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Professor Barbara Maher

Professor Emerita, Professor

  1. Journal article
  2. Published

    Oxygen isotopes from Chinese caves: records not of monsoon rainfall but circulation regime

    Maher, B. & Thompson, R., 08/2012, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 27, 6, p. 615-624 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Intra-urban spatial variation of magnetic particles: monitoring via leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetisation (SIRM).

    Kardel, F., Wuyts, K., Maher, B. & Samson, R., 08/2012, In: Atmospheric Environment: Part A - General Topics. 55, p. 111-120 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Rapid magnetic biomonitoring and differentiation of atmospheric particulate pollutants at the roadside and around two major industrial sites, U.K..

    Hansard, R., Maher, B. & Kinnersley, R., 21/03/2012, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 46, 8, p. 4403-4410 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) as a proxy for particulate matter monitoring: inter-species differences and in-season variation.

    Kardel, F., Wuyts, K., Maher, B., Hansard, R. & Samson, R., 09/2011, In: Atmospheric Environment: Part A - General Topics. 45, 29, p. 5164-5171 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Biomagnetic monitoring of industry-derived particulate pollution.

    Hansard, R., Maher, B. & Kinnersley, R., 06/2011, In: Environmental Pollution. 159, 6, p. 1673-1681 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    The dating and interpretation of a Mode 1 site in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

    Barham, L., Phillips, W., Maher, B., Karloukovski, V., Duller, G., Jain, M. & Wintle, A., 05/2011, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 60, 5, p. 549-570 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    The magnetic properties of Quaternary aeolian dusts and sediments, and their Quaternary palaeoclimatic significance

    Maher, B., 2011, In: Aeolian Research. 3, p. 87-144 57 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Sedimentation, geochemistry and palaeomagnetism of the West Runton Freshwater Bed, Norfolk, England

    Gibbard, P. L., Boreham, S., Andrews, J. E. & Maher, B. A., 31/12/2010, In: Quaternary International. 228, 1-2, p. 8-20 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Toward new frontiers in understanding the link between dust and climate: DUSTSPEC Workshop: Dust Records for a Changing World; Palisades, New York, 24-26 May 2010

    Winckler, G., Mahowald, N. & Maher, B., 8/11/2010, In: Eos. 91, 40, p. 360 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

    Parfitt, S., Ashton, N., Lewis, S., Abel, R., Coope, R., Field, M., Gale, R., Hoare, P., Larkin, N. R., Lewis, M. D., Karloukovski, V., Maher, B., Peglar, S. M., Preece, R. C., Whittaker, J. E. & Stringer, C. B., 8/07/2010, In: Nature. 466, 7303, p. 229-233 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Rates of particulate pollution deposition onto leaf surfaces: Temporal and inter-species magnetic analyses

    Mitchell, R., Maher, B. & Kinnersley, R., 05/2010, In: Environmental Pollution. 158, 5, p. 1472-1478 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

    Maher, B., Prospero, J. M., Mackie, D., Gaiero, D., Hesse, P. P. & Balkanski, Y., 04/2010, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 99, 1-2, p. 61-97 36 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Age assignment of a diatomaceous ooze deposited in the western Amundsen Sea embayment after the last glacial maximum.

    Hillenbrand, C-D., Smith, J. A., Kuhn, G., Esper, O., Gersonde, R., Larter, R. D., Maher, B. A., Moreton, S. G., Shimmield, T. M. & Korte, M., 03/2010, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 25, 3, p. 280-295 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Application and evaluation of biomagnetic and biochemical monitoring of the dispersion and deposition of volcanically-derived particles at Mt. Etna, Italy

    Quayle, B., Mather, T., Witt, M., Maher, B., Mitchell, R., Martin, R. & Calabrese, S., 03/2010, In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 191, 1-2, p. 107-116 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Rain and dust : magnetic records of climate, and pollution.

    Maher, B. A., 08/2009, In: Elements. 5, 4, p. 229-234 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Fingerprinting upland sediment sources : particle size-specific magnetic linkages between soils, lake and suspended sediments.

    Hatfield, R. G. & Maher, B. A., 08/2009, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 34, 10, p. 1359-1373 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Holocene sediment dynamics in an upland temperate lake catchment : climatic and land-use impacts.

