Staff Profile:Dr Stuart Black

Name:

Dr Stuart Black

Job Title:

Director of Laboratories (SHES) / Senior Lecturer in Environmental Radioactivity

Responsibilities:

Director of Laboratories (SHES)

Areas of Interest:

• U-Series Disequilibria
• Dating and sourcing human skeletal remains
• Forensic analysis of human skeletal remains
• Use of in-situ technologies in archaoelogical and environmental sciences

Research groups / Centres:

Scientific Archaeology Research Group

Publications:

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Jump to: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

Number of items: 46.

2012

• Rowan, J. S., Black, S. and Franks, S. W. (2012) Sediment fingerprinting as an environmental forensics tool explaining cyanobacteria blooms in lakes. Applied Geography, 32 (2). pp. 832-843. ISSN 0143-6228 doi: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.004

2011

• Taylor, V. K., Barton, R. N. E., Bell, M., Bouzouggar, A., Colcutt, S., Turner, E., Black, S. and Hogue, J. T. (2011) The Epipalaeolithic (Iberomaurusian) at Grotte des Pigeons (Taforalt), Morocco: a preliminary study of the land Mollusca. Quaternary International, 244 (1). pp. 5-14. ISSN 1040-6182
• Black, S., Robinson, S. A., Fitton, R., Goodship, R., Rambeau, C. and Sellwood, B. (2011) Palaeoenvironmental and limnological reconstruction of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea. In: Mithen, S. and Black, S. (eds.) Water, Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley. International Hydrology Series . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 113-127. ISBN 9780521769570
• Rambeau, C., Finlayson, B., Smith, S., Black, S., Inglis, R. and Robinson, S. A. (2011) Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at Beidha, southern Jordan (c. 18,000–8,500 BP): implications for human occupation during the Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic. In: Mithen, S. and Black, S. (eds.) Water, Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 245-268. ISBN 9780521769570
• Rambeau, C. and Black, S. (2011) Palaeoenvironments of the southern Levant 5,000 BP to present: linking the geological and archaeological records. In: Mithen, S. and Black, S. (eds.) Water, Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 94-104. ISBN 9780521769570
• Black, E., Brayshaw, D., Black, S. and Rambeau, C. (2011) Using proxy data, historical climate data and climate models to investigate aridification during the Holocene. In: Mithen, S. and Black, E. (eds.) Water, life and civilisation: climate, environment and society in the Jordan Valley. International hydrology series. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 105-112. ISBN 9780521769570
• Robinson, S., Black, S., Sellwood, B. W. and Valdes, P. J. (2011) A review of palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5,000 years BP: setting the environmental background for the evolution of human civilisation. In: Mithen, S. and Black, E. (eds.) Water, life and civilisation: climate, environment and society in the Jordan Valley. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 71-93. ISBN 9780521769570
• Kutner, A., Black, S., Beddow, H. and Almond, M. J. (2011) Characterisation of soils containing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) using in situ and rapid laboratory techniques. Case study: South Terras, Cornwall. RSC ECG Bulletin, January. pp. 10-12. ISSN 2040-1469

2010

• Reid, L., Chana, K., Bond, J. W., Almond, M. J. and Black, S. (2010) Stubs versus swabs? A comparison of gunshot residue collection techniques. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55 (3). pp. 753-756. ISSN 0022-1198 doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01332.x
• Robinson, S. A., Black, S., Sellwood, B. W., Rambeau, C. M. C. and Valdes, P. J. (2010) A geological perspective on climatic and environmental change in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5000 years BP. In: Finlayson, W. and Warren, G. (eds.) Landscapes in transition. Council for British Research in the Levant / Oxbow Books, pp. 55-65. ISBN 9781842174166

2009

• Hubbard, C.G., Black, S. and Coleman, M. L. (2009) Aqueous geochemistry and oxygen isotope compositions of acid mine drainage from the Río Tinto, SW Spain, highlight inconsistencies in current models. Chemical Geology, 265 (3-4). pp. 321-334. ISSN 0009-2541 doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.04.009
• Candy, I. and Black, S. (2009) The timing of Quaternary calcrete development in semi-arid southeast Spain: Investigating the role of climate on calcrete genesis. Sedimentary Geology, 218 (1-4). pp. 6-15. ISSN 0037-0738 doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.03.005

