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| Dr Paul A. Brewer |
| Lecturer in Physical Geography |
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Institute
of Geography and Earth Sciences Tel:
+44 (0) 1970 622586 Email: pqb@aber.ac.uk
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Research Interests |
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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. |
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Modules Taught |
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| GG10610 | Earth Surface Environments |
| GG21510 | Analysis of Natural Materials |
| GG22510 | Fluvial Geomorphology |
| GG21920 | Physical Geography Fieldwork |
| Administrative Responsibilities |
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Physical Geography Degree Scheme Tutor |
| Teaching
and Learning Committee |
| Publications |
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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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