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Forensic geoscience non-invasive detection and characterisation of underground clandestine complexes, bunkers, tunnels and firing ranges (2024)
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Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., Styles, P., Stringfellow, M., Stimpson, I. G., Banham, S. G., …Thompson, J. (2024). Forensic geoscience non-invasive detection and characterisation of underground clandestine complexes, bunkers, tunnels and firing ranges. Forensic Science International, 359, Article 112033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112033

Recent events in conflict zones have emphasized that the successful detection and characterisation of buried clandestine complexes, bunkers and tunnels is vitally important for forensic investigators globally, to reduce or solve criminal activities,... Read More about Forensic geoscience non-invasive detection and characterisation of underground clandestine complexes, bunkers, tunnels and firing ranges.

Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera (2024)
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Preine, J., Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S., Nomikou, P., …Papanikolaou, D. (2024). Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera. Nature Geoscience, 17(4), 323-331. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01392-7

Caldera-forming eruptions of silicic volcanic systems are among the most devastating events on Earth. By contrast, post-collapse volcanic activity initiating new caldera cycles is generally considered less hazardous. Formed after Santorini’s latest c... Read More about Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera.

Geometrical restoration of a late Neoproterozoic depositional framework and an intrabasinal unconformity in the Laurentian margin Dalradian Supergroup, Grampian Highlands, Scotland (2024)
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Leslie, A., Krabbendam, M., Thomas, C., Banks, C., & Clarke, S. M. (in press). Geometrical restoration of a late Neoproterozoic depositional framework and an intrabasinal unconformity in the Laurentian margin Dalradian Supergroup, Grampian Highlands, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-208

Restoring primary depositional frameworks from orogenic settings is challenging. To demonstrate a robust determination of original, but now highly-deformed, depositional frameworks and their first-order sequence-stratigraphy, we analyse the Dalradian... Read More about Geometrical restoration of a late Neoproterozoic depositional framework and an intrabasinal unconformity in the Laurentian margin Dalradian Supergroup, Grampian Highlands, Scotland.

“you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey (2024)
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Rogers, S. L., Giles, S., Dowey, N., Greene, S. E., Bhatia, R., Van Landeghem, K., & King, C. (2024). “you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 4, https://doi.org/10.3389/esss.2024.10078

In the last few decades, Geology courses, particularly in the Global North, have seen a decline in student enrolment. Geologists have linked this downturn to a lack of exposure to the subject at school and college level. This work seeks to understand... Read More about “you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey.

Giant offshore pumice deposit records a shallow submarine explosive eruption of ancestral Santorini (2024)
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Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S., Ronge, T. A., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Preine, J., …Lee, H. (2024). Giant offshore pumice deposit records a shallow submarine explosive eruption of ancestral Santorini. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01171-z

Large explosive volcanic eruptions from island arcs pour pyroclastic currents into marine basins, impacting ecosystems and generating tsunamis that threaten coastal communities and infrastructures. Risk assessments require robust records of such high... Read More about Giant offshore pumice deposit records a shallow submarine explosive eruption of ancestral Santorini.

A multidisciplinary scientific investigation of the 1916 Hawthorn Mine Crater, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, Northern France (2024)
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Wisniewski, K., Doyle, P., Hunter, R., Pringle, J., Stimpson, I., Wright, D., …Ottey, P. (2024). A multidisciplinary scientific investigation of the 1916 Hawthorn Mine Crater, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, Northern France. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 18(2-3), 125-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2023.2297202

Hawthorn Crater is a prominent feature of the former Somme battlefield near Beaumont Hamel, Northern France. It resulted from the detonation of arguably the most famous of nine mines that the British had prepared below German lines on 1 July 1916, as... Read More about A multidisciplinary scientific investigation of the 1916 Hawthorn Mine Crater, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, Northern France.

Introducing Patchwork Assessment into Natural Science curricula (2023)
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Rogers, S. L., & Knight, P. G. (2023). Introducing Patchwork Assessment into Natural Science curricula. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/gvkg-7e47

Patchwork Assessment (or Patchwork Text Assessment) is an alternative to exams or traditional coursework, and may be particularly appropriate for introduction as part of a module being redesigned for flexible digital delivery. It involves students cr... Read More about Introducing Patchwork Assessment into Natural Science curricula.

Aeolian–lacustrine margins: implications for carbon capture and storage within the Rotliegend Group, Southern North Sea (2023)
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Priddy, C. L., Pettigrew, R. P., Watson, D., Regis, A. V., & Clarke, S. M. (2023). Aeolian–lacustrine margins: implications for carbon capture and storage within the Rotliegend Group, Southern North Sea. Academia, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1144/geoenergy2023-031

The Southern North Sea Basins of the United Kingdom were renowned for their hydrocarbon resources and exploited extensively from the 1960s to the 1990s. The Permian Leman Sandstone in particular formed an excellent reservoir due to its extensive clea... Read More about Aeolian–lacustrine margins: implications for carbon capture and storage within the Rotliegend Group, Southern North Sea.

Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution (2023)
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Stanton, T., Stanes, E., Gwinnett, C., Lei, X., Cauilan-Cureg, M., Ramos, M., …McKay, D. (2023). Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution. Journal of Cleaner Production, 428, Article 139391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139391

Textile fibres are abundant anthropogenic pollutants. These fibres enter aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments, and biota. Textile fibres pose biological and chemical threats to the environments they pollute. Laundry is a primary source... Read More about Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution.

