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    Dr Jamie K. Pringle

    Dr Jamie K. Pringle

    Title
    Reader in Forensic Geoscience
    Location
    LJ0.19
    Role

    On secondment to Forensic Science
    Contact me
    Email
    Email
    j.k.pringle@keele.ac.uk

    Biography

    I was appointed as a Lecturer in 2006, Senior Lecturer in 2014 and Reader in 2022. I was awarded the William Smith Fund (Award) by the Geological Society of London in 2012 which is awarded to "for published excellence in contributions to applied and economic aspects of geoscience" within 10 years of their PhD. I am currently part of the MSc Geoscience Research course management team.

    Whilst originally a geologist (BSc Geology Royal Holloway 1996) and applied sedimentologist PhD Heriot-Watt University 2003), my multi-disciplinary quantitative research has moved from capturing architectural geometries of reservoir analogues (Research Fellow Liverpool University 2004-5), through to near-surface geophysics (Reynolds Geo-Sciences Ltd 2003-4), military and now forensic geoscience, specialising in forensic geophysics.  Teaching commitments also form a large part of my duties, teaching on all Levels from school visits and outreach, through to UG, PGT and PGR programmes. I gained my MA in Teaching and Learning in HE from Keele in 2012 and have been developing various educational e-games as complementary learning environments (see publication list).

    I am part of the Applied & Environmental Geophysics Group here at Keele. I am also a committee member of both the Near-Surface Geophysics and Forensic Geoscience Specialist Sub-Groups of the Geological Society of London and actively collaborate with the UK Police Service's National Crime Agency, various UK Police Service County Forces and the Environment Agency. Finally I am a scrutineer on the Chartership Panel of the Geological Society of London.

    Research and scholarship

    General Research Field

    Design, application and development of geophysical, surveying, sedimentary and digital data capture engineering techniques for near-surface environmental, geological, hydrological and forensic applications.

    Specific Research Areas

    Forensic Geoscience: ongoing collaborative research projects to detect and monitor grave sites, create robust geophysical search protocols and quantitatively characterise crime scenes. Active collaboration with Staffordshire University’s Research team, West Midlands and Staffordshire Police Services, QUB University, the Macaulay Institute and the Forensic Science Service. Liaising with Murray Haynes, the National Crime Agency’s National Search Advisor.

    Military Geoscience: extending battlefield sites experience in the UK and Europe (WW1 onwards) using geophysical and intrusive investigation with international colleagues.

    Geophysical Investigations: experience in the industrial and academic application of seismic, electrical, GPR and EM geophysical techniques in a wide range of environments. Current applications include: investigation of contaminated land, landfills, military sites, archaeological sites and mineshaft detection.

    Outcrop data capture and 3D data visualization: extensive experience using cutting-edge digital outcrop data capture technologies, integrating various data types and visualizing resulting models for 3D data extraction, virtual field trips, etc.

    Reservoir Modelling: reducing petroleum reservoir model uncertainty by integrating 3D digital outcrop data to produce highly-detailed reservoir models suites.

    Applied Sedimentology: extensive field experience in deep- and shallow-marine, fluvial and aeolian environments in Europe, the US and Africa. Primarily research in petroleum reservoir outcrop analogues, extracting architectural datasets.

    Industrial/Commercial Expertise & Skills 

    10 years of industrial and commercial research and project experience relating to:

    Technical/project management: multi-discipline experience of small and large-scale industrial projects, cost and production management.

    Bid/Tender proposal development: Knowledge and experience of preparing successful, multi-disciplinary contract proposals, tends and bids.

    Teaching

    Year 1

    FSC-10001: Forensic Science Skills and Practice

    Year 3

    FSC-30009: Forensic Dissertation (Supervisor)
    FSC-30015 : Forensic Science Group Project (Supervisor)
    FSC-30013 : Forensic Geoscience (Module Leader)
    LSC-30045 : Project

    Year 4

    FSC-40011 : Independent Project (Supervisor)
    ESC-40004/5/6 : M.Geoscience Research Project (Supervisor)
    ESC-40044 : MSc Dissertation

    See Jamie Pringle Publications  for a full list of publications.

    Selected Publications

    • Bigman DP, Noble D, Sargent T, Pringle JK. 2023. Large-scale Forensic Search for Fallen Soldier Burials from the American Revolutionary War at Kettle Creek Battlefield, Georgia, USA. Forensic Science International: Reports, Article 100313, vol. 7. doi> link> full text>
    • Molina CM, Castellanos D, Baena A, Salgado A, Pringle J. 2022. Forced disappearance and missing people in Colombia. Forensic Science International: Reports, 100287, vol. 6. doi> link> full text>
    • Madden C, Pringle JK, Jeffery AJ, Wisniewski KD, Heaton V, Oliver IW, Glanville H, Stimpson IG, Dick H, Eeley M, Goodwin J. 2022. Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in Graveyards with Contrasting Soil Types. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Madden C, Pringle JK, Jeffery AJ, Wisniewski KD, Heaton V, Oliver IW, Glanville H, Stimpson IG, Dick HC, Eeley M, Goodwin J. 2022. Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis of heavy metal contamination in church graveyards with contrasting soil types. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 55278-55292, vol. 29(36). link> doi> full text>
    • Carr S, Pringle J, Doyle P, Wisniewski K, Stimpson I. 2020. ‘Scallywag Bunkers’: Geophysical Investigations of WW2 Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases (OBs) in the UK. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 4-31, vol. 15(1). link> doi> link> full text>

