Project description
Knowledge of subsurface contamination distribution is required for environmental remediation and risk management. Contamination (e.g., heavy metals, organic contaminants) in subsurface changes redox conditions, which can lead to electrical potential anomaly. This anomaly can be picked up by electrical self-potential measurements from the surface. The project will be an international collaborative research between Flinders University (Ilka Wallis, Huade Guan) and Colorado School of Mines (Kamini Singha). The project will be either lab- and/or field-based. One possibility is to test the method at a PCE and TCE contamination site with EPA.
Co-supervisors
https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/ilka.wallis
Further information
The EPA site: https://www.epa.sa.gov.au/environmental_info/site_contamination/assessment_areas/ethelton
Assumed knowledge
A Bachelor degree in environment, chemistry, physics, engineering or other related fields
Industry involvement
EPA
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