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Characterising the nature and extent of contamination at a restored coal mining area in Staffordshire and assessment of remediation options (2020)
Thesis
Arab, K. A. H. (2020). Characterising the nature and extent of contamination at a restored coal mining area in Staffordshire and assessment of remediation options. (Thesis). Keele University

Mine site management, monitoring and restoration are important, long term environmental activities that are needed in many regions of the UK and around the world. This project characterised the nature and level of contamination at a former coal minin... Read More about Characterising the nature and extent of contamination at a restored coal mining area in Staffordshire and assessment of remediation options.

A global mean sea surface temperature dataset for the Last Interglacial (129–116?ka) and contribution of thermal expansion to sea level change (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). A global mean sea surface temperature dataset for the Last Interglacial (129–116?ka) and contribution of thermal expansion to sea level change. Earth System Science Data, 3341 -3356. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3341-2020

A valuable analogue for assessing Earth's sensitivity to warming is the Last Interglacial (LIG; 129–116?ka), when global temperatures (0 to +2?°C) and mean sea level (+6 to 11?m) were higher than today. The direct contribution of warmer conditions to... Read More about A global mean sea surface temperature dataset for the Last Interglacial (129–116?ka) and contribution of thermal expansion to sea level change.

District energy system modeling and optimal operation considering CHP units dynamic response to wind power ramp events (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). District energy system modeling and optimal operation considering CHP units dynamic response to wind power ramp events. Sustainable Cities and Society, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102449

With the increase in clean energy penetration, its power curtailment during operation is made increasingly evident. In this circumstance, it is imperative to address the conflict between inflexible combined heat and power (CHP) units and variable win... Read More about District energy system modeling and optimal operation considering CHP units dynamic response to wind power ramp events.

On global plasticity: framing the global through affective materiality (2020)
Journal Article
McKay. (2020). On global plasticity: framing the global through affective materiality. New Global Studies, https://doi.org/10.1515/ngs-2020-0039

As a pervasive, material element of the global, plastics raise potent social and environmental questions. More than merely the ‘stuff’ of potential global prosperity, plastics are substances people inscribe with varied cultural meanings. Deploying co... Read More about On global plasticity: framing the global through affective materiality.

Tourmaline reference materials for the in situ analysis of oxygen and lithium isotope ratio compositions (2020)
Journal Article
Wiedenbeck, M., Trumbull, R., Rosner, M., Boyce, A., Fournelle, J., Franchi, I., …Wilke, F. (2020). Tourmaline reference materials for the in situ analysis of oxygen and lithium isotope ratio compositions. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12362

Three tourmaline reference materials sourced from the Harvard Mineralogical and Geological Museum (schorl 112566, dravite 108796 and elbaite 98144), which are already widely used for the calibration of in situ boron isotope measurements, are characte... Read More about Tourmaline reference materials for the in situ analysis of oxygen and lithium isotope ratio compositions.

Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project (2020)
Journal Article
Ashby, M., & Heinemeyer, A. (2020). Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project. Journal of Applied Ecology, 2112 - 2120. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13476

Due to its novelty and scale, the EMBER project is a key study within the prescribed burning evidence base. However, it has several significant but overlooked methodological flaws. In this paper, we outline and discuss these flaws. In doing so, we a... Read More about Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project.

Lead Mineralisation Within The Stublick Fault System At Church Burn And Wolf Hills, Haltwhistle, Northumberland (2020)
Journal Article
Young, B., Clarke, S., Hopkirk, A., Forbes, I., & Smith, F. (2020). Lead Mineralisation Within The Stublick Fault System At Church Burn And Wolf Hills, Haltwhistle, Northumberland. The Journal of The Russell Society, 23(2-4), 75-85

Two hitherto unreported small clusters of lead-bearing veins and associated workings at Church Burn and Wolf Hills, south of Haltwhistle, described here, add to the group of mineral deposits within the main Tyne Valley, sometimes collectively referre... Read More about Lead Mineralisation Within The Stublick Fault System At Church Burn And Wolf Hills, Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

Sedimentology and isotope geochemistry of transitional evaporitic environments within arid continental settings: From erg to saline lakes (2020)
Journal Article
Pettigrew, R., Claire, M., Priddy, C., Clarke, S., Warke, M., & Stüeken, E. (2020). Sedimentology and isotope geochemistry of transitional evaporitic environments within arid continental settings: From erg to saline lakes. Sedimentology, 907-942. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12816

Arid continental basins typically contain a spectrum of coeval environments that coexist and interact from proximal to distal. Within the distal portion, aeolian ergs often border playa, or perennial, desert lakes, fed by fluvial incursions or elevat... Read More about Sedimentology and isotope geochemistry of transitional evaporitic environments within arid continental settings: From erg to saline lakes.

Assessing shale gas reservoir potential using multi-scaled SEM pore network characterizations and quantifications: The Ciñera-Matallana pull-apart basin, NW Spain (2020)
Book Chapter
Montenari. (2020). Assessing shale gas reservoir potential using multi-scaled SEM pore network characterizations and quantifications: The Ciñera-Matallana pull-apart basin, NW Spain. In Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy, Volume 5 (677-755). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2020.07.001

In recent years, unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs (UHRs), specifically shale gas plays, have become a vast source of economically viable hydrocarbons, in response to better drilling and stimulation techniques. To further improve recovery, more d... Read More about Assessing shale gas reservoir potential using multi-scaled SEM pore network characterizations and quantifications: The Ciñera-Matallana pull-apart basin, NW Spain.

Macro Energy Trends and the Future of Geothermal Within the Low-Carbon Energy Portfolio (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Macro Energy Trends and the Future of Geothermal Within the Low-Carbon Energy Portfolio. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048520

Exploratory analysis was conducted to understand energy diversification trends within the oil, gas, and power industry and to examine whether geothermal technologies play a role in the low-carbon energy mix. Investigations were completed using the 20... Read More about Macro Energy Trends and the Future of Geothermal Within the Low-Carbon Energy Portfolio.

