Ms Sally-Anne Edwards

Biography/ Background

Sally has a diverse background in marine/ marginal marine environemnts and fluvial systems and petroleum depositional environments research using techniques and applications including micro-paleontology/palynology, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, stable isotopes, mineralogy and geochemistry.

Sally has been employed within laboratories in the preparation and analysis of sedimentological samples using laser particle diffractometry and XRD/XRF.

Sally spent 18 months working on the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study within the Adelaide University based sedimentology project.

Currently Sally works for the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies within the university. CO2CRC uses techniques used within the petroleum industry to find and characterise (examine/ asess) suitable reservoirs for carbon dioxide storage with the aim of grenhouse gas mitigation.

Qualifications

1. MSc, 2005, James Cook University, Australia. Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology of Wanganui Basin drillcore, New Zealnad. Supervised by R.M. Carter.
2. Bsc Honours, 1998, University of Adelaide, Australia. Diatoms and ostracods as palaeoenvironmental indicators, North Stromatolite Lake, Coorong National Park, South Australia.

Publications

Edwards, S., McKirdy, D.M., Bone, Y., Gell, P.A., and Gostin, V.A., 2006. Datoms and ostracods as mid-Holocene palaeoenvironmental indicators, North Stromatoloite Lake, Coorong National Park, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53: 651-663.

Gibson-Poole, C.M., Edwards, S., Langford, R.P., and Vakarelov, B., 2006. Review of geological storage settings for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Victoria. December 2006, ICTPL-RPT06-0506. this report available from
http://www.co2crc.com.au/PUBFILES/GEN0607/RPT06-0506_CCSVictoria.pdf

The results from the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study are still to be publicly released.

Professional Associations

1. American Associationof Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
2. Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
3. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

Professional Interests

1. Characterisation of sandstone reservoirs: primarily for the geological storage of greenhouse gases (geosequestration).
2. Sequence stratigraphy for determining changes in sea-level and basin sedimentation through geological time.
3. Sedimentology and depositional environments: of particular interest are how sediment is transported within the marine environment, the grainsize distribution and mineralogy of modern beach sediments of the Adelaide metropolitan coastline; the different depositional environments for the different grainsizes; and the contribution of carbonate producing organisms to beach sediment.
4. Use of microfossils and palynomorphs in the interpretation of past environmental conditions.

Entry last updated: Thursday, 19 May 2011