Professor Will Blake
Profiles

Professor Will Blake

Professor of Catchment Science

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Professor Will Blake can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
  • Soil erosion
  • River pollution
  • Catchment science
  • River basin science
  • Agriculture
  • Land and water degradation
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals and the environment
Biography

Biography

I am Professor of Catchment Science with interests in soil erosion, its downstream impacts and associated land management challenges. I specialise in development and application of environment forensic/diagnostic approaches to solve complex sediment and pollution problems from catchment to coast.

I undertake research, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in river basin science and physical geography.

Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute.

Director of the University of Plymouth Consolidated Radioisotope Facility (CoRiF).

Qualifications

1994: BSc (Hons) Earth Science, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

1995: MSc Recent Environmental Change, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, UK

2000: PhD, Department of Geography, University of Exeter, UK. "Using Be-7 as a tracer in sediment budget investigations" with Professor Des Walling and Dr Qingping He

2001–2002: Postdoctoral research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea, UK

NERC URGENT programme "Mobilisation and tranfer of heavy metals between ecosystem compartments in the Lower Swansea Valley, an urban regeneration zone", with Professors Rory Walsh and Mike Barnsley

2002–2003: Postdoctoral research officer, Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea, UK

"The erosional consequences of varying degrees of fire-induced soil water repellency in the Sydney Forest Fires region", NERC-funded Recognised-Researcher with Drs Shakesby and Doerr (UWS), Wallbrink (CSIRO, Australia) and Humphreys (Maquarie University, Australia)

2007: Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australia

2003–present: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth

Professional membership

  • Fellow of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
  • International Association for Sediment Water Science (IASWS)
  • International Association of Hydrological Science (IAHS)
  • British Society for Geomorphology (BSG)

Roles on external bodies

Member of UN FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project D1.50.17 on “Nuclear Techniques for a Better Understanding of the Impact of Climate Change on Soil Erosion in Upland Agro-ecosystems”

Formerly on International Association for Sediment Water Science Board of Directors

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

Overview 

I teach on the following subjects with a strong emphasis on linking teaching to my research: 

  • Hillslope hydrology and soil erosion

  • River basin fine sediment dynamics from catchment to coast 

  • Environmental pollution (especially sediment quality and legacy impacts of mining) 

  • Catchment science and management 

  • Catchment ecosystem services 

  • Geohazards: wildfire

  • Geographical science methods 

Wherever possible, my class teaching of process theory is supported by field- and laboratory-based practicals e.g. rainfall simulation to explore impacts agriculture on overland flow and soil erosion or quantification of the environmental quality of streams to assess the effectiveness of catchment sensitive farming. 

I have run overseas fieldtrips to the rainforest of Malaysian Borneo where I work on logging impacts on river sediments. I am keen to offer students opportunity to gain professional catchment science experience and regularly employ undergraduate and masters students within my research programmes to assist with field sampling and laboratory analysis. This includes training students to work to ISO9001:2008 standard in the University Consolidated Radioisotope Facility of which I am Director. 

I undertake research project supervision on BSc (Hons) Geography and related programmes and MSc projects within the 'Sustainable Environmental Management' and Environmental consultancy' programmes

Research

Research

Research interests

I am Professor of Catchment Science with interests in soil erosion, its downstream impacts and associated land management challenges. I specialise in development and application of environment forensic/diagnostic approaches to solve complex sediment and pollution problems from catchment to coast.

My current research in East Africa and Latin America focuses on how natural science and social science data can be integrated to underpin the co-design of pathways to land management change. These interdisciplinary programmes build on previous research in South East Asia and Australia on impacts of logging and wildfire on hydrological processes, soil erosion and sediment and nutrient flux. I also work extensively on UK river basin management problems in mixed agricultural systems.

My applied environmental forensics research is facilitated through knowledge exchange, mentoring and capacity building activities within joint UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordinated Research Programmes (2008 to present) on sediment tracing and fingerprinting techniques to support food and water security.

I have received research funding in excess of £2m from UKRI, EU FP7, H2020, Royal Society, NGOs and UK governmental organisations.

For information on current/recent research projects please follow links below:

IMIXSED Project and SEDiLINK Project [EC Horizon 2020]

Jali Ardhi [GCRF] project [UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund, NE/P015603/1; NE/R009309/1]

Making soil erosion understandable and governable at the river basin scale for food, water and hydropower sustainability in Latin America  [NERC/Newton/CONICYT, Chile: NE/R015597/1]

SIGMA: Peru [UKRI/ CONCYTEC/Newton project, Peru]

Grants & contracts

2019-2020      

Identifying fine sediment inputs to key freshwater pearl mussel populations  

Funding body: SEPA   

Collaborators: APEM Ltd [Meadows]

2019-2021     

Societal Impacts of Glacier Melt in the Andes (SIGMA): Peru   

Funding body: NERC  

Collaborators: co-I with Clason (PI), Morera and others

2018-2020     

Making soil erosion understandable and governable at the river basin scale for food, water and hydropower sustainability in Latin America 

Funding body: NERC /CONICYT 

Collaborators: PI with Bravo (co-PI) and Kelly

2018-2019     

Averting a “tragedy of the commons” in Maasai land: Exploring predictors of communal land degradation and developing pathways to change in Northern Tanzania 

Funding body: British Academy

Collaborators: Co-I with Anna Rabinovich (PI, Exeter), Ndakidemi (NM-AIST), Nasseri (Schumacher

2017-2019     

‘Jali Ardhi [Care for the Land] project: Realising land management change in degraded Maasai grazing lands’ (NE/R009309/1)       

Funding body: NERC   

Collaborators: (PI) with Ndakidemi, Munishi, Mtei (Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania); Gilvear, Roberts, Wilson (PU); Rabinovich (Exeter); Nasseri and Rae (Schumacher College);

2018-2020     

Validating hierarchical mixing models within a catchment sediment budget context. PhD Scholarship (Luis Alberto Ovando Fuentealba)  

Funding body: CONICYT Chile  

Collaborators: DoS for Luis Ovando

2017-2018     

Glacier recession as a source of environmental pollutants (GRASP)    

Funding body: INTERACT       

Collaborators: co-I with Clason (PI) and Mills

Socio-ecological resilience to soil erosion driven by extreme events: past, present and future challenges in East Africa (aka Jali Ardhi [Care for the land] project)       

Funding body: RCUK/Dfid Global Challenges Research fund     

Collaborators: (PI) with Ndakidemi, Munishi, Mtei (Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania); Gilvear, Roberts, Wilson (PU); Rabinovich (Exeter); Nasseri and Rae (Schumacher College);

2016-2016     

Assessing the suitability of potential Freshwater Pearl Mussel translocation sites in the River Clun (phase 2)

Funding body: Natural England 

Collaborators: with Taylor (PI), Comber, Goddard and Westcountry Rivers Trust

2016-2017     

Comprehensive illustrated guideline on the advanced use of Be-7 as soil tracer for assessing erosion and sedimentation rates   

Funding body: UN FAO/IAEA   

Collaborators: PI with Taylor, Iurian and Mabit

2015-2016     

Assessing the suitability of potential Freshwater Pearl Mussel translocation sites in the River Clun

Funding body: Natural England

Collaborators: with Taylor (PI), Comber, Goddard and Westcountry Rivers Trust

Temporal and spatial patterns of phosphorus concentration across the ditch system of West Sedgemoor SSSI 

Funding body: Natural England 

Collaborators: with Taylor (PI), Goddard and Comber

2015-2017     

Sediment linkage between land, river and sea: evaluating impacts of historic mining on sediment quality in the coastal zone   

Funding body: Horizon 2020 (EC)      

Collaborators: with Andra Iurian (MSC Research Fellow)

Integrating isotopic techniques with Bayesian modelling for improved assessment and management of global sedimentation problems      

Funding body: Horizon 2020 (EC)      

Collaborators: PI with Pascal Boeckx (UGent) plus Navas (CSIC), Smith (Liverpool) and NM-AIST (Tanzania) and Jimma University (Ethiopia)

2011 - 2015    

Sources and quality of fine sediment in degraded Freshwater Pearl Mussel habitats (Clun)    

Funding body: Natural England

Collaborators: PI (Plymouth) with APEM Ltd (Stone – Project manager), Taylor, Goddard and Hailey

2012 - 2015    

Sources and quality of fine sediment in degraded river habitats (Mease )      

Funding body: Natural England

Collaborators: PI (Plymouth) with APEM Ltd (Fraser – Project manager), Comber, Taylor, Smith and Hailey

2012 - 2014    

Transfer of fallout radiocaesium through river networks impacted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident (across 2 linked contracts)    

Funding body: University of Tsukuba   

Collaborators: with Smith (Liverpool) and Onda (Tsukuba)

2012 - 2013    

Fine sediment and pollution in southwest rivers (Taw and Teign)      

Funding body: Westcountry Rivers Trust

Collaborators: PI with Comber and Taylor

2012   

Wrong connections: water quality problems in urban nature reserves 

Funding body: PU Community Research Award 

Collaborators: PI with Downs, Smith, Taylor, Solman

Environmental monitoring of salt marsh restoration   

Funding body: Environment Agency    

Collaborators: Co-I with Masselink (PI), Hanley, Blake, et al.

