By Emeritus Professor Ian Acworth

Books

Acworth I, 2019, Investigating Groundwater, CRC Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351008525

, 2005, Where Waters Meet - Proceedings of the NZHS-IAH-NZSSS 2005 Conference, Acworth RI, (ed.), New Zealand Hydrological Society, New Zealand

Acworth RI; Bligm ; Ashbolt NJ, 1999, Investigation of groundwater impact from the disposal of sewage effluent at Goulburn, NSW

Acworth RI; Beasley R, 1998, Investigation of EM31 anomalies at Yarramanbah/pump Station Creek, WRL Research report 195, UNSW

Book Chapters

Timms WA; Whelan M; Acworth I; McGeeney D; Bouzalakos S; Crane R; McCartney J; Hartland A, 2014, 'A novel centrifuge permeameter to characterize flow through low permeability strata.', in Gaudin C; White D (ed.), Physical Modelling in Geotechnics., Taylor and Francis Ltd (CRC Press), pp. 193 - 199, http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781138001527

Williamson BH; Acworth I; Mavrigiannakis E, 2012, 'The Development of Hydrogeology in Australia', in IAH blue book series, CRC press

Acworth RI, 1998, 'Electronmagnetic induction logs from selected bores in the Botany Sands Aquifer', in McNally GH; Jankowsky J (ed.), Environmental Geology of the Botany Basin, Geological Society of Australia, Springwood NSW, pp. 143 - 160

Journal articles

Acworth I; Bernardi T; Andersen MS; Rau GC, 2024, 'Hydrological complexity and climate implications in Australia's arid zone: A decade of high-resolution rainfall observations', Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101643

Acworth RI; Rau GC; Cuthbert MO; Leggett K; Andersen MS, 2021, 'Runoff and focused groundwater-recharge response to flooding rains in the arid zone of Australia', Hydrogeology Journal, 29, pp. 737 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02284-x

Rau GC; Cuthbert MO; Acworth RI; Blum P, 2020, 'Technical note: Disentangling the groundwater response to Earth and atmospheric tides to improve subsurface characterisation', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24, pp. 6033 - 6046, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-6033-2020

Rau GC; Cuthbert MO; Post VEA; Schweizer D; Acworth RI; Andersen MS; Blum P; Carrara E; Rasmussen TC; Ge S, 2020, 'Future-proofing hydrogeology by revising groundwater monitoring practice', Hydrogeology Journal, 28, pp. 2963 - 2969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02242-7

Acworth RI; Andersen MS; Dasey GR, 2020, 'An investigation of the spatial and temporal variability of the saline interface in a sandy aquifer subject to storm wave runup and rainfall recharge', Hydrogeology Journal, 28, pp. 1695 - 1719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02155-5

Rau GC; Acworth I; Halloran LJS; Timms W; Cuthbert M, 2018, 'Quantifying compressible groundwater storage by combining cross‐hole seismic surveys and head response to atmospheric tides', Journal of Geophysical Research, 123, pp. 1910 - 1930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004660

Timms WA; Acworth RI; Crane RA; Arns CH; Arns JY; Mcgeeney DE; Rau GC; Cuthbert MO, 2018, 'The Influence of Syndepositional Macropores on the Hydraulic Integrity of Thick Alluvial Clay Aquitards', Water Resources Research, 54, pp. 3122 - 3138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2017WR021681

Rau GC; Halloran ; Cuthbert M; Andersen M; Acworth ; Tellam JH, 2017, 'Characterising the dynamics of surface water-groundwater interactions in intermittent and ephemeral streams using streambed thermal signatures', Advances in Water Resources, 107, pp. 354 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.07.005

Acworth RI; Rau GC; Halloran LJS; Timms WA, 2017, 'Vertical groundwater storage properties and changes in confinement determined using hydraulic head response to atmospheric tides', Water Resources Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016WR020311

Acworth I; Halloran LJS; Rau GC; Cuthbert MO; Bernardi TL, 2016, 'An objective frequency-domain method for quantifying confined aquifer compressible storage using Earth and atmospheric tides', Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp. 11 - 678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071328

