Publications

Phil Owens

Refereed Journal Publications

Kieta KA, Owens PN, Petticrew EL (2023). Determination of sediment sources following a major wildfire and evaluation of the use of color properties and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as tracers. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 23, 4187-4207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-023-03565-0

Owens PN, Rutherford PM (2023). Concentrations and total mass storage of fine sediment, potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and phosphorus in the channel bed of an urban river: a multi-year study. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 23, 3658-3670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-023-03624-6

Clason CC, Baccolo G, Łokas E, Owens PN, Wachniew P, Millward GE, Taylor A, Blake WH, Beard DB, Poniecka E, Selmes N, Bagshaw EA, Cook J, Fyfe R, Hay M, Land D, Takeuchi N, Nastasi M, Sisti M, Pittino F, Franzetti A, Ambrosini R, Di Mauro B (2023). Global variability and controls on the accumulation of fallout radionuclides in cryoconite. Science of the Total Environment, 894, 164902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164902

Kieta KA, Owens PN, Petticrew EL (2023). Post-wildfire contamination of soils and sediments by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in north-central British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32, 1071-1088. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22211

Owens PN, Stott TA, Blake WH, Millward GE (2023). Legacy fallout radionuclides in cryoconite and proglacial sediment on Orwell Glacier, Signy Island, Antarctica. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 264: 107206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107206

Kieta KA, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, French TD, Koiter AJ, Rutherford PM (2023).  Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in terrestrial and aquatic environments following wildfire: a review. Environmental Reviews, 31, 141-167. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2022-0055.

Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Albers S, French TD, Granger B, Laval B, Lindgren J, Sussbauer R, Vagle S (2023). Annual pulses of copper-enriched sediment in a North American watershed downstream of a large lake following the catastrophic failure of a mine tailings storage facility. Science of the Total Environment, 856, 158927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158927

Clason C, Rangecroft S, Owens PN, Łokas E, Baccolo G, Selmes N, Beard D, Kitch J, Dextre RM, Morera S, Blake W (2022). Contribution of glaciers to water, energy and food security in mountain regions: current perspectives and future priorities. Annals of Glaciology, 63, 73-78. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.14.

Goharrokhi M, McCullough GK, Lobb DA, Owens PN, Koiter AJ (2022). Sediment sources and transport dynamics in large, regulated river systems with multiple lakes and reservoirs in the subarctic region of Canada. Hydrological Processes, 36(9), e14675. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14675

Granger B, Laval B, Vagle S, Petticrew EL, Owens PN, Baldwin SA (2022). Initial distribution and interannual decrease of suspended sediment in a two-basin lake following a massive mine tailings spill: Quesnel Lake, BC, Canada. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR030574. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030574

Kieta KA, Owens PN, Vanrobaeys J, Lobb DA (2022). Seasonal changes in phosphorus in soils and vegetation of vegetated filter strips in cold climate agricultural systems. Agriculture, 12, 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020233

Hughes A, Huirama MK, Owens PN, Petticrew EL (2022). Stream bank erosion as a source of sediment in New Zealand catchments. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 56, 632-655. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2021.1929352

Goharrokhi M, McCullough GK, Owens PN, Lobb DA (2021). Sedimentation dynamics within a large shallow lake and its role in sediment transport in a continental-scale watershed. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47, 725-740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.03.022

Owens PN (2020). Soil erosion and sediment dynamics in the Anthropocene: a review of human impacts during a period of rapid environmental change. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 20, 4115-4143. https://doi.org/10.007/s11368-20-02815-9

Hamilton AK, Laval BE, Petticrew EL, Albers SJ, Allchin M, Baldwin SA, Carmack EC, Déry SJ, French TD, Granger B, Graves KE, Owens PN, Selbie DT, Vagle S (2020). Seasonal turbidity linked to physical dynamics in a deep lake following the catastrophic 2014 Mount Polley mine tailings spill. Water Resources Research, 56. e2019WR025790. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025790

