Prof Craig Simmons

Position/s:Director, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
School of the Environment
 Schultz Chair in the Environment
School of the Environment
Phone: +61 8 82015509
Email:
Location: Information, Science & Technology (328), Earth Sciences (316)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Craig Simmons is Professor of Hydrogeology at Flinders University and Director, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. One of Australia's foremost groundwater academics, Professor Simmons has been a significant contributor to global advances in the science of hydrogeology for many years and has published widely in areas including variable density groundwater flow, surface water - groundwater interaction, fractured rock hydrogeology, aquifer storage and recovery, and groundwater flow and solute transport modelling.  He is a member of the National Water Commission's Groundwater Technical Advisory Committee, which advises on high-level groundwater direction setting and investment strategies in Australia.  His work has been recognised by numerous national and international research and teaching awards.  Professor Simmons has served as an Editor and Associate Editor for numerous major international journals including Hydrogeology Journal (Editor), Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology and Ground Water.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy:  Flinders University (School of Earth Sciences) & (Ph.D.) 1997 CSIRO Land and Water/ Centre for Groundwater Studies  Thesis Title:  'Density-Induced Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Beneath Saline Disposal Basins'.  Hydrogeology, density-induced fluid mechanics, numerical modelling, saline disposal basins and salt lakes, stochastic hydrology.
Bachelor of Science:  Double Major in Theoretical and Experimental Physics.  (B.Sc.) 1994  University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Bachelor of Engineering:  First Class Honours (B.E.) 1993 University of Adelaide, South Australia.

Honours, awards and grants

2012 Inaugural Schultz Chair in the Environment
2011 Fellow, Royal Society of South Australia
2011 Australian Academy of Science, Anton Hales Medal in the Earth Sciences
2008 Staff Award for Outstanding Contribution to Flinders University
2007 American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2007 Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Water
2007 Featured in Crown Content's "Who's Who in South Australia"
2005 SA Great "50 Inspiring Young South Australians" Honour List.  Selected by the South Australian Government, SA Great, Sunday Mail and Adelaide Bank as one of the Top 50 inspiring young South Australians, in particular for outstanding contributions to the field of Science and Technology
2005 - 2006 Tall Poppy Science Award, awarded by the Australian Institute of Political Science, for outstanding achheivements in the area of science (for outstanding academic achievement, scholarly excellence and community service)
2002 Distinguished Lecturer 2002-2003, Fred L. and Frances J. Oliver Centennial Lectureship in Texas Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin.
2001 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
1996 The Flinders University Overseas Travelling Award
1996 The Miss Amy Forwood Travelling Award
1996 The Bank SA Travelling Award
1996 The Centre for Groundwater Studies Travelling Award
1994-1997 Flinders University of South Australia Research Scholarship
1994-1997 Centre for Groundwater Studies Postgraduate Scholarship

Key responsibilities

Director, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training

Research and supervision

Research expertise

  • Environmental science and management

Research interests

I am deeply interested in the study of groundwater hydrology using a range of theoretical, experimental and field-based approaches. I conduct creative and innovative research in these areas and have enjoyed a high level of success in attracting external funding through a variety of (largely) non-traditional sources and state and commonwealth funding. Critically, I have personally been invited to author numerous papers on the field of expertise for which I am recognised as an international authority, variable density groundwater flow phenomena (where the movement of groundwater in subsurface geologic materials is intimately effected by changes in its concentration and temperature and hence its density) for a nmber of special editions of prestigious international scientific journals. I continue to develop a broad range of additional fundamental and applied research interests including:

  • variable density groundwater flow phenomena
  • salinity, salt interception, disposal basins, groundwater discharge to River Murray, floodplain hydrology
  • groundwater/surface water interaction
  • wetland hydrology, groundwater dependent ecosystems
  • groundwater discharge in coastal aqufers / seawater intrusion / coastal hydrology
  • aquifer storage and recovery
  • fractured rock hydrogeology / regolith hydrology
  • contaminant hydrology
  • stochastic subsurface hydrology
  • porous media flow phenomena
  • groundwater flow and solute transport modelling, benchmarking and testing groundwater models
  • laboratory scale flow tank and column experimentation of groundwater processes
  • history of groundwater hydrology

Supervisory interests

  • Groundwater hydrology
  • Groundwater modelling
  • Hydrology

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Groundwater Hydrology (4);

