Andrew Thomas

   Publications

    Publications

    Nash, D.J. and Thomas, A.D. Commissioned. Crusts and Varnishes. In, Thomas, D.S.G., Ed. Arid Zone Geomorphology. Third
    Edition. Wiley.

    Hoon, S. R., Thomas, A.D. and Stott, A., in prep. The in-situ CO2 gas flux response to wetting of cyanobacteria crusted Kalahari
    sand soils as determined by stable 13C isotope ratios. To be submitted to Oecologia.

    Thomas, A.D. and Hoon, S.R. in prep. Simulated rainfall pulses and carbon dioxide fluxes from Kalahari Sands. To be submitted
    to Oecologia.

    Hoon, S. R., Thomas, A.D., and Linton, P.E. 2009. Design and development of an in-situ closed chamber for quantification of soil
    photosynthesis and respiration. Geographical Research, 47(1)

    Thomas, A.D., Hoon, S. R., and Linton, P.E., 2008. Carbon dioxide fluxes from cyanobacteria crusted soils in the Kalahari.
    Applied Soil Ecology, 39, 254-263.  

    Chappell, A., A. Warren, A. O'Donoghue, A. Robinson, A. Thomas, and C. Bristow. 2008. The implications for dust emission
    modeling of spatial and vertical variations in horizontal dust flux and particle size in the Bodélé Depression, Northern Chad, J.
    Geophys. Res., 113, D04214.

    Linton, P.E., Shotbolt, L. and Thomas, A.D., 2007. Microbial communities in long-term heavy metal contaminated ombrotrophic
    peats. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 186, 97-113

    Thomas, A.D. and Dougill, A.J., 2007. Spatial and temporal distribution of cyanobacterial soil crusts in the Kalahari: implications
    for soil surface properties. Geomorphology, 85, 17-29.

    Heritage, G.L., and Thomas, A.D., 2007. Institutional bias and the degree class system. Journal of Geograghy in Higher Education,
    31, 1-13.

    Shotbolt, L., Hutchinson S.M., and Thomas, A.D., 2006. Sediment stratigraphy in small reservoirs in the Southern Pennine
    uplands, UK and their use for reconstructing catchment and atmospheric heavy metal fluxes. Journal of Paleolimnology, 35, 305-
    322.

    Thomas, A. D. and Dougill, A. J., 2006. Distribution and characteristics of cyanobacterial soil crusts in the Molopo Basin, southern
    Africa. Journal of Arid Environments, 64, 270-283.

    Berkeley, A., Thomas, A.D. and Dougill, A.J., 2005. Cyanobacterial soil crusts and woody shrub canopies in Kalahari rangelands.
    African Journal of Ecology, 43, 137-145.

    Shotbolt, L., Thomas A.D. and Hutchinson, S.M., 2005. The use of reservoir sediments as environmental archives of catchment
    inputs and atmospheric pollution. Progress in Physical Geography, 29(3), 337-361.

    Dougill, A.J., and Thomas, A.D., 2004. Kalahari Sand Soils: Spatial Heterogeneity and Land Degradation. Land Degradation and
    Development, 15, 233-242.

    Dougill, A.J. and Thomas, A.D.,2002. Nebkha dunes in the Molopo Basin, South Africa and Botswana: formation processes and
    validity as indicators of soil degradation. Journal of Arid Environments, 50, 413-428.

    Shotbolt, L., Hutchinson, S.M., and Thomas, A.D., 2001. Heavy metal deposition onto the southern Pennines UK: obtaining an
    historical record from reservoir sediment. Journal of Hydrological Sciences, 46(5), 701-714.

    Thomas, A.D., Walsh, R.P.D. and Shakesby, R.A., 2000. Post-fire forest management and nutrient loses in eucalyptus and pine
    plantations, northern Portugal. Land Degradation and Development, 11(3), 257-271.

    Thomas, A.D., Walsh, R.P.D. and Shakesby, R.A., 2000. Solutes in overland flow following fire in eucalyptus and pine forests,
    northern Portugal. Hydrological Processes, 14(5), 971-985.

    Doerr, S.H. and Thomas, A.D., 2000. The role of soil moisture in controlling water repellency: new evidence from forest soils in
    Portugal. Journal of Hydrology, 231, 134-147.

    Thomas, A.D., Walsh, R.P.D. and Shakesby, R.A., 1999. Nutrient losses in eroded sediment after fire in eucalyptus and pine forests
    and their significance for soil quality. Catena, 36, 283-302.

