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A study of the affect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves (2014)
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Pringle, J. K., & Jervis, J. R. (2014). A study of the affect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 108, 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.06.008

Electrical resistivity surveys have proven useful for locating clandestine graves in a number of forensic searches. However, some aspects of grave detection with resistivity surveys remain imperfectly understood. One such aspect is the effect of seas... Read More about A study of the affect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves.

The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin, UK (2014)
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Southern, S. J., Mountney, N. P., & Pringle, J. K. (2014). The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin, UK. Geology Today, 30(2), 74 - 81 (8). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12044

Many of the Carboniferous outcrops located in the Derbyshire region of the Peak District National Park, UK, have provided sites for both significant and pioneering research relating to the clastic sedimentology of marine palaeoenvironments, particula... Read More about The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin, UK.

GPR and bulk ground resistivity surveys in graveyards: Locating unmarked burials in contrasting soil types (2014)
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Hansen, J. D., Pringle, J. K., & Goodwin, J. (2014). GPR and bulk ground resistivity surveys in graveyards: Locating unmarked burials in contrasting soil types. Forensic Science International, 237, e14 - e29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.01.009

With graveyards and cemeteries globally being increasingly designated as full, there is a growing need to identify unmarked burial positions to find burial space or exhume and re-inter if necessary. In some countries, for example the U.S. and U.K., b... Read More about GPR and bulk ground resistivity surveys in graveyards: Locating unmarked burials in contrasting soil types.

The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK (2013)
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Pringle, J. K., & Stimpson, I. G. (2013). The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK. Geology Today, 29(5), 195 - 199 (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12023

The Precambrian–Cambrian boundary is iconic, marking the first appearance of shelly fauna in the fossil record, and opening the Phanerozoic Eon. In England and Wales, the transition from predominantly Precambrian igneous rocks to Cambrian sedimentary... Read More about The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK.

Educational environmental geoscience e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning (2013)
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Pringle. (2013). Educational environmental geoscience e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning. Planet, 27(1), 21 - 28 (7). https://doi.org/10.11120/plan.2013.27010021

Current Higher Education students mostly comprise so-called Generation Y who have grown up with personal computer and e-gaming technologies. As such, they may respond positively to educational gaming as stimulating and effective complementary learnin... Read More about Educational environmental geoscience e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning.

Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. (2012)
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Pringle, J. K., Styles, P., Howell, C. P., Branston, M. W., Furner, R., & Toon, S. M. (2012). Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. Geophysics, 77(6), B287 - B294 (8). https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0491.1

The area around the town of Northwich in Cheshire, U. K., has a long history of catastrophic ground subsidence caused by a combination of natural dissolution and collapsing abandoned mine workings within the underlying Triassic halite bedrock geology... Read More about Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK..

The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches (2012)
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Pringle, J., Ruffell, A., Jervis, J., Donnelly, L., McKinley, J., Hansen, J., …Harrison, M. (2012). The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches. Earth-Science Reviews, 114(1-2), 108 - 123 (17). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.05.006

Geoscience methods are increasingly being utilised in criminal, environmental and humanitarian forensic investigations, and the use of such methods is supported by a growing body of experimental and theoretical research. Geoscience search techniques... Read More about The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches.

Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments (2012)
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Pringle, J. K., Holland, C., Szkornik, K., & Harrison, M. (2012). Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments. Forensic Science International, 219(1-3), e29 - e36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.010

A 2010 UK police search for a clandestine burial highlighted the need for more information and quantitative data to aid coastal beach searches. This study aimed to address this by establishing relevant forensic search methodologies to aid the search... Read More about Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments.

Geophysical and intrusive site investigations to detect an abandoned coal-mine access shaft, Apedale, Staffordshire, UK (2011)
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Pringle, J. K., & Banham, S. (2011). Geophysical and intrusive site investigations to detect an abandoned coal-mine access shaft, Apedale, Staffordshire, UK. Near Surface Geophysics, 9(5), 483 - 496 (14). https://doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2011028

Derelict coal mine workings at Apedale in Staffordshire, United Kingdom were the focus for a multi-disciplinary geophysical and intrusive site investigation. Objectives were to: 1) locate the surface entrance to a coal mine access shaft, 2) determine... Read More about Geophysical and intrusive site investigations to detect an abandoned coal-mine access shaft, Apedale, Staffordshire, UK.

Preliminary soilwater conductivity analysis to date clandestine burials of homicide victims (2010)
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Pringle, J. K., Cassella, J. P., & Jervis, J. R. (2010). Preliminary soilwater conductivity analysis to date clandestine burials of homicide victims. Forensic Science International, 198(1-3), 126 - 133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.02.005

This study reports on a new geoscientific method to estimate the post-burial interval (PBI) and potential post-mortem interval (PMI) date of homicide victims in clandestine graves by measuring decomposition fluid conductivities. Establishing PBI/PMI... Read More about Preliminary soilwater conductivity analysis to date clandestine burials of homicide victims.

Time-lapse geophysical investigations over a simulated urban clandestine grave (2008)
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Pringle, J. K., Jervis, J., Cassella, J. P., & Cassidy, N. J. (2008). Time-lapse geophysical investigations over a simulated urban clandestine grave. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53(6), 1405 -1416. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00884.x

A simulated clandestine shallow grave was created within a heterogeneous, made-ground, urban environment where a clothed, plastic resin, human skeleton, animal products, and physiological saline were placed in anatomically correct positions and re-co... Read More about Time-lapse geophysical investigations over a simulated urban clandestine grave.

Geophysical characterization of derelict coalmine workings and mineshaft detection: a case study from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom (2008)
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Stimpson, Pringle, Pringle, J., Stimpson, I., Toon, S., Caunt, S., …Styles, P. (2008). Geophysical characterization of derelict coalmine workings and mineshaft detection: a case study from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. Near Surface Geophysics, 6(3), 185 -194. https://doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2008014

A study site of derelict coalmine workings near Shrewsbury, United Kingdom was the focus for multi-phase, near-surface geophysical investigations. Investigation objectives were: 1) site characterization for remaining relict infrastructure foundations... Read More about Geophysical characterization of derelict coalmine workings and mineshaft detection: a case study from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom.