School of Geography and the Environment

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Selected Publications (2012)

65 publications listed

• Arizzi, A. and Cultrone, G. (2012) Aerial lime-based mortars blended with a pozzolanic additive and different admixtures: a mineralogical, textural and physical-mechanical study. Construction and Building Materials, 31: 135-143.
• Arizzi, A. and Cultrone, G. (2012) Negative effects of the use of white Portland cement as additive to aerial lime mortars set at atmospheric conditions: a chemical, mineralogical and physical-mechanical investigation. In, Rivera, S.M. and Pena Diaz, A.L. (eds.) Brick and Mortar Research. Nova Publishers. pp. 231-243. ISBN: 978-1-61942-927-7.
• Arizzi, A. and Cultrone, G. (2012) The difference in behaviour between calcitic and dolomitic lime mortars set under dry conditions: the relationship between textural and physical-mechanical properties. Cement and Concrete Research, 42(6): 818-826.
• Arizzi, A., Hendrickx, R., Cultrone, G. and Van Balen, K. (2012) Differences in the rheological properties of calcitic and dolomitic lime slurries: influence of particle characteristics and practical implications in lime-based mortar manufacturing. Materiales de Construccion, 62(306): 231-250.
• Arizzi, A., Viles, H. and Cultrone, G. (2012) Experimental testing of the durability of lime-based mortars used for rendering historic buildings. Construction and Building Materials, 28(1): 807-818.
• Ashpole, I. and Washington, R. (2012) An automated dust detection using SEVIRI: A multiyear climatology of summertime dustiness in the central and western Sahara. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118(D8).
• Bailey, M.J., Morgan, R., Comini, P., Calusi, S. and Bull, P.A. (2012) An evaluation of Particle Induced X-Ray emission and Particle Induced Gamma Ray emission of quartz grains for forensic trace sediment analysis. Analytical Chemistry, 84(5): 2260-2267.
• Boardman, J. (2012) Soil Erosion and Farming: assessing and managing the risk. Geography Review, 26(2): 36-40.
• Boardman, J., Hoffman, M.T., Holmes, P.J. and Wiggs, G.F.S. (2012) Soil erosion and land degradation. Chapter 11 in, Holmes, P. and Meadows, M. (eds.) Southern African Geomorphology: Recent Trends and New Directions. African Sun Media. pp. 307-328. ISBN: 978-1-920382-02-5.
• Brindley, H., Knippertz, P., Ryder, C. and Ashpole, I. (2012) A critical evaluation of the ability of the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) thermal infrared red-green-blue rendering to identify dust events: Theoretical analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 117(D7).
• Burrough, S.L., Breman, E. and Dodd, C. (2012) An insight into past vegetation of the Middle Kalahari Palaeolakes during the late Quaternary. Journal of Arid Environments, 82: 156-164.
• Burrough, S.L., Thomas, D.S.G., Bailey, R.M. and Davies, L. (2012) From landform to process: morphology and formation of lake-bed barchan dunes, Makgadikgadi, Botswana. Geomorphology, 161-162: 1-14.
• Clift, P.D., Carter, A.C., Giosan, L., Durcan, J.A., Duller, G.A.T., Macklin, M.G., Alizai, A., Tabrez, A.R., Danish, M., VanLaningham, S. and Fuller, D.Q. (2012) U-Pb Zircon dating evidence for a Pleistocene Sarasvati river and capture of the Yamuna River. Geology, 40: 211-214.
• Coombes, M.A. and Naylor, L.A. (2012) Rock warming and drying under simulated intertidal conditions, part II: Weathering and biological influences on evaporative cooling and near-surface micro-climatic conditions as an example of physical ecosystem engineering. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37(1): 100-118.
• Cutler, N.A., Oliver, A.E., Viles, H.A. and Whiteley, A.S. (2012) Non-destructive sampling of rock-dwelling microbial communities using sterile adhesive tape. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 91(3): 391-398.
• Dougill, A., Stringer, l., Leventon, J., Riddell, M., Rueff, H., Spracklen, D. and Butt, E. (2012) Lessons from community-based payment for ecosystem service schemes: from forests to rangelands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 367(1606): 3178-3190.
