Dr Paul A. Brewer
Lecturer in Physical Geography
 

Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences 
University of Wales 
Aberystwyth 
Ceredigion 
SY23 3DB 
U.K. 

Tel: +44 (0) 1970 622586 
Fax: +44 (0) 1970 622659 

Email:  pqb@aber.ac.uk

 

Research Interests

In-channel abrasion processes: field measurements and laboratory simulation, patterns and processes of channel change in gravel bed rivers, sediment budgeting, dispersal of contaminated floodplain sediments, reconstructing alluvial histories.

 

Modules Taught

GG10610 Earth Surface Environments 
GG21510 Analysis of Natural Materials
GG22510 Fluvial Geomorphology
GG21920 Physical Geography Fieldwork

 

Administrative Responsibilities
Physical Geography Degree Scheme Tutor
Teaching and Learning Committee

 

Publications
 

Dennis, I.A., Macklin, M.G., Coulthard, T.J. and Brewer, P.A.: The impact of the October November 2000 floods on contaminant metal dispersal in the River Swale catchment, north Yorkshire, UK. Hydrological Processes, in press.

Lewin, J. and Brewer, P.A.: Reply to van den Berg and Bledsoe’s comment on Lewin and Brewer (2001) “Predicting Channel Patterns”, Geomorphology 40, 329-339. Geomorphology, in press.

Bird, G., Brewer, P.A., Macklin, M.G., Balteanu, D., Driga, B, Serban, M. and Zaharia, S.: The solid state partitioning of contaminant metals and As in river channel sediments of the mining affected Tisa drainage basin, northwestern Romania and eastern Hungary. Applied Geochemistry, in press.

Bird, G., Brewer, P.A., Macklin, M.G., Balteanu, D., Driga, B., Serban, M., Zaharia, S., and Coulthard, T.J. (2003): The impact and significance of metal mining activities on the environmental quality of Romanian river systems. In: The Proceedings of the First International Conference on Environmental Research and Assessment (CD-ROM), 316-322.

Macklin, M.G. Brewer, P.A., Balteanu, D., Coulthard, T.J., Driga, B, Howard, A.J. and Zaharia, S. (2003): The long term fate and environmental significance of contaminant metals released by the January and March 2000 mining tailings dam failures in Maramureş County, upper Tisa Basin, Romania. Applied Geochemistry, 18, 241-257.

Hudson-Edwards, K.A., Macklin, M.G., Jamieson, H.E., Brewer, P.A., Coulthard, T.J., Howard, A.J. and Turner, J.N. (2003): The impact of tailings dam spills and clean-up operations on sediment and water quality in river systems: the Ríos Agrio-Guadiamar, Aznalcóllar, Spain. Applied Geochemistry, 18, 221-239.

Brewer, P.A., Macklin, M.G., Balteanu, D., Coulthard, T.J., Driga, B, Howard, A.J. and Zaharia, S. (2002): Sediment and water quality in Maramureş County, northwest Romania, following the January and March 2000 tailings dam failures. Proceedings of the Romanian Academy, Series B, volume 4, issue 1, 41-48.

Turner, J.N., Brewer, P.A., Macklin, M.G., Hudson-Edwards, K.A., Coulthard, T.J., Howard, A.J. and Jamieson, H.E. (2002): Heavy metal and As transport under low and high flows in the River Guadiamar three years after the Aznalcóllar tailings dam failure: implications for river recovery and management. In Garćia-Ruiz, J.M., Jones, J.A.A. and Arnáez, J. (Eds), Environmental Change and Water Sustainability, 235-251.

Brewer, P.A., Macklin, M.G., Balteanu, D., Coulthard, T.J., Driga, B, Howard, A.J., Bird, G., Zaharia, S. and Serban, M. (2002): The January and March 2000 tailings dam failures in Maramureş County, Romania, and their transboundary impacts on river systems. In Leal Filho, W. and Butorina, I. (Eds), Approaches to Handling Environmental Problems in the Mining and Metallurgical Regions of NIS Countries. Proceedings of NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 56-64.

Fuller, I.C., Passmore, D.G., Heritage, G.L., Large, A.R.G., Milan, D.J. and Brewer, P.A. (2002): Annual sediment budgets in an unstable gravel bed river: the River Coquet, northern England. In: Jones, S.J. and Frostick, L.E. (Eds.), Sediment Flux to Basins: Causes, Controls and Consequences. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 191, 115-131.