    Full Publications Listshow

    Journal Articles

    • Bigman DP, Noble D, Sargent T, Pringle JK. 2023. Large-scale Forensic Search for Fallen Soldier Burials from the American Revolutionary War at Kettle Creek Battlefield, Georgia, USA. Forensic Science International: Reports, Article 100313, vol. 7. doi> link> full text>
    • Eissa R, Cassidy N, Gunn D, Stimpson I, Dashwood B, Morgan D, Pringle J, Lee J. 2023. Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Iraqi Geological Journal, 167-180, vol. 56(1B). doi> full text>
    • Molina CM, Castellanos D, Baena A, Salgado A, Pringle J. 2022. Forced disappearance and missing people in Colombia. Forensic Science International: Reports, 100287, vol. 6. doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Westerman AR, Clark JD, Guest JA, Ferguson RJ, Gardiner AR. 2003. The use of vertical radar profiling (VRP) in GPR surveys of ancient sedimentary strata. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 225-246, vol. 211(1). doi>
    • Jeffery AJ, Rogers SL, Pringle JK, Zholobenko VL, Jeffery KLA, Wisniewski KD, Haxton KJ, Emley DW. 2022. Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 2277-2290, vol. 99(6). link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Stimpson IG, Jeffery AJ, Wisniewski KD, Grossey T, Hobson L, Heaton V, Zholobenko V, Rogers SL. 2022. Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science. Sci Justice, 696-707, vol. 62(6). link> doi> full text>
    • Madden C, Pringle JK, Jeffery AJ, Wisniewski KD, Heaton V, Oliver IW, Glanville H, Stimpson IG, Dick H, Eeley M, Goodwin J. 2022. Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in Graveyards with Contrasting Soil Types. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Madden C, Pringle JK, Jeffery AJ, Wisniewski KD, Heaton V, Oliver IW, Glanville H, Stimpson IG, Dick HC, Eeley M, Goodwin J. 2022. Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis of heavy metal contamination in church graveyards with contrasting soil types. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 55278-55292, vol. 29(36). link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Jeffery AJ, Ruffell A, Stimpson IG, Pirrie D, Bergslien E, Madden C, Oliver I, Wisniewski KD, Cassella JP, Lamont N, Gormley S, Partridge J. 2022. The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations. Forensic Science International, 111175. doi> link> full text>
    • Molina CM, Wisniewski K, Heaton V, Pringle JK, Avila EF, Herrera LA, Guerrero J, Saumett M, Echeverry R, Duarte M, Baena A. 2022. Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of dismembered victims using UAVs, electrical tomography, and GPR over one year to aid investigations of human rights violations in Colombia, South America. J Forensic Sci, 1060-1071, vol. 67(3). link> doi> full text>
    • Campbell KEJ, Ruffell A, Pringle J, Hughes D, Taylor S, Devlin B. 2021. Bridge Foundation River Scour and Infill Characterisation Using Water-Penetrating Radar. REMOTE SENSING, Article ARTN 2542, vol. 13(13). link> doi> full text>
    • Dawson L, Di Maggio R, McKinley J, Di Capua G, Pringle J, Peppoloni S. 2021. A proposal for a White Paper on Geoethics in Forensic Geology. Geological Society Special Publications, 115-124, vol. 508. doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle J, Stimpson I, Wisniewski K, Heaton V, Davenward B, Mirosch N, Spencer F, Jervis J. 2021. Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators. Geology Today, 63-65, vol. 37(2). doi> link> full text>
    • Medhat NI, Atya M, Ragab EA, El-Kenawy AA, Abdel Zaher M, Pringle JK. 2021. Geophysical site assessment of an active urban development site, southeastern suburb of Cairo, Egypt. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY, Article ARTN qjegh2018-151, vol. 54(1). link> doi> full text>
    • Carr S, Pringle J, Doyle P, Wisniewski K, Stimpson I. 2020. ‘Scallywag Bunkers’: Geophysical Investigations of WW2 Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases (OBs) in the UK. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 4-31, vol. 15(1). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Stimpson IG, Wisniewski KD, Heaton V, Davenward B, Mirosch N, Spencer F, Jervis JR. 2020. Geophysical monitoring of simulated homicide burials for forensic investigations. Sci Rep, 7544, vol. 10(1). link> doi> full text>
    • Mitten AJ, Howell LP, Clarke SM, Pringle JK. 2020. Controls on the deposition and preservation of architectural elements within a fluvial multi-storey sandbody. Sedimentary Geology, 105629, vol. 113. doi> full text>
    • Howell L, Egan S, Leslie G, Clarke S, Mitten A, Pringle J. 2020. The influence of low-density granite bodies on extensional basins. Geology Today, 22-26, vol. 36(1). doi> link> full text>
    • Priddy CL, Pringle JK, Clarke SM, Pettigrew RP. 2019. Application of photogrammetry to generate quantitative geobody data in ephemeral fluvial systems. PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RECORD, 428-444, vol. 34(168). link> doi> full text>
