Geoscience - Environment - Project Management - Training
(Established 1985)
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Publications
HEATH, M. J., 1979. The distribution of radon in the stream waters of Dartmoor (Abstract). Proc. Ussher Soc., 4, 430-431.
HEATH, M. J., 1980. The use of radon in streams as a guide to uranium distribution in south west England (Abstract). Proc. Ussher Soc., 5, 245.
HEATH, M. J., 1984. Solute migration experiments in fractured granite, south west England. In Come, B., Johnston, P. and Muller, A. (Eds.), Design and Instrumentation for In Situ Experiments in Underground Laboratories for Radioactive Waste Disposal. Proc. Joint CEC/NEA Workshop, Brussels, 15-17 May 1984, 191-200.
HEATH, M. J., 1985. Deep digging for nuclear waste disposal. New Scientist, No. 1480, 31st October 1985, 30-33.
HEATH, M. J., 1985. Geological control of fracture permeability in the Carnmenellis granite, Cornwall: implications for radionuclide migration. Proc. Meeting on Mineralogical Aspects of the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, London, November 1983. Mineralog. Mag., 49, 233-244.
HEATH, M. J., 1986. Polluted rain falls in Spain. New Scientist, No. 1526, 18th September 1986, 60-62.
HEATH, M. J., 1987. Spanish natural analogue studies of matrix diffusion. Proc. 7th Ann. Information Meeting AECL/Euratom, Pinawa, October 1987. Commission of the European Communities.
HEATH, M. J., 1988. The geological disposal of radioactive waste: the way ahead. Int. J. Environmental Studies, 31, 143-155.
HEATH, M. J., 1989. Radon: natural sources, migration and engineering implications. Hazardous Gases in the Environment, Vol. 1, 41-53. Institution of Geologists.
HEATH, M. J., 1990. Impact of mining on tropical forests: new UK-India collaboration in environmental research. AGID News, No. 61/62, February/May 1990, p.9.
HEATH, M. J., 1991. Impact of mining on tropical forest. Geotimes, April 1991, p.7.
HEATH, M. J., 1991. Radon in the surface waters of south west England and its bearing on uranium distribution, fault and fracture systems and human health. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 24, 183-189.
HEATH, M. J., 1995. Rock matrix diffusion as a mechanism for radionuclide retardation: natural radioelement migration in relation to the microfractography and petrophysics of fractured crystalline rock (Report on Phase 1). CEC Nuclear Science and Technology, Rept. No. EUR 15977, Luxembourg., 1995. 128pp.
HEATH, M. J., 1995. Mineral development and environment: impact of mining on the environment - problems and solutions. Geoscience and Development, No. 2, 29-30.
HEATH, M. J., 1998. Radon. In: Selwood, E. B., Durrance, E. M. and Bristow, C. M. (Eds.), Geology of Cornwall, 240-243. University of Exeter Press.
HEATH, M. J., 2001. How Geologists View Retention. In: Radionuclide Retention in Geologic Media. Proceedings of the Fifth NEA/OECD GEOTRAP Workshop on 'Geological Evidence and Theoretical Bases for Radionuclide-retention Processes', Oskarshamn, Sweden, 7-9 May 2001, 67-70. Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris.
HEATH, M. J., 2002. Environmental aspects of geothermal energy resources utilization. In: Chandrasekharam, D. and Bundschuh, J. (Eds). Geothermal Energy (Resources) for Developing Countries. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
HEATH, M. J., 2002. Radon. Contaminated Land. Waste Disposal. In: Durrance, E. M., Selwood, E. B. and Laming, D. J. C. (Eds.), Geology of Devon (2nd Edition). University of Exeter Press (in press).
HEATH, M. J. and DURRANCE, E. M., 1984. Radionuclide migration in fractured rock: hydrogeological investigations at an experimental site in the Carnmenellis granite, Cornwall. Harwell Report AERE-R. 11402; also published as CEC Nuclear Science and Technology, Rept. No. EUR 9668, Luxembourg, 1985.
HEATH, M. J. and DURRANCE, E. M., 1985. Hydrogeological investigations at an experimental site in granite, south west England, in relation to the transport of radionuclides through fractured rock. Nuclear and Chemical Waste Management, 5, 251-267.
HEATH, M. J., and MEREFIELD, J. R., 1996. Agriculture and environment: current position and options for the future use of abandoned agricultural land. Revista de Estudios Agrosociales.
HEATH, M. J. and MILLS, S. R., 1981. Geological map in: Marks, R. J. and Merritt, J. W., The sand and gravel resources of the country north-east of Halstead, Essex. Description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL83. Miner. Assess. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 68.
HEATH, M. J. and MILLS, S. R., 1981. Geological map in: Marks, R. J. and Murray, D. W., The sand and gravel resources of the country around Sible Hedingham, Essex. Description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL83. Miner. Assess. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 82.
