By Professor Andy Baker

Journal articles

Thacker SA; Tipping E; Baker A; Gondar D, 2005, 'Development and application of functional assays for freshwater dissolved organic matter', Water Research, 39, pp. 4559 - 4573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.08.020

Baker A, 2005, 'Thermal fluorescence quenching properties of dissolved organic matter', Water Research, 39, pp. 4405 - 4412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.08.023

Kuhlenbeck DL; Eichold TH; Hoke SH; Baker TR; Mensen R; Wehmeyer KR, 2005, 'On-line solid phase extraction using the Prospekt-2 coupled with a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometer for the determination of dextromethorphan, dextrorphan and guaifenesin in human plasma.', Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester), 11, pp. 199 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1255/ejms.737

Baker A; Inverarity R, 2004, 'Protein-like fluorescence intensity as a possible tool for determining river water quality', Hydrological Processes, 18, pp. 2927 - 2945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5597

Baker A; Spencer RGM, 2004, 'Characterization of dissolved organic matter from source to sea using fluorescence and absorbance spectroscopy', Science of the Total Environment, 333, pp. 217 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.04.013

Baker A; Curry M, 2004, 'Fluorescence of leachates from three contrasting landfills', Water Research, 38, pp. 2605 - 2613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2004.02.027

Baker A; Ward D; Lieten SH; Periera R; Simpson EC; Slater M, 2004, 'Measurement of protein-like fluorescence in river and waste water using a handheld spectrophotometer', Water Research, 38, pp. 2934 - 2938, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.023

Baker A, 2003, 'Land use and water quality', Hydrological Processes, 17, pp. 2499 - 2501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5140

Baker A; Inverarity R; Charlton M; Richmond S, 2003, 'Detecting river pollution using fluorescence spectrophotometry: Case studies from the Ouseburn, NE England', Environmental Pollution, 124, pp. 57 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00408-6

Baker A; Brunsdon C, 2003, 'Non-linearities in drip water hydrology: An example from Stump Cross Caverns, Yorkshire', Journal of Hydrology, 277, pp. 151 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00063-5

Baker A; Genty D, 2003, 'Comment on "A test of annual resolution in stalagmites using tree rings"', QUATERNARY RESEARCH, 59, pp. 476 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00038-3

Genty D; Blamart D; Ouahdi R; Gilmour M; Baker A; Jouzel J; Van-Exter S, 2003, 'Precise dating of Dansgaard-Oeschger climate oscillations in western Europe from stalagmite data', Nature, 421, pp. 833 - 837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature01391

Baker A, 2003, 'A bright future for fluorescence in environmental monitoring', Water 21, pp. 36 - 37

Xie S; Yi Y; Huang J; Hu C; Cai Y; Collins M; Baker A, 2003, 'Lipid distribution in a subtropical southern China stalagmite as a record of soil ecosystem response to paleoclimate change', Quaternary Research, 60, pp. 340 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2003.07.010

Brunsdon C; Baker A, 2002, 'Principal filter analysis for luminescence excitation-emission data', Geophysical Research Letters, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002GL015977

2002, 'Principal filter analysis for luminescence excitation-emission data', Geophysical Research Letters, 29, pp. 9-1-9-4

Baker A; Proctor CJ; Barnes WL, 2002, 'Stalagmite lamina doublets: A 1000 year proxy record of severe winters in northwest Scotland?', International Journal of Climatology, 22, pp. 1339 - 1345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.800

Proctor C; Baker A; Barnes W, 2002, 'A three thousand year record of North Atlantic climate', Climate Dynamics, 19, pp. 449 - 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-002-0236-x

Fairchild IJ; Tuckwell GW; Baker A; Tooth AF, 2002, 'Combined modelling of hydrological and hydrochemical dripwater data to deduce karstic plumbing', GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 66, pp. A222 - A222, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000177423400430&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Baker A, 2002, 'Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix characterization of river waters impacted by a tissue mill effluent', Environmental Science and Technology, 36, pp. 1377 - 1382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es0101328

Baker A, 2002, 'Fluorescence properties of some farm wastes: Implications for water quality monitoring', Water Research, 36, pp. 189 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00210-X

Baker A, 2002, 'Spectrophotometric discrimination of river dissolved organic matter', Hydrological Processes, 16, pp. 3203 - 3213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1097

Genty D; Baker A; Massault M; Proctor C; Gilmour M; Pons-Branchu E; Hamelin B, 2001, 'Dead carbon in stalagmites: Carbonate bedrock paleodissolution vs. ageing of soil organic matter. Implications for ¹³C variations in speleotherms', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65, pp. 3443 - 3457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00697-4

Baker A, 2001, 'Fluorescence excitation - Emission matrix characterization of some sewage-impacted rivers', Environmental Science and Technology, 35, pp. 948 - 953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es000177t

Fairchild IJ; Baker A; Borsato A; Frisia S; Hinton RW; McDermott F; Tooth AF, 2001, 'Annual to sub-annual resolution of multiple trace-element trends in speleothems', Journal of the Geological Society, 158, pp. 831 - 841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/jgs.158.5.831

Baker A; Lamont-BIack J, 2001, 'Fluorescence of dissolved organic matter as a natural tracer of ground water', Ground Water, 39, pp. 745 - 750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2001.tb02365.x

