Close, Murray

Papers in refereed journals, series or books:

• Close M, Flintoft M. (2005) Pesticides in groundwater: Findings from the fourth nationwide survey. The Orchardist 78 (11): 73-74.
• Sinton LW, Braithwaite R R, Hall CH, Pang L, Close MW, Noonan MJ. (2005) Tracing the movement of irrigated effluent into an alluvial gravel aquifer. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 166: 287-301.
• Close ME, Lee R, Magesan GN, Stewart MK, Skuse G, Bekesi G. (2005) Field study of pesticide leaching in a Himatangi sand (Manawatu) and in a Kiripaka bouldery clay loam (Northland). 1: Results. Australian Journal of Soil Research 43(4): 457-469.
• Sarmah AK, Close ME, Pang L, Lee R, Green SR. (2005) Field study of pesticide leaching in a Himatangi sand (Manawatu) and in a Kiripaka bouldery clay loam (Northland). 2: Simulation using LEACHM, HYDRUS-1D, GLEAMS and SPASMO models. Australian Journal of Soil Research 43(4): 471-489.

Conference papers and abstracts:

• Barlow H, Thomas S, Francis G, Dann R, Close M, Flintoft M.  Methodology of nitrous oxide measurement to study nitrogen transformations in a coarse gravel vadose zone. Joint conference of NZ Hydrological Society, IAH (Australia) and NZ Society of Soil Science, 29 November – 1 December 2005, Auckland.
• Close M, Pang L, Lee R, Sarmah A.  Overview of seven field studies of pesticide leaching in New Zealand soils. Joint conference of NZ Hydrological Society, IAH (Australia) and NZ Society of Soil Science, 29 November – 1 December 2005, Auckland.
• Close M, Dann R, Ball A.  The impact of dairying with border strip irrigation on microbial groundwater quality. Joint conference of NZ Hydrological Society, IAH (Australia) and NZ Society of Soil Science, 29 November – 1 December 2005, Auckland.
• Dann R, Close M, Flintoft M, Thomas S, Barlow H.  Deriving hydraulic & physical properties of a coarse gravel vadose zone. Joint conference of NZ Hydrological Society, IAH (Australia) and NZ Society of Soil Science, 29 November – 1 December 2005, Auckland.
• Liping Pang, Murray Close and Lester Sinton.  Setback distances for different aquifers estimated from field data. Paper presented at the NZHS-IAH-NZSSS Auckland 2005 Conference, Where Waters Meet, 28 November – 2 December 2005. Proceedings pages 134-135.
• Pang L, Close M, Sinton L, Horizontal setback distances of septic tank systems for different aquifer media estimated from field tracer data. EnvironNZ05, NZWWA Conference, Proceeding in CD, Auckland, 28-30 September 2005.
• Pang L, Close M, Sinton L, Setback distances for different aquifers estimated from field data. On-site 05 Performance Assessment for On-site Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring, Proceeding pages 321-328, Armidale, Australia. 26 – 30 September 2005.
• Sinton L W, Pang L, Close M E, Braithwaite RR, Hall C H, Noonan M J - The Use of Microbial Tracers to Follow Irrigated Effluent into Groundwater. Poster Paper: 13th International Symposium on Health-related Water Microbiology, University of Swansea, United Kingdom, 5 – 9 September 2005.
• Close ME, Pang L, Flintoft MJ, Sinton LW. The Effects of Particle Size and Velocity on the Transport of Microspheres in a Large Column with Gravel Media. Joint International Symposia for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM 2005) and Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB XVII), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, 14-19 August 2005.