2011 Academic Publications
Lal, K.K. and Nunn, P.D. 2011. Holocene sea levels and coastal change, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Australian Geographer, 42, 41-51.
Nunn, P.D. and Hunter-Anderson, R. 2011. Defending the defensible: a rebuttal of Scott Fitzpatrick’s (2010) critique of the AD 1300 Event model with particular reference to Palau. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 2, 92-99.
2010 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 2010. Bridging the gulf between Science and Society: imperatives for minimizing societal disruption from climate change in the Pacific. In: Sumi, A., Fukushi, K. and Hiramatsu, A. (eds). Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change. Berlin, Springer, pp 233-248.
Nunn, P.D. 2010. Pacific atolls: a world apart. In: Migoń, P. (ed). Geomorphological Landscapes of the World. Berlin: Springer, pp. 349-356.
2009 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 2009. Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 269 p. [Audio book published 20.2.17]
Nunn, P.D. 2009. Geographical influences on settlement-location choices by initial colonizers: a case study of the Fiji Islands. Geographical Research, 47, 306-319.
Nunn, P.D. 2009. Oceanic islands. In: Gillespie, R. and Clague, D. (eds). Encyclopedia of Islands. Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 490-492.
Nunn, P.D. 2009. Island formation. In: Gillespie, R. and Clague, D. (eds). Encyclopedia of Islands. Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 689-696.
Nunn, P.D. 2009. Responding to the challenges of climate change in the Pacific Islands: management and technological imperatives. Climate Research, 40, 211-231.
Nunn, P.D. and Heorake, T.A. 2009. Understanding the place properly: palaeogeography of selected Lapita sites in the western tropical Pacific Islands and its implications. In: Sheppard, P.J., Thomas, T. and Summerhayes, G.R. (eds). Lapita: Ancestors and Descendants. Auckland: New Zealand Archaeological Association, Monograph 28, pp. 235-254.
2008 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 2008. Reefs. In: Cuff, D. and Goudie, A.S. (eds). Oxford Companion to Global Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 515-519.
Nunn, P.D. 2008 Understanding Environmental Decision-Making in the Rural Pacific Islands. Final Report for APN CAPaBLE Project CBA2007-03NSY, 146 pages.
2007 Academic Publications
Horrocks, M. and Nunn, P.D. 2007. Evidence for introduced taro (Colocasia esculenta) and lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) in Lapita-era (ca. 3050-2500 cal. yr BP) deposits from Bourewa, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34, 739-748.
Katayama, K., Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., Matararaba, S., Minagawa, M. and Oda, H. 2007. Osteological description of the Lapita-associated human skeleton discovered on Moturiki Island, Fiji. People and Culture in Oceania, 23, 73-98.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. Climate, Environment and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 302 p.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. The AD 1300 Event in the Pacific Basin. The Geographical Review, 97, 1-23.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. Space and place in an ocean of islands: thoughts on the attitudes of the Lapita people towards islands and their colonization. South Pacific Studies, 27, 24-35.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. Review of Gössling, S. and Hall, C.M. (eds). 2006. Tourism and Global Environmental Change: ecological, social, economic and political interrelationships. London: Routledge. Geographical Research, 45, 203-204.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. Echoes from a distance: progress report on research into the Lapita occupation of the Rove Peninsula, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji. In: Bedford, S., Sand, C. and Connaughton, S. (eds). Oceanic Explorations: Lapita and Western Pacific Settlement. Canberra: Australian National University (Terra Australis 26), pp. 163-176.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. Holocene sea-level change and human response in Pacific Islands. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 98, 117-125.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. Managing the present and the future of smaller islands. In: Douglas, I., Huggett, R. and Perkins, C. (Eds.). Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: From the Local to the Global. 2nd Edition. London: Routledge, pp. 799-819.
Nunn, P.D. 2007. Adapting to climate change in the Pacific Islands. In: Moriwaki, H. and Kawai, K. (eds). Global Warming and Pacific Islands. Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Occasional Paper 47, 29-40.
Nunn, P.D. and Mimura, N. 2007. Promoting sustainability on vulnerable island coasts: a case study of the smaller Pacific Islands. In: McFadden, L., Nicholls, R.J. and Penning-Rowsell, E. (eds). Managing Coastal Vulnerability. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 193-221.
Nunn, P.D. and Pastorizo, M.R. 2007. Geological histories and geohazard potential of Pacific Islands illuminated by myths. In: Piccardi, L. and Masse, W.B. (eds). Myth and Geology. London: Geological Society of London, Special Publication 273, pp. 143-163.
Nunn, P.D., Hunter-Anderson, R., Carson, M.T., Thomas, F., Ulm, S. and Rowland, M. 2007. Times of plenty, times of less: chronologies of last-millennium societal disruption in the Pacific Basin. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 35, 385-401.
