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  1. Efficacy of green infrastructure in reducing exposure to local, traffic-related sources of airborne particulate matter (PM)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  2. Measurement of road traffic brake and tyre dust emissions using both particle composition and size distribution data

    Article • Environmental Pollution, August 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  3. Mid-Pleistocene links between Asian dust, Tibetan glaciers, and Pacific iron fertilization

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  4. Pinpointing the Mechanism of Magnetic Enhancement in Modern Soils Using High‐Resolution Magnetic Field Imaging

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, March 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  5. Magnetic characterisation of London's airborne nanoparticulate matter

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, October 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  6. Oxidative Stress, Cytotoxic and Inflammatory Effects of Urban Ultrafine Road-Deposited Dust from the UK and Mexico in Human Epithelial Lung (Calu-3) Cells

    Article • Antioxidants, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  7. Protecting playgrounds: local-scale reduction of airborne particulate matter concentrations through particulate deposition on roadside ‘tredges’ (green infrastructure)

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  8. Biomagnetic Characterization of Air Pollution Particulates in Lahore, Pakistan

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, February 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  9. Predicting Spatial Variations in Multiple Measures of PM2.5 Oxidative Potential and Magnetite Nanoparticles in Toronto and Montreal, Canada

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, December 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  10. Size-resolved, quantitative evaluation of the magnetic mineralogy of airborne brake-wear particulate emissions

    Article • Environmental Pollution, November 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  11. Prolific shedding of magnetite nanoparticles from banknote surfaces

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  12. Variation in the concentration and regional distribution of magnetic nanoparticles in human brains, with and without Alzheimer’s disease, from the UK

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  13. Airborne Magnetite- and Iron-Rich Pollution Nanoparticles: Potential Neurotoxicants and Environmental Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Disease, Including Alzheimer’s Disease

    Article • April 2021, IOS Press

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  14. A Multi‐Proxy Approach to Unravel Late Pleistocene Sediment Flux and Bottom Water Conditions in the Western South Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, March 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  15. Source apportionment of magnetite particles in roadside airborne particulate matter

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  16. Evidence for the presence of air pollution nanoparticles in placental tissue cells

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  17. Indoor particulate air pollution from open fires and the cognitive function of older people

    Article • Environmental Research, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  18. Quadruple abnormal protein aggregates in brainstem pathology and exogenous metal-rich magnetic nanoparticles (and engineered Ti-rich nanorods). The substantia nigrae is a very early target in young urbanites and the gastrointestinal tract a key brainst...

    Article • Environmental Research, December 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  19. Iron-rich air pollution nanoparticles: An unrecognised environmental risk factor for myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiac oxidative stress

    Article • Environmental Research, September 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  20. Reduced repressive epigenetic marks, increased DNA damage and Alzheimer's disease hallmarks in the brain of humans and mice exposed to particulate urban air pollution

    Article • Environmental Research, April 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  21. Magnetic susceptibility as a pedogenic proxy for grouping of geochemical transects in landscapes

    Article • Journal of Applied Geophysics, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  22. Metal-rich air pollution possibly linked to Alzheimer's disease

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, September 2019, IOS Press

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  23. Combustion- and friction-derived magnetic air pollution nanoparticles in human hearts

    Article • Environmental Research, September 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  24. Airborne, Vehicle-Derived Fe-Bearing Nanoparticles in the Urban Environment: A Review

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, August 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  25. Efficient Removal of Ultrafine Particles from Diesel Exhaust by Selected Tree Species: Implications for Roadside Planting for Improving the Quality of Urban Air

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  26. Identification and paleoclimatic significance of magnetite nanoparticles in soils

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  27. Connection of the proto-Yangtze River to the East China Sea traced by sediment magnetic properties

    Article • Geomorphology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  28. Reprint of: The spatial-temporal characteristics and health impacts of ambient fine particulate matter in China

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  29. Biomagnetic Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollution: A Review of Magnetic Signatures from Biological Sensors

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  30. Palaeoclimatic records of the loess/palaeosol sequences of the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  31. Magnetite pollution nanoparticles in the human brain

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  32. The spatial-temporal characteristics and health impacts of ambient fine particulate matter in China

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  33. Particulate matter deposited on leaf of five evergreen species in Beijing, China: Source identification and size distribution

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  34. Statistical models for use of palaeosol magnetic properties as proxies of palaeorainfall

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  35. Impact of Roadside Tree Lines on Indoor Concentrations of Traffic-Derived Particulate Matter

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  36. Thermal enhancement of natural magnetism as a tool for tracing eroded soil

    Article • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, September 2012, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  37. Intra-urban spatial variation of magnetic particles: Monitoring via leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetisation (SIRM)

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  38. Oxygen isotopes from Chinese caves: records not of monsoon rainfall but of circulation regime

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, May 2012, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  39. Rapid Magnetic Biomonitoring and Differentiation of Atmospheric Particulate Pollutants at the Roadside and around Two Major Industrial Sites in the U.K.

