Glacial Maximum (Nature Communications (2014) 5 (4102) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5102). Nature Communications, 7 (1) 12006. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12006
Griffiths, Michael L., Kimbrough, Alena K., Gagan, Michael K., Drysdale, Russell N., Cole, Julia E., Johnson, Kathleen R., Zhao, Jian-Xin, Cook, Benjamin I., Hellstrom, John C. and Hantoro, Wahyoe S. (2016). Western Pacific hydroclimate linked to global climate variability over the past two millennia. Nature Communications, 7 (1) 11719, 11719. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11719
Scroxton, Nick, Gagan, Michael K., Dunbar, Gavin B., Ayliffe, Linda K., Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Shen, Chuan-Chou, Hellstrom, John C., Zhao, Jian-xin, Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Sun, Hailong and Rifai, Hamdi (2016). Natural attrition and growth frequency variations of stalagmites in southwest Sulawesi over the past 530,000 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441, 823-833. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.030
Gagan, Michael K., Ayliffe, Linda K., Smith, Garry K., Hellstrom, John C., Scott-Gagan, Heather, Drysdale, Russell N., Anderson, Neil, Suwargadi, Bambang W., Aplin, Ken P., Zhao, Jian-xin, Groves, Colin W., Hantoro, Wahyoe S. and Djubiantono, Tony (2015). Geoarchaeological finds below Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia): A split-level cave system for Homo floresiensis?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 440, 533-550. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.021
Gagan, Michael K., Sosdian, Sindia M., Scott-Gagan, Heather, Sieh, Kerry, Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Briggs, Richard W., Suwargadi, Bambang W. and Rifai, Hamdi (2015). Coral 13C/12C records of vertical seafloor displacement during megathrust earthquakes west of Sumatra. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 432, 461-471. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.002
Ayling, Bridget F., Chappell, John, Gagan, Michael K. and McCulloch, Malcolm T. (2015). ENSO variability during MIS 11 (424-374 ka) from Tridacna gigas at Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 431, 236-246. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.037
Abram, Nerilie J., Dixon, Bronwyn C., Rosevear, Madelaine G., Plunkett, Benjamin, Gagan, Michael K., Hantoro, Wahyoe S. and Phipps, Steven J. (2015). Optimized coral reconstructions of the Indian Ocean Dipole: an assessment of location and length considerations. Paleoceanography, 30 (10), 1391-1405. doi: 10.1002/2015PA002810
Carilli, Jessica E., McGregor, Helen V., Gaudry, Jessica J., Donner, Simon D., Gagan, Michael K., Stevenson, Samantha, Wong, Henri and Fink, David (2015). Reply to comment by Karnauskas et al. on "Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker circulation". Paleoceanography, 30 (5), 575-582. doi: 10.1002/2015PA002783
Carilli, Jessica E., McGregor, Helen V., Gaudry, Jessica J., Donner, Simon D., Gagan, Michael K., Stevenson, Samantha, Wong, Henri and Fink, David (2014). Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker Circulation. Paleoceanography, 29 (11), 1031-1045. doi: 10.1002/2014PA002683
Felis, Thomas, McGregor, Helen V., Linsley, Braddock K., Tudhope, Alexander W., Gagan, Michael K., Suzuki, Atsushi, Inoue, Mayuri, Thomas, Alexander L., Esat, Tezer M., Thompson, William G., Tiwari, Manish, Potts, Donald C., Mudelsee, Manfred, Yokoyama, Yusuke and Webster, Jody M. (2014). Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great barrier reef following the last glacial maximum. Nature Communications, 5 (1) 4102. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5102
Lo, Li, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Lu, Chia-Jung, Chen, Yi-Chi, Chang, Ching-Chih, Wei, Kuo-Yen, Qu, Dingchuang and Gagan, Michael K. (2014). Determination of element/Ca ratios in foraminifera and corals using cold- and hot-plasma techniques in inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 81, 115-122. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.11.016