Goharrokhi M, Lobb DA, Owens PN (2020). Evaluation of high-flow rate continuous-flow centrifugation and continuous-flow filtration techniques for sampling suspended sediment. Hydrological Processes, 34, 3882-3893. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13852

Owens PN, Blake WH, Millward GE (2019) Extreme levels of fallout radionuclides and other contaminants in glacial sediment (cryoconite) and implications for downstream aquatic ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 9, 12531. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48873-z

Reiffarth DG, Petticrew EL, Owens PN, Lobb DA (2019). Spatial differentiation of cultivated soils using compound-specific stable isotopes (CSSIs) in a temperate agricultural watershed in Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 19, 3411-3426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02406-3

Boudreault M, Koiter AJ, Lobb DA, Liu K, Benoy G, Owens PN, Li S (2019). Comparison of sampling designs for sediment source fingerprinting in an agricultural watershed in Atlantic Canada. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 19, 3302-3318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02306-6

Gateuille D, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Booth BP, French TD, Déry SJ (2019). Determining contemporary and historical sediment sources in a large drainage basin impacted by cumulative effects: the regulated Nechako River, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 19, 3357-3373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02299-2

Vanrobaeys JA, Owens PN, Lobb DA, Kieta KA, Campbell JM (2019). Seasonal efficacy of vegetated filter strips for phosphorus reduction in surface runoff. Journal of Environmental Quality, 48, 880-888. https://doi:10.2134/jeq2018.12.0452

Goharrokhi M, Pahlavanb H, Lobb DA, Owens PN, Clark SP. (2019). Assessing issues associated with a time-integrated fluvial fine sediment sampler. Hydrological Processes, 33, 2048-2056. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13451

Hatam I, Petticrew EL, French TD, Owens PN, Laval B, Baldwin S (2019). The bacterial community of Quesnel Lake sediments impacted by a catastrophic mine tailings spill differ in composition from those at undisturbed locations – two years post-spill. Scientific Reports, 9, 2705. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38909-9

Owens PN, Gateuille D, Petticrew EL, Booth B, French TD (2019). Sediment-associated organopollutants, metals and nutrients in the Nechako River, British Columbia: a current study with synthesis of historical data. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 44, 42−64. https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2018.1531063 

Habibiandehkord R, Lobb DA, Owens PN, Flaten DN (2019). Effectiveness of vegetated buffer strips in controlling legacy phosphorus exports from agricultural land. Journal of Environmental Quality, 48, 314-321. https://doi.org/10-2134/jeq2018.04.0129

Kieta KA, Owens PN (2019). Phosphorus release from shoots of Phleum pretense L. after repeated freeze-thaw cycles and harvesting. Ecological Engineering, 127, 204-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.11.024

Boudreault M, Koiter AJ, Lobb DA, Lui K, Benoy G, Owens PN, Danielescu D, Li S (2018). Using colour, shape and radionuclide fingerprints to identify sources of sediment in an agricultural watershed in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 43, 347-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2018.1451781

Kieta KA, Owens PN, Vanrobaeys J, Lobb DA, Flaten DN (2018). Phosphorus dynamics in vegetated buffer strips in cold climates: a review. Environmental Reviews, 26, 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2017-0077

Blake WH, Boeckx P, Stock B, Smith HG, Bode S, Upadahayay HR, Gaspar L, Goddard R, Lennard A, Lizaga I, Lobb DA, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Kuzyk Z, Gari BD, Munishi L, Mtei K, Nebiyu A, Mabit L, Navas A, Semmens B (2018). A hierarchical Bayesian mixing model approach for river basin sediment source apportionment. Scientific Reports, 8, 13073. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30905-9

Koiter AJ, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Lobb DA (2018). Assessment of particle size and organic matter correction factors in sediment source fingerprinting investigations: the example of two contrasting watersheds in Canada. Geoderma, 325, 195-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.02.044

Liu K, Lobb DA, Miller JJ, Owens PN, Caron MEG (2018). Determining sources of fine-grained sediment for a reach of the Lower Little Bow River, Alberta, using a colour-based sediment fingerprinting approach. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 98, 55-69.  https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0131

