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Steve T Trudgill, BSc PhD (Bristol) MA(Cantab)

Fellow of Robinson College

Biogeographer: environment and conservation, ecological values

Biography

Career:

  • 1972-1975: University of Strathclyde Department of Geography
  • 1975-1996: University of Sheffield Department of Geography.
    • Lecturer 1975 - 1985
    • Senior Lecturer 1985 - 1987
    • Reader in Geography 1987 - 1996
  • 1996-2011: Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.
    • Lecturer 1996 - 2003
    • Senior Lecturer 2003 - 2011 (retired from Geography Department October 2011)

Qualifications

  • BSc University of Bristol, Geography with Geology and Sociology (1968)
  • PhD University of Bristol, geomorphology, soils and water quality of Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean (1972)

Research

'Society, Environment and Development' and 'Environmental Processes'

  • The social engagement with nature.
  • Environmental management and nature conservation.
  • Ecological thought and values.
  • Application of ecosystem science to environmental management, and environmental education.

Current research students

  • Dr S Trudgill is not available for research student supervision.

Former research students

  • 98-01: A Jeffery, Climate change and lawns (jointly with Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge)
  • 97-00: R McDowell, Processes controlling phosphorus release to run-off, prediction implications for agriculture management

Publications

Selected publications:

  • Trudgill, S. T., (2012) 'The interactions between all neighbouring organisms': The roles of Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel and Eugenius Warming in the evolution of ideas on plant dynamics. Progress in Physical Geography 36(6) 853-861 doi: 10.1177/0309133312464924
  • Trudgill, S. T., (2012) Nature's clothing and spontaneous generation? The observations of Thoreau and Dureau de la Malle on plant succession. Progress in Physical Geography 36(5) 707–714
  • Inkpen, R.J., Viles, H.A., Moses, C., Baily, 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 (2012) 521-529
  • Trudgill, S. T., (2012). Do theories tell us what to see? The 19th-century observations of Darwin, Ramsay and Bonney on glacial features. Progress in Physical Geography 36(4) 558–566
  • Trudgill, S. T., (2011). Albert Perry Brigham: A champion of physical geography. Progress in Physical Geography, 35(3), 409 - 414. doi:10.1177/0309133311409094
  • Trudgill, S. T., Jeffery, A & Parker, J. (2010). Climate change and the resilience of the domestic lawn. Journal of Applied Geography, 30, 177-190. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.08.002
  • Trudgill, S. T. (2009). "You can't resist the sea": an insight into evolving attitudes and responses to coastal erosion at Slapton, S. Devon. Geography. 94 (1), 48 – 57.
  • Trudgill, S. T. (2008). Classics Revisited. Corbel, J., 1959. Erosion en terrain calcaire (vitesse d'érosion et morphologie). Annales de Géographie, 68, 97 – 120. Progress in Physical Geography, 32(6), 684-690. doi:10.1177/0309133308096756
  • Trudgill, S.T. (2008). Limestone Landforms, 1890-1965 in The History of the Study of Landforms Ed. Burt, T.P. et al., Ch 4, 107 -125.
  • Trudgill, S. T. (2008). A requiem for the British Flora? Emotional biogeographies and environmental change. Area., 40(1), 99 – 107. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00790.x
  • Trudgill, S. T. (2007). Classics Revisited: Tansley, A.G. (1935). The use and abuse of vegetational concepts and terms. Ecology 16 (3) 284 – 307. Progress in Physical Geography, 31 (5), 501 – 507. doi:10.1177/0309133307083297
  • Trudgill, S. T. (2006). "Dirt Cheap" - cultural constructs of soil: a challenge for education about soils? Journal of Geography in Higher Education 30 (1), 7-14 doi:10.1080/03098260500499576
  • Trudgill, S.T. (2005). Encyclopaedia of Geomorphology, 30 entries. Ed. Goudie, A.S. Blackwell
  • Trudgill, S.T. (2003). Narratives of Nature. In: Eggebert, A. and Gould, P. Nature and Nation: Vaster than Empires Hastings Art Gallery
  • Trudgill, S.T. and Roy, A. (eds.) (2003). Contemporary Meanings in Physical Geography: from what to why? Chapter 2. Meaning, knowledge, constructs and fieldwork in physical geography. Chapter 13. Conclusion: contemporary meanings in physical geography.
  • Trudgill, S. T. (2001). Psychobiogeography. Meanings of nature and motivations for a democratised conservation ethic. Journal of Biogeography, 28, 677-698. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00593.x
  • Trudgill, S.T., Viles, H.A., Inkpen, R., Moses, C., Gosling, W., Yates, T., Collier, P., Smith, D.I and Cooke, R.U. (2001). Twenty-year weathering remeasurements at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26 (10): 1129-1142. doi:10.1002/esp.260
  • Trudgill, S.T. (2001). The Terrestrial Biosphere: environmental change, ecosystem science, attitudes and values Pearson
  • McDowell R, Trudgill, S. (2000). Variation of phosphorus loss from a small Catchment in south Devon, UK Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 79 (2-3): 143 - 157l doi:10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00154-1
  • Trudgill, S.T., Walling, D.E. and Webb, B.W. (eds.) (1999). Water Quality: processes and policy. Chichester: John Wiley
  • Trudgill, S.T. (1999). Environmental Education, Ethics and Citizenship Conference held at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), 20 May, 1998. Introduction and Postscript. Ethics, Place and Environment, 2, 1, 81 - 82, 87 - 89
  • Trudgill, S.T. and Richards, K.S. (1997). 'Environmental science and policy: generalisation and context sensitivity' Transactions of the Institute of British geographers 22: 5-12