Ayliffe, Linda K., Gagan, Michael K., Zhao, Jian-xin, Drysdale, Russell N., Hellstrom, John C., Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Griffiths, Michael L., Scott-Gagan, Heather, St Pierre, Emma, Cowley, Joan A. and Suwargadi, Bambang W. (2013). Rapid interhemispheric climate links via the Australasian monsoon during the last deglaciation. Nature Communications, 4 (1) 2908, 2908.1-2908.6. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3908
McGregor, H. V., Fischer, M. J., Gagan, M. K., Fink, D., Phipps, S. J., Wong, H. and Woodroffe, C. D. (2013). A weak El Niño/Southern Oscillation with delayed seasonal growth around 4,300 years ago. Nature Geoscience, 6 (11), 949-953. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1936
Griffiths, Michael L., Drysdale, Russell N., Gagan, Michael K., Zhao, Jian-xin, Hellstrom, John C., Ayliffe, Linda K. and Hantoro, Wahyoe S. (2013). Abrupt increase in east Indonesian rainfall from flooding of the Sunda Shelf ∼9500 years ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 74, 273-279. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.006
Reeves, Jessica M., Bostock, Helen C., Ayliffe, Linda K., Barrows, Timothy T., De Deckker, Patrick, Devriendt, Laurent S., Dunbar, Gavin B., Drysdale, Russell N., Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E., Gagan, Michael K., Griffiths, Michael L., Haberle, Simon G., Jansen, John D., Krause, Claire, Lewis, Stephen, McGregor, Helen V., Mooney, Scott D., Moss, Patrick, Nanson, Gerald C., Purcell, Anthony and van der Kaars, Sander (2013). Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years - a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group. Quaternary Science Reviews, 74, 97-114. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.027
Griffiths, Michael L., Drysdale, Russell N., Gagan, Michael K., Hellstrom, John C., Couchoud, Isabelle, Ayliffe, Linda K., Vonhof, Hubert B. and Hantoro, Wahyoe S. (2013). Australasian monsoon response to Dansgaard-Oeschger event 21 and teleconnections to higher latitudes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 369-370, 294-304. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.030
Treble, Pauline C., Bradley, Chris, Wood, Anne, Baker, Andy, Jex, Catherine N., Fairchild, Ian J., Gagan, Michael K., Cowley, Joan and Azcurra, Cecilia (2013). An isotopic and modelling study of flow paths and storage in Quaternary calcarenite, SW Australia: implications for speleothem paleoclimate records. Quaternary Science Reviews, 64, 90-103. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.12.015
St Pierre, Emma J., Westaway, Kira E., Zhao, Jian-xin, Gagan, Michael K., Lentfer, Carol, Due, Rokus Awe, Morwood, Michael J., Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Djubiantono, Tony and Suwargadi, Bambang W. (2013). Preliminary U-series and Thermo luminescence dating of excavated deposits in Liang Bua sub-chamber, Flores, Indonesia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40 (1), 148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.07.007
Griffiths, M. L., Fohlrneister, J., Drysdale, R. N., Hua, Q., Johnson, K. R., Hellstrom, J. C., Gagan, M. K. and Zhao, J. -x. (2012). Hydrological control of the dead carbon fraction in a Holocene tropical speleothem. Quaternary Geochronology, 14, 81-93. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.001
Honda, M., Phillips, D., Kendrick, M. A., Gagan, M. K. and Taylor, W. R. (2012). Noble gas and carbon isotope ratios in Argyle diamonds, Western Australia: evidence for a deeply subducted volatile component. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59 (8), 1135-1142. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2012.741076
Price, G. D., Williamson, T., Henderson, R. A. and Gagan, M. K. (2012). Barremian-Cenomanian palaeotemperatures for Australian seas based on new oxygen-isotope data from belemnite rostra. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 358-360, 27-39. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.07.015