    • Mitten AJ, Mullins J, Pringle JK, Howell J, Clarke SM. 2020. Depositional conditioning of three dimensional training images: Improving the reproduction and representation of architectural elements in sand-dominated fluvial reservoir models. MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, Article ARTN 104156, vol. 113. link> doi> full text>
    • Wisniewski KD, Cooper N, Heaton V, Hope C, Pirrie D, Mitten AJ, Pringle JK. 2019. The Search for "Fred": An Unusual Vertical Burial Case. J Forensic Sci, 1530-1539, vol. 64(5). link> doi> full text>
    • Molina CM, Wisniewski KD, Drake J, Baena A, Guatame A, Pringle JK. 2019. Testing Application of Geographical Information Systems, Forensic Geomorphology and Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Investigate Clandestine Grave Sites in Colombia, South America. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 266-273, vol. 65(1). doi> link> full text>
    • Eissa R, Cassidy N, Pringle J, Stimpson I. 2020. Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY, 137-144, vol. 53(1). link> doi> full text>
    • Ainsworth J, Pringle JK, Doyle P, Stringfellow M, Roberts D, Stimpson I, Wisniewski K, Goodwin J. 2019. Geophysical Investigations of WW2 UK air-raid shelters. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 167-197, vol. 13(3). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Wisniewski KD, Pringle JK, Allen D, Wilson GE. 2019. Wildlife crime: The application of forensic geoscience to assist with criminal investigations. Forensic Sci Int, e11-e18, vol. 294. link> doi> full text>
    • Cassidy NJ and Pringle JK. 2010. Special Issue on Student-based Research Foreword. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, 443-444, vol. 8(6). link> doi>
    • Pringle JK, Cassidy NJ, Styles P, Stimpson IG, Toon SM. 2011. Training the next generation of near-surface geophysicists: team-based, student-led, problem-solving field exercises, Cumbria, UK. Near Surface Geophysics, 397, vol. 9(4). doi> link> full text>
    • Ruffell A, Pringle JK, Graham C, Langton M, Jones GM. 2018. Geophysical assessment of illegally buried toxic waste for a legal enquiry: A case study in Northern Ireland (UK). ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS, 239-252, vol. 19(4). link> doi> full text>
    • Wisniewski K, Pringle J, Allen D, Wilson G. 2018. Wildlife Crime: The application of forensic geoscience to assist with criminal investigations. doi>
    • Dick HC and Pringle JK. 2018. Inorganic elemental analysis of decomposition fluids of an in situ animal burial. Forensic Sci Int, 130-139, vol. 289. link> doi> full text>
    • Rubio-Melendi D, Gonzalez-Quirós A, Roberts D, García García MDC, Caunedo Domínguez A, Pringle JK, Fernández-Álvarez J-P. 2018. GPR and ERT detection and characterization of a mass burial, Spanish Civil War, Northern Spain. Forensic Sci Int, e1-e9, vol. 287. link> doi> full text>
    • Mitten A and Pringle J. 2018. Geology of the Blue Lagoon. Geology Today, 35-38, vol. 34(1). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Dick HC, Pringle JK, Wisniewski KD, Goodwin J, van der Putten R, Evans GT, Francis JD, Cassella JP, Hansen JD. 2017. Determining geophysical responses from burials in graveyards and cemeteries. GEOPHYSICS, B245-B255, vol. 82(6). link> doi> full text>
    • Rees-Hughes L, Pringle JK, Russill N, Wisniewski KD. 2017. Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 166-191, vol. 11(2-3). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Ruffell A, Pringle JK, Cassella JP, Morgan RM, Ferguson M, Heaton VG, Hope C, McKinley JM. 2017. The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches. EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS, 323-337, vol. 171. link> doi> full text>
    • Fernandez-Alvarez J-P, Rubio-Melendi D, Martinez-Velasco A, Pringle JK, Aguilera D. 2016. Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using GPR and forensic archaeology. Forensic Science International, e10-e17, vol. 267(10). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Martin Molina C, Pringle JK, Saumett M, Evans GT. 2016. Geophysical and botanical monitoring of simulated graves in a tropical rainforest, Colombia, South America. JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 232-242, vol. 135. link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK and Dick HC. 2016. Forensic geophysics: assisting law enforcement agencies in clandestine grave detection. FastTIMES, vol. 21(2). link> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Jervis JR, Roberts D, Dick HC, Wisniewski KD, Cassidy NJ, Cassella JP. 2016. Long-term Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves using Electrical and Ground Penetrating Radar Methods: 4-6 Years After Burial. J Forensic Sci, 309-321, vol. 61(2). link> doi> full text>