Brewer, P.A. and Passmore, D.G. (2002): Sediment budgeting techniques in gravel-bed rivers. In: Jones, S.J. and Frostick, L.E. (Eds.), Sediment Flux to Basins: Causes, Controls and Consequences. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 191, 97-113.

Lewin, J. and Brewer, P.A. (2002): Laboratory simulation of clast abrasion. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 27, 145-164.

Lewin, J. and Brewer, P.A. (2001): Predicting channel patterns. Geomorphology, 40, 329-339.

Gittins, S. R. D., Brewer, P. A. and Macklin, M. G. (2002): Exposed riverine sediment dynamics in mid-Wales rivers. In Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A. and Coulthard, T.J. (Eds) River Systems and Environmental Change. BGRG Spring Field Meeting field guide, 51-57.

Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G. and Jones, A. (2002): Channel change and bank erosion on the Afon Rheidol: the Felin Rhiwarthen and Lovesgrove meanders. In Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A. and Coulthard, T.J. (Eds) River Systems and Environmental Change. BGRG Spring Field Meeting field guide, 40-50.

Macklin, M. G., Brewer, P. A., Jones, A., Kershaw, J. and Coulthard, T. J. (2002): A Geomorphological investigation of the historical and Holocene development of the River Severn valley floor at Buttington, Powys. In Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A. and Coulthard, T.J. (Eds) River Systems and Environmental Change. BGRG Spring Field Meeting field guide, 24-31.

Johnstone, E., Macklin, M. G. and Brewer, P. A. (2002): Late Quaternary river terrace development in the Dyfi valley. In Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A. and Coulthard, T.J. (Eds) River Systems and Environmental Change. BGRG Spring Field Meeting field guide, 6-16.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A. and Coulthard, T.J. (2002) River Systems and Environmental Change. BGRG Spring Field Meeting field guide, 57pp.

Taylor, M.P. and Brewer, P.A. (2001): A study of Holocene floodplain particle size characteristics with special reference to palaeochannel infills from the upper Severn basin, Wales, UK. Geological Journal, 36, 143-157.

Hosfield, R.T., Chambers, J.C., Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A. and Sear, D. (2000): Interpreting secondary context ‘sites’: a role for experimental archaeology. Lithics, 21, 29-35.

Brewer, P.A., Maas, G.S. and Macklin, M.G. (2000): A fifty year history of exposed riverine sediment dynamics on Welsh Rivers. In: Jones, J.A.A., Gilman, K., Jigorel, A. and Griffin, J. (eds) Water in the Celtic world: managing resources for the 21st century. British Hydrological Society Occasional Paper No. 11, 245-252.

Macklin, M.G., Hudson-Edwards, K.A., Jamieson, H.E., Brewer, P.A., Coulthard, T.J., Howard, A.J., and Remenda, V.H. (1999): Physical stability and rehabilitation of sustainable aquatic and riparian ecosystems in the Rio Guadiamar, Spain, following the Aznalcóllar mine tailings dam failure. In: Rubio, R.F. (ed) Mine, Water and Environment, Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Congress, Seville, 271-278.

Heritage, G.L., Fuller, I.C., Charlton, M.C. Brewer, P.A. and Passmore, D.G. (1998): CDW photogrammetry of low relief fluvial features: accuracy and implications for reach scale sediment budgeting. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23, 1219-1233.

Brewer, P.A. and Lewin, J. (1998): Planform cyclicity in an unstable reach: complex fluvial response to environmental change. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23, 989-1008.

Brewer, P.A. and Taylor, M.P. (1997): The spatial distribution of heavy metal contaminated sediment across terraced floodplains. Catena, 30, 229-249.

Fuller, I.C., Macklin, M.G., Passmore, D.G., Brewer, P.A., Lewin, J. and Wintle, A.G. (1996): Geochronologies and environmental records of Quaternary fluvial sequences in the Guadalope basin, Northeast Spain, based on luminescence dating. In: Branson, J, Brown, A.G. and Gregory, K.J. (eds): Global Continental Changes: the context of Palaeohydrology , Geological Society Special Publication No 115, pp. 99-120.

Passmore, D.G., Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., Lewin, J. Rumsby, B.T., and Newson, M.D. (1993): Variability of late Holocene braiding in Britain. In: Best, J.L. and Bristow, C.S. (Eds.), Braided Rivers. Geological Society of London Special Publication No. 75, p205-230.