Roshan H; Andersen MS; Rutlidge H; Marjo CE; Acworth RI, 2016, 'Investigation of the kinetics of water uptake into partially saturated shales', Water Resources Research, 52, pp. 2420 - 2438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017786

Halloran LJS; Roshan H; Rau GC; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2016, 'Improved spatial delineation of streambed properties and water fluxes using distributed temperature sensing', Hydrological Processes, 30, pp. 2686 - 2702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10806

Timms W; Crane R; Anderson DJ; Bouzalakos S; Whelan M; McGeeney D; Rahman P; Acworth I, 2016, 'Accelerated gravity testing of aquitard core permeability and implications at formation and regional scale', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20, pp. 39 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-39-2016

Acworth I; Rau GC; Cuthbert MO; Jensen E; Leggett K, 2016, 'Long-term spatio-temporal precipitation variability in arid zone Australia and implications for groundwater recharge', Hydrogeology Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-015-1358-7

Cuthbert MO; Acworth RI; Andersen MS; Larsen J; McCallum AM; Rau GC; Tellam JH, 2016, 'Understanding and quantifying focused, indirect groundwater recharge from ephemeral streams using water table fluctuations', Water Resources Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017503

Roshan H; Ehsani S; Marjo CE; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2015, 'Mechanisms of water adsorption into partially saturated fractured shales: An experimental study', Fuel, 159, pp. 628 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.07.015

Acworth RI; Timms W; Kelly BFJ; McGeeney DE; Ralph TJ; Larkin ZT; Rau GC, 2015, 'Late Cenozoic paleovalley fill sequence from the Southern Liverpool Plains, New South Wales - implications for groundwater resource evaluation', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62, pp. 657 - 680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2015.1086815

Graham PW; Baker A; Andersen MS; Acworth I, 2015, 'Field Measurement of Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Material as a Means of Early Detection of Leachate Plumes', Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2475-6

Rau GC; Cuthbert MO; Andersen MS; Baker A; Rutlidge H; Markowska M; Roshan H; Marjo C; Graham P; Acworth RI, 2015, 'Controls on cave drip water temperature and implications for speleothem-based paleoclimate reconstructions', Quaternary Science Reviews, 127, pp. 19 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.026

Graham PW; Andersen MS; McCabe MF; Ajami H; Baker A; Acworth I, 2015, 'To what extent do long-duration high-volume dam releases influence river–aquifer interactions? A case study in New South Wales, Australia', Hydrogeology Journal, 23, pp. 319 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-014-1212-3

Roshan H; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2015, 'Effect of solid-fluid thermal expansion on thermo-osmotic tests: An experimental and analytical study', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 126, pp. 222 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2014.12.005

Acworth RI; Rau GC; McCallum AM; Andersen MS; Cuthbert MO, 2014, 'Understanding connected surface-water/groundwater systems using Fourier analysis of daily and sub-daily head fluctuations', Hydrogeology Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-014-1182-5

Cuthbert MO; Rau GC; Andersen MS; Roshan H; Rutlidge H; Marjo C; Markowska M; Jex C; Graham P; Mariethoz G; Acworth RI; Baker AB, 2014, 'Evaporative cooling of speleothem drip water', Scientific Reports, 4, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05162

Cuthbert MO; Baker A; Jex CN; Graham PW; Treble PC; Andersen MS; Ian Acworth R; Acworth I, 2014, 'Drip water isotopes in semi-arid karst: Implications for speleothem paleoclimatology', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 395, pp. 194 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.034

McCallum A; Andersen M; Rau GC; Larsen J; Acworth I, 2014, 'River-aquifer interactions in a semi-arid environment investigated using point and reach measurements', Water Resources Research, 50, pp. 2815 - 2829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2012WR012922

Rau GC; Andersen MS; McCallum AM; Roshan H; Acworth RI, 2014, 'Heat as a tracer to quantify water flow in near-surface sediments', Earth-Science Reviews, 129, pp. 40 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.10.015

