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Dr Jamie Pringle's Outputs (93)

Multi-disciplinary investigation for detection, characterisation and monitoring of contamination from a solid waste illegal dumpsite, Peshawar, NW Pakistan (2025)
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Butt, N. A., Khan, M. Y., Khattak, S. A., Jeffery, A. J., & Pringle, J. K. (2025). Multi-disciplinary investigation for detection, characterisation and monitoring of contamination from a solid waste illegal dumpsite, Peshawar, NW Pakistan. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 16(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2025.2485338

Leaching of organic and inorganic contaminants from illegal solid waste dumpsites negatively affects local environments, with hazards to human health in local communities. To detect, characterize and monitor contaminant pollutants, conventional site... Read More about Multi-disciplinary investigation for detection, characterisation and monitoring of contamination from a solid waste illegal dumpsite, Peshawar, NW Pakistan.

Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK (2025)
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Wisniewski, K., Pringle, J., Doyle, P., Barton, N., Stimpson, I., & Hobson, L. (in press). Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2025.2464568

In 1937, the British government implemented a strategy to strengthen UK air defences, constructing a network of decoy sites to mislead enemy aircraft from bombing Allied airfields, industrial centres and major cities. This paper reports on investigat... Read More about Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK.

Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead (2024)
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Pringle, J. K., Binley, A., Wisniewski, K. D., Davenward, B., Heaton, V. G., & Handley, G. E. (2024). Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead. Forensic Science International: Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2024.100404

Cold case searches for the missing can be challenging, especially when the convicted perpetrator may or may not be giving forensic investigators truthful information. This paper reports on a cold case search for a teenage girl who was reported missin... Read More about Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead.

Applications of geoforensic trace evidence (2024)
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Jeffery, A. J., Pirrie, D., Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., & Stimpson, I. G. (2024). Applications of geoforensic trace evidence. Geology Today, 40(4), 139-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12484

Geoforensic trace evidence studies can be crucial for law enforcement and civil/criminal prosecution and defence, to test potential links between suspect(s), crime scenes or forensic object(s). In addition, trace geological evidence can be used to id... Read More about Applications of geoforensic trace evidence.

Geoforensic search on land (2024)
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Pringle, J., Wisniewski, K., Ruffell, A., & Hobson, L. (2024). Geoforensic search on land. Geology Today, 40(4), 146-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12485

Forensic geoscientists assist with the investigation of locating and characterizing suspected illegal activities and provide evidence for criminal or civil courts of law. Geoforensic search in terrestrial environments can be challenging, depending on... Read More about Geoforensic search on land.

Forensic geoscience on, and in, water (2024)
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Ruffell, A., Pringle, J. K., Powell, N., O'Keefe, A., Wisniewski, K. D., & Hobson, L. (2024). Forensic geoscience on, and in, water. Geology Today, 40(4), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12486

Geoscientists are being increasingly asked by law enforcement, environmental agencies and even wildlife trusts to investigate suspected illegal activities in and around water bodies for criminal or civil investigations. Searches and surveys in aquati... Read More about Forensic geoscience on, and in, water.

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., Wisniewski, K. D., Owen, S., Hobson, L., & 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.

Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of victims using UAVs, GPR, electrical tomography and conductivity over 4-8 years post-burial to aid forensic search investigators in Colombia, South America (2024)
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Molina, C. M., Wisniewski, K. D., Salamanca, A., Saumett, M., Rojas, C., Gómez, H., Baena, A., & Pringle, J. K. (2024). Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of victims using UAVs, GPR, electrical tomography and conductivity over 4-8 years post-burial to aid forensic search investigators in Colombia, South America. Forensic Science International, 355, Article 111919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111919

In Colombia there are estimated to be over 121,000 missing people and victims of forced disappearances. Forensic investigators therefore need assistance in determining optimal detection techniques for buried victims, to give victims... Read More about Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of victims using UAVs, GPR, electrical tomography and conductivity over 4-8 years post-burial to aid forensic search investigators in Colombia, South America.

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., Squires, K., Sutherland, Z., Cassella, J., Graham, F., & 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.