Brewer, P.A. and Lewin, J. (1993): In-transport modification of alluvial sediment: field evidence and laboratory experiments. In: Marzo, M. and Puigdefábregas, C. (Eds), Alluvial Sedimentation, Special Publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists, No. 17, p23-35.

Brewer, P.A., Leeks, G.J.L., and Lewin, J. (1992): Direct measurement of in-channel abrasion processes. In: Bogen, J. Walling, D. and Day, T.J. (Eds.), Erosion and sediment transport monitoring programmes in river basins. IAHS Publication 210, p21-30.

 

REPORTS

Brewer, P.A, Macklin, M.G. and Bird, G. (2002): The impact of historical and contemporary metal mining activity on water and sediment quality in Satu Mare County, Romania. fluvio report 2002/9/15, 49pp

Brewer, P.A, Macklin, M.G. and Johnstone, E.J. (2002): River channel dynamics on the Afon Dyfi at Abergywdol. fluvio report 2002/8/14, 14pp.

Brewer, P.A, Macklin, M.G. and Johnstone, E.J. (2002): Caersws to Machynlleth Transco gas pipeline river crossing at Dol-Twymyn: recommendations for river bank stabilisation. fluvio report 2002/7/13, 6pp.

Brewer, P.A., Coulthard, T.J., Macklin, M.G., Jones, A. and Kershaw, J (2002): Channel change and sedimentation on the River Tawe at Trebanos. fluvio report 2002/6/12, 21pp.

Brewer, P.A., Coulthard, T.J., Macklin, M.G., Jones, A. and Kershaw, J (2002): Geomorphological investigations of sedimentation and bank erosion of the Afon Tywi at Llangadog (final report). fluvio report 2002/5/11, 39pp.

Brewer, P.A., Coulthard, T.J., Macklin, M.G., Jones, A. and Kershaw, J. (2002): Geomorphological investigations of sedimentation and bank erosion of the Afon Tywi at Llangadog (interim report). fluvio report 2002/4/10, 36pp.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., and Coulthard, T.J. (2002): A Geomorphological investigation of the Historical and Holocene Development of the River Severn Valley Floor at Buttington, Powys. fluvio report 2002/3/9, 18pp.

Brewer, P.A., Macklin, M.G., and Coulthard, T.J. (2002): The environmental significance of contaminant metals resulting from historical and contemporary metal mining activity in Satu Mare County, Romania. fluvio report 2002/2/8, 39pp.

Brewer, P.A., Macklin, M.G., and Coulthard, T.J. (2002): Channel change and bank erosion at Felin Rhiwarthen, Afon Rheidol ger Capel Bangor SSSI. fluvio report 2002/1/7, 17pp.

Dennis, I.A., Coulthard, T.J., Macklin, M.G. and Brewer, P.A. (2001): Preliminary report on the impact of autumn 2000 floods on channel and floodplain geochemistry in the River Swale catchment, north Yorkshire. Unpublished report, River Basin Dynamics and Hydrology Research Group, University of Wales Aberystwyth, 7pp.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., and Coulthard, T.J. (2001): A geomorphological assessment of the impact of the proposed bank protection works at Pont ar Ddyfi. fluvio report No. 2001/3/6, 10pp.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., and Coulthard, T.J. (2001): Channel change and sedimentation on the River Tawe at Trebanos. fluvio report No. 2001/2/5, 20pp.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., and Coulthard, T.J. (2001): A geomorphological assessment of the River Plym at Plym Bridge Woods. Report commissioned by the National Trust. fluvio report No. 2001/1/4, 20pp.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., and Coulthard, T.J. (2000): The long-term fate and environmental significance of contaminant metals resulting from the January and March 2000 mining accidents in Maramures County, Romania. Report commissioned by the EU Baia Mare Task Force. fluvio report No. 2000/3, 38pp.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., and Coulthard, T.J. (2000): A geomorphological assessment of the River Plym at Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. Report commissioned by the National Trust. fluvio report No. 2000/2, 11pp.

Macklin, M.G., Brewer, P.A., and Coulthard, T.J. (2000): Impacts of proposed flood defence works at Glanyrafon, Aberystwyth, on the SSSI and flow regime. Report commissioned by the Countryside Council for Wales. fluvio report No. 2000/1, 5pp.

 

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