B Environmental Science (Hons)

Contact details for Mr Benjamin Love bmlove74@yahoo.com.au

Thesis

Mapping Broadscale Wind Erosion in Desert Australia using field measurements, meteorological records and remote sensing

Description

The proposed PhD research program will estimate broadscale soil loss by wind erosion at the catchment scale by identification of source areas of wind eroded sediment and estimation of broadscale dust loads and concentrations. This will be achieved through the use of the Computational Environmental Modeling System and other at a high spatial resolution (up to 5km) within the Lower Murray Darling Catchment. Key Questions that will be addressed are:

1. What are the major source areas of dust entrainment within the catchment;
2. What is the estimated dust load from the catchment;
3. What is the estimated soil loss from the catchment;

Supervisor

Professor Grant McTainsh
Dr John Leys

Research expertise

• Multisizer Operation
• QEMSCAN Operation & Analysis
• Field sampling & monitoring in Soil Science

Teaching areas

• Environmental Planning (Lecturing and tutoring)