Ms Kim Baublys
Research Officer
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
+61 7 336 53464
Researcher biography
Research Interests:Stable isotope and radiogenic isotope techniques to describe large sedimentary basin hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry.
Manager and analyst of the Stable Isotope Geochemistry Laboratories within the School of of Earth and Environmental Sciences
To access services see details on the laboratory websites http://sigl.earth.uq.edu.au or https://sees.uq.edu.au/research/facilities/stable-isotope-geochemistry-laboratory
Manage Stable Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory; development and application of stable isotopic and wet chemistry analytical techniques to current projects associated with the Stable Isotope Geochemistry Laboratories.
Book Chapters
Golding, Suzanne D., Duck, Lawrence J., Young, Elisa, Baublys, Kim A., Glikson, Miryam and Kamber, Balz S. (2011). Earliest seadfloor hydrothermal systems on Earth- Comparison with modern analogues. Earliest life on earth: Habitats, environments and methods of detection. (pp. 15-49) edited by Suzanne D. Golding and Miryam Glikson. New York , NY, U.S.A.: Springer -Verlag Dordrecht. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-8794-2_2
Golding, S. D., Collerson, K. D., Uysal, I. T., Glikson, M., Baublys, K. A. and Zhao, J. X. (2000). Nature and source of carbonate mineralization in Bowen Basin coals, eastern Australia. Organic Matter and Mineralisation: Thermal Alternation, Hydrocarbon Generation and Role in Metallogenesis. (pp. 296-313) edited by M. Glikson and M. Mastalerz. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A., Glikson, M., Uysal, I. T. and Boreham, C. J. (1999). Source and Timing of Coal Seam Gas Generation in Bowen Basin Coals. Coalbed Methane: Scientific, Environmental and Economic Evaluation. (pp. 257-269) edited by M. Mastalerz, M. Glikson and S. D. Golding. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
Journal Articles
Hamilton, Stephanie K., Golding, Suzanne D., Ruyobya, Brycson B., Esterle, Joan S. and Baublys, Kim A. (2020). Controls on gas domains and production behaviour in a high-rank CSG reservoir: Insights from molecular and isotopic chemistry of co-produced waters and gases from the Bowen Basin, Australia. Geosciences, 10 (2) 74, 74. doi: 10.3390/geosciences10020074
Xu, Zhanjie, Hamilton, Stephanie K., Rodrigues, Sandra, Baublys, Kim A., Esterle, Joan S., Liu, Qinfu and Golding, Suzanne D. (2020). Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate during the late Carboniferous–early Permian in northern China from carbon and nitrogen isotopes of coals. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 539 109490, 109490. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109490
Baublys, Kim A., Hamilton, Stephanie K., Hofmann, Harald and Golding, Suzanne D. (2019). A strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotopic study on the chemical evolution and migration of groundwaters in a low-rank coal seam gas reservoir (Surat Basin, Australia). Applied Geochemistry, 101, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.12.020
Siller, Adrian, Hofmann, Harald, Underschultz, Jim, Baublys, Kim and Hudson, Nick (2018). Fractionation processes of δ13C in a soil-shallow groundwater system of a potential CO2 sequestration site: Wandoan, QLD, Australia. Applied Geochemistry, 96, 191-203. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.06.009
Ghosh, Santanu, Golding, Suzanne D., Varma, Atul Kumar and Baublys, Kim A. (2018). Stable isotopic composition of coal bed gas and associated formation water samples from Raniganj Basin, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Coal Geology, 191, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2018.02.019
Susilawati, Rita, Golding, Suzanne D., Baublys, Kim A., Esterle, Joan S. and Hamilton, Stephanie K. (2016). Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation during methanogenesis: a laboratory study using coal and formation water. International Journal of Coal Geology, 162, 108-122. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.05.003
Baublys, K. A., Hamilton, S. K., Golding, S. D., Vink, S. and Esterle, J. (2015). Microbial controls on the origin and evolution of coal seam gases and production waters of the Walloon Subgroup; Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 147-148, 85-104. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2015.06.007
Hamilton, S. K., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2015). Conceptual exploration targeting for microbially enhanced coal bed methane (MECoM) in the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 138, 68-82. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2014.12.002
Hamilton, S. K., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2014). Stable isotopic and molecular composition of desorbed coal seam gases from the Walloon Subgroup, eastern Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 122, 21-36. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.12.003
Van de Wetering, Nikola, Esterle, Joan and Baublys, Kim (2013). Decoupling delta C-13 response to palaeoflora cycles and climatic variation in coal: A case study from the Late Permian Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 386, 165-179. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.016
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Bolhar, R., Boreham, C. J., Dawson, G. K. W., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2013). Carbon dioxide-rich coals of the Oaky Creek area, central Bowen Basin: a natural analogue for carbon sequestration in coal systems. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 60 (1), 125-140. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2012.750627