Gagan, Michael K., Dunbar, Gavin B. and Suzuki, Atsushi (2012). The effect of skeletal mass accumulation in Porites on coral Sr/Ca and δ18O paleothermometry. Paleoceanography, 27 (1) PA1203, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1029/2011PA002215
Marwick, Ben and Gagan, Michael K. (2011). Late Pleistocene monsoon variability in northwest Thailand: an oxygen isotope sequence from the bivalve Margaritanopsis laosensis excavated in Mae Hong Son province. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (21-22), 3088-3098. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.007
McGregor, H. V., Fischer, M. J., Gagan, M. K., Fink, D. and Woodroffe, C. D. (2011). Environmental control of the oxygen isotope composition of Porites coral microatolls. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (14), 3930-3944. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.017
Lewis, Sophie C., Gagan, Michael K., Ayliffe, Linda K., Zhao, Jian-xin, Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Treble, Pauline C., Hellstrom, John C., LeGrande, Allegra N., Kelley, Maxwell, Schmidt, Gavin A. and Suwargadi, Bambang W. (2011). High-resolution stalagmite reconstructions of Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall variability during Heinrich stadial 3 and Greenland interstadial 4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 303 (1-2), 133-142. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.048
Prideaux, Gavin J., Gully, Grant A., Couzens, Aidan M. C., Ayliffe, Linda K., Jankowski, Nathan R., Jacobs, Zenobia, Roberts, Richard G., Hellstrom, John C., Gagan, Michael K. and Hatcher, Lindsay M. (2010). Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107 (51), 22157-22162. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1011073107
Griffiths, ML, Drysdale, RN, Vonhof, HB, Gagan, MK, Zhao, JX, Ayliffe, LK, Hantoro, WS, Hellstrom, JC, Cartwright, I, Frisia, S and Suwargadi, BW (2010). Younger Dryas-Holocene temperature and rainfall history of southern Indonesia from delta O-18 in speleothem calcite and fluid inclusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295 (1-2), 30-36. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.018
Griffiths, ML, Drysdale, RN, Gagan, MK, Frisia, S, Zhao, JX, Ayliffe, LK, Hantoro, WS, Hellstrom, JC, Fischer, MJ, Feng, YX and Suwargadi, BW (2010). Evidence for Holocene changes in Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratios. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 292 (1-2), 27-38. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.002
Carter, R. M., Larcombe, P., Dye, J. E., Gagan, M. K. and Johnson, D. P. (2009). Long-shelf sediment transport and storm-bed formation by Cyclone Winifred, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Geology, 267 (3-4), 101-113. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.08.009
Abram, Nerilie J., McGregor, Helen V., Gagan, Michael K., Hantoro, Wahyoe S. and Suwargadi, Bambang W. (2009). Oscillations in the southern extent of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during the mid-Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (25-26), 2794-2803. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.006
Barker, Shaun L. L., Bennett, Vickie C., Cox, Stephen F., Norman, Marc D. and Gagan, Michael K. (2009). Sm-Nd, Sr, C and O isotope systematics in hydrothermal calcite-fluorite veins: implications for fluid-rock reaction and geochronology. Chemical Geology, 268 (1-2), 58-66. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.07.009
Griffiths, M. L., Drysdale, R. N., Gagan, M. K., Zhao, J. X., Ayliffe, L. K., Hellstrom, J. C., Hantoro, W. S., Frisia, S., Feng, Y.X., Cartwright, I, Pierre, E.S., Fischer, M. J. and Suwargadi, B. W. (2009). Increasing Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall linked to early Holocene sea-level rise. Nature Geoscience, 2 (9), 636-639. doi: 10.1038/NGEO605
Prideaux, Gavin J., Ayliffe, Linda K., DeSantis, Larisa R. G., Schubert, Blaine W., Murray, Peter F., Gagan, Michael K. and Cerling, Thure E. (2009). Extinction implications of a chenopod browse diet for a giant Pleistocene kangaroo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (28), 11646-11650. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0900956106
