Professor Peter Erskine
Professor

Peter Erskine

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Availability

Professor Peter Erskine is:
Not available for supervision

Fields of research

Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences Environmental Sciences Forestry sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Rehabilitation of degraded land

    Leading multi-disciplinary teams designing monitoring programs, mine rehabilitation strategies, and landscape restoration in Australia, south-east Asia, and Africa.

  • Spatial ecology

  • Rainforest restoration

  • Metallophyte discovery and utilisation

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268 works between 1995 and 2025
All (268) Journal Article (145) Book Chapter (16) Conference Publication (43) Book (11) Other Outputs (53)

21 - 40 of 268 works

2024

Journal Article

Water-soluble rare earth elements (REEs) recovered from uranium tailings

Levett, Alan, van der Ent, Antony, Jones, Thomas Ray, Bolouri, Kimiya, Kelly, Kieran, Vaughan, James, Edraki, Mansour, Erskine, Peter and Southam, Gordon (2024). Water-soluble rare earth elements (REEs) recovered from uranium tailings. Minerals Engineering, 210 108675, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108675

Water-soluble rare earth elements (REEs) recovered from uranium tailings

2024

Journal Article

Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible framework

Metaxas, A., Anglin, C. D., Cross, A., Drazen, J., Haeckel, M., Mudd, G., Smith, C. R., Smith, S., Weaver, P. P.E., Sonter, L., Amon, D. J., Erskine, P. D., Levin, L. A., Lily, H., Maest, A. S., Mestre, N. C., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Sánchez, L. E., Sharma, R., Vanreusel, A., Wheston, S. and Tunnicliffe, V. (2024). Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible framework. Global Change Biology, 30 (5) e17334, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17334

Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible framework

2024

Journal Article

Plant-soil relations of selenium, molybdenum and vanadium in the Richmond District of Central Queensland, Australia

Harvey, Maggie-Anne, Erskine, Peter D., Harris, Hugh H., Virtue, Jemma I. and van der Ent, Antony (2024). Plant-soil relations of selenium, molybdenum and vanadium in the Richmond District of Central Queensland, Australia. Plant and Soil, 504 (1-2), 435-455. doi: 10.1007/s11104-024-06633-7

Plant-soil relations of selenium, molybdenum and vanadium in the Richmond District of Central Queensland, Australia

2024

Journal Article

Setting restorative goals with a regional outlook: Mine-rehabilitation outcomes influence landscape connectivity

Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Gagen, Emma J. and Erskine, Peter D. (2024). Setting restorative goals with a regional outlook: Mine-rehabilitation outcomes influence landscape connectivity. Journal of Environmental Management, 357 120778, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120778

Setting restorative goals with a regional outlook: Mine-rehabilitation outcomes influence landscape connectivity

2024

Journal Article

Unravelling the fate of foliar-applied nickel in soybean: a comprehensive investigation

de Oliveira, Jessica Bezerra, Lavres, Jose, Kopittke, Peter M., Chaney, Rufus L., Harris, Hugh H., Erskine, Peter D., Howard, Daryl L., dos Reis, André Rodrigues and van der Ent, Antony (2024). Unravelling the fate of foliar-applied nickel in soybean: a comprehensive investigation. Plant and Soil, 502 (1-2), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s11104-024-06567-0

Unravelling the fate of foliar-applied nickel in soybean: a comprehensive investigation

2024

Other Outputs

An assessment of Rehabilitation Report Card data for Cerrejón, Colombia – Phase I

Hernandez-Santin, L. and Erskine, P. D. (2024). An assessment of Rehabilitation Report Card data for Cerrejón, Colombia – Phase I. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.