Evaluating sediment accretion rates on restored saltmarshes using fallout Be-7

Funding body: PU Marine Institute     

Collaborators: PI with Taylor, Hanley, Masselink and White

2011-2013     

Quantifying sources and residence times of contaminated sediment in human-impacted river basins: an integrated approach      

Funding body: EU FP7  

Collaborators: with Smith (Marie Curie Research Fellow)

2010   

Evaluating potential use of Compound Specific Stable Isotopes (CSSIs) as sediment tracing tools

Funding body: Westcountry Rivers Trust and UoP      

Collaborators: PI with Couldrick (WRT)

Carbon storage in restored wetlands (River Fal, Cornwall)     

Funding body: Westcountry River Trust

Collaborators: PI with Couldrick (WRT)

2009   

Carbon management in moorlands; effects of drainage and re-wetting on carbon sequestration

Funding body: Seale Hayne Educational Trust  

Collaborators: PI with Charman and Parry

The catastrophic Victoria wildfires: impact of extreme burn severity on the soil system

Funding body: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)  

Collaborators: Co-I with Doerr (PI), Shakesby and University of Melbourne

Development and test of new cost-effective monitoring technologies and planning design for restoration of wetlands – MONITECH

Funding body: Danish Research Council

Collaborators: Co-I with Kronvang (PI) and others

2008   

Particulate-associated contaminants in agricultural estuaries (PhD studentship)       

Funding body: Iraqi Ministry for Education     

Collaborators: Director of studies with Masselink and Keith-Roach

7Be biogeochemistry and role as a tracer in catchment systems (PhD studentship)    

Funding body: Westcountry Rivers Trust and UoP      

Collaborators: Director of Studies with Keith-Roach

2007   

Wildfire, soil erosion and impacts on downstream aquatic resources: evidence form the burnt Evrotas river basin, southern Peloponese, Greece 

Funding body: Natural Environment Research Council  

Collaborators: Athens Institute of Soil Science; Hellenic Centre for Marine research

Establishing Dominant Sediment Sources Within The Furze Brook Study Catchment’   

Funding body: Environment Agency    

“Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Tropical Rainforest Systems and Conservation in Sabah”

Funding body: Earthwatch Institute    

Collaborators: Co-I with Swansea University, University of Singapore and Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Estuarine siltation in Devon and Cornwall: the role of agricultural land use    

Funding body: The Seale-Hayne Educational Trust      

Collaborators: co-I with Gehrels and others (PI)

2006   

Wildfire, soil erosion and future climates of extremes in Australia     

Funding body: Royal Society   

Collaborators: PI with Wallbrink (CSIRO)

Establishing baseline patterns and trends of floodplain sedimentation downstream of a selectively logged tropical rainforest catchment  

Funding body: Royal Geographical Society     

Collaborators: PI with Walsh (Swansea)

Effects of Land Use on Physical and Genetic Soil Structure     

Funding body: Seale Hayne Educational Trust  

Collaborators: Co-I with Petticrew PI, Moody and Bradley

Developing decision support tools for soil conservation within agricultural river basins PhD studentship      

Funding body: Westcountry Rivers Trust and SSB UoP  

Collaborators: Director of Studies with A. Williams

2005   

Evaluating the role of buffer strips in the protection of aquatic habitats

Funding body: Seale Hayne Educational Trust  

Collaborators: PI with Petticrew and Brassley

Avon Estuary Siltation Research Project

Funding body: South Hams Society     

Collaborators: PI with Gehrels and Masselink

2003   

Impacts of wildfire on effective sediment particle size 

Funding body: Royal Society   

Collaborators: PI with Droppo (Canada)

2002   

Impacts on water quality by sediments and nutrients released during extreme bushfires      

Funding body: Sydney Catchment Authority    

Collaborators: Co-I with Wallbrink PI, Doerr, Chafer, Humphreys and Shakesby

Downstream impacts of commercial logging in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Funding body: Royal Society   

Collaborators: with Walsh (Swansea)

2001   

The erosional consequences of varying degrees of fire-induced soil water repellency in the Sydney Forest Fires region 