    • Molina CM, Pringle JK, Saumett M, Evans GT. 2016. Geophysical monitoring of simulated graves with resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity and GPR in Colombia, South America. Forensic Science International. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Booth AD and Pringle JK. 2016. Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves. JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 37-44, vol. 125. link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK. 2015. Virtual geology special issue: developing training, teaching and research skillsets for geoscientists. Geology Today, 213-215, vol. 31(6). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Dick HC, Pringle JK, Sloane B, Carver J, Wisniewski KD, Haffenden A, Porter S, Roberts D, Cassidy NJ. 2015. Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 132-141, vol. 59. link> doi> full text>
    • Moseley DB, Pringle JK, Haslam RB, Egan SS, Rogers SL, Gertisser R, Cassidy NJ, Stimpson I. 2015. Geophysical surveys to help map buried igneous intrusions, Snowdonia, North Wales, UK. Geology Today, 109-115, vol. 31(3). doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Giubertoni M, Cassidy NJ, Wisniewski KD, Hansen JD, Linford NT, Daniels RM. 2015. The use of magnetic susceptibility as a forensic search tool. Forensic Sci Int, 31-42, vol. 246. link> doi> full text>
    • Molina CM, Pringle JK, Saumett M, Hernández O. 2015. Preliminary results of sequential monitoring of simulated clandestine graves in Colombia, South America, using ground penetrating radar and botany. Forensic Sci Int, 61-70, vol. 248. link> doi> full text>
    • Jervis JR and Pringle JK. 2014. A study of the effect of seasonal climatic factors on the electrical resistivity response of three experimental graves. JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 53-60, vol. 108. link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK. 2014. Educational egaming: the future for geoscience virtual learners?. Geology Today, 145-148, vol. 30(4). doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Cassella JP, Jervis JR, Williams A, Cross P, Cassidy NJ. 2015. Soilwater Conductivity Analysis to Date and Locate Clandestine Graves of Homicide Victims. J Forensic Sci, 1052-1060, vol. 60(4). link> doi> full text>
    • Hansen JD, Pringle JK, Goodwin J. 2014. GPR and bulk ground resistivity surveys in graveyards: locating unmarked burials in contrasting soil types. Forensic Sci Int, e14-e29, vol. 237. link> doi> full text>
    • Ruffell A, Pringle JK, Forbes S. 2014. Search protocols for hidden forensic objects beneath floors and within walls. Forensic Sci Int, 137-145, vol. 237. link> doi> full text>
    • Southern SJ, Mountney NP, Pringle JK. 2014. The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin, UK. Geology Today, 74-81, vol. 30(2). doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK and Stimpson IG. 2013. The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK. Geology Today, 195-199, vol. 29(5). doi> full text>
    • Brunt RL, Hodgson DM, Flint SS, Pringle JK, Di Celma C, Prelat A, Grecula M. 2013. Confined to unconfined: Anatomy of a base of slope succession, Karoo Basin, South Africa. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 206-221, vol. 41. doi>
    • Pringle JK. 2013. Educational environmental geoscience e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning. Higher Education Planet, 21-28, vol. 27(1). doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Styles P, Howell CP, Branston MW, Furner R, Toon SM. 2012. Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. Geophysics, B287-B294, vol. 77(6). doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Ruffell A, Jervis JR, Donnelly L, McKinley J, Hansen J, Morgan R, Pirrie D, Harrison M. 2012. The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches. Earth-Science Reviews, 108-123, vol. 114. doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Jervis JR, Hansen JD, Jones GM, Cassidy NJ, Cassella JP. 2012. Geophysical Monitoring of Simulated Clandestine Graves Using Electrical and Ground-Penetrating Radar Methods: 0–3 Years After Burial. Journal of Forensic Sciences. doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Holland C, Szkornik K, Harrison M. 2012. Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments. Forensic Science International, e29-e36, vol. 219(1). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Banham SG and Pringle JK. 2011. Geophysical and intrusive site investigations to detect an abandoned coal-mine access shaft, Apedale, Staffordshire, UK. Near Surface Geophysics, 483-496, vol. 9. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Millington TM, Cassidy NJ, Crocco L, Soldovieri F. 2011. Interpreting complex, three-dimensional, near-surface GPR surveys: an integrated modelling and inversion approach. Near Surface Geophysics, 297-304, vol. 9(4). doi> link>
    • Juerges A, Pringle JK, Jervis JR, Masters P. 2010. Comparisons of magnetic and electrical resistivity surveys over simulated clandestine graves in contrasting burial environments. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, 529-539, vol. 8(6). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Cassidy NJ and Pringle JK. 2010. What do students do? Training, research and learning: developing skills for the next generation of near-surface geophysicists. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, 445-450, vol. 8(6). link> doi> full text>