Nunn, P.D., Ishimura, T., Dickinson, W.R., Katayama, K., Thomas, F., Kumar, R., Matararaba, S., Davidson, J. and Worthy, T. 2007. The Lapita occupation at Naitabale, Moturiki Island, central Fiji. Asian Perspectives, 46, 96-132.
2006 Academic Publications
Anderson, A., Roberts, R., Dickinson, W.R., Clark, G., Burley, D., de Biran, A., Hope, G. and Nunn, P.D. 2006. Times of sand: sedimentary history and archaeology at the Sigatoka Dunes, Fiji. Geoarchaeology, 21, 131-154.
Ishimura, T., Nunn, P., Kumar, R. and Matararaba, S. 2006. Colonization of the Lapita peoples in Fiji: implication for the “express train to Polynesia” hypothesis. Anthropological Science, 114, 245.
Kumar, R., Nunn, P.D., Field, J.E. and de Biran, A. 2006. Human responses to climate change around AD 1300: a case study of the Sigatoka Valley, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Quaternary International, 151, 133-143.
Nunn, P.D. 2006. Island origins and environments. In: Baldacchino, G. (ed). A World of Islands: A Physical and Human Approach. Malta: Agenda, pp. 5-37.
Nunn, P.D. 2006. Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture: impressions of a Pacific geographer. In: Tsukahara, J. and Nagashima, S. (eds). A Research Project for Sensor Zone Setting on Kagoshima Chain Islands from South to North for Cultural and Environmental Transition. Kagoshima: Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands (Occasional Paper 46), pp. 47-57.
Nunn, P.D. 2006. Review of Fitzpatrick, S.M. (ed). “Islands of Discovery”. Island Studies Journal, 1, 253-254.
Nunn, P.D. and Kumar, R. 2006. Coastal history in the Asia-Pacific region. In: Harvey, N. (ed.). Global Change and Integrated Coastal Management: The Asia-Pacific Region. Berlin: Springer, pp. 93-116.
Nunn, P.D., Baniala, M., Harrison, M. and Geraghty, P. 2006. Vanished islands in Vanuatu: new research and a preliminary geohazard assessment. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 36, 37-50.
Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., Matararaba, S. and Ishimura, T. 2006. The earliest human settlement in the Fiji Islands. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 19, 27-33.
Nunn, P.D., Keally, C.T., King, C., Wijaya, J. and Cruz, R. 2006. Human responses to coastal change in the Asia-Pacific region. In: Harvey, N. (ed.). Global Change and Integrated Coastal Management: The Asia-Pacific Region. Berlin: Springer, pp. 117-161.
Nunn, P.D., Heorake, T., Tegu, E., Oloni, B., Simeon, K., Wini, L., Usuramo, S. and Geraghty, P. 2006. Geohazards revealed by myths in the Pacific: a study of islands that have disappeared in Solomon Islands. South Pacific Studies, 27, 37-49.
Nunn, P.D., Matararaba, S., Kumar, R., Pene, C., Yuen, L. and Pastorizo, M.R. 2006. Lapita on an island in the mangroves? The earliest human occupation at Qoqo Island, southwest Viti Levu, Fiji. Archaeology in New Zealand, 49, 205-212.
2005 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 2005. Reconstructing tropical paleoshorelines using archaeological data: examples from the Fiji Archipelago, southwest Pacific. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, 42, 15-25.
Nunn, P.D. 2005. Review of Torrence, R. and Grattan, J. Natural Disasters and Cultural Change, 2002. The Geographical Journal, 171, 275-276.
Nunn, P.D., Geraghty, P., Nakoro, E., Nasila, A. and Tukidia, S. 2005. Vuniivilevu and Burotu: the geography, ethnography, and hazard implications of vanished islands in Fiji. People and Culture in Oceania, 21, 87-114.
Nunn, P.D., Matararaba, S., Ishimura, T., Kumar, R. and Nakoro, E. 2005. Reconstructing the Lapita-era geography of northern Fiji: a newly-discovered Lapita site on Yadua Island and its implications. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology, 26, 41-55.
Nunn, P.D., Pene, C., Matararaba, S., Kumar, R., Singh, P., Dredregasa, I., Gwilliam, M., Heorake, T., Kuilanisautabu, L., Nakoro, E., Narayan, L., Pastorizo, M.R., Robinson, S., Saunivalu, P. and Tamani, F. 2005. Human occupations of caves of the Rove Peninsula, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji. South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 23, 16-23.
2004 Academic Publications
Kumar, R., Nunn, P.D. and Dickinson, W.R. 2004. The emerging pattern of earliest human settlement in Fiji: four new Lapita sites on Viti Levu Island. Archaeology in New Zealand, 47, 108-117.
