DrSanja Van Huet

Sedimentary (fluvial) environments, geo-concentration processes (south-eastern
Australia), taphonomy, palaeontology.
These include lateritic, placer, dune, swamp, riverine and lacustrine
deposits, palaeosol development and Quaternary/Holocene past environments,
faunas and climatic processes.

Knowledge Areas
Sedmentology, taphonomy, Australian Quaternary environments, Vertebrate
megafauna, elemental comparison between the King Island and Kangaroo Island
emu

Projects
My current projects include:

Quatitative determination of the qualitative taphonomical groups describing
abrasion and weathering in fossil bones.

The association and relationship between the Kangaroo and King Island emus

The effect of climate on the extinction of the Australian megafauna

Research projects available to eligible students:

Third year semester projects:
Contribution to data set showing trend in climatic events in southeastern
Australia over the Quaternary era.
Sediment analysis of fossil bearing strata
Morphological differences in the post cranial limbs of extinct dwarfed
island emus

Honours projects:
Development of a quantitative method of evaluating abrasion on fossil and
sedimentary material using Imagej.
Assessment of abrasion and weathering in the post cranial limbs of extinct
Australian megafauna
Field work projects