Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP150100566

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP150100566

Funding Status
Closed

Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the .

Funded Activity Summary

Optimised field delineation of contaminated soils. This project seeks to cost-efficiently identify the contaminated areas of a soil site which will require remediation. There are many thousands of sites contaminated with metals and/or organics across urban and rural Australia and some tens of millions across the world. These sites pose a serious potential threat to human health. Detection (and remediation) of such sites is expensive. The project aims to deliver a cheaper method of detection through a novel combination of infra-red and X-ray spectroscopies combined with data-fused soil inference and optimised directed sampling and mapping. This is intended to reduce the economic barrier to detection and remediation, considerably hastening the removal of this health risk. Resulting novel technology could be transferred and commercialised internationally.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 24-05-2016

End Date: 23-05-2021

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $226,094.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Sciences | Environmental Impact Assessment | Land Capability and Soil Degradation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Urban and Industrial Environments | Urban Land Evaluation |

Other Keywords

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Urban and Industrial Environments | Environmental Impact Assessment | Land Capability and Soil Degradation | Soil Sciences | Urban Land Evaluation

Related Links