Director

As the platform director Tim brings an unprecedented wealth of expertise having deep domain knowledge of geophysical methods for characterising cover and their application for both minerals and/or groundwater resource assessment. This is accompanied by a strong track record in leading and contributing to multi-disciplinary research and management of regionally dispersed research teams. Tim has more than 20 years’ experience in the application of airborne geophysical methods; notably airborne electromagnetics for cover (the regolith/critical zone) characterization in 2 and 3D, as a critical part of enhanced minerals exploration. Equally extensive is his experience in the application of hydrogeophysical methods; particularly airborne and ground-based electrical, electromagnetic methods, plus borehole and surface nuclear magnetic resonance methods for groundwater and aquifer characterisation, ecosystem function, surface water – groundwater interactions and environmental applications. He has driven a research path involving the development of technologies for understanding minerals, water and environment, believing that they are intimately linked. Further to this, he has 10 years’ experience in the application of remote sensing technologies for mapping the regolith and sedimentary systems. This technical expertise combined with breadth of experience, places Tim favourably to lead the platform’s activities.

As an active researcher Tim’s current interests cover: the assessment of the cause and expression of airborne IP in Australian settings from high powered AEM systems; application of machine learning approaches to depth of cover definition; assessment of airborne EM inversion approaches to sub-basin definition and identification of mineralization in the McArthur Basin, NT; definition of appropriate geophysical methods for lithostructural definition of basin margins; application of ground time domain EM and nuclear magnetic resonance methods in aquifer characterization in Australia; integrated approaches to the use of geophysics, hydrogeology and geochemistry for improved groundwater assessments, including methodologies for transforming spatially sampled geophysical data, using hydrogeological constraints, directly to a hydrogeological model framework; and, the development of an integrated geoscientific approach to understanding the location, character and variability of groundwater resources, the sustainability of this resource, and its relationship to environmental and cultural assets (and flows) in key priority areas flagged for industrial development in outback South Australia.

Key areas of expertise: geology, regolith geology, applied geophysical methods, aquifer systems

 

Professional experience

April 2019 – present
Director of Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform, CSIRO

2015 – 2019
Research Group Leader: CSIRO Imaging through Cover Group, Discovery Program, Mineral Resources

2010 – 2015
Stream Leader: New Detection Technologies, Minerals Down under Flagship, CSIRO

2006 – 2010
Project Leader: in Groundwater Management and Characterisation; Water Resource Assessment, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship

2003 – 2006
Project Leader: South Australian Salinity Mapping and Management Support Program

2000 – 2006
Project Leader: Salinity Mapping and Management Program, CRCLEME

2000 – 2003
Research Team Leader: EM Applications, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Perth

1997 – 2000
Program Leader in the CRC for Australian Mineral Exploration Technologies: Program – Airborne EM Mapping

 

Education

Ph.D Solid Earth Remote Sensing
University of Reading, UK (1985)

Bachelors in Earth Sciences (BSc.)
University of Reading, UK (1978)

 

Selected publications

Book Chapters

Munday TJ, 2008, Regolith Geophysics. In Scott, K and Pain, C., (Eds) Regolith Science. Berlin, Springer.

Davis, A, Munday, TJ, and Somaratne, N. (2013), Characterisation of a Coastal Aquifer System in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods, Ch 6 in C. Wetzelhuetter (ed.), Groundwater in the Coastal Zones of Asia-Pacific, Coastal Research Library 7, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5648-9_1, Springer Dordrecht 2013

Example Papers, Reports and Publications

Krapf C, Costar A, Stoian L, Keppel M, Gordon G, Inverarity L, Love A and Munday T, 2019. A sniff of the ocean in the Miocene at the foothills of the Musgrave Ranges – unravelling the evolution of the Lindsay East Palaeovalley. MESA Journal  90:4–22. Department for Energy and Mining, Adelaide.

Costar A, Love A, Krapf C, Keppel M, Munday, T, Inverarity K, Wallis I and Soerensen 2019. Hidden water in remote areas – innovative exploration to uncover the past in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. MESA Journal 90:23–35. Department for Energy and Mining, Adelaide

Macnae, J., Xiuyan, R, and Munday, T., (in review), Stripping IP effects from airborne EM to improve 3D conductivity inversion of a narrow palaeovalley; Geophysics.

Macnae, J., Munday., T., and Soerensen, C, (in review) Estimation and geological interpretation of chargeability and superparamagnetic susceptibility in AEM data. Geophysics

Munday, T., Foss, C., and Soerensen, C,. 2019, The combined use of airborne magnetic and electromagnetic methods for cover characterisation in the exploration for buried mineral systems, AGU-SEG Airborne Geophysics Workshop, Davie, FL, USA, 11-13 June 2019

Munday, T., Soerensen, C, Jolley, P., Banks, E., Houthuysen L. and Ellis, J., 2019, Treading where ground geophysics can’t venture – the use of airborne geophysics to characterise remote freshwater lens systems in tropical island settings in Northern Australia. AGU-SEG Airborne Geophysics Workshop, Davie, FL, USA, 11-13 June 2019

Munday, TJ, Sørensen, C and Gulbrandsen, ML (2018), Peeling back the cover on an ancient landscape – AEM in the Musgrave Province, South Australia, The 7th International Workshop on Airborne Electromagnetics. June 17-20, Kolding, Denmark.