Associate supervisor: Groundwater Hydrology (13);

RHD Student Achievements

  • Dylan Irvine
    Postrgraduate aware for teaching excellence in the School of the Environment
    Industrial traineeship with CSIRO in relation to his work on Geothermal energy
  • James McCallum
    Young Scientist award - Groundwater 2010 Conference

Publications

Book chapters
Werner, A. and Simmons, C. (2013). Seawater intrusion under current sea-level rise: Processes accompanying coastline transgression. In Wetzelhuetter, C., ed. Groundwater in the Coastal Zones of Asia-Pacific. Germany: Springer. [online]. Available from: http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/earth+system+sciences/book/978-94-007-5647-2.
Simmons, C.T., Bauer-Gottwein, P., Graf, T., Kinzelbach, W., Kooi, H., Li, L., et al. (2010). Variable density groundwater flow: from modelling to applications. In Wheater HS, Mathias SA, Li X, ed. Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, International Hydrology Series. London: Cambridge University Press, pp. 87-117.
Simmons, C. (2010). Variable density groundwater flow:  From modelling to applications. In Wheater HS, Mathias SA, Li X, ed. Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, International Hydrology Series. Cambridge University Press, pp. 87-118.
Barnett, S., Banks, E., Love, A., Simmons, C. and Gerges, N. (2010). Aquifers and Groundwater. In Christopher B Daniels, ed. Adelaide?: Water of a city. Adelaide: Wakefiled Press, pp. 91-104. [online]. Available from: http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/files/extracts/Adelaide_Water_of_a_City_TOC+Sample_pages.pdf.
Simmons, C. (2008). Discharge of saline groundwater into a freshwater stream - River Murray, Australia. In Abesser, C., Wagener, T. and Nuetzmann, G., ed. Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction:  Process Understanding, Conceptualization and Modelling. IAHS, pp. 134-138.
Simmons, C.T. (2007). Henry Darcy (1803-1858):  immortalised by his scientific legacy. In Laurence Chery and Ghislain de Marsily, ed. Aquifer systems management?:  Darcy's legacy in a world of impending water shortage. Leiden: Taylor and Francis, pp. 3-24.
Baird, D., Le Gal La Salle, C., Love, A.J. and Simmons, C.T. (2007). Reconstructing natural groundwater flow and geochemical processes in a perturbed multi-layer aquifer system. In Laurence Chery and Ghislain de Marsily, ed. Aquifer systems management?:  Darcy's legacy in a world of impending water shortage. Leiden: Taylor and Francis, pp. 225-238.
Simmons, C. (2007). Estimating Groundwater Flow Rates in Fractured Metasediments:  Clare Valley, South Australia. In Jiri Krasny and Jack Sharp, ed. Groundwater in fractured rocks. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis/Balkema.
Love, A.J., Simmons, C.T., Cook, P.G., Harrington, G.A., Herczeg, A.L. and Halihan, T. (2007). Estimating groundwater flow rates in fractured metasediments: Clare Valley, South Australia. In Jiri Krasny and Jack Sharp, ed. Groundwater in fractured rocks. Leiden, The Netherlands: Taylor and Francis, pp. 463-477.
Refereed journal articles
Werner, A., Robinson, N., Simmons, C. and Luo, J. (2013). Maximizing Net Extraction Using an Injection-Extraction Well Pair in a Coastal Aquifer. Ground Water, 51, pp.219-228. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00973.x.

