Adjunct Professor
Malcolm Cox
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
3D visualisation geological systems, Hydrogeology, Groundwater chemistry, Environmental geochemistry, Stable isotope hydrology
Research field
Other Earth Sciences, Geochemistry, Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Auckland)
- MS (University of Hawaii)
- BA (Macquarie University)
Professional memberships and associations
- International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
- Geological Society of Australia (GSA)
- Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)
Teaching
Teaching areas:
- Groundwater Systems NQB614
- Honours and Graduate Diploma
- Master of Applied Science (SC80)
- PhD
Publications
- Cox, M., James, A., Hawke, A. & Raiber, M. (2013). Groundwater Visualisation System (GVS): A software framework for integrated display and interrogation of conceptual hydrogeological models, data and time-series animation. Journal of Hydrology, 491(1), 56–72. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/59241
- Loehr, S. & Cox, M. (2012). The influence of vegetation and soil type on the speciation of iron in soil water. European Journal of Soil Science, 63(3), 377–388. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/51416
- Locsey, K., Preda, M. & Cox, M. (2012). Water-rock interactions: An investigation of the relationships between mineralogy and groundwater composition and flow in a subtropical basalt aquifer. Aquatic Geochemistry, 18(1), 45–75. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/51418
- Larsen, G. & Cox, M. (2011). Hydrochemical and isotopic characterisation of groundwaters to define aquifer type and connectivity in a subtropical coastal setting, Fraser Coast, Queensland. Environmental Earth Sciences, 64(7), 1885–1909. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52084
- Cox, M., James, A., Raiber, M., Taulis, M. & Hawke, A. (2011). North Stradbroke Island 3D Hydrology: Groundwater systems overview. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 117, 65–83. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52439
- Hodgkinson, J., Cox, M. & McLoughlin, S. (2008). Coupling mineral analysis with conceptual groundwater flow modelling: The source and fate of iron, aluminium and manganese in a back-barrier island. Chemical Geology, 251(1-4), 77–98. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/30893
- McNeil, V. & Cox, M. (2007). Defining the Climatic Signal in Stream Salinity Trends Using The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation And Its Rate of Change. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11(4), 1295–1307. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15055
- Hodgkinson, J., Cox, M. & McLoughlin, S. (2007). Groundwater Mixing In a Sand-Island Freshwater Lens: Density-Dependent Flow And Stratigraphic Controls. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54(7), 927–946. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/42843
- Ezzy, T., Cox, M., O'Rourke, A. & Huftile, G. (2006). Groundwater Flow Modelling Within a Coastal Alluvial Plain Setting Using a High-Resolution Hydrofacies Approach; Bells Creek Plain, Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 14(5), 675–688. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/22799
- Mcneil, V., Cox, M. & Preda, M. (2005). Assessment of Chemical Water Types and their Spatial Variation Using Multi-Stage Cluster Analysis, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Hydrology, 310(1 - 4), 181–200. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/10278
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Scientific Co-Chair of the IAH 2013 Congress (40th International Congress) held in Perth 16-20 September, 2013.
- Type
- Membership of Learned Societies
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) 2009-2013: President of Queensland Branch and Member IAH National Committee 1995-1997: Member IAH National Committee & Editor IAH National Newsletter1994: President of Queensland Branch
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Involved in planning for the 34th IGC2012 (International Geological Congress2012) in Brisbane, August, 2012, and Co-Convenor of the groundwater sessions (http://www.34igc.org/).
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- In 2006 received the Neville Stevens Award from the Queensland Branch GSA for service to the geological community and government
Selected research projects
- Title
- National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training - QUT Component (NCGRT)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- NCGRT
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Hydrology; Groundwater; Vegetation; Climate Interactions
- Title
- Cressbrook alluvial aquifer: hydrological processes and isotopic character
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ALNGRA12106
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- C-14 And Tritium; Queensland Catchment; Groundwater; Isotope Dating; Recharge
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Hydrogeological framework, conceptual and numerical groundwater flow model of Laidley Creek catchment, Queensland, Australia (2013)
- A catchment modelling approach integrating surface and groundwater processes, land use and distribution of nutrients: Elimbah Creek, Southeast Queensland (2012)
- Determination of coastal ground and surface water processes and character by use of hydrochemistry and stable isotopes, Fraser Coast, Queensland (2012)
- Controls on iron in soils and soil waters of a forested, coastal catchment in subtropical Australia (2011)
- The Influence of Climate Variability on Hydrological Processes and Surface and Groundwater Hydrochemistry: the Tropical Upper Roper River Catchment, Northern Territory, Australia (2011)
- Impacts of Climate, Topography and Weathering Profile on Vadose Zone Hydrology and Coastal Pine Plantation Management - a Multi-scale Investigation, South East Queensland, Australia (2008)
- Sedimentary Evolution, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of a Back-Barrier Sand Island: Toorbul, Southeast Queensland (2008)
- Groundwater Chemistry and Hydrological Processes within a Quaternary Coastal Plain: Pimpama, Southeast Queensland (2007)
- Integrated Approach to Characterisation of Coastal Plain Aquifers and Groundwater Flow Processes: Bells Creek Catchment, Southeast Queensland (2005)
- Hydrogeochemistry and Hydrology of a Basalt Aquifer System, the Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland (2004)