Professor Thomas Baumgartl
Deputy Director, Future Regions Research Centre (FRRC)
Campus
Biography
Professor Thomas Baumgartl is co-director of the Future Regions Research Centre at Federation University and also heads the Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Engineering Research Group (GHERG) at Federation University. He has worked previously at the University of Kiel, Germany and at the Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation at the University of Queensland, Australia. Thomas has a degree in Geo-ecology (University of Bayreuth, Germany) and is an environmental scientist with specialisation in soil hydrology and soil mechanics. He has many years of experience working nationally and internationally on mining industry and government funded projects.
His research interests focus on mine closure and exploring solutions for the construction of stable landforms. Understanding the evolution of soils, exploring options for the revitalisation of degraded land, the role of soil carbon and the impact of climate change in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum complement his research interests.
Thomas is Editor-in-Chief for the Cambridge University Press journal Mine Closure and Transitions and also associate editor and editorial board member of several international journals and has organised symposia of international conferences related to land restoration of degraded land and mine rehabilitation.
- Publications
Soil heterogeneity and the challenge of identifying a trajectory of soil properties development at a mine rehabilitated site
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.still.2024.106056
Impact of Hillslope Agriculture on Soil Compaction and Seasonal Water Dynamics in a Temperate Vineyard
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/land13050588
Developing a holistic and collaborative approach for the archaeology of Australian South Sea Islanders in Queensland
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/arco.5330
Impact of Inline Polyacrylamide Polymer Flocculation on the Mechanical and Hydrological Properties of Saline Tailings
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/min14111180
Assessing the Post-Fire Recovery of Mined-Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/land13122253
Predictive modelling of slope reliability for a Victorian open pit mine using numerical and artificial intelligence techniques
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI reference: 10.36487/ACG_repo/2415_04
Description and assessment of a new high resolution erosion model for constructed landforms
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105928
Improving Soil Stability with Alum Sludge: An AI-Enabled Approach for Accurate Prediction of California Bearing Ratio
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/app13084934
Soil-Water Dynamics Investigation at Agricultural Hillslope with High-Precision Weighing Lysimeters and Soil-Water Collection Systems
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w15132398
Using Dye and Bromide Tracers to Identify Preferential Water Flow in Agricultural Hillslope Soil under Controlled Conditions
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w15122178
Long-term analysis of soil water regime and nitrate dynamics at agricultural experimental site: Field-scale monitoring and numerical modeling using HYDRUS-1D
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.108039
Quantification of Intra- vs. Inter-Row Leaching of Major Plant Nutrients in Sloping Vineyard Soils
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w15040759
Investigation of Hillslope Vineyard Soil Water Dynamics Using Field Measurements and Numerical Modeling
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w15040820
Leached Copper Correlation with Dissolved Organic Carbon in Sloped Vineyard Soil
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w15040800
Reclamation of Salt-Affected Land: A Review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/soilsystems6030061
Final Mine Void Forms and Future Land and Water Uses: Researching the Community Perspective
Community capacity to envisage a post-mine future: rehabilitation options for Latrobe Valley brown coal mines
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI reference: 10.36487/ACG_repo/2215_09
Investigation of the Attenuation and Release of Cu2+ Ions by Polymer-Treated Tailings
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/min12070846
Characterising soil physical properties of selected Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone in the Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101006
The impacts of high salinity and polymer properties on dewatering and structural characteristics of flocculated high-solids tailings
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130726
Soil organic carbon in rehabilitated coal mine soils as an indicator for soil health
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI reference: 10.36487/ACG_repo/2152_121
Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded land in arid and semiarid environments: Editorial
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/ldr.3640
ANC-BNC titrations and geochemical modeling for characterizing calcareous and siliceous mining waste
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/min11030257
An empirical analysis of sediment export dynamics from a constructed landform in the wet tropics
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w13081087
A small-scale test for rapid assessment of the soil development potential in post-mining soils
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.still.2021.105016
Lead mobilization and speciation in mining waste: Experiments and modeling
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/min11060606
Event-based deep drainage and percolation dynamics in Vertosols and Chromosols
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/hyp.13592
Modelling hydrological performance of a bauxite residue profile for deposition management of a storage facility
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w12071988
Inspection of open-pit mine drainage characteristics with a horizontal borehole camera
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI reference: 10.1088/1755-1315/727/1/012008
Mapping the cumulative impacts of long-term mining disturbance and progressive rehabilitation on ecosystem services
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137214
Simulation of the effect of climate variability on reclamation success of brine-affected soil in semi-arid environments
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/SU12010371
The effect of weathering on salt release from coal mine spoils
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/min9120760
Mineralogy of tailings: Challenges to usual routines of characterization
Quantifying rehabilitation risks for surface-strip coal mines using a soil compaction Bayesian network in South Africa and Australia: To demonstrate the R 2 AIN Framework
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/ieam.4128
Geochemical characteristics of rehabilitated tailings and associated seepages at Kidston gold mine, Queensland, Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/17480930.2017.1362542
Modeling the effect of soil physical amendments on reclamation and revegetation success of a saline-sodic soil in a semi-arid environment