Kumar, R., Nunn, P.D., Katayama, K., Oda, H., Matararaba, S. and Osborne, T. 2004. The earliest-known humans in Fiji and their pottery: the first dates from the 2002 excavations at Naitabale (Naturuku), Moturiki Island. South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 22, 15-21.
Nunn, P.D. 2004. Understanding and adapting to sea-level change. In: Harris, F. (ed.) Global Environmental Issues. Chichester: Wiley, 45-64.
Nunn, P.D. 2004. Fiji. In: Bird, E. (ed.). The World’s Coastline: Online. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 54 web pages.
Nunn, P.D. 2004. Myths and the formation of Niue Island, central South Pacific. The Journal of Pacific History, 39, 99-108.
Nunn, P.D. 2004. Through a mist on the ocean: human understanding of island environments. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 95, 311-325.
Nunn, P.D. 2004. An unusual potsherd from Seputu, Laucala Island, northeast Fiji. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 17, 19-20.
Nunn, P.D. and Britton, J.M.R. 2004. The long-term evolution of Niue Island. In: Terry, J. and Murray, W. (Eds). Niue Island: Geographical Perspectives on the Rock of Polynesia. Paris: INSULA (International Scientific Council for Island Development), 31-74.
Nunn, P.D. and Kumar, R. 2004. Alluvial charcoal in the Sigatoka Valley, Viti Levu island, Fiji. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 214, 153-162.
Nunn, P.D. and Kumar, R. 2004. New scientific evidence for exploitation and settlement of coastal hinterlands in Fiji around AD 785. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 17, 21-24.
Nunn, P.D., Matararaba, S. and Areki, F. 2004. A Lapita site on Ovalau Island, central Fiji Islands. Archaeology in New Zealand, 47, 215-219.
Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., Matararaba, S., Ishimura, T., Seeto, J., Rayawa, S., Kuruyawa, S., Nasila, A., Oloni, B., Rati Ram, A., Saunivalu, P., Singh, P. and Tegu, E. 2004. Early Lapita settlement site at Bourewa, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Archaeology in Oceania, 39, 139-143.
Thomas, F.R., Nunn, P.D., Osborne, T., Kumar, R., Areki, F., Matararaba, S., Steadman, D. and Hope, G. 2004. Recent archaeological findings at Qaranilaca Cave, Vanuabalavu Island, Fiji. Archaeology in Oceania, 39, 42-49.
2003 Academic Publications
Hay, J.E., Mimura, N., Campbell, J., Fifita, S., Koshy, K., McLean, R.F., Nakalevu, T., Nunn, P. and de Wet, N. 2003. Climate Variability and Change and Sea-Level Rise in the Pacific Islands Region. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 108 pp.
Katayama, K., Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., Matararaba, S. and Oda, H. 2003. Reconstruction of a Lapita lady skeleton unearthed from the Moturiki Island, Fiji (Preliminary Report). Anthropological Science, 111, 404-405.
Kumar, R. and Nunn, P.D. 2003. Inland and coastal Lapita settlement on Vitilevu Island, Fiji: new data. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 16, 15-20.
Kumar, R., Nunn, P.D., Katayama, K., Oda, H., Matararaba, S. and Osborne, T. 2003. An early human settlement site in Fiji: the first dates from the 2002 excavations at Naitabale, Moturiki Island. Institute of Applied Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, Technical Report No. 2003/06.
Nunn, P.D. 2003. Nature-society interactions in the Pacific Islands. Geografiska Annaler, 85 B, 219-229.
Nunn, P.D. 2003. Revising ideas about environmental determinism: human-environment relations in the Pacific Islands. Asia-Pacific Viewpoint, 44, 63-72.
Nunn, P.D. 2003. Atolls. In: Goudie, A.S. (ed). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. London: Routledge. [manuscript: 4 pages].
Nunn, P.D. 2003. Cays. In: Goudie, A.S. (ed). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. London: Routledge. [manuscript: 4 pages].
Nunn, P.D. 2003. Coral Reefs. In: Goudie, A.S. (ed). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. London: Routledge. [manuscript: 7 pages].
Nunn, P.D. 2003. Fringing Reef. In: Goudie, A.S. (ed). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. London: Routledge. [manuscript: 4 pages].
Nunn, P.D. 2003. Guyots. In: Goudie, A.S. (ed). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. London: Routledge. [manuscript: 3 pages].
Nunn, P.D. and Omura, A. 2003. Quaternary shorelines of Kaibu Island, southwest Pacific Ocean: implications for Last Interglacial sea-level history and uplift of the Lau-Colville Ridge. Quaternary Australasia, 21, 33-38.
Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R. and Matararaba, S. 2003. Recent research relating to Lapita settlement in Fiji. In: Sand, C. (editor). Pacific Archaeology: Assessments and Prospects (Proceedings of the International Conference for the 50th Anniversary of the First Lapita Excavation, Kone-Nouméa 2002). Nouméa: Services des Musées et du Patrimoine, 183-186.
Nunn, P.D., Matararaba, S. and Kumar, R. 2003. An early Lapita site on Moturiki Island, central Fiji: preliminary report. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 16, 7-14.
Terry, J.P. and Nunn, P.D. 2003. Interpreting features of carbonate geomorphology on Niue Island, a raised coral atoll. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl.-Vol. 131, 43-57.
2002 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 2002. Review of Arnberger, H. and Arnberger, E. 2001. The Tropical Islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Geographical Journal, 168, 280-281.
Nunn, P.D. 2002. Reefs. In: Goudie, A.S. (editor in chief). Encyclopedia of Global Change: environmental change and human society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Volume 2, 298-304.
Nunn, P.D., Ollier, C.D., Hope, G.S., Rodda, P., Omura, A. and Peltier, W.R. 2002. Late Quaternary sea-level and tectonic changes in northeast Fiji. Marine Geology, 187, 299-311.
2001 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 2001. Sea-level change in the Pacific. In: Noye, J. and Grzechnik, M. (editors). Sea-Level Changes and their Effects. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 1-23.
Nunn, P.D. 2001. On the convergence of myth and reality: examples from the Pacific Islands. The Geographical Journal, 167, 125-138.
Nunn, P.D. 2001. Shoreline erosion and algal deposition around Eluvuka (Treasure) island, Mamanuca Group, western Fiji, with comments on nearby islands. The University of the South Pacific, Institute of Applied Sciences, Environmental Studies Report 104.
Nunn, P.D. 2001. Ecological crises or marginal disruptions: the effects of the first humans on Pacific Islands. New Zealand Geographer, 57, 11-20.
Nunn, P.D. 2001. Demographic change: peopling of the Pacific Islands. In: Munn, R.E. (ed). Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Volume 3. Wiley: London, 273-277.
Nunn, P.D. and Britton, J.M.R. 2001. Human-environment relationships in the Pacific Islands around AD 1300. Environment and History, 7, 3-22.
Nunn, P.D. and Peltier, W.R. 2001. Far-field test of the ICE-4G (VM2) model of global isostatic response to deglaciation: empirical and theoretical Holocene sea-level reconstructions for the Fiji Islands, Southwest Pacific. Quaternary Research, 55, 203-214.
Nunn, P.D., Thaman, R., Duffy, L., Finikaso, S., Ram, N. and Swamy, M. 2001. Age of a charcoal layer in fluvial sediments, Keiyasi, Sigatoka Valley, Fiji: possible indicator of a severe drought throughout the Southwest Pacific 4500-5000 years ago. South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 19, 5-10.
Ramoli, A. and Nunn, P.D. 2001. Naigani Island and its historical connections with Ovalau and Moturiki Islands: convergences between legend and fact. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 13, 19-28.
2000 Academic Publications
Klein, R.J.T., Buckley, E.N., Aston, J., Nicholls, R.J., Ragoonaden, M., Capobianco, M., Mizutani, N. and Nunn, P.D. 2000. Coastal adaptation. In: Metz, B., Davidson, O.R., Martens, J.W., van Rooijen, S.N.M. and Van Wie McGrory, L.L. (editors). IPCC Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 349–372.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Illuminating sea-level fall around AD 1220-1510 (730-440 cal yr BP) in the Pacific Islands: implications for environmental change and cultural transformation. New Zealand Geographer, 56, 46-54.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Coastal changes over the past two hundred years around Ovalau and Moturiki Islands, Fiji: implications for coastal-zone management. Australian Geographer, 31, 21-39.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Significance of emerged Holocene corals around Ovalau and Moturiki islands, Fiji, southwest Pacific. Marine Geology, 163, 345-351.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Environmental catastrophe in the Pacific Islands about AD 1300. Geoarchaeology, 15, 715-740.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Review of “Tropical Pacific Island Environments” by C. Lobban and M. Schefter. The Geographical Journal, 166, p 273.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Reefs. In: Hancock, P.L. and Skinner, B.J. (editors). Oxford Companion to the Earth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 177-180.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Oceanic Islands. In: Hancock, P.L. and Skinner, B.J. (editors). Oxford Companion to the Earth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 740-742.
Nunn, P.D. 2000. Environmental change in the Pacific Basin. In: Lal, B. V. and Fortune, K. (editors). The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 40-43.
Nunn, P.D. and Matararaba, S. 2000. New finds of Lapita pottery in northeast Fiji. Archaeology in Oceania, 35, 96-97.
