By Professor Andy Baker

Journal articles

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

Baker A; Genty D, 1998, 'Environmental pressures on conserving cave speleothems: Effects of changing surface land use and increased cave tourism', Journal of Environmental Management, 53, pp. 165 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jema.1998.0208

Caseldine C; Baker A, 1998, 'Frequency distributions of Rhizocarpon geographicum s.l., modeling, and climate variation in trollaskagi, northern Iceland', Arctic and Alpine Research, 30, pp. 175 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1552132

Baker A, 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; 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', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62, pp. 393 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00343-8

Baker A; Ito E; Smart PL; McEwan RF, 1997, 'Elevated and variable values of ¹³C in speleothems in a British cave system', Chemical Geology, 136, pp. 263 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00129-5

Baker A; Caseldine CJ; Hatton J; Hawkesworth CJ; Latham AC, 1997, 'A Cromerian complex stalagmite from the Mendip Hills, England', Journal of Quaternary Science, 12, pp. 533 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199711/12)12:6<533::AID-JQS349>3.0.CO;2-L

Genty D; Baker A; Barnes W, 1997, 'Comparison of annual luminescent and visible laminae in stalagmites', Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes, 325, pp. 193 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1251-8050(97)88288-2

Baker A; Barnes WL; Smart PL, 1997, 'Variations in the discharge and organic matter content of stalagmite drip waters in Lower Cave, Bristol', Hydrological Processes, 11, pp. 1541 - 1555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199709)11:11<1541::AID-HYP484>3.0.CO;2-Z

Baker A; Barnes WL; Smart PL, 1996, 'Speleothem luminescence intensity and spectral characteristics: Signal calibration and a record of palaeovegetation change', Chemical Geology, 130, pp. 65 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(96)00003-4

Baker A; Smart PL; Edwards RL, 1996, 'Mass spectrometric dating of flowstones from Stump Cross Caverns and Lancaster Hole, Yorkshire: Palaeoclimate implications', Journal of Quaternary Science, 11, pp. 107 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199603/04)11:2<107::aid-jqs236>3.0.co;2-e

Baker A; Smart PL, 1995, 'Recent flowstone growth rates: Field measurements in comparison to theoretical predictions', Chemical Geology, 122, pp. 121 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(95)00017-G

Baker A; Smart PL; Edwards RL, 1995, 'Paleoclimate implications of mass spectrometric dating of a British flowstone', Geology, 23, pp. 309 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0309:PIOMSD>2.3.CO;2

Baker A; Smart PL; Barnes WL; Edwards RL; Farrant A, 1995, 'The Hekla 3 volcanic eruption recorded in a Scottish speleothem?', Holocene, 5, pp. 336 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500309

Baker A; Smart PL; Ford DC, 1993, 'Northwest European palaeoclimate as indicated by growth frequency variations of secondary calcite deposits', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 100, pp. 291 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0031-0182(93)90059-R

Baker A; Smart PL; Edwards RL; Richards DA, 1993, 'Annual growth banding in a cave stalagmite', Nature, 364, pp. 518 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/364518a0

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