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Professor Timothy Mighall

Professor Timothy Mighall
Professor Timothy Mighall
Professor Timothy Mighall

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About
Email Address
t.mighall@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 274352
Office Address
G22 St Mary's, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

Keele University: Environmental Research Unit. Position: Research Assistant Oct-Dec 1990.

Brunel University: Department of Geography & Geology. Position: Temporary Lecturer Feb-July 1991.                                   

Coventry University: Geography Subject Area. Position: Lecturer (1991-1994) Senior Lecturer (1994-2005).

University of Aberdeen: Department of Geography & Environment, School of Geosciences (2005-present) Senior Lecturer in Palaeoecology.

External Memberships

Co-editor, Scottish Geographical Journal http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RSGJ

Deputy Editor, Editorial Board, Environmental Archaeology http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/env/

NERC Peer Review College Member

 

Membership of External Bodies

Association of Environmental Archaeology

Early Mines Research Group

Historical Metallurgy Society

Irish Quaternary Association

Quaternary Research Association

Royal Scottish Geographical Society

The Prehistoric Society

Research

Research Overview

  • Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analysis
  • Peat geochemistry and reconstructing palaeo-pollution records from bogs and lakes
  • Holocene vegetational history
  • Holocene environmental change

 

Current Research

Land degradation in the Karoo, South Africa

Recent publications

Langford, H.E. et al. 2013: Palaeoecology of a late MIS7 interglacial deposit from eastern England. Quaternary international  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quatint.2013.05.046

Crew, P. & Mighall, T.M. 2013. The fuel supply and woodland management at a 14th century bloomery in Snowdonia, a multi-disciplinary approach.  In  Humphris, J. & Rehren, T. (eds) The World of Iron. London: Archetype Publications, 473-482.

Mighall, TM, Chambers, FM, Timberlake, S & O’Brien, WF. 2012. Characterising vegetation changes in former mining and metalworking areas during prehistoric and Roman times. Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 20, 117-130.

Ongoing Research Projects

  1. Land degradation and environmental change in the Karoo, Eastern Cape, South Africa. See http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/other/karoo.php
  2. The function and environmental impact of burnt mounds in prehistory.
  3. The ecology and landscapes of early medieval royal centres.
  4. Placing early mining and metalworking into its environmental context. See http://www.earlyminesresearchgroup.org.uk/
  5. Holocene environmental changes in NW Iberia

 

Publications

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  • Using mineral magnetism to characterise ironworking and to detect its evidence in peat bogs

    Mighall, T. M., Foster, I. D. L., Crew, P., Chapman, A. S., Finn, A.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 130-139
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Vegetation change during the Mesolithic and Neolithic on the Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, south-west Ireland

    Mighall, T. M., Timpany, S., Blackford, J. J., Innes, J. B., O'Brien, C. E., O'Brien, W., Harrison, S.
    Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 617-628
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Post-european settlement impacts on erosion and land degradation; A case study using farm reservoir sedimentation in the eastern cape, South Africa

    Rowntree, K., Foster, I., Mighall, T., Dupreez, L., Boardman, J.
    Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles

  • Climate-driven enrichment of pollutants in peatlands

    Cortizas, A. M., Biester, H., Mighall, T., Bindler, R.
    Biogeosciences, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 905-911
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Holocene relative sea level changes in a glacio-isostatic area: New data from south-west Scotland, United Kingdom

    Smith, D. E., Cullingford, R. A., Mighall, T. M., Jordan, J. T., Fretwell, P. T.
    Marine Geology, vol. 242, no. 1-3, pp. 5-26
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Proxy climate and vegetation changes during the last five millennia in NW Iberia. Pollen and non pollen palynomorph data from two ombrotrophic peat bogs in the North Western Iberian Peninsula.

    Mighall, T. M., Martinez Cortizas, A., Biester, H., Turner, S. E.
    Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, vol. 141, pp. 203-223
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Post-depositional Cs-137 mobility in the sediments of three shallow coastal lagoons, SW England

    Foster, I. D. L., Mighall, T. M., Proffitt, H., Walling, D. E., Owens, P. N.
    Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 881-895
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effect of sediment source changes on pollen records in Lake Sediments

    Pittam, N. J., Mighall, T. M., Foster, I. D.
    The Interactions Between Sediments and Water. Kronvang, B., Faganeli, J., Ogrinc, N. (eds.). Springer Netherlands, pp. 313-319, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Using bog archives to reconstruct paleo-pollution and vegetation change during the late Holocene. (Eds.) Martini P, Martinez Cortizas A, Chesworth W

    Mighall, T. M., Timberlake, S., Jenkins, D., Grattan, J. P.
    Peatlands: Evolution and Records of Environmental and Climatic Changes, pp. 413-432, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Linking changes in atmospheric dust deposition, vegetation evolution and human activities in NW Spain during the last 5,300 years