2008

• Read, D., Black, S., Buckby, T., Hellmuth, K.-H., Marcos, N. and Siitari-Kauppi, M. (2008) Secondary uranium mineralization in southern Finland and its relationship to recent glacial events. Global and Planetary Change, 60 (3-4). pp. 235-249. ISSN 0921-8181 doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.02.006
• Black, S., Browning, J. and Laurence, R. (2008) From quarry to road: an economic model of the supply of stone for road paving. In: Coarelli, F. and Patterson, H. (eds.) Mercator Placidissimus. The Tiber Valley in antiquity. New research in the upper and middle river valley. Edizioni Quasar, Rome. ISBN 9788871403687
• Canovas, C. R., Hubbard, C. G., Olias, M., Nieto, J. M., Black, S. and Coleman, M. L. (2008) Hydrochemical variations and contaminant load in the Rio Tinto (Spain) during flood events. Journal of Hydrology, 350 (1-2). pp. 25-40. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.022
• Reed, J. M., Leng, M. J., Ryan, S., Black, S., Altinsacli, S. and Griffiths, H. I. (2008) Recent habitat degradation in karstic Lake Uluabat, western Turkey: A coupled limnological-palaeolimnological approach. Biological Conservation, 141 (11). pp. 2765-2783. ISSN 0006-3207 doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.012
• Falck, W. E., Read, D., Black, S., Thornley, D., Markovaara-Koivisto, M. and Siitari-Kauppi, M. (2008) Understanding uranium migration in hard rocks. In: Merkel, B. J. and Hasche-Berger, A. (eds.) Uranium, mining and hydrogeology. Springer, pp. 19-26. ISBN 9783540877455 doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-87746-2_3
• Read, D., Black, S., Beddow, H., Trueman, E., Thuro, A. and Baumann, N. (2008) The fate of uranium in phosphate-rich soils. In: Herausgegeben von Kok, L. J. d. and Schnug, E. (eds.) Loads and fate of fertilizer-derived uranium. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 978823615460

2007

• Nahmani, J., Hodson, M. E. and Black, S. (2007) Effects of metals on life cycle parameters of the earthworm Eisenia fetida exposed to field-contaminated, metal-polluted soils. Environmental Pollution, 149 (1). pp. 44-58. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.12.018
• Nahmani, J., Hodson, M. E. and Black, S. (2007) A review of studies performed to assess metal uptake by earthworms. Environmental Pollution, 145 (2). pp. 402-424. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.04.009

2006

• Beddow, H., Black, S. and Read, D. (2006) Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) from a former phosphoric acid processing plant. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 86 (3). pp. 289-312. ISSN 0265-931X doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.09.006
• Berlo, K., Turner, S., Blundy, J., Black, S. and Hawkesworth, C. (2006) Tracing pre-eruptive magma degassing using (Pb-210/Ra-226) disequilibria in the volcanic deposits of the 1980-1986 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249 (3-4). pp. 337-349. ISSN 0012-821X doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.018
• Chapman, R.W. and Black, S. (2006) (on the Vera Basin). UNSPECIFIED.
• Robinson, S. A., Black, S., Sellwood, B. W. and Valdes, P. J. (2006) A review of palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5000 years BP: setting the environmental background for the evolution of human civilisation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25 (13-14). pp. 1517-1541. ISSN 0277-3791 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.02.006

2005

• Gehrels, W. R., Kirby, J. R., Prokoph, A., Newnham, R. M., Achterberg, E. P., Evans, H., Black, S. and Scott, D. B. (2005) Onset of recent rapid sea-level rise in the western Atlantic Ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24 (18-19). pp. 2083-2100. ISSN 0277-3791 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.11.016
• Langdon, C. J., Hodson, M. E., Arnold, R. E. and Black, S. (2005) Survival, Pb-uptake and behaviour of three species of earthworm in Pb treated soils determined using an OECD-style toxicity test and a soil avoidance test. Environmental Pollution, 138 (2). pp. 368-375. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.002
• Candy, I., Black, S. and Sellwood, B. W. (2005) U-series isochron dating of immature and mature calcretes as a basis for constructing Quaternary landform chronologies for the Sorbas basin, southeast Spain. Quaternary Research, 64 (1). pp. 100-111. ISSN 0033-5894 doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.05.002

