Current Research
• Metal Mobility in the Regolith (funded by CRC LEME)
Microbial influences on gold mobility
Chemistry of gold halide and hydroxy complexes using UV-Vis spectrophotometry
Solubility of native gold in brines
Robust methods for measuring low-level concentrations of gold in brines
Adsorption of metals on iron oxyhydroxides: The effect of chloride and sulphate on copper and zinc adsorption
Reactive transport experiments for Cu mobility through iron-rich regolith
Water-regolith interaction for metals and ferruginous regolith
Solubility of hemimorphite (hydrated zinc silicate) and the stability of low-temperature zinc alteration minerals
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Groundwater geochemistry for Mineral Exploration (funded by CRC LEME)
Density-driven convection, gold geochemistry and mineral exploration in the St. Ives goldfield, WA
Groundwater compositions in and around gold deposits in the Cobar region of NSW (The Peak Gold Mine) and Moolart Well region of WA (Newmont Mining)
Interpretation of groundwater geochemistry in northern Chile and northwestern India (Anglo American)
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The origin, nature and mobility of salt in the Bland Basin, NSW (funded by CRC LEME)
Groundwater and porewater compositions
Regolith characteristics and compositions
High-resolution 36-Cl measurements in unsaturated and saturated zones
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Sulphur cycling in inland acid sulphate soil environments (funded by CRC LEME)
Sulfur budgets in regolith
Oxidation and reduction rates for sulphur in regolith
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Geochemical evolution of alkaline salt-affected soils (funded by CRC LEME)
Groundwater, surface water and regolith geochemistry
Groundwater hydrology
Mineralogy and mineral characteristics for silicification and dolomitisation
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Hydrothermal geochemistry of copper in brines
UV-Vis spectrophotometry of Cu(I) and Cu(II) chloride complexes between 25 and 250 C
Cuprite solubility in chloride and acetate solutions between 50 and 250 C
Thermodynamic properties of copper complexes and the solubility of copper minerals up to 600 C