Complete list of publications

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2012

  • Trudgill, S. T., (2012) 'The interactions between all neighbouring organisms': The roles of Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel and Eugenius Warming in the evolution of ideas on plant dynamics. Progress in Physical Geography 36(6) 853-861 doi: 10.1177/0309133312464924
  • Inkpen, R.J., Viles, H.A., Moses, C., Baily, 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
  • Trudgill, S. T., (2012) Nature's clothing and spontaneous generation? The observations of Thoreau and Dureau de la Malle on plant succession. Progress in Physical Geography 36(5) 707–714
  • Trudgill, S. T., (2012). Do theories tell us what to see? The 19th-century observations of Darwin, Ramsay and Bonney on glacial features. Progress in Physical Geography 36(4) 558–566

2011

  • Trudgill, S. T., (2011). Albert Perry Brigham: A champion of physical geography. Progress in Physical Geography, 35(3), 409 - 414. doi:10.1177/0309133311409094

2010

  • Trudgill, S. T., Jeffery, A & Parker, J. (2010). Climate change and the resilience of the domestic lawn. Journal of Applied Geography, 30, 177-190. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.08.002

2009

  • 2009. "You can't resist the sea": an insight into evolving attitudes and responses to coastal erosion at Slapton, S. Devon. Geography. 94 (1), 48 – 57.

2008

  • 2008. Classics Revisited. Corbel, J., 1959. Erosion en terrain calcaire (vitesse d'érosion et morphologie). Annales de Géographie, 68, 97 – 120. Progress in Physical Geography, 32(6), 684-690. doi:10.1177/0309133308096756
  • 2008. A requiem for the British Flora? Emotional biogeographies and environmental change. Area., 40(1), 99 – 107. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00790.x
  • 2008 Limestone Landforms, 1890-1965 in The History of the Study of Landforms Ed. Burt, T.P., Ch 4, 107 -125.

2007

  • 2007. Classics Revisited: Tansley, A.G. (1935). The use and abuse of vegetational concepts and terms. Ecology 16 (3) 284 – 307. Progress in Physical Geography, 31 (5), 501 – 507. doi:10.1177/0309133307083297

2006

  • 2006 "Dirt Cheap" - cultural constructs of soil: a challenge for education about soils? Journal of Geography in Higher Education 30 (1), 7-14

2005

  • 2005 Encyclopaedia of Geomorphology, 30 entries. Ed. Goudie, A.S. Blackwell

2003

  • 2003. CONTEMPORARY MEANINGS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: from what to why?. Arnold (Ed. with A. Roy) Meaning, knowledge, constructs and fieldwork in physical geography (Ch. 2); Conclusion: contemporary meanings in physical geography (Ch 13
  • 2003 Narratives of Nature. In: Eggebert, A. and Gould, P. (2003) Nature and Nation: Vaster than Empires Hastings Art Gallery

2001

  • 2001. Psychobiogeography. meanings of nature and motivations for a democratised conservation ethic. Journal of Biogeography, 28, 677-698. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00593.x
  • 2001 Twenty-year weathering remeasurements at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26 (10): 1129-1142. (with Viles, H.A., Inkpen, R., Moses, C., Gosling, W., Yates, T., Collier, P., Smith, D.I & Cooke, R.U.)
  • 2001 THE TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE: environmental change, ecosystem science, attitudes and values Pearson

