Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0214954

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0214954

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Optimizing mine floor ripping strategies for diverse regolith types to enhance rehabilitation success. The aim of the project is to identify poorly structured subsoils developed in regolith materials in rehabilitated bauxite mines and develop procedures for minimising the effects of poor soil structure on tree growth. Well structured regolith types will also be identified as sites requiring less ripping. Large-scale field trials will be established to examine the impact of ripping on different regolith types. Methods will be developed to enable prediction of regolith structure based on instumented rippers, drill hole data and remote sensing. Greater success of revegetation practices and a decrease in annual ripping costs ($1.3 m) are anticipated.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-2002

End Date: 12-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $181,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Natural Resource Management | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Rehabilitation of degraded mining lands |

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