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EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards for SHEER project: maintain, process and manage your project research data (2017)
Journal Article
Orlecka-Sikora, B., Lasocki, S., Staszek, M., Olszewska, D., Urban, P., Jaroslawski, J., …Isherwood, C. (2017). EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards for SHEER project: maintain, process and manage your project research data

The main objective of the “Shale gas exploration and exploitation induced risks - SHEER” project (Horizon 2020, call LCE 16-2014) is to develop a probabilistic methodology to assess and mitigate the short- and the long-term environmental risks associ... Read More about EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards for SHEER project: maintain, process and manage your project research data.

Geophysical and botanical monitoring of simulated graves in a tropical rainforest, Colombia, South America (2016)
Journal Article
Martin Molina, C., Pringle, J. K., Saumett, M., & Evans, G. T. (2016). Geophysical and botanical monitoring of simulated graves in a tropical rainforest, Colombia, South America. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 232-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2016.10.002

In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of missing people and forced disappearances, currently ~74,000 only in Colombia. Successful detection of shallow buried human remains by forensic search teams is currently difficult in va... Read More about Geophysical and botanical monitoring of simulated graves in a tropical rainforest, Colombia, South America.

Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using GPR and forensic archaeology (2016)
Journal Article
Fernández-Álvarez, J., Rubio-Melendi, D., Martínez-Velasco, A., Pringle, J. K., & Aguilera, H. (2016). Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using GPR and forensic archaeology. Forensic Science International, 267, e10-e17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.05.040

An estimated 500,000 people died from all causes during the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939, with a further 135,000 killed after the war ended. There are currently over 2,000 known mass burial locations throughout Spain but many more are unkn... Read More about Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using GPR and forensic archaeology.

Geophysical monitoring of simulated graves with resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity and GPR in Colombia, South America (2016)
Journal Article
Molina, C. M., Pringle, J. K., Saumett, M., & Evans, G. T. (2016). Geophysical monitoring of simulated graves with resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity and GPR in Colombia, South America. Forensic Science International, 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.02.009

In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of both missing people and forced disappearances, ~71,000 alone in Colombia. Successful detection of buried human remains by forensic search teams can be difficult in varying terrain and... Read More about Geophysical monitoring of simulated graves with resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity and GPR in Colombia, South America.

Long-term Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves using Electrical and Ground Penetrating Radar Methods: 4–6 Years After Burial (2016)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., Jervis, J. R., Roberts, D., Dick, H. C., Wisniewski, K. D., Cassidy, N. J., & Cassella, J. P. (2016). Long-term Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves using Electrical and Ground Penetrating Radar Methods: 4–6 Years After Burial. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 61(2), 309-321. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13009

This ongoing monitoring study provides forensic search teams with systematic geophysical data over simulated clandestine graves for comparison to active cases. Simulated ‘wrapped’, ‘naked’ and ‘control’ burials were created. Multiple geophysical surv... Read More about Long-term Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves using Electrical and Ground Penetrating Radar Methods: 4–6 Years After Burial.

Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves (2015)
Journal Article
Booth, A. D., & Pringle, J. K. (2016). Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 125, 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.11.016

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys have proven useful for locating clandestine graves in a number of forensic searches. There has been extensive research into the geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine graves in different burial scenario... Read More about Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves.

Virtual geology special issue: developing training, teaching and research skillsets for geoscientists (2015)
Journal Article
Pringle. (2015). Virtual geology special issue: developing training, teaching and research skillsets for geoscientists. Geology Today, 31(6), 213 -215. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12118

Current physical science students and researchers are becoming ever more diverse in their learning needs and styles, in their ways of learning and indeed their scientific backgrounds in the subjects that they study. Current schools, colleges and High... Read More about Virtual geology special issue: developing training, teaching and research skillsets for geoscientists.

Soilwater conductivity analysis to date and locate clandestine graves of homicide victims (2015)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. P., Cassella, J. P., Jervis, J. R., Williams, A., Cross, P., & Cassidy, N. J. (2015). Soilwater conductivity analysis to date and locate clandestine graves of homicide victims. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 60(4), 1052-1060. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12802

In homicide investigations, it is critically important that postmortem interval and postburial interval (PBI) of buried victims are determined accurately. However, clandestine graves can be difficult to locate; and the detection rates for a variety o... Read More about Soilwater conductivity analysis to date and locate clandestine graves of homicide victims.

