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Diamond and coesite inclusions in detrital garnet of the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany (2019)
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(2019). Diamond and coesite inclusions in detrital garnet of the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany. Geology, 715-718. https://doi.org/10.1130/G46253.1

Local occurrences of coesite- and diamond-bearing rocks in the central Erzgebirge reveal ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic conditions during the Variscan Orogeny. Although UHP metamorphism supposedly affected a wider area, implying that rocks whic... Read More about Diamond and coesite inclusions in detrital garnet of the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany.

How can we meet the energy challenges of small and remote coastal communities affected by climate change in Bangladesh and globally? Keele University Institute for Sustainable Futures Discussion Paper 2 (2019)
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Moolna, & Robinson. (2019). How can we meet the energy challenges of small and remote coastal communities affected by climate change in Bangladesh and globally? Keele University Institute for Sustainable Futures Discussion Paper 2. https://doi.org/10.21252/ztr7-xp38

In Bangladesh, energy poverty in small and remote coastal communities inhibits development and exacerbates livelihood and migration pressures, social changes, and gender disparities. Climate change threatens low lying coastal areas, bringing sea leve... Read More about How can we meet the energy challenges of small and remote coastal communities affected by climate change in Bangladesh and globally? Keele University Institute for Sustainable Futures Discussion Paper 2.

Redating the earliest evidence of the mid-Holocene relative sea-level highstand in Australia and implications for global sea-level rise (2019)
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(2019). Redating the earliest evidence of the mid-Holocene relative sea-level highstand in Australia and implications for global sea-level rise. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218430

Reconstructing past sea levels can help constrain uncertainties surrounding the rate of change, magnitude, and impacts of the projected increase through the 21st century. Of significance is the mid-Holocene sea-level highstand in tectonically stable... Read More about Redating the earliest evidence of the mid-Holocene relative sea-level highstand in Australia and implications for global sea-level rise.

Quantification of interlinked environmental footprints on a sustainable university campus: a nexus analysis perspective (2019)
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Robinson. (2019). Quantification of interlinked environmental footprints on a sustainable university campus: a nexus analysis perspective. Applied Energy, 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.015

Developing a nexus approach to the quantitative analysis of different environmental sectors including energy, water and carbon emissions is important for promoting integrated sustainable management at a community scale. Universities can be considered... Read More about Quantification of interlinked environmental footprints on a sustainable university campus: a nexus analysis perspective.

First record of carbonates with spherulites and cone-in-cone structures from the Precambrian of Arctic Norway, and their palaeoenvironmental significance (2019)
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(2019). First record of carbonates with spherulites and cone-in-cone structures from the Precambrian of Arctic Norway, and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Precambrian Research, 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.04.014

We report for the first time carbonates from the upper Ediacaran sedimentary succession of Finnmark, Arctic Norway. Carbonates occur as calcareous siliciclastic beds, lenses, and concretions, some with calcite spherulites and cone-in-cone (CIC) calci... Read More about First record of carbonates with spherulites and cone-in-cone structures from the Precambrian of Arctic Norway, and their palaeoenvironmental significance.

Citizen aid, social media, and brokerage after disaster (2019)
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McKay, D., & Perez, P. (2019). Citizen aid, social media, and brokerage after disaster. Third World Quarterly, 1903-1920. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1634470

In a crisis, aid providers deliver humanitarian relief across a hierarchy of organisations where influence and capacity map to their scale of operations (Fouksman, 2016; Mercer & Green, 2015). On the front lines of crises, ‘citizen aid’ is what small... Read More about Citizen aid, social media, and brokerage after disaster.

Playing with mud- becoming stuck, becoming free?...The negotiation of gendered/class identities when learning outdoors (2019)
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(2019). Playing with mud- becoming stuck, becoming free?...The negotiation of gendered/class identities when learning outdoors. Children's Geographies, 454-466. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2018.1546379

In recent years there has been a growth in outdoor learning opportunities for children of primary school age in part due to concerns that children spend less time outdoors and have become disconnected from nature. This paper draws upon ethnographic f... Read More about Playing with mud- becoming stuck, becoming free?...The negotiation of gendered/class identities when learning outdoors.