Bostock, H. C., Opdyke, B. N., Gagan, M. K. and Fifield, L. K. (2009). Late Quaternary siliciclastic/carbonate sedimentation model for the Capricorn Channel, southern Great Barrier Reef province, Australia. Marine Geology, 257 (1-4), 107-123. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.003
Fraser, Rebecca A., Grun, Rainer, Privat, Karen and Gagan, Michael K. (2008). Stable-isotope microprofiling of wombat tooth enamel records seasonal changes in vegetation and environmental conditions in eastern Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 269 (1-2), 66-77. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.004
McGregor, H. V., Gagan, M. K., McCulloch, M. T., Hodge, E. and Mortimer, G. (2008). Mid-Holocene variability in the marine 14C reservoir age for northern coastal Papua New Guinea. Quaternary Geochronology, 3 (3), 213-225. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.11.002
Zhou, H. Y., Zhao, J. X., Feng, Y. X., Gagan, M. K., Zhou, G. Q. and Yan, J. (2008). Distinct climate change synchronous with Heinrich event one, recorded by stable oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions in stalagmites from China. Quaternary Research, 69 (2), 306-315. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.11.001
Abram, Nerilie J., Gagan, Michael K., Cole, Julia E., Hantoro, Wahyoe S. and Mudelsee, Manfred (2008). Recent intensification of tropical climate variability in the Indian Ocean. Nature Geoscience, 1 (12), 849-853. doi: 10.1038/ngeo357
Hendy, E. J., Gagan, M. K., Lough, J. M., McCulloch, M. and deMenocal, P. B. (2007). Impact of skeletal dissolution and secondary aragonite on trace element and isotopic climate proxies in Porites corals. Paleoceanography, 22 (4) PA4101, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1029/2007PA001462
Murphy, Brett P., Bowman, David M. J. S. and Gagan, Michael K. (2007). Sources of carbon isotope variation in kangaroo bone collagen and tooth enamel. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (15), 3847-3858. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.05.012
Murphy, Brett P., Bowman, David M. J. S. and Gagan, Michael K. (2007). The interactive effect of temperature and humidity on the oxygen isotope composition of kangaroos. Functional Ecology, 21 (4), 757-766. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01284.x
Calvo, Eva, Marshall, John F., Pelejero, Carles, McCulloch, Malcolm T., Gagan, Michael K. and Lough, Janice M. (2007). Interdecadal climate variability in the Coral Sea since 1708 A.D.. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 248 (1-2), 190-201. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.12.003
Brook, Barry W., Bowman, David M. J. S., Burney, David A., Flannery, Timothy F., Gagan, Michael K., Gillespie, Richard, Johnson, Christopher N., Kershaw, Peter, Magee, John W., Martin, Paul S., Miller, Gifford H., Peiser, Benny and Roberts, Richard G. (2007). Would the Australian megafauna have become extinct if humans had never colonised the continent? Comments on "A review of the evidence for a human role in the extinction of Australian megafauna and an alternative explanation" by S Wroe and J Field. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26 (3-4), 560-564. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.10.008
Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R. N., Hellstrom, J. C., Fallick, A. E., Isola, I., Gagan, M. K. and Pareschi, M. T. (2007). Enhanced rainfall in the Western Mediterranean during deposition of sapropel S1: stalagmite evidence from Corchia cave (Central Italy). Quaternary Science Reviews, 26 (3-4), 279-286. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.003
Abram, Nerilie J., Gagan, Michael K., Liu, Zhengyu, Hantoro, Wahyoe S., McCulloch, Malcolm T. and Suwargadi, Bambang W. (2007). Seasonal characteristics of the Indian Ocean Dipole during the Holocene epoch. Nature, 445 (7125), 299-302. doi: 10.1038/nature05477