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Books
Werner, A.D., Bestland, E.A., Guan, H., Pichler, M.M., Hutson, J.L. and Simmons, C.T. (2007). Flinders  Lake Hydrological Investigation. Adelaide: Flinders University.
Book chapters
Werner, A. and Simmons, C. (2013). Seawater intrusion under current sea-level rise: Processes accompanying coastline transgression. In Wetzelhuetter, C., ed. Groundwater in the Coastal Zones of Asia-Pacific. Germany: Springer. [online]. Available from: http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/earth+system+sciences/book/978-94-007-5647-2.
Simmons, C. (2010). Variable density groundwater flow:  From modelling to applications. In Wheater HS, Mathias SA, Li X, ed. Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, International Hydrology Series. Cambridge University Press, pp. 87-118.
Barnett, S.R., Banks, E.W., Love, A.J., Simmons, C.T. and Gerges, N.Z. (2010). Aquifers and groundwater. In Daniels, C.B, ed. Adelaide: Water of a City. Kent Town: Wakefield Press, pp. 90-102.
Barnett, S., Banks, E., Love, A., Simmons, C. and Gerges, N. (2010). Aquifers and Groundwater. In Christopher B Daniels, ed. Adelaide?: Water of a city. Adelaide: Wakefiled Press, pp. 91-104. [online]. Available from: http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/files/extracts/Adelaide_Water_of_a_City_TOC+Sample_pages.pdf.
Simmons, C.T., Bauer-Gottwein, P., Graf, T., Kinzelbach, W., Kooi, H., Li, L., et al. (2010). Variable density groundwater flow: from modelling to applications. In Wheater HS, Mathias SA, Li X, ed. Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, International Hydrology Series. London: Cambridge University Press, pp. 87-117.
Simmons, C. (2008). Discharge of saline groundwater into a freshwater stream - River Murray, Australia. In Abesser, C., Wagener, T. and Nuetzmann, G., ed. Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction:  Process Understanding, Conceptualization and Modelling. IAHS, pp. 134-138.
Simmons, C.T. (2007). Henry Darcy (1803-1858):  immortalised by his scientific legacy. In Laurence Chery and Ghislain de Marsily, ed. Aquifer systems management?:  Darcy's legacy in a world of impending water shortage. Leiden: Taylor and Francis, pp. 3-24.
Simmons, C. (2007). Estimating Groundwater Flow Rates in Fractured Metasediments:  Clare Valley, South Australia. In Jiri Krasny and Jack Sharp, ed. Groundwater in fractured rocks. The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis/Balkema.
Love, A.J., Simmons, C.T., Cook, P.G., Harrington, G.A., Herczeg, A.L. and Halihan, T. (2007). Estimating groundwater flow rates in fractured metasediments: Clare Valley, South Australia. In Jiri Krasny and Jack Sharp, ed. Groundwater in fractured rocks. Leiden, The Netherlands: Taylor and Francis, pp. 463-477.
Baird, D., Le Gal La Salle, C., Love, A.J. and Simmons, C.T. (2007). Reconstructing natural groundwater flow and geochemical processes in a perturbed multi-layer aquifer system. In Laurence Chery and Ghislain de Marsily, ed. Aquifer systems management?:  Darcy's legacy in a world of impending water shortage. Leiden: Taylor and Francis, pp. 225-238.
Refereed journal articles
Werner, A.D., Bakker, M., Post, V., Vandenbohede, A., Lu, C., Ataie-Ashtiani, B., et al. (2013). Seawater intrusion processes, investigation and management: Recent advances and future challenges. Advances in Water Resources, 51, pp.3-26. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.03.004.
Werner, A., Robinson, N., Simmons, C. and Luo, J. (2013). Maximizing Net Extraction Using an Injection-Extraction Well Pair in a Coastal Aquifer. Ground Water, 51, pp.219-228. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00973.x.
Sebben, M., Werner, A.D., Liggett, J., Partington, D. and Simmons, C. (2013). On the testing of fully integrated, surface-subsurface hydrological models. Hydrological Processes. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1002/hyp.9630.
Mollehuara Canales, R.F., Guan, H., Bestland, E.A., Hutson, J.L. and Simmons, C. (2013). Particle-size effects on dissolved arsenic adsorption to an Australian laterite. Environmental Earth Sciences, 68(8), pp.2301-2312. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1909-3.
Lu, C., Werner, A.D., Simmons, C.T., Robinson, N.I. and Luo, J. (2013). Maximizing Net Extraction Using an Injection-Extraction Well Pair in a Coastal Aquifer. Ground Water, 51(2), pp.219-228. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00973.x.
Li, L., Maier, H.R., Lambert, M., Simmons, C. and Partington, D.J. (2013). Framework for assessing and improving the performance of recursive digital filters for baseflow estimation with application to the Lyne and Hollick filter. Environmental Modelling and Software, 41, pp.163-175. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.11.009.
