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Publications: J. R. Merefield

B Evans and J R Merefield
‘Soil gas geochemistry for low-cost earthquake risk assessment’, DFID Earthworks,
Issue 6 1998: 6.

A M King, I M Stone, J R Merefield, T Pless-Mulloli and D Howell
‘Separation of local sources of PM10 particulate matter from the regional background’, in C A Brebbia, C F Ratto and H Power eds., Air Pollution VI, Aerosols and Particles, CMP, Southampton, 1998: 911-7.

J R Merefield and I M Stone
‘Environmental issues in opencast mining’, in Rah J Singhal ed., Mine Planning and Equipment Selection, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection. A A Balkema, Rotterdam, 1998: 667-72.

J R Merefield, I M Stone, J Roberts, J S Jones and J Barron
‘Airborne particulate characterisation for environmental regulation’, in M R Bennett and P Doyle eds., Issues in Environmental Geology: a British Perspective. The Geological Society, 1998: 277-89.

P Grainger, J R Merefield, G A Duddridge and M J Heath
Soil Gas Surveying at Sellafield. United Kingdom Nirex Limited, Science Report, December 1997. Report no:S/97/010.

P Grainger, J R Merefield, G A Duddridge and M J Heath
‘Gas migration studies at Sellafield, UK’, in G M Reeves ed., Geo-Engineering of Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Disposal, (pre-print) 3rd European Engineering Geology Conference 33rd Annual Conference of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 10-14 September, 1997: 185-202.

J J LaBrecque, P A Rosales, B Evans, J R Merefield and P Grainger
‘Preliminary studies of radon in soils for earthquake risk assessment in the north central region of Venezuela: a cooperative research project between the Earth Resources Centre (UK) and the Laboratory of Atomic and Nuclear Spectroscopy (Venezuela)’, Geoscience and Development, No 5, 1997: 30-31.

J R Merefield and I M Stone
‘Dishing the dirt on pollution’, New Scientist, No 2100, September, 1977: 58.

J R Merefield, I M Stone, J Roberts, A Dean and J Jones
‘Establishing the source of dusts from industrial and urban situations’, Arab News (Science & Technology), June, 1997: 13.

I M Stone and J R Merefield
‘The significance of airborne particulate characterisation for enhanced fugitive emissions monitoring’, Opencast coal mining - can we measure the health effects in local populations? Seminar Proceedings, Torfaen County Borough Council, 10 June, 1997: 22-5.

N T Awad, J R Merefield, R C Scrivener and M Stone
‘Geochemistry and petrogenesis of volcanic clasts in the Permian breccias around Exeter’. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 153 1996: 669-72.

M Salih Bayraktutan, J R Merefield, P Grainger, B M Evans, M Yilmaz and E Kalkan
‘Regional gas geochemistry in an active tectonic zone, Erzurum Basin, eastern Turkey’, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 29 1996: 209-18.

T W Chiu, P Grainger, J R Merefield and I M Stone
‘The aerodynamics of the Frisbee dust collectors’. Proceedings of International Symposium on Air Pollution by Particulates, Prague, Czech Republic, October 1995, Czech Geological Survey, Prague: 95-115.

B Evans and J R Merefield
‘A lightweight probe for soil gas sampling’ Institute of Science Technology, No 38 1996: 2-7.

T R Lineham, P J Nash, W R Rodwell, J Bolt, V M B Watkins, P Grainger, M Heath and J R Merefield
‘Gas migration in fractured rock: results and modelling of a helium gas injection experiment at the Reskajeage Farm test site, SW England’, _Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 21, 1996: 101-13.

J R Merefield, I M Stone, J Roberts, A Dean and J S Jones
‘Dust fingerinting’, Central Office of Information, F/943/5. 1996: 1-3.

J Roberts, I M Stone, J R Merefield, A. Dean and J Jones
‘Monitoring opencast coal site development through air particulate impact.’ Proceedings of International Symposium on Air Pollution by Particulates, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, October 1995, Czech Geological Survey, Prague: 166-74.

I M Stone, J R Merefield, J Roberts, A Dean and J Jones
‘A particulate characterisation approach to TEOM, PM10 and TSP samplers.’ Proceedings of International Symposium on Air Pollution by Particulates, Prague, Czech Republic, October 1995, Czech Geological Survey, Prague: 116-24.

J Tate, T Pless-Mulloli, D Howel, I M Stone and J R Merefield
‘Measuring the association between dust exposure and health in children living near to opencast coalmining sites - lessons from a pilot study.’ Proceedings of International Symposium on Air Pollution by Particulates, Prague, Czech Republic, October 1995, Czech Geological Survey: 211-19.