    • PRINGLE JK, Brunt RL, Hodgson DM, Flint SS. 2010. Capturing stratigraphic and sedimentological complexity from submarine channel complex outcrops to digital 3D models, Karoo Basin, South Africa. Petroleum Geoscience, 307-330, vol. 16(4). doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK and Jervis JR. 2010. Electrical resistivity survey to search for a recent clandestine burial of a homicide victim, UK. Forensic Sci Int, e1-e7, vol. 202(1-3). link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Cassidy NJ, Styles P, Stimpson IG, Toon SM. 2010. Training the next generation of near-surface geophysicists: team-based, student-led, problem-solving field exercises, Cumbria, UK. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, 503-517, vol. 8(6). link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Cassella JP, Jervis JR. 2010. Preliminary soilwater conductivity analysis to date clandestine burials of homicide victims. Forensic Sci Int, 126-133, vol. 198(1-3). link> doi> full text>
    • Jervis JR, Pringle JK, Tuckwell GW. 2009. Time-lapse resistivity surveys over simulated clandestine graves. Forensic Sci Int, 7-13, vol. 192(1-3). link> doi>
    • Parker R, Ruffell A, Hughes D, Pringle JK. 2009. Geophysics and the search of freshwater bodies: a review. Science & Justice, 141-149, vol. 50(3). link> doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle J. 2009. GEOFORENSICS. ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, 293-294, vol. 16(4). link> doi>
    • Jones GM, Cassidy NJ, Thomas PA, Plante S, Pringle JK. 2009. Imaging and monitoring tree-induced subsidence using electrical resistivity imaging. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, 191-206, vol. 7(3). link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Lenham JW, Reynolds JM. 2009. GPR investigations to characterize Medieval and Roman foundations under existing shop premises: a case study from Chester, Cheshire, UK. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, 93-100, vol. 7(2). link> doi>
    • Pringle JK, Jervis J, Cassella JP, Cassidy NJ. 2008. Time-lapse geophysical investigations over a simulated urban clandestine grave. J Forensic Sci, 1405-1416, vol. 53(6). link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Stimpson IG, Toon SM, Caunt S, Lane VS, Husband CR, Jones GM, Cassidy NJ, Styles P. 2008. Geophysical characterization of derelict coalmine workings and mineshaft detection: a case study from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS, 185-194, vol. 6(3). link> doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK. 2007. Forensic geology: getting geological principals and practices into the classroom. School Science Review, 1-4, vol. 89(327). link> full text>
    • PRINGLE JK, Carrivik JL, Cassidy NJ, Russell AJ. 2007. GPR-derived Sedimentary Architecture and Stratigraphy of Outburst Flood Sedimentation Within a Bedrock Valley System, Hraundalur, Iceland. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 127-143, vol. 12(1). doi> full text>
    • PRINGLE JK, Babits LE, Doyle P. 2007. Multidisciplinary investigations at Stalag Luft III allied prisoner-of-war camp: The site of the 1944 “great escape,” Zagan, Western Poland. Geoarchaeology, 729-746, vol. 22(7). doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Howell JA, Hodgetts D, Westerman AR, Hodgson DM. 2006. Virtual outcrop models of petroleum reservoir outcrop analogues – a review of the current state-of-the-art. First Break, 33-42, vol. 24(3). doi> link> full text>
    • PRINGLE JK, Clarke JD, Drinkwater NJ, Westerman AR. 2004. 3D high-resolution digital models of outcrop analogue study sites to constrain reservoir model uncertainty: an example from Alport Castles, Derbyshire, UK. Petroleum Geoscience, 343-352, vol. 10(4). doi> link>
    • Westerman A R and Pringle J K & Hunter G. 2004. Preliminary lidar survey results from Peak Cavern vestibule, Derbys, UK. Cave and Karst Science., 129-130, vol. 30(3). full text>
    • Pringle J and Westerman R & Gardiner A. 2004. Virtual geological outcrops - fieldwork and analysis made less exhaustive?. Geology Today, 64-69, vol. 20(2). doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Westerman AR, Schmidt A, Harrison J, Beck J, Donahue RE, Gardiner AR. 2002. Investigating Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK: integrating cave survey, geophysics, geology and archaeology to create a 3-D digital CAD model. Cave & Karst Science, 67-74, vol. 29(2). link>
    • Dick H, Pringle J, Wisniewski K, Goodwin J, van der Putten R, Evans G, Francis J, Cassella J, Hansen J. Determining geophysical responses from burials in graveyards and cemeteries. doi>
    • Ainsworth J, Pringle J, Doyle P, Stringfellow M, Roberts D, Stimpson I, Wisniewski K, Goodwin J. Geophysical Investigations of WW2 UK air-raid shelters. doi>
    • Rees-Hughes L, Pringle J, Russill N, Wisniewski K, Doyle P. Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945. doi>
    • Pringle J, Doyle P, Wisniewski K, Stimpson I. ‘Scallywag Bunkers’: Geophysical Investigations of WW2 Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases (OBs) in the UK. doi>