Lu, C., Werner, A.D., Simmons, C., Robinson, N.I. and Luo, J. (2013). Maximising Net Extraction Using an Injection-Extraction Well Pair in a Coastal Aquifer. Ground Water, 51(2), pp.219-228. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00973.x.
Simmons, C. (2012). Uncertainty assessment and implications for data acquisition in support of integrated hydrologic models. Water Resources Research, 48(W07513). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011342.
Simmons, C. (2012). HydroGeoSphere:  A Fully Integrated, Physically Based Hydrolgocal Model. Ground Water, 50(2), pp.170-176.
Werner, A.D., Jakovovic, D., Barry, D.A., Simmons, C. and Zhang, H. (2012). Discussion on "Experimental observations of saltwater up-coning" by Werner, A.D., Jakovovic, D., Simmons, C.T., 2009. Journal of Hydrology 373, 230-241. Journal of Hydrology, 458, pp.118-129. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.024.
Werner, A.D., Ward, J.D., Morgan, L.K., Simmons, C.T., Robinson, N.I. and Teubner, M.D. (2012). Vulnerability indicators of seawater intrusion. Ground Water, 50(1). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00817.x.
Xie, Y., Simmons, C., Werner, A.D. and Diersch, J.-J. (2012). Prediction and uncertainty of free convection phenomena in porous media. Water Resources Research, 48(2), p.W02535. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011346.
Yang, Y., Guan, H., Hutson, J., Wang, H., Ewenz, C., Shang, S., et al. (2012). Examination and parameterization of the root water uptake model from stem water potential and sap flow measurements. Hydrological Processes. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9406.
Yang, Y., Guan, H., Hutson, J.L., Wang, H., Ewenz, C.M., Shang, S., et al. (2012). Examination and parameterization of the root water uptake model from stem water potential and sap flow measurements. Hydrological Processes. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9406.
Wallis, I., Prommer, H., Post, V., Vandenbohede, A. and Simmons, C. (2012). Simulating MODFLOW-Based Reactive Transport Under Radially Symmetric Flow Conditions. Ground Water.
Irvine, D.J., Brunner, P.A., Franssen, H.-J.H. and Simmons, C.T. (2012). Heterogeneous or homogeneous? Implications of simplifying heterogeneous streambeds in models of losing streams. Journal of Hydrology, 424-425, pp.16-23. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.051.
Jakovovic, D., Post, V., Werner, A.D., Mannicke, O., Hutson, J. and Simmons, C. (2012). Tracer adsorption in sand-tank experiments of saltwater up-coning. Journal of Hydrology, 414-415, pp.476-481. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.024.
Liggett, J., Werner, A. and Simmons, C. (2012). Influence of the first-order exchange coefficient on simulation of coupled surface-subsurface flow. Journal of Hydrology, 414-415, pp.503-515. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.028.
Miraldo Ordens, C., Werner, A., Post, V., Hutson, J., Simmons, C. and Irvine, B. (2012). Groundwater recharge to a sedimentary aquifer in the topographically closed Uley South Basin, South Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 20(1), pp.61-72. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-011-0794-2.
Miraldo Ordens, C., Werner, A.D., Post, V., Hutson, J., Simmons, C. and Irvine, B.M. (2012). Groundwater recharge in a sedimentary aquifer in the topographically closed Uley South Basin, South Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 20(1), pp.61-72. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-011-0794-2.
Mollehuara Canales, R.F., Guan, H., Bestland, E., Hutson, J. and Simmons, C. (2012). Particle-size effects on dissolved arsenic adsorption to an Australian laterite. Environmental Earth Sciences. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1909-3.
Morgan, L., Werner, A. and Simmons, C. (2012). On the interpretation of coastal aquifer water level trends and water balances:  A precautionary note. Journal of Hydrology, 470, pp.280-288.
Morgan, L., Werner, A.D. and Simmons, C. (2012). On the interpretation of coastal aquifer water level trends and water balances: A precautionary note. Journal of Hydrology, 470-471, pp.280-288. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.001.
Partington, D., Brunner, P., Simmons, C., Werner, A.D., Therrien, R., Maier, H., et al. (2012). Evaluation of outputs from automated baseflow separation methods against simulated baseflow from a physically based, surface water-groundwater flow model. Journal of Hydrology, 458-459, pp.28-39. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.029.
Shanafield, M., Cook, P.G., Brunner, P., McCallum, J. and Simmons, C. (2012). Aquifer response to surface water transience in disconected streams. Water Resources Research, 48(W11510). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012WR012103.