2004

• Trueman, E. R., Black, S. and Read, D. (2004) Characterisation of depleted uranium (DU) from an unfired CHARM-3 penetrator. Science of the Total Environment, 327 (1-3). pp. 337-340. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/s0048-9697(03)00401-7
• Mortimore, J. L., Black, S. and Hutchings, T. (2004) Environmental impact assessment of forest and mining waste interactions in the Tamar River catchment. In: 14th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Copenhagen, DENMARK, A518-A518.
• Berlo, K., Blundy, J., Turner, S., Cashman, K., Hawkesworth, C. and Black, S. (2004) Geochemical precursors to volcanic activity at Mount St. Helens, USA. Science, 306 (5699). pp. 1167-1169. ISSN 0036-8075 doi: 10.1126/science.1103869
• Ceccarello, S., Black, S., Read, D. and Hodson, M. E. (2004) Industrial radioactive barite scale: suppression of radium uptake by introduction of competing ions. MINERALS ENGINEERING , 17 (2). pp. 323-330. ISSN 0892-6875 doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.11.007
• Candy, I., Black, S. and Sellwood, B. W. (2004) Interpreting the response of a dryland river system to Late Quaternary climate change. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23 (23-24). pp. 2513-2523. ISSN 0277-3791 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.06.009
• Candy, I., Black, S. and Sellwood, B. W. (2004) Quantifying time scales of pedogenic calcrete formation using U-series disequilibria. Sedimentary Geology, 170 (3-4). pp. 177-187. ISSN 0037-0738 doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.07.003
• Trueman, E. R., Black, S., Read, D. and Hodson, M. E. (2004) Secondary phase formation on depleted uranium metal in soil. In: 14th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Copenhagen, DENMARK, A498-A498.
• Hubbard, C., Black, S. and Coleman, M. L. (2004) Source zone dynamics in the Rio Tinto, SW Spain. In: 14th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Copenhagen, DENMARK, A452-A452.
• Drake, N.A., Wilson, A., Pelling, R., White, K., Mattingley, D.J. and Black, S. (2004) Water table decline, springline desiccation and the early development of irrigated agriculture in the Wadi al-Ajal, Libyan Fazzan. Libyan Studies, 35. pp. 95-112. ISSN 0263-7189

2003

• Trueman, E. R., Black, S., Read, D. and Hodson, M. E. (2003) Alteration of depleted uranium metal. In: 13th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Kurashiki, Japan, A493-A493.
• Candy, I., Black, S., Sellwood, B. W. and Rowan, J. S. (2003) Calcrete profile development in quaternary alluvial sequences, southeast Spain: Implications for using calcretes as a basis for landform chronologies. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 28 (2). pp. 169-185. ISSN 0197-9337 doi: 10.1002/esp.445
• Arnold, R. E., Langdon, C. J., Hodson, M. E. and Black, S. (2003) Development of a methodology to investigate the importance of chemical speciation on the bioavailability of contaminants to Eisenia andrei. PEDOBIOLOGIA , 47 (5-6). pp. 633-639. doi: 10.1078/0031-4056-00238
• Shin, J. Y., O'Connell, T., Black, S. and Hedges, R. (2003) Differentiating bone osteonal turnover rates by density fractionation; validation using the bomb C-14 atmospheric pulse. In: 18th International Radiocarbon Conference, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND, pp. 853-861.
• Buckby, T., Black, S., Coleman, M. L. and Hodson, M. E. (2003) Fe-sulphate-rich evaporative mineral precipitates from the Rio Tinto, southwest Spain. Mineralogical Magazine, 67 (2). pp. 263-278. ISSN 0026-461X doi: 10.1180/0026461036720104
• Davies, N. A., Hodson, M. E. and Black, S. (2003) Is the OECD acute worm toxicity test environmentally relevant? The effect of mineral form on calculated lead toxicity. Environmental Pollution, 121 (1). pp. 49-54. ISSN 0269-7491
• Ceccarello, S., Black, S., Read, D. and Hodson, M. (2003) Suppression of radium uptake in Barite crystals by introduction of competing ions (e.g. Sr). In: 13th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Kurashiki, Japan, A55-A55.
• Davies, N. A., Hodson, M. E. and Black, S. (2003) The influence of time on lead toxicity and bioaccumulation determined by the OECD earthworm toxicity test. Environmental Pollution, 121 (1). pp. 55-61. ISSN 0269-7491
• Chopin, E. I. B., Black, S., Hodson, M. E., Coleman, M. L. and Alloway, B. J. (2003) A preliminary investigation into mining and smelting impacts on trace element concentrations in the soils and vegetation around Tharsis, SW Spain. Mineralogical Magazine, 67 (2). pp. 279-288. doi: 10.1180/0026461036720099

2002

• Arnold, R. E., Hodson, M. E., Black, S. and Davies, N. A. (2002) The influence of mineral solubility and soil solution concentration on the toxicity of copper to Eisenia fetida Savigny. In: 7th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE7), Cardiff, England, pp. 622-632.

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Qualifications:

BSc (Aberdeen) PhD (Lancaster); FGS; AFFS