Nunn, P.D., Matararaba, S. and Ramos, J. 2000. Investigations of anthropogenic sediments in Qaranilaca (cave), Vanuabalavu Island, Fiji. Archaeology in New Zealand, 43, 125-156.
1999 Academic Publications
Clark, J.T., Cole, A.O. and Nunn, P.D. 1999. Environmental change and human prehistory on Totoya island, Fiji. In Galipaud, J-C. and Lilley, I. (editors). The Pacific from 5000 to 2000 BP: Colonizations and Transformations. Paris: Editions de IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), 227-240.
Nunn, P.D. 1999. Environmental Change in the Pacific Basin: chronologies, causes, consequences. London: Wiley, 357 p.
Nunn, P.D. 1999. Geomorphology of the Pacific Islands. In: Rapaport, M. (editor). The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society. Honolulu: Bess Press, 43-55.
Nunn, P.D. 1999. Review of “Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands: Prehistoric Environmental and Landscape Change”, edited by P.V. Kirch and T.L. Hunt (New Haven: Yale University Press). New Zealand Geographer, 55, 68-69.
Nunn, P.D. 1999. Pacific Island beaches – a diminishing resource? Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) Newsletter, 5 (2), 1-3.
Nunn, P.D. (editor). 1999. Special Issue on Kadavu. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), Volume 12.
Nunn, P.D. 1999. Early human settlement and the possibility of contemporaneous volcanism, western Kadavu, Fiji. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 12, 36-49.
Nunn, P.D. 1999. Lapita pottery from Moturiki Island, central Fiji. Archaeology in New Zealand, 42, 309-313.
Nunn, P.D. and Omura, A. 1999. Penultimate Interglacial emerged reef around Kadavu Island, Southwest Pacific: implications for late Quaternary island-arc tectonics and sea-level history. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 42, 219-227.
Nunn, P.D., Veitayaki, J., Ram-Bidesi, V. and Vunisea, A. 1999. Coastal issues for oceanic islands: implications for human futures. Natural Resources Forum, 23, 195-207.
1998 Academic Publications
Dickinson, W.R., Burley, D.V., Nunn, P.D., Anderson, A., Hope, G., de Biran, A., Burke, C. and Matararaba, S. 1998. Geomorphic and archaeological landscapes of the Sigatoka Dunes site, Viti Levu, Fiji: interdisciplinary investigations. Asian Perspectives, 37, 1-31.
Mimura, N. and Nunn, P.D. 1998. Trends of beach erosion and shoreline protection in rural Fiji. Journal of Coastal Research, 14, 37-46.
Nunn, P.D. (editor). 1998. Consequences of Sea-level Change during the Holocene in the Pacific Basin. Special section of the Journal of Coastal Research, 14, 1-46.
Nunn, P.D. 1998. Consequences of Sea-level Change during the Holocene in the Pacific Basin: Introduction. Journal of Coastal Research, 14, 1-2.
Nunn, P.D. 1998. Sea-level changes over the past 1000 years in the Pacific. Journal of Coastal Research, 14, 23-30.
Nunn, P.D. 1998. Pacific Island Landscapes. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of the South Pacific, 318 pp.
Nunn, P.D. 1998. “Rocks and Relief”, “Climate and Weather”, “Environmental Change”. In: Chandra, R. and Mason, K. (editors). An Atlas of Fiji. Suva: Geography Department, The University of the South Pacific, 18-19, 20-23, 24-25 (respectively).
Nunn, P.D. 1998. Late Quaternary tectonic change on the islands of the northern Lau-Colville Ridge, southwest Pacific. In: Stewart, I.S. and Vita-Finzi, C. (editors). Coastal Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 146, 269-278.
Nunn, P.D. 1998. Sea-level changes in the Pacific: past, present and future. In: Terry, J. (editor). Climate and Environmental Change in the Pacific Basin. Suva: School of Social and Economic Development, The University of the South Pacific, 103-111.
Nunn, P.D. 1998. Humans in the Pacific Islands: illuminating the past and future. Journal of Pacific Studies, 22, 173-189.
1997 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1997. Late Quaternary environmental changes on Pacific islands: controversy, certainty and conjecture. Journal of Quaternary Science, 12, 443-450.
Nunn, P.D. 1997. South Pacific climate change: global warning. The New Internationalist, 291, 20-21.
Nunn, P.D. 1997. Global warning: climate change in the Pacific Islands. Tok Blong Pasifik, 51, 5-7 [adapted with permission from The New Internationalist article – see previous entry].
Nunn, P.D. 1997. Impact of population on island habitats. Environment and Development in Small Island States, 1, 13-31.