G A Duddridge, E M Durrance, P Grainger, J R Merefield and T R Lineham
‘Gas injection experiments with soil gas analysis: a method for the characterisation of potential gas migration pathways from radioactive waste repositories to the surface’, in C Dubois, ed., Gas Geochemistry. Northwood, Science Reviews, 1995: 369-89.

T R Lineham, P J Nash, W R Rodwell, J Bolt, V M B Watkins, P Grainger, M J Heath and J R Merefield
‘Gas migration in fractured rocks: results and modelling of a helium gas injection experiment at the Reskajeage Farm Test Site, SW England, UK’, 4th International Conference on Chemistry and Migration Behaviour of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geoshpere (Migration 1993), Charleston, USA, 12-17 December 1993, Radiochemica Acta, 66/67 1994: 757-64.

J R Merefield
‘Chemical geology in assessing the environmental impact of metalliferous mining’,in J C Alexander and J Menon, eds., Trends in Chemical Geology, 1. Trivandrum, India, Research Trends, 1994: 1-15. ‘Sediment mineralogy and the environmental impact of mining’, in I D L Foster, A M Gurnell and B W Webb, eds., Sediment and Water Quality in River Catchments. London, Wiley, 1995: 145-60.

J R Merefield, I M Stone, P Jarman, G Rees, J Roberts, J Jones and A Dean
‘Environmental dust analysis in opencast mining areas’, in M K G Whateley and D A Spears, eds., European Coal Geology. London, The Geological Society, Special Publication 82 1995: 181-8.

J R Merefield, I M Stone, J Roberts, A Dean and J Jones
‘Monitoring airborne dust from quarrying and surface mining operations’, Transactions Institution Mining and Metallurgy (Sect. A: Mining industry), 104 1995: A76-8.

M J Heath, J R Merefield, I M Stone, A G Paithankar and I L Muthreja
‘Impact of mining on tropical forest, central India: signposts to future development strategies in environmentally sensitive regions’, in A G Paithankar, ed., The Impact of Mining on the Environment: Problems and Solutions, Proceedings of an International Symposium, Nagpur, India, January, 1994, New Delhi, AA Balkema, Oxford and IBH, 1994: 435-40. ‘Environmental protection strategies for mineral development’, Mining Environmental Management, 2 (2) June 1994: 24-5.

J R Merefield, D Duffy and B M Evans
‘Landfill monitoring: a must for your rubbish’, The Devon County Farmer, July 1994: 13.

J R Merefield, I M Stone, P Jarman, J Roberts, J S Jones and A Dean
‘Fugitive dust characterisation in opencast mining areas’, in A G Paithankar, ed., The Impact of Mining on the Environment: Problems and Solutions. Proceedings of an International Symposium, Nagpur, India, January, 1994, New Delhi, AA Balkema, Oxford and IBH, 1994: 3-10.

J R Merefield, I M Stone, I Rees, J Roberts, A Dean and J S Jones
‘Mineralogy and provenance of airborne dust in the opencast coal mining area of South Wales’, Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 8 1994: 313-16.

M J Heath, J R Merefield, I M Stone, A G Paithanker and I L Muthreja
‘Environmental impact of mining in tropical forest’, Mining Environmental Management, 1(3), September 1993: 20-1.

J R Merefield and D Roche
‘Geoenvironmental information technology: a regional group initiative’, Geoscientist, 3 1993: 25 6.

S Bayraktutan, P Grainger, J R Merefield and B M Evans
‘Earthquake risk assessment of the Erzurum Region, Eastern Turkey: a joint UK-Turkey research initiative in disaster limitation’, Agid News, 69/70, February/May 1992: 24-5.

P Grainger and J R Merefield
‘Soil gas geochemical analysis for environmental geology’ Geoscientist, 2 1992: 16-17.

M J Heath, J R Merefield and A G Paithankar
‘Environmental impact of mining on tropical forest’, Geotimes, 37 1992: 14-17.

J R Merefield, P Grainger, G A Duddridge, B M Evans and M S Bayraktutan
‘Soil gas geochemical analysis in environmental geology’, International Conference on Protecting the Environment, Varna, Bulgaria, September 1992: 11pp.

J R Merefield and J S Jones
‘Research projects for the Certificate of Environmental Technology: introduction’, Institute of Science Technology, 21 1991: 12.

J R Merefield, G Rees, I M Stone, J Roberts, C A Parkes and J S Jones
‘Mineralogical characterisation of atmospheric dust within and adjacent to opencast coal sites in South Wales’, Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 8 1992: 3pp.

J R Merefield and M J Heath
‘The role of sedimentary geochemistry in environmental impact assessment’, Proceedings of International Conference on Mineral Development and Environment, Dhanbad, India, 28-30 November, 1991: 28pp.

J R Merefield
‘Organic protection of aragonite in recent dune sands’, Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 7 (2) 1989: 185-7.

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