    Chapters

    • Molina CM and Pringle JK. 2021. Comparison of geophysical and botanical results in simulated clandestine graves in rural and tropical environments in Colombia, South America. In Forensic Soil Science and Geology. Fitzpatrick R and Donnelly L (Eds.). (vol. 492). London: Geological Society of London. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Williams A, Cassella J, Pringle J. 2020. Ethical considerations for creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the UK. In Ethical Challenges in the analysis of human remains. Squires K, Errickson D, Marquez-Grant N (Eds.). (vol. 1). Elsevier. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Williams A, Cassella J, Pringle J. The Ethical Considerations for Creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the United Kingdom. In Ethical Approaches to Human Remains. Squires K, Errickson D, Marquez-Grant N (Eds.). (vol. chapter 32). Elsevier. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Bracegirdle L, Potter JA. 2019. Educational forensic e-gaming as effective learning environments for Higher Education students. In Forensic Science Education and Training. Williams A, Cassella JP, Maskell PD (Eds.). (vol. 1). Wiley. link> doi> link> full text>
    • Hansen JD and Pringle JK. 2013. Comparison of magnetic, electrical and ground penetrating radar surveys to detect buried forensic objects in semi-urban and domestic patio environments. In Environmental and Criminal Geoforensics. Pirrie D, Ruffell A, Dawson LA (Eds.). (vol. 384). Geological Society of London. doi> link> full text>
    • Doyle P, Pringle JK, Babits LE. 2013. Stalag Luft III: the archaeology of an escaper’s camp. In Prisoner of War Internment: archaeology, memory and heritage of 19th and 20th Century mass internment. Mytum H and Carr G (Eds.). (1st ed.). New York: Springer.
    • Pringle JK, Jones RR, McCaffrey KJW, Imber J, Wightman RH, Guo J, Long JJ. 2011. Extending digital outcrop geology into the subsurface. In SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology No. 10. Martinsen OJ, Pulham AJ, Haughton PDW, Sullivan MD (Eds.). (vol. 10). USA: SEPM. link>
    • Doyle P, Babits L, Pringle J. 2010. Yellow Sands and Penguins: The Soil of “The Great Escape”. In Soil and Culture. Springer Netherlands. doi>
    • Doyle P, Babits L, Pringle JK. 2009. 6.2 Yellow sands and penguins: the soil of "The Great Escape". In Soil and Culture. Landa ER and Feller C (Eds.). Springer Verlag.
    • Jervis JR, Pringle JK, Cassella JP, Tuckwell GT. 2009. Using soil and groundwater to understand resistivity surveys over a simulated clandestine grave. In Criminal and environmental soil forensics. Ritz K, Dawson L, Miller D (Eds.). Springer Publishing, Dortrecht, The Netherlands. doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Westerman AR, Stanbrook DA, Tatum DI, Gardiner AR. 2007. Sand volcanoes of the Carboniferous Ross Formation, County Clare, Western Ireland: 3-D internal sedimentary structure and formation. In Sand injectiles: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration and production. Hurst A and Cartwright J (Eds.). (87th ed.). American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
    • PRINGLE JK, Clarke JD, Westerman AR, Gardiner AR. 2003. The use of GPR to image three-dimensional (3-D) turbidite channel architecture in the Carboniferous Ross Formation, County Clare, western Ireland. In Ground Penetrating Radar in Sediments. Bristow CS and Jol H (Eds.). GSL Special Publications. doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Westerman AR, Clark JD, Guest JA, Ferguson RJ, Gardiner AR. 2003. The use of Vertical Radar Profiles (VRP) in GPR surveys of indurated sediments. In GPR in Sediments. Bristow CS and Jol H (Eds.). (vol. 211). London, UK.: Geological Society of London. link>

