Current and recent grants

DESIRE IP ‘A global research initiative to mitigate desertification and remediate degraded land’. EU-funded project involving 26 partners, including Russia, Chile, Mexico and Botswana. 2007-12; Principal Investigator.

‘The effects of prescribed forest fire on the soil system’. British Council-funded, 2010-11; Co-investigator.

‘Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Holocene moraines, Norway’. Jotunheimen Research Trust, 2010-11; Principal Investigator

‘The catastrophic Victoria wildfires: impact of extreme burn severity on the soil system’. NERC-funded, 2009-10; Co-investigator

‘The role of soil water repellency in soil erosion hazard following forest wildfires’. British Council-funded. 2006-9. Principal Investigator.

‘Cosmogenic dating of early-Holocene glacier variations in Norway for reconstruction of winter precipitation fluctuations’. NERC-funded. 2004-7; Co-principal Investigator.

WATER REUSE: 'Sustainable waste water recycling technologies for irrigated land in NIS and Southern European States'. FP6-INCO-NIS project involving 7 partners incl. Russia and Ukraine. 2005-2009; Co-investigator.

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Selected publications since 2001

Esteves T.C.J., Kirkby M.J., Shakesby R.A., Ferreira, A.J.D., Soares, J.A.A., Irvine B.J., Ferreira C.S.S., Coelho, C.O.A., Bento, C.P.M. and Carreiras, M.A. (2012) Mitigating land degradation caused by wildfire: application of the PESERA model to fire-affected sites in central Portugal. Geoderma (in press).

Santín, C., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A., Bryant, R., Sheridan, G.J., Lane, P.N.J. and Smith, H.G. (2012) Carbon  loads, forms and sequestration potential within ash deposits from forest fires: new insights from the 2009 ‘Black Saturday’ fires, Australia. European Journal of Forest Research 131, 1245-1253.   

Richards, P.J., Humphreys, G.S., Tomkins, K.M., Shakesby, R.A. and Doerr, S.H. (2011) Bioturbation on fire-affected southeast Australian sandstone hillslopes: spatial and temporal variation. Catena 87, 20-30

Matthews, J.A., Shakesby R.A., Owen, G. and Vater, A. (2011)  Pronival rampart formation in relation to snow-avalanche activity and Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD): three case studies from southern Norway. Geomorphology  130, 280-288.   

Shakesby, R.A., Matthews, J.A., Karlén, W. and Los, S.O. (2011) The Schmidt hammer as a Holocene calibrated-age dating technique: testing the form of the R-value – age relationship and defining the predicted-age errors. The Holocene 21, 615-628. 

Shakesby, R.A. (2011) Post-wildfire soil erosion in the Mediterranean: review and future research directions. Earth-Science Reviews 105, 71-100.

Urbanek, E., Bodi, M., Doerr, S.H. and Shakesby, R.A. (2010) Autoclaving causes significant alteration of soil wettability. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74, 2086-8.

Shakesby, R.A. and Matthews, J.A. (2009) Comments on Jansson, K.N. and Glasser, N.F. (2008) “Modification of peripheral mountain ranges by former ice sheets: The Brecon Beacons, Southern UK”. Geomorphology 17, 178-189.

Urbanek, E. and Shakesby, R.A. (2009) The impact of stone content on water flow in water-repellent sand. European Journal of Soil Science 60, 412-419.

Hiemstra, J.F., Rijsdijk, K.F., Shakesby, R.A. and McCarroll, D. (2009) Reinterpreting Rotherslade: implications for Last Glacial ice limits and Quaternary stratigraphy of the British Isles. Journal of Quaternary Science 24, 399-410.

Blake, W.H., Wallbrink, P.J., Wilkinson, S.N., Humphreys, G.S., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A. and Tomkins, K.M. (2009) Deriving hillslope sediment budgets in wildfire-affected forests using fallout radionuclide tracers. Geomorphology 104, 105-116.

Wilkinson, S.N., Wallbrink, P.J., Hancock, G.J., Blake, W.H., Shakesby, R.A.  and Doerr, S.H. (2009) Fallout radionuclide tracers identify a switch in sediment sources and transport-limited sediment yield following wildfire in a eucalypt forest. Geomorphology 110, 140-151.

Tomkins, K.M., Humphreys, G.S., Gero, A.F., Shakesby, R.A., Doerr, S.H., Wallbrink, P.J. and Blake, W.H. (2008) Post-wildfire response in an ENSO-dominated environment. Journal of Geophysical Research – (Earth Surface) 113, F02023.

