The ERM Engineering Team have been involved in considerable academic research into various aspects of earthing. The following is a selection of published papers:
Earthing Assessment Techniques To Reduce Mitigation Expenditure at HV Installations, R.Knott, M.Taylor, N.Pilling, IDC Earthing and Lightning Protection Conference, Manchester, June 2012
Effect of High Resistive Barrier on Earthing System, M.Osman G.Chen N.Pilling XIII International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, 2003
www.scribd.com/doc/56653550/Earthing
Comparison of Two Simple High Frequency Earthing Electrodes, R L Stoll, G Chen, N Pilling, IEE Proc.Gener. Transm. Distrib., Vol. 151, No. 2, 2004
eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10163/1/chen_earthing_electrodes.pdf
Earthing, H Griffiths, N Pilling, Advances in High Voltage Engineering, Chapter 8, IET Books, 2004
Technical Issues, Design Approach and Typical Solutions When Co-locating Telecommunication Equipment on Electrical Power Installations or Towers, T.Charlton, M.Taylor, M.Davies, Earthing and Bonding of Telecommunication Installations Conference, London, October 2002