Funding body: NERC   

Collaborators: researcher Co-I with Doerr, Shakesby PI, Humphreys and Wallbrink

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Bravo-Linares C, Ovando-Fuentealba L, Muñoz-Arcos E, Kitch JL, Millward GE, López-Gajardo R, Cañoles-Zambrano M, Del Valle A, Kelly C & Blake WH (2024) 'Basin scale sources of siltation in a contaminated hydropower reservoir' Science of The Total Environment , DOI Open access
Dowell SM, Humphrey OS, Gowing CJB, Barlow TS, Chenery SR, Isaboke J, Blake WH, Osano O & Watts MJ (2023) 'Suitability of 210Pbex, 137Cs and 239+240Pu as soil erosion tracers in western Kenya' Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 271, , DOI Open access
Crocker R, Blake WH, Hutchinson TH & Comber S (2023) 'Chemical speciation of sediment phosphorus in a Ramsar wetland' Anthropocene 43, , DOI Open access
Crocker R, Blake WH, Hutchinson TH & Comber S (2023) 'Aquatic phosphorus behaviour within a UK Ramsar wetland: Impacts of seasonality and hydrology on algal growth and implications for management' Science of The Total Environment 893, 164606-164606 , DOI
Moreno J, Leorri E, Fatela F, Freitas MC, Moreno F, Mirão J, Dias L, Leira M, Masqué P & Russo A (2023) 'Dating recent tidal marsh sediments using windborne giant particles of green petcoke – An example from the southwest coast of Portugal' Continental Shelf Research 262, 105026-105026 , DOI
Clason CC, Baccolo G, Lokas E, Owens PN, Wachniew P, Millward GE, Taylor A, Blake WH, Beard DB & Poniecka E (2023) 'Global variability and controls on the accumulation of fallout radionuclides in cryoconite' Science of The Total Environment , DOI Open access
Owens PN, Stott TA, Blake WH & Millward GE (2023) 'Legacy radionuclides in cryoconite and proglacial sediment on Orwell Glacier, Signy Island, Antarctica' Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 264, , DOI Open access
Dowell SM, Humphrey OS, Blake WH, Osano O, Chenery S & Watts MJ (2023) 'Ultra-Trace Analysis of Fallout Plutonium Isotopes in Soil: Emerging Trends and Future Perspectives' Chemistry Africa , DOI Open access
Clason C, Rangecroft S, Owens PN, Lokas E, Baccolo G, Selmes N, Beard D, Kitch J, Dextre RM & Morera S (2023) 'Contribution of glaciers to water, energy and food security in mountain regions: current perspectives and future priorities' Annals of Glaciology 1-6 , DOI Open access
Taylor A, Kalnins A, Koot M, Jackson R, Toloza A, Ahmed HS, Goddard R & Blake WH (2023) 'Portable gamma spectrometry for rapid assessment of soil texture, organic carbon and total nitrogen in agricultural soils' Journal of Soils and Sediments 23, (6) 2556-2563 , DOI
Millward GE & Blake WH (2023) 'Distribution and storage of uranium, and its decay products, in floodplain sediments' Environmental Pollution 324, 121356-121356 , DOI
Dowell SM, Barlow TS, Chenery SR, Humphrey OS, Isaboke J, Blake WH, Osano O & Watts MJ (2023) 'Optimisation of plutonium separations using TEVA cartridges and ICP-MS/MS analysis for applicability to large-scale studies in tropical soils' Analytical Methods 15, (34) 4226-4235 , DOI Open access
Blake WH, Hoffmann CC, Poulsen JR, Taylor A & Kronvang B (2022) 'Quantifying sediment and particulate phosphorus accumulation in restored floodplain wetlands using beryllium‐7 as a tracer' Hydrological Processes 36, (11) , DOI Open access
Rabinovich A, Zhischenko V, Nasseri M, Heath SC, Laizer A, Mkilema F, Patrick A, Wynants M, Blake WH & Mtei K (2022) 'Informing versus generating a discussion: Comparing two approaches to encouraging mitigation of soil erosion among Maasai pastoralists' Journal of Environmental Psychology 84, , DOI Open access
Beard DB, Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Poniecka E, Ward KJ & Blake WH (2022) 'Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: Release and downstream consequences' Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment , DOI Open access
Rowney F, Fyfe R, Anderson P, Barnett R, Blake W, Daley T, Head K, MacLeod A, Matthews I & Smith D (2022) 'Ecological consequences of historic moorland ‘improvement’' Biodiversity and Conservation , DOI Open access
Muñoz-Arcos E, Millward GE, Clason CC, Bravo-Linares C & Blake WH (2022) 'Understanding the complexity of sediment residence time in rivers: Application of Fallout Radionuclides (FRNs)' Earth-Science Reviews 233, , DOI Open access
Shi Z, Blake WH, Guo J, Long Y & Wen A (2022) 'Microscale spatial variability of Beryllium-7 at a reference site in southwest China' Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 251-252, 106978-106978 , DOI
Kelly C, Wynants M, Patrick A, Taylor A, Mkilema F, Nasseri M, Lewin S, Munishi L, Mtei K & Ndakidemi P (2022) 'Soils, Science and Community ActioN (SoilSCAN): A citizen science tool to empower community-led land management change in East Africa' Environmental Research Letters 17, , DOI Open access
Mng'ong'o M, Munishi LK, Blake W, Comber S, Hutchinson TH & Ndakidemi PA (2022) 'Towards sustainability: Threat of water quality degradation and eutrophication in Usangu agro-ecosystem Tanzania' Marine Pollution Bulletin 181, 113909-113909 , DOI
Beard DB, Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Poniecka E, Ward KJ & Blake WH (2022) 'Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments I: Inputs and accumulation' Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 46, (4) 630-648 , DOI Open access
Sugumaran D, Blake WH, Millward GE, Yusop Z, Mohd Yusoff AR, Mohamad NA, Nainar A & Annammala KV (2022) 'Composition of deposited sediment and its temporal variation in a disturbed tropical catchment in the Kelantan river basin, Peninsular Malaysia' Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30, (28) 71881-71896 , DOI
Gaspar L, Blake WH, Lizaga I, Latorre B & Navas A (2022) 'Particle size effect on geochemical composition of experimental soil mixtures relevant for unmixing modelling' Geomorphology 403, , DOI Open access
Humphrey OS, Osano O, Aura CM, Marriott AL, Dowell SM, Blake WH & Watts MJ (2021) 'Evaluating spatio-temporal soil erosion dynamics in the Winam Gulf catchment, Kenya for enhanced decision making in the land-lake interface' Science of The Total Environment 815, 151975-151975 , DOI
Clason CC, Blake WH, Selmes N, Taylor A, Boeckx P, Kitch J, Mills SC, Baccolo G & Millward GE (2021) 'Accumulation of legacy fallout radionuclides in cryoconite on Isfallsglaciären (Arctic Sweden) and their downstream spatial distribution' The Cryosphere 15, (11) 5151-5168 , DOI Open access
Amasi AIM, Wynants M, Kawala RA, Sawe SF, Blake WH & Mtei KM (2021) 'Evaluating Soil Carbon as a Proxy for Erosion Risk in the Spatio-Temporal Complex Hydropower Catchment in Upper Pangani, Northern Tanzania' Earth 2, (4) 764-780 , DOI Open access
Taylor A, Wynants M, Munishi L, Kelly C, Mtei K, Mkilema F, Ndakidemi P, Nasseri M, Kalnins A & Patrick A (2021) 'Building Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience through Soil Organic Carbon Restoration in Sub-Saharan Rural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities' Sustainability 13, (19) 10966-10966 , DOI Open access
Wynants M, Munishi L, Mtei K, Bodé S, Patrick A, Taylor A, Gilvear D, Ndakidemi P, Blake WH & Boeckx P (2021) 'Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part I – sediment source tracing in three neighbouring river catchments' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 46, (15) 3096-3111 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Díaz-Rodríguez AM, Kelly C, del Valle A, Bravo-Linares C, Blake W, Velasco H, Meigikos dos Anjos R, Barrera-Hernández LF & de los Santos-Villalobos S (2021) 'Exploring Relationship between Perception Indicators and Mitigation Behaviors of Soil Erosion in Undergraduate Students in Sonora, Mexico' Sustainability 13, (16) 9282-9282 , DOI Open access
Wynants M, Patrick A, Munishi L, Mtei K, Bodé S, Taylor A, Millward G, Roberts N, Gilvear D & Ndakidemi P (2021) 'Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part II – sedimentological evidence of phased land degradation' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 46, (15) 3112-3126 , DOI Open access
