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D Lockington

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Emeritus Professor

D Lockington

Email: : d.lockington@uq.edu.au

Phone: : +61 7 336 53619

Positions

Emeritus Professor : School of Civil Engineering : Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Overview

Background

Em. Professor Lockington primarily researchs topics in the area of water transport in coastal soils and aquifers, including water exchange with plants and atmosphere. However, he has also conducted research on moisture transport in building materials and the design of sustainable tourism destinations. In addition to substantial contributions as a reviewer for a wide range of journals and funding bodies, Em. Prof Lockington has held editorial roles on two major journals in the area of hydrology and water resources research (Water Resources Research 2007 - 2012; Advances in Water Resources 1997 - 2020). Em. Prof. Lockington has undertaken a number of leadership roles across his career, including Program Leader for the Sustainable Tourism CRC I and II (Engineering and Design) from 2000 - 2008, Head of the Environmental Engineering Division (School of Engineering, UQ) from 2004 - 2010, and Research Program Leader for the ARC SRI funded National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training from 2009 - 2015. From 2010 to 2020 he frequently acted as Head of the School of Civil Engineering. From 2007 till 2025 he was a Fellow of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.

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Availability

Emeritus Professor D Lockington is: : Not available for supervision

Fields of research

Civil engineering Earth Sciences Environmental engineering

Qualifications

Research interests

Quantitative assessment of subsurface hydrology, including pollution fate.

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Quantitative assessment of water transport through the built environment including water sensitive urban design. Use of renewable energy and energy-efficient design of built environment.

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Works

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All (177) Journal Article (146) Other Outputs (5) Conference Publication (25) Book Chapter (1)

2024

Journal Article

Direct observations of evapotranspiration from three contrasting vegetation types on a coastal low-lying sub-tropical sand island

Gray, Michael A., McGowan, Hamish A., Guyot, Adrien and Lockington, David A. (2024). Direct observations of evapotranspiration from three contrasting vegetation types on a coastal low-lying sub-tropical sand island. Journal of Hydrology, 643 132033. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132033

Direct observations of evapotranspiration from three contrasting vegetation types on a coastal low-lying sub-tropical sand island

2023

Journal Article

Processes controlling formation of salt efflorescence in coastal salt flats

Liu, Xiaocheng, Zhang, Chenming, Liu, Yue, Li, Congrui, Shen, Chengji, Xin, Pei, Li, Ling and Lockington, David A. (2023). Processes controlling formation of salt efflorescence in coastal salt flats. Water Resources Research, 59 (12) e2022WR034279. doi: 10.1029/2022wr034279

Processes controlling formation of salt efflorescence in coastal salt flats

2022

Journal Article

Coupling effects of tide and salting-out on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) transport and adsorption in a coastal aquifer

Li, Congrui, Zhang, Chenming, Gibbes, Badin, Wang, Tao and Lockington, David (2022). Coupling effects of tide and salting-out on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) transport and adsorption in a coastal aquifer. Advances in Water Resources, 166 104240, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104240

Coupling effects of tide and salting-out on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) transport and adsorption in a coastal aquifer

2022

Journal Article

Salt transport under tide and evaporation in a subtropical wetland: field monitoring and numerical simulation

Liu, Yue, Zhang, Chenming, Liu, Xiaocheng, Li, Congrui, Sheuermann, Alexander, Xin, Pei, Li, Ling and Lockington, David A. (2022). Salt transport under tide and evaporation in a subtropical wetland: field monitoring and numerical simulation. Water Resources Research, 58 (5) e2021WR031530. doi: 10.1029/2021wr031530

Salt transport under tide and evaporation in a subtropical wetland: field monitoring and numerical simulation

2021

Journal Article

Drivers of bacterial diversity along a natural transect from freshwater to saline subtropical wetlands

Chuvochina, Maria, Adame, Maria Fernanda, Guyot, Adrien, Lovelock, Catherine, Lockington, David, Gamboa-Cutz, Julieta N. and Dennis, Paul G. (2021). Drivers of bacterial diversity along a natural transect from freshwater to saline subtropical wetlands. Science of the Total Environment, 759 143455, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143455

Drivers of bacterial diversity along a natural transect from freshwater to saline subtropical wetlands

2019

Conference Publication

Metered groundwater extractions for stock and domestic use in the Surat Basin, Queensland

Rochford, L. M., Bulovic, N., Keir, G., Ordens, C. M., Lockington, D. and McIntyre, N. (2019). Metered groundwater extractions for stock and domestic use in the Surat Basin, Queensland. Australasian Groundwater Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 24-27 November 2019.

