Hydrochemist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3079

E-mail Dr Jenny Bearcock

Biography

•  2008 –current :  Hydrochemist – British Geological Survey
•  2007 –2008 :  Scientific Support – NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
•  2002 –2007 :  PhD Aberystwyth University
•  1999 –2002 :  BSc I (Hons): Aberystwyth University. Environmental Earth Science

Research interests

•  Baselines of groundwater and surface water geochemistry
•  Geochemical survey
•  Geochemistry and remediation of contaminated mine drainage

Skills

•  Environmental geochemistry
•  Field geochemist for baseline and contaminated samples
•  Interpreting and reporting environmental geochemistry data for both surface and groundwater

Current projects and collaboration

•  G-BASE
•  Groundwater resources and Groundwater quality — Baseline groundwater quality
•  Abandoned mines and contaminated land
•  Collaboration with Aberystwyth University

Published outputs

• NERC Open Research Archive — Jenny Bearcock

Key papers

BEARCOCK, J M, PERKINS, W T, AND PEARCE, N J G. 2011. Laboratory studies using naturally occurring "green rust" to aid metal mine water remediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 190, 466-473.

BEARCOCK, J M, PERKINS, W T, DINELLI, E, AND WADE, S C. 2006. Fe(II)/Fe(III)“green rust” developed within ochreous coal mine drainage sediment in south Wales, UK. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 70, 687-697.

• G-BASE
• Groundwater resources
• Groundwater quality
• NERC Open Research Archive — Jenny Bearcock