Dr Peter Abrahams

BSc Geography and Geology PhD in Environmental Geochemistry

Dr Peter Abrahams

Emeritus Reader

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

Contact Details

Profile

Dr Peter Abrahams graduated with a BSc Geography and Geology Joint Honours degree from the University of Manchester, before going to Imperial College, (University of London), to undertake a PhD in environmental geochemistry. Following a further 3 years at Imperial College as a Research Assistant, he went to the University of East Anglia as a Senior Research Associate working on an acid rain project before coming to UWA (now Aberystwyth University) in 1986. His main teaching is in soil science, with a special emphasis on applied environmental issues that reflect his research interests.

Research

Applied Geochemistry: Trace elements in soils, their geographical distribution and environmental implications; Soils and human health; Geoarchaeology.

Publications

Abrahams, PW, Davies, TC, Solomon, AO, Trow, AJ & Wragg, J 2013, 'Human geophagia, Calabash chalk and Undongo: Mineral element nutritional implications', PLoS One, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. e53304. 10.1371/journal.pone.0053304
Abrahams, PW & Blackwell, NL 2013, 'The importance of ingested soils supplying fluorine and lead to sheep grazing contaminated pastures in the Peak District mining area of Derbyshire, UK', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 8729-8738. 10.1007/s11356-013-1826-3
Abrahams, PW 2012, 'Involuntary soil ingestion and geophagia: A source and sink of mineral nutrients and potentially harmful elements to consumers of earth materials', Applied Geochemistry, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 954-968. 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.05.003
Abrahams, PW 2010, 'Earth eaters': Ancient and modern perspectives on human geophagy. in ER Landa & C Feller (eds), Soil and Culture.. pp. 369-398.
Abrahams, PW, Entwistle, JA & Dodgshon, R 2010, 'The Ben Lawers Historic Landscape Project: Simultaneous Multi-element Analysis of Former Settlement and Arable Soils by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry', Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 231-248. 10.1007/s10816-010-9086-8
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