HEATH, M. J. and MILLS, S. R., 1982. Geological map in: Booth, S. J. and Merritt, J. W., The sand and gravel resources of the country around Coggeshall, Essex. Description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL83. Miner. Assess. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 102.
HEATH. M. J. and PASCOE, D. M., 1982. Geological observations on the results of permeability tests in granite at Troon, Cornwall. Proc. 2nd Ann. Information Meeting AECL/Euratom, Brussels, September 1982. Commission of the European Communities.
HEATH, M. J. and MONTOTO, M., 1997. Rock matrix diffusion as a mechanism for radionuclide retardation: natural radioelement migration in relation to the microfractography and petrophysics of fractured crystalline rock. Final Report. CEC Nuclear Science and Technology, Report EUR 17121 EN, Luxembourg. 225pp.
HEATH, M. J. and ROCHE, D. P., 2000. Rehabilitation of an asbestos-contaminated mine site: a case study from Cornwall, South West England. Int. Symp on Geoenvironmental Reclamation, Nagpur (India), 20-22 November 2000. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 437-443.
Asbestos-contaminated site described in Heath and Roche (2000)
after rehabilitation as a site of important industrial heritage.
HEATH, M. J., MEREFIELD, J. R. and PAITHANKAR, A. G., 1992. Environmental impact of mining on tropical forest, Central India. Geotimes, March 1992, 14-16.
HEATH, M. J., MEREFIELD, J. R., STONE, I. M., PAITHANKAR, A. G. and MUTHREJA, I. L., 1993. Environmental impact of mining in tropical forest. Mining Environmental Management, Vol. 1, No. 3, 20-21, September 1993.
HEATH, M. J., MEREFIELD, J. R., STONE, I. M., PAITHANKAR, A. G. and MUTHREJA, I. L., 1993. Environmental protection strategies for mineral development. Mining Environmental Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, 24-25, June 1994 .
HEATH, M. J., MEREFIELD, J. R., STONE, I. M., PAITHANKAR, A. G. and MUTHREJA, I. L., 1994. Impact of mining on tropical forest, Central India: signposts to future development strategies in environmentally sensitive regions. Proc. Int. Symp. on 'Impact of mining on the environment: problems and solutions', Nagpur (India), 11-16 January 1994.
HEATH, M. J., MILLS, S. R., ELLISON, R. A., LAKE, R. D., BRISTOW, C. R., ALLENDER, R., AMBROSE, J. D., COX, F. C. and MOORLOCK, B. S. B., 1982. Braintree (Sheet 223). 1:50,000 Series Geological Map. Geological Survey of Great Britain (England and Wales).
HEATH, M. J., MONTOTO, M., RODRIGUEZ REY, A., RUIZ DE ARGANDOÑA, V. G., and MENENDEZ, B., 1991. Rock matrix diffusion as a mechanism of radionuclide retardation: a natural analogue study of El Berrocal granite, Spain. 3rd Int. Conf. on Chemistry and Migration Behaviour of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere (Migration '91), Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, 21-25 October 1991. Radiochimica Acta, 58/59, 379-384.
DURRANCE, E. M. and HEATH, M. J., 1985. Thermal groundwater movement and radionuclide transport in south west England. Proc. Meeting on Mineralogical Aspects of the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes, London, November 1983. Mineralog. Mag., 49, 289-299.
DURRANCE, E. M. and HEATH, M. J., 1993. Radon in West Cornwall, England. Proc. 2me Colloque International sur la Géochimie des Gaz (C.I.G.G.), Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon/Montbéliard, France, 5-9 July 1993; in: Dubois, C. (Ed.) Gas Geochemistry. Science Reviews, Northwood, 31-34.
HODGSON, R. L. P. and HEATH, M. J., 2000. The use of geomaterials in hazard-resistant construction. International Conference on Village Infrastructure to Cope with the Environment, Dhaka, November 2000. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology / University of Exeter, 207-216.
MEREFIELD, J. R. and HEATH, M. J., 1991. The role of sedimentary geochemistry in environmental impact assessment. Int. Conf. on Mineral Development and Environment, Dhanbad, India, 28-30 November 1991.
MOORLOCK, B. S. P. and HEATH, M. J., 1979. Geological map in: Hopson, P. M., The sand and gravel resources of the country north of Harlow, Essex. Description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL41. Miner. Assess. Rep. Inst. Geol. Sci., No. 46.
THOTE, N. R. and HEATH, M. J., 2004. Air quality management in opencast mines: a need of the hour. Indian Mining and Engineering Journal, 43 (7), 31-35.
BARILLON, R., VIOLETTE, S., NICOLINI, E., KLEIN, D., CHAMBAUDET, A., CARBONNEL, J. P., HEATH, M. J., and MEREFIELD, J. R., 1994. Continuous measurements of radon content in groundwater on the volcanic site of Piton de la Fournaise (Island of Réunion, France). Nucl. Tracks and Rad. Meas..
