Name: Matt Pomeroy

Project Title: Salt and water movement in a capillary barrier, Gove, N.T.
 

Postgraduate Degree: PhD
 

Country of Origin: Australia
 

Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Bing So, Assoc. Prof. Neal Menzies, Dr. David Mulligan

 

Project Outline: This project investigates the use of mine waste as a potential plant growth medium for the highly alkaline bauxite residue; red mud.  This will include:

1. Leaching of sand fraction

2. Addition of salts through diffusion and breakdown of zeolite minerals

3. A water balance model of the layered system.