Browse theses by postgraduate research students from the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Holocene sea-level changes along the Channel coast of South-west England, Anthony Carl Massey
LANDSLIDE INVESTIGATION IN THE RÍO AGUAS CATCHMENT, SOUTHEAST SPAIN, Andrew Barrie Hart
NEW STRATEGIES TO DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN SOILS AND SEDIMENTS, REBECA SANTAMARIA-FERNANDEZ
PARTICULATE PHYTOCHELATINS AS AN INDICATION OF METAL STRESS IN NATURAL WATERS, SILVIA KEIKO KAWAKAMI
Recovery of the Mersey Estuary from Metal Contamination, Sarah Jane Watts
SPECIFICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE USE OF DEVON COB IN EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION, Kathryn Anne Coventry
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIATOM-NUTRIENT PALAEOLIMNOLOGICAL INFERENCE MODELS FOR UK LOWLAND RESERVOIRS, AMY BURGESS
THE INTERFERENCE FREE DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLINICAL SAMPLES BY ICP-MS, Justine Clare Turner
THE MOBILITY AND SPECIATION OF ANTIMONY IN CONTAMINATED SOILS AND WATERS, MARTIN JAMES NASH
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Characterisation of Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in the Sea Anemone Aiptasia pallida and an Evaluation of Responses to Environmental Stress, Clare Emma Morrall
HIGHLY BRANCHED ISOPRENOID ALKENES FROM DIATOMS: A BlOSYNTHETIC AND LIFE CYCLE INVESTIGATION, Guillaume Gabriel Masse
IN SITU MEASUREMENT OF TRACE METALS IN COASTAL WATERS, Kate Ann Howell
Investigation of primary productivity along the Atlantic Meridional Transect (50°N to 33°S) through fast repetition rate fluorometry, Claudia Yuki Omachi
SANDY TIN TAILINGS IN MALAYSIA: CHARACTERIZATION AND REHABILITATION, DAVID STUART TOMPKINS
Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics at an Estuary Mouth: a Study using Coupled Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling, Eduardo Siegle
Speciation Analysis of Arsenic and Selenium by HPLC and Mass Spectrometry, Sarah Fitzpatrick
The Characterisation of Oilfield Chemicals by Electrospray Ionization Multi-Stage Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MSᵑ), Paul James McCormack
The Oceanography and Modelling of the Pontevedra Ria (NW Spain), Andrew W. Dale
UNCERTAINTY CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIES SPECIFIC ISOTOPE DILUTION ANALYSIS, Rob Clough
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
A critical analysis of gardens as a resource for tourism and recreation in the UK, Joanne Jane Connell
Barriers to sustainability among tourism-related businesses : identification and reduction, Jonathan Andrew Vernon
DETERMINATION OF ADDITIVES IN FUELS USING AUTOMATED FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS WITH CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTION, PHILIP JAMES FLETCHER
FLUORESCENCE STUDIES IN THE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA, Anita Young
FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED MEASUREMENTS IN ICP-MS, JULIAN ROBERT CARTER
Grazing Management and Plant Community Composition on Bodmin Moor, Gavin Stewart
Hillslope and watershed scale hydrological processes and grazing management in a Dartmoor catchment, Southwest England, Erik W. Meyles
In situ monitoring and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in estuarine waters, Paulo Cesar Ferreira da Costa Gardolinski
OBSERVATION AND MODELLING OF FLUID TRANSPORT INTO POROUS PAPER COATING STRUCTURES, JOACHIM SCHOELKOPF
SOURCES AND STRUCTURES OF COMMONLY OCCURRING HIGHLY BRANCHED ISOPRENOID ALKENES, William Guy Allard
THE DETERMINATION OF COPPER IN SEA WATER USING FLOW INJECTION WITH CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTION, Richard Charles Sandford
THE DEVELOPMENT AND STUDY OF CHELATING SUBSTRATES FOR THE SEPARATION OF METAL IONS IN COMPLEX SAMPLE MATRICES, James Cowan
The development of a methodology for the identification of potential wet grassland restoration sites in south west England, Francien van Soest
THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACTANTS ON THE SORPTION OF PHENANTHRENE IN NATURAL WATERS, TRACEY LOUISE JONES-HUGHES