Mng’ong’o M, Munishi LK, Blake W, Comber S, Hutchinson TH & Ndakidemi PA (2021) 'Soil fertility and land sustainability in Usangu Basin-Tanzania' Heliyon 7, (8) , DOI Open access
Amasi AIM, Wynants M, Kawalla RA, Sawe S, Munishi L, Blake WH & Mtei KM (2021) 'Reconstructing the Changes in Sedimentation and Source Provenance in East African Hydropower Reservoirs: A Case Study of Nyumba ya Mungu in Tanzania' Earth 2, (3) 485-514 , DOI Open access
Mng'ong'o M, Comber S, Munishi LK, Ndakidemi PA, Blake W & Hutchinson TH (2021) 'Potentially toxic elements status and distribution in Usangu agroecosystem-Tanzania' Environmental Challenges 4, , DOI Open access
Mng'ong'o M, Comber S, Munishi LK, Ndakidemi PA, Blake W & Hutchinson TH (2021) 'Land use patterns influence the distribution of potentially toxic elements in soils of the Usangu Basin, Tanzania' Chemosphere 284, 131410-131410 , DOI
Mng'ong'o M, Munishi LK, Ndakidemi PA, Blake W, Comber S & Hutchinson TH (2021) 'Accumulation and bioconcentration of heavy metals in two phases from agricultural soil to plants in Usangu agroecosystem-Tanzania' Heliyon 7, (7) , DOI Open access
Amasi A, Wynants M, Blake W & Mtei K (2021) 'Drivers, Impacts and Mitigation of Increased Sedimentation in the Hydropower Reservoirs of East Africa' Land 10, (6) 638-638 , DOI Open access
Wang X, Blake WH, Taylor A, Kitch J & Millward G (2021) 'Evaluating the effectiveness of soil conservation at the basin scale using floodplain sedimentary archives' Science of The Total Environment 792, 148414-148414 , DOI
Taniguchi K, Onda Y, Smith HG, Blake W, Yoshimura K, Yamashiki Y, Kuramoto T & Saito K (2021) 'Correction to Transport and Redistribution of Radiocesium in Fukushima Fallout through Rivers' Environmental Science & Technology 55, (13) 9394-9394 , DOI
Mng'ong'o M, Comber S, Munishi LK, Blake W, Ndakidemi PA & Hutchinson TH (2021) 'Assessment of arsenic status and distribution in Usangu agro-ecosystem-Tanzania' Journal of Environmental Management 294, 113012-113012 , DOI
Mng'ong'o M, Munishi LK, Ndakidemi PA, Blake W, Comber S & Hutchinson TH (2021) 'Toxic metals in East African agro-ecosystems: Key risks for sustainable food production' Journal of Environmental Management 294, 112973-112973 , DOI
Muñoz-Arcos E, Castillo A, Cuevas-Aedo A, Ovando-Fuentealba L, Taylor A, Bustamante-Ortega R, Blake WH & Bravo-Linares C (2021) 'Sediment source apportionment following wildfire in an upland commercial forest catchment' Journal of Soils and Sediments 21, (6) 2432-2449 , DOI Open access
Mng’ong’o M, Munishi LK, Blake W, Ndakidemi PA, Comber S & Hutchinson TH (2021) 'Characterization of soil phosphate status, sorption and saturation in paddy wetlands in usangu basin-Tanzania' Chemosphere 278, 130466-130466 , DOI
Iurian AR, Millward G, Blake W & Abril Hernández JM (2021) 'Fine-tuning of 210Pb-based methods for dating vegetated saltmarsh sediments' Quaternary Geochronology 62, 101153-101153 , DOI
Shi Z, Blake WH, Wen A, Chen J, Yan D & Long Y (2021) 'Channel erosion dominates sediment sources in an agricultural catchment in the Upper Yangtze basin of China: Evidence from geochemical fingerprints' CATENA 199, (0) 105111-105111 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Taniguchi K, Onda Y, Smith HG, Blake W, Yoshimura K, Yamashiki Y & Kuramoto T (2020) 'Dataset on the 6-year radiocesium transport in rivers near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant' Scientific Data 7, (1) , DOI Open access
Rabinovich A, Heath SC, Zhischenko V, Mkilema F, Patrick A, Nasseri M, Wynants M, Blake WH, Mtei K & Munishi L (2020) 'Protecting the commons: Predictors of willingness to mitigate communal land degradation among Maasai pastoralists' Journal of Environmental Psychology 72, 101504-101504 , DOI
Blake WH, Kelly C, Wynants M, Patrick A, Lewin S, Lawson J, Nasolwa E, Page A, Nasseri M & Marks C (2020) 'Integrating land‐water‐people connectivity concepts across disciplines for co‐design of soil erosion solutions' Land Degradation & Development 32, (12) 3415-3430 , DOI Open access
Crocker R, Blake WH, Hutchinson TH & Comber S (2020) 'Spatial distribution of sediment phosphorus in a Ramsar wetland' Science of The Total Environment 765, 0-0 , DOI Open access
Kelly C, Wynants M, Munishi LK, Nasseri M, Patrick A, Mtei KM, Mkilema F, Rabinovich A, Gilvear D & Wilson G (2020) '‘Mind the Gap’: Reconnecting Local Actions and Multi-Level Policies to Bridge the Governance Gap. An Example of Soil Erosion Action from East Africa' Land 9, (10) 352-352 , DOI Open access
Khodadadi M, Zaman M, Mabit L, Blake WH, Gorji M, Bahrami AS, Meftahi M & Porto P (2020) 'Exploring the potential of using 7Be measurements to estimate soil redistribution rates in semi-arid areas: results from Western Iran and Southern Italy' Journal of Soils and Sediments 20, (9) 3524-3536 , DOI
Wynants M, Millward G, Patrick A, Taylor A, Munishi L, Mtei K, Brendonck L, Gilvear D, Boeckx P & Ndakidemi P (2020) 'Determining tributary sources of increased sedimentation in East-African Rift Lakes' Science of The Total Environment 717, 137266-137266 , DOI
Rabinovich A, Kelly C, Wilson G, Nasseri M, Ngondya I, Patrick A, Blake WH, Mtei K, Munishi L & Ndakidemi P (2019) '“We will change whether we want it or not”: Soil erosion in Maasai land as a social dilemma and a challenge to community resilience' Journal of Environmental Psychology 101365-101365 , DOI Open access
Escobar-Ruiz V, Smith HG, Blake WH & Macdonald N (2019) 'Assessing the performance of a physically based hydrological model using a proxy‐catchment approach in an agricultural environment' Hydrological Processes 33, (24) 3119-3137 , DOI Open access
Taniguchi K, Onda Y, Smith HG, Blake W, Yoshimura K, Yamashiki Y, Kuramoto T & Saito K (2019) 'Transport and Redistribution of Radiocesium in Fukushima Fallout through Rivers' Environmental Science & Technology 53, (21) 12339-12347 , DOI Open access
Lizaga I, Gaspar L, Blake WH, Latorre B & Navas A (2019) 'Fingerprinting changes of source apportionments from mixed land uses in stream sediments before and after an exceptional rainstorm event' Geomorphology 341, 216-229 , DOI
Owens PN, Blake WH & Millward GE (2019) 'Extreme levels of fallout radionuclides and other contaminants in glacial sediment (cryoconite) and implications for downstream aquatic ecosystems' Scientific Reports 9, (1) , DOI Open access
Laceby JP, Gellis AC, Koiter AJ, Blake WH & Evrard O (2019) 'Preface—evaluating the response of critical zone processes to human impacts with sediment source fingerprinting' Journal of Soils and Sediments 19, (9) 3245-3254 , DOI
Kitch JL, Phillips J, Peukert S, Taylor A & Blake WH (2019) 'Understanding the geomorphic consequences of enhanced overland flow in mixed agricultural systems: sediment fingerprinting demonstrates the need for integrated upstream and downstream thinking' Journal of Soils and Sediments 19, (9) 3319-3331 , DOI
Rushby GT, Richards GT, Gehrels WR, Anderson WP, Bateman MD & Blake WH (2019) 'Testing the mid-Holocene relative sea-level highstand hypothesis in North Wales, UK' The Holocene 29, (9) 1491-1502 , DOI
Wynants M, Kelly C, Mtei K, Munishi L, Patrick A, Rabinovich A, Nasseri M, Gilvear D, Roberts CN & Boeckx P (2019) 'Drivers of increased soil erosion in East Africa’s agro-pastoral systems: changing interactions between the social, economic and natural domains' Regional Environmental Change , DOI Open access
Gaspar L, Lizaga I, Blake WH, Latorre B, Quijano L & Navas A (2019) 'Fingerprinting changes in source contribution for evaluating soil response during an exceptional rainfall in Spanish pre-pyrenees' Journal of Environmental Management 240, 136-148 , DOI
Worku M, Upadhayay HR, Latruwe K, Taylor A, Blake W, Vanhaecke F, Duchateau L & Boeckx P (2019) 'Differentiating the geographical origin of Ethiopian coffee using XRF- and ICP-based multi-element and stable isotope profiling' Food Chemistry 290, 295-307 , DOI
Moreno J, Fatela F, Leorri E, Moreno F, Goncalves MA, Gomez-Navarro JJ, Araujo MF, Freitas MC, Trigo RM & Blake WH (2018) 'Foraminiferal evidence of major environmental changes driven by the sun-climate coupling in the western Portuguese coast (14th century to present)' Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 218, 106-118 Author Site , DOI