2000

  • 2000. Weathering overview - measurement and modelling. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. Bd. 120, 187 - 193.
  • 2000. Variation of phosphorous loss from a small catchment in south Devon, UK. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 79, 143 - 157 (with R. McDowell). doi:10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00154-1
  • Trudgill, S.T. (1999). Environmental Education, Ethics and Citizen Conference held at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), 20 May, 1998. Introduction, and Postscript. Ethics, Place and Environment, 2,1, 81 - 82, 87 - 89.Ethics Place and Environment.

1999

  • 1999. WATER QUALITY: processes and policy. Ed. with Walling, D.E and Webb, B.W.. Wiley
  • 1999. Environmental Education, Ethics and Citizenship Conference held at the Royal Geographical Society,

1998

  • 1998. Long-term spatially distributed solutional erosion: how can we put solutes on the map? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 22, 281-285. (with S.M. Wise).
  • 1998. Field and laboratory approaches to limestone weathering. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 31, 333-341 (with H.A. Viles).

1997

  • 1997. Potentials and limitations encountered in using geochemical tracers International Association of Scientific Hydrology, (Symposium Proceedings) No. 244, 185 - 194 (with J. Ball).
  • 1997. Improving lake water quality in Slapton Ley Nature Reserve, S. Devon, UK - amelioration by wetlands or catchment source management? International Association of Scientific Hydrology. (Symposium Proceedings). No 243, 299 - 311. (with T.P. Burt, P. Johnes & A.L. Heathwaite).
  • 1997. Environmental science and policy: generalizations and context sensitivity. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. NS 22, 5 - 12. (with K.S. Richards).
  • 1997. Absence of preferential flow in the percolating waters of a coniferous forest soil. Hydrological Processes., 11, 575-585. (with B. Rawlins, A Baird & M. Hornung).

1996

  • 1996. Modelling the solute uptake component of hillslope hydrochemistry: are flow times and path lengths important during mineral dissolution?. In: Anderson, M.G. and Brooks, S., Advances in Hillslope Processes, Wiley. Ch 14. 295 - 324. (with J. Ball and B. Rawlins)
  • 1996. Education, fieldwork and conservation. Field Studies Magazine, 11, 3-5.
  • 1996. Education and conservation issues in the Slapton Ley NNR. Field Studies, 8(4), 727-741. (with K. Chell & C. Riley)

1995

  • 1995. SOLUTE MODELLING IN CATCHMENT SYSTEMS. Wiley. Ed. S.T. Trudgill.. Ch 1: Overview of solute modelling, 4 – 56. (with J. Ball)

1994

  • 1994. Ten year re-measurement of chemical denudation on a Magnesian Limestone Hillslope. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 19, 109 - 114.(with R.W. Crabtree, Ferguson, Ball & Gent).
  • 1994. Soil nitrate levels and set-aside, Slapton, S. Devon. Field Studies, 8, 385-401. (with T. Loring).
  • 1994. Mixing and uptake of solutes in catchments: model development. Journal of Hydrology, 159, 223 - 233.(with R.I. Ferguson & J. Ball).
  • 1994. In the cause of cleaner water (Report of Stockholm Water Conference). Geographical Magazine, LXVI (1), January, p. 56.
  • 1994. Excel modelling of hydrological systems. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 19, 815-817 (with J. Ball and R.I. Ferguson).
  • 1994. Environmental Policy. Field Studies Magazine. 14. Editorial.
  • 1994. Education, fieldwork and conservation. Field Studies Magazine, 11, 3-5.
  • 1994. Barriers to a better environment: an overview of water quality. Proceedings of the Stockholm Water Symposium, 10 - 14 August 1993, Stockholm, Sweden. 31 - 41.

1993

  • 1993. The impact of acid rain on building stone. Geography Review, 6(3), 7 - 9
  • 1993. NITRATE; PROCESSES, PATTERNS AND CONTROL. Wiley. 444 pp.(Ed. with T.P. Burt & A.L. Heathwaite ). Ch 1: Overview - the Nitrate Issue. (with A.L. Heathwaite & T.P. Burt); Ch 8: Nitrate in groundwater., 213 – 238 (with T.P. Burt).
  • 1993. Impact of acid rain on karst environments. In: Williams, P.W. (Ed.). Karst Terrains, environmental changes, human impact, Catena Supplement 25, 199-218. (with R. Inkpen).
  • 1993. Catchment Sensitivity to land use controls. Ch 14 in LANDSCAPE SENSITIVITY Ed. D.S.G. Thomas) 229 - 240. (with T.P. Burt & A.L. Heathwaite).

