Alastair Ruffell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1762067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alastair Ruffell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alastair |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruffell |
| SIGNATURE | RUFFELL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6072-501X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A time-series of evolving glacial geomorphology for Esjufjallajökull (Breiðamerkurjökull), southeast Iceland
This paper presents four glacial geomorphology maps depicting glacier retreat and landscape evolution between September 2021 and May 2023 at Esjufjallajökull, the central flow unit of Breiðamerkurjökull, southeast Iceland. The foreland, which deglaciated between 2010 and 2023, was mapped from repeat uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) survey data. A total of 16 landform types were identified, and their spatial distribution and morphological evolution p…
Combined use of drones and geophysics in enhancing cemetery studies: Two case studies in Northern Ireland, UK
The real‐time use of drone‐derived orthoimagery and ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) facilitate conjunctive ground surveying and aerial visual reference of subterranean features within cemeteries. Geospatially referenced visual outputs allow sympathetic restoration and assist in understanding historical use. Two contrasting case studies demonstrate this: The first is a subterranean wall, built to separate Catholic and Protestant burials in a civic …
Water penetrating radar (WPR) in archaeology: A crannog case study
Geophysical Surveys for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Preservation
The knowledge that archaeological prospection is shaped by modern attitudes and procedures is important to the future of archaeology. Although geophysical studies have been applied to archaeological and historical sites over time with intermittent success, it is possible to derive great effects when used appropriately. It is most significant when applied in a well-integrated research design where interpretations are established and explored. The …
DGPR for the Non-Destructive Monitoring of Subsurface Weathering of Sandstone Masonry
Remote sensing techniques, such as LiDAR and photogrammetry, are used by researchers exploring the spatial distribution of weathering features in historic masonry. These well-established tools provide users with a perspective of the processes affecting the surface of masonry blocks; however, they cannot provide information on the alteration occurring subsurface. Geophysical tools are being explored as a potential approach to observe the variation…
Water and cosmology in the prehistoric Maltese world: Fault control on the hydrogeology of Ġgantija, Gozo (Maltese Islands)
Location of the Brecourt (Normandy, France) WW2 Howitzer battery using a geoforensic search strategy
The assault on D-day by Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Corps on a German howitzer battery at Brecourt Manor (Normandy) that was firing upon Utah Beach is a famous action of World War 2. Understanding the firefight and disablement of the guns depends on where the four howitzers and crew were located. Three of the locations are unequivocal, with post-WW2 accounts and the search described here in agreement. One Howitzer position (the northernmos…
Detecting voids within a historical building façade: A comparative study of three high frequency GPR antenna
A RAG System for the Management Forensic and Archaeological Searches of Burial Grounds
Burial grounds are commonly surveyed and searched by both police/humanitarian search teams and archaeologists. One aspect of an efficient search is to establish areas free of recent internments to allow the concentration of assets in suspect terrain. While 100% surety in locating remains can never be achieved, the deployment of a red, amber green (RAG) system for assessment has proven invaluable to our surveys. The RAG system is based on a deskto…
Ground‐penetrating radar facies as an aid to sequence stratigraphic analysis: Application to the archaeology of Clonmacnoise Castle, Ireland
This paper describes the advantages of interpreting ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) facies in a sequence stratigraphic context. These data have been collected adjacent to the River Shannon at Clonmacnoise Castle in central Ireland and demonstrate that stratigraphy is not necessarily made up of horizontal isochronous surfaces; some reflective surfaces are more important than others in interpretation and that two‐dimensional sections must be interpr…
Remote detection and identification of organic remains: An assessment of archaeological potential
This paper reviews the various methods of using natural or induced light spectra as analytical tools in forensic archaeology. Chemical identification can be made at long range and wide scale (tens of metres) down to short range and very small scale (nanometres). The identification of organic gases and materials has used either chemical capture and chromatography, induced (laser or ultraviolet) light sources or laser Raman microscope spectroscopy.…
Near-surface investigation of ground chemistry using radiometric measurements and spectral gamma-ray data
Potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th) are the three most abundant radioactive elements found in rocks or sediments and are thus considered to be the likely sources of gamma-ray variation detected both at outcrop and in the subsurface from radiometric analyses. With the advent of the spectral gamma-ray (SGR) tool, the variation shown by these three elements in rocks has been considered to reflect different host minerals. This review aims to …
The use of family health services authority registers as a sampling frame in the UK: A review of theory and practice
Accepted for publication March 1995 In epidemiological and social scientific studies the choice of an appropriate, accurate sampling frame listing eligible subjects is a meth odological decision which will influence the representativeness of the sample selected, and hence the generalisability of findings. The most widely used population sampling frame of adult individuals in the UK is the electoral roll.12 Telephone listings have become more popu…
Detecting voids within a historical building façade: A comparative study of three high frequency GPR antenna
DGPR for the Non-Destructive Monitoring of Subsurface Weathering of Sandstone Masonry
Remote sensing techniques, such as LiDAR and photogrammetry, are used by researchers exploring the spatial distribution of weathering features in historic masonry. These well-established tools provide users with a perspective of the processes affecting the surface of masonry blocks; however, they cannot provide information on the alteration occurring subsurface. Geophysical tools are being explored as a potential approach to observe the variation…
Water and cosmology in the prehistoric Maltese world: Fault control on the hydrogeology of Ġgantija, Gozo (Maltese Islands)
Location of the Brecourt (Normandy, France) WW2 Howitzer battery using a geoforensic search strategy