    Martinez Cortizas, A., Mighall, T. M., Pontevedra Pombat, X., Novoa Munoz, J. C., Peiteado Varela, E., Pineiro Rebolo, R.
    The Holocene, vol. 15, pp. 698-706
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mineral deficiency and the prescence of Pinus sylvestris on mires during the Mid- to Late Holocence: palaeoecological data from Cadogan's Bog, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork

    Mighall, T. M., Lageard, J. G. A., Chambers, F. M., Field, M. H., Mahi, P.
    The Holocene, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 95-109
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A record of atmospheric pollution and vegetation change as recorded in three peat bogs from the Northern Pennines Pb-Zn orefield

    Mighall, T. M., Dumayne-Peaty, L., Cranstone, D.
    Environmental Archaeology, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 13-38
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Late Quaternary river terrace developments in the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Southwest Ireland

    Anderson, E., Harrison, S., Passmore, D., Mighall, T. M., Withan, S.
    Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 23, no. 16-17, pp. 1785-1801
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Periglacial trimlines and former nunataks of the last glacial maximum: the Gap of Dunloe, Southwest Ireland

    Rae, A., Harrison, S., Mighall, T. M., Dawson, A. G.
    Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 87-98
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Holocene relative sea level change in the lower Nith valley and estuary

    Smith, D. E., Cullingford, R., Haggart, A., Tipping, R., Wells, J. M., Mighall, T. M., Dawson, S.
    Scottish Journal of Geology, vol. 39, pp. 97-120
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Relative sea-level changes in the Solway Firth, Southwest Scotland

    Smith, D. E., Wells, J. M., Mighall, T. M., Cullingford, R., Hollway, L., Dawson, S.
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh-Earth, vol. 93, pp. 301-331
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The impact of Iron Age copper mining on vegetation: palaeoecological evidence from Campolungo, Bienno, Lombard Alps, Northern Italy

    Mighall, T. M., Tizzoni, C., O'Brien, C., Tizzoni, M.
    Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi, vol. 11, pp. 253-271
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Geochemical evidence for atmospheric pollution derived from prehistoric copper mining at Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, Mid-Wales

    Mighall, T. M., Abrahams, P. W., Grattan, J. P., Hayes, D., Timberlake, S., Forsyth, S.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 292, pp. 69-80
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A palaeoenvironmental investigation of mine sediments from Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, mid-Wales

    Mighall, T. M., Timberlake, S., Clark, S. H. E., Caseldine, A.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 1161-1188
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An atmospheric pollution history for Pb-Zn mining in the Ystwyth Valley, Dyfed, mid-Wales, UK

    Mighall, T. M., Grattan, J. P., Lees, J., Timberlake, S., Forsyth, S.
    Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, vol. 2, pp. 175-184
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intertidal peat deposits and Early Holocence relative sea-level changes, Traigh Eiliraig, Isle of Coll, Scottish Hebrides

    Dawson, A. G., Dawson, S., Mighall, T. M., Waldmann, G., Brown, A., MacTaggart, F.
    Scottish Journal of Geology, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 11-18
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Holocene alluvial-fan development in the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, southwest Ireland

    Anderson, E., Harrison, S., Passmore, D. G., Mighall, T. M.
    Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 112, no. 12, pp. 1834-1849
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Early Holocene environments of the River Ure near Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK

    Howard, A. J., Keen, D. H., Mighall, T. M., Field, M. H., Coope, G. R., Griffiths, H. I., Macklin, M. G.
    Proceedings Of The Yorkshire Geological Society, vol. 53, pp. 31-41
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evidence for Mediaeval soil erosion in the South Hams region of Devon, UK

    Foster, I. D. L., Mighall, T. M., Wotton, C., Owens, P. N., Walling, D. E.
    The Holocene, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 261-271
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Late Devensian and Holocene relative sea level and environmental changes from an isolation basin in southern Skye

    Selby, K. A., Smith, D. E., Dawson, A. G., Mighall, T. M.
    Scottish Journal of Geology, vol. 36, pp. 73-86
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Tracing atmospheric metal mining pollution in blanket peat

    Mighall, T. M., Grattan, J. P., Forsyth, S., Timberlake, S.
    Tracers in Geomorphology. Foster, I. D. L. (ed.). John Wiley & Sons, pp. 101-121, 21 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Sedimentology, palaeoecology and geochronology of Last Interglacial deposits from Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England

    Keen, D. H., Bateman, M. D., Coope, G. R., Field, M. H., Langford, H. E., Merry, J. S., Mighall, T. M.
    Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 411-436
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Geomorphic evidence of Younger Dryas glaciation in the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, south west Ireland

    Anderson, E., Harrison, S., Passmore, D. G., Mighall, T. M.
    Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 75-90
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Early holocene pollen and molluscan records from Enfield Lock, Middlesex, UK

    Chambers, F. M., Mighall, T. M., Keen, D. H.
    Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol. 107, pp. 114
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • HOLOCENE VEGETATION HISTORY AND HUMAN IMPACT AT BRYN-Y-CASTELL, SNOWDONIA, NORTH WALES

    Mighall, T. M., CHAMBERS, F. M.
    New Phytologist, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. 299-321
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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