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How will climate change affect the spatial coherence of streamflow and groundwater droughts in Great Britain? by Tanguy, Maliko, Chevuturi, Amulya, Marchant, Ben P, Mackay, Jonathan D, Parry, Simon, Hannaford, Jamie

“…Abstract How climate change will affect the spatial coherence of droughts is a key question that water managers must answer in order to adopt strategies to…”
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A methodological framework for identifying potential sources of soil heavy metal pollution based on machine learning: A case study in the Yangtze Delta, China by Jia, Xiaolin, Hu, Bifeng, Marchant, Ben P., Zhou, Lianqing, Shi, Zhou, Zhu, Youwei

“…It is a great challenge to identify the many and varied sources of soil heavy metal pollution. Often little information is available regarding the…”
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Boundary line models for soil nutrient concentrations and wheat yield in national‐scale datasets by Lark, Richard M., Gillingham, Vincent, Langton, David, Marchant, Ben P.

“…In boundary line analysis a biological response (e.g., crop yield) is assumed to be a function of a variable (e.g., soil nutrient concentration), which limits…”
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Disaggregation of legacy soil data using area to point kriging for mapping soil organic carbon at the regional scale by Kerry, Ruth, Goovaerts, Pierre, Rawlins, Barry G., Marchant, Ben P.

“…Legacy data in the form of soil maps, which often have typical property measurements associated with each polygon, can be an important source of information…”
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Analyzing the Spatial Distribution of PCB Concentrations in Soils Using Below–Quantification Limit Data by Orton, Thomas G., Saby, Nicolas P. A., Arrouays, Dominique, Jolivet, Claudy C., Villanneau, Estelle J., Paroissien, Jean‐Baptiste, Marchant, Ben P., Caria, Giovanni, Barriuso, Enrique, Bispo, Antonio, Briand, Olivier

“…Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly toxic environmental pollutants that can accumulate in soils. We consider the problem of explaining and mapping the…”
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Improved understanding of spatio‐temporal controls on regional scale groundwater flooding using hydrograph analysis and impulse response functions by Ascott, Matthew J., Marchant, Ben P., Macdonald, David, McKenzie, Andrew A., Bloomfield, John Paul

“…Controls on the spatio‐temporal extent of groundwater flooding are poorly understood, despite the long duration of groundwater flood events and distinct social…”
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Spatial changes in soil chemical properties in an agricultural zone in southeastern China due to land consolidation by Wu, Chunfa, Huang, Jingyi, Zhu, Hao, Zhang, Limin, Minasny, Budiman, Marchant, Ben P., McBratney, Alex B.

“…[Display omitted] •A linear mixed model was used to map soil change.•Less spatial variability in soil properties after land consolidation.•Land consolidation…”
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Estimating organic surface horizon depth for peat and peaty soils across a Scottish upland catchment using linear mixed models with topographic and geological covariates by Finlayson, Andrew, Marchant, Ben P., Whitbread, Katie, Hughes, Leanne, Barron, Hugh F., Aitkenhead, Matt

“…In order to evaluate and protect ecosystem services provided by peat and peaty soils, accurate estimations for the depth of the surface organic horizon are…”
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The influence of groundwater abstraction on interpreting climate controls and extreme recharge events from well hydrographs in semi-arid South Africa by Sorensen, James P. R., Davies, Jeff, Ebrahim, Girma Y., Lindle, John, Marchant, Ben P., Ascott, Matthew J., Bloomfield, John P., Cuthbert, Mark O., Holland, Martin, Jensen, K. H., Shamsudduha, M., Villholth, Karen G., MacDonald, Alan M., Taylor, Richard G.

“…There is a scarcity of long-term groundwater hydrographs from sub-Saharan Africa to investigate groundwater sustainability, processes and controls. This paper…”
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Which persistent organic pollutants can we map in soil using a large spacing systematic soil monitoring design? A case study in Northern France by Villanneau, Estelle J., Saby, Nicolas P.A., Marchant, Ben P., Jolivet, Claudy C., Boulonne, Line, Caria, Giovanni, Barriuso, Enrique, Bispo, Antonio, Briand, Olivier, Arrouays, Dominique

“…Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) impact upon human and animal health and the wider environment. It is important to determine where POPs are found and the…”
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The Groundwater Drought Initiative (GDI): Analysing and understanding groundwater drought across Europe by Brauns, Bentje, Cuba, Daniela, Bloomfield, John P., Hannah, David M., Jackson, Christopher, Marchant, Ben P., Heudorfer, Benedikt, Van Loon, Anne F., Bessière, Hélène, Thunholm, Bo, Schubert, Gerhard

