Dr Ben Warton

Research Fellow

BSc (Hons), PhD (Curtin)
Field of interest: Water chemistry and the treatment of potable water

Contact Details

Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth WA 6845
Building 303 - 237
Phone +61 (0) 8 9266 3907
Fax +61 (0) 8 9266 3547
Email B.Warton@curtin.edu.au

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Research Projects

• Improved Drinking Water Quality: Chemical and Microbiological Investigations of Advanced Drinking Water Treatment Technologies
• Characterisation of Natural Organic Matter in Source and Treated Waters
• Subsurface Carbocation Processes Revealed by a Stable Isotopic Study of the Aromatic UCM

Key Publications

Warton, B., Matthiessen, J.N. and Shackleton, M.A. (2002) Cross-enhancement - enhanced biodegradation of isothiocyanates in soils previously treated with metham sodium. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 1123-1127.

Warton, B., Matthiessen, J.N. and Shackleton, M.A. (2001) Glucosinolate content and isothiocyanate evolution - Two measures of the biofumigation potential of plants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 49, 5244-5250.

Warton, B., Matthiessen, J.N. and Roper, M.M. (2001) The soil organisms responsible for the enhanced biodegradation of metham sodium. Biology and Fertility of Soils 34, 264-269.

Warton, B. and Matthiessen, J. N. (2000) Enhanced biodegradation of metham sodium soil fumigant in Australia. The BCPC Conference - Pests & Diseases 2000, British Crop Protection Council, Brighton, UK, pp. 377-380.

Warton, B., Alexander, R. and Kagi, R. I. (1999) Characterisation of the ruthenium tetroxide oxidation products from the aromatic unresolved complex mixture of a biodegraded crude oil. Organic Geochemistry 30, 1255-1272.