Nunn, P.D. 1997.Keimami sa vakila na liga ni Kalou (Feeling the hand of God): human and nonhuman impacts on Pacific island environments. Suva, Fiji: School of Social and Economic Development, The University of the South Pacific. (3rd revised edition), 72 pp.
Nunn, P.D. and Mimura, N. 1997. Vulnerability of South Pacific nations to sea-level rise and climate change. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 24, 133-151.
1996 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1996. Emerged shorelines of the Lau Islands. Fiji Mineral Resources Department, Memoir 4, 99 pp.
Nunn, P.D. 1996. Geomorphological evidence of climate change in the Pacific. In: Aung, T. (editor). Proceedings of the Ocean & Atmosphere Pacific International Conference. Adelaide: National Tidal Facility, The Flinders University of South Australia, 265-275.
Nunn, P.D. 1996. How Fijians came to Fiji, and what they did when they arrived. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 10, 5-15.
Nunn, P.D., Aalbersberg, W., Clarke, W.C., Korovulavula, I., Mimura, N., Ohno, E., Yamada, K., Serizawa, M. and Nishioka, S. 1996. Coastal Vulnerability and Resilience in Fiji: assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation, Phase IV. Apia, Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 215 pp.
1995 Academic Publications
Aalbersberg, W., Nunn, P.D. and Mimura, N. 1995. Integrated Coastal Zone Management Planning for Fiji and Tuvalu. Apia: Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). 83 pp.
Nunn, P.D. 1995. Holocene tectonic histories for five islands in the south-central Lau group, South Pacific. The Holocene, 5, 160-171.
Nunn, P.D. 1995. Lithospheric flexure in southeast Fiji consistent with the tectonic history of islands in the Yasayasa Moala. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42, 377-389.
Nunn, P.D. 1995. Holocene sea-level changes in the South and West Pacific. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 17, 311-319.
Nunn, P.D. and Finau, F.T. 1995. Late Holocene emergence history of Tongatapu island, South Pacific. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 39, 69-95.
Radford, D., Blong, R., d’Aubert, A.M., Kuhnel, I. and Nunn, P.D. 1995. The incidence of tropical cyclones in the southwest Pacific region 1920-1994. Townsville, Australia: Greenpeace International, 35 pp.
Yamada, K., Nunn, P.D., Mimura, N., Machida, S. and Yamamoto, M. 1995. Methodology for the assessment of vulnerability to sea level rise and climate change for South Pacific countries. Journal of Global Environmental Engineering, 1, 101-125.
1994 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1994. Oceanic Islands. Oxford, Blackwell. 418 pp.
Nunn, P.D. 1994. Beyond the naive lands: human history and environmental change in the Pacific Basin. In: Waddell, E. and Nunn, P.D. (editors). The Margin Fades: Geographical Itineraries in a World of Islands. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of the South Pacific, 5-27.
Nunn, P.D. 1994. Sea levels and coastal protection. SOPAC Miscellaneous Report 177, 179-180.
Nunn, P.D. 1994. Review of “Karolle, B.C. Atlas of Micronesia, 2nd edition”. ISLA: A Journal of Micronesian Studies, 2, 325-330.
Nunn, P.D. 1994. Environmental change and the early settlement of Pacific Islands. East-West Center, Hawaii, Working Papers, Environmental Series 39, 31 pp.
Nunn, P.D. and Naqasima, M.R. 1994. Environmental change around Eluvuka (Treasure Island), Mamanuca group, western Fiji: results of 1993 coral, algal and sediment surveys and water testing. The University of the South Pacific, Institute of Applied Sciences, Environmental Studies Report 71, 25 pp.
Nunn, P.D., Ravuvu, A.D., Aalbersberg, W., Mimura, N. and Yamada, K. 1994. Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability and Resilience to Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change. Case Study: Yasawa Islands, Fiji. Phase 2: Development of Methodology. Apia, Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 118 pp.
Nunn, P.D., Ravuvu, A.D., Balogh, E., Mimura, N. and Yamada, K. 1994. Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability and Resilience to Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change. Case Study: Savai’i Island, Western Samoa. Phase 2: Development of Methodology. Apia, Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 109 pp.
Waddell, E. and Nunn, P.D. 1994. (editors). The Margin Fades: Geographical Itineraries in a World of Islands. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of the South Pacific, 297 pp.
Waddell, E. and Nunn, P.D. 1994. A view from the islands. In: Waddell, E. and Nunn, P.D. (editors). The Margin Fades: Geographical Itineraries in a World of Islands. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of the South Pacific, 1-3.
1993 Academic Publications
Aalbersberg, W. and Nunn, P.D. 1993. Review of impact studies in the South Pacific region. In: Hay, J. and Kaluwin, C. (editors). Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the South Pacific Region. Apia, Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 94-96.