The assault on D-day by Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Corps on a German howitzer battery at Brecourt Manor (Normandy) that was firing upon Utah Beach is a famous action of World War 2. Understanding the firefight and disablement of the guns depends on where the four howitzers and crew were located. Three of the locations are unequivocal, with post-WW2 accounts and the search described here in agreement. One Howitzer position (the northernmos…
Remote detection and identification of organic remains: An assessment of archaeological potential
This paper reviews the various methods of using natural or induced light spectra as analytical tools in forensic archaeology. Chemical identification can be made at long range and wide scale (tens of metres) down to short range and very small scale (nanometres). The identification of organic gases and materials has used either chemical capture and chromatography, induced (laser or ultraviolet) light sources or laser Raman microscope spectroscopy.…
The use of family health services authority registers as a sampling frame in the UK: A review of theory and practice
Accepted for publication March 1995 In epidemiological and social scientific studies the choice of an appropriate, accurate sampling frame listing eligible subjects is a meth odological decision which will influence the representativeness of the sample selected, and hence the generalisability of findings. The most widely used population sampling frame of adult individuals in the UK is the electoral roll.12 Telephone listings have become more popu…
Near-surface investigation of ground chemistry using radiometric measurements and spectral gamma-ray data
Potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th) are the three most abundant radioactive elements found in rocks or sediments and are thus considered to be the likely sources of gamma-ray variation detected both at outcrop and in the subsurface from radiometric analyses. With the advent of the spectral gamma-ray (SGR) tool, the variation shown by these three elements in rocks has been considered to reflect different host minerals. This review aims to …
Remote detection and identification of organic remains: An assessment of archaeological potential
This paper reviews the various methods of using natural or induced light spectra as analytical tools in forensic archaeology. Chemical identification can be made at long range and wide scale (tens of metres) down to short range and very small scale (nanometres). The identification of organic gases and materials has used either chemical capture and chromatography, induced (laser or ultraviolet) light sources or laser Raman microscope spectroscopy.…
Ground‐penetrating radar facies as an aid to sequence stratigraphic analysis: Application to the archaeology of Clonmacnoise Castle, Ireland
This paper describes the advantages of interpreting ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) facies in a sequence stratigraphic context. These data have been collected adjacent to the River Shannon at Clonmacnoise Castle in central Ireland and demonstrate that stratigraphy is not necessarily made up of horizontal isochronous surfaces; some reflective surfaces are more important than others in interpretation and that two‐dimensional sections must be interpr…
A RAG System for the Management Forensic and Archaeological Searches of Burial Grounds
Burial grounds are commonly surveyed and searched by both police/humanitarian search teams and archaeologists. One aspect of an efficient search is to establish areas free of recent internments to allow the concentration of assets in suspect terrain. While 100% surety in locating remains can never be achieved, the deployment of a red, amber green (RAG) system for assessment has proven invaluable to our surveys. The RAG system is based on a deskto…
Water and cosmology in the prehistoric Maltese world: Fault control on the hydrogeology of Ġgantija, Gozo (Maltese Islands)
Location of the Brecourt (Normandy, France) WW2 Howitzer battery using a geoforensic search strategy
The assault on D-day by Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Corps on a German howitzer battery at Brecourt Manor (Normandy) that was firing upon Utah Beach is a famous action of World War 2. Understanding the firefight and disablement of the guns depends on where the four howitzers and crew were located. Three of the locations are unequivocal, with post-WW2 accounts and the search described here in agreement. One Howitzer position (the northernmos…
Detecting voids within a historical building façade: A comparative study of three high frequency GPR antenna
Geophysical Surveys for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Preservation
The knowledge that archaeological prospection is shaped by modern attitudes and procedures is important to the future of archaeology. Although geophysical studies have been applied to archaeological and historical sites over time with intermittent success, it is possible to derive great effects when used appropriately. It is most significant when applied in a well-integrated research design where interpretations are established and explored. The …
DGPR for the Non-Destructive Monitoring of Subsurface Weathering of Sandstone Masonry
Remote sensing techniques, such as LiDAR and photogrammetry, are used by researchers exploring the spatial distribution of weathering features in historic masonry. These well-established tools provide users with a perspective of the processes affecting the surface of masonry blocks; however, they cannot provide information on the alteration occurring subsurface. Geophysical tools are being explored as a potential approach to observe the variation…
Water penetrating radar (WPR) in archaeology: A crannog case study
Combined use of drones and geophysics in enhancing cemetery studies: Two case studies in Northern Ireland, UK
The real‐time use of drone‐derived orthoimagery and ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) facilitate conjunctive ground surveying and aerial visual reference of subterranean features within cemeteries. Geospatially referenced visual outputs allow sympathetic restoration and assist in understanding historical use. Two contrasting case studies demonstrate this: The first is a subterranean wall, built to separate Catholic and Protestant burials in a civic …
A time-series of evolving glacial geomorphology for Esjufjallajökull (Breiðamerkurjökull), southeast Iceland
This paper presents four glacial geomorphology maps depicting glacier retreat and landscape evolution between September 2021 and May 2023 at Esjufjallajökull, the central flow unit of Breiðamerkurjökull, southeast Iceland. The foreland, which deglaciated between 2010 and 2023, was mapped from repeat uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) survey data. A total of 16 landform types were identified, and their spatial distribution and morphological evolution p…
Geology (11 works) · Geophysical Methods and Applications (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Ground-Penetrating Radar (6 works) · Radar (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (4 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (4 works) · Engineering (4 works)