Metered groundwater extractions for stock and domestic use in the Surat Basin, Queensland

2019

Journal Article

Groundwater enhances above-ground growth in mangroves

Hayes, Matthew A., Jesse, Amber, Welti, Nina, Tabet, Basam, Lockington, David and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2019). Groundwater enhances above-ground growth in mangroves. Journal of Ecology, 107 (3), 1120-1128. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13105

Groundwater enhances above-ground growth in mangroves

2018

Journal Article

Impacts of fire and flood on land-surface–atmosphere energetics in a sub-tropical barrier island freshwater swamp

Gray, Michael A., McGowan, Hamish A., Guyot, Adrien and Lockington, David A. (2018). Impacts of fire and flood on land-surface–atmosphere energetics in a sub-tropical barrier island freshwater swamp. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 171 (1), 129-149. doi: 10.1007/s10546-018-0414-y

Impacts of fire and flood on land-surface–atmosphere energetics in a sub-tropical barrier island freshwater swamp

2018

Journal Article

Direct uptake of canopy rainwater causes turgor-driven growth spurts in the mangrove Avicennia marina

Steppe, Kathy, Vandegehuchte, Maurits W., Van de Wal, Bart A. E., Hoste, Pieter, Guyot, Adrien, Lovelock, Catherine E. and Lockington, David A. (2018). Direct uptake of canopy rainwater causes turgor-driven growth spurts in the mangrove Avicennia marina. Tree Physiology, 38 (7), 979-991. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpy024

Direct uptake of canopy rainwater causes turgor-driven growth spurts in the mangrove Avicennia marina

2018

Journal Article

Effects of earlywood and latewood on sap flux density-based transpiration estimates in conifers

Fan, Junliang, Guyot, Adrien, Ostergaard, Kasper T. and Lockington, David A. (2018). Effects of earlywood and latewood on sap flux density-based transpiration estimates in conifers. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 249, 264-274. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.11.006

Effects of earlywood and latewood on sap flux density-based transpiration estimates in conifers

2017

Journal Article

Transport time scales in soil erosion modeling

Lisle, I. G., Sander, G. C., Parlange, J. Y., Rose, C. W., Hogarth, W. L., Braddock, R. D., Stagnitti, F., Lockington, D. A., Jomaa, S., Cheraghi, M. and Barry, D. A. (2017). Transport time scales in soil erosion modeling. Vadose Zone Journal, 16 (12), 1-13. doi: 10.2136/vzj2017.06.0121

Transport time scales in soil erosion modeling

2017

Journal Article

Dynamics of sediment carbon stocks across intertidal wetland habitats of Moreton Bay, Australia

Hayes, Matthew A., Jesse, Amber, Hawke, Bruce, Baldock, Jeff, Tabet, Basam, Lockington, David and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2017). Dynamics of sediment carbon stocks across intertidal wetland habitats of Moreton Bay, Australia. Global Change Biology, 23 (10), 4222-4234. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13722

Dynamics of sediment carbon stocks across intertidal wetland habitats of Moreton Bay, Australia

2017

Journal Article

Effects of beach slope breaks on nearshore groundwater dynamics

Zhang, Ying, Li, Ling, Erler, Dirk V., Santos, Isaac and Lockington, David (2017). Effects of beach slope breaks on nearshore groundwater dynamics. Hydrological Processes, 31 (14), 2530-2540. doi: 10.1002/hyp.11196

Effects of beach slope breaks on nearshore groundwater dynamics

2017

Journal Article

Does fire alter soil water repellency in subtropical coastal sandy environments?

White, Amy M. , Lockington, David A. and Gibbes, Badin (2017). Does fire alter soil water repellency in subtropical coastal sandy environments?. Hydrological Processes, 31 (2), 341-348. doi: 10.1002/hyp.11000

Does fire alter soil water repellency in subtropical coastal sandy environments?

