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Date: 05/04/2018
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Speaker:
Rezaul Karim
Supervisors:
Review Panel:
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Title:
This project will investigate the fate of nutrients and pesticides that leach through the
vadose zone under a sugarcane field in the Wet Tropics. This investigation will
involve the application of a vadose zone monitoring system (VMS) which has not
previously been installed in Australia or in Wet Tropical environments. Using this
VMS system, the temporal and spatial distribution of nutrients and pesticides in the
vadose zone will be studied. The information obtained from the VMS will be
combined with information obtained from soil samples and nearby bores in order to
assess lag times between agrochemical application and groundwater contamination.
Finally, a mathematical model will be constructed to simulate the physical and
chemical processes occurring in the vadose zone.