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Overview

Alastair Ruffell is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Paleontology, Genetics, and Geophysics.

Their work covers multiple scientific topics, including Geophysical Methods and Applications, Forensic and Genetic Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeological Research and Protection, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Underwater Acoustics Research, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Ruffell has contributed to a range of recent publications, including these notable papers:

  • Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic), 2020, Science Advances
  • Drone aerial imagery for the simulation of a neonate burial based on the geoforensic search strategy (GSS), 2021, Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Water penetrating radar, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations, 2022, Forensic Science International
  • Detection of Single Burials Using Multispectral Drone Data: Three Case Studies, 2022, Forensic Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including Jamie K. Pringle, Kristopher D. Wisniewski, Benjamin Rocke, Luke Hobson, and Amy Lally.

Ruffell's publications often appear in journals and venues such as Geology Today, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Forensic Sciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Forensic Science International, indicating a broad engagement with both geoscience and forensic science communities.

Best Publications

  • Synchroneity of climatic change and extinctions in the Late Triassic

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  • Conjunctive use of spectral gamma-ray logs and clay mineralogy in defining late Jurassic–early Cretaceous palaeoclimate change (Dorset, U.K.)

    Johann Schnyder;Alastair Ruffell;Jean-François Deconinck;François Baudin

  • Climatic and biotic change in the late Triassic

    Michael J. Simms;Alastair H. Ruffell

  • Palaeoclimatic significance of changes in clay mineralogy across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in England and France

    A. Hallam;J.A. Grose;A.H. Ruffell

  • Isotopic evidence for Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous climate change

    Darren R Gröcke;Darren R Gröcke;Gregory D Price;Alastair H Ruffell;Jörg Mutterlose

  • Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic).

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Jacopo Dal Corso;Massimo Bernardi;Massimo Bernardi;Yadong Sun;Haijun Song

  • Forensic Geoscience: applications of geology, geomorphology and geophysics to criminal investigations

    Alastair Ruffell;Jennifer McKinley

  • Comparison of clay mineral stratigraphy to other proxy palaeoclimate indicators in the Mesozoic of NW Europe.

    Alastair Ruffell;Jennifer M. McKinley;Richard H. Worden

  • Purbeck–Wealden (early Cretaceous) climates

    P. Allen;K.L. Alvin;J.E. Andrews;D.J. Batten

  • The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches

    J. K. Pringle;Alastair Ruffell;J.R. Jervis;L. Donnelly

  • The Barremian-Aptian arid phase in western Europe

    Alastair H. Ruffell;David J. Batten

  • The Upper Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) positive carbon–isotope event recorded in terrestrial plants

    Darren R. Gröcke;Gregory D. Price;Stuart A. Robinson;Evgenij Y. Baraboshkin

  • Palaeoclimate analysis using spectral gamma-ray data from the Aptian (Cretaceous) of southern England and southern France

    Alastair Ruffell;Richard Worden

  • Belemnites of Valanginian, Hauterivian and Barremian age: Sr-isotope stratigraphy, composition (87Sr/86Sr, δ13C, δ18O, Na, Sr, Mg), and palaeo-oceanography

    J.M McArthur;J Mutterlose;G.D Price;P.F Rawson

  • The Carnian Humid Episode of the late Triassic: a review

    A. Ruffell;M. J. Simms;P. B. Wignall

  • Isotopic evidence for temperature variation during the early Cretaceous (late Ryazanian-mid-Hauterivian)

    Gregory D. Price;Alastair H. Ruffell;Charles E. Jones;Robert M. Kalin

  • Smectite in Sandstones: A Review of the Controls on Occurrence and Behaviour During Diagenesis

    J. M. McKinley;R. H. Worden;A. H. Ruffell

  • How Porosity and Permeability Vary Spatially With Grain Size, Sorting, Cement Volume, and Mineral Dissolution In Fluvial Triassic Sandstones: The Value of Geostatistics and Local Regression

    Jennifer M. McKinley;P.M. Atkinson;Christopher D. Lloyd;Alastair H. Ruffell

  • Biotic and climatic changes in the Carnian Triassic of Europe and adjacent areas

    Michael J. Simms;Alastair H. Ruffell;Andrew La. Johnson

  • The influence of a sudden climatic change on marine deposition in the Kimmeridgian of northwest Europe

    Paul B. Wignall;Alastair H. Ruffell

  • Searching for the IRA "disappeared": ground-penetrating radar investigation of a churchyard burial site, Northern Ireland.

    Alastair Ruffell

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
Jörg Mutterlose
Jörg Mutterlose Ruhr University Bochum
Duncan Pirrie
Duncan Pirrie University of South Wales
Gregory D. Price
Gregory D. Price Plymouth University
Peter F. Rawson
Peter F. Rawson University College London
Darren R. Gröcke
Darren R. Gröcke Durham University
Chris Hunt
Chris Hunt Liverpool John Moores University
Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith Queen's University Belfast
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Robert M. Kalin
Robert M. Kalin University of Strathclyde

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