2017

Journal Article

Soil-water content characterisation in a modified Jarvis-Stewart model: a case study of a conifer forest on a shallow unconfined aquifer

Guyot, Adrien, Fan, Junliang, Oestergaard, Kasper T., Whitley, Rhys, Gibbes, Badin, Arsac, Margaux and Lockington, David A. (2017). Soil-water content characterisation in a modified Jarvis-Stewart model: a case study of a conifer forest on a shallow unconfined aquifer. Journal of Hydrology, 544, 242-253. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.11.041

Soil-water content characterisation in a modified Jarvis-Stewart model: a case study of a conifer forest on a shallow unconfined aquifer

2016

Journal Article

Seasonal nitrous oxide and methane emissions across a subtropical estuarine salinity gradient

Welti, Nina, Hayes, Matt and Lockington, David (2016). Seasonal nitrous oxide and methane emissions across a subtropical estuarine salinity gradient. Biogeochemistry, 132 (1-2), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10533-016-0287-4

Seasonal nitrous oxide and methane emissions across a subtropical estuarine salinity gradient

2016

Journal Article

Effects of alongshore morphology on groundwater flow and solute transport in a nearshore aquifer

Zhang, Ying, Li, Ling, Erler, Dirk V., Santos, Isaac and Lockington, David (2016). Effects of alongshore morphology on groundwater flow and solute transport in a nearshore aquifer. Water Resources Research, 52 (2), 990-1008. doi: 10.1002/2015WR017420

Effects of alongshore morphology on groundwater flow and solute transport in a nearshore aquifer

2016

Journal Article

Estimating groundwater evapotranspiration by a subtropical pine plantation using diurnal water table fluctuations: implications from night-time water use

Fan, Junliang, Ostergaard, Kasper T., Guyot, Adrien, Fujiwara, Stephen and Lockington, David (2016). Estimating groundwater evapotranspiration by a subtropical pine plantation using diurnal water table fluctuations: implications from night-time water use. Journal of Hydrology, 542, 679-685. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.09.040

Estimating groundwater evapotranspiration by a subtropical pine plantation using diurnal water table fluctuations: implications from night-time water use

2016

Conference Publication

Seasonal variability of turbulent fluxes over a vegetated subtropical coastal wetland measured by large aperture scintillometry and eddy covariance

Guyot, Adrien, Gray, Michael, Riesenkamp, Michiel, Lockington, David and McGowan, Hamish (2016). Seasonal variability of turbulent fluxes over a vegetated subtropical coastal wetland measured by large aperture scintillometry and eddy covariance. EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April 2016.

Seasonal variability of turbulent fluxes over a vegetated subtropical coastal wetland measured by large aperture scintillometry and eddy covariance

2015

Journal Article

Intertidal diatom communities reflect patchiness in groundwater discharge

Welti, N., Gale, D., Hayes, M., Kumar, A., Gasparon, M., Gibbes, B. and Lockington, D. (2015). Intertidal diatom communities reflect patchiness in groundwater discharge. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 163 (PB), 116-124. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.06.006

Intertidal diatom communities reflect patchiness in groundwater discharge

Funding

Past funding

Changes of salt dynamics and distribution in coastal marshes

ARC Discovery Projects

Open grant - 2016 - 2019

Fate of fluorinated surfactants and hydrocarbons at coastal airports

ARC Linkage Projects

Open grant - 2014

Contract Climate Map ¿ Solar Hot Water System

Commonwealth Department of Industry

Open grant - 2014

Contract RIS climate file modelling - heating and cooling base temperatures versus NatHERS 6 star thermal performance

Commonwealth Department of Industry

Open grant - 2013

Provision of services for developing climate zones/ boundaries appropriate to factors affecting the efficiency of heat pump technologies

Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

Open grant - 2013

Provision of services for the extraction and analysis of design condition data from the revised Australian Climatic Database (ACDB)

Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

Open grant - 2011 - 2013

Assessing environmental safety of in-pit disposal of tailings

Australian Coal Association Research Program

Open grant - 2011

Instrumentation for elemental analysis of geological and environmental samples

UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

Open grant - 2010

Establishment of a clean room facility for trace organic contaminant research

UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

Open grant - 2009 - 2013

ARC/ NWC Co-funded Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (Flinders University_lead institution)

