New method for rock qualification (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
János, L., Emőke, I., Phong. Q, T., Miklós, G., László, K., István, T., Barreto Gonzalez, D., Casini, F., & Guida, G. (2018, April). New method for rock qualification. Presented at Mérnökgeológia - Kőzetmechanika 2018 (Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics Congress 2018)

A new method was elaborated to characterize the breakage properties of rocks. A crushing test was suggested and parallel tests were performed on sand-pairs with different parent rocks, using identical initial gradings. The data were analyse... Read More about New method for rock qualification.

Is China's fifth-largest inland lake to dry-up? Incorporated hydrological and satellite-based methods for forecasting Hulun Lake water levels (2016)
Journal Article
Cai, Z., Jin, T., Li, C., Ofterdinger, U., Zhang, S., Ding, A., & Li, J. (2016). Is China's fifth-largest inland lake to dry-up? Incorporated hydrological and satellite-based methods for forecasting Hulun Lake water levels. Advances in water resources, 94, 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.05.010

Hulun Lake, China’s fifth-largest inland lake, experienced severe declines in water level in the period of 2000-2010. This has prompted concerns whether the lake is drying up gradually. A multi-million US dollar engineering project to construct a wat... Read More about Is China's fifth-largest inland lake to dry-up? Incorporated hydrological and satellite-based methods for forecasting Hulun Lake water levels.

Analysis of groundwater-level response to rainfall and estimation of annual recharge in fractured hard rock aquifers, NW Ireland (2016)
Journal Article
Cai, Z., & Ofterdinger, U. (2016). Analysis of groundwater-level response to rainfall and estimation of annual recharge in fractured hard rock aquifers, NW Ireland. Journal of Hydrology, 535, 71-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.01.066

Despite fractured hard rock aquifers underlying over 65% of Ireland, knowledge of key processes controlling groundwater recharge in these bedrock systems is inadequately constrained. In this study, we examined 19 groundwater-level hydrographs from tw... Read More about Analysis of groundwater-level response to rainfall and estimation of annual recharge in fractured hard rock aquifers, NW Ireland.

Effect of particle loss on soil volume, strength and stiffness. (2015)
Thesis
Kelly, D. Effect of particle loss on soil volume, strength and stiffness. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8865

Soil particle loss can occur through biodegradation, erosion and dissolution. Yet there is little understanding of the mechanical changes that accompany these phenomena, especially where the size of particle removed is concerned. This study investiga... Read More about Effect of particle loss on soil volume, strength and stiffness..

Numerical assessment of potential impacts of hydraulically fractured Bowland Shale on overlying aquifers (2014)
Journal Article
Cai, Z., & Ofterdinger, U. (2014). Numerical assessment of potential impacts of hydraulically fractured Bowland Shale on overlying aquifers. Water Resources Research, 50, 6236-6259. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014943

Natural gas extracted from hydraulically fractured shale formations potentially has a big impact on the global energy landscape. However, there are concerns of potential environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing of the shale formations, particula... Read More about Numerical assessment of potential impacts of hydraulically fractured Bowland Shale on overlying aquifers.

The analysis of natural gemstones and their synthetic counterparts using analytical spectroscopy methods (2012)
Thesis
Shah, R. The analysis of natural gemstones and their synthetic counterparts using analytical spectroscopy methods. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5259

Prompted by the increasing number, sophistication and quality of laboratory-grown gemstones; gemology has evolved into an individual science, incorporating the likes of biology and chemistry into its discipline. Synthetic gem materials are commonly e... Read More about The analysis of natural gemstones and their synthetic counterparts using analytical spectroscopy methods.

Assessing TCE Source Bioremediation by Geostatistical Analysis of a Flux Fence (2012)
Journal Article
Cai, Z., Wilson, R. D., & Lerner, D. N. (2012). Assessing TCE Source Bioremediation by Geostatistical Analysis of a Flux Fence. Groundwater, 50(6), 908-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00916.x

Mass discharge across transect planes is increasingly used as a metric for performance assessment of in situ groundwater remediation systems. Mass discharge estimates using concentrations measured in multilevel transects are often made by assuming a... Read More about Assessing TCE Source Bioremediation by Geostatistical Analysis of a Flux Fence.

