Benjamin Butler
Benjamin is an Honorary Associate of the James Hutton Institute. His research applies data-driven approaches to explore soil datasets, primarily focusing upon mineralogicl and chemical data. These multivariate approaches include data mining, cluster analysis, compositional data analysis, and high throughput mineral quantification, which together can be used to elucidate the role of minerals in defining the geochemical properties of soil.
Bibliography
- Coull, M.C.; Butler, B.; Hough, R.L.; Beesley, L. (2021) A geochemical and agronomic evaluation of technosols made from construction and demolition fines mixed with green waste compost., Agronomy, 11, Article No. 649.
- Aponte, H.; Mondaca, P.; Santander, C.; Meier, S.; Paolini, J.; Butler, B.; Rojas, C.; Diez, M. C.; Cornejo, P. (2021) Enzyme activities and microbial functional diversity in metal(loid) contaminated soils near to a copper smelter., Science of the Total Environment, 779, Article No. 146423.
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) powdR: An R package for quantitative mineralogy using full pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data., Computers and Geoscience, 47, Article No. 104662.
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) Automated full-pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data for high-throughput quantification of clay-bearing mixtures., Clays and Clay Minerals, 69, 38-51.
- Hewison, R.L.; Nolan, A.J.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Beesley, L.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 143 - Glendoll Forest, 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 139 - Weem and Glassie Blocks, 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 138 - Allean Forest 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Henderson, D.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 135 - Glen Sherup Forest, 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Hewison, R.L.; Butler, B.M.; Nolan, A.J.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 132 - Glentrool Forest West Block, 2020 - Galloway Forest District, South Region, Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Riach, D.J.; Addy, S.J.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 131 - Glentrool Main Block 2020, Galloway Forest District, South Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Aponte, H.; Medina, J.; Butler, B.; Meier, S.; Cornejo, P.; Kuzyakov, Y. (2020) Soil quality indices for metal(loid) contamination: an-enzymatic perspective., Land Degradation and Development, 31, 2700-2719.
- Aponte, H.; Meli, P.; Butler, B.M.; Paolini, J.; Matus, F.; Merino, C.; Cornejo, P.; Kuzyakov, Y. (2020) Meta-analysis of heavy metal effects on soil enzyme activities., Science of the Total Environment, 737, Article No. 139744.
- Butler, B.M. (2020) Mineral sources of aqua regia extractable base cations in Scottish soils interpreted from Cubist models trained with quantitative mineralogy data., Chemical Geology, 551, Article No. 119773.
- Butler, B.M.; Palarea-Albaladejo, J.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, K.M.; Towett, E.K.; Sila, A.M.; Hillier, S. (2020) Mineral-nutrient relationships in African soils assessed using cluster analysis of X-ray powder diffraction patterns and compositional methods., Geoderma, 375, Article 114474.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 130 - Allean Forest 2019 Blocks, Tay Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Beesley, L.; Henderson, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Hewison, R.L.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 129 - Loch Chon 2019 Blocks, Cowal and Trossachs Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Hewison, R.L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Nolan, A.J.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 128- Loch Ard Forest Drumore Block, Cowal and Trossachs Forest District, 2019., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Henderson, D.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Riach, D.J.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 127 - Queensway Forest 2019 Block, Galloway Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Henderson, D.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 119 - Kindrogan Forest 2019 Blocks, Tay Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Henderson, D.J.; Beesley, L.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 116 - Glen Loy Forest, Lochaber Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 115 - Glen Markie Forest 2018 Blocks, Tay Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Butler, B.M.; Sila, A.M.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, M.; Gilmore, C.J.; Kourkoumelis, N.; Hillier, S. (2019) Pre-treatment of soil X-ray powder diffraction data for cluster analysis., Geoderma, 337, 413-424.
- Thompson, S.P.; Kennedy, H.; Day, S.J.; Baker, A.R.; Butler, B.M.; Safi, E.; Kelly, J.; Male, A.; Potter, J.; Cobb, T.; Murray, C.A.; Tang, C.C.; Evans, A.; Mercado, R. (2018) A slow-cooling-rate in situ cell for long-duration studies of mineral precipitation in cold aqueous environments on earth and other planetary bodies., Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 1197-1210.
- Hillier, S.; Butler, B. (2018) New XRD data-based approaches to soil mineralogy., Spectroscopy, 33, 34-36.
- Butler, B M.; O'Rourke, S.M.; Hillier, S. (2018) Using rule-based regression models to predict and interpret soil properties from X-ray powder diffraction data., Geoderma, 329, 43-53.
- Nolan, A J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Henderson, D.J.; Riach, D.J.; Donnelly, D.; Butler, B. (2018) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Technical Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 103 - Drumnatorran Forest Blocks, Lochaber Forest District (2017)., Digital soils data uploaded into 'Forester' and Technical Report to Forestry Commission.
- Butler, B.M.; Papadimitriou, S.; Day, S.J.; Kennedy, H. (2017) Gypsum and hydrohalite dynamics in sea ice brines., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 213, 17-34.
- Coull, M.C.; Butler, B.; Hough, R.L.; Beesley, L. (2021) A geochemical and agronomic evaluation of technosols made from construction and demolition fines mixed with green waste compost., Agronomy, 11, Article No. 649.
