Dr Christopher Johnson

Dr Christopher Johnson Team Leader Geochemistry Baselines and Medical Geology

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3372

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Biography

  •  2010 –Present :  Team Leader Geochemical Baselines and Medical Geology
  •  2008 –2010 :  HoS Environmental Geoscience Baselines
  •  2005 –2006 :  Project Geochemist Madagascar
  •  2005 –2008 :  Project Manager of BGS Geochemical Data Management
  •  2001 –2008 :  Project Manager of BGS G-BASE Project
  •  1999 –2002 :  Project Leader Environmental controls in IDD
  •  1998 –2001 :  Project Manager Morocco Geochemical Mapping Project
  •  1984 –1994 :  Project Geochemist Sumatra Geochemical Mapping
  •  1980 :  PhD University College of Wales Aberystwyth. “Geochemistry of iodine and its application in mineral exploration”
  •  1979 –1983 :  Geochemist BGS Mineral Reconnaissance Programme
  •  1976 :  BSc (Joint Hons.) University College of Wales Aberystwyth , Chemistry and Geology

Current projects and collaboration

  •  2012 –Present :  EuroGeoSurveys GEMAS project (Geochemical Mapping of the Agricultural Soils of Europe)
  •  2011 –Present :  Defra Normal Background Concentrations of contaminants in soils
  •  2011 –Present :  UK Geochemical Baseline of the Environment (G-BASE) Project

Skills

  •  Basic spoken French and bahasa Indonesian
  •  Data management
  •  Geochemistry
  •  International work and collaboration

Professional association

  •  Chartered Geologist and Fellow of the Geological Society of London
  •  Member of Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Research interests

  •  Chemistry of the urban environment
  •  Geochemical data management and quality control
  •  Geochemical mapping
  •  Geochemistry and Health (especially selenium and iodine)
  •  Normal background concentrations of contaminants in the environment

Published outputs

Key papers

LAPWORTH, D J, KNIGHTS, K V, KEY, R M, JOHNSON, C C, AYODAE, E, ADEKANMI,M A, ARISEKOLA, T M, OKUNLOLA, O A, BACKMAN, B, EKLUND, M, EVERETT, P ., LISTER, T R, RIDGWAY, J, WATTS, M J, KEMP, S J and PITFIELD, P E J. 2012. Geochemical mapping using stream sediments in west-central Nigeria: Implications for environmental studies and mineral exploration in West Africa. Applied Geochemistry, Vol. 27(6), 1035–1052

JOHNSON, C C. 2011. Understanding the Quality of Chemical Data from the Urban Environment - Part 1: Quality Control Procedures. 61-76 in Mapping the Chemical Environment of Urban Areas. JOHNSON, C C, DEMETRIADES, A, LOCUTURA J and OTTESEN R T (editors). (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.)

JOHNSON, C C, FORDYCE, F M and RAYMAN, M P. 2010. Factors controlling the distribution of selenium in the environment and their impact on health and nutrition.Proceedings of the Nutrition Society,Vol. 69, 119-132

JOHNSON, C C, ANDER, E L, LISTER, T R, and FLIGHT, D M A. 2008. Data conditioning of environmental geochemical data: quality control procedures used in the British Geological Survey's Regional Geochemical Mapping Project. 93-118 in Environmental Geochemistry: Site characterisation, data analysis and case histories. DE VIVO, B, BELKIN, H E, and LIMA, A (editors). (Oxford: Elsevier.)

JOHNSON, C C, FLIGHT, D M A, ANDER, E L, LISTER, T R, BREWARD, N, FORDYCE, F M, and NICE, S E. 2008. The collection of drainage samples for environmental analyses from active stream channels. 59-92 in Environmental Geochemistry: Site characterisation, data analysis and case histories. DE VIVO, B, BELKIN, H E, and LIMA, A (editors). (Oxford: Elsevier.)

JOHNSON, C C, and ANDER, E L. 2008. Urban Geochemical Mapping Studies: How and why we do them. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Vol. 30, 511-530

JOHNSON, C C, and BREWARD, N. 2004. G-BASE: Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment. British Geological Survey, BGS  Report Number CR/04/016N.

JOHNSON, C C, FORDYCE, F M, and STEWART, A G. 2003. Environmental Controls in Iodine Deficiency Disorders. Project Summary Report. British Geological Survey, CR/03/058N.

JOHNSON, C C. 2001. Atlas Géochimique Régional: Boumalne et Qalaa't Mgouna. British Geological Survey Confidential Internal Report prepared for the Moroccan Ministry of Mines and Energy, Commissioned Report Series, No.CR/01/034.

JOHNSON, C C. 2001. Atlas Géochimique Régional: Taznakht, Taliwine et Agadir Melloul. British Geological Survey Confidential Internal Report prepared for the Moroccan Ministry of Mines and Energy, Commissioned Report Series, No.CR/01/033.

FORDYCE, F M, JOHNSON, C C, NAVARATNA, U R B, APPLETON, J D, and DISSANAYAKE, C B. 2000. Selenium and iodine in soil, rice and drinking water in relation to endemic goitre in Sri Lanka. The Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 263, 127-141

JOHNSON, C C, GE, X, GREEN, K A, and LIU, X. 2000. Selenium distribution in the local environment of selected villages of the Keshan Disease belt, Zhangjiakou District, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China. Applied Geochemistry, Vol. 15, 385-401

JOHNSON, C C. 1989. Daftar Pustaka Geologi Sumatera Bagian Selatan (Southern Sumatra Geological Bibliography). 1989 Edition. (Bandung, Indonesia: Southern Sumatera Geological and Mineral Exploration Project. Directorate of Mineral Resources.)

COULSON, F I E, JOHNSON, C C, and PEART, R J. 1988. The Northern Sumatra Geochemical and Mineral Exploration Project: A Final Report. Directorate of Mineral Resources, NSGMEP Report Series No. 23.

FUGE, R, and JOHNSON, C C. 1986. The geochemistry of iodine: a review. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Vol. 8, 31-54

BATESON, J H, EVANS, A D, and JOHNSON, C C. 1983. Mineral Reconnaissance in the Northumberland Trough. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme. Institute of Geological Sciences, MRP Report No. 62.

JOHNSON, C C. 1980. Geochemistry of iodine and a preliminary investigation into its potential use as a pathfinder element in geochemical exploration. PhD thesis, UCW Aberystwyth