Publications and conferences

Publications

• Nicholls R.J., Beaven R., Stringfellow A., Spencer K.L., Tarrant O., and Cope S. (2020). Coastal Landfills, Rising Sea Levels and Shoreline Management: A Challenge for the 21st Century, Coastal Management 2019, 391-404. In: Hardiman N and Institute of Civil Engineers, Proceedings of Coastal Management 2019: Joining forces to shape our future coasts, Institute of Civil Engineers, London.
• Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2019). Potential contamination of the coastal zone by eroding historic landfills. Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2019, 146: pp. 282–291
• Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2018). Risk screening assessment for ranking historic coastal landfills by pollution risk. Anthropocene Coasts, 2018, 1(1): 44–61.
• O’Shea, F.T., Cundy, A.B. and Spencer, K.L. (2018). The contaminant legacy from historic coastal landfills and their potential as sources of diffuse pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol 128, March 2018, pp. 446–455.
  
• Brand, J.H., Spencer, K.L., O’Shea, F.T. and Lindsay, J.E. (2017). Potential pollution risks of historic landfills on low-lying coasts and estuaries. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1264
  
• Brand, J.H. (2017). Assessing the risk of pollution from historic coastal landfills. PhD Thesis. Queen Mary University of London.
• Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2017). Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. 2017. Assessing the risk of pollution from historic coastal landfills. Executive Summary for the Environment Agency. [PDF 1,185KB]
  
• O’Shea, F.T. (2016). Assessment of diffuse pollution originating from estuarine historical landfills. PhD Thesis. Queen Mary University of London.

Conference presentations

• Brand, J.H., Spencer, K.L., Brasington, J. and Lindsay, J.E. (2013). Diffuse pollution in the coastal zone - contamination from waste filled seawalls. 12th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, Plymouth, UK.
• Brand, J.H., (2015). Diffuse pollution in the coastal zone - contamination from waste filled embankments. ECSA 55, London, United Kingdom.
• Brand, J.H., (2016). Contamination from historic coastal landfills [PDF 197KB] Environment Agency Flood & Coast 2016, Telford, UK.
• Brand, J.H. and Spencer, K.L. (2016): Pollution from historic landfill sites [PDF 3,163KB] River Restoration Centre 2016, Blackpool, UK (poster presentation).
• O’Shea, F.T. and Spencer, K.L., (2015). Contamination of Coastal Sediments from Historic Landfills: A ticking time-bomb, 9th International SedNet Conference, Krakow, Poland.
• O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and Brasington, J., (2015). In-situ X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis: Rapid data acquisition in the coastal zone, ECSA 55, London, United Kingdom (poster presentation).
• O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and Brasington, J., (2015). Historical landfills within the coastal zone: A broad scale spatial investigation of contamination legacy, ECSA 55, London, United Kingdom.
• O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and Brasington, J., (2014). Quantitative assessment of historical coastal landfill contamination using in-situ field portable X-Ray Fluorescence (FPXRF), European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. 27th April – 4th May 2014.
• O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L., Brasington, J. and Webb. M., (2013). Impacts of Coastal Landfills on the Quality of Estuarine Environments, 12^th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium, Plymouth. 30^thJune – 4^th July 2013. 
• O’Shea, F.T., Spencer, K.L. and MacLeod, C.L., (2012) Development of a risk assessment model for diffuse landfill pollution as a result of climate change’ [PDF 8,085KB], ECSA 50, Venice, Italy. 3rd–7th June 2012 (poster presentation).