    Hatfield, R. G. & Maher, B. A., 05/2009, In: Holocene. 19, 3, p. 427-438 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Evaluation and application of biomagnetic monitoring of traffic-derived particulate pollution.

    Mitchell, R. & Maher, B. A., 04/2009, In: Atmospheric Environment. 43, 13, p. 2095-2103 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Magnetic and geochemical characteristics of Gobi Desert surface sediments : implications for provenance of the Chinese Loess.

    Maher, B. A., Mutch, T. J. & Cunningham, D., 03/2009, In: Geology. 37, 3, p. 279-282 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Sediment provenance in a tropical fluvial and marine context by magnetic ‘fingerprinting’ of transportable sand fractions.

    Maher, B. A., Watkins, S. J., Brunskill, G., Alexander, J. & Fielding, C. R., 2009, In: Sedimentology. 56, 3, p. 841-861 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    A novel approach to investigating indoor/outdoor pollution links : combined magnetic and PAH measurements.

    Halsall, C. J., Maher, B. A., Karloukovski, V. V., Shah, P. & Watkins, S. J., 12/2008, In: Atmospheric Environment. 42, 39, p. 8902-8909 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Sediment dynamics in an upland temperate catchment : changing sediment sources, rates and deposition.

    Hatfield, R., Maher, B., Pates, J. & Barker, P., 11/2008, In: Journal of Paleolimnology. 40, 4, p. 1143-1158 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Holocene variability of the East Asian summer monsoon from Chinese cave records : a re-assessment.

    Maher, B. A., 09/2008, In: Holocene. 18, 6, p. 861-866 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Suspended sediment characterization and tracing using a magnetic fingerprinting technique : Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria, UK.

    Hatfield, R. G. & Maher, B. A., 01/2008, In: Holocene. 18, 1, p. 105-115 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Spatial variation in vehicle-derived metal pollution identified by magnetic and elemental analysis of roadside tree leaves.

    Maher, B. A., Moore, C. & Matzka, J., 01/2008, In: Atmospheric Environment. 42, 2, p. 364-373 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Environmental magnetism and climate change.

    Maher, B. A., 09/2007, In: Contemporary Physics. 48, 5, p. 247-274 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Late Holocene climate reconstructions for the Russian steppe, based on mineralogical and magnetic properties of buried palaeosols.

    Alekseev, A., Alekseeva, T., Maher, B. A. & Demkin, V., 11/06/2007, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 249, 1-2, p. 103-127 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Ocean circulation at the Last Glacial Maximum : A combined modelling and magnetic proxy-based study.

    Watkins, S. J., Maher, B. A. & Bigg, G. R., 19/04/2007, In: Paleoceanography. 22, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    A high-resolution record of Holocene rainfall variations from the western Chinese Loess Plateau: antiphase behaviour of the African/Indian and East Asian summer monsoons.

    Maher, B. A. & Hu, M., 04/2006, In: Holocene. 16, 3, p. 309-319 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Palaeomagnetic correlation and dating of Plio/Pleistocene sediments at the southern margins of the North Sea basin: Paper I.

    Maher, B. A. & Hallam, D. F., 01/2005, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 20, 1, p. 67-77 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Magnetic carriers and remanence mechanisms in magnetite-poor sediments of Pleistocene age, southern North Sea margin: Paper II.

    Maher, B. A. & Hallam, D. F., 01/2005, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 20, 1, p. 79-94 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Quantifying the grain size distribution of the pedogenic magnetic particles in Chinese loess and its significance for pedogenesis.

    Liu, Q. S., Torrent, J., Maher, B. A., Yu, Y., Deng, C. L., Zhu, R. X. & Zhao, X. X., 2005, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 110, B11, p. B11102

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Mechanism of the magnetic susceptibility enhancements of the Chinese loess.

    Liu, Q. S., Jackson, M. J., Banerjee, S. K., Maher, B. A., Deng, C. L., Pan, Y. X. & Zhu, R. X., 2004, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 109, B12 (B

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Grain sizes of susceptibility and anhysteretic remanent magnetization carriers in Chinese loess/paleosol sequences.