Seismic and borehole-based mapping of the late Carboniferous succession in the Canonbie Coalfield, SW Scotland: evidence for a ‘broken’ Variscan foreland? (2020)
Journal Article
Howell, L., Besly, B., Sooriyathasan, S., Egan, S., & Leslie, G. (2020). Seismic and borehole-based mapping of the late Carboniferous succession in the Canonbie Coalfield, SW Scotland: evidence for a ‘broken’ Variscan foreland?. Scottish Journal of Geology, https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2020-007

Local seismic and borehole-based mapping of the Carboniferous Pennine Coal Measures and Warwickshire Group successions in the Canonbie Coalfield (SW Scotland) provides evidence of repeated episodes of positive inversion, syn-depositional folding and... Read More about Seismic and borehole-based mapping of the late Carboniferous succession in the Canonbie Coalfield, SW Scotland: evidence for a ‘broken’ Variscan foreland?.

(Re-)negotiating the process of staying in superdiverse places (2020)
Journal Article
Pemberton. (2020). (Re-)negotiating the process of staying in superdiverse places. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1822157

Little attention has been focused on how the differing features of ‘superdiverse’ neighbourhoods shape the demographic process of ‘staying’. Through drawing on research conducted in two different superdiverse neighbourhoods in the city of Birmingham,... Read More about (Re-)negotiating the process of staying in superdiverse places.

Citizen science and aquatic macroinvertebrates: public engagement for catchment-scale pollution vigilance (2020)
Journal Article
Moolna. (2020). Citizen science and aquatic macroinvertebrates: public engagement for catchment-scale pollution vigilance. Écoscience, https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2020.1812922

ABSTRACT The Riverfly Partnership, launched in 2004, is a UK network of organisations and individuals working to protect river habitats and macroinvertebrate communities. The Riverfly Partnership’s Anglers’ Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (ARMI), laun... Read More about Citizen science and aquatic macroinvertebrates: public engagement for catchment-scale pollution vigilance.

‘Scallywag Bunkers’: Geophysical Investigations of WW2 Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases (OBs) in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Carr, S., Pringle, J. K., Doyle, P., Wisniewski, K. D., & Stimpson, I. G. (2020). ‘Scallywag Bunkers’: Geophysical Investigations of WW2 Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases (OBs) in the UK. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2020.1822102

In 1940, with the fall of France imminent, Britain prepared for invasion. After Dunkirk, with most armour and transport lost, a defence ‘stop line’ (GHQ Line) was prepared. Local Defence Volunteers (later Home Guard) were raised to buy time for the H... Read More about ‘Scallywag Bunkers’: Geophysical Investigations of WW2 Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases (OBs) in the UK.

TIC 278825952: a triply eclipsing hierarchical triple system with the most intrinsically circular outer orbit (2020)
Journal Article
Maxted. (2020). TIC 278825952: a triply eclipsing hierarchical triple system with the most intrinsically circular outer orbit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 6034-6043. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2762

We report the discovery of a compact triply eclipsing triple star system in the southern continuous viewing zone of the TESS space telescope. TIC 278825952 is a previously unstudied, circular eclipsing binary with a period of 4.781 days with a tertia... Read More about TIC 278825952: a triply eclipsing hierarchical triple system with the most intrinsically circular outer orbit.

Lessons Learned From 11 Countries on Programs Promoting Intergenerational Solidarity (2020)
Journal Article
Zlotnick, C., Groenou, M. B., Orban, A., Corrigan, T., Coimbra, S., Kirtava, Z., …Pavia, G. (2021). Lessons Learned From 11 Countries on Programs Promoting Intergenerational Solidarity. Family Relations, 70(2), 670-681. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12482

Objective The goal of this project was to develop a systematic framework through which interventions promoting intergenerational solidarity in 11 countries could be assessed. Background Although intergenerational solidarity—the exchange of mater... Read More about Lessons Learned From 11 Countries on Programs Promoting Intergenerational Solidarity.

The Housing Response to New Refugee Flows in Amsterdam: a Governance Perspective (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The Housing Response to New Refugee Flows in Amsterdam: a Governance Perspective. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/j4dg-dw16

To-date, little research has been conducted regarding the governance of long-term housing solutions for refugees. As such, a critical gap remains within academia. This research aims to investigate the importance of housing governance for new refugees... Read More about The Housing Response to New Refugee Flows in Amsterdam: a Governance Perspective.

The Chemiluminescent imaging of blood on washed cotton and polyester fabrics (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The Chemiluminescent imaging of blood on washed cotton and polyester fabrics. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/tnyg-h570

Luminol is a sensitive test used by forensic investigators to detect blood over a large area in crime scenes. When in contact with blood, luminol emits a bright blue light. This reaction, known as chemiluminescence, was utilised in this study to test... Read More about The Chemiluminescent imaging of blood on washed cotton and polyester fabrics.

Deep subduction of felsic rocks hosting UHP lenses in the central Saxonian Erzgebirge: Implications for UHP terrane exhumation (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Deep subduction of felsic rocks hosting UHP lenses in the central Saxonian Erzgebirge: Implications for UHP terrane exhumation. Gondwana Research, 320-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.06.020

Contrasting metamorphic conditions determined by chemical geothermobarometric investigations of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) lenses surrounded by high-pressure (HP) and medium-pressure (MP) felsic country rocks are an enigmatic feature of UHP terranes. O... Read More about Deep subduction of felsic rocks hosting UHP lenses in the central Saxonian Erzgebirge: Implications for UHP terrane exhumation.