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  40. The magnetic properties of Quaternary aeolian dusts and sediments, and their palaeoclimatic significance

    Article • Aeolian Research, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  41. Leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) as a proxy for particulate matter monitoring: Inter-species differences and in-season variation

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  42. Biomagnetic monitoring of industry-derived particulate pollution

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  43. The dating and interpretation of a Mode 1 site in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  44. Probe technology for the direct measurement and sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake

    Article • January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Keith Makinson, Professor Barbara A Maher

  45. Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A review of its history and recent field campaigns

    Article • January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Keith Makinson, Professor Barbara A Maher

  46. Sedimentation, geochemistry and palaeomagnetism of the West Runton Freshwater Bed, Norfolk, England

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  47. Sediment source variations and lead-210 inventories in recent Potomac Estuary sediment cores

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  48. Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

    Article • Nature, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  49. Rates of particulate pollution deposition onto leaf surfaces: Temporal and inter-species magnetic analyses

    Article • Environmental Pollution, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  50. Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  51. Age assignment of a diatomaceous ooze deposited in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment after the Last Glacial Maximum

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, March 2010, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  52. Application and evaluation of biomagnetic and biochemical monitoring of the dispersion and deposition of volcanically-derived particles at Mt. Etna, Italy

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, March 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  53. Toward New Frontiers in Understanding the Link Between Dust and Climate; DUSTSPEC Workshop: Dust Records for a Changing World; Palisades, New York, 24–26 May 2010

    Article • Eos, January 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  54. Fingerprinting upland sediment sources: particle size-specific magnetic linkages between soils, lake sediments and suspended sediments

    Article • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, August 2009, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  55. Rain and Dust: Magnetic Records of Climate and Pollution

    Article • Elements, August 2009, Mineralogical Society of America

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  56. Holocene sediment dynamics in an upland temperate lake catchment: climatic and land-use impacts in the English Lake District

    Article • The Holocene, May 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  57. Evaluation and application of biomagnetic monitoring of traffic-derived particulate pollution

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  58. Sediment provenance in a tropical fluvial and marine context by magnetic ‘fingerprinting’ of transportable sand fractions

    Article • Sedimentology, April 2009, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  59. Magnetic and geochemical characteristics of Gobi Desert surface sediments: Implications for provenance of the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Article • Geology, March 2009, Geological Society of America

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  60. Mineral Dust and Climate: Working Group on Dust and Climate Joint INQUA/QUEST Workshop; Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, 19–22 October 2008

    Article • Eos, January 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  61. A novel approach to investigating indoor/outdoor pollution links: Combined magnetic and PAH measurements

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, December 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  62. Holocene variability of the East Asian summer monsoon from Chinese cave records: a re-assessment

    Article • The Holocene, September 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  63. Sediment dynamics in an upland temperate catchment: changing sediment sources, rates and deposition

    Article • Journal of Paleolimnology, June 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  64. Spatial variation in vehicle-derived metal pollution identified by magnetic and elemental analysis of roadside tree leaves

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  65. Suspended sediment characterization and tracing using a magnetic fingerprinting technique: Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria, UK

    Article • The Holocene, January 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  66. Environmental magnetism and climate change

    Article • Contemporary Physics, September 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  67. Late Holocene climate reconstructions for the Russian steppe, based on mineralogical and magnetic properties of buried palaeosols

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  68. Ocean circulation at the Last Glacial Maximum: A combined modeling and magnetic proxy-based study

    Article • Paleoceanography, April 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  69. A high-resolution record of Holocene rainfall variations from the western Chinese Loess Plateau: antiphase behaviour of the African/Indian and East Asian summer monsoons

    Article • The Holocene, April 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  70. Quantifying grain size distribution of pedogenic magnetic particles in Chinese loess and its significance for pedogenesis

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  71. Magnetic carriers and remanence mechanisms in magnetite-poor sediments of Pleistocene age, southern North Sea margin

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  72. Palaeomagnetic correlation and dating of Plio/Pleistocene sediments at the southern margins of the North Sea Basin

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  73. High-field remanence properties of synthetic and natural submicrometre haematites and goethites: significance for environmental contexts

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, October 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  74. Application of a magnetic extraction technique to assess radionuclide–mineral association in Cumbrian shoreline sediments

    Article • Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  75. Grain sizes of susceptibility and anhysteretic remanent magnetization carriers in Chinese loess/paleosol sequences

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  76. Mechanism of the magnetic susceptibility enhancements of the Chinese loess

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  77. Magnetic mineralogy of soils across the Russian Steppe: climatic dependence of pedogenic magnetite formation