Mccallum AM; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2014, 'A New Method for Estimating Recharge to Unconfined Aquifers Using Differential River Gauging', Groundwater, 52, pp. 291 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12046

Kelly BFJ; Timms W; Ralph TJ; Giambastiani BMS; Comunian A; McCallum AM; Andersen MS; Blakers RS; Acworth RI; Baker A, 2014, 'A reassessment of the Lower Namoi Catchment aquifer architecture and hydraulic connectivity with reference to climate drivers', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61, pp. 501 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2014.900647

Roshan H; Cuthbert MO; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2014, 'Local thermal non-equilibrium in sediments: Implications for temperature dynamics and the use of heat as a tracer', Advances in Water Resources, 73, pp. 176 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.08.002

Timms WA; Crane R; Anderson DJ; Bouzalakos S; Whelan M; McGeeney D; Rahman PF; Guinea A; Acworth RI, 2014, 'Vertical hydraulic conductivity of a clayey-silt aquitard: accelerated fluid flow in a centrifuge permeameter compared with in situ conditions', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion, 11, pp. 3155 - 3212, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-11-3155-2014

Kelly BFJ; Timms WA; Andersen MS; McCallum AM; Blakers RS; Smith R; Rau GC; Badenhop A; Ludowici K; Acworth RI, 2013, 'Aquifer heterogeneity and response time: the challenge for groundwater management', Crop & Pasture Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CP13084

Mccallum AM; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2013, 'A New Method for Estimating Recharge to Unconfined Aquifers Using Differential River Gauging', Ground Water, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12046

Greve AK; Roshan H; Kelly BFJ; Acworth RI, 2013, 'Electrical conductivity of partially saturated porous media containing clay: An improved formulation', Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth, 118, pp. 3297 - 3303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50270

McCallum A; Andersen MS; Giambastiani B; Kelly BFJ; Acworth RI, 2013, 'River–aquifer interactions in a semi-arid environment stressed by groundwater abstraction', Hydrological Processes, Online Version, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9229

McCallum A; Andersen MS; Rau GC; Acworth RI, 2012, 'A 1D analytical method for estimating surface water groundwater interactions and effective thermal diffusivity using temperature time series', Water Resources Research, 48, pp. 8pp, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012WR012007

Rau GC; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2012, 'Experimental investigation of the thermal dispersivity term and its significance in the heat transport equation for flow in sediments', Water Resources Research, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011038

Rau GC; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2012, 'Experimental investigation of the thermal time-series method for surface water-groundwater interactions', Water Resources Research, 48, pp. W03530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011560

Greve AK; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2012, 'Monitoring the transition from preferential to matrix flow in cracking clay soil through changes in electrical anisotropy', Geoderma, 179-180, pp. 46 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.003

Jex CN; Mariethoz G; Baker A; Graham P; Andersen MS; Acworth RI; Edwards N; Azcurra C, 2012, 'Spatially dense drip hydrological monitoring and infiltration behaviour at the Wellington Caves, South East Australia', International Journal of Speleology, 41, pp. 285 - 298

GIAMBASTIANI B; McCallum A; Andersen MS; Kelly BFJ; Acworth RI, 2012, 'Understanding groundwater processes by representing aquifer heterogeneity in the Maules Creek Catchment, Namoi Valley (New South Wales, Australia).', Hydrogeology Journal, 20, pp. 1027 - 1044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-012-0866-y

Roshan H; Rau GC; Andersen MS; Acworth RI, 2012, 'Use of heat as tracer to quantify vertical streambed flow in a two-dimensional flow field', Water Resources Research, 48, pp. 16pp, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012WR011918

Greve AK; Acworth RI; Kelly BFJ, 2011, '3D cross-hole resistivity tomography to monitor water percolation during irrigation on cracking soil', Soil Research, 49, pp. 661 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR11270

Kelly BFJ; Acworth RI; Greve AK, 2011, 'Better placement of soil moisture point measurements guided by 2D resistivity tomography for improved irrigation scheduling', Australian Journal of Soil Research, 49, pp. 504 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR11145

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