Unresolved complex mixtures of aromatic hydrocarbons in the marine environment : toxicity, solubility and photodegradation studies, Emma Louise Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
An evaluation of the environmental fate of reactive dyes, Malcolm John Hetheridge
Appraisal and validation of rapid, integrated chemical and biological assays of environmental quality, GILBERTO FILLMANN
CATCHMENT SCALE MONITORING AND MODELLING OF PHOSPHORUS USING FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS AND AN EXPORT COEFFICIENT MODEL, GRADY SCOTT HANRAHAN
DETERMINATION OF CO AND MN IN MARINE WATERS USING FLOW INJECTION WITH CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTION, Vincenzo Cannizzaro
European Union/South Africa trade, development and co-operation agreement : decision-making, participation and perceived economic impacts, Roger John Levermore
INVESTIGATION OF CHEMOMETRICS METHODS FOR CHARACTERISING DRIFT PHENOMENA IN iCK-AES, ANA MARIA MARCOS-DOMINGUEZ
MAGNETIC DATING OF VESUVIAN LAVAS, Pasquale Tiano
Measurement and modelling of uranium and thorium in natural waters, Ernily Rachel Unsworth
Molecular Characterisation of Fluidised Catalytic Cracker Feedstocks using Ruthenium Tetroxide Oxidation: a Study of Model Hydrocarbons, Helen Frances Sturt
MULTIVARIATE CALIBRATION FOR ICP-AES, MICHAEL LEE GRIFFITHS
PALAEOECOLOGY, PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: LOWER CRETACEOUS, LUSITANIAN BASIN, PORTUGAL, GARY STEFAN AILLUD
The Biogeochemical Cycling of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Iberian Margin Upwelling System (NE Atlantic Ocean, Geogina Spyres
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOLISTIC EXPERT SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, ANTONI BRUCE MOORE
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
COMPLEXATION AND PARTICLE-WATER INTERACTIONS OF NICKEL IN ESTUARIES, MANUELA MARTINO
Determination of actinide elements in environmental samples by ICP-MS, Jason Bedford Truscott
DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF AN ELECTROCHEMICALLY REGENERABLE CHEMICALLY MODIFIED ELECTRODE FOR CHEMELUMINESCENCE DETECTION OF ANALYTES IN SOLUTION, CLAIRE ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL SENSORS FOR ANIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST, Thierry Le Goff
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF INTERFERENCES IN ICP - MS, LINDA KATHLEEN ROWLEY
Implementation of European Union environmental policy : the case of the Packaging Waste Directive, Ian Bailey
MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING OF ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY, ADRIAN GAVIN PUNT
METAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF A MINE CONTAMINATED EsTUARiNE-CoASTAL SYSTEM IN SW SPAIN, Charlotte Braungardt
Microfaunal investigation of the Early Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) extinction event in N.W. Europe, Mark Donald Hylton
Speciation of Mercury by Chromatography Coupled with Atomic Spectrometry, Helen Elisabeth Louise Armstrong
SUB-SURFACE MIGRATION OF AN OIL POLLUTANT INTO AQUIFERS, LOUISE ANN MACDONALD
THE DETERMINATION OF TRACE METALS BY CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS, Simon Andrew Hardy
THE EFFECTS OF HYDROLOGY AND NUTRIENT INPUTS AT SOUTH MILTON LEY ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE COMMON REED PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS (Cav. Trin. ex Steudal), PAULA ANGELE POWELL
THE FABRICATION AND STUDY OF METAL CHELATING STATIONARY PHASES FOR THE HIGH PERFORMANCE SEPARATION OF METAL IONS, Matthew James Shaw
The on line determination of mercury in process streams using atomic spectrometry, NOEL KUMAR BRAHMA
Trace Metal and Speciation Analysis using Ion-Exchange and Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Elena Menendez-Alonso
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE PEROXYOXALATE CHEMILUMINESCENCE REACTION, MATTHEW GRAHAM SANDERS
ANTIMONY SPECIATION BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC SAMPLE INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY, ALEN BRUCE GUY
