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Geophysical monitoring of simulated graves with resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity and GPR in Colombia, South America (2016)
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Molina, C. M., Pringle, J. K., Saumett, M., & Evans, G. T. (2016). Geophysical monitoring of simulated graves with resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity and GPR in Colombia, South America. Forensic Science International, 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.02.009

In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of both missing people and forced disappearances, ~71,000 alone in Colombia. Successful detection of buried human remains by forensic search teams can be difficult in varying terrain and... Read More about Geophysical monitoring of simulated graves with resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity and GPR in Colombia, South America.

Pennsylvanian carbonate mud mounds from the sub-aerial to sub-marine transition along a tilted foreland basin, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain (2015)
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Rogers, S. Pennsylvanian carbonate mud mounds from the sub-aerial to sub-marine transition along a tilted foreland basin, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain. (Thesis). Keele University

Carbonate mud mounds from the Pennsylvanian aged San Emiliano Formation (Cantabrian Mountains, Spain) are commonly well exposed. The mounds range from 2 to 50 m in height and were observed to be primary geological features. Microfacies, ultrafacies,... Read More about Pennsylvanian carbonate mud mounds from the sub-aerial to sub-marine transition along a tilted foreland basin, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain.

Study of Eu3+ -> Eu2+ reduction in BaAl2O4:Eu prepared in different gas atmospheres (2015)
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Jackson. (2015). Study of Eu3+ -> Eu2+ reduction in BaAl2O4:Eu prepared in different gas atmospheres. Materials Research Bulletin, 348 -351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.10.054

The effect of different gas atmospheres such as H2(g), synthetic air, carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen (N2) on the Eu3+ ? Eu2+ reduction process during the synthesis of Eu-doped BaAl2O4 was studied using synchrotron radiation. The Eu3+ ? Eu2+ reduct... Read More about Study of Eu3+ -> Eu2+ reduction in BaAl2O4:Eu prepared in different gas atmospheres.

A comparative case study of subglacial bedforms in northern Lithuania and south-eastern Iceland (2014)
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Baltrūnas, V., Waller, R. I., Kazakauskas, V., Paškauskas, S., & Katinas, V. (2014). A comparative case study of subglacial bedforms in northern Lithuania and south-eastern Iceland. Baltica, 75 -92. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2014.27.18

This paper aims to compare the dynamics of the subglacial environment as determined by an analysis of the structure and sedimentology of both Pleistocene and modern glacial deposits. Investigations focused on subglacial sediments in areas of streamli... Read More about A comparative case study of subglacial bedforms in northern Lithuania and south-eastern Iceland.

Pre- and syn-eruptive degassing and crystallisation processes of the 2010 and 2006 eruptions of Merapi volcano, Indonesia (2014)
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Gertisser. (2014). Pre- and syn-eruptive degassing and crystallisation processes of the 2010 and 2006 eruptions of Merapi volcano, Indonesia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-014-1061-z

The 2010 eruption of Merapi (VEI 4) was the volcano’s largest since 1872. In contrast to the prolonged and effusive dome-forming eruptions typical of Merapi’s recent activity, the 2010 eruption began explosively, before a new dome was rapidly emplace... Read More about Pre- and syn-eruptive degassing and crystallisation processes of the 2010 and 2006 eruptions of Merapi volcano, Indonesia.

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.

A study of the effect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves (2014)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., & Jervis, J. R. (2014). A study of the effect 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 effect 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.

Volatile (H2O, CO2, Cl, S) budget of the Central American subduction zone (2014)
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Frische, M., Rabbel, W., Hansteen, T., Hensen, C., Wehrmann, H., Kutterolf, S., …Grevemeyer, I. (2014). Volatile (H2O, CO2, Cl, S) budget of the Central American subduction zone. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2101 -2127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-014-1001-1

After more than a decade of multidisciplinary studies of the Central American subduction zone mainly in the framework of two large research programmes, the US MARGINS program and the German Collaborative Research Center SFB 574, we here review and in... Read More about Volatile (H2O, CO2, Cl, S) budget of the Central American subduction zone.

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.

Comparison of magnetic, electrical and ground penetrating radar surveys to detect buried forensic objects in semi-urban and domestic patio environments (2013)
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Pringle, J. K., & Hansen, J. D. (2013). Comparison of magnetic, electrical and ground penetrating radar surveys to detect buried forensic objects in semi-urban and domestic patio environments. Geological Society Special Publications, 384, 229 - 251. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP384.13

Near-surface geophysical techniques should be routinely utilized by law enforcement agencies to locate shallowly buried forensic objects, saving human and other resources. However, there has been little published research on optimum geophysical detec... Read More about Comparison of magnetic, electrical and ground penetrating radar surveys to detect buried forensic objects in semi-urban and domestic patio environments.

Capabilities and limitations of tracing spatial temperature patterns by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (2013)
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(2013). Capabilities and limitations of tracing spatial temperature patterns by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing. Water Resources Research, 1741 - 1745. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20144

Qualitative and quantitative accuracies of FO-DTS surveys vary with signal-size Detection accuracy of cold signals is higher than of similar seized warm signals Impact of small-scale signal-size / - strength on observation is not unambiguous

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.

Crustal differentiation processes at Krakatau volcano, Indonesia (2013)
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Gertisser, R. (2013). Crustal differentiation processes at Krakatau volcano, Indonesia. Journal of Petrology, 149 - 182. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egs066

Anak Krakatau is a basaltic andesite cone that has grown following the famous caldera-forming 1883 eruption of Krakatau. It breached sea level in 1927 and since the 1950s has been growing at an average rate of ~8 cm a week. We present new major and t... Read More about Crustal differentiation processes at Krakatau volcano, Indonesia.

Magma rheology variations in sheet intrusions of the Ardnamurchan Central Complex (Scotland) inferred from gabbro inclusion characteristics (2013)
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Gertisser, R. (2013). Magma rheology variations in sheet intrusions of the Ardnamurchan Central Complex (Scotland) inferred from gabbro inclusion characteristics. Journal of Petrology, 75 - 102. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egs064

Entrainment of xenoliths and their consequent assimilation are key processes in modifying the crystallization kinetics and magma dynamics of conduit systems. Here, an integrated textural and mineral chemical study of the evolution of a suite of gabbr... Read More about Magma rheology variations in sheet intrusions of the Ardnamurchan Central Complex (Scotland) inferred from gabbro inclusion characteristics.

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.