Multi-stage subduction-related metasomatism recorded in whiteschists from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps (2023)
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Harris, B. J. R., De Hoog, J. C. M., Halama, R., Schertl, H., & Chen, Y. (2023). Multi-stage subduction-related metasomatism recorded in whiteschists from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 178(11), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-023-02058-0

Whiteschists from the Dora-Maira massif (Western Alps, Italy) are Mg and K-rich metasomatised granites which experienced ultra-high pressure metamorphism and fluid-rock interaction during Alpine continental subduction. The sources and timing of fluid... Read More about Multi-stage subduction-related metasomatism recorded in whiteschists from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps.

The neglected spaces of economic rescaling: Insights into the in-between spaces of city-regionalism (2023)
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Peacock, A., & Pemberton, S. (in press). The neglected spaces of economic rescaling: Insights into the in-between spaces of city-regionalism. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544231207261

Over the last twenty years considerable attention has focused on the territorial restructuring and rescaling of the state. In particular, there has been an emphasis on city-regionalism to enhance the capacity of formal and more informal structures of... Read More about The neglected spaces of economic rescaling: Insights into the in-between spaces of city-regionalism.

Geometry and kinematics of the Middle to Late Miocene salt tectonics, central Egyptian Red Sea margin (2023)
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Ali, M., Koyi, H., Bosworth, W., Ligi, M., Ball, P. J., & Decarlis, A. (2023). Geometry and kinematics of the Middle to Late Miocene salt tectonics, central Egyptian Red Sea margin. Journal of Structural Geology, 175, Article 104955

The Red Sea basin includes a thick Middle to Late Miocene evaporitic succession that underwent halokinesis and caused intensive reshaping of the seafloor and the development of salt-tectonic structures. However, the geometry and kinematics of these s... Read More about Geometry and kinematics of the Middle to Late Miocene salt tectonics, central Egyptian Red Sea margin.

Going Down The Local The Challenges Of Place-Based Net Zero Governance Final (2023)
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Catney, P., Bedford, T., & Robinson, Z. (2023). Going Down The Local The Challenges Of Place-Based Net Zero Governance Final. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s4), 125–156. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/011s4.125

Place-based decarbonisation is emerging as a significant element in the UK government’s net zero agenda, specifically through central government devolution deals. Such localised governance has the potential to reap social and economic benefits for co... Read More about Going Down The Local The Challenges Of Place-Based Net Zero Governance Final.

Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal (2023)
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Saod, W. M., Oliver, I. W., Thompson, D. F., Contini, A., & Zholobenko, V. (in press). Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2023.2246016

Applications of nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment and in environmental clean-up operations depend on the adsorption capacity of the materials for contaminants such as potentially toxic elements (PTEs). However, on their own nanoparticle... Read More about Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal.

Microbial genome (Illumina MiSeq) sequencing of drinking water treatment residuals to evaluate compatibility with environmental applications (2023)
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Turner, T., Tonge, D., Glanville, H. C., Wheeler, R., & Oliver, I. W. (2023). Microbial genome (Illumina MiSeq) sequencing of drinking water treatment residuals to evaluate compatibility with environmental applications. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(9), 1027. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11511-3

The clarification of drinking water leads to the production of large quantities of water treatment residuals (WTRs). DNA was extracted from six WTR samples collected from water treatment plants within the UK to compare their bacterial communities and... Read More about Microbial genome (Illumina MiSeq) sequencing of drinking water treatment residuals to evaluate compatibility with environmental applications.

Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable (2023)
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Fernando, B., Giles, S., Jackson, C., Lawrence, A., Raji, M., Williams, R., …Dowey, N. (2023). Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable. Nature Geoscience, 16(8), 658-660. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01241-z

Admission to doctoral study is a crucial step in the academic pipeline, but discriminatory procedures can disproportionately impact students from ethnic minority backgrounds. We show how these policies contribute to inequity in the geosciences and pr... Read More about Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable.

Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland (2023)
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Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., Wisniewski, K. D., Davenward, B., Heaton, V., & Hobson, L. (in press). Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland. Forensic Science International, 100324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2023.100324

The cold case search for clandestine graves can be challenging due to the length of time elapsed since the crime and the search environment changing itself. This paper reports on a cold case search for “Christine”, a young girl who... Read More about Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland.

Prescribed Fire in UK Heather-Dominated Blanket Bog Peatlands: A Critical Review of “Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)” by Gregg et al., 2021 (2023)
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Heinemeyer, A., & Ashby, M. A. (2023). Prescribed Fire in UK Heather-Dominated Blanket Bog Peatlands: A Critical Review of “Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)” by Gregg et al., 2021. Fire, 6(5), 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6050204

Peatlands are a vast global carbon store. Both climate change and management have shaped peatlands over millennia, sometimes negatively, sometimes positively. Across the globe, prescribed fire is an important and well-recognised vegetation management... Read More about Prescribed Fire in UK Heather-Dominated Blanket Bog Peatlands: A Critical Review of “Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)” by Gregg et al., 2021.

Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java (2023)
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J. Marsden, S., Ridha Junaid, A., Kaprawi, F., Muladi, F., Cahyo Aprianto, G., (Bas) van Balen, S., …Devenish, C. (2023). Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java. Bird Conservation International, 33(e63), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095927092300014X

There is serious concern for the future of a wide range of birds in Java and elsewhere in Indonesia due to both loss of habitat and trapping for the cagebird trade (the so-called “Asian Songbird Crisis”). Despite this concern, few data on presence an... Read More about Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java.