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Professor Barbara Maher

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  1. 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

  2. Published

    A Lake Record of Geomagnetic Secular Variations for the Last 23 ka From Lake Chala: Toward a Composite Directional Lake Record of the Earth's Magnetic Field for Equatorial East Africa

    Di Chiara, A., Hounslow, M. W., Maher, B. A., Karloukovski, V., Van Daele, M., Blaauw, M. & Verschuren, D., 31/03/2024, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, 3, e2023GC011092.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    A mineral magnetic approach to erosion studies

    Maher, B. & Oldfield, F., 1984, Drainage Basin Erosion and Sedimentation . Loughran, R. J. (ed.). ANU E Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  4. Published

    A Multi-Proxy Approach to Unravel Late Pleistocene Sediment Flux and Bottom Water Conditions in the Western South Atlantic Ocean

    Mathias, G. L., Roud, S. C., Chiessi, C. M., Campos, M. C., Dias, B. B., Santos, T. P., Albuquerque, A. L. S., Toledo, F. A. L., Costa, K. B. & Maher, B. A., 30/04/2021, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36, 4, 22 p., e2020PA004058.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    A new intergrative methodology for desertification studies based on magnetic and short-lived radio-isotope measurements.

    Oldfield, F., Higgitt, S., Maher, B., Appleby, P. & Scoullos, M., 1984, Desertification in Europe. Fantechi, R. & Margaris, N. S. (eds.). Reidel

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  6. 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

  7. Published

    A record of reversed polarity carried by the iron sulphide greigite in British early Pleistocene sediments

    Hallam, D. & Maher, B., 01/1994, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 121, 1-2, p. 71-80 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Age models, sediment fluxes and palaeoclimatic reconstructions for the Chinese loess and palaeosol sequences.

    Thompson, R. & Maher, B. A., 11/1995, In: Geophysical Journal Royal Astronomical Society. 123, 2, p. 611-622 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Airborne Magnetite- and Iron-Rich Pollution Nanoparticles: Potential Neurotoxicants and Environmental Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Disease, Including Alzheimer's Disease

    Maher, B. A., 17/09/2019, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 71, 2, p. 361-375 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Airborne Magnetite- And Iron-Rich Pollution Nanoparticles: Potential Neurotoxicants and Environmental Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Disease, including Alzheimer's Disease

    Maher, B. A., 31/05/2021, Alzheimer's Disease and Air Pollution: The Development and Progression of a Fatal Disease from Childhood and the Opportunities for Early Prevention. Calderon-Garciduenas, L. (ed.). IOS Press BV, p. 69-83 15 p. (Advances in Alzheimer's Disease; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  12. Published

    Airborne, Vehicle-Derived Fe-Bearing Nanoparticles in the Urban Environment: A Review

    Gonet, T. & Maher, B. A., 3/09/2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 17, p. 9970-9991 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Biomagnetic Characterization of Air Pollution Particulates in Lahore, Pakistan

    Sheikh, H. A., Maher, B. A., Karloukovski, V., Lampronti, G. I. & Harrison, R. J., 28/02/2022, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 23, 2, e2021GC010293.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution: a review of magnetic signatures from biological sensors

    Hofman, J., Maher, B. A., Muxworthy, A. R., Wuyts, K., Castanheiro, A. & Samson, R., 20/06/2017, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 51, 12, p. 6648-6664 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. 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

  20. Published

    Characterisation of soils by mineralmagnetic measurements

    Maher, B., 02/1986, In: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 42, 1-2, p. 76-92 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 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

  22. Published

    Combustion- and friction-derived magnetic air pollution nanoparticles in human hearts

    Calderón-Garcidueñas, L., González-Maciel, A., Mukherjee, P. S., Reynoso-Robles, R., Pérez-Guillé, B., Gayosso-Chávez, C., Torres-Jardón, R., Cross, J. V., Ahmed, I. A. M., Karloukovski, V. V. & Maher, B. A., 1/09/2019, In: Environmental Research. 176, 10 p., 108567.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Connection of the proto-Yangtze River to the East China Sea traced by sediment magnetic properties

