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The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin, UK (2014)
Journal Article
Southern, S. J., Mountney, N. P., & Pringle, J. K. (2014). The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin, UK. Geology Today, 30(2), 74 - 81 (8). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12044

Many of the Carboniferous outcrops located in the Derbyshire region of the Peak District National Park, UK, have provided sites for both significant and pioneering research relating to the clastic sedimentology of marine palaeoenvironments, particula... Read More about The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin, UK.

GPR and bulk ground resistivity surveys in graveyards: Locating unmarked burials in contrasting soil types (2014)
Journal Article
Hansen, J. D., Pringle, J. K., & Goodwin, J. (2014). GPR and bulk ground resistivity surveys in graveyards: Locating unmarked burials in contrasting soil types. Forensic Science International, 237, e14 - e29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.01.009

With graveyards and cemeteries globally being increasingly designated as full, there is a growing need to identify unmarked burial positions to find burial space or exhume and re-inter if necessary. In some countries, for example the U.S. and U.K., b... Read More about GPR and bulk ground resistivity surveys in graveyards: Locating unmarked burials in contrasting soil types.

Search protocols for hidden forensic objects beneath floors and within walls (2014)
Journal Article
Ruffell, A., Pringle, J. K., & Forbes, S. (2014). Search protocols for hidden forensic objects beneath floors and within walls. Forensic Science International, 237, 137 -145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.036

The burial of objects (human remains, explosives, weapons) below or behind concrete, brick, plaster or tiling may be associated with serious crime and are difficult locations to search. These are quite common forensic search scenarios but little has... Read More about Search protocols for hidden forensic objects beneath floors and within walls.

Collaborative geophysical monitoring of simulated forensic ‘crime scenes’ in the UK (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, A., Cross, P., Ruffell, A., Masters, P., Pringle, J., & Cassella, J. (2013, November). Collaborative geophysical monitoring of simulated forensic ‘crime scenes’ in the UK. Presented at Second International Conference on Engineering Geophysics, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

This paper provides an overview of current collaborative academic forensic geophysics research on various U.K. test sites to detail the importance of forensic simulated burial sites for forensic search investigators. Academic forensic test sites cont... Read More about Collaborative geophysical monitoring of simulated forensic ‘crime scenes’ in the UK.

The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK (2013)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., & Stimpson, I. G. (2013). The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK. Geology Today, 29(5), 195 - 199 (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12023

The Precambrian–Cambrian boundary is iconic, marking the first appearance of shelly fauna in the fossil record, and opening the Phanerozoic Eon. In England and Wales, the transition from predominantly Precambrian igneous rocks to Cambrian sedimentary... Read More about The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK.

Comparison of magnetic, electrical and ground penetrating radar surveys to detect buried forensic objects in semi-urban and domestic patio environments (2013)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., & Hansen, J. D. (2013). Comparison of magnetic, electrical and ground penetrating radar surveys to detect buried forensic objects in semi-urban and domestic patio environments. Geological Society Special Publications, 384, 229 - 251. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP384.13

Near-surface geophysical techniques should be routinely utilized by law enforcement agencies to locate shallowly buried forensic objects, saving human and other resources. However, there has been little published research on optimum geophysical detec... Read More about Comparison of magnetic, electrical and ground penetrating radar surveys to detect buried forensic objects in semi-urban and domestic patio environments.

Educational environmental geoscience e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning (2013)
Journal Article
Pringle. (2013). Educational environmental geoscience e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning. Planet, 27(1), 21 - 28 (7). https://doi.org/10.11120/plan.2013.27010021

Current Higher Education students mostly comprise so-called Generation Y who have grown up with personal computer and e-gaming technologies. As such, they may respond positively to educational gaming as stimulating and effective complementary learnin... Read More about Educational environmental geoscience e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning.

Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. (2012)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., Styles, P., Howell, C. P., Branston, M. W., Furner, R., & Toon, S. M. (2012). Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. Geophysics, 77(6), B287 - B294 (8). https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0491.1

The area around the town of Northwich in Cheshire, U. K., has a long history of catastrophic ground subsidence caused by a combination of natural dissolution and collapsing abandoned mine workings within the underlying Triassic halite bedrock geology... Read More about Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK..

Stalag Luft III: The Archaeology of an Escaper’s Camp (2012)
Book Chapter
Doyle, P., Pringle, J., & Babits, L. E. (2013). Stalag Luft III: The Archaeology of an Escaper’s Camp. In Prisoners of War (129-144). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4166-3_8

Stalag Luft III was a German prisoner of war camp for Allied aviators during World War II. Situated at Zagan, Poland, in what was once eastern Germany, the site is famous for repeated escape attempts, particularly the mass escape of 79 PoWs in March... Read More about Stalag Luft III: The Archaeology of an Escaper’s Camp.

The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches (2012)
Journal Article
Pringle, J., Ruffell, A., Jervis, J., Donnelly, L., McKinley, J., Hansen, J., …Harrison, M. (2012). The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches. Earth-Science Reviews, 114(1-2), 108 - 123 (17). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.05.006

Geoscience methods are increasingly being utilised in criminal, environmental and humanitarian forensic investigations, and the use of such methods is supported by a growing body of experimental and theoretical research. Geoscience search techniques... Read More about The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches.

Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves Using Electrical and Ground-Penetrating Radar Methods: 0–3 Years After Burial (2012)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., Jervis, J. R., Hansen, J. D., Jones, G. M., Cassidy, N. J., & Cassella, J. P. (2012). Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves Using Electrical and Ground-Penetrating Radar Methods: 0–3 Years After Burial. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 57(6), 1467 - 1486. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02151.x

This study provides forensic search teams with systematic geophysical monitoring data over simulated clandestine graves for comparison to active cases. Simulated "wrapped" and "naked" burials were created. Multigeophysical surveys were collected over... Read More about Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves Using Electrical and Ground-Penetrating Radar Methods: 0–3 Years After Burial.

Geoscience educational e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Pringle. (2012, April). Geoscience educational e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning. Presented at 1st Annual Conference on the Aiming for Excellence in STEM Learning and Teaching, London

Most current HE students will have grown up with computer and e-gaming technologies and may respond positively to education gaming as stimulating and effective learning tools. This interactive workshop will allow participants to individually use and... Read More about Geoscience educational e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning.

Confined to unconfined: Anatomy of a base of slope succession, Karoo Basin, South Africa (2012)
Journal Article
Brunt, R. L., Hodgson, D. M., Flint, S. S., Pringle, J. K., Di Celma, C., Prélat, A., & Grecula, M. (2013). Confined to unconfined: Anatomy of a base of slope succession, Karoo Basin, South Africa. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 41, 206-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.007

Two contemporaneous weakly confined deepwater systems form Unit B of the Permian Laingsburg Formation are sufficiently well-exposed to allow investigation of the down dip passage from channelized base of slope to distributive deposits over a 25 km di... Read More about Confined to unconfined: Anatomy of a base of slope succession, Karoo Basin, South Africa.

Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments (2012)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., Holland, C., Szkornik, K., & Harrison, M. (2012). Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments. Forensic Science International, 219(1-3), e29 - e36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.010

A 2010 UK police search for a clandestine burial highlighted the need for more information and quantitative data to aid coastal beach searches. This study aimed to address this by establishing relevant forensic search methodologies to aid the search... Read More about Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments.

Geophysical investigations in UK graveyards: re-use of existing burial grounds (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Pringle. (2011, September). Geophysical investigations in UK graveyards: re-use of existing burial grounds. Presented at Near Surface 2011: 17th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Leicester, UK

Three graveyards with contrasting soil types and burial styles have been investigated in order to determine the optimum geophysical detection technique(s) and configurations. These include St. James’, Newchapel, Stoke-on-Trent, St. Luke’s, Endon, Sto... Read More about Geophysical investigations in UK graveyards: re-use of existing burial grounds.