Environmental geochemistry
Hydrogeochemical modelling
Environmental isotopes
Geochemistry and mineralogy of mine waste
 

• Assessment of the potential for the direct revegetation of coal washery wastes: Curragh, Burton (Bowen Basin), Pikes Gully (Hunter Valley).

• Stable isotope geochemistry and hydrochemistry of acid mine drainage: Mount  Morgan, Queensland (with A/Professor Sue Golding, UQ Earth Sciences).

• Characterization, modelling and prediction of arsenic behaviour in the mine environment: derelict mines of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (with Dr Massimo Gasparon, UQ Earth Sciences).

• Developing sustainable solutions for the salt-affected lands arising from the disposal of produced formation water: southwest Queensland oil fields (with MPhil student Kate Secombe).

• In-pit disposal of tailings at coal mines: assessing consequences for local and regional groundwater quality  (with A/Professor David Lockington, UQ Environmental Engineering).

• Edraki, M., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A., and Lawrence, M. (2005). Hydrochemistry, mineralogy and sulfur isotope geochemistry of acid mine drainage at the Mount Morgan mine environment, Queensland, Australia. Applied Geochemistry, in press (available online).

• Edraki, M., and Golding, S. (2003). Stable isotope geochemistry of acid mine drainage: Implications in the assessment of contaminant sources at the Mount Morgan mine site and the Dee River catchment. In 'Acid rock drainage, application and sustainability of technologies' . Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage. Cairns, Australia, 14-17 July 2003.

• Edraki, M., Golding, S., Baublys, K., and Lawrence, M. (2003). Geochemical constraints on the evolution of acid drainage from the Mt Morgan gold-copper mine, central Queensland, 5th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry, 26-30 May 2003, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia.

• Edraki, M., Golding, S., and Baublys, K. 2002, Application of stable isotope techniques to the investigation of acid mine drainage, 9th Canadian Continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry workshop, Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, August 25-28.

• Edraki, M., Morrell, W. J., and Crawford, L., 2002. Field investigations -analytical results, ACARP project C9030, Report prepared for The Minserve Group Pty Ltd, Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, University of Queensland.

• Edraki M., Menzies, N.W., and Grigg, A. H. 2001. Evaluation of coal rejects as an alternative to topsoil at the Curragh open cut coal mine; a laboratory column leaching experiment and field monitoring, 26th Annual Minerals Council of Australia Environmental workshop, Adelaide, October 14-17.

• Edraki M. 2001. Stable isotope studies of the Biggenden Fe, Bi, Au skarn deposit, Southeast Queensland, in Centre for isotope studies 1995-2000 Research Report, Andrew A. S. and Seccombe P. K. eds. CSIRO, North Ryde, 46-50.

• Edraki, M., Menzies, N.W. and Grigg, A.H. (2001). Evaluation of coal rejects as an alternative to topsoil at the Curragh open-cut coal mine. Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, University of Queensland.

• Edraki, M., and Ashley, P. M., Towards a genetic model for the Biggenden Au-Bi-Fe skarn deposit, Queensland, Australia: Mineralogy, isotope geochemistry and fluid inclusion studies,   Economic Geology, submitted under review.