Pontevedra-Pombal X, Castro D, Souto M, Fraga I, Blake WH, Blaauw M, López-Sáez JA, Pérez-Díaz S, Valcárcel M & García-Rodeja E (2018) '10,000 years of climate control over carbon accumulation in an Iberian bog (southwestern Europe)' Geoscience Frontiers 10, (4) 1521-1533 , DOI Open access
Blake WH, Rabinovich A, Wynants M, Kelly C, Nasseri M, Ngondya I, Patrick A, Mtei K, Munishi L & Boeckx P (2018) 'Soil erosion in East Africa: an interdisciplinary approach to realising pastoral land management change' Environmental Research Letters 13, (12) 0-0 Author Site , DOI Open access
Gaspar L, Blake WH, Smith HG, Lizaga I & Navas A (2018) 'Testing the sensitivity of a multivariate mixing model using geochemical fingerprints with artificial mixtures' Geoderma 337, 498-510 Author Site , DOI
Blake WH, Boeckx P, Stock BC, Smith HG, Bodé S, Upadhayay HR, Gaspar L, Goddard R, Lennard AT & Lizaga I (2018) 'A deconvolutional Bayesian mixing model approach for river basin sediment source apportionment' Scientific Reports 8, (1) 0-0 Author Site , DOI Open access
Wynants M, Solomon H, Ndakidemi P & Blake WH (2018) 'Pinpointing areas of increased soil erosion risk following land cover change in the Lake Manyara catchment, Tanzania' International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 71, 1-8 , DOI Open access
Upadhayay HR, Smith HG, Griepentrog M, Bodé S, Bajracharya RM, Blake W, Cornelis W & Boeckx P (2018) 'Community managed forests dominate the catchment sediment cascade in the mid-hills of Nepal: A compound-specific stable isotope analysis' Science of the Total Environment 637-638, 306-317 Author Site , DOI Open access
Upadhayay HR, Bodé S, Griepentrog M, Bajracharya RM, Blake W, Cornelis W & Boeckx P (2018) 'Isotope mixing models require individual isotopic tracer content for correct quantification of sediment source contributions' Hydrological Processes 32, (7) 981-989 , DOI
Ryken N, Vanden Nest T, Al-Barri B, Blake W, Taylor A, Bodé S, Ruysschaert G, Boeckx P & Verdoodt A (2018) 'Soil erosion rates under different tillage practices in central Belgium: New perspectives from a combined approach of rainfall simulations and 7 Be measurements' Soil and Tillage Research 179, 29-37 , DOI
Ryken N, Al-Barri B, Blake W, Taylor A, Tack F, Bode S, Boeckx P & Verdoodt A (2018) 'Impact of soil hydrological properties on the Be-7 depth distribution and the spatial variation of Be-7 inventories across a small catchment' Geoderma 318, 88-98 Author Site , DOI
Ryken N, Al-Barri B, Blake W, Taylor A, Tack FMG, Van Ranst E, Bodé S, Boeckx P & Verdoodt A (2017) 'Rapid and irreversible sorption behavior of 7Be assessed to evaluate its use as a catchment sediment tracer' Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 182, 108-116 Author Site , DOI
Ferreira CSS, Walsh RPD, Blake WH, Kikuchi R & Ferreira AJD (2017) 'Temporal Dynamics of Sediment Sources in an Urbanizing Mediterranean Catchment' Land Degradation & Development , DOI
Iurian AR, Millward GE, Sima O, Taylor A & Blake W (2017) 'Self-attenuation corrections for Pb-210 in gamma-ray spectrometry using well and coaxial HPGe detectors' Applied Radiation and Isotopes , DOI Open access
Gholami H, Telfer MW, Blake WH & Fathabadi A (2017) 'Aeolian sediment fingerprinting using a Bayesian mixing model' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms , DOI Open access
Masselink G, Hanley ME, Halwyn AC, Blake W, Kingston K, Newton T & Williams M (2017) 'Evaluation of salt marsh restoration by means of self-regulating tidal gate – Avon estuary, South Devon, UK' Ecological Engineering 106, 174-190 , DOI Open access
Laceby JP, Evrard O, Smith HG, Blake WH, Olley JM, Minella JPG & Owens PN (2017) 'The challenges and opportunities of addressing particle size effects in sediment source fingerprinting: A review' Earth-Science Reviews 169, 85-103 , DOI Open access
Upadhayay HR, Bodé S, Griepentrog M, Huygens D, Bajracharya RM, Blake WH, Dercon G, Mabit L, Gibbs M & Semmens BX (2017) 'Methodological perspectives on the application of compound-specific stable isotope fingerprinting for sediment source apportionment' Journal of Soils and Sediments 17, (6) 1537-1553 , DOI Open access
Moreno J, Fatela F, Leorri E, Moreno F, Freitas MC, Valente T, Araújo MF, Gómez-Navarro JJ, Guise L & Blake WH (2016) 'Bromine soil/sediment enrichment in tidal salt marshes as a potential indicator of climate changes driven by solar activity: New insights from W coast Portuguese estuaries' Science of The Total Environment , DOI Open access
Foulkes M, Millward G, Henderson S & Blake W (2016) 'Bioaccessibility of U, Th and Pb in solid wastes and soils from an abandoned uranium mine' Journal of Environmental Radioactivity , DOI Open access
Owens PN, Blake WH, Gaspar L, Gateuille D, Koiter AJ, Lobb DA, Petticrew EL, Reiffarth DG, Smith HG & Woodward JC (2016) 'Fingerprinting and tracing the sources of soils and sediments: Earth and ocean science, geoarchaeological, forensic, and human health applications' Earth-Science Reviews 162, 1-23 , DOI Open access
Palazón L, Latorre B, Gaspar L, Blake WH, Smith HG & Navas A (2016) 'Combining catchment modelling and sediment fingerprinting to assess sediment dynamics in a Spanish Pyrenean river system' Science of The Total Environment 569-570, 1136-1148 , DOI
Taylor A, Keith-Roach MJ, Iurian AR, Mabit L & Blake WH (2016) 'Temporal variability of beryllium-7 fallout in southwest UK' Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 160, 80-86 , DOI
Ryken N, Al-Barri B, Taylor A, Blake W, Maenhout P, Sleutel S, Tack FMG, Dierick M, Bode S & Boeckx P (2016) 'Quantifying the spatial variation of Be-7 depth distributions towards improved erosion rate estimations' GEODERMA 269, 10-18 Author Site , DOI
Smith HG, Evrard O, Blake WH & Owens PN (2015) 'Preface—Addressing challenges to advance sediment fingerprinting research' Journal of Soils and Sediments 15, (10) 2033-2037 , DOI
Charman DJ, Amesbury MJ, Hinchliffe W, Hughes PDM, Mallon G, Blake WH, Daley TJ, Gallego-Sala AV & Mauquoy D (2015) 'Drivers of Holocene peatland carbon accumulation across a climate gradient in northeastern North America' Quaternary Science Reviews 121, 110-119 , DOI
Palazón L, Latorre B, Gaspar L, Blake WH, Smith HG & Navas A (2015) 'Comparing catchment sediment fingerprinting procedures using an auto-evaluation approach with virtual sample mixtures' Science of The Total Environment 532, 456-466 , DOI
Palazón L, Gaspar L, Latorre B, Blake WH & Navas A (2015) 'Identifying sediment sources by applying a fingerprinting mixing model in a Pyrenean drainage catchment' Journal of Soils and Sediments 15, (10) 2067-2085 , DOI
Iurian A-R, Dercon G, Adu-Gyamfi J, Mabit L, Kis-Benedek G, Ceccatelli A, Tarjan S & Blake W (2015) 'The interception and wash-off fraction of 7Be by bean plants in the context of its use as a soil radiotracer' Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 306, (1) 301-308 , DOI
Burns EE, Comber S, Blake W, Goddard R & Couldrick L (2015) 'Determining riverine sediment storage mechanisms of biologically reactive phosphorus in situ using DGT' Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 22, (13) 9816-9828 Author Site , DOI Open access
Comber SDW, Rees AB & Turner A (2014) 'Metal contamination of sediment by paint peeling from abandoned boats, with particular reference to lead' Science of The Total Environment , DOI Open access
Jha AN, Blake WH & Millward GE (2014) 'Preface: environmental radioactivity: implications for human and environmental health' J Environ Radioact 133, 1-4 Author Site , DOI
Leorri E, Mitra S, Irabien MJ, Zimmerman AR, Blake WH & Cearreta A (2014) 'A 700 year record of combustion-derived pollution in northern Spain: tools to identify the Holocene/Anthropocene transition in coastal environments' Sci Total Environ 470-471, 240-247 Author Site , DOI
Yamashiki Y, Onda Y, Smith HG, Blake WH, Wakahara T, Igarashi Y, Matsuura Y & Yoshimura K (2014) 'Initial flux of sediment-associated radiocesium to the ocean from the largest river impacted by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant' Sci Rep 4, Author Site , DOI Open access