“…In Europe, it is estimated that around 65 % of drinking water is extracted from groundwater. Worryingly, groundwater drought events (defined as below normal…”
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Mapping soil Pb stocks and availability in mainland France combining regression trees with robust geostatistics by Lacarce, Eva, Saby, Nicolas P.A., Martin, Manuel P., Marchant, Ben P., Boulonne, Line, Meersmans, Jeroen, Jolivet, Claudy, Bispo, Antonio, Arrouays, Dominique

“…Maps of lead (Pb) stocks in soils and estimates of its availability are needed to assess risks of contamination. Stocks in soils of total and ethylenediamine…”
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Spatial variation of trace elements in the peri-urban soil of Madrid by Vázquez de la Cueva, Antonio, Marchant, Ben P, Quintana, José Ramón, de Santiago, Ana, Lafuente, Antonio López, Webster, Richard

“…PURPOSE: The peri-urban region to the south east of Madrid contains a mixture of housing, manufacturing industry and farming, some of which disperse metals, in…”
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Biphasic behaviour in malignant invasion by Marchant, Ben P., Norbury, John, Byrne, Helen M.

“…Invasion is an important facet of malignant growth that enables tumour cells to colonise adjacent regions of normal tissue. Factors known to influence such…”
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Soil carbon 4 per mille by Minasny, Budiman, Malone, Brendan P., McBratney, Alex B., Angers, Denis A., Arrouays, Dominique, Chambers, Adam, Chaplot, Vincent, Chen, Zueng-Sang, Cheng, Kun, Das, Bhabani S., Field, Damien J., Gimona, Alessandro, Hedley, Carolyn B., Hong, Suk Young, Mandal, Biswapati, Marchant, Ben P., Martin, Manuel, McConkey, Brian G., Mulder, Vera Leatitia, O'Rourke, Sharon, Richer-de-Forges, Anne C., Odeh, Inakwu, Padarian, José, Paustian, Keith, Pan, Genxing, Poggio, Laura, Savin, Igor, Stolbovoy, Vladimir, Stockmann, Uta, Sulaeman, Yiyi, Tsui, Chun-Chih, Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, van Wesemael, Bas, Winowiecki, Leigh

“…The ‘4 per mille Soils for Food Security and Climate’ was launched at the COP21 with an aspiration to increase global soil organic matter stocks by 4 per 1000…”
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A survey of topsoil arsenic and mercury concentrations across France by Marchant, B.P., Saby, N.P.A., Arrouays, D.

“…Even at low concentrations, the presence of arsenic and mercury in soils can lead to ecological and health impacts. The recent European-wide LUCAS Topsoil…”
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Temporal interpolation of groundwater level hydrographs for regional drought analysis using mixed models by Marchant, B. P., Cuba, D., Brauns, B., Bloomfield, J. P.

“…Large-scale studies of the spatial and temporal variation of groundwater drought status require complete inventories of groundwater levels on regular time…”
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Rejoinder to Comments on Minasny et al., 2017 Soil carbon 4 per mille Geoderma 292, 59–86 by Minasny, Budiman, Arrouays, Dominique, McBratney, Alex.B., Angers, Denis A., Chambers, Adam, Chaplot, Vincent, Chen, Zueng-Sang, Cheng, Kun, Das, Bhabani S., Field, Damien J., Gimona, Alessandro, Hedley, Carolyn, Hong, Suk Young, Mandal, Biswapati, Malone, Brendan P., Marchant, Ben P., Martin, Manuel, McConkey, Brian G., Mulder, Vera Leatitia, O'Rourke, Sharon, Richer-de-Forges, Anne C., Odeh, Inakwu, Padarian, José, Paustian, Keith, Pan, Genxing, Poggio, Laura, Savin, Igor, Stolbovoy, Vladimir, Stockmann, Uta, Sulaeman, Yiyi, Tsui, Chun-Chih, Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, van Wesemael, Bas, Winowiecki, Leigh

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Current issues and applications of soil monitoring by Marchant, B., Arrouays, D.

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The assessment of point-source and diffuse soil metal pollution using robust geostatistical methods: a case study in Swansea (Wales, UK) by Marchant, B. P., Tye, A. M., Rawlins, B. G.

“…The spatial variation of soil metal content arising from diffuse pollution in industrial regions cannot be analysed by conventional geostatistical methods…”
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