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Alison Frostick – BSc (Hons), MSc, CBiol MSB, MRACI CChem

Background

Ms Alison Frostick is Assistant Director, Technical of the Supervision, Assessment and Policy Unit of OSS. She has 12 years experience in environmental assessment and management of water quality issues in the UK and Australia. Her current PhD degree research has focussed on geochemical and radiochemical analysis of sediments to assess successful rehabilitation of mine sites with respect to erosion, provide information on the fate of contaminants dispersed from mine sites and defined baseline conditions against which impacts of future and present mines can be assessed.

Areas of expertise and research interests

Surface and ground water quality issues associated with mining operations;
Establishing monitoring programs for chemical and biological assessment of water quality to identify point and diffuse pollution sources;
Water and sediment quality components of environmental impact assessments;
Developing water quality closure criteria for mining operations;
Characterisation of waste rock and mine tailings to develop effective decommissioning and rehabilitation strategies.

Publications

Frostick, A., Bollhöfer, A. and Parry, D. (2011). A study of radionuclides, metals and stable lead isotope ratios in sediments and soils in the vicinity of natural U-mineralisation areas in the Northern Territory. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 102, 911-918.

Frostick, A., Bollhöfer, A. and Parry, D. (2009). Radio- and lead isotopes in sediments from the Nourlangie and Koongarra catchments (PhD project). In: Jones, D.R. & Webb, A. (eds). eriss research summary 2008-2009. Supervising Scientist Report 201, Supervising Scientist, Darwin NT.

Frostick, A., Bollhöfer, A., Parry, D., Munksgaard, N. and Evans, K. (2009). Radio- and lead isotopes in sediments of the Alligator Rivers Region (PhD project). In: Jones, D.R. & Webb, A. (eds). eriss research summary 2007-2008. Supervising Scientist Report 196, Supervising Scientist, Darwin NT.

Frostick, A., Bollhöfer, A., Parry, D., Munksgaard, N. and Evans, K. (2008). Radioactive and radiogenic isotopes in sediments from Cooper Creek, Western Arnhem Land. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 99, 468-482.

Frostick, A., Bollhöfer, A., Parry, D., Munksgaard, N. and Evans, K. (2008). Radio- and lead isotopes in sediments of the Alligator Rivers Region (PhD project). In: Jones, D.R., Humphrey, C., van Dam, R. & Webb, A. (eds). eriss research summary 2006-2007. Supervising Scientist Report 196, Supervising Scientist, Darwin NT.

Frostick, A., Bollhöfer, A., Parry, D., Munksgaard, N. and Evans, K. (2007). Radio- and lead isotopes in sediments of the Alligator Rivers Region (PhD project). In: Jones, D.R., Evans, K.G. & Webb, A. (eds). eriss research summary 2005–2006. Supervising Scientist Report 193, Supervising Scientist, Darwin NT.

Bollhoefer, A. and Frostick, A. (2006). Radio- and lead isotopes in sediments of the Alligator Rivers Region. In: Evans, K.G.; Rovis-Hermann, J., Webb, A. and Jones, D.R. (eds). eriss research summary 2004-2005. Supervising Scientist Report 189, Supervising Scientist, Darwin, NT.

Conference Proceedings

Bollhöfer, A., Martin, P., Ryan, B., Pfitzner, K., Frostick, A., Evans, K. & Jones, D. 2008. Radiological Assessment of the rehabilitated Nabarlek Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. In Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology V conference of the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg. 14–18 September 2008, eds BJ Merkel & A Hasche-Berger, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, 363–364.

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Alison Frostick
Contact: 08 8920 1140
alison.frostick@environment.gov.au

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