    Other

    • Pringle J. Digital appendices for JCA paper entitled: "Scallywag Bunkers: Geophysical Investigations of WW2 Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases (OBs) in the UK". doi>
    • Pringle J. Supporting files to nature Scientific Report article entitled: 'Geophysical monitoring of simulated homicide burials for forensic investigations'. Terrestrial geophysical surveys, GPR collected by PulseEKKO 1000 system, Electrical Resistivity Mapping (CST) by Geoscan RM15-D, Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) by CAMPUS Tigre systemdoi> link>
    • Ruffell A, Pringle JK, Morgan R. 2019. The long arm of the (geoforensic) law. Online and hard copylink> doi> link> full text>
    • Pringle JK. 2017. Overview of Forensic Geophysics With Terrestrial Case Studies. BGS Keyworth, Nottingham. link>
    • Baena A, Molina CM, Pringle J, Montana S. 2017. GEOPHYSICAL HIGH RESOLUTION METHODS APPLIED TO STUDY OF SIMULATED GRAVES IN COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL (p. 156, vol. 277). link>
    • Ainsworth JT, Mitten A, Pringle JK. 2017. A preliminary Ground Penetrating Radar study of fluvial architectures at Spireslack, Ayreshire, Scotland. Geological Society of London. link>
    • francis J, Cassidy NJ, Gunn D, Pringle JK. 2017. Geophysical ground survey investigation for the possible HS2 route through Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Geological Society of London. link> link>
    • rowell C, Fulton JC, Pringle JK. 2017. Monitoring subsidence to relict salt mines using long-term time-lapse microgravity, Marston, Cheshire, UK. Postgraduate Research Symposium of the Near Surface Geophysics Group. Geological Society of London. link> link> full text>
    • Dick HC and Pringle JK. Elemental analysis of animal burial decomposition fluid as a potential for detecting clandestine burials.
    • Orlecka-Sikora B, Lasocki S, Staszek M, Olszewska D, Urban P, Jaroslawski J, Cielesta S, Mirek J, Wiszniowski J, Picozzi M, Solaro G, pringle JK, Toon SM, Cesca S, Kuehn D, Ruigrok E, Gunning A, Isherwood C. 2017. EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards for SHEER project: maintain, process and manage your project research data. Geophysical Research Abstracts. European Geosciences Union General Assembly. link> full text>
    • Molina CM and Pringle JAMIE. Geophysical monitoring over graves simulated in Colombia, South America.
    • Molina CM and Pringle JAMIE. Geophysical monitoring over graves simulated in Colombia, South America.
    • Pringle JK. Forensic geophysical survey. Online onlylink>
    • Pringle JK, Bracegirdle L, Potter J. 2014. Educational e-gaming to provide an innovative, effective and flexible 24/7 learning environment. Yes. Higher Education Academy. full text>
    • Pringle JK, Cassella JP, Williams A, Cross P, Ruffell A, Masters P. 2013. Collaborative geophysical monitoring of simulated forensic ‘crime scenes’ in the U.K. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE). full text>
    • Pringle JK, Hansen J, Banner C. 2013. Optimal geophysical techniques and configurations for below-patio forensic targets. Online. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE). link> full text>
    • Pringle JK. 2013. Forensic geophysical investigations for Black Death Plague Pit, Charterhouse Square, Central London. Online onlylink>
    • Molina CM, Hernandez O, Pringle JK. 2013. Experiments to detect clandestine graves in Colombia using near-surface geophysical methods. Online. American Geophysical Union (AGU). link> full text>
    • Pringle JK and Bracegirdle L. Geoscience educational e-gaming to provide stimulating and effective learning. HEA Academy. London: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/stem-conference/physical-sciences. full text>
    • Hansen JD and Pringle JK. 2011. Geophysical investigations in UK graveyards: re-use of existing burial grounds. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. full text>
    • Pringle JK. CSI: Geophysics.
    • Pringle JK, Jervis JR, Hansen JD, Cassidy NJ, Jones G, Tuckwell G. 2011. Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine graves using electrical and GPR methods: 0-3 years after burial. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE). doi> full text>
    • Pringle JK. 2010. Environmental forensic geophysical survey for a buried canal barge, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
    • PRINGLE JK, Jervis JR, Tuckwell GT. 2009. Comparison of Time-lapse GPR and Resistivity over Simulated Clandestine Graves. EAGE EarthDoc. link> full text>
    • Pringle JK and Banham S. 2008. Locating the No.7 mine access adit using geophysical methods.
    • Stanbrook DA, Pringle JK, Clark JD. 2008. Facies characteristics in a semi-confined basin: from high net:gross channelized sheets to lower net:gross onlap margins. Grand Coyer basin, SE France. GCSSEPM. link> full text>
    • Pringle JK, Stanbrook DA, Clark JD. 2008. Resolving Deep-Water Channel Architectures: High-Resolution Forward Seismic Modeling of Turbidite Systems, Ainsa II Channel, Campodarbe Group, Northern Spain. GCSSEPM. link> full text>
    • Stanbrook DA, Pringle JK, Clark JD, Elliott T, Gardiner AR. 2008. Resolving Deep-Water Stratigraphic Traps: Forward Seismic Modeling of a Turbidite Onlap; Montagne de Chalufy, Grès d'Annot Formation, Southeast France. GCSSEPM. link> full text>
    • Pringle JK. Geophysical surveys for a suspected abandoned coal-mine shaft, Shrewsbury, UK.
    • Doyle P and Babits L & Pringle J. 2004. For you the war is over, but .... the archaeological record of Stalag Luft III escape attempts. Proceedings, American Battlefield Protection Program..
    • Cassidy NJ, Russell AJ, Pringle JK & Carrivick JL. 2004. GPR-derived architecture of large-scale Icelandic jokulhlaup deposits, North-East Iceland. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar.. full text>
    • PRINGLE JK, Westerman AR, Clark JD, Gardiner AR. 2001. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Used to Measure 3D Architecture in the Carboniferous Ross Formation, County Clare, Western Ireland. EAGE EarthDoc. link> link>
    • Pringle JK, Clark JD, Westerman AR, Stanbrook DA, Gardiner AR, Morgan BEF. 2001. Virtual Outcrops: 3-D reservoir analogues. Online onlydoi> link>
    • PRINGLE JK, Westerman AR, Clark JD, Gardiner AR, Corbett PWM. 2000. 3D GPR Surveying with Vertical Radar Profiling of Petroleum Reservoir Outcrop Analogues. http://www.earthdoc.org/detail.php?pubid=7192. link>
    • Pringle J. Dataset for paper "pXRF analysis of heavy metal contamination in church graveyards with contrasting soil types". doi> link>
    • Pringle J. [Impact evidence] Secret History - Return of the Black Death. link> full text>
    • Pringle J. [Impact evidence] Secret History - Return of the Black Death. link> full text>
    • Pringle J. eXtended Reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science. doi>

    Outreach

    I am fully committed to outreach and widening participation and am involved in a variety of deliveries throughout the year, being nominated for Keele WP outreach academic contributor for the last 4 years.

