FB Pyatt
Biographic Data
| ID | 6449874 |
|---|---|
| NAME | FB Pyatt |
| GIVEN NAMES | FB |
| FAMILY NAME | Pyatt |
| SIGNATURE | PYATT F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nottingham Trent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An appraisal of sample preparation, analysis and some toxicological implications of ancient industrial metalliferous pollution
Metalliferous deposits are common worldwide. Some have been derived from activities following industrial revolutions in various countries, albeit at somewhat differing times. Others can trace their antiquity much further. This appraisal seeks to consider the associated activities of sample collection protocols and selected analytical procedures and considers results, in a broad-based manner, from diverse geographic areas of our planet which exhib…
Analytical examination of animal remains from Borneo
The chemistry of tree resins and ancient rock paintings in the Niah Caves, Sarawak (Borneo)
Early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan
Evidence for early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan in the rift-margin in souther Jordan is described. The early Holocene of Jordan is not well known and palynology, plant macrofossils and molluscs from Wadi Faynan provide evidence for a much more humid-forest-steppe and steppe-environment than the present stony desert and highly degraded steppe. The early-Holocene fluvial sediments in the Faynan catchment are predominantly fine-grained, …
Archaeology and Desertification in the Wadi Faynan
This report describes the fourth season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working together to reconstruct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The 1999 fieldwork contributed si…
An Imperial Legacy? An Exploration of the Environmental Impact of Ancient Metal Mining and Smelting in Southern Jordan
Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan
This report describes the third season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working to reconstrnct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan over the past 200,000 years. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The geomorpholo…
Studies on the motility of the limpet patella vulgata in acidified sea‐water
Individuals of Patella vulgata were exposed to acidified seawater in an experimental tank in which tidal cydes were simulated. Acidification of seawater to a concentration of 2 × 10‐5 M HC1 was buffered at the expense of buffering ion reserves in the seawater. Greater concentrations of acid resulted in a pH change in the seawater which affected limpet motility; limpet movement was inhibited by seawater of pH 5.5, and at pH 2.5 limpets became immo…
Gamma radioactivity values from different soils and organisms on Skye, north west Scotland, five years post‐Chernobyl
Values of γ‐radioactivity were monitored in three sites on the Island of Skye (Hebrides, Scotland) approximately five years after the explosion of the reactor at Chernobyl, USSR. The sites chosen were all closely associated and comprised a podsolized area together with two areas exhibiting substantial peat deposits. 137Cs concentrations in the vegetation were found to be low although enhanced accumulation, probably due to translocation from the l…
Factors affecting arthropod distribution and diversity in a snowfield in the Jotunheimen
Invertebrates were sampled on and around a large snowfield, at an altitude of approximately 1400 m, in the mountains of the Jotunheimen, Western Norway, in late July. Thirty arthropod species and 103 individuals were recorded. There was a clearly defined and rapid decrease in both the number of species and individuals with increasing distance into the snowfield
Non Isatis Sed Vitrum Or, the Colour of Lindow Man
As part of the examination of the fragments of a further human body recovered from Lindow Bog, Cheshire, samples of skin were examined using electron probe X‐ray micro‐analysis. The ionic composition showed an excess of aluminium, silica and copper, with traces of titanium and zinc. These are interpreted as the residues of clay‐based copper and other pigments applied to the body. The literary evidence of the use of body paint amongst the Britons …
Ulvs Xxii
White surface encrustations developing on basalt which had the same ‘reflectance signature’ on digital Landsat imagery as that from the limestone terrain in the Tripolitanian pre-desert are shown at the Wadi Gobbeen to be the thalli of the crustose lichen of the genus Aspicilia . The reproductive structures and ascospores of the lichen are described. The lichen is seen to be aiding the weathering and disintegration of the basalt cobbles. The abse…
Aspects of the Ecology of an upland Arctic periglacial site
Aspects of the Ecology of an upland periglacial site adjacent to Sulitjelmabreen (Norway) are described. Marked changes in the vegetation and abiotic factors with increasing distance from the glacier are reported. The vegetation was generally limited in diversity and yielded an Ecosystem of low productivity
After chernobyl‐some data on radioactivity in scandinavia
Data is presented on measurements of radioactivity recorded in material of soil, grass, and birch collected from various sites in Scandinavia during the period late July 1986 until mid‐August 1986. The values obtained near Otta, to the east of the Jotunheimen mountains are particularly enhanced. Birch was found to be a particularly useful bio‐indicator
Aspects of the ecology of Zygogonium ericetorum (Kütz) Hansg. on China clay tips
The colonisation of china clay tips with particular reference to the role of the pioneer alga Zygogonium ericetorum is considered. The alga forms a mat over china clay waste and is particularly well developed on flat and damp areas. Steep slopes are subject to sheet and gully erosion and four principal categories of slope are recognised with regard to the colonising ability of the alga. The morphology of the alga appears to be affected by the ava…