Increasing Confidence in Mass Discharge Estimates Using Geostatistical Methods (2011)
Journal Article
Cai, Z., Wilson, R. D., Cardiff, M. A., & Kitanidis, P. K. (2011). Increasing Confidence in Mass Discharge Estimates Using Geostatistical Methods. Groundwater, 49(2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00709.x

Mass discharge is one metric rapidly gaining acceptance for assessing the performance of in situ groundwater remediation systems. Multilevel sampling transects provide the data necessary to make such estimates, often using the Thiessen Polygon method... Read More about Increasing Confidence in Mass Discharge Estimates Using Geostatistical Methods.

A hydro-bio-mechanical model for settlement and other behaviour in landfilled waste. (2007)
Journal Article
McDougall, J. (2007). A hydro-bio-mechanical model for settlement and other behaviour in landfilled waste. Computers and Geotechnics, 34, 229-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.02.004

A conceptual framework for the analysis of settlement and other processes in landfilled waste in relation to coupled hydraulic, biodegradation and mechanical behaviour is presented. The hydraulic model is an unsaturated flow model. The biodegradation... Read More about A hydro-bio-mechanical model for settlement and other behaviour in landfilled waste..

Modelling hourly and daily diffuse solar radiation using world-wide database. (2006)
Thesis
Munawwar, S. Modelling hourly and daily diffuse solar radiation using world-wide database. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4163

Building with Scottish Stone. (2005)
Book
Wilson, P., McMillan, A., Maxwell, I., & Young, M. (2005). Building with Scottish Stone. Arcamedia & Natural Stone Institute

Building with Scottish Stone aims to encourage more use of stone sourced from Scotland’s working quarries and to provide a better understanding of those mineralogical properties which give each stone its distinctive quality. The nation’s architectura... Read More about Building with Scottish Stone..

River bed sediment surface characterisation using wavelet transform-based methods. (2004)
Thesis
Nyander, A. River bed sediment surface characterisation using wavelet transform-based methods. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5885

The primary purpose of this work was to study the morphological change of river-bed
sediment surfaces over time using wavelet transform analysis techniques. The wavelet
transform is a rapidly developing area of applied mathematics in both science a... Read More about River bed sediment surface characterisation using wavelet transform-based methods..

Phase relations for decomposable soils (2004)
Journal Article
McDougall, J. R., & Pyrah, I. C. (2004). Phase relations for decomposable soils. Géotechnique, 54(7), 487-493. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.54.7.487.46750

Expressions describing the phase composition and interphase relations for a decomposable soil are derived by distinguishing between inert and decomposable fractions. A relationship between void volume changes and decomposition of the solid fraction,... Read More about Phase relations for decomposable soils.

Extended phase relations and load effects in MSW (2004)
Journal Article
McDougall, J., Pyrah, I., & Yuen, S. T. S. (2004). Extended phase relations and load effects in MSW. Waste Management, 24(3), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2003.10.009

The moisture retention and compression characteristics of municipal solid waste under self-weight are likened to those of an unsaturated soil. By assuming that the solid organic fraction in waste retains a relatively immobile micropore moisture and t... Read More about Extended phase relations and load effects in MSW.

Eutrophication and some European waters of restricted exchange (2003)
Journal Article
Tett, P., Gilpin, L., Svendsen, H., Erlandsson, C. P., Larsson, U., Kratzer, S., Fouilland, E., Janzen, C., Lee, J.-Y., Grenz, C., Newton, A., Ferreira, J. G., Fernandes, T., & Scory, S. (2003). Eutrophication and some European waters of restricted exchange. Continental Shelf Research, 23(17-19), 1635-1671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2003.06.013

Regions of Restricted Exchange (RREs) are an important feature of the European coastline. They are historically preferred sites for human settlement and aquaculture and their ecosystems, and consequent human use, may be at risk from eutrophication. T... Read More about Eutrophication and some European waters of restricted exchange.

Analysis of Pentachlorophenol in Soils for Use in Bioremediation Studies (1997)
Book Chapter
McGrath, R., & Singleton, I. (1997). Analysis of Pentachlorophenol in Soils for Use in Bioremediation Studies. In Bioremediation Protocols (169-176). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-437-2%3A169

Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an envuonmentally persistent chemical that is toxic toward living organisms (1-4) The widespread use of PCP as a general biocide, especially for timber preservation, has led to the contamination of a variety of environments... Read More about Analysis of Pentachlorophenol in Soils for Use in Bioremediation Studies.