Taylor A, Blake WH & Keith-Roach MJ (2014) 'Estimating Be-7 association with soil particle size fractions for erosion and deposition modelling' JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 14, (11) 1886-1893 , DOI
Smith HG, Blake WH & Taylor A (2014) 'Modelling particle residence times in agricultural river basins using a sediment budget model and fallout radionuclide tracers' EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS 39, (14) 1944-1959 , DOI Open access
Woodbridge J, Davies HJ, Blake WH & Fyfe RM (2014) 'Recent environmental change in an upland reservoir catchment: a palaeoecological perspective' JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY 52, (3) 229-244 , DOI
Leorri E, Cearreta A, Jesus Irabien M, Garcia-Artola A, Corbett DR, Horsman E, Blake WH & Sanchez-Cabeza J-A (2014) 'Anthropogenic disruptions of the sedimentary record in coastal marshes: Examples from the southern Bay of Biscay (N. Spain)' CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH 86, 132-140 , DOI
Palazon L, Gaspar L, Latorre B, Blake WH & Navas A (2014) 'Evaluating the importance of surface soil contributions to reservoir sediment in alpine environments: a combined modelling and fingerprinting approach in the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park' SOLID EARTH 5, (2) 963-978 , DOI
Smith HG & Blake WH (2014) 'Sediment fingerprinting in agricultural catchments: A critical re-examination of source discrimination and data corrections' GEOMORPHOLOGY 204, 177-191 , DOI Open access
Eagling J, Worsfold PJ, Blake WH & Keith-Roach MJ (2013) 'Influence of sediment redox conditions on uranium mobilisation during saline intrusion' CHEMICAL GEOLOGY 357, 158-163 , DOI Open access
Eagling J, Worsfold PJ, Blake WH & Keith-Roach MJ (2013) 'Fate of 90Sr and U(VI) in Dounreay sediments following saline inundation and erosion' Chemosphere 92, (8) 911-917 Author Site , DOI
Taylor A, Blake WH, Smith HG, Mabit L & Keith-Roach MJ (2013) 'Assumptions and challenges in the use of fallout beryllium-7 as a soil and sediment tracer in river basins' EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 126, 85-95 , DOI
Leorri E, Cearreta A, Garcia-Artola A, Jesus Irabien M & Blake WH (2013) 'Relative sea-level rise in the Basque coast (N Spain): Different environmental consequences on the coastal area' OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT 77, 3-13 , DOI
Parry LE, Charman DJ & Blake WH (2013) 'Comparative dating of recent peat deposits using natural and anthropogenic fallout radionuclides and Spheroidal Carbonaceous Particles (SCPs) at a local and landscape scale' QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY 15, 11-19 , DOI
Eagling J, Worsfold PJ, Blake WH & Keith-Roach MJ (2012) 'Mobilization of technetium from reduced sediments under seawater inundation and intrusion scenarios' Environ Sci Technol 46, (21) 11798-11803 Author Site , DOI
Taylor A, Blake WH & Keith-Roach MJ (2012) 'Optimisation of beryllium-7 gamma analysis following BCR sequential extraction' Anal Chim Acta 720, 91-96 Author Site , DOI
Wharton G, Kronvang B, Ogrinc N & Blake WH (2012) 'Interactions between sediments and water: perspectives on the 12th International Association for Sediment Water Science Symposium' JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 12, (10) 1497-1500 , DOI
Taylor A, Blake WH, Couldrick L & Keith-Roach MJ (2012) 'Sorption behaviour of beryllium-7 and implications for its use as a sediment tracer' GEODERMA 187, 16-23 , DOI
Owens PN, Blake WH, Giles TR & Williams ND (2012) 'Determining the effects of wildfire on sediment sources using <SUP>137</SUP>Cs and unsupported <SUP>210</SUP>Pb: the role of landscape disturbances and driving forces' JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 12, (6) 982-994 , DOI
Blake WH, Ficken KJ, Taylor P, Russell MA & Walling DE (2012) 'Tracing crop-specific sediment sources in agricultural catchments' GEOMORPHOLOGY 139, 322-329 , DOI
Smith HG, Blake WH & Owens PN (2012) 'Application of sediment tracers to discriminate sediment sources following wildfire' Wildfire and water quality: processes, impacts and challenges 354, 81-89
Walsh RPD, Bidin K, Blake WH, Chappell NA, Clarke MA, Douglas I, Ghazali R, Sayer AM, Suhaimi J & Tych W (2011) 'Long-term responses of rainforest erosional systems at different spatial scales to selective logging and climatic change' PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 366, (1582) 3340-3353 , DOI
Blake WH, Theocharopoulos SP, Skoulikidis N, Clark P, Tountas P, Hartley R & Amaxidis Y (2010) 'Wildfire impacts on hillslope sediment and phosphorus yields' JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 10, (4) 671-682 , DOI
Garcia-Artola A, Cearreta A, Leorri E, Irabien M & Blake WH (2010) 'Coastal salt-marshes as geological archives of recent sea-level changes' Geogaceta 47, 109-112
Leorri E, Cearreta A, Corbett R, Blake WH, Fatela F, Gehrels WR & Irabien MJ (2010) 'Identification of suitable areas for high-resolution sea-level studies in SW Europe using commonly applied 210Pb models' Geogaceta 47, 35-38
Wilkinson SN, Wallbrink PJ, Hancock GJ, Blake WH, Shakesby RA & Doerr SH (2009) 'Fallout radionuclide tracers identify a switch in sediment sources and transport-limited sediment yield following wildfire in a eucalypt forest' GEOMORPHOLOGY 110, (3-4) 140-151 Author Site , DOI
Masselink G, Cointre L, Williams J, Gehrels R & Blake W (2009) 'Tide-driven dune migration and sediment transport on an intertidal shoal in a shallow estuary in Devon, UK' MARINE GEOLOGY 262, (1-4) 82-95 , DOI
Blake WH, Wallbrink PJ, Wilkinson SN, Humphreys GS, Doerr SH, Shakesby RA & Tomkins KM (2009) 'Deriving hillslope sediment budgets in wildfire-affected forests using fallout radionuclide tracers' GEOMORPHOLOGY 104, (3-4) 105-116 , DOI
Blake WH, Wallbrink PJ & Droppo IG (2009) 'Sediment aggregation and water quality in wildfire-affected river basins' MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH 60, (7) 653-659 , DOI
Tomkins KM, Humphreys GS, Gero AF, Shakesby RA, Doerr SH, Wallbrink PJ & Blake WH (2008) 'Postwildfire hydrological response in an El Nino-Southern Oscillation-dominated environment' JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE 113, (F2) , DOI
Walsh RPD, Blake W, Garbett-Davies HR, James JG, Dyrynda P & Barnsley MJ (2007) 'Changes in the metal content of bed sediment along a river-lake-estuary system in a rehabilitated post-industrial landscape' Water, Air and Soil Pollution 181, (1-4) 107-113
Tomkins KM, Humphreys GS, Wilkinson MT, Fink D, Hesse PP, Doerr SH, Shakesby RA, Wallbrink PJ & Blake WH (2007) 'Contemporary versus long-term denudation along a passive plate margin: the role of extreme events' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32, (7) 1013-1031
Shakesby RA, Wallbrink PJ, Doerr SH, English PM, Chafer CJ, Humphreys GS, Blake WH & Tomkins KM (2007) 'Distinctiveness of wildfire effects on soil erosion in south-east Australian eucalypt forests assessed in a global context' Forest Ecology and Management 238, (1-3) 347-364
Walsh RPD, Blake WH, Garbett-Davies HR, James JG & Barnsley MJ (2007) 'Downstream changes in bed-sediment and streamwater metal concentrations along a watercourse in a rehabilitated post-industrial landscape in south wales' Water Air and Soil Pollution 181, (1-4) 107-113
Blake WH, Walsh RPD, Reed JM, Barnsley MJ & Smith J (2007) 'Impacts of landscape remediation on the heavy metal pollution dynamics of a lake surrounded by non-ferrous smelter waste' Environmental Pollution 148, (1) 268-280
Blake WH, Droppo IG, Humphreys GS, Doerr SH, Shakesby RA & Wallbrink PJ (2007) 'Structural characteristics and behavior of fire-modified soil aggregates' Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface 112, (F2)
Owens PN, Petticrew EL & Blake WH (2006) 'Changes in sediment sources following wildfire in mountainous terrain: a paired-catchment approach, British Columbia, Canada' Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus 6, (5-6) 637-645 , DOI