ATMOSPHERIC TRACE METAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND FLUXES TO SHELF SEAS, CHRISTINA LOUISE WELLS
AUTOMATED FLOW INJECTION INSTRUMENTATION FOR MONITORING NITROGEN SPECIES IN NATURAL WATERS, SIMON PHILIP COLES
Laminated Sediments of Loch Ness, Scotland: Indicators of Holocene Environmental Change, Michael Colin Cooper
Made in the GDR : the changing geographies of women in the post-socialist rural society in Mecklenburg-Westpommerania, Bettina van Hoven-Iganski
Mercury species in natural gas condensate, Azman Bin Shafawi
MONITORING OF TRACE METAL BEHAVIOUR IN NATURAL WATERS, DAVID JOHN WHTTWORTH
Parental choice in secondary education : socio-spatial dynamics and motivation, Edward Michael Parsons
Privatising Britain's passenger railway : expectations and outcomes of the 'free' market approach, Jon Shaw
RESPONSES OF RECENT BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA TO METAL POLLUTION IN SOUTH WEST ENGLAND ESTUARIES: A STUDY OF IMPACT AND CHANGE, SHEILA JOAN STUBBLES
SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HYDROLOGY, EROSION AND MANAGEMENT OF GULLIED CATCHMENTS IN CENTRAL SPAIN, CHRISTOPHER FITZJOHN
Structural Characterisation and the Diagenetic Pathways of C25 Highly Branched Isoprenoid Hydrocarbons, Lesley Anne Johns
The Distribution and Reactivity of Organochlorines in Estuaries, Andrew O. Tyler
THE HYDROLOGY OF A MAJOR VALLEY WETLAND AT GOSS MOOR, CORNWALL, CARL ALEXANDER LUGEMALILA ISHEMO
The Measurement and Characterisation of Aerosol in the Urban Atmosphere (PM10) and an Evaluation ofthe Sources of these Particles by Number, Andrew Lindsay Dye
THE ORIGINS AND OCCURRENCE OF ESTROGENIC A-RING AROMATIC STEROIDS IN U.K. SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS EFFLUENTS, STEWART JAMES NIVEN
VOID STRUCTURE, COLLOID AND TRACER TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF STRATIFIED POROUS MEDIA, TOBIAS JOHN MATHEWS
VOLCANIC EMISSIONS AND DISTAL PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN NEW ZEALAND, TERESA MARY GILES
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
A HYDROLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THREE DEVON SAND DUNE SYSTEMS; BRAUNTON BURROWS, NORTHAM BURROWS AND DAWLISH WARREN, RACHEL JANE BURDEN
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW PRESSURE-INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ION SOURCE FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY, Gavin Thomas O'Connor
IN-SITU PRECONCENTRATION OF TRACE METALS IN NATURAL WATERS AND BRINES WITH ANALYSIS BY FLOW INJECTION ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, ROBERT ANTHONY NICKSON
Landfill design, construction and non-invasive monitoring, Amanda Jane Hopper
Modelling and Monitoring of Phosphorus Transport and Speciation in Soil, Darren Michael William Peat
ON-LINE SAMPLE PRETREATMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES FOR USE WITH ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, JAMES ROBERT MURPHY
PARTICLE-WATER INTERACTIONS OF HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS IN MARINE SYSTEMS, M. CARL RAWLING
PLANT ECOLOGY AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF MACHAIR SYSTEMS IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES, NIA WYN OWEN
Robustness and precision of Holocene palaeoclimatic records from peatlands using testate amoebae, Dawn Hendon
Trace Metal-Particle Water Interactions in the Western North Sea, Joanna Dixon
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Geochemical and palynological signals for palaeoenvironmental change in south west England, Steven West
High-resolution sequence stratigraphy and diagenesis of mixed carbonate/siliciclastic successions., Guy Mark Oliver
LATE-GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE VARIATIONS IN FIRE FREQUENCY IN THE CENTRAL PLATEAU AND YELLOWSTONE-LAMAR PROVINCES OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, SARAH HOOPER MILLSPAUGH
Particle-Water Interactions of Ni and Zn in Coastal Waters, Tonia Karen Sands
Plio-Pleistocene Drainage Evolution of The Vera Basin, SE Spain, Martin Stokes