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Dr James J. Rothwell

Dr. James Rothwell Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email: j.j.rothwell@mmu.ac.uk; Tel: +44 (0)161 247 3660

Academic Interests
  • Hydrochemical processes and modelling
  • Biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems
  • Environmental archives of pollution
  • Contaminated soils and sediments
  • Digital Terrain Analysis and GIS


Publications

Journals

Rothwell, J.J., Lindsay, J.B., Evans, M.G., Allott, T.E.H. (in review). Modelling suspended sediment lead concentrations in contaminated peatland catchments using digital terrain analysis. Ecological Engineering.

Lindsay, J.B., Rothwell, J.J., Davies, H. (in review). Mapping outlet points used for watershed delineation onto DEM-derived stream networks. Water Resources Research.

Pawson, R.R., Rothwell, J.J., Daniels, S.M., Evans, M.G., Allott, T.E.H. (in review). Fluvial organic carbon flux from an eroding peatland catchment, southern Pennines, UK. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

Rothwell, J.J., Futter, M., Dise, N.B. (in press). A Classification and Regression Tree Model of Controls on Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Leaching from European Forests. Environmental Pollution.

Dise, N.B., Rothwell, J.J., Gauci, V., van der Salm, C., de Vries, W. (in press). Predicting dissolved inorganic nitrogen leaching in European forests using two independent databases. Science of the Total Environment.

Hutchinson, S.M., Rothwell, J.J. (in press). Mobilisation of sediment-associated metals from historical smelting and milling sites on the River Sheaf, Sheffield, UK. Environmental Pollution.

Shotbolt, L.A., Rothwell, J.J., Lawlor, A.J. (in press). A mass-balance approach to determining lead fluxes in the southern Pennines, north-central England. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Daniels, S.M., Allott, T.E.H. (in press). Peat soils as a source of lead contamination to upland fluvial systems. Environmental Pollution.

Lageard, J.G.A., Howell, J.A., Rothwell, J.J., Drew, I.B. (in press). The utility of Pinus sylvestris L. in dendrochemical investigations: pollution impact of lead mining and smelting in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK. Environmental Pollution.

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Allott, T.E.H. (2008). In-stream processing of sediment-associated metals in peatland fluvial systems. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 187, 53-64.

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Daniels, S.M., Allott, T.E.H. (2007). Baseflow and stormflow metal concentrations in streams draining contaminated peat moorlands in the Peak District National Park (UK). Journal of Hydrology, 341, 90-104.(PDF)

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Liddaman, L.C., Allott, T.E.H. (2007). The role of wildfire and gully erosion in particulate lead export from contaminated peatland catchments in the southern Pennines. Geomorphology, 88, 276-284. (PDF)

Rothwell, J.J., Lindsay, J.B. (2007). Mapping contemporary magnetic mineral concentrations in peat soils using fine-resolution digital terrain data. Catena, 70, 465-474.(PDF)

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Allott, T.E.H. (2007). Lead contamination of fluvial sediments in an eroding blanket peat catchment. Applied Geochemistry, 22 (2), 446-459.(PDF)

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Lindsay, J.B., Allott, T.E.H. (2007). Scale-dependent spatial variability in peatland lead pollution in the southern Pennines, UK. Environmental Pollution, 145, 111-120.(PDF)

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Allott, T.E.H. (2006). Sediment-water interactions in an eroded and heavy metal contaminated peatland catchment, southern Pennines, UK. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 6 (5-6), 669-676.(PDF)

Rothwell, J.J., Robinson, S.G., Evans, M.G., Yang, J., Allott, T.E.H. (2005). Heavy metal release by peat erosion in the Peak District, southern Pennines, UK. Hydrological Processes, 19 (15), 2973-2989.(PDF)

Book chapters

Lindsay, J.B., Rothwell, J.J. (in press). Modelling channelling and deflection of wind by topography. In Zhou, Q., Lees, B., Tang, G (Eds.). Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, The Netherlands.

Rothwell, J.J., Evans, M.G., Allott, T.E.H. (2006). Sediment-water interactions in an eroded and heavy metal contaminated peatland catchment, southern Pennines, UK. In Kronvang, B., Faganeli, J., Ogrinc, N. (Eds.). The Interactions Between Sediments and Water. Springer, The Netherlands, pp 305-312.

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