Habibiandehkord R, Lobb DA, Sheppard SC, Flaten DN, Owens PN (2017) Uncertainties in vegetated buffer strips functioning for controlling phosphorus export from the Canadian prairies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24, 18372-18382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9406-6

Laceby JP, Evrard O, Smith HG, Blake WH, Olley JM, Minella JPG, Owens PN (2017). The challenges and opportunities of addressing particle size effects in sediment source fingerprinting: a review. Earth-Science Reviews, 169, 85-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.009

Koiter AJ, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Lobb DA (2017). The role of soil surface properties on the particle size and carbon selectivity of interrill erosion in agricultural landscapes. Catena, 153, 194-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2017.01.024

Owens PN, Blake WH, Gasper L, Gateuille D, Koiter AJ, Lobb DA, Petticrew EL, Reiffarth DG, Smith HG, Woodward JC (2016). Fingerprinting and tracing the sources of soils and sediments: Earth and oceans science, geoarchaeological, forensic, and human health applications. Earth-Science Reviews, 162, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.08.012

Reiffarth D, Petticrew EL, Owens PN, Lobb DA (2016). Identification of sources of variability in fatty acid (FA) biomarkers in the application of compound-specific stable isotopes (CSSIs) to soil and sediment fingerprinting and tracing: a review. The Science of the Total Environment, 565, 8-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.137

Leggat M, Owens PN, Stott TA, Forrester B, Déry SJ, Menounos B (2015). Hydroclimatic drivers and sources of suspended sediment flux in the proglacial zone of the retreating Castle Creek glacier, Caribou Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40, 1542-1559. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3755

Koiter AJ, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Lobb DA (2015). The role of gravel channel beds on the particle size and organic matter selectivity of transported fine-grained sediments: implications for sediment fingerprinting and biogeochemical flux studies. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 15, 2174-2188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-015-1203-6

Barthod LRM, Liu K, Lobb DA, Owens PN, Martinez-Carreras N, Koiter AJ, Petticrew EL, McCullough GK, Liu C, Gaspar L (2015). Selecting color-based tracers and classifying sediment sources in the assessment of sediment dynamics using sediment source fingerprinting. Journal of Environmental Quality, 44, 1605-1616. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2015.01.0043

Petticrew EL, Albers SJ, Baldwin S, Carmack EC, Déry SJ, Gantner N, Graves K, Laval B, Morrison J, Owens PN, Selbie D, Vagle S (2015). The impact of a catastrophic mine tailings spill into one of North America's largest fjord lakes: Quesnel Lake, British Columbia.  Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 3347-3355. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063345

Clark DE, Vogels MFA, van der Perk M, Owens PN, Petticrew EL (2014). Effects of a small-scale, abandoned gold mine on the geochemistry of fine stream-bed and floodplain sediments in the Horsefly River watershed, British Columbia, Canada. Minerological Magazine, 78, 1491-1504.

Mabit L, Benmansour M, Abril JM, Walling DE, Meusburger K, Iurian AR, Bernard C, Tarjan S, Owens PN, Blake WH, Alewell C (2014). Fallout lead-210 as a soil and sediment tracer in catchment sediment budget investigations: a review. Earth-Science Reviews, 138, 335-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.06.007

Smith TA, Owens PN (2014). Individual and cumulative effects of agriculture, forestry and metal mining activities on the metal and phosphorus content of fine-grained sediment; Quesnel River basin, British Columbia, Canada. The Science of the Total Environment, 496, 435-442.

Smith TA, Owens PN (2014) Flume- and field-based evaluation of a time-integrated suspended sediment sampler for the analysis of sediment properties. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39, 1197-1207.

Mabit L, Muesburger K, Iurian AR, Owens PN, Toloza A, Alewell C (2014). Sampling soil and sediment depth profiles at a fine resolution with a new device for determining physical, chemical and biological properties: the Fine Increment Soil Collector (FISC). Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14, 630-636.