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, December 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  78. Magnetic characterisation of present-day deep-sea sediments and sources in the North Atlantic

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  79. Inter-laboratory calibration of low-field magnetic and anhysteretic susceptibility measurements

    Article • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, June 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  80. Holocene loess accumulation and soil development at the western edge of the Chinese Loess Plateau: implications for magnetic proxies of palaeorainfall

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  81. Variation of soil magnetism across the Russian steppe: its significance for use of soil magnetism as a palaeorainfall proxy

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, August 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  82. Evidence against dust-mediated control of glacial–interglacial changes in atmospheric CO2

    Article • Nature, May 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  83. Holocene sediment-accumulation rates in the western Loess Plateau, China, and a 2500-year record of agricultural activity, revealed by OSL dating

    Article • The Holocene, May 2001, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  84. Association of 210Po(210Pb), 239+240Pu and 241Am with different mineral fractions of a beach sand at Seascale, Cumbria, UK

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  85. ‘Cold’ stage formation of calcrete nodules in the Chinese Loess Plateau: evidence from U-series dating and stable isotope analysis

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, March 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  86. Analysis and interpretation of Holocene sedimentary sequences in the Humber Estuary

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2000, Geological Society

    Professor Ian Shennan, Professor Barbara A Maher

  87. Origin, abundance and storage of organic carbon and sulphur in the Holocene Humber Estuary: emphasizing human impact on storage changes

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2000, Geological Society

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  88. Sedimentary evolution of the north Norfolk barrier coastline in the context of Holocene sea-level change

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2000, Geological Society

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  89. Magnetic biomonitoring of roadside tree leaves: identification of spatial and temporal variations in vehicle-derived particulates

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, December 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  90. Discussion

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  91. Source of the climate signal recorded by magnetic susceptibility variations in Indian Ocean sediments

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 1999, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  92. The significance of magnetotactic bacteria for the palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic record of Quaternary sediments and soils

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 1999, Geological Society

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  93. Magnetite biomineralization in termites

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, April 1998, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  94. Magnetic properties of modern soils and Quaternary loessic paleosols: paleoclimatic implications

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, February 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  95. Diagenesis and remobilization of carbon and sulfur in mid-Pleistocene organic-rich freshwater sediment

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, January 1998, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  96. Quantitative extraction and analysis of carriers of magnetization in sediments

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, January 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  97. Frequency-dependent susceptibility measurements of environmental materials

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, January 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  98. Age models, sediment fluxes and palaeoclimatic reconstructions for the Chinese loess and palaeosol sequences

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, November 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  99. Paleorainfall Reconstructions from Pedogenic Magnetic Susceptibility Variations in the Chinese Loess and Paleosols

    Article • Quaternary Research, November 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  100. Magnetostratigraphic correlations in two cores from the late Triassic Lunde Formation, Beryl Field, northern North Sea, UK

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 1995, Geological Society

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  101. Magnetic mineralogy of sandstones from the Lunde Formation (late Triassic), northern North Sea, UK: origin of the palaeomagnetic signal

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 1995, Geological Society

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  102. Spatial and temporal reconstructions of changes in the Asian palaeomonsoon: A new mineral magnetic approach

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, July 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  103. Pedogenesis and paleoclimate: Interpretation of the magnetic susceptibility record of Chinese loess-paleosol sequences: Comments and Reply

    Article • Geology, January 1994, Geological Society of America

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  104. A record of reversed polarity carried by the iron sulphide greigite in British early Pleistocene sediments

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, January 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  105. Rock Magnetic and Palaeomagnetic Studies of British Speleothems.

    Article • Journal of geomagnetism and geoelectricity, January 1993, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  106. Reply to letter to the editor by Clemens and Prell

    Article • Quaternary Research, September 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  107. Paleoclimatic Significance of the Mineral Magnetic Record of the Chinese Loess and Paleosols

    Article • Quaternary Research, March 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  108. Mineral magnetic record of the Chinese loess and paleosols

    Article • Geology, January 1991, Geological Society of America

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  109. Origin of soil magnetite

    Article • Nature, July 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  110. Formation of ultrafine-grained magnetite in soils

    Article • Nature, November 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  111. Magnetic properties of some synthetic sub-micron magnetites

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 1988, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  112. Magnetite in soils: I. The synthesis of single-domain and superparamagnetic magnetite

    Article • Clay Minerals, December 1986, Mineralogical Society

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  113. Characterisation of soils by mineral magnetic measurements

    Article • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, February 1986, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara A Maher

  114. Particle-size related, mineral magnetic source sediment linkages in the Rhode River catchment, Maryland, USA

    Article • Journal of the Geological Society, November 1985, Geological Society

    Professor Barbara A Maher