Mycoflora deposition values from the atmosphere in selected sites in Iceland
Petri‐dishes containing agar were exposed to the atmosphere in various parts of Iceland. Data are presented on the limited mycoflora which sedimented from the atmosphere
A contribution to the study of the ecology of iceland
During an expedition to Iceland, the Ecology of a scree slope on Skaftafellsheidi (to the west of the glacier Skaftafells‐jökull) and a sandur area, i.e. a glacial outwash plain (to the west of the glacial river Skaftafellsá) were investigated using lightweight field equipment. The nature of the limited flora of these vulnerable disturbed ecosystems is discussed
History, ecology and physical and chemical nature of two metalliferous spoil tips in South‐West England
The ecology and nature of metalliferous spoil tips in the Tamar Valley area of South‐West England is discussed. The tips, which resulted from metal extraction during the late 19th and early 20th century, cause contamination of plants, animals, and ecosystems. The amount of vegetation cover is reduced whilst a diversity of genera occurs
Ecology of Riingsdalen
An expedition to the mountainous Jotunheimen region of Norway examined the Ecology of Riingsdalen—an isolated high altitude valley situated below a hanging glacier. The nature of the flora, fauna and effects of environmental variables are discussed
An appraisal of tree sulphur content as a long term air pollution gauge
Plant sulphur content of tree annual ring groups is used as an air pollution gauge in the vicinity of the Port Talbot (South Wales) steel works. The results indicate, with regards sulphur dioxide pollution, a recent improvement in air quality. Dendrochronological measurements also indicate this general trend
Some aspects of plant contamination by air borne participate pollutants
The paper gives some account of the development and effects of industrialization in the steel producing town of Port Talbot in South Wales, U.K. The relative degree of plant contamination by particulate pollutants is assessed as a rapid, inexpensive, and easily applied method of detection of airborne particulate pollutants. Some of the effects of environmental factors on the degree of deposition are examined
An Imperial Legacy? An Exploration of the Environmental Impact of Ancient Metal Mining and Smelting in Southern Jordan
Early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan
Evidence for early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan in the rift-margin in souther Jordan is described. The early Holocene of Jordan is not well known and palynology, plant macrofossils and molluscs from Wadi Faynan provide evidence for a much more humid-forest-steppe and steppe-environment than the present stony desert and highly degraded steppe. The early-Holocene fluvial sediments in the Faynan catchment are predominantly fine-grained, …
The chemistry of tree resins and ancient rock paintings in the Niah Caves, Sarawak (Borneo)
Non Isatis Sed Vitrum Or, the Colour of Lindow Man
As part of the examination of the fragments of a further human body recovered from Lindow Bog, Cheshire, samples of skin were examined using electron probe X‐ray micro‐analysis. The ionic composition showed an excess of aluminium, silica and copper, with traces of titanium and zinc. These are interpreted as the residues of clay‐based copper and other pigments applied to the body. The literary evidence of the use of body paint amongst the Britons …
Analytical examination of animal remains from Borneo
Some aspects of plant contamination by air borne participate pollutants
The paper gives some account of the development and effects of industrialization in the steel producing town of Port Talbot in South Wales, U.K. The relative degree of plant contamination by particulate pollutants is assessed as a rapid, inexpensive, and easily applied method of detection of airborne particulate pollutants. Some of the effects of environmental factors on the degree of deposition are examined
An appraisal of tree sulphur content as a long term air pollution gauge
Plant sulphur content of tree annual ring groups is used as an air pollution gauge in the vicinity of the Port Talbot (South Wales) steel works. The results indicate, with regards sulphur dioxide pollution, a recent improvement in air quality. Dendrochronological measurements also indicate this general trend
History, ecology and physical and chemical nature of two metalliferous spoil tips in South‐West England
The ecology and nature of metalliferous spoil tips in the Tamar Valley area of South‐West England is discussed. The tips, which resulted from metal extraction during the late 19th and early 20th century, cause contamination of plants, animals, and ecosystems. The amount of vegetation cover is reduced whilst a diversity of genera occurs
Ecology of Riingsdalen
An expedition to the mountainous Jotunheimen region of Norway examined the Ecology of Riingsdalen—an isolated high altitude valley situated below a hanging glacier. The nature of the flora, fauna and effects of environmental variables are discussed
A contribution to the study of the ecology of iceland
During an expedition to Iceland, the Ecology of a scree slope on Skaftafellsheidi (to the west of the glacier Skaftafells‐jökull) and a sandur area, i.e. a glacial outwash plain (to the west of the glacial river Skaftafellsá) were investigated using lightweight field equipment. The nature of the limited flora of these vulnerable disturbed ecosystems is discussed
Aspects of the ecology of Zygogonium ericetorum (Kütz) Hansg. on China clay tips
