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Gordon Southam

University of Queensland

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Scholarly Papers (5)

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Microbial driven mineral weathering in alkaline iron ore tailings is enhanced by plant mulch of high biodegradability

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Nov 2025
Lachlan M. Robertson, Songlin Wu, Fang You, Narottam Saha, Gordon Southam, Ting-Shan Chan and Longbin Huang
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Queensland, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) - National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Research Center and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Technosol, iron ore tailings, mulch biodegradability, mineral weathering, organo-mineral association

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The Role of Plants in Ironstone Evolution: Iron and Aluminium Cycling in the Rhizosphere

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Sep 2023
Anat Paz, Emma J. Gagen, Alan Levett, Michael W.M. Jones, Peter M. Kopittke and Gordon Southam
University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, University of Queensland and University of Queensland
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Canga, rhizosphere, plant-microbe-rock interactions, iron cycling, iron ore, synchrotron

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The Effect of Hydrophobicity on Bacterial Colonisation and Bioleaching of Chalcopyrite

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Oct 2022
Heike Bostelmann and Gordon Southam
University of Queensland and University of Queensland
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chalcopyrite, contact vs non-contact leaching, hydrophobicity, cell attachment, bacteria-mineral interactions

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Kinetic, Electrochemical and Spectral Characterization of Bacterial and Archaeal Rusticyanins; Unexpected Stability Issues and Consequences for Applications in Biotechnology

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Feb 2024
Liam A. Wilson, Jamie N. Melville, Marcelo M. Pedroso, Stefan Krco, Julian Zaugg, Gordon Southam, Bernardino Virdis, Paul Evans, Jeffrey R. Harmer, Gene Tyson, Alice Clark, Gerhard Schenk and Paul V. Bernhardt
University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, University of Queensland, University of Queensland - School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences and University of Queensland
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Type-1 copper proteins, rusticyanin, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, bioleaching, electron transfer, ancestral sequence reconstruction.

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Beyond Acid-Base Accounting: Integrated Characterisation of Coal Tailings for Improved AMD Reactivity Prediction and Closure Planning

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 03 Jun 2026
Abdulraheem Okehi Anumah, Samadhi Gunathunga, Wenqiang Zhang, Mandana Shaygan, Gordon Southam and Mansour Edraki
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Coal mine tailings, Mineral liberation analysis, Pyrite oxidation susceptibility, Soil water characteristic curve, Microbial community structure, Acid mine drainage prediction