Aalbersberg, W., Nunn, P.D. and Ravuvu, A.D. (editors). 1993. Climate and Agriculture in the Pacific Islands: Future Perspectives. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of the South Pacific, 80 pp.
Nunn, P.D. 1993. Recent warming of the Pacific region. In: Aalbersberg, W., Nunn, P.D. and Ravuvu, A.D. (editors). Climate and Agriculture in the Pacific Islands: Future Perspectives. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of the South Pacific, 7-19.
Nunn, P.D. 1993. Recent sea-level changes in the Pacific with emphasis on the evidence for recent sea-level rise in Fiji. In: Aalbersberg, W., Nunn, P.D. and Ravuvu, A.D. (editors). Climate and Agriculture in the Pacific Islands: Future Perspectives. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, The University of the South Pacific, 53-57.
Nunn, P.D. 1993. The role of Porolithon algal-ridge growth in the development of the windward coast of Tongatapu island, Tonga, South Pacific. Earth-Surface Processes and Landforms, 18, 427-439.
Nunn, P.D. 1993. Gold in the Southwest Pacific (book review). Review, 20, p 102.
Nunn, P.D. 1993. Facts, fallacies and the future in the island Pacific. In: Waddell, E., Naidu, V. and Hau’ofa, E. (editors). A New Oceania: Rediscovering Our Sea of Islands. Suva:, School of Social and Economic Development, The University of the South Pacific, 112-115.
Nunn, P.D. and Naqasima, M.R. 1993. Recent coral-reef growth and sedimentation around Eluvuka (Treasure Island), Mamanuca group, western Fiji. The University of the South Pacific, Institute of Applied Sciences, Environmental Studies Report 64, 25 p.
Nunn, P.D., Ravuvu, A.D., Kay, R.C. and Yamada, K. 1993. Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability and Resilience to Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change: Case Study: Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Phase I: Concepts and Approach. Apia, Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 171 p.
1992 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1992. Geomorphology of the Astrolabe Islands. In: Morrison, R.J. and Naqasima, M.R. (editors). Fiji’s Great Astrolabe Reef and Lagoon: A Baseline Study. The University of the South Pacific, Institute of Natural Resources, Environmental Studies Report 56, 47-64.
Nunn, P.D. 1992. Keimami sa vakila na liga ni Kalou (Feeling the hand of God): human and nonhuman impacts on Pacific island environments. East-West Center, Occasional Paper (2nd revised edition), 13, 69 p.
Nunn, P.D. and Waddell, E. 1992. Implications of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise for the Kingdom of Tonga. Apia, Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Reports and Studies 58, 39 p.
1991 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1991. Keimami sa vakila na liga ni Kalou (Feeling the hand of God): human and nonhuman impacts on Pacific island environments. East-West Center, Occasional Paper, 13, 68 p.
Nunn, P.D. 1991. Tectonic environments of Fiji. United Nations ESCAP, CCOP/SOPAC Technical Bulletin 7, 67-76.
Nunn, P.D. 1991. Sea-level changes during the last 8000 years in Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa: implications for future coastline development. United Nations ESCAP, CCOP/SOPAC Technical Bulletin 7, 79-90.
Nunn, P.D. 1991. Causes of environmental changes on Pacific islands in the last millennium: implications for decision makers. In: Johnston, T.R.R. and Flenley, J.R. (editors). Aspects of Environmental Change. Palmerston North: Massey University, 63-74.
Nunn, P.D., Ollier, C.D. and Rawaico, N.B. 1991. Caves of eastern Fiji. Helictite, 29, 42-47.
1990 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Coastal processes and landforms of Fiji and their bearing on Holocene sea-level changes in the south and west Pacific. Journal of Coastal Research, 6, 279-310.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Coastal geomorphology of Beqa and Yanuca islands, South Pacific Ocean, and its significance for the tectonic history of the Vatulele-Beqa Ridge. Pacific Science, 44, 348-365.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Warming of the South Pacific since 1880: evidence, causes and implications. Journal of Pacific Studies, 15, 35-50.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Recent environmental changes on Pacific islands. The Geographical Journal, 156, 125-140.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Effects of global warming on South Pacific islands, 1900-2100. In: Streets, D.G. and Siddiqi, T.A. (editors). Responding to the Threat of Global Warming: Options for the Pacific and Asia. Argonne, USA: Argonne National Laboratory, 5.63-5.107.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Potential impacts of projected sea-level rise on Pacific island states (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga and Western Samoa). In: Pernetta, J.C. and Hughes, P.J. (editors). Implications of expected climate changes in the South Pacific region: an overview. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies, 128, 127-148.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Recent coastline changes and their implications for future changes in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa. In: Pernetta, J.C. and Hughes, P.J. (editors). Implications of expected climate changes in the South Pacific region: an overview. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies, 128, 149-160.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Review of Perspectives on Applied Physical Geography by J.E. Oliver, S.L. Stover, M.D. Nellis and C.E. Bussing. The Environmentalist, 10, 312.