Matthews, J.A., Shakesby, R.A., Schnabel, C. and Freeman, S. (2008) Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al ages of Holocene moraines in southern Norway I: Testing the method and confirmation of the date of the Erdalen Event (c. 10ka) at its type site. The Holocene 18, 1155-1164.

Shakesby, R.A., Matthews, J.A. and Schnabel, C. (2008) Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al ages of Holocene moraines in southern Norway II: evidence for individualistic responses of high-altitude glaciers to millennial-scale climatic fluctuations. The Holocene 18, 1165-1177. 

Shakesby, R.A., Wallbrink, P.J., Doerr, S.H., English, P.M., Chafer, C.J., Humphreys, G.S., Blake, W.H. and Tomkins, K.T. (2007) Distinctiveness of wildfire effects on soil erosion in south-east Australian eucalypt forests assessed in a global context. Forest Ecology and Management 238, 347-364.

Shakesby, R.A., Smith, J.G., Matthews, J.A., Winkler, S. Dresser, P.Q., Bakke, J., Dahl, S.O., Lie, Ø. and Nesje, A. (2007) Reconstruction of Holocene glacier history from distal sources: glaciofluvial stream-bank mires and a glaciolacustrine sediment core near Sota Sæter, Breheimen, Norway. The Holocene 17, 729-745.

Tomkins, K.T., Humphreys, G.S., Wilkinson, M.T., Hesse, P.P., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A., Wallbrink, P.J., Blake, W.H. and Fink, D. (2007) Contemporary versus long-term denudation along a passive plate margin and the role of extreme events. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32, 1013-1031.

Carr, S.J., Coleman, C.G., Humpage, A.J. and Shakesby, R.A. (eds) (2007) The Quaternary of the Brecon Beacons. Field guide. Quaternary Research Association, London.

Leighton-Boyce, G., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A. and Walsh, R.P.D. (2007) Quantifying the impact of soil water repellency on overland flow generation and erosion: a new approach using rainfall simulation and wetting agent on in situ soil. Hydrological Processes 21, 2337-2345.

Blake, W.H., Droppo, I.G., Humphreys, G.S., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A. and Wallbrink, P.J. (2007) Structural characteristics and behaviour of fire-modified soil aggregates. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface 112, Art No. F02020.

Owen, G., Matthews, J.A., Shakesby, R.A. and He X. (2006) Snow-avalanche impact landforms and deposits at Urdvatnet, Norangsdalen, southern Norway. Geografiska Annaler 88A, 295-307.

Blake, W.H., Wallbrink, P., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A. and Humphreys, G.S. (2006) Magnetic enhancement in fire-affected soil and its potential for sediment-source ascription. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31, 249-269.

Shakesby, R.A. and Doerr, S.H. 2006. Wildfire as a hydrological and geomorphological agent. Earth-Science Reviews 74, 269-307.

Owen, G., Matthews, J.A. and Shakesby, R.A. (2006) Rapid Holocene chemical weathering on a calcitic lake shoreline in an alpine periglacial environment: Attgløyma, Sognefjell, southern Norway. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 17, 3-12.

Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A., Blake, W.H., Chafer, C.J., Humphreys, G.S. and Wallbrink, P.J. (2006) Effects of different wildfire severities on soil wettability and implications for hydrological response. Journal of Hydrology 319, 295-311.

Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A., Dekker, L.W. and Ritsema, C.J. (2006) Occurrence, prediction and hydrological effects of water repellency amongst major soil and land use types in a humid temperate environment. European Journal of Soil Science 57, 741-754.

Shakesby, R.A., Matthews, J.A. and Owen, G. (2006) The Schmidt hammer as a relative-age dating tool and its potential for calibrated-age dating in Holocene glaciated environments. Quaternary Science Reviews 25, 2846-2867.

Blake, W.H., Wallbrink, P., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A. and Humphreys, G.S. (2006) Magnetic enhancement in fire-affected soil and its potential for sediment-source ascription. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31, 249-269.

Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A., Dekker, L.W. and Ritsema, C.J. (2006) Occurrence, prediction and hydrological effects of water repellency amongst major soil and land use types in a humid temperate environment. European Journal of Soil Science 57, 741-754.

Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A., Blake, W.H., Humphreys, G.S., Chafer, C. and Wallbrink, P.J. (2006) Effects of contrasting wildfire severity on soil wettability in Australian eucalypt catchments. Journal of Hydrology, 319, 295-311.

Shakesby, R.A., Blake, W.H., Doerr, S.H., Humphreys, G.S., Wallbrink, P. and Chafer, C.J. (2006) Hillslope soil erosion and bioturbation following the 2001 forest fires near Sydney, Australia. In Owens, P. and Collins, A. (eds) Soil erosion and soil redistribution in river catchments: measurement, modelling and management in the 21st century. CAB International, Wallingford, 51-61.