    My standard interactive talk/demonstration is: 'How to find a dead body' which goes down well for 12+ ages, and have also recently developed a 'Mining in WW1' talking about how geology and mining in Flanders, so please get in touch if you want either of these.

    Together with Keele and Staffs University colleagues, I have also been awarded a HLF project about the 'Science behind WW1 grant which will run until Christmas 2017, please see here for details.

    Finally I run a science club at a local primary school (funded by the Royal Society, Keele outreach and the school PTFA), activity/information KS1/KS2 aligned sample sheets can be downloaded below (please email me if you want the KS2 quiz answers or resources help!)

    KS1

    KS2

    PGT/PGR students

    PGR students 

    Past students

    PGT students

    • Madden, C. 2019. Environmental forensics: characterising graveyards as a special kind of landfill. Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.
    • Spanton, R. 2019.  The application of microgravity surveying in assessing and monitoring the collapse of two abandoned salt mines in Marston, Cheshire, UK. Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.
    • Fonseca, C. 2019. Using multigeophysical techniques to detect potential clandestine graves in Staffordshire, UK.  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University. 
    •  Carr, S. 2019. Multidisciplinary investigation of the Norfolk and Suffolk Auxiliary Unit Operational Bases used in WW2. Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University. 
    • James McQuade. 2018. Microgravity monitoring of abandoned salt mines and ongoing changes in subsidence within Marston, Cheshire, UK. Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
    • Ainsworth, J. 2017. Geophysical investigations into WW2 air raid shelters. Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University. 
      Resulting paper: JCA
    • Cooper, N. 2017. Using geophysical methods to pinpoint the location of a clandestine burial in difficult terrain.  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.  
    • Francis, J. 2017. Multi-geophysics and survey investigation into geophysical responses of graveyard burials of varying ages and in different soil classifications.  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.  
      Resulting paper: Geophysics
    • Jones, P. 2017. The effect of building on microgravity surveys.  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.  
    • Lloyd, Z. 2017. A desk study on the geotechnical parameters of the HS2 Phase 2a route.  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University. 
    • Jessica Fulton. 2016. Long-term time-lapse microgravity of relict salt mines, Marston, Cheshire.   Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
    • Prada, A. 2016. Sedimentological aspects of the Early Namurian deposits (Pendleian-Arnsbergian) of the North Staffordshire Basin, UK).  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.  
    • Rees-Hughes, L. 2016. Multidisciplinary investigation into Allied and Axis POW escape tunnels constructed during WW2.  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University. 
      Resulting paper: JCA
    • Locher, P. 2015. Geophysical investigations of historic Spanish burials. Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.  
      Resulting paper: FSI
    • Van der Putten, R. 2015. Quantifying geophysical response of graves against age of burial.  Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.  
      Resulting paper: FSI 
    • Gethin Evan. 2015. The use of graveyard geophysical surveys to estimate burial age in different soil types.  Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
    • Ian Williams. 2015. Near-surface geophysical survey for the detection of the historical foundations of 16th Century Tixall Hall, Tixall, Staffordshire.  Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University. 
    • Roberts, D. 2014. Geophysical Exploration of the Cementerio del Salvador, Oviedo, Spain. Unpublished MSc Thesis, Keele University.  
      Resulting paper: FSI
    • Chris Banner. 2013. Monitoring of a simulated clandestine burial below a patio using GPR.  Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University. 
      Resulting Paper:  FSI
    • Joe Pimley. 2013. Microgravity and geotehcnical monitoring of relict salt mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK.  Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
    • Kate Pearson, 2010. Time-lapse geophysical investigations over collapsing salt mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
      Resulting Paper:  Geophys
    • Steven Banham. 2009. Near Surface Geophysical Investigation to detect abandoned mine workings, Apedale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
      Resulting Paper: NSG
    • Natalie Chambers. 2009. A multi-disciplinary investigation to locate Roman and Medieval settlements, Staffordshire, UK.  Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
    • Fiona Marsden. 2009. A forensic geophysical investigation to determine optimum resistivity configurations.  Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
    • Alanna Juerges. 2008. Evaluating magnetics as a technique to locate clandestine burials in a variety of environments. Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
      Resulting Paper: NSG
    • John Wood. 2008. Creating high-resolution, 3D reservoir models from unconfined turbidite systems: examples from the Ross Formation, W. Ireland and the Gres d'Annot, SE France. Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.
    • Sarah Chisem. 2007. Geophysical investigation of a para-glacial pingo, Llanpumsaint, South Wales. Unpublished M.Geoscience thesis, Keele University.

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