An assessment of Rehabilitation Report Card data for Cerrejón, Colombia – Phase I

2023

Journal Article

Characteristics and gaps in the assessment of progress in mine restoration: insights from five decades of published literature relating to native ecosystem restoration after mining

Harries, Katherine L., Woinarski, John, Rumpff, Libby, Gardener, Mark and Erskine, Peter D. (2023). Characteristics and gaps in the assessment of progress in mine restoration: insights from five decades of published literature relating to native ecosystem restoration after mining. Restoration Ecology, 32 (1) e14016. doi: 10.1111/rec.14016

Characteristics and gaps in the assessment of progress in mine restoration: insights from five decades of published literature relating to native ecosystem restoration after mining

2023

Journal Article

Anthropedogenesis in coal mine overburden; the need for a comprehensive, fundamental biogeochemical approach

Gunathunga, Samadhi U., Gagen, Emma J., Evans, Paul N., Erskine, Peter D. and Southam, Gordon (2023). Anthropedogenesis in coal mine overburden; the need for a comprehensive, fundamental biogeochemical approach. Science of The Total Environment, 892 164515, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164515

Anthropedogenesis in coal mine overburden; the need for a comprehensive, fundamental biogeochemical approach

2023

Journal Article

Recognition of trace element hyperaccumulation based on empirical datasets derived from XRF scanning of herbarium specimens

Purwadi, Imam, Erskine, Peter D., Casey, Lachlan W. and van der Ent, Antony (2023). Recognition of trace element hyperaccumulation based on empirical datasets derived from XRF scanning of herbarium specimens. Plant and Soil, 492 (1-2), 429-438. doi: 10.1007/s11104-023-06185-2

Recognition of trace element hyperaccumulation based on empirical datasets derived from XRF scanning of herbarium specimens

2023

Journal Article

Laboratory μ-X-ray fluorescence elemental mapping of herbarium specimens for hyperaccumulator studies

van der Ent, Antony, Casey, Lachlan W., Purwadi, Imam and Erskine, Peter D. (2023). Laboratory μ-X-ray fluorescence elemental mapping of herbarium specimens for hyperaccumulator studies. Plant and Soil, 493 (1-2), 663-671. doi: 10.1007/s11104-023-06201-5

Laboratory μ-X-ray fluorescence elemental mapping of herbarium specimens for hyperaccumulator studies

2023

Conference Publication

Developing a regional data catalogue to support the technical assessment of post-mining land use

Côte, Claire Madeleine, Bolz, Pascal, Pagliero, Liliana, Shaygan, Mandana, Edraki, Mansour and Erskine, Peter (2023). Developing a regional data catalogue to support the technical assessment of post-mining land use. AusIMM Life of Mine Conference 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-4 August 2023. Carlton, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Developing a regional data catalogue to support the technical assessment of post-mining land use

2023

Journal Article

Reflectance spectroscopy as a promising tool for ‘sensing’ metals in hyperaccumulator plants

Purwadi, Imam, Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2023). Reflectance spectroscopy as a promising tool for ‘sensing’ metals in hyperaccumulator plants. Planta, 258 (2) 41, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00425-023-04167-3

Reflectance spectroscopy as a promising tool for ‘sensing’ metals in hyperaccumulator plants

2023

Journal Article

Integrating microalgae production into mine closure plans

Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma J., Levett, Ian and Erskine, Peter D. (2023). Integrating microalgae production into mine closure plans. Journal of Environmental Management, 337 117736, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117736

Integrating microalgae production into mine closure plans

2023

Conference Publication

Complex Orebodies Analysis: A Multidisciplinary Application to the Izok Lake Corridor Project in the Canadian Arctic

Micklethwaite, S., Verster, I., Seligmann, B.J., Antonio, C., Hilden, M., Hernandez-Santin, L., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S.A., Kuyuk, A., Kalantari, H.B., Sasmito, A.P., Cote, C., Ziemski, M., Car, M., Lamb, A., Erskine, P., Runge, K. and Valenta, R.K. (2023). Complex Orebodies Analysis: A Multidisciplinary Application to the Izok Lake Corridor Project in the Canadian Arctic. 26th World Mining Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26-29 June 2023. Brisbane, QLD Australia: 26th World Mining Congress.

Complex Orebodies Analysis: A Multidisciplinary Application to the Izok Lake Corridor Project in the Canadian Arctic

2023

Journal Article

A systematic assessment of the metallome of selected plant families in the Queensland (Australia) flora by using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

Purwadi, Imam, Abubakari, Farida, Brown, Gillian K., Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2023). A systematic assessment of the metallome of selected plant families in the Queensland (Australia) flora by using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. Australian Journal of Botany, 71 (4), 199-215. doi: 10.1071/bt22028

A systematic assessment of the metallome of selected plant families in the Queensland (Australia) flora by using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

2023

Other Outputs

What is the best current sensor/method for each rehabilitation metric at Newlands?