Koiter AJ, Lobb DA, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Tiessen KHD, Li S (2013). Investigating the role of connectivity and scale in assessing the sources of sediment in an agricultural watershed in the Canadian prairies using sediment source fingerprinting. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 13, 1676-1691.

Owens PN, Giles TR, Petticrew EL, Leggat M, Moore RD, Eaton BC (2013). Muted responses of streamflow and suspended sediment flux in a wildfire-affected watershed. Geomorphology, 202, 128-139.

Koiter AJ, Owens PN, Petticrew EL, Lobb DA (2013). The behavioural characteristics of sediment properties and their implications for sediment fingerprinting as an approach for identifying sediment sources in river basins. Earth-Science Reviews, 125, 24-42.

Smith HA, Blake WH, Owens PN (2013). Discriminating fine sediment sources and the application of sediment tracers in burned catchments: a review. Hydrological Processes, 27, 943-958.

Deeks LK, Duzant JH, Owens PN, Wood GA (2012). A decision support framework for effective design and placement of vegetated buffer strips within agricultural field systems. Advances in Agronomy, 114, 225-248.

Owens PN, Blake WH, Giles TR, Williams ND (2012). Determining the effects of wildfire on sediment sources using 137Cs and unsupported 210Pb: the role of natural landscape disturbances and driving forces. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 12, 982-994.

Déry SJ, Hernandez M, Owens PN, Parkes M, Petticrew EL (2012). A century of hydrological variability and trends in the Fraser River Basin. Environmental Research Letters, 7, 024019, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024019.

Haygarth PM, Page TJC, Beven KJ, Freer J, Joynes A, Butler P, Wood GA, Owens PN (2012). Scaling up the phosphorus signal from soil hillslopes to headwater catchments. Freshwater Biology, 57 (Suppl. 1), 7-25.

Martinez-Carreras N, Krein A, Gallart F, Iffly JF, Hissler C, Pfister L, Hoffmann L, Owens PN (2012). The influence of sediment sources and hydrologic events on the nutrient and metal content of fine-grained sediment (Attert River Basin, Luxembourg). Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 223, 5685-5705.

Owens PN, Caley KA, Campbell S, Koiter AJ, Droppo IG, Taylor KG (2011). Total and size-fractionated mass of road-deposited sediment in the city of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada: implications for air and water quality in an urban environment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 11, 1040-1051.

Martínez-Carreras N, Krein A, Gallart F, Iffly JF, Pfister L, Hoffmann L, Owens PN (2010). Assessment of different colour parameters for discriminating potential suspended sediment sources and provenance: a multi-scale study in Luxembourg. Geomorphology, 118, 118-129.

Granger SJ, Bol R, Anthony S, Owens PN, White SM, Haygarth PM (2010). Towards a holistic classification of diffuse agricultural water pollution from intensively managed grasslands on heavy soils. Advances in Agronomy, 105, 83-115.

Owens PN (2009). Adaptive management frameworks for natural resource management at the landscape-scale: implications and applications for sediment resources. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 9, 578-593.

Taylor KG, Owens PN (2009). Sediments in urban river basins: a review of sediment-contaminant dynamics in an environmental system conditioned by human activities. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 9, 281-303.

Amos KJ, Croke JC, Timmers H, Owens PN, Thompson C (2009). The application of caesium-137 measurements to investigate floodplain deposition in a large semi-arid catchment in Queensland, Australia: a low-fallout environment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 515-529.

Owens PN, Deeks LK, Wood GA, Betson MJ, Lord EI, Davidson PS (2008) Distribution of phosphorus in soil profiles and its implication for model-based catchment-scale predictions of phosphorus delivery to surface waters. Journal of Hydrology, 350, 317-328.

Granger SJ, Heaton THE, Bilotta G, Bol R, Butler P, Haygarth PM, Owens PN (2008). Using δ15N and δ18O to evaluate the sources and pathways of NO3- in storm event discharge from drained agricultural grassland lysimeters at high temporal resolutions. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22, 1681-1689.

