Search Results - "Mackay, Rae"

Hydrogeological trends in an alluvial valley in the Brazilian semiarid: Impacts of observed climate variables change and exploitation on groundwater availability and salinity by Almeida, Thayná Alice Brito, Montenegro, Abelardo Antônio de Assunção, Mackay, Rae, Montenegro, Suzana Maria Gico Lima, Coelho, Victor Hugo Rabelo, de Carvalho, Ailton Alves, da Silva, Thieres George Freire

“…Mimoso Alluvial Valley, Semiarid Brazil. This study aims to assess the influence of climate variability and exploitation on groundwater accessibility, quantity…”
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Urban groundwater baseflow influence upon inorganic river-water quality: The River Tame headwaters catchment in the City of Birmingham, UK by Rivett, Michael O., Ellis, Paul A., Mackay, Rae

“…► City influence on inorganic chemical quality of groundwater baseflow is studied. ► Birmingham dataset of urban groundwater, baseflow and river quality are…”
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Stochastic simulations of regional scale advective transport in fractured rock masses using block upscaled hydro-mechanical rock property data by Blum, Philipp, Mackay, Rae, Riley, Michael S.

“…A method for upscaling coupled hydro-mechanical properties in fractured rock from the small (metre) scale to the large (decametre to kilometre) scale has been…”
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Correction to "Impacts of nonuniform flow on estimates of vertical streambed flux" by Cuthbert, Mark, Mackay, Rae

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Unconfined Expansion Test (UET) for measuring the tensile strength of organic soft rock by Tang, Zhan, Tolooiyan, Ali, Mackay, Rae

“…An Unconfined Expansion Test (UET) is presented for measuring the tensile strength of Intermediate Geotechnical Materials (IGM). The test is performed by…”
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SWITCH city water balance: a scoping model for integrated urban water management by Mackay, Rae, Last, Ewan

“…Climate shifts, environmental degradation, aging infrastructure, energy adaptation and population growth are impacting many cities worldwide and will force…”
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Effects of recycled aggregate growth substrate on green roof vegetation development: A six year experiment by Bates, Adam J., Sadler, Jon P., Greswell, Richard B., Mackay, Rae

“…•Drought disturbance was a key environmental driver of green roof plant assemblages.•Plant recovery from drought disturbance was mediated by the growth…”
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Elucidating the impact of micro-scale heterogeneous bacterial distribution on biodegradation by Schmidt, Susanne I., Kreft, Jan-Ulrich, Mackay, Rae, Picioreanu, Cristian, Thullner, Martin

“…•The heterogeneous micro-scale microbial growth in pores reduces bioavailability.•This growth form can reduce degradation rates by up to an order of…”
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Vegetation development over four years on two green roofs in the UK by Bates, Adam J., Sadler, Jon P., Mackay, Rae

“…Carefully designed green roofs have the potential to be used as mitigation for habitats lost at ground level. The development of plant assemblages on two green…”
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Controls on the rate of ureolysis and the morphology of carbonate precipitated by S. Pasteurii biofilms and limits due to bacterial encapsulation by Cuthbert, Mark O., Riley, Michael S., Handley-Sidhu, Stephanie, Renshaw, Joanna C., Tobler, Dominique J., Phoenix, Vernon R., Mackay, Rae

“…Despite the potential contribution of microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) to a range of environmental technologies, little is known about the…”
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Effects of varying organic matter content on the development of green roof vegetation: A six year experiment by Bates, Adam J., Sadler, Jon P., Greswell, Richard B., Mackay, Rae

“…•Drought disturbance was a key factor influencing the green roof plant assemblages.•The assemblage response to drought disturbance was mediated by the…”
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The effect of instrumentation on the determination of the resilient modulus of unbound granular materials using advanced repeated load triaxial testing by Zhalehjoo, Negin, Tolooiyan, Ali, Mackay, Rae, Bodin, Didier

“…Unbound Granular Materials (UGMs) are used in the base/subbase layers of flexible pavement structures for the vast majority of the main roads around the world…”
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Stochastic simulations of regional scale advective transport in fractured rock masses using block upscaled hydro-mechanical rock property data: Transfer of pollutants in soils, sediments and water systems: From small to large scale (AquaTerra) by BLUM, Philipp, MACKAY, Rae, RILEY, Michael S

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An initial experimental assessment of the influence of substrate depth on floral assemblage for extensive green roofs by Olly, Luke M., Bates, Adam J., Sadler, Jon P., Mackay, Rae

“…Extensive green roofs have the potential to be used as mitigation tools to compensate for urban habitat loss, but there is little information about how closely…”
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Using regional groundwater flow models for prediction of regional wellwater quality distributions by Furlong, Ben V., Riley, Michael S., Herbert, Alan W., Ingram, John A., Mackay, Rae, Tellam, John H.

“…► Groundwater flow model interpretations imply groundwater age distributions. ► Taking an example model we compare implied ages and wellwater quality…”
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Quantifying urban river–aquifer fluid exchange processes: A multi-scale problem by Ellis, Paul A., Mackay, Rae, Rivett, Michael O.

“…Groundwater–river exchanges in an urban setting have been investigated through long term field monitoring and detailed modelling of a 7 km reach of the Tame…”
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SWITCH in Birmingham, UK: experimental investigation of the ecological and hydrological performance of extensive green roofs by Bates, Adam J., Mackay, Rae, Greswell, Richard B., Sadler, Jon P.

“…This paper summarises research based in the city of Birmingham, UK, into the ecological and hydrological performance of extensive green roofs designed to act…”
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Quantifying urban river-aquifer fluid exchange processes : A multi-scale problem: Issues in urban hydrology: the emerging field of urban contaminant hydrology by ELLIS, Paul A, MACKAY, Rae, RIVETT, Michael O

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A fast algorithm for the estimation of the equivalent hydraulic conductivity of heterogeneous media by Renard, Philippe, Le Loc'h, Gaëlle, Ledoux, Emmanuel, Marsily, Ghislain, Mackay, Rae

“…Fast upscaling of hydraulic conductivity is a recurrent problem in modeling flow through heterogeneous porous media. We propose a new renormalization…”
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The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater Quantity and Quality in the Zahedan Aquifer, southeast Iran by Khazaei, Esmaeil, Mackay, Rae, Warner, James W.

“…This paper investigates the impacts of urban growth on groundwater quality and quantity in the Zahedan aquifer, which is the sole source of water supply for…”
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