Professor Graham Bird

Professor in Physical Geography / Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor / Director of Teaching and Learning

Contact info

Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor, Teaching & Learning

Dean of Education & Student Experience: College of Science & Engineering 

Deputy Head of School: School of Environmental and Natural Sciences

Admissions Tutor

 

Thoday Building Room F23

Email: g.bird@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 383222

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    A geomorphological approach to the management of rivers contaminated by metal mining

    Macklin, M. G., Brewer, P. A., Hudson-Edwards, K., Bird, G., Coulthard, T., Dennis, I. A., Lechler, P., Miller, J. & Turner, J., 2006, In: Geomorphology. 79, 3-4, p. 423-447

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Arsenic within the secondary environment resulting from geogenic inputs, Harlech Dome, United Kingdom

    Bird, G., Bell, H. E. & Perkins, W. T., 1 Apr 2014, In: Environmental Earth Sciences.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Development and application of an inhalation bioaccessibility method (IBM) for lead in the PM10 size fraction of soil

    Boisa, N., Elom, N., Dean, J. R., Deary, M. E., Bird, G. & Entwistle, J. A., 1 Sept 2014, In: Environment International. 70, p. 132–142

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Dispersal of contaminant metals in the mining-affected Danube and Maritsa drainage basins, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe.

    Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G., Nikolova, M., Kotsev, T., Mollov, M. & Swain, C., 1 Feb 2010, In: Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 206, 1-4, p. 105-127

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Establishment of background water quality conditions in the Great Zab River catchment: influence of geogenic and anthropogenic controls on developing a baseline for water quality assessment and resource management

    Ismaiel, I. A., Bird, G., McDonald, M., Perkins, W. & Jones, T., Jan 2018, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 77, 2, 50.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Field-scale study of the influence of differing remediation strategies on trace metal geochemistry in metal mine tailings from the Irish Midlands

    Perkins, W. T., Bird, G., Jacobs, S. R. & Devoy, C., 1 Mar 2016, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23, 6, p. 5592-5608

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Heavy metal contamination in the Arieş river catchment, western Romania: Implications for development of the Roşia Montană gold deposit

    Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G., Serban, M., Balteanu, D. & Driga, B., 2005, In: Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 86, 1, p. 26-48

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Heavy metals in potable groundwater of mining-affected river catchments, northwestern Romania

    Bird, G., Macklin, M. G., Brewer, P. A., Zaharia, S., Balteanu, D., Driga, B. & Serban, M., Dec 2009, In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 31, 6, p. 741-758

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Impacts of metal mining on river systems: a global assessment

    Macklin, M. G., Thomas, C., Mudbhatkal, A., Brewer, P. A., Hudson-Edwards, K., Lewin, J., Scussolini, P., D. Eilander, D., Lechner, A., Owen, J., Bird, G., Kemp, D. & Mangalaa, K., 22 Sept 2023, In: Science. 381, 6664, p. 1345-1350

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Isotopic provenancing of Pb in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo: source identification of chronic Pb enrichment in soils, house dust and scalp hair

    Brewer, P., Bird, G. & Macklin, M. G., 8 Aug 2015, In: Applied Geochemistry. 64, p. 164-175

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Management of the Danube drainage basin: implications of contaminant-metal dispersal for the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive

    Bird, G., Brewer, P. A. & Macklin, M. G., 29 Apr 2010, In: International Journal of River Basin Management. 8, 1, p. 63-78

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Origin and fate of Vanadium in the Hazeltine Creek Catchment following the 2014 Mount Polley mine tailings spill, British Columbia, Canada

    Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Byrne, P., Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Burke, I. T., Jamieson, H. E., Macklin, M. G. & Williams, R. D., 16 Apr 2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 8, p. 4088–4098

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Pb isotope evidence for contaminant-metal dispersal in an international river system: the lower Danube catchment, Eastern Europe.

    Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G., Nikolova, M., Kotsev, T., Mollov, M. & Swain, C., 1 Jul 2010, In: Applied Geochemistry. 25, 7, p. 1070-1084

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Potentially harmful elements (PHEs) in scalp hair, soil and metallurgical wastes in Mitrovica, Kosovo: The role of oral bioaccessibility and mineralogy in human PHE exposure

    Boisa, N., Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Dean, J. R., Entwistle, J. A., Kemp, S. & Macklin, M. G., 2013, In: Environment International. 60, p. 56-70

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Provenancing anthropogenic Pb within the fluvial environment: Developments and challenges in the use of Pb isotopes

    Bird, G., May 2011, In: Environment International. 37, 4, p. 802-819

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Quantifying sediment-associated metal dispersal using Pb isotopes: application of binary and multivariate mixing models at the catchment-scale.

    Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G., Nikolova, M., Kotsev, T., Mollov, M. & Swain, C., 1 Jun 2010, In: Environmental Pollution. 158, 6, p. 2158-2169

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    River sediment geochemistry and provenance following the Mount Polley mine tailings spill, Canada: the role of hydraulic sorting and sediment dilution processes in contaminant dispersal and remediation

    Bird, G., Hudson-Edwards, K., Byrne, P., Macklin, M., Brewer, P. & Williams, R., Nov 2021, In: Applied Geochemistry. 134, 11 p., 105086.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    River system recovery following the Novat-Rosu tailings dam failure, Maramures County, Romania.

    Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G., Balteanu, D., Serban, M., Driga, B. & Zaharia, S., 1 Dec 2008, In: Applied Geochemistry. 23, 12, p. 3498-3518

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    The influence of the scale of mining activity and mine site remediation on the contamination legacy of historical metal mining activity

    Bird, G., Dec 2016, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    The solid-state partitioning of contaminant metals and As in river channel sediments of the mining affected Tisa drainage basin, northwestern Romania and eastern Hungary

    Bird, G., Brewer, P., Macklin, M., Balteanu, D., Driga, B., Serban, M. & Zaharia, S., 1 Jan 2003, In: Applied Geochemistry. 18, 10, p. 1583-1595

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Water quality impacts and river system recovery following the 2014 Mount Polley mine tailings dam spill, British Columbia, Canada

    Byrne, P., Hudson-Edwards, K., Bird, G., Macklin, M., Brewer, P., Williams, R. & Jamieson, H., Apr 2018, In: Applied Geochemistry. 91, p. 64-74

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
  24. Published

    Sediment origin and dispersal dynamics in the lower Danube Basin

    Bird, G., Brewer, P. A., Macklin, M. G., Nikolova, M., Kotsev, T., Sima, M. & Mollov, M., 2010, Proceedings of the 38th IAD Conference: Dresden, Germany.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  25. Published

    The long-term environmental impacts of the Mount Polley mine tailings spill, British Columbia, Canada

    Byrne, P., Hudson-Edwards, K., Macklin, M., Brewer, P., Bird, G. & Williams, R., 2015, Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 17. EGU2015-6241

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review