• Foster, I.D.L., Rowntree, K.M., Boardman, J. and Mighall, T.M. (2012) Changing sediment yield and sediment dynamics in the Karoo uplands, South Africa; post-European impacts. Land Degradation and Development, 23: 508-522.
• Giosan, L., Clift, P.D., Macklin, M.G., Fuller, D.Q., Constantinescu, S., Durcan, J.A., Stevens, T., Duller, G.A.T., Tabrez, A., Adhikari, R., Gangal, K., Alizai, A., Filip, F., VanLaningham, S. and Syvitski, J.P.M. (2012) Fluvial dynamics and the fate of the Harappan civilisation. PNAS, 109(26): 1688-1694.
• Goudie, A. (2012) The Nature and Diversity of Deserts. 1. Introduction: in, Mol, L. and Sternberg, T. (eds.) Changing Deserts: Integrating People and Their Environment. White Horse Press, Cambridge. 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1-874267-69-0.
• Goudie, A.S. (2012) Charles Rollin Keyes and extravagant aeolation. Aeolian Research, 4: 51-53.
• Goudie, A.S. (2012) Southern African Geomorphology: the Past and the Future. In, Holmes, P. and Meadows, M. (eds.) Southern African Geomorphology: Recent Trends and New Directions. Sun Media, Bloemfontein. pp. 401-420. ISBN: 978-1-920382-02-5.
• Goudie, A.S. and Viles, H.A. (2012) Weathering and the global carbon cycle: geomorphological perspectives. Earth-Science Reviews, 113(1-2): 59-71.
• Griffiths, J.S., Fookes, P.G., Goudie, A.S. and Stokes, M. (2012) Processes and landforms in deserts. Chapter 3 in, Walker, M.J. (ed.) Hot deserts: engineering, geology and geomorphology. Geological Society of London. pp. 33-95. ISBN: 978-1-86239-342-4.
• Harris, A., Hsu, A. and Madsen, J.K. (2012) Because Hitler did it! Quantitative tests of Bayesian argumentation using Ad Hominem. Thinking and Reasoning, 18(3): 311-343.
• Holmes, P.J., Thomas, D.S.G., Bateman, M.D., Wiggs, G.F.S. and Rabumbulu, M. (2012) Evidence for land degradation from aeolian sediment in the west-central Free State Province, South Africa. Land Degradation and Development, 23(6): 601-610.
• Inkpen, R.J., Viles, H.A., Moses, C.A. and Bailey, B. (2012) Modelling the impact of changing atmospheric pollution levels on limestone erosion rates in central London, 1980-2010. Atmospheric Environment, 61: 476-481.
• Inkpen, R.J., Viles, H.A., Moses, C.A., Bailey, B., Collier, P., Trudgill, S.T. and Cooke, R.U. (2012) Thirty years of erosion and declining atmospheric pollution at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Atmospheric Environment, 62: 521-529.
• Khan, M., Rahim, I., Rueff, H., Saleem, M., Maselli, D., Sher, M. and Wiesmann, U. (2012) Conserving indigenous animal genetic resources as a coping strategy to adapt to climate change: the Azikheli Buffalo in Northern Mountains of Pakistan. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 23(12).
• Konopinski, D.I., Hudziak, S., Morgan, R.M., Bull, P.A. and Kenyon, A.J. (2012) Investigation of quartz grain surface textures by atomic force microscopy for forensic analysis. Forensic Science International, 223(1-3): 245-255.
• Lafon, T., Dadson, S., Buys, G. and Prudhomme, C. (2012) Bias correction of daily precipitation simulated by a regional climate model: a comparison of methods. International Journal of Climatology, 33(6): 1367-1381.
• Madsen, J.K. (2012) Overtalelse’ defineret i et retorisk perspektiv. Rhetorica Scandinavica, 16(2): 37-57.
• Marshall, J.R., Bull, P.A. and Morgan, R.M. (2012) Energy regimes for aeolian sand grain surface textures. Sedimentary Geology, 253-254: 17-24.
• McGregor, K.F., Watt, M.S., Hulme, P.E. and Duncan, R.P. (2012) How robust is the Australian weed risk assessment protocol? A test using pine invasions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Biological Invasions, 14(5): 987-998.