Miller, G. H., Magee, J. W., Fogel, M. L. and Gagan, M. K. (2007). Detecting human impacts on the flora, fauna, and summer monsoon of Pleistocene Australia. Climate of the Past, 3 (3), 463-473. doi: 10.5194/cp-3-463-2007
Barker, Shaun L. L., Cox, Stephen F., Eggins, Stephen M. and Gagan, Michael K. (2006). Microchemical evidence for episodic growth of antitaxial veins during fracture-controlled fluid flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 250 (1-2), 331-344. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.051
Moy, Andrew D., Howard, William R. and Gagan, Michael K. (2006). Late quaternary palaeoceanography of the circumpolar deep water from the South Tasman Rise. Journal of Quaternary Science, 21 (7), 763-777. doi: 10.1002/jqs.1067
Ayling, Bridget F., McCulloch, Malcolm T., Gagan, Michael K., Stirling, Claudine H., Andersen, Morten B. and Blake, Steve G. (2006). Sr/Ca and δ18O seasonality in a Porites coral from the MIS 9 (339-303 ka) interglacial. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248 (1-2), 447-460. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.009
Wu, Jinglu, Lin, Lin, Gagan, Michael K., Schleser, Gerhard H. and Wang, Sumin (2006). Organic matter stable isotope (δ13C, δ 15N) response to historical eutrophication of Lake Taihu, China. Hydrobiologia, 563 (1), 19-29. doi: 10.1007/s10750-005-9133-8
Bostock, H. C., Opdyke, B. N., Gagan, M. K., Kiss, A. E. and Fifield, L. K. (2006). Glacial/interglacial changes in the East Australian current. Climate Dynamics, 26 (6), 645-659. doi: 10.1007/s00382-005-0103-7
Turney, C. S. M., Haberle, S., Fink, D., Kershaw, A. P., Barbetti, M., Barrows, T. T., Black, M., Cohen, T. J., Correge, T., Hesse, P. P., Hua, Q., Johnstone, R., Morgan, V., Moss, P., Nanson, G., van Ommen,T., Rule, S., Williams, N. J., Zhao,J.-X., D'Costa, D., Feng, Y. -X., Gagan, M., Mooney, S. and Xia, Q. (2006). Integration of ice-core, marine and terrestrial records for the Australian Last Glacial Maximum and Termination: a contribution from the OZ INTIMATE group. Journal of Quaternary Science, 21 (7), 751-761. doi: 10.1002/jqs.1073
Anderson, Atholl, Chappell, John, Gagan, Michael and Grove, Richard (2006). Prehistoric maritime migration in the Pacific islands: an hypothesis of ENSO forcing. Holocene, 16 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1191/0959683606hl901ft
Shulmeister, J., Rodbell, D. T., Gagan, M. and Seltzer, G. O. (2006). Inter-hemispheric linkages in climate change: Paleo-perspectives for future climate change. Climate of the Past, 2 (2), 167-185. doi: 10.5194/cp-2-167-2006
Suzuki, Atsushi, Gagan, Michael K., Kan, Hironobu, Edward, Ahser, Siringan, Fernando P., Yoneda, Minoru and Kawahata, Hodaka (2006). Coral Records of the 1990s in the Tropical Northwest Pacific: ENSO, Mass Coral Bleaching, and Global Warming. Global Climate Change and Response of Carbon Cycle in the Equatorial Pacific and Indian Oceans and Adjacent Landmasses, 73, 211-238. doi: 10.1016/S0422-9894(06)73009-4
Pelejero, Carles, Calvo, Eva, McCulloch, Malcolm T., Marshall, John F., Gagan, Michael K., Lough, Janice M. and Opdyke, Bradley N. (2005). Ocean Science: preindustrial to modern interdecadal variability in coral reef pH. Science, 309 (5744), 2204-2207. doi: 10.1126/science.1113692
Johnson, Beverly J. , Miller, Gifford H., Magee, John W., Gagan, Michael K., Fogel, Marilyn L. and Quay, Paul D. (2005). Carbon isotope evidence for an abrupt reduction in grasses coincident with European settlement of Lake Eyre, South Australia. Holocene, 15 (6), 888-896. doi: 10.1191/0959683605hl861ra
Sun, Donghuai, Gagan, Michael K., Cheng, Hai, Scott-Gagan, Heather, Dykoski, Carolyn A., Edwards, R. Lawrence and Sua, Ruixia (2005). Seasonal and interannual variability of the Mid-Holocene East Asian monsoon in coral δ18O records from the South China Sea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 237 (1-2), 69-84. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.022
Miller, Gifford H., Fogel, Marilyn L., Magee, John W., Gagan, Michael K., Clarke, Simon J. and Johnson, Beverly J. (2005). Anthropology: ecosystem collapse in pleistocene Australia and a human role in megafaunal extinction. Science, 309 (5732), 287-290. doi: 10.1126/science.1111288
Treble, P. C., Chappell, John, Gagan, Michael K., McKeegan, K. D. and Harrison, T. Mark (2005). In situ measurement of seasonal δ18O variations and analysis of isotopic trends in a modern speleothem from southwest Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 233 (1-2), 17-32. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.013
Bostock, Helen C., Opdyke, Bradley N., Gagan, Michael K. and Fifield, L. Keith (2004). Carbon isotope evidence for changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation and ocean ventilation in the southwest Pacific during the last deglaciation. Paleoceanography, 19 (4), n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1029/2004PA001047
Ayliffe, Linda K., Bird, Michael I., Gagan, Michael K., Isdale, Peter J., Scott-Gagan, Heather, Parker, Bruce, Griffin, David, Nongkas, Michael and McCulloch, Malcolm T. (2004). Geochemistry of coral from Papua New Guinea as a proxy for ENSO ocean-atmosphere interactions in the Pacific Warm Pool. Continental Shelf Research, 24 (19), 2343-2356. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.07.013
McGregor, Helen V. and Gagan, Michael K. (2004). Western Pacific coral δ18O records of anomalous Holocene variability in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (11), n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1029/2004GL019972
Grumet, N. S., Abram, N. J., Beck, J. W., Dunbar, R. B., Gagan, M. K., Guilderson, T. P., Hantoro, W. S. and Suwargadi, B. W. (2004). Coral radiocarbon records of Indian Ocean water mass mixing and wind-induced upwelling along the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 109 (5) C05003. doi: 10.1029/2003JC002087
Correge, Thierry, Gagan, Michael K., Beck, J. Warren, Burr, George S., Cabioch, Guy and Le Cornec, Florence (2004). Interdecadal variation in the extent of South Pacific tropical waters during the Younger Dryas event. Nature, 428 (6986), 927-929. doi: 10.1038/nature02506
Abram, NJ, Gagan, MK, McCulloch, MT, Chappell, J and Hantoro, WS (2004). The sudden death of a coral reef - Response. Science, 303 (5662), 1293-1294.
Gagan, MK, Hendy, EJ, Haberle, SG and Hantoro, WS (2004). Post-glacial evolution of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool and El Niño-Southern oscillation. Quaternary International, 118-119, 127-143. doi: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00134-4
Suzuki, A., Gagan, M. K., Fabricius, K., Isdale, P. J., Yukino, I. and Kawahata, H. (2003). Skeletal isotope microprofiles of growth perturbations in Porites corals during the 1997-1998 mass bleaching event. Coral Reefs, 22 (4), 357-369. doi: 10.1007/s00338-003-0323-4
Hendy, E. J., Lough, J. M. and Gagan, M. K. (2003). Historical mortality in massive Porites from the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia: evidence for past environmental stress?. Coral Reefs, 22 (3), 207-215. doi: 10.1007/s00338-003-0304-7
Abram, Nerilie J., Gagan, Michael K., McCulloch, Malcolm T., Chappell, John and Hantoro, Wahyoe S. (2003). Coral reef death during the 1997 Indian Ocean Dipole linked to Indonesian wildfires. Science, 301 (5635), 952-955. doi: 10.1126/science.1083841
Ihlenfeld, C, Norman, MD, Gagan, MK, Drysdale, RN, Maas, R and Webb, J (2003). Climatic significance of seasonal trace element and stable isotope variations in a modern freshwater tufa. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (13), 2341-2357. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)01344-3
McGregor, Helen V. and Gagan, Michael K. (2003). Diagenesis and geochemistry of Porites corals from Papua New Guinea: implications for paleoclimate reconstruction. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (12), 2147-2156. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01050-5
Woodroffe, CD, Beech, MR and Gagan, MK (2003). Mid-late Holocene El Niño variability in the equatorial Pacific from coral microatolls. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (7). doi: 10.1029/2002GL015868