Lorna Hernandez Santin and Peter Erskine (2023). What is the best current sensor/method for each rehabilitation metric at Newlands?. St. Lucia: SMI.

What is the best current sensor/method for each rehabilitation metric at Newlands?

2023

Journal Article

Old Man Saltbush mortality following fire challenges the resilience of post‐mine rehabilitation in central Queensland, Australia

McKenna, Phillip B., Ufer, Natasha, Glenn, Vanessa, Doley, David, Phinn, Stuart and Erskine, Peter D. (2023). Old Man Saltbush mortality following fire challenges the resilience of post‐mine rehabilitation in central Queensland, Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration, 24 (1), 36-46. doi: 10.1111/emr.12579

Old Man Saltbush mortality following fire challenges the resilience of post‐mine rehabilitation in central Queensland, Australia

2023

Journal Article

Measuring and monitoring restored ecosystems: can remote sensing be applied to the ecological recovery wheel to inform restoration success?

McKenna, Phillip B., Lechner, Alex M., Hernandez Santin, Lorna, Phinn, Stuart and Erskine, Peter D. (2023). Measuring and monitoring restored ecosystems: can remote sensing be applied to the ecological recovery wheel to inform restoration success?. Restoration Ecology, 31 (1) e13724. doi: 10.1111/rec.13724

Measuring and monitoring restored ecosystems: can remote sensing be applied to the ecological recovery wheel to inform restoration success?

2023

Journal Article

Micro-analytical and molecular approaches for understanding the distribution, biochemistry, and molecular biology of selenium in (hyperaccumulator) plants

Pinto Irish, Katherine, Harvey, Maggie-Anne, Harris, Hugh H., Aarts, Mark G. M., Chan, Cheong Xin, Erskine, Peter D. and van der Ent, Antony (2023). Micro-analytical and molecular approaches for understanding the distribution, biochemistry, and molecular biology of selenium in (hyperaccumulator) plants. Planta, 257 (1) 2, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00425-022-04017-8

Micro-analytical and molecular approaches for understanding the distribution, biochemistry, and molecular biology of selenium in (hyperaccumulator) plants

2023

Journal Article

Rare earth element (hyper)accumulation in some Proteaceae from Queensland, Australia

van der Ent, Antony, Nkrumah, Philip Nti, Purwadi, Imam and Erskine, Peter D. (2023). Rare earth element (hyper)accumulation in some Proteaceae from Queensland, Australia. Plant and Soil, 485 (1-2), 247-257. doi: 10.1007/s11104-022-05805-7

Rare earth element (hyper)accumulation in some Proteaceae from Queensland, Australia