• McGregor, K.F., Watt, M.S., Hulme, P.E. and Duncan, R.P. (2012) What determines pine naturalisation: species traits, climate suitability or forestry use? Diversity and Distributions, 18(10): 1013-1023.
• Middleton, N. (2012) Rivers: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press. pp. 152. ISBN: 978-0-19-958867-1.
• Mighall, T.M., Foster, I.D.L., Rowntree, K.M. and Boardman, J. (2012) Reconstructing recent land degradation in the semi-arid Karoo of South Africa: a palaeoecological study at Compassberg, Eastern Cape. Land Degradation and Development, 23: 523-533.
• Mol, L. and Sternberg, T. (eds.) (2012) Changing Deserts: Integrating people and their environment. The White Horse Press. pp. 346. ISBN: 978-1-874267-69-0.
• Mol, L. and Viles, H. (2012) Conserving History in Changing Arid Environments: a Geomorphological Approach. 11. in, Mol, L. and Sternberg, T. (eds.) Changing Deserts: Integrating People and Their Environment. White Horse Press, Cambridge. 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1-874267-69-0.
• Naylor, L.A., Coombes, M.A. and Viles, H.A. (2012) Reconceptualising the role of organisms in the erosion of rock coasts: a new model. Geomorphology, 157-158: 17-30.
• Naylor, L.A., Coombes, M.A., Venn, O., Roast, S.D. and Thompson, R.C. (2012) Facilitating ecological enhancement of coastal infrastructure: the role of policy, people and planning. Environmental Science and Policy, 22: 36-46.
• Newell, A.J., Morgan, R., Bull, P.A., Griffin, L.D. and Graham, G. (2012) Automated texture recognition of quartz sand grains for forensic analysis for forensic applications. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 57(5): 1285-1289.
• Ogilvie, D., Bull, F., Cooper, A., Rutter, H., Adams, E., Brand, C., Ghali, K., Jones, T., Mutrie, N., Powell, J., Preston, J., Sahlqvist, S. and Song, Y. (2012) Evaluating the travel, physical activity and carbon impacts of a 'natural experiment' in the provision of new walking and cycling infrastructure: methods for the core module of the iConnect study. BMJ Open, 2012(2). e000694.
• Ojeda, G., Rueff, H., Rahim, I. and Maselli, D. (2012) Sustaining mobile pastoralists in the mountains of northern Pakistan. Evidence for Policy Series, Regional edition Central Asia. Evidence for Policy Series, Regional edition Central Asia, No. 3, ed. Mira Arynova. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: NCCR North-South.
• Pereira, L.M. and Ruysenaar, S. (2012) Moving from traditional government to more adaptive governance: the changing face of food security responses in South Africa. Food Security, 4(1): 41-58.
• Prudhomme, C., Dadson, S., Morris, D., Williamson, J., Goodsell, G., Crooks, S., Boelee, L., Davies, H., Buys, G., Lafon, T. and Watts, G. (2012) Future Flows Climate: an ensemble of 1-km climate change projections for hydrological application in Great Britain. Earth System Science Data, 4: 143-148.
• Rueff, H. and Schwartz, M. (2012) Can Carbon Finance Enhance Desert Afforestation and Serve Smallholders’ Needs? 5. in, Mol, L. and Sternberg, T. (eds.) Changing Deserts: Integrating People and Their Environment. White Horse Press, Cambridge. 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1-874267-69-0.
• Saleem, M., Rahim, I., Rueff, H., Khan, M., Maselli, D., Wiesmann, U. and Muhammad, S. (2012) Effect of management on reproductive performances of the Achai cattle in the Hindukush (Northern Pakistan). Tropical Animals Health and Production, 44(6): 1297-1302.
• Shah, I., Rahim, I., Rueff, H. and Maselli, D. (2012) Landless mobile pastoralists: securing their role as custodian of northern Pakistan’s mountains..
• Sternberg, T. (2012) Chinese drought, bread and the Arab Spring. Applied Geography, 34: 519-524.