Uysal, Tonguc, Golding, Suzanne D., Bolhar, Robert, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Baublys, Kim A. and Greig, Alan (2011). CO2 degassing and trapping during hydrothermal cycles related to Gondwana rifting in eastern Australia. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (19), 5444-5466. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.018
Uysal, I. Tonguc, Feng, Yue-xing, Zhao, Jian-xin, Bolhar, Robert, Isik, Veysel, Baublys, Kim A., Yago, Anya and Golding, Suzanne D. (2011). Seismic cycles recorded in late Quaternary calcite veins: Geochronological, geochemical and microstructural evidence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 303 (1-2), 84-96. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.039
Kinnon, E. C. P., Golding, S. D., Boreham, C. J., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2010). Stable isotope and water quality analysis of coal bed methane production waters and gases from the Bowen Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 82 (3-4), 219-231. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.014
Vink, S., Moran, C. J., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. and Nanjappa, V. (2009). Understanding mine site water and salt dynamics to support integrated water quality and quantity management. Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology, 118 (3), 185-192. doi: 10.1179/174328610X12682159815226
Partridge, Michaela A., Golding, Suzanne D., Baublys, Kim A. and Young, Elisa (2008). Pyrite paragenesis and multiple sulfur isotope distribution in late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic Hamersley Basin sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 272 (1-2), 41-49. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.051
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Glikson, M., Baublys, K. A. and Southgate, P. N. (2006). Timing and chemistry of fluid-flow events in the Lawn Hill Platform, Northern Australia. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 101 (6), 1231-1250. doi: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.6.1231
Baublys, Kim A., Golding, Suzanne D., Young, Elisa and Kamber, Balz S. (2004). Simultaneous determination of delta(33) SV-CDT and delta S-34(V-CDT) using masses 48, 49 and 50 on a continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer. Rapid Communications In Mass Spectrometry, 18 (22), 2765-2769. doi: 10.1002/rcm.1681
Uysal, I.Tonguç, Golding, Suzanne D. and Baublys, Kim (2000). Stable isotope geochemistry of authigenic clay minerals from late Permian coal measures, Queensland, Australia: Implications for the evolution of the Bowen Basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 180 (1-2), 149-162. doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00147-3
Baker, Julian C., Jell, John S., Hacker, Jennifer L. F. and Baublys, Kim A. (1998). Origin of recent insular phosphate rock on a coral cay - Raine Island, Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 68 (5), 1001-1008. doi: 10.2110/jsr.68.1001
Conference Papers
Golding, S. D., Hamilton, S. K., Baublys, K. A., Esterle, J. S., Tyson, G., Robbins, S., Rudolph, V., Zheng, H., Gilcrease, P. C. and Papendick, S. L. (2013). Future gas through bioconversion of waster coal. Goldschmidt Conference 2013, Florence, Italy, 25-30 August 2013. Twickenham, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Mineralogical Society. doi: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.7
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Boreham, C. J., Kirste, D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2011). Adsorption and mineral trapping dominate CO2 storage in coal systems. International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (10th, GHGT, 2011), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-23 September 2010. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.227
Golding, Susanne, Uysal, Tonguc, Borham, Chris, Kirste, Dirk, Baublys, Kim and Esterle, Joan (2010). Adsorption and mineral trapping dominate CO2 storage in coal systems. 10th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19-23 September, 2010.
Kinnon, E. C. P., Golding, S. D., Boreham, C. J., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2010). Stable isotope and water quality analysis of coal bed methane production waters and gases from the Bowen Basin, Australia. APCBM 2008 Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium, Brisbane, Qld., Australia, 22-24 September 2008. Amstedam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.014
Vink, Suzanna, Moran, Chris, Golding, Suzanne D., Baublys, Kim A. and Nanjappa, V. (2009). Understanding mine site water and salt dynamics to support integrated water quality and quantity management. Water in Mining 2009 Conference, Perth WA, 15-17 September 2009. Carlton, Victoria: Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.
M.A. Partridge, S. D. Golding, K.A. Baublys and E. Young (2009). Sulfur and carbon cycling in the late Archean Hamersley Basin. 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21-26 June 2009. Switzerland: Acta.
Baublys, Kim A., Esterle, Joan S., Feng, Y.X., Golding, Suzanne D. and Uysal, Ibrahim T. (2009). Natural analogues for storage of CO2 in coal systems, Gunnedah and Bowen Basins, Australia. 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21-26 June 2009. Switzerland: Acta.
Golding, Suzanne D., Uysal, Ibrahim T., Boreham, C.J., Baublys, Kim A. and Esterle, Joan S. (2009). Implications of natural analogue studies for CO2 storage in coal measures with enhanced coal bed methane. 2009 Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium and 2009 China Coalbed Symposium, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, 24-26 September 2009. China: China University of Mining and Technology Press.
Partridge, M. A., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Young, E. (2008). Morphological, depositional and temporal controls on sulfur isotopes in pyrite from the Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Perth, Australia, 20-24 July, 2008. Geological Society of Australia.