Flinders University

Open grant - 2009 - 2011

Multiphase flow and transport in complex coastal wetland systems

ARC Discovery Projects

Open grant - 2009

Water Quality and Environmental Analysis Facility

UQ School/Centre Co-Funding

Open grant - 2008

Research Collaboration with UQ, SNWA and SEQWater

South East Queensland Water Corporation Limited

Open grant - 2008

Numerical model enhancement

South East Queensland Water Corporation Limited

Open grant - 2008

Water Quality Sensor Construction

South East Queensland Water Corporation Limited

Open grant - 2007 - 2011

Collaborative Research: UQ and SEQWater Head Agreement

South East Queensland Water Corporation Limited

Open grant - 2007 - 2009

Tidal dynamics of a subterranean estuary: Processes and functions

ARC Discovery Projects

Open grant - 2006 - 2009

Destination and Data Modelling

CRC for Sustainable Tourism

Open grant - 2004 - 2007

Groundwater Dynamics At The Ocean-Aquifer Interface: Implications For Modelling Of Regional Flow In Pioneer Valley Aquifers

ARC Linkage Projects

Open grant - 2004 - 2007

Quantifying the pathways and fluxes of iron to Moreton Bay

ARC Linkage Projects

Open grant - 2004 - 2006

Engineering support and expertise for the application of sustainable technology in tourism

CRC for Sustainable Tourism

Open grant - 2004 - 2006

Theme leader: tourism infrastructure and engineered environments

CRC for Sustainable Tourism

Open grant - 2004 - 2007

Tourism infrastructure and environmentally sustainable design - development of a modular engineering systems model for destination design support

CRC for Sustainable Tourism

Open grant - 2001

Development of a model of water and contaminant transport in fine, cracking porous media such as clay soils, mine tailings and dredged semiments

UQ Travel Grants Scheme

Open grant - 2001 - 2003

Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Concrete and Other Porous Building Materials.

ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)

Open grant - 2000 - 2003

Predicting long-term runoff and seepage from tailings storage facilities to facilitate cost-effective and timely closure and lease surrender

ARC (Australian Postgraduate Award-Industry)

Open grant - 2000 - 2003

Predicting long-term runoff and seepage from tailings storage facilities to facilitate cost-effective and timely closure and lease surrender

ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)

Open grant - 1999 - 2001

Development of a practical numerical procedure for the modelling and management of saltwater intrusion in complex coastal acquifer systems

ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)

Open grant - 1999 - 2001

Development of a practical numerical procedure for the modelling and management of saltwater intrusion in complex coastal acquifer systems

ARC (Australian Postgraduate Award-Industry)

Open grant - 1999 - 2001

Development of practical numerical procedure for the modelling and management of saltwater intrusion in complex coastal acquifier systems

Department of Natural Resources and Mines

Open grant - 1999 - 2001

Hydrological assessment of the perched groundwater systems on North Stradbroke Island

ARC Collaborative Grant (SPIRT)

Open grant - 1996 - 2004

Durability of concrete structures in aggressive environments

Queensland Department of Main Roads

Open grant - 1996 - 1998

Coastal Groundwater Dynamics

ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)

Open grant - 1996 - 1997

Predicting Regional Scale Chemical Contaminant Movement in the Sub-Surface Environment

Quality Funds Round 3

Open grant - 1996

The contribution of organic compounds to the formation of acid mine drainage in coal waste rock

University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant

Open grant - 1995 - 1998

Kidston Gold Mines co-disposal of wastes research.

Kidston Gold Mines Limited

Open grant - 1995 - 1999

The fate and transport of organic compounds at the Willawong Liquid Waste Treatment Facility.

Brisbane City Council

Open grant

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Supervision

Availability

Emeritus Professor D Lockington is: : Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

##### Variable density groundwater hydrodynamics in the coastal zone.

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Harald Hofmann, Dr Chenming Zhang

Completed supervision

Doctor Philosophy

##### Processes Affecting the Formation and Dynamics of Salt Flats in Coastal Marshes

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Chenming Zhang - 2023

Doctor Philosophy

##### HYDRODYNAMICS OF POREWATER FLOW AND SALT TRANSPORT IN A SUBTROPICAL TIDAL WETLAND

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Chenming Zhang, Professor Alexander Scheuermann - 2022

Doctor Philosophy

##### Fate and Transport of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Coastal Aquifers

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Badin Gibbes, Dr Chenming Zhang - 2015