1992

  • 1992. Update (with T.P. Burt).Geography Review, 5(5), 31 - 34
  • 1992. Sustainable Development Geography Review, 6(1), 23 - 28
  • 1992. Environmental Issues. Progress in Physical Geography, 16 (2), 223 - 229.
  • 1992. Domestic waste. Geography Review, 5(3), 11 - 15

1991

  • 1991. Trends in stone weathering and atmospheric pollution at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 1980 - 1990. Atmospheric Environment , 25A, 2851 - 2853. (with H.A. Viles, R.U. Cooke, R.J. Inkpen, A.L. Heathwaite & J. Houston).
  • 1991. Soil nitrate sources and nitrate leaching losses, Slapton, South Devon. Soil Use and Management, 7(4), 200 - 206. (with T.P. Burt, A.L. Heathwaite & B.P. Arkell).
  • 1991. Shifting sewage sludge. Geography Review, 5(1), 8 - 11
  • 1991. Peat bogs versus gardens? Geography Review, 4(5), 6 - 8
  • 1991. Organic farming and the soil. Geography Review, 4(3), 12 - 15
  • 1991. Multi-temporal monitoring of lake water quality. In: Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing. Proceedings of the 5th International Colloquium, Courchevel, France. 14 -18 January, 1991 (ESA SP-319, May 1991). 169 - 172. (with F.M. Danson & A.L. Heathwaite).
  • 1991. Monitoring water pollution. Geography Review, 4(4), 26 - 29
  • 1991. Environmental Issues. Progress in Physical Geography, 15(1), 84 - 90.
  • 1991. Environmental Education: priorities and participation. Geography, 76(1), 43 - 49. (published address to Geographical Association Annual Conference).
  • 1991. Editorial: A Green Government? Geography Review, 4(3), 2
  • 1991. Air pollution and vegetation. Geography Review, 5(2), 30 - 34

1990

  • 1990. Water Quality. Ch. 12 in: World Guide to Environmental Issues and Organisations. Ed. P. Brackley. Longman. 161 - 174.
  • 1990. The sustainable use of forests. Geography Review, 4(1), 11 - 13
  • 1990. The effect of land use on nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended sediment delivery to streams in a small catchment in southwest England. Ch. 12 in: Vegetation and Erosion. Ed. J. Thornes. 161 - 177. (with A.L. Heathwaite & T.P.Burt).
  • 1990. Runoff, sediment and solute delivery in agricultural drainage basins - a scale dependent approach.. International Association of Scientific Hydrology (Symposium Proceedings) Publication No. 182. (with A.L. Heathwaite & T.P. Burt).
  • 1990. Rate of stone loss at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Atmospheric Environment, 24B, 361 -363. (with H.A. Viles, R.U. Cooke & R.J. Inkpen).
  • 1990. Pesticides: food vs. the environment? Geography Review, 3(3), 6 - 10
  • 1990. Local fieldwork and the global context. Teaching Geography, 106 - 110. (with A.D. Thomas and N. Coles).
  • 1990. Local fieldwork and the global context. Teaching Geography, 106 - 110. (with A.D. Thomas and N. Coles).
  • 1990. Land use controls on sediment delivery in a lowland agricultural catchment. Ch. 6 in: Soil Erosion on Agricultural Land. Ed. J. Boardman, I.D.L. Foster & J.A. Dearing. Wiley. 69 - 86. (with A.L. Heathwaite & T.P. Burt).
  • 1990. Environmental Issues. Progress in Physical Geography, 14, 80 - 88.
  • 1990. Costing the future environment. Geography Review, 3(5), 38 - 41
  • 1990. BARRIERS TO A BETTER ENVIRONMENT. What stops us solving environmental problems? Belhaven Press. 151 pp.