Granger SJ, Bol R, Butler PJ, Haygarth PM, Naden P, Old G, Owens PN, Smith BPG (2007). Processes affecting transfer of sediment and colloids, with associated phosphorus, from intensively farmed grasslands: tracing sediment and organic matter. Hydrological Processes, 21, 417-422.

Van der Perk M, Owens PN, Deeks LK, Rawlins BG, Haygarth PM, Beven KJ (2007). Controls on catchment-scale patterns of phosphorus in soil, streambed sediment, and stream water. Journal of Environmental Quality, 36, 694-708.

Owens PN, Duzant J, Deeks LK, Wood GA, Morgan RPC, Collins AJ (2007). Evaluation of contrasting buffer features within an agricultural landscape for reducing sediment and particulate phosphorus delivery to surface waters. Soil Use and Management, 23, suppl. 1, 165-175.

Foster IDL, Mighall TM, Proffitt H, Walling DE, Owens PN (2006). Post-depositional 137Cs mobility in the sediments of three shallow coastal lagoons, SW England. Journal of Palaeolimnology, 35, 881-895.

Carter J, Walling DE, Owens PN, Leeks GJL (2006). Spatial and temporal variability in the concentration and speciation of Pb, Cu and Cr associated with suspended sediment in the River Aire, Yorkshire. Hydrological Processes, 20, 3007-3027.

Van der Perk M, Owens PN, Deeks LK, Rawlins BG (2006). Sediment geochemical controls on in-stream phosphorus concentrations during baseflow. Water Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 6, 443-451.

Owens PN, Blake WH, Petticrew EL (2006). Changes in sediment sources following wildfire in mountainous terrain: a paired catchment approach, British Columbia, Canada. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 6, 637-645.

Petticrew EL, Owens PN, Giles T (2006). Wildfire effects on the composition and quantity of suspended and gravel stored sediments. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 6, 647-656.

Deeks LK, McHugh M, Owens PN (2005). Bacterial contamination of waters from farm waste disposal for three sites in the UK with contrasting soil types. Soil Use and Management, 21, 212-220.

Owens PN (2005). Conceptual models and budgets for sediment management at the river basin scale. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 5, 201-212.

Owens PN, Batalla R, Collins AJ, Gomez B, Hicks DM, Horowitz AJ, Kondolf GM, Marden M, Page MJ, Peacock DH, Petticrew EL, Salomons W, Trustrum NA (2005). Fine-grained sediment in river systems: environmental significance and management issues. River Research and Applications, 21, 693-717.

Page TJC, Haygarth PM, Beven KJ, Joynes A, Butler P, Keeler C, Freer J, Wood G, Owens PN (2005). Spatial variability of soil phosphorus status in relation to the topographic index and critical source areas: sampling for assessing risk to water quality. Journal of Environmental Quality, 34, 2263-2277.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Carton J, Leeks GJL, Lewis S, Meharg AA, Wright J (2003). Storage of sediment-associated nutrients and contaminants in river channel and floodplain systems. Applied Geochemistry, 18, 195-220.

Carter J, Owens PN, Walling DE, Leeks GJL (2003). Fingerprinting suspended sediment sources in an urban river. The Science of the Total Environment, 314-316, 513-534.

Meharg AA, Wright J, Leeks GJL, Wass PD, Owens PN, Walling DE, Osborn D (2003). PCB congener dynamics in a heavily industrialized river catchment. Science of the Total Environment, 314-316, 439-450.

Owens PN, Walling DE (2003). Temporal changes in the heavy metal and phosphorus content of suspended sediment transported by Yorkshire rivers, UK over the last 100 years, as recorded by floodplain deposits. Hydrobiologia, 494, 185-191.

Walling DE, Owens PN (2003). The role of floodplain sedimentation in catchment contaminant budgets. Hydrobiologia, 494, 83-91.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Foster IDL, Lees JA (2003). Changes in the fine sediment dynamics of the Ouse and Tweed basins in the UK over the last 100-150 years. Hydrological Processes, 17, 3245-3269.

