Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0453280

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0453280

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Contemporary sulfur biomineralisation in acid sulfate soil landscapes. This project aims to generate fundamental knowledge on the processes, kinetics and impacts to water quality of contemporary sulfur biomineralisation in acid sulfate soil landscapes. Extreme concentrations of highly reactive sulfides are forming in the surface sediments of floodplain drains, wetlands and agricultural soils. The newly forming sulfides are linked to severe oxygen depletion and acidification of coastal rivers and the complete failure of floodplain vegetation, leaving soils susceptible to erosion. The proposed study will greatly advance our understanding of how our precious coastal floodplain soil and water resources are being degraded, and will guide better land management.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2004

End Date: 06-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $225,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Chemistry | Environmental Science and Management | Mineralogy And Crystallography | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Physical and chemical conditions | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas

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