Alastair Ruffell

TL;DR: The aim of this paper was to demonstrate the suitability of GPR for identifying void spaces when run across a rough surfaced wall facade, by providing a comparison of three commonly used antennas to inform equipment choice during survey design.

TL;DR: Statistical analysis suggests that testate amoebae assemblages are somewhat spatially distinct and have potential to be used for soil discrimination, and further experimental work is crucial to examine the spatial and temporal variation of amoevolution in water films, wet ground and puddles before they can be added to the armoury of methods available to the forensic biologist.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the differences in the spatial variation of permeability characteristics between fine- and coarse-grained Stanton Moor building sandstone and found that the spatial distribution and variability of the permeability is more important in predicting the overall strength and weathering properties than mean permeability and absolute minimum and maximum values.

Abstract: In the late early Carnian (Late Triassic) an important, but yet poorly understood, phase of global climate change occurred. This is roughly coincident with a time of major biological turnover. Many important groups diversified or spread during the Carnian, e.g., dinosaurs, calcareous nannofossils, and modern conifers. Abrupt environmental changes are observed in the geological record worldwide during this interval. These phenomena were roughly synchronous with a carbon-cycle perturbation and could be linked to Large Igneous Province volcanism. Palaeoclimatologists, stratigraphers, geochemists, carbonate sedimentologists, palaeontologists, and modellers met at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst (Germany), to discuss this intriguing episode of climate change, and the associated effects on the environments and biota. The main aims of the workshop was to summarise the current understanding of the Carnian Pluvial Episode, and discuss future research directions. 1Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Institute for Advanced Study, 27753 Delmenhorst, Germany 2Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), 28359 Bremen, Germany 3School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK 4School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK 5MUSE – Science Museum, 38122 Trento, Italy 6Department of Applied Geology, Geoscience Center, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany 7Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy 8Museum of Nature South Tyrol, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy 9Department für Geound Umweltwissenschaften, Paläontologie und Geobiologie, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität and Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, 800333 München, Germany 10Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG-CNR), 35131 Padova, Italy 11School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK 12Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA 13Department of Geosciences, University of Padova,, 35131 Padova, Italy 14Department of Geobiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany 15National Museums Northern Ireland, Cultra, Co. Down, BT18 0EU, UK 16Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China Meeting Report