Humphreys GS, Tomkins KM, Wilkinson MT, Fink D, Shakesby RA, Doerr SH, Walbrink PJ & Blake WH (2006) 'Longer-term and contemporary denudation rates, and the role of extreme events along a passive margin, Australia' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, (18) A273-A273
Blake WH, Wallbrink PJ, Doerr SH, Shakesby RA & Humphreys GS (2006) 'Magnetic enhancement in wildfire-affected soil and its potential for sediment-source ascription' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31, (2) 249-264
Blake WH, Walsh RPD, Sayer AM & Bidin K (2006) 'Quantifying fine-sediment sources in primary and selectively-logged rainforest catchments using geochemical tracers' Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus 6, (5-6) 615-623 , DOI
Doerr SH, Shakesby RA, Blake WH, Chafer CJ, Humphreys GS & Wallbrink PJ (2006) 'Effects of differing wildfire severities on soil wettability and implications for hydrological response' Journal of Hydrology 319, (1-4) 295-311
Blake WH, Wallbrink PJ, Doerr SH, Shakesby RA, Humphreys GS, English P & Wilkinson S (2006) 'Using geochemical stratigraphy to indicate post-fire sediment and nutrient fluxes into a water supply reservoir, Sydney, Australia' Sediment Dynamics and the Hydromorphology of Fluvial Systems 306, 363-370
Wallbrink PJ, Blake W, Doerr SH, Shakesby RA, Humphreys GS & English P (2005) 'Using tracer based sediment budgets to assess redistribution of soil and organic material after severe bush fires' 223-230
Doerr SH, Blake WH, Shakesby RA, Stagnitti F, Vuurens SH, Humphreys GS & Wallbrink P (2004) 'Heating effects on water repellency in Australian eucalypt forest soils and their value in estimating wildfire soil temperatures' International Journal of Wildland Fire 13, (2) 157-163
Blake WH, Wallbrink PJ, Doerr SH, Shakesby RA & Humphreys GS (2004) 'Sediment redistribution following wildfire in the Sydney region, Australia: a mineral magnetic tracing approach' SEDIMENT TRANSFER THROUGH THE FLUVIAL SYSTEM (288) 52-59
Shakesby RA, Chafer CJ, Doerr SH, Blake WH, Wallbrink P, Humphreys GS & Harrington BA (2003) 'Fire severity, water repellency characteristics and hydrogeomorphological changes following the Christmas 2001 Sydney forest fires' Australian Geographer 34, (2) 147-175
Blake WH, Walsh RPD, Barnsley MJ, Palmer G, Dyrynda P & James JG (2003) 'Heavy metal concentrations during storm events in a rehabilitated industrialized catchment' Hydrological Processes 17, (10) 1923-1939
Walsh RPD, Barnsley MJ, Palmer G, Dyrynda P, James JG & Blake W (2003) 'Impacts of storm flow on heavy metal concentrations in a small industrialised catchment' Hydrological Processes 17, 1923-1939
Blake WH, Walsh RPD & Barnsley MJ (2003) 'Relating mineral magnetic measurements to sediment quality in a remediated, contaminated catchment: The significance of heavy metal delivery mode and water-sediment exchange dynamics in a small urban lake' Journal de Physique Iv 107, 193-196
Blake (2002) 'Using cosmogenic beryllium -7 as a tracer in sediment budget investigations' Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography 84 (2), 89-102 , DOI
Blake WH, Walling DE & He Q (2002) 'Using cosmogenic beryllium-7 as a tracer in sediment budget investigations' Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography 84, (2) 89-102 , DOI
Walling DE, He Q & Blake W (2002) 'The use of 7Be as a tracer in sediment budget investigations' Geografiska Annaler 84A, (2) 89-102
Blake WH, Walling DE & He Q (2002) 'Using cosmogenic beryllium-7 as a tracer in sediment budget investigations' GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 84A, (2) 89-102 , DOI
Walling DE, He Q & Blake WH (2000) 'River flood plains as phosphorus sinks' ROLE OF EROSION AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN NUTRIENT AND CONTAMINANT TRANSFER, PROCEEDINGS (263) 211-218
Blake WH, Walling DE & He Q (1999) 'Fallout beryllium-7 as a tracer in soil erosion investigations' Appl Radiat Isot 51, (5) 599-605 Author Site , DOI
Walling DE, He Q & Blake W (1999) 'Use of <SUP>7</SUP>Be and <SUP>137</SUP>Cs measurements to document short- and medium-term rates of water-induced soil erosion on agricultural land' WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 35, (12) 3865-3874 , DOI
Plater AJ, Blake WH & Boyle JF (1998) 'A potential record of palaeoclimate from U-series disequilibria in carbonate lake sediments' Chinese Science Bulletin 43, (S1) 100-100 , DOI
Blake WH, Plater AJ & Boyle JF (1998) 'Seasonal trends in the uranium-series isotopic signatures of lake waters and sediments: Hawes Water, northwest England' JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY 20, (1) 1-14 , DOI
Millward G & Blake WH 'Distribution and Storage of Uranium, and its Decay Products, in Floodplain Sediments' SSRN Electronic Journal Publisher Site , DOI
Reviews
Mabit L, Benmansour M, Abril JM, Walling DE, Meusburger K, Iurian AR, Bernard C, Tarjan S, Owens PN & Blake WH (2014) 'Fallout <SUP>210</SUP>Pb as a soil and sediment tracer in catchment sediment budget investigations: A review' EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 138, 335-351 , DOI
Smith HG, Blake WH & Owens PN (2012) 'Discriminating fine sediment sources and the application of sediment tracers in burned catchments: a review' Hydrological Processes , DOI
Books
(2019) Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7). Springer International Publishing , DOI
Chapters
Mabit L & Blake W (2019) 'Preface' Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7) v-v
Blake WH, Taylor A, Iurian AR, Millward GE & Mabit L (2019) 'Conversion of Be-7 Activity Concentrations into Soil and Sediment Redistribution Amounts' Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7) Springer International Publishing 45-59 , DOI
Blake WH, Taylor A, Toloza A & Mabit L (2019) 'How to Design a Be-7 Based Soil Distribution Study at the Field Scale: A Step-by-Step Approach' Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7) Springer International Publishing 15-27 , DOI
Benmansour M, Blake WH & Mabit L (2019) 'Research into Practice—Linking Be-7 Evidence to Land Management Policy Change for Improved Food Security' Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7) Springer International Publishing 61-69 , DOI
Taylor A, Blake WH, Iurian AR, Millward GE & Mabit L (2019) 'The Use of Be-7 as a Soil and Sediment Tracer' Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7) Springer International Publishing 1-13 , DOI
Annammala KV, Nainar A, Yusoff ARM, Yusop Z, Bidin K, Walsh RPD, Blake WH, Abdullah F, Sugumaran D & Pillay KG (2018) 'Environmental Forensics: A Multi-catchment Approach to Detect Origin of Sediment Featuring Two Pilot Projects in Malaysia' Improving Flood Management, Prediction and Monitoring Emerald Publishing Limited 49-61 , DOI
Dercon G, Gibbs M, Rasche F, Brandt C, Cadisch G, Boeckx P, Bode S, Hancock G, Blake WH & Walling DE (2014) 'Compound Specific Stable Isotope techniques for improving soil conservation strategies: an overview of lessons learned from an FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project' in Heng LK; Sakadevan K; Dercon G; Nguyen ML Managing soils for food security and climate change adaptation and mitigation Rome Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Blake WH, Ficken KJ, Taylor P, Russell M & Walling DE (2014) 'Tracing crop specific sediment sources in agricultural catchments with compound specific stable isotopes (CSSI) and geochemical markers' in Heng LK; Sakadevan K; Dercon G; Nguyen ML Managing soils for food security and climate change adaptation an dmitigation Rome Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Walsh RPD & Blake WH (2009) 'Tropical Rainforests' in Slaymaker O; Embleton-Hamann C; Spencer T Geomorphology and global environmental change Cambridge Univ Pr
Van der Perk M, Blake WH & Eisma M (2007) 'Decision support tools for sediment management' in Owens PN; Organization S Sustainable Management of Sediment Resources: Sediment management at the river basin scale Elsevier Science
