Completed MSc Research

Completed M.Sc. Research

MSc Hydrogeology Dissertation Titles: 1994-1999

Groundwater Modelling

A modelling investigation on the controls of saline encroachment in the Norwich Crag aquifer, north-east Norfolk. N. Joseph 1994

Conceptual model analysis of the Bath Hot Springs aquifer system, using groundwater modelling. R. Davison 1994

An investigation of controls on water levels in Chippenham Fen, Cambridgeshire, using a three dimensional finite difference flow model. J. Armstrong 1995

Groundwater modelling of the Chepstow block, South Wales. I. Yusoff 1996

An assessment of the impact of a proposed abstraction in an area of north Kent utilising a groundwater model. N. Shirley 1997

A hydrological assessment of Coston Fen, Norfolk, utilising a groundwater flow model. M. Gardner 1998

Hydrogeological characterisation of the site of Fina Antwerp Olefins, Antwerp, Belgium. Gerlinde De Moor 1999

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Geophysics

Investigation of a closed landfill site using integrated geophysical techniques. D. Barr 1995

Ground-penetrating radar and its uses in hydrogeological investigations. C. Tomlin 1995

Assessment of groundwater impact on a completed landfill site in South Norfolk. R. Middleton 1996

Groundwater contamination assessment of Lakenham Common Landfill site, Norfolk, using electrical geophysical techniques and chemical analyses data. J. Baldock 1997

A geophysical investigation of a possible hydrogeological boundary; the Wood Dalling buried valley. A. Malone 1997

A geophysical investigation of impacted groundwater at Mayton Wood landfill, Norfolk. R. Short 1998

The use of integrated geophysical techniques to determine the extent of leachate impacted groundwater at Blackborough End landfill, Norfolk. S. Waters 1998

The evaluation of Time Domain Electromagnetics in the investigation of the Tilmanstone contaminant plume, SE England. Wilson W. Hull 1999.

An application of the Transient Electro-Magnetic method to saline intrusion in north Norfolk. Aidan Foley 1999.

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Engineering Geology

Hydrogeological factors in the stability of excavated slopes in the Chalky Boulder Clay. R. Carr 1995

Investigation of the hydrogeological regime of landslide deposits in Glen Roy, Scotland. M. Harrigan 1995

Applicability of the hydropotential value in determining well yields within the cretaceous Chalk of Norfolk. G. Bruty 1998

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Hydrochemistry

A comparative study of the groundwater chemistry of 1963 and 1994 within the Chalk aquifer of the London Basin along the line Watford-Croydon. I. Muehlherr 1994

A laboratory and field investigation of denitrification processes within the Chalky Boulder Clay of Norfolk. P. Mansfield 1994

An investigation of the potential influence of glacial deposits on the radon-222 content of Chalk groundwater in north Norfolk. J. Dowling 1995

A laboratory investigation on the suitability of selected fluorobenzoates for water tracing in peats and clays. A. Bukowiecki 1996

An investigation of localised groundwater rise and shallow hydrochemistry in Sheffield and its relation to coal mine closure. M. Hutchinson 1996

A geochemical investigation into the nature and occurrence of groundwaters from the Llandrindod wells ordovician inlier, Wales. P. Merrin 1996

An assessment of the potential for the denitrification in the glacial till of North Norfolk. D. Baird 1997

The application of 18-oxygen/dueterium isotope techniques and major ion data to determine leakage from the water and sewer mains networks in the triassic sandstone aquifer of Liverpool, UK. M. Brennan 1997

Arsenic investigation in the denge aquifer, Kent. O. Mesnil 1998

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Stable Isotopes

Stable isotope hydrogeochemistry of the Velka Fatra Mountains, Slovakia. S. Mansell 1994

Source identification of nitrate contamination within groundwater of the Jersey bedrock aquifer using nitrogen stable isotopes. A. Green 1995

Denitrification of river bank infiltrated water in an aquifer adjacent to the River Elbe (Germany). T. Metschies 1995

An investigation into the use of nitrogen isotopes as pollution source tracers in the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer of Nottingham. C. Rivers 1995

Geochemical and isotopic investigation of the mixing processes of the thermal waters in the Bath-Bristol region. S. Roberts 1995

Application of nitrogen isotope techniques to assess the impact of sewer leakage on shallow urban groundwater quality in the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer of Nottingham. J. Fairbairn 1996

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Contaminant Hydrogeology

An investigation into the sorption capability of the Sherwood Sandstone when exposed to leachate from pulverised fuel ash lagoons. S. Strong 1994