Shakesby, R.A. and Doerr, S.H. (2006) Wildfire as a hydrological and geomorphological agent. Earth-Science Reviews 74, 269-307.

Doerr, S.H., Douglas, R.C., Morley, C.P., Mullinger, N.J., Bryant, R. and Shakesby, R.A. (2005) Effects of heating and post-heating equilibration times on soil water repellency. Australian Journal of Soil Research 43, 261-267.

Keizer, J.J., Coelho, C.O.A., Shakesby, R.A., Domingues, C.S.P., Malvar, M.C., Perez, I.M.P., Matias, M.J.S. & Ferreira, A.J.D. (2005) The role of soil water repellency in overland flow generation in pine and eucalypt forest stands in coastal Portugal. Australian Journal of Soil Research 43, 337-349.

Leighton-Boyce, G., Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A., Walsh, R.P.D., Ferreira, A.J.D., Boulet, A.K. & Coelho, C.O.A. (2005) Temporal dynamics of water repellency and soil moisture in eucalypt plantations, Portugal. Australian Journal of Soil Research 43, 269-280.

Shakesby, R.A., Matthews, J.A. and Winkler, S. (2004) Glacier variations in Breheimen, southern Norway: relative-age dating of Holocene moraine complexes at six high-altitude glaciers. The Holocene 14, 899-910.

Doerr, S.H., Blake, W.H., Humphreys, G.S., Shakesby, R.A., Stagnitti, F., Vuurens, S.H. and 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, 157-163.

Doerr, S.H., Ferreira, A.J.D., Walsh, R.P.D., Shakesby, R.A., Leighton-Boyce, G. and Coelho, C.O.A. (2003) Soil water repellency as a potential parameter in rainfall-runoff modelling: experimental evidence at point to catchment scales from Portugal. Hydrological Processes 17, 363-377.

Winkler, S, Matthews, J.A., Shakesby, R.A. and Dresser, P.Q. (2003) Glacier variations in Breheimen, southern Norway: dating Little Ice Age moraine sequences at seven low-altitude glaciers. Journal of Quaternary Science 18, 395-413.

Shakesby, R.A., Chafer, C.J., Doerr, S.H., Blake, W.H., Humphreys, G.S., Wallbrink, P. and Harrington, B.H. (2003) Fire severity, water repellency characteristics and hydrogeomorphological changes following the Christmas 2001 forest fires. Australian Geographer 34, 147-175.

Shakesby, R.A., Coelho, C.O.A., Ferreira, A.J.D. and Walsh, R.P.D. (2002) Ground-level changes after wildfire and ploughing in eucalyptus and pine forests, Portugal: implications for soil microtopographical development and soil longevity. Land Degradation & Development 13, 111-127.

Shakesby, R.A. and Matthews, J.A. (2002) Sieve deposition by debris flow on a permeable substrate, Leirdalen, Norway. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 27, 1031-1041.

Shakesby, R.A., Coelho, C.O.A., Schnabel, S., Keizer, J.J., Clarke, M.A., Lavado Contador, J.F., Walsh, R.P.D., Ferreira, A.J.D. and Doerr, S.H. (2002) A ranking methodology for assessing relative erosion risk and its application to dehesas and montados in Spain and Portugal. Land Degradation & Development 13, 129-140.

Matthews, J.A., Bridges, E.M., Caseldine, C.J., Luckman, A.J., Owen, H.G., Perry, A.H., Shakesby, R.A., Walsh, R.P.D., Whittaker, R.J. and Willis, K.J. (eds) (2001) The encyclopaedic dictionary of environmental change, Arnold, London, 690 pp.

McCarroll, D., Shakesby, R.A. and Matthews, J.A. (2001) Enhanced rockfall activity during the Little Ice Age: further lichenometric evidence from a Norwegian talus. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 12, 157-164.

Selected publications pre-2001

Shakesby, R.A., Austin, W.E.N. and McCarroll, D. (2000) Foraminifera from the glacigenic deposits at Broughton Bay, South Wales: evidence for glacimarine or terrestrial ice-sheet deglaciation of the Irish Sea Basin? Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 111, 147-152.

Doerr, S.H., Shakesby, R.A. and Walsh, R.P.D. (2000) Soil hydrophobicity: its causes, characteristics and hydro-geomorphological significance. Earth-Science Reviews 51, 33-65.

Shakesby, R.A., Doerr, S.H. & Walsh, R.P.D. (2000) The erosional impact of soil hydrophobicity: current problems and future research directions. Journal of Hydrology 231-232, 178-191.