Wallis, I., Prommer, H., Pichler, T., Post, V., Norton, S., Annable, M., et al. (2011). Process-Based Reactive Transport Model To Quantify Arsenic Mobility during Aquifer Storage and Recovery of Potable Water. Environmental Science and Technology, 45(16), pp.6924-6931. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es201286c.
Werner, A.D., Alcoe, D., Miraldo Ordens, C., Hutson, J.L., Ward, J.D. and Simmons, C.T. (2011). Current Practice and Future Challenges in Coastal Aquifer Management: Flux-Based and Trigger-Level Approaches with Application to an Australian Case Study. Water Resources Management, 25(7), pp.1831-1853. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-011-9777-2.
Xie, Y., Simmons, C. and Werner, A.D. (2011). Speed of free convective fingering in porous media. Water Resources Research, 47(W11501). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR010555.
Van Den Akker, J., Simmons, C. and Hutson, J. (2011). Use of Stable Isotopes Deuterium and Oxygen-18 to Derive Evaporation from Flood Irrigation on the Basis of Pan Evaporation Techniques. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 137(12), pp.765-778. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000361.
Van Den Akker, J., Simmons, C. and Hutson, J. (2011). Salinity Effects from Evaporation and Transpiration under Flood Irrigation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 137(12), pp.754-764. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000364.
Partington, D.J., Brunner, P., Simmons, C.T., Therrien, R., Werner, A.D., Dandy, G.C., et al. (2011). A hydraulic mixing-cell method to quantify the groundwater component of streamflow within spatially distributed fully integrated surface water-groundwater flow models. Environmental Modelling and Software, 26(7), pp.886-898. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.02.007.
Banks, E.W., Simmons, C. and Brunner, P. (2011). Vegetation controls on variably-saturated processes between surface water and groundwater and their impact on the state of connection. Water Resources Research, 47(W11517). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR010544.
Mortimer, L., Aydin, A., Simmons, C. and Love, A. (2011). Is in situ stress important to groundwater flow in shallow fractured rock aquifers? Journal of Hydrology, 399(3-4), pp.185-200. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.034.
Kuznetsov, A., Nield, D. and Simmons, C. (2011). The onset of convection in a strongly heterogeneous porous medium with transient temperature profile. Transport in Porous Media, 86(3), pp.851-865. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-010-9657-x.
Jakovovic, D., Werner, A.D. and Simmons, C. (2011). Numerical modelling of saltwater up-coning: Analysis of experimental laboratory observations. Journal of Hydrology, 402, pp.261-273. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.021.
Cartwright, I., Hofmann, H., Sirianos, M., Weaver, T. and Simmons, C. (2011). Geochemical and 222Rn constraints on baseflow to the Murray River, Australia, and timescales for the decay of low-salinity groundwater lenses. Journal of Hydrology, 405(3-4), pp.333-343. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.030.
Brunner, P., Cook, P. and Simmons, C. (2011). Disconnected surface water and groundwater: from theory to practice. Ground Water, 49(4), pp.460-467. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00752.x.
Banks, E.W., Simmons, C., Love, A. and Shand, P. (2011). Assessing spatial and temporal connectivity between surface water and groundwater in a regional catchment: Implications for regional scale water quantity and quality. Journal of Hydrology, 404(1-2), pp.30-49. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.04.017.
Mortimer, L., Aydin, A., Simmons, C., Heinson, G. and Love, A. (2011). The role of in situ stress in determining hydraulic connectivity in a fractured rock aquifer (Australia). Hydrogeology Journal, 19(7), pp.1293-1312. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-011-0760-z.
Brunner, P.A., Simmons, C.T., Cook, P.G. and Therrien, R. (2010). Modeling Surface Water - Groundwater Interaction with MODFLOW: Some Considerations, Ground Water. Ground Water, 48(2), pp.174-180.
Cartwright, I., Weaver, T.R., Simmons, C.T., Fifield, L.K., Lawrence, C.R., Chisari, R., et al. (2010). Physical hydrogeology and environmental isotopes to constrain the age, origins, and stability of a low-salinity groundwater lens formed by periodic river recharge: Murray Basin, Australia. Journal of Hydrology, 380(1-2), pp.203-221. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.001.
Dahlhaus, P., Evans, T.J., Nathan, E.L., Cox, J.W. and Simmons, C.T. (2010). Groundwater- level response to land use change and the implications for salinity management in the West Moorabool River catchment, Victoria, Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 18(7), pp.1611-1623. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-010-0616-y.