The colonisation of china clay tips with particular reference to the role of the pioneer alga Zygogonium ericetorum is considered. The alga forms a mat over china clay waste and is particularly well developed on flat and damp areas. Steep slopes are subject to sheet and gully erosion and four principal categories of slope are recognised with regard to the colonising ability of the alga. The morphology of the alga appears to be affected by the ava…
Mycoflora deposition values from the atmosphere in selected sites in Iceland
Petri‐dishes containing agar were exposed to the atmosphere in various parts of Iceland. Data are presented on the limited mycoflora which sedimented from the atmosphere
After chernobyl‐some data on radioactivity in scandinavia
Data is presented on measurements of radioactivity recorded in material of soil, grass, and birch collected from various sites in Scandinavia during the period late July 1986 until mid‐August 1986. The values obtained near Otta, to the east of the Jotunheimen mountains are particularly enhanced. Birch was found to be a particularly useful bio‐indicator
Aspects of the Ecology of an upland Arctic periglacial site
Aspects of the Ecology of an upland periglacial site adjacent to Sulitjelmabreen (Norway) are described. Marked changes in the vegetation and abiotic factors with increasing distance from the glacier are reported. The vegetation was generally limited in diversity and yielded an Ecosystem of low productivity
Ulvs Xxii
White surface encrustations developing on basalt which had the same ‘reflectance signature’ on digital Landsat imagery as that from the limestone terrain in the Tripolitanian pre-desert are shown at the Wadi Gobbeen to be the thalli of the crustose lichen of the genus Aspicilia . The reproductive structures and ascospores of the lichen are described. The lichen is seen to be aiding the weathering and disintegration of the basalt cobbles. The abse…
Factors affecting arthropod distribution and diversity in a snowfield in the Jotunheimen
Invertebrates were sampled on and around a large snowfield, at an altitude of approximately 1400 m, in the mountains of the Jotunheimen, Western Norway, in late July. Thirty arthropod species and 103 individuals were recorded. There was a clearly defined and rapid decrease in both the number of species and individuals with increasing distance into the snowfield
Non Isatis Sed Vitrum Or, the Colour of Lindow Man
As part of the examination of the fragments of a further human body recovered from Lindow Bog, Cheshire, samples of skin were examined using electron probe X‐ray micro‐analysis. The ionic composition showed an excess of aluminium, silica and copper, with traces of titanium and zinc. These are interpreted as the residues of clay‐based copper and other pigments applied to the body. The literary evidence of the use of body paint amongst the Britons …
Gamma radioactivity values from different soils and organisms on Skye, north west Scotland, five years post‐Chernobyl
Values of γ‐radioactivity were monitored in three sites on the Island of Skye (Hebrides, Scotland) approximately five years after the explosion of the reactor at Chernobyl, USSR. The sites chosen were all closely associated and comprised a podsolized area together with two areas exhibiting substantial peat deposits. 137Cs concentrations in the vegetation were found to be low although enhanced accumulation, probably due to translocation from the l…
Studies on the motility of the limpet patella vulgata in acidified sea‐water
Individuals of Patella vulgata were exposed to acidified seawater in an experimental tank in which tidal cydes were simulated. Acidification of seawater to a concentration of 2 × 10‐5 M HC1 was buffered at the expense of buffering ion reserves in the seawater. Greater concentrations of acid resulted in a pH change in the seawater which affected limpet motility; limpet movement was inhibited by seawater of pH 5.5, and at pH 2.5 limpets became immo…
Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan
This report describes the third season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working to reconstrnct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan over the past 200,000 years. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The geomorpholo…
Archaeology and Desertification in the Wadi Faynan
This report describes the fourth season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working together to reconstruct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The 1999 fieldwork contributed si…
An Imperial Legacy? An Exploration of the Environmental Impact of Ancient Metal Mining and Smelting in Southern Jordan
Early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan
Evidence for early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan in the rift-margin in souther Jordan is described. The early Holocene of Jordan is not well known and palynology, plant macrofossils and molluscs from Wadi Faynan provide evidence for a much more humid-forest-steppe and steppe-environment than the present stony desert and highly degraded steppe. The early-Holocene fluvial sediments in the Faynan catchment are predominantly fine-grained, …
The chemistry of tree resins and ancient rock paintings in the Niah Caves, Sarawak (Borneo)
Analytical examination of animal remains from Borneo
An appraisal of sample preparation, analysis and some toxicological implications of ancient industrial metalliferous pollution
Metalliferous deposits are common worldwide. Some have been derived from activities following industrial revolutions in various countries, albeit at somewhat differing times. Others can trace their antiquity much further. This appraisal seeks to consider the associated activities of sample collection protocols and selected analytical procedures and considers results, in a broad-based manner, from diverse geographic areas of our planet which exhib…
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