    Book Chapters

    Walsh, R P D., Blake, W H., Bidin, K., Sayer, A M. and Thomas, A. D., 2004. Prospects for a sediment fingerprinting approach to
    unravelling changing upstream sediment sources in the rotationally selectively logged Segama catchment, Sabah. In R. C. Sidle,
    M. Tani, A.R.Nik & T.A.Taddese (eds) Forests and Water in Warm, Humid Asia. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Uji, Japan,
    223-226.

    Doerr, S.H. and Thomas, A.D., 2003. Soil moisture: a controlling factor in water repellency. In, Ritsema C.J. and Dekker L.W. (eds)
    Soil Water Repellency: Occurrence, Consequences and Amelioration. Elsevier Science.

    Dougill, A.J. and Thomas, A.D., 2001. Nebkha dunes as indicators of soil degradation in the Molopo Basin, South Africa and
    Botswana. In, Conacher, A., (ed.) Land Degradation. p.39-54. Kluwer. Dordrecht.

    Thomas, A.D. and Dougill, A.J., 2001. Processes of Nebkha Dune Formation and Wind-blown Nutrient Deposition in the Molopo
    Basin Southern Africa. In, Ascough, J.C. and Flanagan D.C. eds., Soil Erosion Research for the 21st Century. American Society of
    Agriculutural Engineers, pp. 490-493.

    Chappell, A. and Thomas, A.D., 2001. Reconstructing the recent wind erosion history of a field in East Anglia In, Ascough, J.C.
    and Flanagan D.C. (eds.) Soil Erosion Research for the 21st Century. American Society of Agriculutural Engineers,pp. 486-489.

    Walsh, R.P.D., Boakes, D., Coelho, C. de O.A., Ferreira, A.J.D., Shakesby, R.A. and Thomas, A.D., 1995. Post-fire land use and
    management and runoff responses to rainstorms in Northern Portugal. In, McGregor, D. and Thompson, D. (eds) Geomorphology
    and Land Management in a Changing Environment, p283-308. Wiley. Chichester.

    Other Refereed Publications

    Heritage, G.L. and Thomas, A.D., 2006. The importance of effective facilitation in student centred learning: an example from
    physical geography. PLANET, 16, 36-40.

    Shotbolt, L. and Thomas, A.D., 2006. Heavy metal pollution in upland catchments in the UK. Geography Review 19(5), 32-36.

    Thomas, A.D. and Dougill, A.J., 2004. Desertification, Soil Erosion and Farming in Southern Africa. Geography Review. 17(2), 24-
    27.

    Thomas, A.D., Dougill, A. J., Berry, K., and Byrne, J.A., 2002. Soil crusts in the Molopo Basin, southern Africa. North West
    Geography 2(1), 10-19.

    Thomas, A.D. 2001. Major contributor to The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Environmental Change. Matthews, J.A. (Ed). Arnold.
    Major entries include: Acid rain, chemical denudation, eutrophication, dissolved load, human impact on hydrology, river
    discharge variations, runoff processes and water pollution.

    Chappell, A., Heritage, G.L. and Thomas, A.D., 2001. A field-based approach to integrating catchment and river channel
    processes. North West Geography, 1, 2-21.

    Shotbolt, L., Thomas, A.D., Dougill, A.J., and Hutchinson, S.M., 2000. Reconstructing the history of heavy metal pollution in the
    southern Pennines from the sedimentary record of reservoirs: methods and preliminary results. North West Geographer, 3, 3-20.

    Thomas, A.D., 1996. Estimating post-fire nutrient losses and their effect on soil fertility. Swansea Geographer, 33, 67-76.

    Thomas, A.D., 1994. Impact of forest fire on nutrient levels in soil and solutes transported by overland flow, Northern Portugal.  
    Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugal, November 1994, Vol II, D33, p1111-
    1121.

    Walsh, R.P.D.; Boakes, D.; Coelho, C. de O.A.; Gonçalves, A.J.B.; Shakesby, R.A., Thomas, A.D., 1994. Impact of fire-induced
    hydrophobicity and post-fire forest litter on overland flow in Northern Portugal. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
    Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugal, Nov.1994, Vol II, p1149-1159.

    Thomas, A.D., 1993, Fire effects on soil, hydrology and nutrient loss - a review. Aveiro-Swansea Erosion Research Bulletin, No. 3,
    65pp.

    Green, R. and Thomas, A.D., 1992. Editors. Swansea Geographer, Volume 29.
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