1989

  • 1989. The nitrate issue. Geography Review, 2(5), 34 - 36
  • 1989. The Government and the environment: An interview with Nicholas Ridley. Geography Review, 3(1), 15 - 18
  • 1989. Soil types. A field identification guide. Field Studies, 7, 337 - 363. (Also available as a separate AIDGAP guide to soils, Field Studies Council).
  • 1989. Remeasurements of weathering rates, St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 14, 175 - 196. (with H.A. Viles, R. Inkpen & R. U. Cooke).
  • 1989. Rates of weathering challenge theory of erosion. New Scientist. Science Column Report. 1666, 27 May. 38. (with R.U. Cooke, R. Inkpen & H.A. Viles).
  • 1989. Pollution at sea. Geography Review, 2(4), 21 - 25
  • 1989. Forests for people. Geography Review, 2(3), 29 - 32
  • 1989. Ethiopian experience .Geography Review, 2(4), 33 - 34
  • 1989. Energy and the Environment. Geography Review, 3(2), 17 - 20

1988

  • 1988. Stream nitrate levels in a small catchment in South West England over a period of 15 years (1970 - 1985). Hydrological Processes, 2, 267 - 284. (with T.P. Burt, B.P. Arkell & D.E. Walling).
  • 1988. Soil processes and their significance. Ch. 2.6 in: Horizons in Physical Geography. Ed. M.J. Clark, K.J. Gregory & A. Gurnell. Macmillan. 181 - 195.
  • 1988. Progress over lead - but slowly. Geography Review, 2(1), 38 - 40
  • 1988. Ozone - too much or too little? Geography Review, 1(5), 29 - 34
  • 1988. Integrated geomorphological and ecological studies on rocky shores in Southern Britain. Field Studies, 7, 239 – 279.
  • 1988. Hillslope solute modelling. Ch. 11 in Modelling Geomorphological Systems. Ed. M.G. Anderson. Wiley. 309 – 339.
  • 1988. Geography and Environmental Education: An interview with Jonathon Porritt. Geography Review, .2(2), 24 - 26
  • 1988. Application of simple soil-water flow models to the transfer of surface-applied solutes to streams. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 3, 367 - 380. (with N. Coles).
  • 1988. A view of the future (Brundtland Report).Geography Review, 1(4), 36 - 41

1987

  • 1987. Soil water dye tracing, with special reference to the use of Rhodamine WT, Lissamine FF and Amino G Acid. Hydrological Processes, 1, 149 - 170.
  • 1987. Hillslope solute sources and solutional denudation on a Magnesian Limestone hillslope. Transactions, Institute of British Geographers, 12, 97 - 106. (with R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1987. Environment today. Geography Review, 1(1), 12 - 13
  • 1987. Environment and the EC. Geography Review, 1(3), 18 - 22
  • 1987. Bioerosion of intertidal limestone, Co. Clare, Eire. 3: Zonation, process and form. Marine Geology, 74, 111 - 121.
  • 1987. Bioerosion of intertidal limestone, Co. Clare, Eire. 2: Hiatella arctica. Marine Geology, 74, 99 - 109. (with R.W.Crabtree).
  • 1987. Bioerosion of intertidal limestone, Co. Clare, Eire. 1: Paracentrotus lividus. Marine Geology, 74, 85 - 98. (with P.L. Smart, H. Friederich & R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1987. Alternative Land Use. Geography Review, 1(2), 10 - 12

1986

  • 1986. Solute processes and landforms. Ch. 11 in: SOLUTE PROCESSES. Ed. S.T. Trudgill. Wiley. 498 - 509.
  • 1986. Soil profile processes. Ch. 12 in: Human Activity and Environmental Processes. Ed. K.J. Gregory & D.E. Walling. Wiley. 307 - 327.
  • 1986. Limestone weathering under a soil cover and the evolution of limestone pavements, Malham District, North Yorkshire, UK. Ch. 24 in: New Directions in Karst, Ed. K. Paterson & M.M. Sweeting. Geo Books. 461 - 471.
  • 1986. Introduction. Ch. 1 in: Solute Processes. Ed. S.T. Trudgill. Wiley. 1 - 14.
  • 1986. Controls on the composition of authigenic percolation water in the Burren, Ireland. Ch. 2 in: New Directions in Karst, Ed. K. Paterson & M.M. Sweeting. Geo Books. 17 - 47. (with P.L. Smart & H. Friederich).
  • 1986. Comparison of the results of quantitative and non-quantitative tracer tests for determination of karst conduit networks: an example from the Traligill Basin, Scotland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 11, 249 - 261. (with P.L. Smart, T.C. Atkinson, I.M.S. Laidlaw & M.D. Newson).
  • 1986. Ch 1 Overview (with J. Ball) in SOLUTE PROCESSES. Ed. S.T. Trudgill. Wiley.
  • SOLUTE PROCESSES. Ed. S.T. Trudgill. Wiley.

