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Dr Chu Lin


Name : Dr Chu Lin
Position : Mid-Career Research Fellow
Section : Office of Research
Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments
Office : TA120
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : +61 7 4631 2429
Extension : 2429
E-mail :
Qualifications : PhD UNSW


Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/u1001106
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Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
1 Lu, W., Lin, C. (Corresponding author), Ma, Y., Huang, S., Si, C., Liu, Y., Li, J. (2010). Characteristics and potential environmental consequence of weathered materials in the surface layer of a spontaneously combusting mine spoil stockpile. Applied Geochemistry. 25(3): 496-501.

2 Chen, A., Lin, C. (Corresponding author), Lu, W., Ma, Y, Bai, Chen, H. and Li, J. (2010). Chemical dynamics of acidity and heavy metals in a mine water-polluted soil during decontamination using clean water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 175(1): 638-645.

3 Ma, Y., Lin, C. (Corresponding author), Jiang, Y., Lu, W., Si, C. and Liu, Y. (2009) Competitive removal of water-borne copper, zinc and cadmium by a CaCO3-dominated red mud. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 172(2-3): 1288-1296.
Most notable :
1 Ma, Y., Lin, C. (Corresponding author), Jiang, Y., Lu, W., Si, C. and Liu, Y. (2009) Competitive removal of water-borne copper, zinc and cadmium by a CaCO3-dominated red mud. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 172(2-3): 1288-1296. (Impact factor: 4.144; ranked 1st Engineering Civil in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

2 Liu, Y., Lin, C. (Corresponding author), Ma, Y., Lu W., Wu, Y., Huang, S., Zhu, L., Li, J. and Chen, A. (2009). Toxic effects of two acid sulfate soils from the Dabaoshan Mine on Corymbia citridora var.variegata and Daphnia carinata. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 166(2-3):1162-1168. (Impact factor: 4.144; ranked 1st Engineering Civil in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

3 Chen, A., Lin, C. (corresponding author), Lu, W., Wu, Y., Ma, Y., Li, J. and Zhu, L. (2007). Well water contaminated by acidic mine water from the Dabaoshan Mine, South China: chemistry and toxicity. Chemosphere, 70: 248-255. (Impact factor: 3.253 in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

4 Liu, Y., Lin, C. (corresponding author) and Wu, Y. (2007). Characterization of Red Mud Derived From a Combined Bayer Process and Bauxite Calcination Method. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 146(1-2): 255-261. (Impact factor: 4.144; ranked 1st Engineering Civil in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

5 Lin, C., Wu, Y., Lu, W., Chen, A. and Liu, Y. (2007). Water chemistry and ecotoxicity of an acid mine drainage-affected stream in subtropical China during a major flood event. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 142(1-2): 199-207.
(Impact factor: 4.144; ranked 1st Engineering Civil in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

6 Maddocks, G., Lin, C. (corresponding author) and McConchie, D. (2004). Effects of BauxsolTM and biosolids on conditions of acid-generating mine soils for plant growth. Environmental Pollution. 127: 157-167. (Impact factor: 3.426 in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

7 Lin, C., Wood, M., Haskins, P., Ryfel, T. and Lin, J. (2004). Controls of water acidification and de-oxygenation in an estuarine waterway, eastern Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 61(1): 55-63. (Impact factor: 2.072 in JCR 2009; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

8 Lin, C., O’brien, K., Lancaster, G., Sullivan, L.A. and McConchie, D. (2000). An improved analytical procedure for determination of actual acidity in acid sulfate soils. The Science of the Total Environment. 262: 57-61. (Impact factor: 2.905 in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

9 Lin, C., Melville, M.D., Islam, M.M., Wilson, B.P., Yang, X. and van Oploo, P. (1998). Chemical controls on acid discharges from acid sulfate soils under sugarcane cropping in an eastern Australian estuarine floodplain. Environmental Pollution, 103(2-3): 269-276 (Impact factor: 3.426 in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A).

10 Lin, C., Melville, M.D., White, I. and Hsu, Y.P. (1996). Comparison of three methods for estimation of the reduced-S content in estuarine sediments, The Science of the Total Environment, 187: 1-9. (Impact factor: 2.905 in JCR 2010; ERA Ranking (2010): A)