Experiential and authentic learning in a Living Lab: the role of a campus-based Living Lab as a teaching and learning environment (2023)
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Rogers, S., Jeffery, A., Pringle, J., Law, A., Nobajas, A., Szkornik, K., Turner, A., Moolna, A., Davenward, B., & Hobson, L. (2023). Experiential and authentic learning in a Living Lab: the role of a campus-based Living Lab as a teaching and learning environment. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi28.1020

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.

Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK (2023)
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Eissa, R., Cassidy, N., Gunn, D., Stimpson, I., Dashwood, B., Morgan, D., Pringle, J., & Lee, J. (2023). Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. https://doi.org/10.46717/igj.56.1b.13ms-2023-2-21

<jats:p>Microtremor seismic surveys are routinely used to provide shear wave velocities that are converted to soil stiffness site profiles. In this paper, we look to assess the feasibility of using trains as seismic sources to characterize near-surfa... Read More about Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.

Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula (2022)
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Jeffery, A. J., Rogers, S. L., Pringle, J. K., Zholobenko, V. L., Jeffery, K. L., Wisniewski, K. D., Haxton, K. J., & Emley, D. W. (2022). Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula. Journal of Chemical Education, 2277-2290. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01067

Access to laboratory facilities and associated instrumentation represents a major barrier to learning in physical science education, due to constraints introduced by limited time and financial resources, cost 20 of acquisition, and health and safety... Read More about Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula.

Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science (2022)
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Hobson, L., Stimpson, I., Wisniewski, K., Pringle, J., Heaton, V., Zholobenko, V., Grossey, T., & Rogers, S. (2022). Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science. Science and Justice, 62(6), 696-707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2022.04.004

Online virtual learning resources have been available for learning and teaching in forensic science for some years now, but the recent global COVID-19 related periods of irregular lockdown have necessitated the rapid development of these for teaching... Read More about Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science.

Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in Graveyards with Contrasting Soil Types (2022)
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Madden, C., Pringle, J., Jeffery, A., Wisniewski, K., Glanville, H., Heaton, V., Stimpson, I., Dick, H., Eeley, M., Goodwin, J., & Oliver, I. (2022). Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in Graveyards with Contrasting Soil Types. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 55278–55292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19676-z

Human remains have been interred in burial grounds since historic times. Although the re-use of graveyards differs from one country, region or time-period to another, over time graveyard soil may become contaminated or enriched with heavy metal eleme... Read More about Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in Graveyards with Contrasting Soil Types.

The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations (2022)
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Pringle, J., Jeffery, A., Ruffell, A., Stimpson, I., Pirrie, D., Bergslien, E., Madden, C., Oliver, I., Wisniewski, K., Cassella, J., Lamont, N., Gormley, S., & Partridge, J. (2022). The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations. Forensic Science International, 111175 - 111175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111175

Hand-held, portable X-Ray fluorescence instruments (pXRF) provide a means of rapid, in-situ chemical characterisation that has considerable application as a rapid trace evidence characterisation tool in forensic geoscience. This study presents both a... Read More about The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations.

Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of dismembered victims using UAVs, electrical tomography, and GPR over one year to aid investigations of human rights violations in Colombia, South America (2021)
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Molina, C. M., Vasquez, A., Wisniewski, K., Heaton, V., Pringle, J., Avila, E. F., Herrera, L. A., Guerrero, J., Saumett, M., Echeverry, R., Duarte, M., & Baena, A. (2022). Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of dismembered victims using UAVs, electrical tomography, and GPR over one year to aid investigations of human rights violations in Colombia, South America. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 67(3), 1060-1071. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14962

In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of missing people and forced disappearances, over 90,000 in Colombia alone. Successful detection of shallow buried human remains by forensic search teams is difficult in varying terrain a... Read More about Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of dismembered victims using UAVs, electrical tomography, and GPR over one year to aid investigations of human rights violations in Colombia, South America.

Bridge foundation river scour and infill characterisation using Water Penetrating Radar (2021)
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Campbell, K. E., Ruffell, A., Pringle, J., Hughes, D., Taylor, S., & Devlin, B. (2021). Bridge foundation river scour and infill characterisation using Water Penetrating Radar. Remote Sensing, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132542

Inspections of engineered structures below water level are essential to ensure the long-term serviceability of bridge infrastructure and to avoid major damage or failure. This re-search aimed to investigate integrated geophysical technologies for the... Read More about Bridge foundation river scour and infill characterisation using Water Penetrating Radar.