Soerensen, CC, Munday, TJ, Cahill, K, Jolley, P, Houthuysen, L, Banks, E, Ellis J and Ibrahimi, T (2019) Hydrogeophysical Investigation of Milingimbi Island, Northern Territory; Final Report. CSIRO Technical Report EP19130; CSIRO, Australia. 99pp

Munday T , Soerensen C , Marchant D, Silic J, Paterson R , Viezzoli A , Kunzmann M, and Spinks S (2018) 1, 2.5 and/or 3D Inversion of Airborne EM data – options in the search for sediment-hosted base metal mineralisation in the McArthur Basin, Northern Territory.. ASEG Extended Abstracts 2018, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2018abT5_3F

Blaikie T , Soerensen CC , Munday TJ , Schaubs P , Spinks S, Schmid S and Kunzmann M (2018) Characterising the Subsurface Architecture and Stratigraphy of the McArthur Group through Integrated Airborne EM and Gravity Inversion. ASEG Extended Abstracts 2018, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2018abT7_1G

Davis A , Munday TJ, and George R (2018) Rate of success for a groundwater drilling program planned from AEM, Gascoyne River, WA. ASEG Extended Abstracts 2018, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2018abT5_1H

Annetts, D., Munday, TJ and Ross, J., (2018), Forward modelling airborne EM system responses for palaeochannel hosted uranium mineral systems, CSIRO Report EP179338., 314pp.

Munday, T. and Occhipinti, S. (Eds.), 2018, RP04-063/M436 Distal Footprints: UNCOVER Australia; Executive Summary: Capricorn Case Study. Technical Report, 118pp

Crosbie, R; Taylor, A; Davis, A; Lamontagne, S and Munday, T (2014) Evaluation of infiltration from losing-disconnected rivers using a geophysical characterisation of the riverbed and a simplified infiltration model. Journal of Hydrology. 2014; 508:102–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.07.045

Harrington, GA, Payton Gardner, W, and Munday, TJ (2014)Tracking groundwater discharge to a large river using tracers and geophysics, Groundwater 52 (6), 837-852, 2014.

Munday TJ, Davis A, Cahill K and Abdat T (2013) Geophysics. A technical report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment, part of the North Queensland Irrigated Agriculture Strategy. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country and Sustainable Agriculture Flagships, Australia.

Davis, A; King, A; Christensen, N; and Munday, T (2013). Conditional and marginal probabilities in AEM inversions using multivariate Gaussian statistics. In: 23rd International Geophysical Conference & Exhibition (ASEG-PESA 2013); 11-14 August 2013; Melbourne, Australia. Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists; 2013. 4 p.

Davis, A; Munday, T; King, A; Christensen, N. Improving conceptual models using AEM data and probability distributions. In: AGU Fall Meeting; 3-7 December, 2012; San Francisco, USA. AGU; 2013. 1.

Hatch, M., Munday, TJ. and Heinson, G (2010) A comparative study of in-river geophysical techniques to define variations in riverbed salt load and aid managing river salinization. Geophysics 75(4), WA135-WA 147.

Christensen, NB., Fitzpatrick, A., and Munday, TJ, (2010), Fast approximate 1D inversion of frequency domain electromagnetic data: Near Surface Geophysics, 8, 1–15.

Viezzoli, A., Auken, E., Munday, TJ, (2009) Spatially Constrained Inversion (SCI) for quasi 3-D modelling of AEM data – An Application for Environmental Assessment in the Lower Murray Region of South Australia, Exploration Geophysics, 40(2), 173-183.

Munday TJ., Overton I. & Fitzpatrick A.D., (2008), Managing and protecting the local ecology and biodiversity of the Lower Murray River floodplains in SE Australia using biophysical data derived from airborne EM survey data. Proceedings International Salinity Forum, March-April 2008, Adelaide, South Australia.

Walker, G., Cresswell, R.G., Munday, TJ and Liddicoat, C. (2004). South Australian Salinity Mapping and Management Support Project: Final Report (Overall Project Summary Report), South Australia. Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation. Report, DWLBC 2004/ 39. ISBN 0-9756945-5-3.

Munday TJ., Reilly NS., Glover M., Lawrie KC., Scott T., Chartres CJ., Evans WR. (2000) Petrophysical characterisation of parna using ground and downhole geophysics at Marinna, central New South Wales. Exploration Geophysics 31 , 260–266.

Munday TJ, Green A, Brodie R, Lane R, Sattel D, Barnett S, Cook P, Walker G (2003) Developing recharge reduction strategies in the Riverland of South Australia using airborne electromagnetic data ? a case study in tailoring airborne geophysics given a particular target and a desired set of outcomes.. ASEG Extended Abstracts 2003

Munday TJ; Hill, AJ; Wilson, T; Hopkins, B; Telfer, AL; White, GJ and Green, A. Combining Geology and Geophysics to Develop a Hydrogeologic Framework for Salt Interception in the Loxton Sands Aquifer, Central Murray Basin, Australia [online]. In: Dogramaci, Shawan (Editor); Waterhouse, Alex (Editor). Engineering Salinity Solutions : 1st National Salinity Engineering Conference 2004. Barton, A.C.T: Engineers Australia, 2004: [412]-[417]

Rutherford J. , Munday T. , Meyers J. Cooper M. (2001) Relationship between regolith materials, petrophysical properties, hydrologeology and mineralisation at the Cawse Ni laterite deposits, Western Australia: Implications for exploring with airborne EM. Exploration Geophysics, 32, 160-170. https://doi.org/10.1071/EG01160

Munday TJ, Macnae, J, Bishop, J, and Sattel, D, (2001), A geological interpretation of observed electrical structures in the regolith: Lawlers, Western Australia. Exploration Geophysics, 32, (1), 36-47.