Reducing the Risk of Felt Seismicity During Hydraulic Fracturing: How close is too close? An Analysis of the Effect of Operational Parameters on the Stress Change to Pre-existing Faults (2018)
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(2018). Reducing the Risk of Felt Seismicity During Hydraulic Fracturing: How close is too close? An Analysis of the Effect of Operational Parameters on the Stress Change to Pre-existing Faults

Hydraulic fracturing is widely used in the petroleum industry to enhance oil and gas production, especially for the extraction of shale gas from unconventional reservoirs. A good understanding of the vertical distance which should be preserved betwee... Read More about Reducing the Risk of Felt Seismicity During Hydraulic Fracturing: How close is too close? An Analysis of the Effect of Operational Parameters on the Stress Change to Pre-existing Faults.

A historical account of how continental drift and plate tectonics provided the framework for our current understanding of palaeogeography (2018)
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(2018). A historical account of how continental drift and plate tectonics provided the framework for our current understanding of palaeogeography. Geological Magazine, 182-207. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756818000043

Palaeogeography is the cartographic representation of the past distribution of geographic features such as deep oceans, shallow seas, lowlands, rivers, lakes and mountain belts on palinspastically restored plate tectonic base maps. It is closely conn... Read More about A historical account of how continental drift and plate tectonics provided the framework for our current understanding of palaeogeography.

Delineating and mapping riparian areas for ecosystem service assessment (2018)
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(2018). Delineating and mapping riparian areas for ecosystem service assessment. Ecohydrology, https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1928

Riparian buffers, the interface between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, have the potential to protect water bodies from land-based pollution, and also for enhancing the delivery of a range of ecosystem services. The UK currently has no defined... Read More about Delineating and mapping riparian areas for ecosystem service assessment.

Global Peak in Atmospheric Radiocarbon Provides a Potential Definition for the Onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in 1965 (2018)
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(2018). Global Peak in Atmospheric Radiocarbon Provides a Potential Definition for the Onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in 1965. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20970-5

Anthropogenic activity is now recognised as having profoundly and permanently altered the Earth system, suggesting we have entered a human-dominated geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’. To formally define the onset of the Anthropocene, a synchronous... Read More about Global Peak in Atmospheric Radiocarbon Provides a Potential Definition for the Onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in 1965.

Timescales of magma ascent and degassing and the role of crustal assimilation at Merapi volcano (2006-2010), Indonesia: constraints from uranium-series and radiogenic isotopic compositions (2018)
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Gertisser. (2018). Timescales of magma ascent and degassing and the role of crustal assimilation at Merapi volcano (2006-2010), Indonesia: constraints from uranium-series and radiogenic isotopic compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 34-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.10.015

We present new U-238-Th-230-Ra-226-Pb-210-Po-210, Sr-87/(86) Sr and Nd-143/(144) Nd isotopic data of whole-rock samples and plagioclase separates from volcanic deposits of the 2006 and 2010 eruptions at Merapi volcano, Java, Indonesia. These data are... Read More about Timescales of magma ascent and degassing and the role of crustal assimilation at Merapi volcano (2006-2010), Indonesia: constraints from uranium-series and radiogenic isotopic compositions.

Geology of the Blue Lagoon (2018)
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Mitten, A., & Pringle, J. K. (2018). Geology of the Blue Lagoon. Geology Today, 34(1), 35 -38. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12218

The geology of the Blue Lagoon, Abereiddy Bay, South Wales, has been studied for over a hundred years, and is the type locality for the Abereiddian sub-stage of the Darriwilian (Ordovician), due to its outstanding fossil assemblages. Despite the work... Read More about Geology of the Blue Lagoon.

Quantifying the contribution of riparian soils to the provision of ecosystem services. (2017)
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(2017). Quantifying the contribution of riparian soils to the provision of ecosystem services. Science of the Total Environment, 807 - 819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.179

Riparian areas, the interface between land and freshwater ecosystems, are considered to play a pivotal role in the supply of regulating, provisioning, cultural and supporting services. Most previous studies, however, have tended to focus on intensive... Read More about Quantifying the contribution of riparian soils to the provision of ecosystem services..

Reconstruction of linear dunes from ancient aeolian successions using subsurface data: Permian Auk Formation, Central North Sea, UK (2017)
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(2017). Reconstruction of linear dunes from ancient aeolian successions using subsurface data: Permian Auk Formation, Central North Sea, UK. Marine and Petroleum Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.12.021

A series of well logs and cores penetrating the predominantly aeolian Auk Formation, Permian Rotliegend Group, Central North Sea, UK, have been evaluated to determine the morphology and style of migratory behaviour of the original dune bedforms, the... Read More about Reconstruction of linear dunes from ancient aeolian successions using subsurface data: Permian Auk Formation, Central North Sea, UK.

Palaeotethys-related sediments of the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: constraints on provenance and stratigraphy from detrital zircon geochronology (2017)
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Loewen, K., Meinhold, G., Gungor, T., & Berndt, J. (2017). Palaeotethys-related sediments of the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: constraints on provenance and stratigraphy from detrital zircon geochronology. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 106(8), 2771-2796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-017-1458-9

Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology of 15 Late Palaeozoic to Early Mesozoic siliciclastic sandstones from the Karaburun Peninsula in western Turkey determines maximum sedimentation ages, identifies possible source areas, and anchors the study area wit... Read More about Palaeotethys-related sediments of the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: constraints on provenance and stratigraphy from detrital zircon geochronology.