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/15324982.2018.1510439
The effect of soil physical amendments on reclamation of a saline-sodic soil: Simulation of salt leaching using HYDRUS-1D
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/SR18047
Ecosystem services mapping uncertainty assessment: A case study in the Fitzroy basin mining region
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/w10010088
Mapping cumulative impacts of mining on sediment retention ecosystem service in an Australian mining region
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/13504509.2016.1277564
The application of natural landform analogy and geology-based spoil classification to improve surface stability of elevated spoil landforms in the Bowen Basin, Australia-A review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/ldr.2908
The potential of three halophytes (Tecticornia pergranulata, Sclerolaena longicuspis, and Frankenia serpyllifolia) for the rehabilitation of brine-affected soils
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/ldr.2954
A practical testing approach to predict the geochemical hazards of in-pit coal mine tailings and rejects
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.027
Quantitative differentiation of coal, char and soil organic matter in an Australian coal minesoil
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.tca.2017.02.006
Germination of Atriplex halimus seeds under salinity and water stress
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.02.050
Effect of physical amendments on salt leaching characteristics for reclamation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.01.007
Interaction of humic acid with Cu/Pb-Zn tailings of different degrees of weathering
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/sssaj2016.04.0110
How farmers, graziers, miners, and gas-industry personnel see their potential for coexistence in rural Queensland
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI reference: 10.2118/167016-PA
How farmers, graziers, miners, and gas industry personnel see their potential for co-existence in rural Queensland
Spatial Time Domain Reflectometry (spatial TDR) in geo-environmental engineering
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI reference: 10.1109/SAS.2014.6798953
Coupled mechanical-hydrological-chemical problems in elasto-plastic saturated soils and soft rocks using escript
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-94-007-1421-2_35
Soil moisture profile of a water-shedding cover design in central Queensland
Evaluation of the heterogeneity of constructed landforms for rehabilitation using lysimeters
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/vzj2009.0172
Hydraulic conductivity increases in a sodic clay soil in response to gypsum applications: Impacts of bulk density and cation exchange
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3182408f4f
Is rhizosphere remediation sufficient for sustainable revegetation of mine tailings?
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/aob/mcs115
Applying HYDRUS to Flow in a Sodic Clay Soil with Solution Composition-Dependent Hydraulic Conductivity
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/vzj2011.0137
Ecohydrological feedback as a land restoration tool in the semi-arid Brigalow Belt, QLD, Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.05.020
Long Term Performance of Hydrogeochemical Riverine Mine Tailings Deposition at Freeport Indonesia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s10230-012-0212-6
Geochemical assessments and classification of coal mine spoils for better understanding of potential salinity issues at closure
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1039/c3em30672k
Site-specific climate analysis elucidates revegetation challenges for post-mining landscapes in eastern Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.5194/bg-10-6545-2013
Hydropedology and ecohydrology of the brigalow belt, Australia: Opportunities for ecosystem rehabilitation in semiarid environments
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/vzj2013.03.0052
Selectivity and repeated use of nesting sites in a freshwater turtle
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00057
Understanding the salinity issue of coal mine spoils in the context of salt cycle
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s10653-013-9573-4
Tensile strain-rate dependency of pore water pressure and failure strength of soil
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/vzj2013.06.0098
Effects of soil water potential on germination of co-dominant Brigalow species: Implications for rehabilitation of water-limited ecosystems in the Brigalow Belt bioregion
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.04.015
Effects of surface properties of organic matters on cation adsorption in solution phase
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s11270-014-2100-0
Estimating input parameters for four infiltration models from basic soil, vegetation, and rainfall properties
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/sssaj2014.04.0122
Designing mine tailings for better environmental, social and economic outcomes: A review of alternative approaches
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.079
Germination of Acacia harpophylla (Brigalow) seeds in relation to soil water potential: Implications for rehabilitation of a threatened ecosystem
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.7717/peerj.268
Quantifying spatiotemporal dynamics of root-zone soil water in a mixed forest on subtropical coastal sand dune using surface ERT and spatial TDR
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.064
Modeling effects of canopy and roots on soil moisture and deep drainage
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/vzj2014.09.0131
The limited impact of vegetation on the water balance of mine waste cover systems in semi-arid Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/eco.1485
Are we getting accurate measurements of K<inf>sat</inf> for sodic clay soils?
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.04.015
RunCA: A cellular automata model for simulating surface runoff at different scales
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.09.003
Field evaluation of three modified infiltration models for the simulation of rainfall sequences
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000136
Organic amendment and plant growth improved aggregation in Cu/Pb-Zn tailings
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2136/sssaj2015.03.0091
The Impact of Underground Longwall Mining on Prime Agricultural Land: A Review and Research Agenda
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/ldr.2303
Energy from the foodbowl: Associated land-use conflicts, risks and wicked problems
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.01.011
Application of spatial time domain reflectometry measurements in heterogeneous, rocky substrates
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1088/1742-2132/13/5/758
The effect of particle size and mineral liberation on the acid generating potential of sulphidic waste rock
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1144/geochem2015-385
Contaminated land, ecological assessment, and remediation conference series (CLEAR 2012): Environmental pollution and risk assessments
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s11356-013-2194-8