Research Programs
Program 4:
Salinity mapping and hazard assessment
Program Leader:
Dr Ken Lawrie, Geoscience Australia, Canberra
ph: 61 2 6249 9847
fax: 61 2 6249 9930
email: ken.lawrie@ga.gov.au
Program 4 applies regolith science to the mapping,
assessment and prediction of salinity stores and discharges, in
both regolith materials and groundwater. The founding objective
is to provide specialist geoscientific knowledge, technologies,
datasets, interpretation products and services to other agencies
operating through the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water
Quality (NAPSWQ). Research outcomes are applied to engineering mitigation
proposals; land-use considerations, and landscape re-design strategies.
Projects include both specialist contractual site studies generally
funded under the NAPSWQ scheme and commissioned by NRM agencies;
or strategic research into generic processes such as salinity hazard
mapping, salt stores and mobility, aquifer parameters and groundwater
flow models. A key component of research is application of electrical
and electromagnetic technologies to the mapping of salt stores in
regolith and groundwater.
Go to Research Updates to read about recent advances in
Program 4.
2007-08 Projects - Program 4
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