Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160101379
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Groundwater organic matter: carbon source or sink? The contribution of organic matter in groundwater to the global terrestrial carbon budget is unknown. This project aims to determine the processes that control the amount of groundwater organic matter by using six research bore-fields and laboratory facilities to analyse the concentration and character of both dissolved and colloidal organic matter. This is designed to determine the rate and extent of both the biological and the physiochemical processes determining groundwater organic matter concentration. By quantifying the environmental conditions under which groundwater is a carbon source or sink, the project could guide policy to enable the management of the groundwater resource as part of the carbon economy.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2016
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $473,300.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Hydrogeology | Inorganic Geochemistry | Organic Geochemistry | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Land and Water Management of environments not elsewhere classified | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments (excl. Urban and Industrial Use) |
