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Selected publications

• Chalaturnyk, M., Last, W. M., and Solylo, P., 2005. Carbonate Hardgrounds in Maars of Western Victoria, Australia: A glimpse at modern lacustrine dolomite formation. AAPG Annual Meeting, Abstracts Volume, A25.

• Chalaturnyk, M., Last, W. M., and Bruni, E., 2005. Genesis and paleoenvironmental considerations of shoreline microbialites, hardgrounds and offshore carbonate sediments in two adjacent marine-marginal saline lakes in South Australia. AAPG Annual Meeting, Abstracts Volume, A25.

• Chalaturnyk, M., Last, W. M., and Solylo, P., 2005. Carbonate Hardgrounds in Maars of Western Victoria, Australia. Program and Abstracts Water, Ice, Land and Life: The Quaternary Interface. CANQUA 2005 Conference June 5-8 Winnipeg, Manitoba, A15.

• Last, W. M., Chalaturnyk, M., and Bruni, E., 2004. Genesis & Paleoenvironmental Considerations of Shoreline Microbialites, Hardgrounds & Offshore Carbonate Sediments in Two Adjacent Marine-marginal Saline Lakes in South Australia. Geological Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract volume 36(5): 119-7.

• Last, W. M., Chalaturnyk, M. and Solylo, P. 2004. Carbonate Hardgrounds in Maars of Western Victoria, Australia: A Glimpse at Modern Dolomite Formation. Geological Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract volume 36(5): 203-3.

• Last, W. M., and Bruni, E., 2003. Genesis and paleoenvironmental considerations of shoreline microbialites, hardgrounds and offshore carbonate sediments in two adjacent marinemarginal saline lakes in South Australia. 9th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Helsinki, Finland, Abstracts Volume.

• Solylo, P., Last, W. M., and De Deckker, P., 2002, Genesis and Diagenesis of Carbonate Hardgrounds from Volcanic Maars, Victoria, Australia. WIUGC Annual Meeting, Edmonton.

• Last, W. M., Kelly, R. J. and Radovanovic, M. 2001. Maars & playas of the western volcanic plains of Victoria, Australia: toward a regional synthesis of the Holocene history. XXVIII SIL Congress, Melbourne, Australia.

• Blackwell, B. A. B., Last, W. M., and Rutter, N. W., 2000. Biogeochemical diagenesis in Recent mammalian bones from saline lakes in Western Victoria, Australia. In: Perspectives in Amino Acid and Protein Geochemistry, G. A. Goodfriend, M. J. Collins, M. L. Fogel, S. A. Macko, and J. F. Wehmiller (Editors), Oxford University Press, NY.

• Radovanovic, M. D., Last, W. M., and De Deckker, P. 2000. West Basin Lake, Victoria, Australia: New Insight into the Holocene History of a Well-studied Volcanic Maar. Abstracts Volume, 8th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Queen’s University, Kingston.

• Shang, Y. and Last, W. M., 1999. Mineralogy, lithostratigraphy and inferred geochemical history of North Ingebright Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. In: Lemmen, D. S. and Vance, R. E. (Editors), Holocene Climate and Environmental Changes in the Palliser Triangle, Southern Canadian Prairies: Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 534, 95-110. pdf

• Last, W. M., Kelly, R. J., and De Deckker, P. 1999. Late Holocene History of East Basin Lake, Victoria, Australia. Abstracts volume, Seventh International Conference on Salt Lakes, Death Valley, California.

• Last, W. M., Kelly, R. J., and De Deckker, P.,1999. Late Holocene History of East Basin Lake, Victoria, Australia. Abstracts Volume, 2nd International Congress of Limnogeology, Brest, France, p. p28.

• Blackwell, B., and Last, W. M., 1998. Diagenesis of Bones in a Saline Environment. Festschrift fur Muller Proceedings Volume.

• Gell, P. A., Barker, P. A., DeDeckker, P., Last, W. M., Jelicic, L., 1994. The Holocene history of West Basin Lake, Victoria, Australia. Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 12, pages 235-259.

• Gell, P. A., Barker, P. A., DeDeckker, P., Last, W. M., and Jelicic, L., 1993. The Chemical fluctuations of West Basin Lake, Victoria, Australia, recorded by lake geochemistry and diatom palaeoecology and preservation patterns. 6th International Paleolimnology Symposium Programme & Abstracts, p. 28.