Geophysical surveys to help map buried igneous intrusions, Snowdonia, North Wales, UK (2015)
Journal Article
Moseley, D., Pringle, J., Haslam, R., Egan, S., Rogers, S., Gertisser, R., …Stimpson, I. (2015). Geophysical surveys to help map buried igneous intrusions, Snowdonia, North Wales, UK. Geology Today, 109 -115 (6). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12096

The geology of the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales comprises a mixture of Lower Palaeozoic shallow marine sediments, acidic igneous rocks and basic intrusions of the Welsh Basin that were subsequently deformed during the Caledonian Orogeny. Th... Read More about Geophysical surveys to help map buried igneous intrusions, Snowdonia, North Wales, UK.

Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods (2015)
Journal Article
Dick, H. C., Pringle, J. K., Sloane, B., Carver, J., Wisniewski, K. D., Haffenden, A., …Cassidy, N. J. (2015). Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods. Journal of Archaeological Science, 59, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.04.010

The construction of the new Crossrail railway discovered 25 well preserved skeletons shallowly buried in Central London in 2013. Subsequent carbon dating and aDNA analysis confirmed the archaeological age and presence of the Yersinia pestis “Black De... Read More about Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods.

Preliminary results of sequential monitoring of simulated clandestine graves in Colombia, South America, using ground penetrating radar and botany (2014)
Journal Article
Martin Molina, C., Pringle, J. K., Saumett, M., & Hernández, O. (2015). Preliminary results of sequential monitoring of simulated clandestine graves in Colombia, South America, using ground penetrating radar and botany. Forensic Science International, 248, 61 -70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.011

In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of missing people and forced disappearances, 68,000 alone currently in Colombia. Successful detection of shallow buried human remains by forensic search teams is difficult in varying terr... Read More about Preliminary results of sequential monitoring of simulated clandestine graves in Colombia, South America, using ground penetrating radar and botany.

The use of magnetic susceptibility as a forensic search tool (2014)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., Giubertoni, M., Cassidy, N. J., Wisniewski, K. D., Hansen, J. D., Linford, N. T., & Daniels, R. M. (2015). The use of magnetic susceptibility as a forensic search tool. Forensic Science International, 246, 31 -42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.046

There are various techniques available for forensic search teams to employ to successfully detect a buried object. Near-surface geophysical search methods have been dominated by ground penetrating radar but recently other techniques, such as electric... Read More about The use of magnetic susceptibility as a forensic search tool.

Educational egaming: The future for geoscience virtual learners? (2014)
Journal Article
Pringle. (2014). Educational egaming: The future for geoscience virtual learners?. Geology Today, 30(4), 145 - 148 (4). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12058

Current student learners will mostly comprise so-called Generation Y who have grown up with personal computer and egaming technologies. They are used to a variety of digital learning environments and educational egaming may therefore provide effectiv... Read More about Educational egaming: The future for geoscience virtual learners?.

A study of the effect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves (2014)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., & Jervis, J. R. (2014). A study of the effect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 108, 53 -60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.06.008

Electrical resistivity surveys have proven useful for locating clandestine graves in a number of forensic searches. However, some aspects of grave detection with resistivity surveys remain imperfectly understood. One such aspect is the effect of seas... Read More about A study of the effect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves.

A study of the affect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves (2014)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., & Jervis, J. R. (2014). A study of the affect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 108, 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.06.008

Electrical resistivity surveys have proven useful for locating clandestine graves in a number of forensic searches. However, some aspects of grave detection with resistivity surveys remain imperfectly understood. One such aspect is the effect of seas... Read More about A study of the affect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves.

Educational e-gaming to provide an innovative, effective and flexible 24/7 learning environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Pringle. (2014, March). Educational e-gaming to provide an innovative, effective and flexible 24/7 learning environment. Presented at HEA STEM Annual Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh

Current HE undergraduates have mostly grown up with computer technologies and gaming. As such, computer game learning resources might provide an effective, complementary learning environment. They also provide a consistent 24/7 flexible online learni... Read More about Educational e-gaming to provide an innovative, effective and flexible 24/7 learning environment.