    Liu, X., Chen, J., Maher, B. A., Zhao, B., Yue, W., Sun, Q. & Chen, Z., 15/02/2018, In: Geomorphology. 303, p. 162-171 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Diagenesis and remobilization of carbon and sulfur in mid-Pleistocene organic-rich freshwater sediment

    Bottrell, S., Hannam, J., Andrews, J. & Maher, B., 01/1998, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 68, 1, p. 37-42 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Efficacy of green infrastructure in reducing exposure to local, traffic-related sources of airborne particulate matter (PM)

    Sheikh, H. A., Maher, B. A., Woods, A. W., Tung, P. Y. & Harrison, R. J., 10/12/2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 903, 166598.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Efficient Removal of Ultrafine Particles from Diesel Exhaust by Selected Tree Species: Implications for Roadside Planting for Improving the Quality of Urban Air

    Wang, H., Maher, B. A., Ahmed, I. A. M. & Davison, B., 18/06/2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 12, p. 6906-6916 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A review of its history and recent field campaigns

    Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Rivera, A., Bentley, M. J., Blake, D., Capper, L., Clarke, R., Cockell, C. S., Corr, H. F. J., Harris, W., Hill, C., Hindmarsh, R. C. A., Hodgson, D. A., King, E. C., Lamb, H., Maher, B., Makinson, K., Mowlem, M., Parnell, J., Pearce, D. A., & 7 othersPriscu, J., Smith, A. M., Tait, A., Tranter, M., Wadham, J. L., Whalley, W. B. & Woodward, J., 1/01/2011, Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments. American Geophysical Union, p. 221-233 13 p. (Geophysical Monograph Series; vol. 192).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Evidence for the presence of air pollution nanoparticles in placental tissue cells

    Liu, N. M., Miyashita, L., Maher, B. A., McPhail, G., Jones, C. J. P., Barratt, B., Thangaratinam, S., Karloukovski, V., Ahmed, I. A., Aslam, Z. & Grigg, J., 10/01/2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 751, 11 p., 142235.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. 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

  35. Published

    Formation of ultrafine-grained magnetite in soils.

    Maher, B. A. & Taylor, R. M., 24/11/1988, In: Nature. 336, 6197, p. 368-370 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Frequency-dependent susceptibility measurements of environmental materials.

    Dearing, J. A., Dann, R. J. L., Hay, K., Lees, J. A., Loveland, P. J., Maher, B. A. & O'Grady, K., 1996, In: Geophysical Journal International. 124, 1, p. 228-240 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Geomorphological linkages between soils and sediments: the role of magnetic measurements

    Dearing, J., Maher, B. & Oldfield, F., 09/1985, Geomorphology and Soils. Richards, K. (ed.). Allen & Unwin, p. 245-266 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  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

    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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. Published

    Identification and paleoclimatic significance of magnetite nanoparticles in soils

    Ahmed, I. & Maher, B. A., 20/02/2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 8, p. 1736-1741 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Impact of roadside tree lines on indoor concentrations of traffic-derived particulate matter

    Maher, B., Ahmed, I., Davison, B., Karloukovski, V. & Clarke, R., 2013, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 47, 23, p. 13737-13744 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Indoor Particulate Air Pollution from Open Fires and the Cognitive Function of Older People

    Maher, B., O'Sullivan, V., Feeney, J., Gonet, T. & Kenny, R. A., 1/01/2021, In: Environmental Research. 192, 11 p., 110298.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Inorganic formation of ultrafine-grained magnetite.

    Maher, B., 1991, Iron Biominerals. Frankel, R. B. & Blakemore, R. P. (eds.). Plenum Press, p. 179-191 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  49. 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

  50. 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

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