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Optimising future copper production in the NW Mineral Province -Stage 1 scoping
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Quantitative Geophysics for Monitoring and Assessment of Mining Residue Structure
    Technological Resources Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    CoastRI - Coastal Monitoring Network
    AuScope Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    EarthDrone National Drone Infrastructure for the Earth with Cross-Platform Interoperability
    AuScope Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    High-resolution monitoring of Newlands and Collinsville mine rehabilitation
    NC Coal Company Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Fingerprinting environmentally sustainable ores using neodymium isotopes
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2024
    Expanding Queensland's Rare Earth Element opportunities - defining and extracting new REE resources
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Drones4waste - A multi-scale, ground-to-air characterisation of waste and rehabilitation, Hercules mine site, Tasmania (304MMGHDRONE)
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Carbon sequestration of forests in Vietnam and Uganda
    SK forest
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Selenium distribution and chemistry in the hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Knowledge gaps and opportunities for earth observation tools in mine-rehabilitation at the property scale
    SmartSat CRC
    Open grant
  • 2021
    A Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (304MMGIZOK)
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Mine rehabilitation and closure collaboration project: Baseline Works
    Queensland Resources Council Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Transforming disparate approaches to remote sensing and monitoring to industry best practice (CRC TiME project administered by Dept Agriculture Water and the Environment)
    CRC TIME Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Project ARK: Generating critical knowledge to support resilience-based management of Lady Elliot Island (Great Barrier Reef Foundation project administered by The University of the Sunshine Coast)
    University of the Sunshine Coast
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Baseline works for Moranbah post-mining land use collaborative project
    Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Extracting Queensland's Rare Earth Elements Sustainably
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Distribution and translocation of foliar applied nickel in soybean
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Hail Creek rehabilitation report card implementation
    Glencore Coal Assets Australia
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Provision of services and advice for ecosystem establishment and landform studies
    Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Testing of the resilience of mine site rehabilitation
    NC Coal Company Pty Limited, New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Metallophyte plant species and ecotypes at Dugald River - A forgotten resource
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Advanced micro-X-ray Fluorescence facility for biological, medical, materials science and geochemistry
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2017
    An assessment and review of work relating to closure criteria and rehabilitation standards and related support for RPAS activities
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Building the framework for meeting closure criteria in waste rock dump design and performance
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Elucidating the Ni and Zn biopathways during seed germination in differential ecotypes of Noccaea caerulescens
    Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Applying converged monitoring to inform closure management against agreed criteria
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Cost efficient landscape rehabilitation assessment Phase 1
    Glencore Coal (NSW) Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Cost efficient empirically based framework using integrated datasets to demonstrate rehabilitation quality
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Measuring rehabilitation response to fire: Implications for long term resilience and mine closure
    Wesfarmers Curragh Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt hyperaccumulator plants for phytoremediation of polluted (mining/smelter) soils
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Flora and Fauna Monitoring
    Centennial Airly Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Establishment of step change flora monitoring and investigation of YS2-6 seepage points associated with Narrow and Kangaroo Creek Shrub Swamps
    Centennial Angus Place Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Swamp Ecosystem Health Impacts
    Springvale Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Landform and Rehabilitation Assessment for Charbon Coal Mine
    Charbon Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Persoonia Hindii: Management and Research Program - species, distribution and security on the Newnes Plateau Angus Place
    Centennial Angus Place Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Persoonia Hindii: Management and Research Program - species, distribution and security on the Newnes Plateau Springvale
    Springvale Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Development of a Long-term Ecological Research Monitoring Program for Significant Flora & Fauna Species at Airly Mine and Mugii Murum-ban SCA
    Centennial Airly Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Analysing rehabilitation success at the McFarlane Project
    QER Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Environmental and Ecological Assessment Methodologies for Centennial Coal Operations
    Springvale Coal Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Measuring the success of the rehabilitation strategies at the Curragh Mine 2012-2016 Assessment
    Wesfarmers Curragh Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    XCQ Rehabilitation Management Protocol Implementation Project: Understanding the Business Exposure and Raising the Bar on Land Stewardship
    Xstrata Coal Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Monitoring surface condition of landscape features subject to mining subsidence with very high resolution imagery
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Development and monitoring of vegetation trails on spent shale from Paraho process
    QER Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Risk assessment tools to support end use decisions for mined land of the Bowen Basin
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Soil organic matter and green carbon in rehabilitation: their role in the carbon balance
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Revegetation assessment program for the D-tree tenement and historic paradise workings in NW Queensland
    Legend International Holdings, Inc.
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian wet tropics
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Change detection in rehabilitation monitoring of degraded mined land
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Long term rehabilitation monitoring at Meandu Mine
    Tarong Energy Corporation Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Development of monitoring parameters for rehabilitation progress at RTA Weipa
    Technological Resources Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2011
    Rehabilitation monitoring at Curragh Coal Mine
    Curragh Queensland Mining Limited
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Peter Erskine is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Acid Mine Drainage Passive Treatment Method Using Hyperaccumulator Plants for Post Mining Rehabilitation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Gordon Southam, Dr Denys Villa Gomez

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Assessing the ecological trajectory of mine rehabilitation - Focusing on the Nabarlek Uranium Project

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Holcombe

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ecophysiology and molecular genetics of selenium tolerance and accumulation in the selenium hyperaccumulator Neptunia amplexicaulis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheong Xin Chan

Completed supervision

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