Project information
Project aim
Facilities for chemical analysis of environmental samples in Antarctica are limited, with samples frequently shipped at great expense to Australia for analysis. Development of a technique to concentrate metals from environmental samples into a thin film which can be easily transported to a laboratory for analysis is currently underway.
Related publications
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A study of metal and metalloid contaminant availability in Antarctic marine sediments Chemosphere, 2007
(Ref: 13265)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Previous studies of impacted sites near Casey Station, Antarctica, have revealed elevated concentrations of metals and metalloids, particularly Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb, Sn and Zn in marine sediments. However…
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Monitoring the remediation of a near shore waste disposal site in Antarctica using the amphipod Paramoera walkeri and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2006
(Ref: 12763)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The water quality of a marine embayment (Brown Bay) was monitored during the remediation of an abandoned waste disposal site at … Casey Station, East Antarctica, using a combination of biomonitoring and chemical methods. The Antarctic amphipod Paramoera walkeri…
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Monitoring during the remediation of Thala Valley waste disposal site at Casey Station, Antarctica: Informing the process and assessing ecological impacts. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006
(Ref: 12507)
Category 3: Abstract
In the Antarctic summer of 2003/04 Australia began the remediation of an abandoned waste … disposal site at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Waste material and contaminated soil were … removed via excavation and returned to Australia for appropriate treatment and disposal.