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Nicholls R.J., Beaven R., Stringfellow A., Spencer K.L., Tarrant O., and Cope S. (2020).
Coastal Landfills, Rising Sea Levels and Shoreline Management: A Challenge for the 21st Century
,
Coastal Management 2019
, 391-404. In: Hardiman N and Institute of Civil Engineers,
Proceedings of Coastal Management 2019: Joining forces to shape our future coasts
, Institute of Civil Engineers, London.
Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2019).
Potential contamination of the coastal zone by eroding historic landfills.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2019, 146: pp. 282–291
Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2018).
Risk screening assessment for ranking historic coastal landfills by pollution risk
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Anthropocene Coasts
, 2018, 1(1): 44–61.
O’Shea, F.T., Cundy, A.B. and Spencer, K.L. (2018).
The contaminant legacy from historic coastal landfills and their potential as sources of diffuse pollution.
Marine Pollution Bulletin
, Vol 128, March 2018, pp. 446–455.
Brand, J.H., Spencer, K.L., O’Shea, F.T. and Lindsay, J.E. (2017).
Potential pollution risks of historic landfills on low-lying coasts and estuaries.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water
, DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1264
Brand, J.H. (2017). Assessing the risk of pollution from historic coastal landfills. PhD Thesis. Queen Mary University of London.
Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2017).
Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. 2017. Assessing the risk of pollution from historic coastal landfills. Executive Summary for the Environment Agency. [PDF 1,185KB]
O’Shea, F.T. (2016). Assessment of diffuse pollution originating from estuarine historical landfills. PhD Thesis. Queen Mary University of London.
Conference presentations
Brand, J.H., Spencer, K.L., Brasington, J. and Lindsay, J.E. (2013). Diffuse pollution in the coastal zone - contamination from waste filled seawalls. 12th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, Plymouth, UK.
Brand, J.H., (2015). Diffuse pollution in the coastal zone - contamination from waste filled embankments. ECSA 55, London, United Kingdom.
Brand, J.H., (2016).
Contamination from historic coastal landfills [PDF 197KB]
Environment Agency Flood & Coast 2016, Telford, UK.
Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2016):
Pollution from historic landfill sites [PDF 3,163KB]
River Restoration Centre 2016, Blackpool, UK (poster presentation).
O’Shea, F.T. and Spencer, K.L., (2015).
Contamination of Coastal Sediments from Historic Landfills: A ticking time-bomb
, 9th International SedNet Conference, Krakow, Poland.
O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and Brasington, J., (2015).
In-situ X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis: Rapid data acquisition in the coastal zone
, ECSA 55, London, United Kingdom (poster presentation).
O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and Brasington, J., (2015).
Historical landfills within the coastal zone: A broad scale spatial investigation of contamination legacy
, ECSA 55, London, United Kingdom.
O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and Brasington, J., (2014).
Quantitative assessment of historical coastal landfill contamination using in-situ field portable X-Ray Fluorescence (FPXRF)
, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. 27th April – 4th May 2014.
O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L., Brasington, J. and Webb. M., (2013).
Impacts of Coastal Landfills on the Quality of Estuarine Environments
, 12
th
International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, Plymouth. 30
th
June – 4
th
July 2013.
O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and MacLeod, C.L., (2012)
Development of a risk assessment model for diffuse landfill pollution as a result of climate change’ [PDF 8,085KB]
, ECSA 50, Venice, Italy. 3rd–7th June 2012 (poster presentation).
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