Nunn, P.D. 1990. Coastal evolution in the Quaternary: report from the Pacific islands working group. In: van de Plassche, O. (editor). Annual Report, IGCP Project 274. Amsterdam, Free University, 48-49.
Rodda, P. and Nunn, P.D. 1990. Emerged microatolls off Government House, Suva. Fiji Mineral Resources Department, Note BP1/92, 6 p.
1989 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1989. Review of An Introduction to Theoretical Geomorphology by Colin E. Thorn (Unwin Hyman). Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 14, 242-243.
Nunn, P.D. 1989. Review of The Behavior of the Earth by Claude Allègre (Harvard University Press). Progress in Physical Geography, 13, 462-464.
1988 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1988. Vatulele: a study in the geomorphological development of a Fiji island. Fiji Mineral Resources Department, Memoir 2. Suva, Government Printer, 99 p.
Nunn, P.D. 1988. Plate boundary tectonics and oceanic island geomorphology. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementband 69, 39-53.
Nunn, P.D. 1988. Recent environmental changes along south-west Pacific coasts and the prehistory of Oceania: developments of the work of the late John Gibbons. Journal of Pacific Studies, 14, 42-58.
Nunn, P.D. 1988. Fiji. In: Walker, H.J. (editor). Artificial Structures and Shorelines. Dordrecht, Kluwer for International Geographical Union, Commission on the Coastal Environment, 435-442.
Nunn, P.D. 1988. Vertical displacement of late Cenozoic shorelines on Lau Ridge (Fiji) islands: implications for regional geotectonic development. Journal of Pacific Studies, 14, 163-172.
Nunn, P.D. 1988. Uplift and subsidence in Fiji: a case study of Vatulele, with implications for earthquake activity in southern Fiji. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 1-4, 44-60.
1987 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1987. Small islands and geomorphology: review and prospect in the context of historical geomorphology. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series 12, 227-239.
Nunn, P.D. 1987. Late Cenozoic tectonic history of Lau Ridge, Southwest Pacific, and associated shoreline displacements: review and analysis. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 30, 241-260.
Nunn, P.D. 1987. Relative sea-level changes: threats to Pacific island environments. Review, 8, 2-8.
Nunn, P.D. 1987. Sea-level and tectonic changes in the Pacific Basin, with emphasis on Holocene changes in Fiji. Domodomo (Scholarly Journal of the Fiji Museum), 5, 4-15.
1986 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1986. Implications of migrating geoid anomalies for the interpretation of high-level fossil coral reefs. Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 97, 946-952.
1984 Academic Publications
Brunsden, D. and Nunn, P.D. 1984. Geomorphological projects on expeditions. In: Winser, N. de N. (editor). Expedition Planners’ Handbook and Directory 1984/5. London, Royal Geographical Society, 88-92.
Nunn, P.D. 1984. Occurrence and ages of low-level platforms and associated deposits on South Atlantic coasts: appraisal of evidence for regional Holocene high sea level. Progress in Physical Geography, 8, 32-60.
Nunn, P.D. 1984. Review of evidence for late Tertiary shorelines occurring on South Atlantic coasts. Earth-Science Reviews, 20, 185-210.
Nunn, P.D. 1984. Evidence for late Quaternary sea-level change around St. Helena island, South Atlantic Ocean. Catena, 11, 187-195.
1983 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1983. St. Helena’s ancient shores. The Geographical Magazine, London, 55, 252-257.
Nunn, P.D. 1983. Impressions of St. Helena. Bloomsbury Geographer, 11, 25-32.
Nunn, P.D. 1983. The development of the River Thames in central London during the Flandrian. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series 8, 187-213.
1982 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. (editor). 1982. Final Report of the 1981 University College London Expedition to St. Helena. London: University College London, 261 p.
Nunn, P.D. 1982. The geomorphology of St. Helena. In: Nunn, P.D. (editor). Final Report of the 1981 University College London Expedition to St. Helena. London: University College London, 16-44.
Nunn, P.D. 1982. Late Cenozoic eustatic and tectonic changes around the island of St. Helena and their relationship to the physical history of the coast of West Africa. Association sénégalaise pour l’étude du Quaternaire africain, Bulletin liaison, Sénégal, 66-67, 59-70.
1981 Academic Publications
Nunn, P.D. 1981. Palissy, de Maillet and Voltaire: some incipient ideas in the philosophy of geomorphology. Bloomsbury Geographer, 10, 17-21.
Nunn, P.D. 1981. High level river terraces in south London. Quaternary Newsletter, 36, 9-15.