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Leaman was secured by applicants for appeal to the Tasmanian Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal as their expert scientist to establish proof of the danger of loggin and harvesting in the area of South Sister, near St. Mary, Tasmania.<ref>[http://www.southsister.org/articles.htm SouthSister.org]</ref> |
Leaman was secured by applicants for appeal to the Tasmanian Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal as their expert scientist to establish proof of the danger of loggin and harvesting in the area of South Sister, near St. Mary, Tasmania.<ref>[http://www.southsister.org/articles.htm SouthSister.org]</ref> |
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Leaman will be leading the hiking group during the 2008 Hobart Mountain Festival, celebrating 172 years since [[Charles Darwin]] first climbed |
Leaman leads tours on [[Mount Wellington]]<ref>[http://www.hobartcity.com.au/hccwr/_assets/main/lib60033/autumn_winter2008%20bushland%20adventures.pdf Bushland Adventures Program, Adult Seminar Series - Autumn [[2008]]]</ref> and will be leading the hiking group during the 2008 Hobart Mountain Festival, celebrating 172 years since [[Charles Darwin]] first climbed Mount Wellington.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2190080.htm ABC Radio transcript, [[March 14]] [[2008]]]</ref> |
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David E. Leaman, born in Hobart, Tasmania is an author, structural geologist, geohydrologist and geophysicist.[1]
Training
David Leaman, BSc PhD studied in the Tasmanian Mines Department.[1] His doctoral thesis in 1970 provided the first comprehensive descriptions of dolerite intrusions coupled with a theory of emplacement [2].
Current endeavors
Leaman used to lecture and perform research at the University of Tasmania.[1][3] His professional studies focus on dolerite, igneous intrusions, granite and the use of gravity and magnetic geophysical methods. He currently maintains a geophysics conculting firm, assisting local communities and landowners who believe forestry has affected or will affect their land.[1]
Leaman was secured by applicants for appeal to the Tasmanian Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal as their expert scientist to establish proof of the danger of loggin and harvesting in the area of South Sister, near St. Mary, Tasmania.[4]
Leaman leads tours on Mount Wellington[5] and will be leading the hiking group during the 2008 Hobart Mountain Festival, celebrating 172 years since Charles Darwin first climbed Mount Wellington.[6]
Works
Leaman has authored a number of guide books about Mount Wellington, including Walk into History in Southern Tasmania, published in 1999, and Step into History in Tasmanian Reserves, published in 2001. He co-authored Mount Wellington Walk Map and Notes with K. D. Corbett, published in 2004.[7]
He also wrote The Rock Which Makes Tasmania, published in 2002, a comprehensive, authoritative work on the Jurassic dolerite rock that dominates the island of Tasmania.[8]
External links
References
- ^ a b c d Tasmanian Times, April 11 2004
- ^ Leaman, David, 2002, “The Rock that Makes Tasmania”, Leaman Geophysics, ISBN 0958119902
- ^ "Logging Van Diemen's Island" (PDF). ECOS. 122: 26–27. November–December 2004.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ SouthSister.org
- ^ Bushland Adventures Program, Adult Seminar Series - Autumn 2008
- ^ ABC Radio transcript, March 14 2008
- ^ Mount Wellington - Publications
- ^ Geoscience Australia, Earth Science Week Activities October 13 2002