    Liu, Q. S., Banerjee, S. K., Jackson, M. J., Maher, B. A., Pan, Y. X., Zhu, R. X., Deng, C. L. & Chen, F. H., 2004, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 109, B3 (B0

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Application of a magnetic extraction technique to assess radionuclide-mineral association in Cumbrian shoreline sediments.

    McCubbin, D., Leonard, K. S., Young, A. K., Maher, B. A. & Bennett, S., 2004, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 77, 2, p. 111-131 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    High-field remanence properties of synthetic and natural submicrometre haematites and goethites: significance for environmental contexts.

    Maher, B. A., Karloukovski, V. V. & Mutch, T. J., 2004, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 226, 3-4, p. 491-505 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Magnetic mineralogy of soils across the Russian Steppe: climatic dependence of pedogenic magnetite formation.

    Maher, B. A., Alekseev, A. & Alekseeva, T., 5/12/2003, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 201, 3-4, p. 321-341 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Magnetic characterisation of present-day deep-sea sediments and sources in the North Atlantic.

    Watkins, S. J. & Maher, B. A., 30/09/2003, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 214, 3-4, p. 379-394 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Inter-laboratory calibration of low-field magnetic and anhysteretic susceptibility measurements

    “Mag-Net” Science Team, 06/2003, In: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 138, 1, p. 25-38 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Holocene loess accumulation and soil development at the western edge of the Chinese Loess Plateau: implications for magnetic proxies of palaeorainfall.

    Maher, B. A., Hu, M., Roberts, H. M. & Wintle, A. G., 03/2003, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 22, 5-7, p. 445-451 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Magnetic properties and mineralogy of iron compounds in steppe soils

    Alekseev, A., Alekseev, T. & Maher, B., 2003, In: Eurasian Soil Science. 36, 1, p. 59-70 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Variation of soil magnetism across the Russian steppe: its significance for use of soil magnetism as a palaeorainfall proxy.

    Maher, B. A., Alekseev, A. & Alekseeva, T., 08/2002, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 21, 14-15, p. 1571-1576 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Evidence against dust-mediated control of glacial-interglacial changes in atmospheric CO2.

    Maher, B. A. & Dennis, P. F., 10/05/2001, In: Nature. 411, 6834, p. 176-180 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Holocene sediment-accumulation rates in the western Loess Plateau, China, and a 2500-year record of agricultural activity, revealed by OSL dating

    Roberts, H., Wintle, A., Maher, B. & Hu, M., 05/2001, In: Holocene. 11, 4, p. 477-483 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Analysis and interpretation of Holocene sedimentary sequences in the Humber estuary

    Ridgway, J., Andrews, J. E., Ellis, S., Horton, B. P., Innes, J. B., Knox, R. W. O. B., McArthur, J. J., Maher, B. A., Metcalfe, S. E., Mitlehner, A., Parkes, A., Rees, J. G., Samways, G. M. & Shennan, I., 20/06/2000, In: Geological Society Special Publication. 166, p. 9-39 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Association of 210Po 210Pb/ , 239q240Pu and 241Am with different mineral fractions of a beach sand at Seascale, Cumbria, UK

    McCubbin, D., Leonard, K., Maher, B. & Hamilton, E., 05/2000, In: Science of the Total Environment. 254, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Cold stage formation of calcrete nodules in the Chinese Loess Plateau: evidence from U-series dating and stable isotope analysis. .

    Rowe, P. J. & Maher, B. A., 15/03/2000, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 157, 1-2, p. 109-125 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Sedimentary evolution of the north Norfolk barrier coastline in the context of Holocene sea-level change

    Andrews, J., Boomer, I., Bailiff, I., Balson, P., Bristow, C., Chroston, N., Funnell, B., Harwood, G., Jones, R., Maher, B. & Shimmield, G., 2000, In: Geological Society Special Publications. 166, p. 219-251 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Origin, abundance and storage of organic carbon and sulphur in the Holocene Humber Estuary: emphasizing human impact on storage changes

    Andrews, J., Samways, G., Dennis, P. & Maher, B., 2000, In: Geological Society Special Publications. 166, p. 145-170 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Comments on 'Origin of the magnetic susceptibility signal in Chinese loess'

    Maher, B., 05/1999, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 18, 6, p. 865-869 5 p.

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