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Associate Professor Sue Golding's research interests are in the fields of: Ore deposit geology and geochemistry, application of stable isotope geochemistry to minerals and energy exploration, coalseam methane, geosequestration, K-Ar dating of thermal and fluid flow events, salt and water balances on mine sites, geomicrobiology and astrobiology. Sue Golding received her PhD from The University of Queensland. She has been involved with resource exploration and stable isotope geochemistry research since 1977, following some 8 years industry experience in Australia and Africa. Building on this industry background Golding has combined field and laboratory studies to build an interdisciplinary research program with emphasis on hydrothermal systems and mineral and fossil fuel resources. An important new research direction in the last ten years is in the area of energy and environmental technologies for the coal bed methane and coal mining industries, which rely on the use of natural isotopic tracers to understand geochemical and hydrochemical processes. In addition Golding has a long standing interest in the early Earth carbon and sulfur cycles and is currently using multiple sulfur isotope records in ancient sedimentary rocks and hydrothermal systems to establish the origin of different sulfur metabolisms and their role in geochemical changes in the rock record through time.
Her current research projects include:
1. Sequestration of CO2 with enhanced methane recovery from deep coal;
2. Understanding salt dynamics to facilitate water reuse on coal mines;
3. Thermal evolution, timing and chemistry of fluid flow events in the Lawn Hill Platform, Mt Isa Basin, northern Australia;
4. Microscopic and analytical study of extreme thermophile bacteria in simulated environments compared to organic matter in early Earth hydrothermal systems; and
5. Early history of the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere using mutiple sulfur and carbon isotope records in Archaean seafloor environments.
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Science and Technology: Isotope Geochemistry, Science and Technology: Economic Geology, Science and Technology: Carbon Sequestration, Science and Technology: Greenhouse Gases, Science and Technology: Mass Spectrometry, Science and Technology: Mineralogy, Science and Technology: Petrology, Science and Technology: Geochemistry, Science and Technology: Geology, Science and Technology: Biogeochemistry, Science and Technology: Environmental Studies, Energy: Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Energy: Fossil Fuels, Coal, Energy: Exploration/Reserves, Energy, Energy: Environmental Effects, Fossil Energy, Energy: Energy Geosciences, Energy: Methane, Energy: Carbon Dioxide |
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