Determining geophysical responses from graves (2017)
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(2017). Determining geophysical responses from graves. Geophysics, 82(6), https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2016-0440.1

Graveyards and cemeteries around the world are being increasingly designated as full. There is a growing requirement to identify burial spaces or to exhume and then re-inter burials if necessary. Near-surface geophysical methods offer a potentially n... Read More about Determining geophysical responses from graves.

Determining geophysical responses from burials in graveyards and cemeteries (2017)
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Dick, H. C., Pringle, J. K., Wisniewski, K. D., Goodwin, J., van der Putten, R., Evans, G. T., …Hansen, J. D. (2017). Determining geophysical responses from burials in graveyards and cemeteries. Geophysics, 82(6), B245 - B255 (11). https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2016-0440.1

Graveyards and cemeteries around the world are being increasingly designated as full. There is a growing requirement to identify burial spaces or to exhume and then re-inter burials if necessary. Near-surface geophysical methods offer a potentially n... Read More about Determining geophysical responses from burials in graveyards and cemeteries.

High-resolution seismic imaging of Paleozoic rocks in the Mora area, Siljan Ring structure, central Sweden (2017)
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(2017). High-resolution seismic imaging of Paleozoic rocks in the Mora area, Siljan Ring structure, central Sweden. GFF, 260-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/11035897.2017.1386712

The Late Devonian Siljan Ring structure in Sweden is the largest known impact structure in Europe. The present-day structure comprises a central dome that is about 20–30 km in diameter, which is surrounded by a ring-shaped depression. In this study,... Read More about High-resolution seismic imaging of Paleozoic rocks in the Mora area, Siljan Ring structure, central Sweden.

Engineering investigation and assessment (2017)
Book Chapter
Stimpson. (2017). Engineering investigation and assessment. In Engineering Geology and Geomorphology of Glaciated and Periglaciated Terrains Engineering Group Working Party Report (741-830). https://doi.org/10.1144/EGSP28.7

Ground affected by periglacial and glacial processes can be among the most variable formed by nature. Previous chapters have graphically illustrated this variability and explained the topographic and sedimentary associations to be expected within for... Read More about Engineering investigation and assessment.

Urban planning and the challenge of super-diversity (2017)
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Pemberton. (2017). Urban planning and the challenge of super-diversity. Policy and Politics, 623-641. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557316X14755958613727

Little attention to date has focused on the role of urban planning in responding to migration-related super-diversity. Through a focus on a city (Liverpool, UK) which is becoming increasingly super-diverse, the paper highlights the importance of clas... Read More about Urban planning and the challenge of super-diversity.

A Facies-Independent Trans-European Anisian–Ladinian Marker Horizon?: Significance and Impact for Sequence Stratigraphy and Intra-Tethyan Correlation (2017)
Book Chapter
Götz, A. E., & Montenari, M. (2017). A Facies-Independent Trans-European Anisian–Ladinian Marker Horizon?: Significance and Impact for Sequence Stratigraphy and Intra-Tethyan Correlation. In Advances in Sequence Stratigraphy

Transcontinental correlation of European carbonate systems that developed during the onset of the Mesozoic breakup of Pangaea remains difficult due to pronounced lateral facies variations and in many cases facies-dependent fossil groups used for bios... Read More about A Facies-Independent Trans-European Anisian–Ladinian Marker Horizon?: Significance and Impact for Sequence Stratigraphy and Intra-Tethyan Correlation.

Rapid global ocean-atmosphere response to Southern Ocean freshening during the last glacial (2017)
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(2017). Rapid global ocean-atmosphere response to Southern Ocean freshening during the last glacial. Nature communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00577-6

Contrasting Greenland and Antarctic temperatures during the last glacial period (115,000 to 11,650 years ago) are thought to have been driven by imbalances in the rates of formation of North Atlantic and Antarctic Deep Water (the ‘bipolar seesaw’). H... Read More about Rapid global ocean-atmosphere response to Southern Ocean freshening during the last glacial.

OH defects in quartz as monitor for igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes (2017)
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(2017). OH defects in quartz as monitor for igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes. American Mineralogist, 1832 -1842. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-6107

Oriented sections of more than 500 quartz grains from sediments, igneous, and metamorphic rocks from different localities in Sweden, Austria, Germany, and South Africa were analyzed by FTIR spectroscopy, and their OH defect content was determined wit... Read More about OH defects in quartz as monitor for igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes.

Determining geophysical responses from graves (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Determining geophysical responses from graves. Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2016-0440.1

Graveyards and cemeteries around the world are being increasingly designated as full. There is a growing requirement to identify burial spaces or to exhume and then re-inter burials if necessary. Near-surface geophysical methods offer a potentially n... Read More about Determining geophysical responses from graves.

Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945 (2017)
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(2017). Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2017.1357900

The largest escape of German Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) in WW2 was in March 1945 from Camp 198, situated in Bridgend, South Wales, UK. Since camp closure the site has become derelict, and has not been scientifically investigated. This paper reports on... Read More about Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945.

Multi-disciplinary investigations at PoW Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: site of a mass escape in March 1945 (2017)
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Rees-Hughes, L., Pringle, J., Russill, N., Wisniewski, K., & Doyle, P. (2017). Multi-disciplinary investigations at PoW Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: site of a mass escape in March 1945. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 11(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2017.1357900

The largest escape of German Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) in WW2 was in March 1945 from Camp 198, situated in Bridgend, South Wales, UK. Since camp closure the site has become derelict, and has not been scientifically investigated. This paper reports on... Read More about Multi-disciplinary investigations at PoW Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: site of a mass escape in March 1945.