Golding, S., Massarotto, P., Iyer, R., Baublys, K., Esterle, J. and Rudolph, V. (2008). Experimental studies of CO2 and water reactions with Permian coals: Implications for ECBM and CO2 geosequestration. APCBM 2008 Asia Pacific Coalbed Methane Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 22-24 September 2008. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Kinnon, E. C. P., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Esterle, J. S. (2008). Stable isotope and water quality analysis of production waters associated with coal bed methane. APCBM 2008 Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 22-24 September, 2008. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland.
Golding, S. D., Partridge, M. A., Baublys, K. A. and Young, E. (2008). Isotopic evidence for redox heterogeneity in the Late Archean and Early Paleoproterozoic Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2008 (AESC), Perth, WA, Australia, 20-24 July 2008. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Geological Society of Australia.
Golding, S. D., Massarotto, P., Iyer, R., Baublys, K. A. and Rudolph, V. (2007). Experimental CO2 and water interactions with Permian coals of Queensland, Australia. V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, Germany, 20 August - 24th August. Oxford: Pergamon Press..
Partridge, M. A., Golding, S. D., Young, E. and Baublys, K. A. (2007). Multiple redox states in the Archean-Proterozoic hydrosphere. 17th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, Germany, 20-24 August, 2007. Oxford, U.K.: Pergamon Press.
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Glikson, M., Baublys, K. A. and Southgate, P. N. (2006). Thermal and fluid flow history of the Lawn Hill Platform, Northern Australia: Implications for the formation of Zn-Pb deposits. GSA 18th Australian Geological Convention & ASEG 18th Int. Geophysical Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2 - 6 July, 2006. Sydney, Australia: Geological Society of Australia.
Uysal, I. T., Golding, S. D., Mory, A. J. and Baublys, K. A. (2006). Stable isotopic and clay mineralogical constraints on the effect of Woodleigh impact event, southern Carnarvon Basin. GSA 18th Australian Geological Convention & ASEG 18th Int. Geophysical Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2 - 6 July, 2006. Sydney, Australia: Geological Society of Australia.
Edraki, M., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Lawrence, M. G. (2005). Hydrochemistry, mineralogy and sulphur isotope geochemistry of acid mine drainage at the Mt Morgan mine environment, Queensland, Australia. Applied Geochemistry, 20 (4), 789-805. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.11.004
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I.T., Glikson, M., Baublys, K. A. and Southgate, P.N. (2005). Thermal history, timing and stable isotope geochemistry of fluid flow events in the Lawn Hill Platform, northern Australia. Central Australian Basins Symposium: Petroleum and Minerals, Alice Springs, Australia, 16 - 18 August 2005. Australia: Northern Territory Government.
Young, E. J., Kamber, B. S., Baublys, K. A. and Golding, S. D. (2004). Combined 34S/33S/32S, Pb-isotope and trace element data for pyritic banded-iron formation from the 3.71 Ga Isua Greenstone Belt. 14th Annual Goldschmidt Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5-11 June, 2004. U.S.: Elsevier.
Edraki, M., Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A. and Lawrence, M. G. (2003). Geochemical constraints on the evolution of acid drainage from the Mt Morgan gold-copper mine, Central Queensland. 5th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry, Heron Island, Queensland, 26-30 May 2003. Sydney: AIG-5.
Edraki, M., Golding, S. D. and Baublys, K. A. (2002). Application of stable isotopes in the investigtion of acid mine drainage. 9th Canadian Continuous-flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, 25 - 28 August 2002. St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador: Dept of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I. T., Baublys, K. A., Glikson, A. Y. and Mory, A. J. (2002). Stable isotope geochemistry of impact related alteration phases from the Woodleigh impact structure, Western Australia. 12th Annual V.M Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 18-23 August 2002. United Kingdom: Pergamon.
Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A., Thiede, D. S. and Glikson, M. (2001). Isotope geochemistry, pyrolysis mass spectrometry and electron microscopy of coals with associated hydrogen sulphide seam gas, Bowen Basin, Australia. The 53rd Meeting of the International Committee for Coal & Ory, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 - 19 August 2001. Copenhagen, Denmark: International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology.
Golding, S. D., Uysal, I.T., Glikson, A., Mory, A., Baublys, K. A. and Glikson, M. (2001). Stable isotopic studies and isotopic dating of impact related alteration minerals, Woodleigh impact structure, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Eleventh Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Hot Springs, Virginia USA, 20 - 24 May 2001. Virginia:
Golding, S. D., Baublys, K. A., Thiede, D. S., Glikson, M., Falkner, A. J. and Frew, L. D. (1999). Sulfur isotope geochemistry of coals and associated hydrogen sulfide seam gas, Southern Colliery, Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. 3rd International Symposium of Applied Isotope Geochemistry, Orleans, France, 21-25 September, 1999. Orleans, France: International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry.
Conference Item
Golding, S. D., Young, E., Duck, L. J., Baublys, K. A. and Glikson, M. (2006). Multiple sulfur isotope constraints on microbial processes in Archaean seafloor environments. 16th Annual Goldschmidt Conference 2006, Melbourne, Australia, 27 August - 1 September 2006. Oxford, U.K.: Pergamon Press. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.418