Genty D; Baker A; Vokal B, 2001, 'Instra- and inter-annual growth rate of modern stalagmites', Chemical Geology, 176, pp. 191 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00399-5

Charman DJ; Caseldine C; Baker A; Gearey B; Hatton J; Proctor C, 2001, 'Paleohydrological records from Peat profiles and speleothems in Sutherland Nortwest Scotland', Quaternary Research, 55, pp. 223 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2000.2190

Newson M; Baker A; Mounsey S, 2001, 'The potential role of freshwater luminescence measurements in exploring runoff pathways in upland catchments', Hydrological Processes, 15, pp. 989 - 1002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.223

Baker A; Proctor C, 2000, 'Actively growing subaqueous stalagmites', Cave and Karst Science, 27, pp. 79 - 83

Baker A, 2000, 'Comparison of the luminescence intensity of speleothem feed waters from six cave systems', Cave and Karst Science, 27, pp. 125 - 126

Baker A; Bolton L, 2000, 'Speleothem organic acid luminescence intensity ratios: A new palaeoenvironmental proxy', Cave and Karst Science, 27, pp. 121 - 124

Baker A; Bolton L; Brunsdon C; Charlton M; McDermott F, 2000, 'Visualisation of luminescence excitation-emission timeseries: Palaeoclimate implications from a 10,000 year stalagmite record from Ireland', Geophysical Research Letters, 27, pp. 2145 - 2148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2000GL011380

McGarry SF; Baker A, 2000, 'Organic acid fluorescence: Applications to speleothem palaeoenvironmental reconstruction', Quaternary Science Reviews, 19, pp. 1087 - 1101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00087-6

Caseldine CJ; Baker A; Charman DJ; Hendon D, 2000, 'A comparative study of optical properties of NaOH peat extracts: Implications for humification studies', Holocene, 10, pp. 649 - 658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968300672976760

Proctor CJ; Baker A; Barnes WL; Gilmour MA, 2000, 'A thousand year speleothem proxy record of North Atlantic climate from Scotland', Climate Dynamics, 16, pp. 815 - 820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003820000077

Baker A; Genty D; Fairchild IJ, 2000, 'Hydrological characterisation of stalagmite dripwaters at Grotte de Villars, Dordogne, by the analysis of inorganic species and luminescent organic matter', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 4, pp. 439 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-4-439-2000

Baker A; Genty D, 1999, 'Fluorescence wavelength and intensity variations of cave waters', Journal of Hydrology, 217, pp. 19 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00010-4

Baker A; Caseldine CJ; Gilmour MA; Charman D; Proctor CJ; Hawkesworth CJ; Phillips N, 1999, 'Stalagmite luminescence and peat humification records of palaeomoisture for the last 2500 years', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 165, pp. 157 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00258-1

Caseldine C; Baker A; Barnes WL, 1999, 'A rapid, non-destructive scanning method for detecting distal tephra layers in peats', Holocene, 9, pp. 635 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968399666026772

Baker A, 1999, 'A Scottish speleothem record of the H-3 eruption or human impart? A reply to Dugmore, Coles and Buckland', Holocene, 9, pp. 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369900900412

Genty D; Massault M; Gilmour M; Baker A; Verheyden S; Kepens E, 1999, 'Calculation of past dead carbon proportion and variability by the comparison of AMS ¹⁴C and TIMS U/Th ages on two Holocene stalagmites', Radiocarbon, 41, pp. 251 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003382220005712X

Baker A; Mockler NJ; Barnes WL, 1999, 'Fluorescence intensity variations of speleothem-forming groundwaters: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction', Water Resources Research, 35, pp. 407 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/1998WR900057

Baker A; Proctor CJ; Barnes WL, 1999, 'Variations in stalagmite luminescence laminae structure at Poole's Cavern, England, AD 1910-1996: Calibration of a palaeoprecipitation proxy', Holocene, 9, pp. 683 - 688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968399676312548

Baker A; Genty D; Smart PL, 1998, 'High-resolution records of soil humification and paleoclimate change from variations in speleothem luminescence excitation and emission wavelengths', GEOLOGY, 26, pp. 903 - 906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0903:HRROSH>2.3.CO;2

Baker A; Barnes WL, 1998, 'Comparison of the luminescence properties of waters depositing flowstone and stalagmites at Lower Cave, Bristol', Hydrological Processes, 12, pp. 1447 - 1459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199807)12:9<1447::AID-HYP649>3.0.CO;2-1

Baker A; Genty D; Dreybrodt W; Barnes WL; Mockler NJ; Grapes J, 1998, 'Testing theoretically predicted stalagmite growth rate with Recent annually laminated samples: Implications for past stalagmite deposition. (vol 62, pg 393, 1998)', GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 62, pp. 2405 - 2405, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000075649500018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Caseldine C; Baker A, 1998, 'Frequency Distributions of Rhizocarpon geographicum s.l., Modeling, and Climate Variation in Tröllaskagi, Northern Iceland', Arctic and Alpine Research, 30, pp. 175 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00040851.1998.12002889

Baker A; Simms MJ, 1998, 'Active deposition of calcareous tufa in Wessex, UK, and its implications for the 'late-Holocene tufa decline'', Holocene, 8, pp. 359 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968398668393314

Roberts MS; Smart PL; Baker A, 1998, 'Annual trace element variations in a Holocene speleothem', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 154, pp. 237 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00116-7

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