Thomas, A.D., Walsh, R.P.D. and Shakesby, R.A. (2000) Solutes in overland flow following fire in eucalyptus and pine forests, northern Portugal. Hydrological Processes 14, 971-985.

Ferreira, A.J.D., Coelho, C.O.A., Walsh, R.P.D., Shakesby, R.A., Ceballos, A. and Doerr, S.H. (2000) Hydrological implications of soil water repellency in Eucalyptus globulus forests, north-central Portugal. Journal of Hydrology 231-232, 165-177.

Shakesby, R.A., Matthews, J.A., McEwen, L. and Berrisford, M.S. (1999) Snow-push processes in pronival (protalus) rampart formation: geomorphological evidence from southern Norway. Geografiska Annaler 81A, 31-45.

Thomas, A.D., Walsh, R.P.D. and Shakesby, R.A. (1999) Nutrient losses in eroded sediment after fire in eucalyptus and pine forests in the wet Mediterranean environment of northern Portugal. Catena 36, 283-302.

Matthews, J.A., Shakesby, R.A., McEwen, L. , Berrisford, M.S., Owen, G. and Bevan, P. (1999) Alpine debris-flows in Leirdalen, Norway, with particular reference to distal fans, intermediate-type deposits and flow types. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 31, 421-435.

McCarroll, D., Shakesby, R.A. and Matthews, J.A. (1998) Spatial and temporal patterns of Late Holocene rockfall activity on a Norwegian talus slope: a lichenometric and simulation-modeling approach. Arctic and Alpine Research, 30, 51-60.

Matthews, J.A., Shakesby, R.A., Berrisford, M.S. and McEwen, L. (1998) Periglacial patterned ground on the Styggedalsbreen glacier foreland, Jotunheimen, southern Norway: micro-topographic, paraglacial and geoecological controls. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 9, 147-166.

Shakesby, R.A. (1997) Pronival (protalus) ramparts: a review of forms, processes, diagnostic criteria and palaeoenvironmental implications. Progress in Physical Geography 21, 394-418.

Doerr, S. Shakesby, R.A. and Walsh, R.P.D. (1996) Soil hydrophobicity variations with depth and particle size fraction in burned and unburned Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus pinaster forest terrain in the Águeda Basin, Portugal. Catena 27, 25-48.

Shakesby, R.A., Boakes, D.J., Coelho, C. de O.A., Gonçalves, A.J.B. and Walsh, R.P.D. (1996) Limiting the soil degradational impacts of wildfire in pine and eucalyptus forests, Portugal: comparison of alternative post-fire management practices. Applied Geography 16, 337-356.

Shakesby, R.A. and Matthews, J.A. (1996) Glacial activity and paraglacial landsliding activity in the Devensian Lateglacial: evidence from Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Dringarth, Fforest Fawr (Brecon Beacons), South Wales. Geological Journal 31, 143-158.

Shakesby, R.A., Matthews, J.A. and McCarroll, D. (1995) Pronival ("protalus") ramparts in the Romsdalsalpane, southern Norway: forms, terms, subnival processes, and alternative mechanisms of formation. Arctic and Alpine Research, 27, 271-282.

McCarroll, D., Matthews, J.A. and Shakesby, R.A. (1995) Late Holocene snow-avalanche activity in southern Norway: interpreting lichen size-frequency distributions using an alternative to simulation modelling. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20, 465-471.

Campbell, S. and Shakesby, R.A. (1994) Late Pleistocene deposits at Broughton Bay, Gower, South Wales: evidence for deposition at a non-marine Devensian ice margin. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 105, 167-185.

Shakesby, R.A. (1993) The soil erosion bridge: a device for micro-profiling soil surfaces. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 18, 823-827.

Terry, J.P. and Shakesby, R.A. (1993) Soil hydrophobicity effects on rainsplash: simulated rainfall and photographic evidence. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 18, 519-526.

Shakesby, R.A., Coelho, C. de O.A., Ferreira, A.D., Terry, J.P. and Walsh, R.P.D. (1993) Wildfire impacts on soil erosion and hydrology in wet Mediterranean forest, Portugal. International Journal of Wildland Fire 3, 95-110.

Shakesby, R.A. and Matthews, J.A. (1993) The Loch Lomond Stadial glacier at Fan Hir, Mynydd Du (Brecon Beacons), South Wales: critical evidence and palaeoclimatic implications. Geological Journal 28, 69-79.

Links

1.Quaternary Research Association (www.qra.org.uk)

2. Soil hydrophobicity team (http://geography.swan.ac.uk/hydrophobicity/)

3. DESIRE land degradation research project ( www.DESIRE-project.eu )