BOURKE, P. J., DURRANCE, E. M., HEATH, M. J. and HODGKINSON, D. P., 1984. Fracture hydrology relevant to radionuclide transport. Harwell Report AERE-R. 11414; also published in Nuclear Science and Technology series of the Commission of the European Communities, Rept. No 9854, Luxembourg, 1985.
DURRANCE, E. M., BROMLEY, A. V., BRISTOW, C. M., HEATH, M. J. and PENMAN, J. M., 1982. Hydrothermal circulation and post-magmatic changes in the granites of south west England. Proc. Ussher Soc., 5, 304-320.
ELLISON, R. A., LAKE, R. D., MOORLOCK, B. S. P., MILLWARD, D., HEATH, M. J. and BRISTOW, C. R., 1981. Epping (Sheet 240). 1:50,000 Series Geological map. Geological Survey of Great Britain (England and Wales).
GRAINGER, P., MEREFIELD, J. R., DUDDRIDGE, G. and HEATH, M. J., 1997. Gas migration studies at Sellafield, UK; in Reeves, G. M. (Ed.), Geo-Engineering of Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Disposal. 3rd European Engineering Geology Conference / 33rd Annual Conference of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 10-14 Sept. 1997, 185-202.
GRAINGER, P., MEREFIELD, J. R., DUDDRIDGE, G. and HEATH, M. J., 1997. Soil gas surveying at Sellafield. Science Report No. S/97/010. United Kingdom Nirex Limited, December 1997. 46 pp.
LINEHAM, T. R., NASH, P. J., RODWELL, W. R., BOLT, J., WATKINS, V. M. B., GRAINGER, P., HEATH, M. J. and MEREFIELD, J. R., 1994. Gas migration in fractured rocks: results and modelling of a helium gas injection experiment at the Reskajeage Farm Test Site, S. W. England, United Kingdom. 4th Int. Conf. on Chemistry and Migration Behaviour of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere (Migration '93), Charleston, USA, 12-17 December 1993. Radiochimica Acta, 66/67, 757-764.
LINEHAM, T. R., NASH, P. J., RODWELL, W. R., BOLT, J., WATKINS, V. M. B., GRAINGER, P., HEATH, M. J. and MEREFIELD, J. R., 1996. Gas migration in fractured rocks: results and modelling of a helium gas injection experiment at the Reskajeage Farm Test Site, S. W. England, United Kingdom. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 21, 101 - 113.
MÉNAGER, M. T., HEATH, M. J., IVANOVICH, M., MONTJOTIN, C., BARILLON, R., CAMP, J. and HASLER, S. E. 1994. Uranium migration/retention processes in core profiles from El Berrocal (Spain): implications for matrix diffusion in fractured granite. 4th Int. Conf. on Chemistry and Migration Behaviour of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere (Migration '93), Charleston, USA, 12-17 December 1993. Radiochimica Acta, 66/67, 475-483.
MONTOTO, M., HEATH, M. J., RODRIGUEZ REY, A., RUIZ DE ARGANDOÑA, V. G., CALLEJA, L. and MENENDEZ, B., 1991. Matrix diffusion for radionuclide retardation in relation to crystalline rock. 11th Ann. Information Meeting AECL/Euratom, Pinawa, September 1991. Commission of the European Communities.
MONTOTO, M., HEATH, M. J., RODRIGUEZ REY, A., RUIZ DE ARGANDOÑA, V. G., CALLEJA, L. and MENENDEZ, B., 1992. Natural analogue and microstructural studies in relation to radionuclide retardation by rock matrix diffusion in granite: Final Report. Nuclear Science and Technology series of the Commission of the European Communities, Rept. No. EUR 14352, Luxembourg. 124pp.
A.E.R.E., 1983. Review of AERE research programme into radionuclide migration in fractured granite, 1982-83: Report to CEC. Rept. No. DOE/RW/83.082. Department of the Environment.
Also:
HEATH, M. J., 1985. Is living in the West Country endangering your health? (Editor's title for article on natural radiation). Western Morning News, 4th September 1985.
HEATH, M. J., 1985. Radioactive waste: Cornish research must continue. (Editor's title). Western Morning News, 19th October 1985.
PhD Thesis:
HEATH, M. J., 1982. Uranium in the Dartmoor granite: geochemical and radiogeological investigations in relation to the south west England geothermal anomaly. Unpub. PhD Thesis, Univ. of Exeter.
Editorial:
Technical Editor, 'Radioactivity in Geology' by E. M. Durrance, published by Ellis Horwood (1986).
Co-Editor, Proceedings Int. Symp. on 'Impact of Mining on the Environment: Problems and Solutions' (1994), published by Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi and A. A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam.
Associate Editor, Geoscience and Development (the
journal of the Association of Geoscientists for International Development
- AGID).
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