Dr Maree Corkeron
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Research theme: Environment Research discipline: Biogeoscience Areas of expertise- Basin analysis and sedimentary systems
- Precambrian sedimentology
- Neoproterozoic glaciation
- Precambrian carbonate rocks
- Carbonate geochemistry
- Geomedicine
- Coal/CSG/UCG in Qld Basins
Grants
- 2008-2011: Townsville Hospital Private Practice Study, Research and Education Trust. Geological substrate, soil types and other environmental controls on the occurrence of Meliodosis hot-spots in the Townsville region.
Selected research projects
- Precambrian stromatolites; ecosystems, sedimentation, geochemistry
- Neoproterozoic glaciation, climate change and sedimentation
- Mechanisms of Precambrian carbonate precipitation
- Trace element geochemistry of microbialites
- Palaeogeography and provenance in the Bowen Basin
- Relationships between disease distribution and geological substrate.
Personal details
Discipline
Other Earth Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Western Aust.)
Professional memberships and associations
- Geological Society of Australia
- International Association of Sedimentologist
- Geological Society of America
- Pestroleum Exploration Society of Australia
- Bowen Basin Geologists Group
- International Association of Medical Geology
Teaching
Tecahing discipline: Biogeoscience
Teaching areas
Teaching areas
- Sedimentology
- Basin Analysis
- Geological Field Mapping
- Coal geology
Experience
Senior Geoscientist 2012-1016
C&R Consulting Geochemical and Hydrobiological Solutions
Townsville, Queensland
Rio Tinto - QUT Northern Bowen Basin research projects (honours) 2010-2011
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C&R Consulting Geochemical and Hydrobiological Solutions
Townsville, Queensland
Rio Tinto - QUT Northern Bowen Basin research projects (honours) 2010-2011
Publications
- Corkeron M, Norton R, Nelson P, (2010) Spatial analysis of melioidosis distribution in a suburban area, Epidemiology and Infection, 138 (9) p1346
- Corkeron M, (2008) Deposition and palaeogeography of a glacigenic neoproterozoic succession in the east Kimberley, Australia, Sedimentary Geology, 204 (3-4) p61
QUT ePrints
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Research projects
- Title
- A Screening Human Health Risk Assessment for Developing Coal Seam Gas Water Resources in Queensland Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP100200462
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Environmental Health; Health Risk Assessment; CSG Water; Coal Seam Gas Water; Ecosystem Health; Water Quality