Gendered temporalities of everyday family practices: An analysis of self-help literature on ‘busyness’ (2019)
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Holdsworth, C. (2019). Gendered temporalities of everyday family practices: An analysis of self-help literature on ‘busyness’. Gender, Place and Culture, 27(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2019.1615412

The busyness of everyday life has received considerable popular and academic attention in recent years. The narrative developed in popular literature is that busyness is the defining temporality of the twenty-first century. While these subjective con... Read More about Gendered temporalities of everyday family practices: An analysis of self-help literature on ‘busyness’.

OH in detrital quartz grains as tool for provenance analysis: Case studies on various settings from Cambrian to recent (2019)
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(2019). OH in detrital quartz grains as tool for provenance analysis: Case studies on various settings from Cambrian to recent. Sedimentary Geology, 121-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.06.001

Detrital quartz grains from Paleozoic and Mesozoic sandstones from North Africa and central Europe, respectively, and from recent siliciclastic sediments of the Elbe River from Germany were analysed by IR spectroscopy with respect to their OH defect... Read More about OH in detrital quartz grains as tool for provenance analysis: Case studies on various settings from Cambrian to recent.

Elements of construction: Minecraft and the periodic table (2019)
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Hobbs, L., Bentley, S., Hartley, J., Rose, R., Ashby, M., & Power, C. (2019). Elements of construction: Minecraft and the periodic table

Minecraft is a popular computer game that allows the construction of almost limitless creations, and is used in learning contexts around the world. The widespread appeal and familiarity of the game makes it ideal for engaging children and young peopl... Read More about Elements of construction: Minecraft and the periodic table.

Deformable plate tectonic models of the southern North Atlantic (2019)
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(2019). Deformable plate tectonic models of the southern North Atlantic. Journal of Geodynamics, 11 -37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2019.05.005

Significant, poly-phase deformation occurred prior to, simultaneous with, and after the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean. Understanding this deformation history is essential for understanding the regional development and the mechanisms controlling... Read More about Deformable plate tectonic models of the southern North Atlantic.

Overprinted allocyclic processes by tidal resonance in an epicontinental basin: the Upper Jurassic Curtis Formation, east-central Utah, USA (2019)
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Dodd, T., Clarke, S., Rabbel, O., Braathen, A., Midtkandal, I., Zuchuat, V., …Pettigrew, R. (2019). Overprinted allocyclic processes by tidal resonance in an epicontinental basin: the Upper Jurassic Curtis Formation, east-central Utah, USA. Depositional Record, 272-305. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.69

Modern, tide-dominated and tide-influenced coastlines are characterised by a range of environments, including deltas, estuaries, and lagoons. However, some tide-dominated basins and related sedimentary units in the rock record, such as the semi-enclo... Read More about Overprinted allocyclic processes by tidal resonance in an epicontinental basin: the Upper Jurassic Curtis Formation, east-central Utah, USA.

Crustal CO2 contribution to subduction zone degassing recorded through calc-silicate xenoliths in arc lavas (2019)
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Whitley, S., Gertisser, R., Halama, R., Preece, K., R. Troll, V., & M. Deegan, F. (2019). Crustal CO2 contribution to subduction zone degassing recorded through calc-silicate xenoliths in arc lavas. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44929-2

Interaction between magma and crustal carbonate at active arc volcanoes has recently been proposed as a source of atmospheric CO2, in addition to CO2 released from the mantle and subducted oceanic crust. However, quantitative constraints on efciency... Read More about Crustal CO2 contribution to subduction zone degassing recorded through calc-silicate xenoliths in arc lavas.

Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites (2019)
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Stimpson, & Pringle. (2019). Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-192

Electrical resistivity surveys are commonly used to detect and characterise near-surface buried objects in commercial developments of brownfield sites. 2D ERT profiles arrays predominate in such surveys due to their relatively rapid deployment, good... Read More about Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites.

Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites (2019)
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Eissa, R., Cassidy, N., Pringle, J., & Stimpson, I. (2019). Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 53(1), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-192

Electrical resistivity surveys are commonly used to detect and characterise near-surface buried objects in commercial developments of brownfield sites. 2D ERT profiles arrays predominate in such surveys due to their relatively rapid deployment, good... Read More about Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites.

Back to the Future: Using Long-Term Observational and Paleo-Proxy Reconstructions to Improve Model Projections of Antarctic Climate (2019)
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(2019). Back to the Future: Using Long-Term Observational and Paleo-Proxy Reconstructions to Improve Model Projections of Antarctic Climate. Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9060255

Quantitative estimates of future Antarctic climate change are derived from numerical global climate models. Evaluation of the reliability of climate model projections involves many lines of evidence on past performance combined with knowledge of the... Read More about Back to the Future: Using Long-Term Observational and Paleo-Proxy Reconstructions to Improve Model Projections of Antarctic Climate.

Bricolage as conceptual tool for understanding access to healthcare in superdiverse populations (2019)
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Phillimore, J., Bradby, H., Knecht, M., Padilla, B., & Pemberton, S. (2019). Bricolage as conceptual tool for understanding access to healthcare in superdiverse populations. Social Theory and Health, 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-018-0075-4

This paper applies, for the first time, the concept of bricolage to understand the experiences of superdiverse urban populations and their practices of improvisation in accessing health services across healthcare ecosystems. By using the concept of h... Read More about Bricolage as conceptual tool for understanding access to healthcare in superdiverse populations.

Response to: Comment on “Peatland carbon stocks and burn history: Blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal impacts on peat physical properties and long-term carbon storage” by Evans et al. ( <i>Geo: Geography and Environment</i> 2019; e00075) (2019)
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Ashby. (2019). Response to: Comment on “Peatland carbon stocks and burn history: Blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal impacts on peat physical properties and long-term carbon storage” by Evans et al. ( Geo: Geography and Environment 2019; e00075). Geo: Geography and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.78

Spheroidal Carbonaceous Particle distribution is a robust peat cohort dating tool. Charcoal impacts on carbon accumulation are context specific (i.e., controlled burns on UK blanket bog). Carbon sequestration rates need to consider topography (i.e.,... Read More about Response to: Comment on “Peatland carbon stocks and burn history: Blanket bog peat core evidence highlights charcoal impacts on peat physical properties and long-term carbon storage” by Evans et al. ( <i>Geo: Geography and Environment</i> 2019; e00075).

Sediment provenance of Triassic and Jurassic sandstones in central Mexico during activity of the Nazas volcanic arc (2019)
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(2019). Sediment provenance of Triassic and Jurassic sandstones in central Mexico during activity of the Nazas volcanic arc. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 329-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2019.03.009

We have investigated the provenance of Upper Triassic and Jurassic siliciclastic sediments (Zacatecas, Nazas and La Joya formations) in the Mesa Central region (areas of La Ballena, Charcas and Real de Catorce) in central Mexico. The sediments were d... Read More about Sediment provenance of Triassic and Jurassic sandstones in central Mexico during activity of the Nazas volcanic arc.

The use of metabonomics to uncover differences between the small molecule profiles of eggs from cage and barn housing systems (2019)
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Thompson. (2019). The use of metabonomics to uncover differences between the small molecule profiles of eggs from cage and barn housing systems. Food Control, 165-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.01.023

Metabonomic techniques have been used to observe differences in the small molecule profiles of chicken eggs, to work towards the detection, and thus prevention, of fraud regarding the misrepresentation of egg farming systems. High Performance Liquid... Read More about The use of metabonomics to uncover differences between the small molecule profiles of eggs from cage and barn housing systems.