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Sources and transport of nitrogen in arid urban watersheds (2014)
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Hale, R., Turnbull, L., Earl, S., Grimm, N., Riha, K., Michalski, G., Lohse, K., & Childers, D. (2014). Sources and transport of nitrogen in arid urban watersheds. Environmental Science and Technology, 48(11), 6211-6219. https://doi.org/10.1021/es501039t

Urban watersheds are often sources of nitrogen (N) to downstream systems, contributing to poor water quality. However, it is unknown which components (e.g., land cover and stormwater infrastructure type) of urban watersheds contribute to N export and... Read More about Sources and transport of nitrogen in arid urban watersheds.

Biotic mechanisms of community stability shift along a precipitation gradient (2014)
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Hallett, L., Hsu, J., Cleland, E. E., Collins, S. L., Dickson, T. L., Farrer, E. C., Gherardi, L. A., Gross, K. L., Hobbs, R. K., Turnbull, L., & Suding, K. N. (2014). Biotic mechanisms of community stability shift along a precipitation gradient. Ecology, 95(6), 1693-1700. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0895.1

Understanding how biotic mechanisms confer stability in variable environments is a fundamental quest in ecology, and one that is becoming increasingly urgent with global change. Several mechanisms, notably a portfolio effect associated with species r... Read More about Biotic mechanisms of community stability shift along a precipitation gradient.

Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina (2014)
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Reesink, A., Ashworth, P., Smabrook Smith, G., Best, J., Parsons, D., Amsler, M., …Szupiany, R. (2014). Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina. Sedimentology, 61(4), 1055-1085. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12092

To date, published studies of alluvial bar architecture in large rivers have been restricted mostly to case studies of individual bars and single locations. Relatively little is known about how the depositional processes and sedimentary architecture... Read More about Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina.

Debris-flow dominance of alluvial fans masked by runoff reworking and weathering (2014)
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de Haas, T., Ventra, D., Carbonneau, P., & Kleinhans, M. (2014). Debris-flow dominance of alluvial fans masked by runoff reworking and weathering. Geomorphology, 217, 165-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.04.028

Arid alluvial fan aggradation is highly episodic and fans often comprise active and inactive sectors. Hence the morphology and texture of fan surfaces are partly determined by secondary processes of weathering and erosion in addition to primary proce... Read More about Debris-flow dominance of alluvial fans masked by runoff reworking and weathering.

How to make sense of our rivers: using assemblage to understand angling (2014)
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Bracken, L., & Oughton, E. (2014). How to make sense of our rivers: using assemblage to understand angling. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 1(3), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1025

Our freshwater habitats are under threat and governance of these systems is rapidly evolving. It is thus important to examine how we make sense of our rivers and how this understanding can underpin catchment management. Assemblage is one approach tha... Read More about How to make sense of our rivers: using assemblage to understand angling.

Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance (2014)
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Li, G., West, A., Densmore, A., Jin, Z., Parker, R., & Hilton, R. (2014). Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(4), 833-844. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013gc005067

Here we assess earthquake volume balance and the growth of mountains in the context of a new landslide inventory for the Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in central China. Coseismic landslides were mapped from high-resolution remote imagery using an automa... Read More about Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance.

Mapping sub-pixel fluvial grain sizes with hyperspatial imagery (2014)
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Black, M., Carbonneau, P., Church, M., & Warburton, J. (2014). Mapping sub-pixel fluvial grain sizes with hyperspatial imagery. Sedimentology, 61(3), 691-711. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12072

This paper presents an investigation of image texture approaches for mapping sub-pixel fluvial grain-size features from airborne imagery, allowing for the rapid acquisition of surface sand and coarse fraction (>1.41 mm) grain-size information. Imager... Read More about Mapping sub-pixel fluvial grain sizes with hyperspatial imagery.

The kinematics of central-southern Turkey and northwest Syria revisited (2014)
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Seyrek, A., Demir, T., Westaway, R., Guillou, H., Scaillet, S., White, T., & Bridgland, D. (2014). The kinematics of central-southern Turkey and northwest Syria revisited. Tectonophysics, 618, 35-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.008

Central-southern Turkey, NW Syria, and adjacent offshore areas in the NE Mediterranean region form the boundary zone between the Turkish, African and Arabian plates. A great deal of new information has emerged in recent years regarding senses and rat... Read More about The kinematics of central-southern Turkey and northwest Syria revisited.

Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC (2014)
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Wilkinson, T., Philip, G., Bradbury, J., Dunford, R., Donoghue, D., Galiatsatos, N., …Smith, S. (2014). Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC. Journal of World Prehistory, 27(1), 43-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-014-9072-2

This paper employs data from selected sample survey areas in the northern Fertile Crescent to demonstrate how initial urbanization developed along several pathways. The first, during the Late Chalcolithic period, was within a dense pattern of rural s... Read More about Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC.

High frequency variability of environmental drivers determining benthic community dynamics in headwater streams (2014)
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Snell, M., Barker, P., Surridge, B., Large, A., Jonczyk, J., Benskin, C. M. H., …Haygarth, P. (2014). High frequency variability of environmental drivers determining benthic community dynamics in headwater streams. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 16(7), 1629-1636. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3em00680h

Headwater streams are an important feature of the landscape, with their diversity in structure and associated ecological function providing a potential natural buffer against downstream nutrient export. Phytobenthic communities, dominated in many hea... Read More about High frequency variability of environmental drivers determining benthic community dynamics in headwater streams.

Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration (2014)
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Kao, S., Hilton, R., Selvaraj, K., Dai, M., Zehetner, F., Huang, J., …Hovius, N. (2014). Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration. Earth Surface Dynamics, 2(1), 127-139. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2-127-2014

Geological sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) can be achieved by the erosion of organic carbon (OC) from the terrestrial biosphere and its burial in long-lived marine sediments. Rivers on mountain islands of Oceania in the western Paci... Read More about Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration.

Experimental investigation into the impact of a liquid droplet onto a granular bed using three-dimensional, time-resolved, particle tracking (2014)
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Long, E., Hargrace, G., Cooper, J., Kitchener, B., Parsons, A., Hewett, C., & Wainwright, J. (2014). Experimental investigation into the impact of a liquid droplet onto a granular bed using three-dimensional, time-resolved, particle tracking. Physical Review E, 89(3), Article 032201. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.89.032201

An experimental investigation into the interaction that occurs between an impacting water droplet and a granular bed of loose graded sand has been carried out. High-speed imaging, three-dimensional time-resolved particle tracking, and photogrammetric... Read More about Experimental investigation into the impact of a liquid droplet onto a granular bed using three-dimensional, time-resolved, particle tracking.

Understanding controls on rapid ice-stream retreat during the last deglaciation of Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, using a numerical model (2014)
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Jamieson, S., Vieli, A., Ó Cofaigh, C., Stokes, C., Livingstone, S., & Hillenbrand, C. (2014). Understanding controls on rapid ice-stream retreat during the last deglaciation of Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, using a numerical model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 119(2), 247-263. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013jf002934

Using a one-dimensional numerical model of ice-stream flow with robust grounding-line dynamics, we explore controls on paleo-ice-stream retreat in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, during the last deglaciation. Landforms on the continental shelf constrain... Read More about Understanding controls on rapid ice-stream retreat during the last deglaciation of Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, using a numerical model.

Shifts in discharge-concentration relationships as a small catchment recover from severe drought (2014)
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Burt, T., Worrall, F., Howden, N., & Anderson, M. (2015). Shifts in discharge-concentration relationships as a small catchment recover from severe drought. Hydrological Processes, 29(4), 498-507. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10169

This paper provides evidence of the recovery of a small, moorland catchment to a severe drought, the most extreme on record in the UK. We present a detailed water quality time series for the post-drought recovery period, from the first significant st... Read More about Shifts in discharge-concentration relationships as a small catchment recover from severe drought.

On the association between synoptic circulation and wildfires in the Eastern Mediterranean (2014)
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Papadopoulos, A., Paschalidou, A., Kassomenos, P., & McGregor, G. (2014). On the association between synoptic circulation and wildfires in the Eastern Mediterranean. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 115(3-4), 483-501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-013-0885-1

In the present paper cluster analysis of 2-month air mass back-trajectories for three contrasting fire and non-fire events is conducted (high, low, and zero burnt area). The large fire event displays an air mass history dissimilar to other events whe... Read More about On the association between synoptic circulation and wildfires in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Micro-hydro power in the UK: The role of communities in an emerging energy resource (2014)
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Bracken, L., Bulkeley, H., & Maynard, C. (2014). Micro-hydro power in the UK: The role of communities in an emerging energy resource. Energy Policy, 68, 92-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.12.046

Research around micro-hydro power is focused on technical aspects with limited understanding of the social organisation and environmental implications. We examine the ways in which micro-hydro is engaged by people and organisations as a means of cont... Read More about Micro-hydro power in the UK: The role of communities in an emerging energy resource.

Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection. (2014)
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Honda, Y., Kondo, M., McGregor, G., Kim, H., Guo, Y., Hijioka, Y., …Kovats, S. (2014). Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection. Environmental health and preventive medicine, 19(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-013-0354-6

Objectives We previously developed a model for projection of heat-related mortality attributable to climate change. The objective of this paper is to improve the fit and precision of and examine the robustness of the model. Methods We obtained daily... Read More about Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection..

Fluvial archives as a framework for the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic: patterns of British artefact distribution and potential chronological implications (2014)
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Bridgland, D., & White, M. (2014). Fluvial archives as a framework for the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic: patterns of British artefact distribution and potential chronological implications. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 43(2), 543-555. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12059

With the adoption of an ‘expanded chronology’ for the Middle Pleistocene, based on the greater number of warm and cold episodes evident in the marine oxygen isotope record from deep ocean cores, has come the recognition of a meaningful progression of... Read More about Fluvial archives as a framework for the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic: patterns of British artefact distribution and potential chronological implications.

Relation between alternations of uplift and subsidence revealed by Late Cenozoic fluvial sequences and physical properties of the continental crust (2014)
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Westaway, R., & Bridgland, D. (2014). Relation between alternations of uplift and subsidence revealed by Late Cenozoic fluvial sequences and physical properties of the continental crust. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 43(2), 505-527. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12051

Reversals in vertical crustal motion, alternations between uplift and subsidence over time scales of hundreds of thousands of years or more, have been identified in Late Cenozoic fluvial sequences in many regions worldwide. They form a class of fluvi... Read More about Relation between alternations of uplift and subsidence revealed by Late Cenozoic fluvial sequences and physical properties of the continental crust.