• Last, W. M., 1992, Petrology of Modern Carbonate Hardgrounds from East Basin Lake, a Saline Maar Lake, Southern Australia. Sedimentary Geology, vol. 81, p. 215-229. pdf

• Last, W. M., and DeDeckker, P., 1992, Paleohydrology and Paleochemistry of Lake Beeac A Saline Playa in Southern Australia. In: Roberts, R.D., and Bothwell, M.L. (eds.) Aquatic Ecosystems in Semi-Arid Regions, N.H.R.I. Symposium Series 7, Environment Canada, pp. 63-74. pdf

• De Deckker, P., and Last, W. M., 1991. Holocene History of Lake Beeac. 7th SLEADS Abstracts Volume, p. 26.

• De Deckker, P. Last, W. M., and Head, M. J., 1991. The calcium content of primary dolomite in a playa lake relates to the composition of the regional groundwater: an example from the Holocene record of Lake Beeac, western Victoria. SLEADS conference 91 proceedings, ANU, p 62-63

• Last, W. M., and Kostelnyk, E., 1991, Genesis and Diagenesis of Carbonate Hardgrounds from East Basin Lake, Victoria, Australia. Sedimentary Records of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes, Abstracts Volume, p. 25.

• Blackwell, B., Rutter, N.W., and Last, W. M., 1991, Amino acid racemization, diagenetic alteration, and paleoenvironmental indicators in Recent mammalian bones and teeth from saline lakes, Saskatchewan and Australia. Sedimentary Records of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes, Abstracts Volume, p. 6.

• Last, W. M., and DeDeckker, P., 1990, Modern and Holocene Sedimentology of Two Volcanic Maar Lakes, Southern Australia. Sedimentology, vol. 37, p. 967-981. pdf

• Last, W. M., 1990, Lacustrine Dolomite: An Overview of Modern, Holocene, and Pleistocene Occurrences. Earth Sciences Reviews, vol. 27, p. 221-263. pdf

• Teller, J.T., and Last, W. M., 1990, Paleohydrological Indicators in Playas and Salt Lakes, with examples from Australia, South West Africa, and Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, vol. 76, p. 215-240. pdf

• Last, W. M., 1990, Paleohydrology and Paleochemistry of Lake Beeac, A Saline Playa in Southern Australia. Abstracts Volume, Aquatic Ecosystems In SemiArid Regions.

• Blackwell, B., Last, W. M., and Rutter, N.W., 1989. Features of Rapid Mineralogical and Organic Diagenesis in Recent Mammalian Fossils from Saline Lakes in Saskatchewan and Australia. Geol. Assoc. Can. program with Abstracts, 14, p. A113.

• De Deckker, P., and Last, W. M., 1989, Modern Dolomite in Continental Evaporitic Playa Lakes in Western Victoria, Australia. Sedimentary Geology, vol. 64, p. 223-238. pdf

• Blackwell, B., and Last, W. M., 1988, Evidence for Rapid Mineralogical and Organic Diagenesis in Recent Mammalian Bones and Teeth from Saline Lakes in Saskatchewan and Australia. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Program, 20, No. 7.

• DeDeckker, P., and Last, W. M., 1988, A Newly Discovered Region of Modern Dolomite Deposition in Western Victoria, Australia. Geology, vol. 16, p. 29-32. pdf

• Blackwell, B., and Last, W. M., 1988, Features of Early Fossilization in Recent Mammalian Bones and Teeth from Saline Lakes near Colac, Western Victoria, Australia. GACMACCSPG Program with Abstracts, 13, A10-11.

• Last, W. M., 1988, Lacustrine Dolomite: a Sedimentological and Geochemical Overview. 6th SLEADS Conference, Abstracts Volume.

• DeDeckker, P. and Last, W. M. , 1988. A new Modern Dolomite Precipitating Area in Australia. IX Australian Geological Convention, Abstracts Volume 21, p. 113.

• Last, W. M., and DeDeckker, P., 1987, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Two Volcanic Maar Lakes in Western Victoria. In: Chivas, A.R. and DeDeckker, P. (eds.), SLEADS Workshop 87, 41-44. pdf

• Last, W. M. and De Deckker, P., 1987, A Paleolimnological Comparison of Two Volcanic Maar Lakes in South Australia. INQUA XII International Congress, Program with Abstracts, p. 207. (invited presentation)

• Blackwell, B. and Last, W. M., 1987. Features of Early Fossilization of Mammalian Bones from Saline Lakes, Western Victoria, Australia. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abst. with Program, v. 19, p. 590.