Walsh RPD, Clarke MA, Bidin K, Blake WH, Chappell NA, Douglas I, Ramili N, Sayer AM, Sinun W & Larenus J (2006) 'Changes in the spatial distribution of erosion within a selectively logged rain-forest catchment in Borneo 1988-2003' in Owens PN; Collins AJ Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments CABI
Shakesby RA, Blake WH, Doerr SH, Humphreys GS, Wallbrink PJ & Chafer C (2006) 'Factors affecting post-fire hillslope soil erosion after the Christmas 2001 forest fires near Sydney, Australia' in Owens PN; Collins AJ Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments CABI
Walsh RPD, Blake WH, Bidin K, Sayer AM & Thomas AD (2006) 'Prospects for a sediment fingerprinting approach to unravelling changing upstream sediment sources in the rotationally selectively logged Segama catchment, Sabah' in Sidle RC; Tani M; Abdul Rahim N; Tewodros Ayele T Forests and Water in Warm Humid Asia
Blake WH, Doerr SH, Wallbrink PJ, Shakesby RA & Humphreys GS (2006) 'Tracing eroded soil in a burnt water supply catchment, Sydney, Australia: linking magnetic enhancement to soil water repellency' in Owens PN; Collins AJ Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments CABI
Owens PN, Blake WH & Petticrew EL (2006) 'Changes in Sediment Sources Following Wildfire in Mountainous Terrain: A Paired-Catchment Approach, British Columbia, Canada' The Interactions Between Sediments and Water Springer Netherlands 273-281 , DOI
Shakesby RA, Blake WH, Doerr SH, Humphreys GS, Wallbrink PJ & Chafer CJ (2006) 'Hillslope soil erosion and bioturbation after the Christmas 2001 forest fires near Sydney, Australia' Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments: measurement, modelling and management CABI 51-61 , DOI
Blake WH, Walsh RPD, Sayer AM & Bidin K (2006) 'Quantifying Fine-Sediment Sources in Primary and Selectively Logged Rainforest Catchments Using Geochemical Tracers' The Interactions Between Sediments and Water Springer Netherlands 251-259 , DOI
Tomkins KM, Humphresy GS, Shakesby RA, Doerr SH, Blake WH & Wallbrink P (2004) 'Mass movement events in the south-west Sydney Basin during the Holocene' in Roach I Regolith 2004
Humphreys GS, Shakesby RA, Doerr SH, Blake WH, Wallbrink P & Hart DM (2003) 'Some effects of fire on the regolith' Advances in Regolith
Conference Papers
Millward GE, Blake WH, Little R & Couldrick L (2012) 'Uranium and Its Decay Products in Floodplain Sediments from the River Fal' International Symposium on Environmental Radioactivity
Walsh RPD, Chappell N, Clarke M, Ramli N, Blake WH, Douglas I & Bidin K (2012) 'Long-term multi-scale changes in erosion and sediment transport with rotational selective logging in the Segama catchment, Sabah' Asia Oceania Geosciences Society – American Geophysical Union (WPGM) Joint Assembly
Blake WH, Ficken KJ, Taylor P, Russell MA & Walling DE (2012) 'Tracing crop-specific sediment sources in agricultural catchments with compound specific stable isotope (CSSI) and geochemical markers' International Symposium on Managing Soils for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Blake WH, Taylor A, Smith HG, Little R & Millward GE (2012) 'Using FRN and CSSI sediment tracing technologies to support sediment control measures' 3rd Research Coordination Meeting for CRP D1.20.11, International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna
Dercon G & et al. (2012) 'Compound-specific stable isotope analysis for improving precision soil conservation strategies: an overview of the lessons learnt in a FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project. FAO/IAEA' International Symposium on Managing Soils for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Millward GE, Little R, Couldrick L & Blake WH (2012) 'Impacts of historic uranium mining on floodplain sediment quality, Fal river-estuary, South West England' 50th Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association Conference: Today's science for tomorrow's Management Venice
Kronvang B, Blake WH & Taylor A (2012) 'Quantifying sediment retention by restored wetlands using fallout radionuclide tracer technology (137Cs and 7Be): The River Odense, Denmark' in Kronvang B; Hoffman CC; Vlad ML Wetland restoration – challenges and opportunities
Smith HG & Blake WH (2012) 'An integrated approach for determining sources and residence times of fine sediment transported through a river network' EGU General Assembly 2012
Blake WH, Walsh RPDW, Bidin K & Annammala KV (2012) 'Contextualising impacts of logging on tropical rainforest catchment sediment dynamics and source processes using the stratigraphic record of an in-channel bench deposit' EGU General Assembly
Owens PN, Giles TR, Blake WH, Petticrew EL & Bol R (2012) 'Muted response of fine-grained sediment to a wildfire in British Columbia: the role of landscape disturbances and driving forces' EGU General Assembly
Williams RE, Walsh RPDW, Coombs TJ, Bidin K & Blake WH (2012) 'The use of downstream sediment mini-cores to indicate changes through time in the spatial pattern and process contribution of erosion within a small, selectively logged rainforest catchment in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo' EGU General Assembly
Millward GE, Blake WH, Little R & Couldrick L (2012) 'Uranium and Its Decay Products in Floodplain Sediments from the River Fal' EGU General Assembly 2012
Doerr SH, Shakesby RA, Smith HG, Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Bell T & Blake WH (2010) 'The catastrophic Victoria fires of 2009: extreme fire intensity, but only moderate soil burn severity? Reconstructing fire behaviour from soil, ash and seedbank survival data' VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research Coimbra, Portugal 1-/-1/2010
Walsh RPDW, Blake WH, Bidin K, Clarke M, Sayer AM, Ghazali R, Annammala K, Chappell N & Douglas I (2010) 'Erosion on tropical rain-forest terrain: a re-evaluation in the light of long-term monitoring, aerial photographic evidence and sediment fingerprinting in Borneo' EGU2010-14504 Vienna
Blake WH, Clarke P, Manning AJ & Fitzsimons MF (2010) 'Exploring flocculation of suspended burned sediment using an annular flume' EGU General Assembly 2010 Vienna
Doerr SH, Shakesby RA, Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Smith HG, Bell T & Blake WH (2010) 'Impact of the extreme 2009 wildfire Victoria the wettability of naturally highly water repellent soils' EGU General Assembly 2010 Vienna
Doerr SH, Shakesby RA, Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Smith HG, Bell T, Brooks J & Blake WH (2010) 'Impact of the extreme 2009 wildfires in Victoria on the soil system and implications for fire behaviour' EGU General Assembly 2010 Vienna
Taylor A, Blake WH, Keith-Roach MJ & Couldrick L (2010) 'The environmental behaviour of beryllium-7: implications for its use as a soil erosion tracer' EGU General Assembly 2010 Vienna
Reports
Iurian AR, Toloza A, Adu-Gyamfi J, Blake WH, Gyula KB & Dercon G (2013) Validation of Be-7 as a tracer for short-term soil erosion events in eastern Austria. Joint FAO/IAEA Programme: Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture: Soils Newsletter
Blake WH, Ficken KJ, Taylor P, Russell MA & Walling DE (2012) Evaluating the contribution of different land uses to catchment sediment yield using compound-specific stabel isotope techniques. Joint FAO/IAEA Programme: Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture: Soils Newsletter
Presentations and posters
Blake W, Kelly C, Taylor A, Nasseri M, Wynants M, Patrick A, Mkilema F, Munishi L, Mtei K & Ndakidemi P Blake W, Kelly C, Taylor A, Nasseri M, Wynants M, Patrick A, Mkilema F, Munishi L, Mtei K & Ndakidemi P 'Soils, Science and Community ActioN (SoilSCAN) to reduce land degradation in East Africa' , DOI
Other Publications
Rowney F, Fyfe R, Anderson P, Barnett R, Blake W, Daley T, Head K, MacLeod A, Matthews I & Smith D Data associated with 'Rowney et al. (2022). Ecological consequences of historic moorland ‘improvement’. Biodiversity and Conservation'. Open access
Wynants M, Patrick A, Munishi L, Mtei K, Bodé S, Taylor A, Millward G, Roberts N, Gilvear D & Ndakidemi P Dataset for paper pair 'Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania'. Open access