Groundwater Systems

Research topic "Groundwater Systems" is further divided into following sections:

• groundwater occurrence and movement
• aquifer properties
• recharge / discharge processes
• geophysical methods

Involved research staff

• Malcolm Cox - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 1649 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: m.cox@qut.edu.au
• Les Dawes - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering / Urban Development
  telephone: 07 3138 2776 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: l.dawes@qut.edu.au
• Mark Dwyer - Faculty of Science / Mathematical Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 4382 mobile: 0431 255 691 e-mail: m2.dwyer@qut.edu.au
• Ashantha Goonetilleke - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering / Urban Development
  telephone: 07 3138 1539 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: a.goonetilleke@qut.edu.au
• Peter Grace - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2610 mobile: 0434 609 099 fax: 3138 2330 e-mail: pr.grace@qut.edu.au
• David Gust - Faculty of Science / School of Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2217 e-mail: d.gust@qut.edu.au
• Andrew Hammond - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 4185 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: ap.hammond@qut.edu.au
• Gary Huftile - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 4470 fax: 07 3138 2330 e-mail: g.huftile@qut.edu.au
• Fawang Liu - Faculty of Science / Mathematical Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 5194 mobile: 0410 688679 fax: 07 3138 2310 e-mail: f.liu@qut.edu.au
• James J Smith - Faculty of Science / School of Life Sciences
  telephone: 61 7 3138 4238 fax: 61 7 3138 1534 e-mail: jj.smith@qut.edu.au
• Ian Turner - Faculty of Science / Mathematical Sciences
  telephone: +61 7 3138 2259 fax: +61 7 3138 2310 e-mail: i.turner@qut.edu.au
• Robert Webb - Faculty of Built Environment an Engineering / Urban Development
  telephone: 07 3138 2434 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: r.webb@qut.edu.au
• Keith Weier - Faculty of Science / Institute for Sustainable Resources
  telephone: 07 5478 6336 mobile: 0428 193 256 e-mail: kg.weier@bigpond.com

Related research projects

• Pumicestone Consortium Coastal Groundwater Discharge
  - Groundwater testing and monitoring network in coastal areas of southern Pumicestone Passage. Collaborative investigations with local government and industry.
  project time frame: 2004-2006
  project budget: $61 500
  project participants: Malcolm Cox, Andrew Hammond
   
• QUT Strategic Links Industry Scheme - Pumicestone Consortium
  - Tied to Pumicestone consortium funds, QUT funding for establishing bores network
  project time frame: 2005-2006
  project budget: $10, 250
  project participants: Malcolm Cox
   
• Gooburrum Salinity Simulation
  - Visualisations of the NRM&E conceptual model of the Gooburrum groundwater area will be built using the extensive data that has already been collected by NRM&E and advanced three-dimensional visualisation environments including, immersive stereoscopic models. These visualisations will take advantage of the QPSF VISAC facility.
  project participants: Mark Dwyer
   
• Monitoring coastal groundwater
  - QUT Strategic Link with Industry
  project time frame: 2006-2006
  project budget: $27,310
  project participants: Malcolm Cox, Andrew Hammond
   
• Environmental controls over Fe availability and transport in a forested coastal catchment
  - ARC Linkage project with Forest Plantations Queensland
  project time frame: 2006-2008
  project budget: $253,000 (ARC) $114,294 (FPQ)
  project participants: Malcolm Cox, Peter Grace, Andrew Hammond, James J Smith
   

Publications

• Liu, F.; Turner, I.; Anh, V; Su, N: A two-dimensional finite volume method for transient simulation of time - and scale-dependent transport in heterogeneous aquifer systems - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, Vol. 11, No. 1-2, p.215-241, 2003
• Liu, F.; Turner, I.; Anh, V: An Unstructured Mesh Finite Volume Method for Modelling Saltwater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers - Korean J. Comput. & Appl. Math., 9(2) 2002, 391-407.
• Carroll, S; Goonetilleke, A.: Assessment of High Density of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems on a Shallow Groundwater Coastal Aquifer using PCA - Environmetrics 16(3): 257-274, 2004
• Koch, T.J.; Gust, D.; Lyons, W.B: Geochemistry of Radon-rich Waters from Two-Mica Granites - Proceedings of FOCUS Conference of Eastern Regional Ground Water Issues, Stanford CT, National Water Well Association, 1988
• Ezzy T.; Cox, M.; O'Rourke A.; Huftile, G.: Groundwater flow modelling within a coastal alluvial plain setting using a high resolution hydrofacies approach - Hydrogeology Journal, 14, 675-688, 2006
• Harbison J; Cox, M.: Hydrological characteristics of groundwater in a subtropical coastal plain with large variations in salinity: Pimpama, Queensland, Australia - Hydrological Sciences Journal, 47, 4, 651-665, 2002
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Sediment-water interaction, acidity and other water quality parameters in a subtropical setting, Pimpama River, southeast Queensland - Environmental Geology, 39, 3-4, 319-329, 2000
• Webb, R.; Cox, M.; Hammond, A.: Spatial measurements to support groundwater monitoring in coastal settings, Southeast Queensland - Combined 5th Trans Tasman Survey Conference & 2nd Queensland Spatial Industry Conference 2006 - Cairns, 18-23 September 2006. Land and Sea Spatially Connected - In A Tropical Hub, 2006, paper 036, 9pp.
• Locsey K.L.; Cox, M.: Statistical and hydrochemical methods to compare basalt and basement rock-hosted groundwaters: Atherton Tablelands, north-eastern Australia - Environmental Geology, 43, 698-713, 2003
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Trace metals in acid sediments and waters, Pimpama River, southeast Queensland - Environmental Geology, 40, 6, 755-768, 2001
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