Reef-Platform Coral Boulders

James Terry received his BSc (Hons) (1988) and PhD (1992) from the University of Wales at Swansea in the UK.  Currently he is Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, since 2008.  Before that he served as Head of the School of Geography at the University of the South Pacific based in Fiji, where he worked for 12 years in total from 1996-2008.  Being a Physical Geographer, James has specialist interests in tropical geomorphology, natural hazards and island geoscience.  He has over 20 years of research and consulting experience across many aspects of tropical environments, including climatic change and extremes, fluvial and coastal responses to large-magnitude events, water resource issues, and adaptation to natural hazards.

• Coastal Boulders: Introduction and Scope.- Historical review and changing terminology.- The Scientific Value of Reef-Platform Boulders for Interpreting Coastal Hazards.- Uncertainties and Continuing Challenges with Interpreting Coastal Boulders.- Case Study: Coastal Boulder Fields on Taveuni Island Coasts, Fiji.- Outlook for Boulder Studies Within Tropical Geomorphology and Coastal Research.