- Aponte, H.; Mondaca, P.; Santander, C.; Meier, S.; Paolini, J.; Butler, B.; Rojas, C.; Diez, M. C.; Cornejo, P. (2021) Enzyme activities and microbial functional diversity in metal(loid) contaminated soils near to a copper smelter., Science of the Total Environment, 779, Article No. 146423.
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) powdR: An R package for quantitative mineralogy using full pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data., Computers and Geoscience, 47, Article No. 104662.
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) Automated full-pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data for high-throughput quantification of clay-bearing mixtures., Clays and Clay Minerals, 69, 38-51.
- Aponte, H.; Medina, J.; Butler, B.; Meier, S.; Cornejo, P.; Kuzyakov, Y. (2020) Soil quality indices for metal(loid) contamination: an-enzymatic perspective., Land Degradation and Development, 31, 2700-2719.
- Aponte, H.; Meli, P.; Butler, B.M.; Paolini, J.; Matus, F.; Merino, C.; Cornejo, P.; Kuzyakov, Y. (2020) Meta-analysis of heavy metal effects on soil enzyme activities., Science of the Total Environment, 737, Article No. 139744.
- Butler, B.M. (2020) Mineral sources of aqua regia extractable base cations in Scottish soils interpreted from Cubist models trained with quantitative mineralogy data., Chemical Geology, 551, Article No. 119773.
- Butler, B.M.; Palarea-Albaladejo, J.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, K.M.; Towett, E.K.; Sila, A.M.; Hillier, S. (2020) Mineral-nutrient relationships in African soils assessed using cluster analysis of X-ray powder diffraction patterns and compositional methods., Geoderma, 375, Article 114474.
- Butler, B.M.; Sila, A.M.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, M.; Gilmore, C.J.; Kourkoumelis, N.; Hillier, S. (2019) Pre-treatment of soil X-ray powder diffraction data for cluster analysis., Geoderma, 337, 413-424.
- Thompson, S.P.; Kennedy, H.; Day, S.J.; Baker, A.R.; Butler, B.M.; Safi, E.; Kelly, J.; Male, A.; Potter, J.; Cobb, T.; Murray, C.A.; Tang, C.C.; Evans, A.; Mercado, R. (2018) A slow-cooling-rate in situ cell for long-duration studies of mineral precipitation in cold aqueous environments on earth and other planetary bodies., Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 1197-1210.
- Hillier, S.; Butler, B. (2018) New XRD data-based approaches to soil mineralogy., Spectroscopy, 33, 34-36.
- Butler, B M.; O'Rourke, S.M.; Hillier, S. (2018) Using rule-based regression models to predict and interpret soil properties from X-ray powder diffraction data., Geoderma, 329, 43-53.
- Butler, B.M.; Papadimitriou, S.; Day, S.J.; Kennedy, H. (2017) Gypsum and hydrohalite dynamics in sea ice brines., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 213, 17-34.
- Butler, B.M.; Papadimitriou, S.; Santoro, A.; Kennedy H. (2016) Mirabilite solubility in equilibrium sea ice brines., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 182, 40-54.
- Butler, B.M.; Papadimitriou, S.; Kennedy H. (2016) The effect of mirabilite precipitation on the absolute and practical salinities of sea ice brines., Marine Chemistry, 184, 21-31.
- Butler, B.M.; Kennedy, H. (2015) An investigation of mineral dynamics in frozen seawater brines by direct measurement with synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction., Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 5686-5697.
- Hewison, R.L.; Nolan, A.J.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Beesley, L.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 143 - Glendoll Forest, 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 139 - Weem and Glassie Blocks, 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 138 - Allean Forest 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Henderson, D.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 135 - Glen Sherup Forest, 2020, Tay Forest District, East Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Hewison, R.L.; Butler, B.M.; Nolan, A.J.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 132 - Glentrool Forest West Block, 2020 - Galloway Forest District, South Region, Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Riach, D.J.; Addy, S.J.; Donnelly, D. (2021) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 131 - Glentrool Main Block 2020, Galloway Forest District, South Region., Digital Soil Resources within ForesterWeb - Forest and Land Scotland GIS and Management Tool.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 130 - Allean Forest 2019 Blocks, Tay Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Beesley, L.; Henderson, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Hewison, R.L.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 129 - Loch Chon 2019 Blocks, Cowal and Trossachs Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Hewison, R.L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Nolan, A.J.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 128- Loch Ard Forest Drumore Block, Cowal and Trossachs Forest District, 2019., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Henderson, D.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Riach, D.J.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 127 - Queensway Forest 2019 Block, Galloway Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Henderson, D.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 119 - Kindrogan Forest 2019 Blocks, Tay Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Riach, D.J.; Butler, B.M.; Henderson, D.J.; Beesley, L.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 116 - Glen Loy Forest, Lochaber Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Butler, B.M.; Donnelly, D. (2020) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 115 - Glen Markie Forest 2018 Blocks, Tay Forest District., Digital Soils Spatial Data and Report uploaded to ForesterWeb.
- Nolan, A J.; Hewison, R.L.; Beesley, L.; Henderson, D.J.; Riach, D.J.; Donnelly, D.; Butler, B. (2018) Soil Survey Digital Map Data and Technical Reports, Scale 1:10,000, Volume 103 - Drumnatorran Forest Blocks, Lochaber Forest District (2017)., Digital soils data uploaded into 'Forester' and Technical Report to Forestry Commission.