Owens PN, Walling DE (2002). The phosphorus content of fluvial sediment in rural and industrialized river basins. Water Research, 36, 685-701.

Owens PN, Walling DE (2002). Changes in sediment sources and floodplain deposition rates in the catchment of the River Tweed, Scotland, over the last 100 years: the impact of climate and land use change. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 27, 403-423.

Owens PN, Walling DE, Carton J, Meharg AA, Wright J, Leeks GJL (2001). Downstream changes in sediment-associated contaminant (P, Cr and PCBs) transport and storage in agricultural and industrialized drainage basins. The Science of the Total Environment, 266, 177-186.

Hasholt B, Walling DE, Owens PN (2000). Sedimentation in arctic proglacial lakes, Mittivakkat Glacier, south east Greenland. Hydrological Processes, 14, 679-699.

Foster IDL, Mighall TM, Wotton C, Owens PN, Walling DE (2000). Evidence for medieval soil erosion in the South Hams region of Devon, UK. The Holocene, 10, 261-271.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Waterfall BD, Leeks GJL, Wass PD (2000). The particle size characteristics of fluvial suspended sediment in the Humber and Tweed catchments, UK. The Science of the Total Environment, 251/252, 205-222.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Leeks GJL (1999). Fingerprinting suspended sediment sources in the catchment of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, UK. Hydrological Processes, 13, 955-975.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Leeks GJL (1999). Rates of contemporary overbank sedimentation and sediment storage on the floodplains in the main channel systems of the Yorkshire Ouse and River Tweed, UK. Hydrological Processes, 13, 993-1009.

Owens PN, Walling DE, Leeks GJL (1999). Use of floodplain sediment cores to investigate recent historical changes in overbank sedimentation rates and sediment sources in the catchment of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, UK. Catena, 36, 21-47.

Owens PN, Walling DE, Leeks GJL (1999). Deposition and storage of fine-grained sediment within the main channel system of the River Tweed, Scotland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 24, 1061-1076.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Leeks GJL (1998). The role of channel and floodplain storage in the suspended sediment budget of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, UK. Geomorphology, 22, 225-242.

Owens PN, Walling DE (1998). The use of a numerical mass-balance model to estimate rates of soil redistribution on uncultivated land from 137Cs measurements. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 40, 185-203.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Leeks GJL (1998). The characteristics of overbank deposits associated with a major flood event in the catchment of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, UK (Republished). Catena, 32, 309-331.

Foster IDL, Lees JA, Owens PN, Walling DE (1998). Mineral magnetic characterization of sediment sources from an analysis of lake and floodplain sediments in the catchments of Old Mill Reservoir and Slapton Ley, South Devon, UK. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23, 685-703.

Owens PN, Walling DE, He Q, Shanahan J, Foster IDL (1997). The use of caesium-137 measurements to establish a sediment budget for the Start catchment, Devon, UK. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 42, 405-423.

Walling DE, Owens PN, Leeks GJL (1997). The characteristics of overbank deposits associated with a major flood event in the catchment of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, UK. Catena, 31, 53-75.

Owens PN, Slaymaker O (1997). Contemporary and post-glacial rates of aeolian deposition in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Geografiska Annaler, 79A, 267-276.

He Q, Walling DE, Owens PN (1996). Interpreting the 137Cs profiles observed in several small lakes and reservoirs in southern England. Chemical Geology, 129, 115-131.

Owens PN, Walling DE (1996). Spatial variability of caesium-137 inventories at reference sites: an example from two contrasting sites in England and Zimbabwe. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 47, 699-707.

Foster IDL, Owens PN, Walling DE (1996). Sediment yields and sediment delivery in the catchments of Slapton Lower Ley, South Devon, UK. Field Studies, 8, 629-661.

Owens PN, Walling DE, He Q (1996). The behaviour of bomb-derived caesium-137 fallout in catchment soils. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 32, 169-191.