1985

  • 1985. The movement of nitrate fertiliser from the soil surface to drainage waters by preferential flow in weakly structured soils, Slapton, S. Devon. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 13, 241 - 259. (with N. Coles).
  • 1985. Soil properties, slope hydrology and spatial patterns of chemical denudation. Ch. 1 in: Geomorphology and Soils. Ed. K.S. Richards, R.R. Arnett & S. Ellis. George, Allen & Unwin. 13 - 36. (with T.P. Burt).
  • 1985. Nitrate movement by preferential flow in a weakly structured soil. Proceedings: Nitrates dans les eaux. Paris, 22 – 24 October, 1985. Laboratoire CNGE/ENSCR, Rennes. 12 pp. (with N. Coles).
  • 1985. LIMESTONE GEOMORPHOLOGY. Longmans. 196 pp.
  • 1985. Hillslope hydrochemistry and stream response on a wooded permeable bedrock: the role of stemflow. Journal of Hydrology, 80, 161 - 178. (with R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1985. Field observations of limestone weathering and erosion in the Malham District, North Yorkshire. Field Studies, 6, 201 - 236.
  • 1985. Chemical denudation on a Magnesian Limestone hillslope: field evidence and implications for modelling. Earth Surface Processes and landforms, 10, 331 - 342. (with R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1985. A Naturalists' Introduction to Slapton Ley Nature Reserve Field Studies Council. 20 pp.

1984

  • 1984. Two microweight loss techniques for use in hillslope solute studies. British Geomorphological Research Group, Technical Bulletin, 32, 39 pp. (with R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1984. The use of gypsum spheres for identifying water flow routes in soils. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 9, 25 - 34. (with R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1984. Soil water flow in relation to preferential flow and nitrate leaching to streams, Slapton Ley Field Centre, Devon. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 35, 8, 849 -850. (with N. Coles).
  • 1984. Measurements of rates of erosion of reefs and reef limestones. Ch. 18 in: Perspectives on Coral Reefs, Ed. D. Barnes. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 256 - 262.
  • 1984. Long term measurements of micro-erosion meter rates, Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 9, 89 - 94. (with H.A. Viles).
  • 1984. Hydrology and solute uptake in hillslope soils on Magnesian Limestone: the Whitwell Wood Project. Ch. 11 in: Catchment Experiments in Fluvial Geomorphology. Ed. T.P. Burt & D.E. Walling. Geo Books. 183 - 215. (with R.W. Crabtree, A.M. Pickles, K.R.J. Smettem & T.P. Burt).
  • 1984. Hydrochemical budgets for a Magnesian Limestone catchment in lowland England. Journal of Hydrology, 74, 67- 79. (with R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1984. Hillslope hydrology and its relationship to nitrate sources in a catchment of mixed land use. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 35, 8, 857 - 859. (with T.P. Burt, D.E. Walling, B.P. Arkell & A.D. Thomas).

1983

  • 1983. WEATHERING AND EROSION. Sources and Methods in Geography. Butterworths (Heinemann from 1986). 192 pp.
  • 1983. The soils of Slapton Wood. Field Studies, 5, 833 - 840.
  • 1983. Soils. Audio cassette, slides and learning notes for course S323 (biology). Open University.
  • 1983. Soils. Audio cassette, slides and learning notes for course S323 (biology). Open University.
  • 1983. Soil water residence time and solute uptake, 2: dye tracing and preferential flow predictions. Journal of Hydrology, 62, 279 - 285. (with A.M. Pickles & K.R.J. Smettem).
  • 1983. Soil water residence time and solute uptake, 1: dye tracing and rainfall events. Journal of Hydrology, 60, 257 – 279. (with A.M. Pickles, K.R.J. Smettem & R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1983. Soil Geography: spatial techniques and geomorphic relationships. Progress in Physical Geography, 7, 345 - 360.
  • 1983. Soil Geography: spatial techniques and geomorphic relationships. Progress in Physical Geography, 7, 345 - 360.
  • 1983. Quantimet image analysis of soil pore geometry: comparison with tracer breakthrough curves. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 8, 465 - 472. (with P.J.C. Walker).
  • 1983. Preliminary estimates of intertidal limestone erosion, One Tree Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 8, 189 - 193.
  • 1983. Nitrate loss in soil drainage waters in relation to by-passing flow and discharge on an arable site. Journal of Soil Science, 34, 499 - 509. (with K.R.J. Smettem & A.M. Pickles).
  • 1983. Geography field teaching at the Field Studies Council Centres in England and Wales. Teaching Geography, 175 – 176.
  • 1983. Geography field teaching at the Field Studies Council Centres in England and Wales. Teaching Geography, 175 - 176.
  • 1983. An evaluation of some fluorescent and non-fluorescent dyes in the identification of water transmission routes in soils. Journal of Soil Science, 35, 45 - 56. (with K.R.J. Smettem).