Doctor Philosophy

##### Laboratory Study of Subtropical Wetland Plant Lepironia articulata's Water Use and Sensitivity to Groundwater Availability

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Jim Hanan - 2014

Doctor Philosophy

##### Quantifying woody vegetation water use in subtropical groundwater systems

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Badin Gibbes - 2014

Doctor Philosophy

##### Vegetation effects on soil moisture and groundwater recharge in subtropical coastal sand dunes

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Alexander Scheuermann - 2010

Doctor Philosophy

##### Riparian groundwater flow and salt transport in aquifer-estuary interaction

Principal Advisor - 2010

Doctor Philosophy

##### Impacts of Amelioration on Sodic Soil Hydraulic Conductivity and Potential Consequences for Deep Drainage in the Lower Burdekin, North Queensland.

Principal Advisor - 2007

Doctor Philosophy

##### DETERIORATION OF LAYERED COASTAL AQUIFER WATER DUE TO DENSITY DEPENDENT FLOWS

Principal Advisor - 2004

Doctor Philosophy

##### EVELOPMENT OF A PRACTICAL NUMERICAL PROCEDURE FOR THE MODELLING AND MANAGEMENT OF SALTWATER INTRUSION IN COMPLEX COASTAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS

Principal Advisor - 2003

Doctor Philosophy

##### WATER MOVEMENT IN UNSATURATED CONCRETE: THEORY, EXPERIMENTS, MODELS

Principal Advisor - 2019

Doctor Philosophy

##### The surface-atmosphere energetics of a sub-tropical sand island in eastern Australia

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Hamish McGowan - 2015

Doctor Philosophy

##### Geochemical Processes Controlling the Distribution and Long Term Stability of Heavy Metals in Mine Tailings Deposited in Rivers; the case study of ModADA, Papua, Indonesia

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Mansour Edraki - 2015

Doctor Philosophy

##### Variations in carbon storage and sequestration in intertidal wetlands

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Catherine Lovelock - 2015

Doctor Philosophy

##### Groundwater Dynamics in an Aquifer Adjacent to a Coastal Lagoon

Associate Advisor - 2014

Doctor Philosophy

##### Understanding the Long-Term Seepage Geochemistry of Base Metal Mine Tailings in a Semiarid Subtropical Climate, Mount Isa, Australia

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Barry Noller, Professor Mansour Edraki - 2014

Doctor Philosophy

##### Hydrodynamic and thermodynamic processes during evaporation from bare soils

Associate Advisor - 2014

Doctor Philosophy

##### Numerical modelling for optimisation of water quality monitoring stations: A monitoring - modelling - management study of an Australian subtropical reservoir

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Badin Gibbes - 2014

Doctor Philosophy

##### Groundwater dynamics at the ocean-aquifer interface: implications for resource management modelling in the Pioneer Valley Aquifer

Associate Advisor - 2013

Doctor Philosophy

##### Groundwater and surface water interactions in the Tinchi Tamba estuarine wetland, Southeast Queensland, Australia.

Associate Advisor - 2010

Doctor Philosophy

##### Advancing sustainability in tourism destinations with a complex adaptive systems approach based on system dynamics modelling

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Lydia Kavanagh - 2009

Doctor Philosophy

##### Efficient Calibration and Predictive Error Analysis for Highly - Parameterized Models Combining Tikhonov and Subspace Regularization Techniques

Associate Advisor - 2008

Doctor Philosophy

##### Parameter And Predictive Uncertainty Analysis For Surface Water And Groundwater Flow Models

Associate Advisor - 2007

Doctor Philosophy

##### Perceptions, performance and economics of renewable energy supply within the Australian tourism industry

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Tom Baldock - 2007

Doctor Philosophy

##### PORE WATER EXCHANGE PROCESSES IN OFFSHORE INTERTIDAL SANDBANKS

Associate Advisor - 2006

Doctor Philosophy

##### THE USE OF REGULARISED INVERSION IN GROUNDWATER MODEL CALIBRATION AND PREDICTION UNCERTAINITY ANALYSIS

Associate Advisor - 2006

Doctor Philosophy

##### REHABILITATION STUDIES ON TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITIES IN AN ARID HYPERSALINE REGION

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Williams - 2003

Doctor Philosophy

##### GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT OF HAZARDOUS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor William Clarke

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