An investigation into the hydrogeology and geochemistry at the Gale Common ash disposal site with emphasis on the effects on groundwater quality by both natural and anthropogenic contamination. D. Headworth 1994

An investigation of pesticides in Chalk groundwater. E. Hemmings 1995

An investigation into the groundwater nitrate concentrations in the unconfined Chalk of north-west Norfolk. V. Williams 1995

The use of gas chromatography in the investigation of groundwater contamination by chlorinated hydrocarbons. J. Lumb 1996

An investigation into the use of chlorofluorocarbons as tracers of groundwater and surface water contamination from landfill sites. G. Saddington 1996

An appraisal of soil gas surveying as a tool for delineating groundwater plumes contaminated with non-aqueous phase liquids. C. Sanderson 1996

An investigation into the chloride contamination of groundwater near Maidstone, Kent. Ú. Leader 1996

An assessment of the impact of the mine abandonment on groundwater quality in the Teign river valley, Devon, South West England. D. Fitzgerald 1998

A study of hydrocarbon contaminated land at Oostende airport, Belgium. T. Power 1998

Application of a multiple marker approach to determine whether leaking sewers are contributing to contamination of groundwater beneath Liverpool, UK. E. Whitehead 1998

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River-Aquifer Interaction

An investigation of the river-aquifer interaction along the River Granta, Cambridgeshire. C. Hughes 1995

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Chalk Hydrogeology

Are hardgrounds in the Chalk aquifer zones of enhanced groundwater flow? N. Wootton 1994

A theoretical study to determine the properties of fissures in the unconfined Chalk aquifer around Newmarket, Suffolk. T. Grapes 1994

A study of the Chalk aquifer of West Norfolk using groundwater tracing techniques and the single borehole tracer dilution method. J. Hull 1995

A hydrogeochemical re-evaluation of the Chalk groundwater resources in the Felixstowe Peninsula, south east Suffolk, UK. J. Evans 1997

Groundwater tracing dye retardation in Chalk and the implication for forced gradient convergent radial flow tracer test analysis. E O'Hannelly 1997

An investigation of groundwater flow in the Chalk aquifers of Berkshire and Cambridgeshire using analysis of single borehole dilution tests. J. Parry 1997

The variations in aquifer properties with scale in the East Anglian Chalk. V. Stokes 1997

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Hydrogeological Assessment

A hydrogeological assessment of the Lower Carboniferous Limestone Series, Western Forest of Dean. L. Ander 1994

A hydrogeological assessment of a coastal hard rock terrain in Sri Lanka G. Karunaratne 1994

Preliminary hydrogeological investigation of the area between Carnlough and Waterfoot, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. S. Barnes 1994

A hydrogeological investigation of Lopham and Redgrave Fens. I. Dyer 1994

A hydrogeological investigation of Leadenham landfill site, Leadenham, Lincolnshire. S. Little 1994

Investigation of an alluvial groundwater abstraction scheme on the river Spey, NE Scotland. M. Simister 1996

Groundwater assessment of Daba Al Bayah (Wadi Khabb) Musandam, Sultanate of Oman. A. Baqi Al-Khabouri 1997

An investigation into the influence of lineament traces on the productivity of boreholes in the Seke District, Zimbabwe. T. Mutazu 1997

A theoretical study of the groundwater discharge along the north Norfolk coast, UK. Y. Altchenko 1998

Groundwater resources in the Rheidol catchment, west Wales. A Paci 1998

A hydrogeological assessment of the proposed abstraction for public supply from the University of East Anglia borehole. I. Page 1998

An investigation into the catchment of the Schwyll springs in Carboniferous limestone, south Wales. Elaine Simpson 1999.

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Tracer Tests

An investigation into the effects on groundwater of a factory discharge into the tributaries of the West Glen River, south-west Lincolnshire. E. King 1994

An investigation into the use of chlorofluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride as groundwater tracers in a karst conduit. T. Strongman 1994

Spey abstraction scheme: groundwater tracing. V. Curtis 1996

Karst conduit tracing within the Durness limestone of the Allt Nan Uamh Valley, Scotland. A. Jordan 1996

A study into the possible application of CFC and SF6 groundwater tracers in the determination of the nature and extent of air space within karstic conduits. B. Robinson 1996

An investigation into the nature of the groundwater flow within the Chichester syncline, West Sussex. N. Whalley 1996

An evaluation of a field method for assessing the suitability of selected fluorobenzoates for water tracing in a valley mire at Royden Common, north Norfolk. J. Hatherall 1997

A natural gradient tracer test in the upper chalk aquifer in the River Burn catchent, Norfolk. Peter Johnston 1999.

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