Category Archives: Chalk streams

Can we justify preserving landscapes for heritage?

Posted on February 22, 2016 by

This is a post I’ve mulling over for nearly a year on and off. As a society we now commonly restore rivers to improve water quality or for ecological benefits, and as recent posts on here have demonstrated we may … Continue reading →

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A geomorphological assessment of Constable’s landscapes

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

John Constable is recognised as one of the great English Romantic landscape painters and many of his paintings are of rivers. In a slightly tongue-in-cheek post I want to explore the geomorphology of some of his chosen subjects to demonstrate … Continue reading →

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Monday morning – a poem about cows pooing in rivers

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
So it’s good to have a healthy laugh at yourself once in a while, right? Nice to be able to just let go and be creative. A PhD can be pretty…

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The fluvial geomorphology of East Anglia: a history lesson

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

East Anglia has some of the most interesting geomorphology in the whole of the UK. Trev Bond explains why. Continue reading →

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Threats to English chalk streams – Part 2

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
Four more threats to English chalk streams, following on from the previous blog post in this series: catchment-scale land-use change; allochthonous nutrient inputs; urbanisation; and neglect. Catchment-scale land-use change As well as…

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Threats to English chalk streams – Part 1

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
So far in this blog series we’ve looked at what English chalk streams are, where they come from, and why they’re important. In this fourth installment (the first of a two-parter),…

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Why are English chalk streams important?

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
We’ve looked at where chalk streams come from and their characteristics. Now it’s time to consider why English chalk streams are important. The ecological significance of England’s chalk rivers is internationally…

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The characteristics of English chalk streams

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
In the first post of this series we considered the history and origins of English chalk streams; where they were and where they’d come from. In this post we’ll look at…

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An introduction to England’s chalk streams: origins and history

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
If you’ve ever spent any amount of time in the English countryside, you’ve probably come across a chalk stream or two.  Spanning from the River Hull in Humberside to the River…

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