Watanabe, Tsuyoshi, Gagan, Michael K., Correge, Thierry, Scott-Gagan, Heather, Cowley, Joan and Hantoro, Wahyoe S. (2003). Oxygen isotope systematics in Diploastrea heliopora: new coral archive of tropical paleoclimate. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (7), 1349-1358. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01221-8
Hendy, E. J., Gagan, M. K. and Lough, J. M. (2003). Chronological control of coral records using luminescent lines and evidence for non-stationary ENSO teleconnections in northeast Australia. Holocene, 13 (2), 187-199. doi: 10.1191/0959683603hl606rp
Gagan, Michael K., Ayliffe, Linda K., Opdyke, Bradley N., Hopley, David, Scott-Gagan, Heather and Cowley, Joan (2002). Coral oxygen isotope evidence for recent groundwater fluxes to the Australian Great Barrier Reef. Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (20), 43-1. doi: 10.1029/2002GL015336
Hendy, Erica J., Gagan, Michael K., Alibert, Chantal A., McCulloch, Malcolm T., Lough, Janice M. and Isdale, Peter J. (2002). Abrupt decrease in tropical pacific sea surface salinity at end of little ice age. Science, 295 (5559), 1511-1514. doi: 10.1126/science.1067693
Kawahata, Hodaka, Nishimura, Akira and Gagan, Michael K. (2002). Seasonal change in foraminiferal production in the western equatorial Pacific warm pool: evidence from sediment trap experiments. Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49 (13-14), 2783-2800. doi: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00058-9
Muller, Anne, Gagan, Michael K. and McCulloch, Malcolm T. (2001). Early marine diagenesis in corals and geochemical consequences for paleoceanographic reconstructions. Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (23), 4471-4474. doi: 10.1029/2001GL013577
Suzuki, Atsushi, Gagan, Michael K., De Deckker, Patrick, Omura, Akio, Yukino, Izuru and Kawahata, Hodaka (2001). Last interglacial coral record of enhanced insolation seasonality and seawater 18O enrichment in the Ryukyu Islands, Northwest Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (19), 3685-3688. doi: 10.1029/2001GL013482
Woodroffe, CD and Gagan, MK (2000). Coral microatolls from the central Pacific record late Holocene El Niño. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (10), 1511-1514. doi: 10.1029/2000GL011407
Johnson, BJ, Miller, GH, Fogel, ML, Magee, JW, Gagan, MK and Chivas, AR (1999). 65,000 Years of vegetation change in central Australia and the Australian summer monsoon. Science, 284 (5417), 1150-1152. doi: 10.1126/science.284.5417.1150
Gagan, MK, Ayliffe, LK, Hopley, D, Cali, JA, Mortimer, GE, Chappell, J, McCulloch, MT and Head, MJ (1998). Temperature and surface-ocean water balance of the mid-Holocene tropical western Pacific. Science, 279 (5353), 1014-1017. doi: 10.1126/science.279.5353.1014
Gagan, MK, Chivas, AR and Isdale, PJ (1996). Timing coral-based climatic histories using 13C enrichments driven by synchronized spawning. Geology, 24 (11), 1009-1012. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1009:TCBCHU>2.3.CO;2
Bird, MI, Summons, RE, Gagan, MK, Roksandic, Z, Dowling, L, Head, J, Fifield, LK, Cresswell, RG and Johnson, DP (1995). Terrestrial Vegetation Change Inferred From N-Alkane Delta-C-13 Analysis in the Marine-Environment. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 59 (13), 2853-2857. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00160-2
Gagan, MK and Chivas, AR (1995). Oxygen isotopes in western Australian coral reveal Pinatubo aerosol‐induced cooling in the Western Pacific Warm Pool. Geophysical Research Letters, 22 (9), 1069-1072. doi: 10.1029/95GL00607
McCulloch, MT, Gagan, MK, Mortimer, GE, Chivas, AR and Isdale, PJ (1994). A high-resolution Sr/Ca and δ18O coral record from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and the 1982-1983 El Niño. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 58 (12), 2747-2754. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(94)90142-2