1982

  • 1982. Weathering of the balustrade of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 7, 387 – 389. (with A.D. Sharp, R.U. Cooke, C.A. Price, R.W. Crabtree, A.M. Pickles & D.I. Smith ).
  • 1982. Soil and Land Potential. Progress in Physical Geography, 6, 282 - 295. (with D.J. Briggs).
  • 1982. Carbon dioxide production and concentrations in the soil atmosphere: a case study from New Zealand volcanic ash soils. Catena, 9, 81 - 94. (with J. Gunn).

1981

  • 1981. The use of ion-exchange resin in monitoring the calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium contents of rainwater. Journal of Hydrology, 53, 361 - 365. (with R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1981. Solutes. Ch. 4.3 in: Geomorphological Techniques. Ed. A. Goudie. Allen and Unwin. 181 - 195. (with R. Cryer).
  • 1981. Solute uptake on a Magnesian Limestone hillslope. Proceedings of the 8th International Speleological Congress, Kentucky, USA. 351 - 352. (with A.M. Pickles & R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1981. Soil and Land Potential. Progress in Physical Geography, 5, 274 - 285. (with D.J. Briggs).
  • 1981. Nitrate losses in soil drainage waters in relation to water flow rates on a deciduous woodland site. Journal of Soil Science, 32, 433 - 441. (with A.M. Pickles, T.P. Burt & R.W. Crabtree).
  • 1981. In situ analysis of carbonate waters. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association, 9, 10 - 14. (with R.W. Crabtree, A.M. Pickles & M.I. Cowton).
  • 1981. Improvements to the micro-erosion meter. British Geomorphological Research Group, Technical Bulletin, 29, 3 –17. (with C.J. High & F.K. Hanna).
  • 1981. Geochemistry and mineralogy of carbonate rock samples from Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin, 255, 11 - 22.
  • 1981. A hydrological study of the Castleton area, Derbyshire. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association, 8, 189 - 206. (with N.S.J. Christopher, R.W. Crabtree, A.M. Pickles & S.M. Culshaw).

1980

  • 1980. Soil water residence time and solute uptake on a dolomite bedrock - preliminary results. Earth Surface Processes, 5, 91 - 100 (with I.M.S. Laidlaw & P.L. Smart).
  • 1980. Soil and Land Potential. Progress in Physical Geography, 4, 262 - 275. (with D.J. Briggs).
  • 1980. Chemical erosion in soils in relation to soil water residence time. In: Assessment of Erosion. Ed. M. De Boodt & D. Gabriels, Wiley. 361 - 368. (with P.J.C. Walker & I.M.S. Laidlaw).

1979

  • 1979. The soils of Aldabra. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, B, 286, 67 - 77.
  • 1979. The age of exposure of limestone pavements - a pilot lichenometric study in Co. Clare, Eire. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association, 6, 10 - 14. (with R.W. Crabtree and P.J.C. Walker).
  • 1979. Surface lowering and landform evolution on Aldabra. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, B. 286, 35 - 45.
  • 1979. Spitzkarren on calcarenites, Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supple. Bd, 32, 67 – 74.
  • 1979. Soil and Land Potential. Progress in Physical Geography, 3, 282 - 299. (with D.J. Briggs).
  • 1979. Man and soil profile processes. Ch. 11 in Man and Environmental Process. Ed. K.J. Gregory & D.E. Walling. Dawson. 191 - 206.
  • 1979. Chemical polish of limestone and interactions between calcium and organic matter in peat drainage waters. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association, 6, 30 - 35.
  • 1979. An investigation into the relationship between solvent motion and the solutional erosion of an inclined limestone surface. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association, 6, 18 - 29. (with S.T. Watts).