Guan, H., Bestland, E.A., Zhu, C., Zhu, H., Albertsdottir, D., Hutson, J.L., et al. (2010). Variation in performance of surfactant loading and resulting nitrate removal among four selected natural zeolites. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 183(1-3), pp.616-621. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.069.
Guan, H., Love, A.J., Simmons, C.T., Hutson, J.L. and Ding, Z. (2010). Catchment conceptualisation for examining applicability of chloride mass balance method in an area with historical forest clearance. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, pp.1233-1245. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-1233-2010.
Guan, H., Love, A.J., Simmons, C.T., Makhnin, O. and Kayaalp, A. (2010). Factors influencing chloride deposition in a coastal hilly area and application to chloride deposition mapping. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, pp.801-813. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-801-2010.
Nield, D.A., Kuznetsov, A.V. and Simmons, C.T. (2010). The Effect of Strong Heterogeneity on the Onset of Convection in a Porous Medium: 2D/3D Localization and Spatially Correlated Random Permeability Fields. Transport in Porous Media, 83(3), pp.465-477. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s11242-009-9455-5.
Nield, D.A., Kuznetsov, A.V. and Simmons, C.T. (2010). The Effect of Strong Heterogeneity on the Onset of Convection in a Porous Medium: Periodic and Localized Variation. Transport in Porous Media, 81(1), pp.123-139. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-009-9390-5.
Post, V.E.A. and Simmons, C.T. (2010). Free convective controls on sequestration of salts into low-permeability strata: insights from sand tank laboratory experiments and numerical modelling. Hydrogeology Journal, 18(1), pp.39-54. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-009-0521-4.
Simmons, C.T., Kuznetsov, A.V. and Nield, D.A. (2010). The effect of strong heterogeneity on the onset of convection in a porous medium: Importance of spatial dimensionality and geologic controls. Water Resources Research, 46(W09539). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008606.
Voss, C.I., Simmons, C.T. and Robinson, N.I. (2010). Three-dimensional benchmark for variable-density flow and transport simulation: matching semi-analytic stability modes for steady unstable convection in an inclined porous box. Hydrogeology Journal, 18(1), pp.5-23. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-009-0556-6.
Wallis, I., Prommer, H., Simmons, C.T., Post, V.E.A. and Stuyfzand, P. (2010). Evaluation of Conceptual and Numerical Models for Arsenic Mobilization and Attenuation during Managed Aquifer Recharge. Environmental Science and Technology, 44(13), pp.5035-5041. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es100463q.
Watson, T.A., Werner, A.D. and Simmons, C.T. (2010). Transience of seawater intrusion in response to sea level rise. Water Resources Research, 46(W12533). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010WR009564.
Xie, Y., Simmons, C.T., Werner, A.D. and Ward, J.D. (2010). Effect of transient solute loading on free convection in porous media. Water Resources Research, 46(W11511). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010WR009314.
Zlotnik, V.A., Robinson, N.I. and Simmons, C.T. (2010). Salinity dynamics of discharge lakes in dune environments: Conceptual model,. Water Resources Research, 46(W11548). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008999.
Crosbie, R.S., McEwan, K.L., Jolly, I.D., Holland, K.L., Lamontagne, S., Grotthing Moe, K., et al. (2009). Salinization risk in semi-arid floodplain wetlands subjected to engineered wetting and drying cycles. Hydrological Processes, 23(24), pp.3440-3452. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7445.
Werner, A.D., Jakovovic, D. and Simmons, C.T. (2009). Experimental observations of saltwater up-coning. Journal of Hydrology, 373, pp.230-241. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.05.004.
Brunner, P.A., Cook, P.G. and Simmons, C.T. (2009). Hydrogeologic controls on disconnection between surface water and groundwater. Water Resources Research, 45, pp.W01422 - 1-W01422 - 13. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008WR006953.
Banks, E., Simmons, C.T., Love, A.J., Cranswick, R.H., Werner, A.D., Bestland, E.A., et al. (2009). Fractured bedrock and saprolite hydrogeologic controls on groundwater/surface-water interaction: a conceptual model (Australia). Hydrogeology Journal, 17(8), pp.1969-1989. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-009-0490-7.