Gagan, MK, Chivas, AR and Isdale, PJ (1994). High-resolution isotopic records from corals using ocean temperature and mass-spawning chronometers. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 121 (3-4), 549-558. doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(94)90090-6
Gagan, MK, Chivas, AR and Herczeg, AL (1990). Shelf-wide erosion, deposition, and suspended sediment transport during cyclone Winifred, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 60 (3), 456-470. doi: 10.1306/212F91BF-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D
Gagan, MK, Sandstrom, MW and Chivas, AR (1987). Restricted terrestrial carbon input to the continental shelf during Cyclone Winifred: implications for terrestrial runoff to the Great Barrier Reef Province. Coral Reefs, 6 (2), 113-119. doi: 10.1007/BF00301380
Conference Papers
Bretherton, S.C.L., Gagan, M.K., Ayliffe, L.K., Zhao, J.X., Griffiths, M.L., Drysdale, R.N. and Hantoro, W.S. (2008). Speleothem reconstructions of palaeomonsoon dynamics from Flores, Indonesia over the last 24 kyr. 8th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 2008. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.05.005
Gagan, M. K., Abram, N. J., Hantoro, W. S., Natawidjaja, D. H. and Sieh, K. (2008). The Indian Ocean Dipole and great earthquake cycle: Long-term perspectives for improved prediction. 18th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver Canada, Jul, 2008. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
Ayling, B. F., Chappell, J., Mcculloch, M. T., Gagan, M. K. and Elliot, M. (2006). High-resolution paleoclimate of the MIS 11 interglacial (423-360 ka) using geochemical proxies in giant Tridacna clams. 16th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne Australia, Aug-Sep -, 2006. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.066
Opdyke, B. N., Edwards, J., Bostock, H. C., Lea, D. W., Spero, H. J., Gagan, M. and Fifield, K. (2006). Mg/Ca, stable isotopes and an important paleo-salintiy record from the indo-pacific warm pool. 16th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 27 August - 1 September 2006. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.926
Burgess, S. N., McCulloch, M. T., Gagan, M. K. and Ward, T. M. (2006). Long-term anthropogenic change in South Australian gulfs recorded by the faviid coral Plesiastrea versipora. 16th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne Australia, Aug-Sep -, 2006. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.251
Gagan, MK and Thompson, LG (2004). Evolution of the Indo-Pacific warm pool and Hadley-Walker circulation since the last deglaciation. Conference on the Hadley Circulation - Present, Past and Future, Honolulu Hi, Nov 12-15, 2002. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER.
Muller, A, Gagan, MK and Lough, JM (2004). Validity of coral reconstructions of surface-ocean C-13/C-12 and carbonate saturation state. 14th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Copenhagen Denmark, Jun 05-11, 2004. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
Muller, A and Gagan, MK (2002). Geochemical expressions of early marine diagenesis in corals implications for paleoceanographic reconstructions. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
Gagan, MK, Ayliffe, LK, Scott-Gagan, H, Hantoro, WS and McCulloch, MT (2002). Coral reconstruction of abrupt tropical cooling 8,000 years ago. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
Ihlenfeld, C, Maas, R, Gagan, MK, Norman, MD and Henderson, GM (2002). Seasonal trace element and isotope variations in freshwater tufas: potentials and limitations for climate reconstruction. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
McGregor, HV, Gagan, MK, McCulloch, MT and Chappell, J (2002). Abrupt shift in mid-Holocene climate in the Western Pacific Warm Pool. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
Gagan, MK, Ayliffe, LK, Beck, JW, Cole, JE, Druffel, ERM, Dunbar, RB and Schrag, DP (2000). New views of tropical paleoclimates from corals. 1st PAGES Open Science Meeting, London England, Apr 19-23, 1998. doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00054-2