1978

  • 1978. Soil and Land Potential. Progress in Physical Geography, 2, 321 - 332. (with D.J. Briggs).
  • 1978. Landform Landmarks: the making of Cheddar Gorge. Geographical Magazine, December, 196 - 199.
  • 1978. "The earth will endure and blossom forth in spring." MIMS Magazine, 3, 15 September, 249 - 258. (Article on soils for the medical profession).

1977

  • 1977. The role of a soil cover in limestone weathering, Cockpit Country, Jamaica. Proceedings of the 7th International Speleological Congress, Sheffield, UK, 401 - 404.
  • 1977. SOILS AND VEGETATION SYSTEMS. Oxford University Press. 180 pp. 1988.SOIL AND VEGETATION SYSTEMS Second (revised) edition. 211 pp.
  • 1977. Soil and Land Potential. Progress in Physical Geography, 1, 320 - 332. (with D.J. Briggs).
  • 1977. Reaction rates and equilibrium levels in the dissolution of limestones in organic acids. Proceedings of the 7th International Speleological Congress, Sheffield, UK, 399 - 401.
  • 1977. Problems in the estimation of short term variations in limestone erosion processes. Earth Surface Processes, 2, 251 - 256.
  • 1977. Environmental Sciences/Studies: depth and breadth in the curriculum. Area, 9, 266 - 269.
  • 1977. A comparison of tropical and temperate marine karst. Proceedings of the 7th International Speleological Congress, Sheffield, UK. 404 - 405.
  • 1977. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH KARST. Geo Books, 33 pp. (with E.V. Brack).

1976

  • 1976. The subaerial and subsoil erosion of limestones on Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. Bd 26, 201 - 210.
  • 1976. THE SOIL. An Introduction to Soil Study in Britain. Edward Arnold. (with F.M. Courtney). 120 pp. 1984. THE SOIL. An Introduction to Soil Study. Second (revised) edition. Edward Arnold. (with F.M. Courtney). 123 pp
  • 1976. The marine erosion of limestones on Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. Bd 26, 164 - 200.
  • 1976. The erosion of limestone under soil and the long term stability of soil-vegetation systems on limestones. Earth Surface Processes, 1, 31 - 41.
  • 1976. SOILS IN THE BRITISH ISLES. Longman. (with L.F. Curtis & F.M. Courtney). 364 pp.
  • 1976. Rock weathering and climate: quantitative and experimental aspects. Ch. 3 in: Geomorphology and Climate Ed. E. Derbyshire. Wiley. 59 - 99.
  • 1976. Limestone erosion under soil. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of Speleology, Olomouc. CSSR, II, 409 - 422.

1975

  • 1975 Measurement of erosional weight loss of rock tablets. British Geomorphological Research Group, Technical Bulletin, 17, 13 - 19.

1974

  • 1974. The measurement of soil moisture. British Geomorphological Research Group, Technical Bulletin, 13, 70 pp.

1972

  • 1972. Quantification of limestone erosion in intertidal, subaerial and subsoil environments, with special reference to Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Cave Research Group of Great Britain, 14, 176 - 179.
  • 1972. Guide to Gough's Cave for Teachers and Schoolchildren. Gough's Cave Ltd., Cheddar. 8 pp.
  • 1972 The influence of drifts and soils on limestone weathering in N.W. Clare, Ireland. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 13(i) 113 – 118.

1971

  • 1971. Poulcraveen, Co. Clare, Ireland. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 12, 293 - 295

1970

  • 1970. Micro-erosion measurement of exposed bedrock. Area, 3, 61.

Teaching

Geographical Tripos (Undergraduate level)

  • None

External activities

  • Chair of the Environmental Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society - with the Institute of Bristish Geographers (1996 - 1999)
  • Member of the Executive Committee and Science and Education sub-Committee of the Field Studies Council. 1976 - 2003.
  • Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve Management Committee 1990 - 2005.
  • Editor, Ethics, Place and Environment: A Journal of Philosophy and Geography. 1998 to 2009.
  • Editor Progress in Physical Geography 2003 to 2009.
  • Archival and Historical Editorial Advisor Progress in Physical Geography 2010 to 2012
  • Former member of the Editorial Board of the sixth form magazine Geography Review and environmental columnist
  • Former advisor to David Waugh on the sixth form text Geography: an integrated approach.
  • Robinson College: Joint Director of Studies for Geography with Dr Kendra Strauss; Chair of the Gardens Committee.