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Dr Francesco Colombi

Research Fellow
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f.colombi@uq.edu.au
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Dr Francesco Colombi

Publications

Journal Articles (5)
Conference Papers (8)
Research Reports (4)

Journal Articles

Colombi, Francesco, Holland, Aleicia, Baldwin, Darren, Lawrence, Susan, Davies, Peter, Rutherfurd, Ian, Grove, James, Turnbull, Jodi, Macklin, Mark, Hil, Greg and Silvester, Ewen (2024). Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of an Australian river. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 46 (7) 247, 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10653-024-02003-5
Lawrence, Susan, Davies, Peter, Hill, Greg, Rutherfurd, Ian, Grove, James, Turnbull, Jodi, Silvester, Ewen, Colombi, Francesco and Macklin, Mark (2023). Characterising mine wastes as archaeological landscapes. Geoarchaeology, 38 (4), 389-405. doi: 10.1002/gea.21958
Lawrence, Susan, James, Allan, Grove, James, Monohan, Carrie, Rutherfurd, Ian, Davies, Peter, Turnbull, Jodi, Silvester, Ewen, Colombi, Francesco, Keeble-Toll, Alex and Macklin, Mark (2021). Society and sediment in the mining rivers of California and Australia. Water History, 13 (1), 45-73. doi: 10.1007/s12685-020-00273-1
Grove, J., Turnbull, J., Lawrence, S., Davies, P., Rutherfurd, I., Silvester, E., Colombi, F. and Macklin, M. (2019). Mining to mud: a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Victoria’s riverine landscape as a product of historical gold mining. Preview, 2019 (200), 44-56. doi: 10.1080/14432471.2019.1625123
Lustrino, Michele, Agostini, Samuele, Chalal, Youcef, Fedele, Lorenzo, Stagno, Vincenzo, Colombi, Francesco and Bouguerra, Abdellah (2016). Exotic lamproites or normal ultrapotassic rocks? The Late Miocene volcanic rocks from Kef Hahouner, NE Algeria, in the frame of the circum-Mediterranean lamproites. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 327, 539-553. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.09.021

Conference Papers

Ridgeway, Rose, Wang, Sijia, Colombi, Francesco and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2024). Hyperaccumulator plants as a circular economy tool: metal extraction from Queensland mine waste. Digging Deeper, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 November 2024.
Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Jackson, Laura, Blannin, Rosie, Colombi, Francesco, Gomes, Allan and K'ng, Lexi (2024). Identifying resources of critical metals in Queensland's mine waste - The MIWATCH approach. Digging Deeper, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 November 2024.
Colombi, Francesco, Holland, Aleicia, Baldwin, Darren and Silvester, Ewen (2023). Arsenic speciation and mobility in Loddon River legacy deposits. Goldschmidt, Lyon, France, 9-14 July 2023.
Colombi, Francesco, Holland, Aleicia, Baldwin, Darren and Silvester, Ewen (2022). Legacy arsenic contamination from historical gold mining on the floodplains of Southeastern Australia rivers. Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (AFSS), Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia, 28 November - 2 December.
Colombi, Francesco, Silvester, Ewen, Baldwin, Darren, Holland, Aleicia, Lawrence, Susan, Davis, Peter, Turnbull, Jodi, Rutherford, Ian and Macklin, Mark (2020). Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of Victorian rivers: arsenic. Symposium, Bendigo, VIC, Australia, 2 - 5 March 2024. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: La Trobe University.
Colombi, Francesco, Silvester, Ewen, Baldwin, Darren and White, Keith (2019). Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of Victorian rivers: arsenic. SETAC, Darwin, NT, Australia, 8 July 2019.
Colombi, Francesco, Silvester, Ewen, Baldwin, Darren, Lawrence, Susan, Davies, Peter, Turnbull, Jodi, Rutherfurd, Ian, Grove, James and Macklin, Mark (2019). Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of Victorian rivers. Biennial ANZGG, Inverloch, VIC, Australia, 4-8 February 2019.
Colombi, Francesco, Agostini, Samuele, Chalal, Youcef and Lustrino, Michele (2015). Miocene volcanic rocks of NE Algeria. Petrographic, mineral chemical, geochemical and isotopic constraints. SGI-SIMP, Florence, Italy, 4 September 2015.

Research Reports

Colombi, Francesco, Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2024). Secondary prospectivity of South Australia’s mine waste: examples from the Nackara Arc - Waukaringa goldfields and Paratoo. Adelaide, SA, Adelaide: Geological Survey of South Australia.
Colombi, Francesco, Jackson, Laura, Baldassarre, Gabriele and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2024). Secondary prospectivity of South Australia's mine waste: Kanmantoo Cu, Au & Ag mine. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Geological Survey of South Australia.
Colombi, Francesco, Jackson, Laura and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2024). Secondary prospectivity of South Australia's mine waste: Mount Gunson mining area. Adelaide, SA Australia: Geological Survey of South Australia.
Hil, Gregory, Lawrence, Susan, Silvester, Ewen, Turnbull, Jodi, Davies, Peter, Rutherford, Ian, Grove, James, Colombi, Francesco and Macklin, Mark (2022). Rivers of Gold: Report on the effects of historical gold mining on the Yarrowee/Leigh River. Melbourne, VIC Australia: La Trobe University.
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