• Sternberg, T. (2012) Hazard Impact on Desert Environments. 13. in, Mol, L. and Sternberg, T. (eds.) Changing Deserts: Integrating People and Their Environment. White Horse Press, Cambridge. 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1-874267-69-0.
• Sternberg, T. (2012) Pastoral mosaic: livelihood, mobility, differentiation and environmental engagement on the Inner Asian steppe. In, Dierkes, J. (ed.) Change in Democratic Mongolia: social relations, health, mobile pastoralism and mining. Brill, Boston. 332 pp. ISBN: 9789004224346.
• Sternberg, T. (2012) Piospheres and pastoralists: vegetation and degradation in steppe grasslands. Human Ecology, 40(6): 811-820.
• Stone, A. (2012) Shedding Light on the Past: Records of Past Conditions in the Namib Desert and the Use of Luminescence Dating. 2. in, Mol, L. and Sternberg, T. (eds.) Changing Deserts: Integrating People and Their Environment. White Horse Press, Cambridge. 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1-874267-69-0.
• Stone, A.E.C. and Bailey, R.M. (2012) The effect of single grain luminescence charateristics on single aliquot equivalent dose estimates. Quaternary Geochronology, 11: 68-78.
• Stone, A.E.C. and Edmunds, W.M. (2012) Sand, salt and water in the Stampriet Basin, Namibia: Calculating unsaturated zone (Kalahari dune-field) recharge using the chloride mass balance approach. Water SA, 38(3): 367-377.
• Stringer, L., Dougill, A., Thomas, A., Spracklen, D., Chesterman, S., Ifejika-Speranza, C., Rueff, H., Riddell, M., Williams, M., Beedy, T., Abson, D., Klintenberg, P., Syampungani, S., Powell, P., Palmer, A., Seely, M., Mkwambisi, D., Falcao, M., Sitoe, A., Ross, S. and Kopolo, G. (2012) Challenges and opportunities in linking carbon sequestration, livelihoods and ecosystem service provision in drylands. Environmental Science and Policy, 19-20: 121-135.
• Thomas, D.S.G. (2012) Desert Diversity and Challenges. 16. Conclusions: in, Mol, L. and Sternberg, T. (eds.) Changing Deserts: Integrating People and Their Environment. White Horse Press, Cambridge. 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1-874267-69-0.
• Thomas, D.S.G. and Burrough, S. (2012) Interpreting geoproxies of late Quaternary climate change in African drylands: implications for understanding environmental change and early human behaviour. Quaternary International, 253: 5-17.
• Thomas, D.S.G. and Shaw, P.A. (2012) Terminal Basins: Lacustrine and Pan Systems. Chapter 7 in, Holmes, P. and Meadows, M. (eds.) Southern African Geomorphology: Recent Trends and New Directions. Sun Media, Bloemfontein. pp. 167-189. ISBN: 978-1-920382-02-5.
• Thomas, D.S.G. and Wiggs, G.F.S. (2012) Aeolian Systems. Chapter 6 in, Holmes, P. and Meadows, M. (eds.) Southern African Geomorphology: Recent Trends and New Directions. Sun Media, Bloemfontein. pp. 141-166. ISBN: 978-1-920382-02-5.
• Thomas, D.S.G., Burrough, S. and Parker, A.G. (2012) Extreme events as drivers of early human behaviour in Africa? The case for variability, not catastrophic drought. Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(1): 7-12.
• Viles, H.A. (2012) Microbial geomorphology: A neglected link between life and landscape. Geomorphology, 157-158: 6-16.
• Viles, H.A. and Cutler, N.A. (2012) Global environmental change and the biology of heritage structures. Global Change Biology, 18(8): 2406-2418.
• Wiggs, G.F.S. and Weaver, C.M. (2012) Turbulent flow structures and aeolian sediment transport over a barchan sand dune. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(L05404).
• Wood, W.W., Bailey, R.M., Hampton, B.A., Kraemer, T.F., Lu, Z., Clark, D.W., James, R.H.R. and Al Ramadan, K. (2012) Rapid late Pleistocene/Holocene uplift and coastal evolution of the southern Arabian (Persian) Gulf. Quaternary Research, 77(2): 215-220.