Murray Basin: A unique archive of late Neogene global change

盐碱化、土壤侵蚀、地下水枯竭和地表水退化只是墨累-达令盆地面临的几个相互关联的环境问题。 这些问题需要了解浅层地下水、盐和地表水与近地表沉积物相互作用的方式。 该项目旨在更好地了解墨累盆地近地表沉积物的性质及其形成方式。 如果我们能理解盆地是如何形成的（在现代环境中），我们可能会更好地理解它在受到人为变化（如地下水使用量增加等）时的行为方式。

Salinization, soil erosion, groundwater depletion and surface water degradation are but a few of the inter-related environmental problems facing the Murray-Darling Basin. These problems require an understanding of the way in which shallow groundwater, salts and surface water interact with near-surface sediments. This project is aimed at a better understanding the nature of those near-surface sediments in the Murray Basin and how they were formed. If we can understand how the basin came to be the way it is (in the modern setting), we may better understand the way it might behave when subject to man-made changes like increased groundwater usage, etc.