Banks, E., Simmons, C.T., Jolly, I., Doble, R.C., McEwan, K.L. and Herczeg, A.L. (2009). Interactions between a saline lagoon and a semi-confined aquifer on a salinized floodplain of the lower River Murray, southeastern Australia. Hydrological Processes, 23(24), pp.3415-3427. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7453.
Doble, R.C., Simmons, C.T. and Walker, G. (2009). Using MODFLOW 2000 to Model ET and Recharge for Shallow Ground Water Problems. Ground Water, 47(1), pp.129-135. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00465.x.
Graf, T. and Simmons, C.T. (2009). Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in fractured rock: Applicability of the Tang et al. [1981] analytical solution. Water Resources Research, 45, pp.W02425 - 1-W02425 - 12. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007278.
Guan, H., Simmons, C.T. and Love, A.J. (2009). Orographic controls on rain water isotope distribution in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. Journal of Hydrology, 374, pp.255-264. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.018.
Holland, K.L., Charles, A.H., Jolly, I.D., Overton, I.C., Gehrig, S. and Simmons, C.T. (2009). Effectiveness of artificial watering of a semi-arid saline wetland for managing riparian vegetation health. Hydrological Processes, 23(24), pp.3474-3484. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7451.
Larocque, M., Cook, P.G., Haaken, K. and Simmons, C.T. (2009). Estimating Flow Using Tracers and Hydraulics in Synthetic Heterogeneous Aquifers. Ground Water, 47(6), pp.786-796. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00595.x.
Nield, D.A., Kuznetsov, A.V. and Simmons, C.T. (2009). The effect of strong heterogeneity on the onset of convection in a porous medium. Transport in Porous Media, 77(2), pp.169-186. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-008-9297-6.
Simmons, C. (2009). Numerical evaluation of arsenic mobilisation during deepwell injection of aerobic groundwater into a pyritic aquifer. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13), pp.A1404-A1404.
Simmons, C.T. and Nield, D.A. (2009). The Life and Work of Robin A. Wooding. Transport in Porous Media, 77(2), pp.133-142. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-008-9278-9.
Stevens, J., Sharp, J.M., Simmons, C.T. and Fenstemaker, T.R. (2009). Evidence of free convection in groundwater: Field-based measurements beneath wind-tidal flats. Journal of Hydrology, 375, pp.394-409. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.035.
Van Dam, R.L., Simmons, C.T., Hyndman, D. and Wood, W.W. (2009). Natural free convection in porous media: First field documentation in groundwater. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(11), pp.L11403-1-L11403-5. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL036906.
Van Reeuwijk, M., Mathias, S.A., Simmons, C.T. and Ward, J. (2009). Insights from a pseudospectral approach to the Elder problem. Water Resources Research, 45, p.W04416. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007421.
Ward, J., Simmons, C.T., Dillon, P.J. and Pavelic, P. (2009). Integrated assessment of lateral flow, density effects and dispersion in aquifer storage and recovery. Journal of Hydrology, 370(1-4), pp.83-99. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.055.
Werner, A.D. and Simmons, C.T. (2009). Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Sea Water Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers. Ground Water, 47(2), pp.197-204. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00535.x.
Brunner, P.A., Simmons, C.T. and Cook, P.G. (2009). Spatial and temporal a

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Professional and community engagement

2012 Appointed as Chair of the Interim Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development
2013 Appointed as a member of the new Statutory Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development

Expertise for media contact

  • Water Resources Management Especially Groundwater
  • Salinity salt interception, disposal basins, groundwater discharge to River Murray, floodplain hydrology
  • Groundwater/Surface Water Interaction
  • Wetland Hydrology, Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
  • Groundwater Discharge in Coastal Aquifers / Seawater Intrusion / Coastal Hydrogeology
  • Aquifer Storage and Recovery
  • Fractured Rock Hydrogeology / Regolith Hydrology
  • Contaminant Hydrology
  • Stochastic Subsurface Hydrology
  • Porous Media Flow Phenomena
  • Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Modelling
  • Benchmarking and Testing Groundwater Models
  • Laboratory Scale Flow Tank and Column Experimentation of Groundwater Processes
  • History of Groundwater Hydrology

Subject/s

  • Environment
  • Salinity
  • Water Resources


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