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 applied regolith science to the mapping,
assessment and prediction of salinity stores and discharges in
both regolith materials and groundwater. The founding objective
was to provide specialist geoscientific knowledge, technoloy,
datasets, interpretation products and services to other agencies
operating through the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water
Quality (NAPSWQ). Research outcomes were applied to engineering mitigation
proposals, land-use considerations and landscape re-design strategies.
Projects included 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 was 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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