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Pirrie, D., Ruffell, A. and Dawson, L.A. (eds) 2013. Criminal and Environmental Geoforensics. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 384, 273 pp.

Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. (eds) 2006. Cretaceous – Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 258, 206 pp.

Published Scientific Papers.

103. Pirrie, D., Pidduck, A., Crean, D.E. & Nicholls, T.M. Identification and characterization of particulate construction materials in forensic soil samples. Submitted to Forensic Science International.

102. DiMaggio, R.M., AL Naimi, K.S., Barone, P.M., Da Silva, F.A., Dawson, L.A., Dixon, R., Donnelly, L.J., Fitzpatrick, R., Gradusova, O., Gallego, C.M.M., Nesterina, E., Peleneva, M., Pirrie, D., Ruffell, A., McKinley, J., Sagripanti, G., Schneck, B., Sugita, R., Ushacova, O. & Villalba, D. Submitted. Global developments in forensic geology Submitted to Episodes Special Issue on Forensic Geology.

101. Pirrie, D., Dawson, L.A., Pidduck, A. & Crean, D.E. Predictive geolocation; forensic soil analysis for provenance determination. Submitted to Episodes Special Issue on Forensic Geology.

100. Pirrie, D., Crean, D.E., Pidduck, A.J., Nicholls, T.M. & Shail, R.K. Submitted. Automated mineralogical analysis of soils as an indicator of local bedrock lithology: a tool for rapid forensic geolocation. Submitted to Forensic Science International.

99. Spalletti, L., Pirrie, D., Veiga, G.D., Schwarz, E., Rollinson, G., Shail, R., Haberlah, D. & Butcher, A. 2015. Analisis mineraloogico integrado (QEMSCAN y DRX) de lutitas negras: Los depositos Tithonianos basales de la Formacion Vaca Muerta (Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina). Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis, 22, 13-28.

98. Hilditch, J., Pirrie, D., Knappett, C., Rollinson, G.K. & Momigliano, N. 2016. Taking the rough with the smooth: using automated SEM-EDS to integrate coarse and fine ceramic assemblages in the Bronze Age Aegean. In: Sibbesson, E., Jervis, B. & Coxon, S. (eds), Insights from innovation: new light on archaeological ceramics, Highfield Press, 74-96.

97. Little, C.T.S., Birgel, D., Boyce, A.J., Crame, J.A., Francis, J.E., Kiel, S., Pirrie, D., Peckmann, J. & Witts, J.D. 2015. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) shallow water hydrocarbon seeps from Snow Hill and Seymour Islands, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography, 418, 213-228.

96. Eby, N.G., Charnley, N., Pirrie, D., Hermes, R., Smoligia, J. & Rollinson, G. 2015. Trinitite redux: mineralogy and petrology. American Mineralogist, 100, 427-441.

95. Pirrie, D., Rollinson, G.K., Andersen, J.A., Wootton, D. & Moorhead, S. 2014. Soil forensics as a tool to test reported artefact find sites. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41, 461-473.

94. Rieuwerts, J.S., Mighanetara, K., Braungardt, C.B., Rollinson, G.K., Pirrie, D. & Azizi, F. 2014. Geochemistry and mineralogy of arsenic in mine wastes and stream sediments in a historic metal mining area in the UK. Science of the Total Environment, 472, 226-234.

93. Pirrie, D., Donnelly, L., Rollinson, G.K., Butcher, A.R., Dawson, L.A. & Pirrie, H.A. 2013. Forensic geology at the International School Science Fair 2013. Geology Today, 29, 222-228.

92. Ruffell, A., Pirrie, D. & Power, M.R. 2013. Issues and opportunities in urban forensic geology. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 384, 147-161.

91. Pirrie, D., Rollinson, G.K., Power, M.R. & Webb, J. 2013. Automated forensic soil mineral analysis; testing the potential of lithotyping. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 384, 47-64.

90. Pirrie, D., Ruffell, A. & Dawson, L. 2013. Environmental and criminal geoforensics: an introduction. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 384, 1-7.

89. Williamson, B.J., Rollinson, G. & Pirrie, D. 2013. Automated mineralogical analysis of PM10: New parameters for assessing PM toxicity. Environmental Science and Technology, 47, 5570-5577.

88. Marshall, J.D. & Pirrie, D. 2013. Carbonate concretions explained. Geology Today, 29, 53-62.

87. Hillditch, J., Knappett, C.J., Pirrie, D. & Power, M. 2012. Iasos pottery fabrics and technologies. In: Momigliano, N. (ed) Bronze Age Carian Iasos, structures and finds from the Roman Agora. Archeologica 166, Missione Archeologica Italiana Di Iasos, 58-106.

86. Pirrie, D. & Ruffell, A. 2012. Soils and geological trace evidence. In Marquez Grant, N. and Roberts, J. (eds) Forensic Ecology Handbook. Blackwell-Wiley.

85. Pringle, J.K., Ruffell, A., Jervis, J.R., Donnelly, L., McKinley, J., Hansen, J., Morgan, R., Pirrie, D. & Harrison, M. 2012. The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial searches. Earth Science Reviews, 114, 108-123.

84. Haberlah, D., Strong, C., Pirrie, D., Rollinson, G.K., Gottlieb, P., Botha, P.W.S.K. & Butcher, A.R. 2011. Automated petrography applications in Quaternary Science. Quaternary Australasia, 28, 3-12.

83. Pirrie, D. & Rollinson, G.K. 2011. Unlocking the application of automated mineralogy. Geology Today, 27, 226-235.

82. Simons, B., Pirrie, D., Rollinson, G.K. & Shail, R.K. 2011. Geochemical and mineralogical record of the impact of mining on the Teign estuary Devon, UK. Geoscience in South-West England, 12, 339-350.

81. Pirrie, D., Jonkers, H.A., Smellie, J.L., Crame, J.A. & McArthur J.M. 2011. Reworked late Neogene Austrochlamys anderssoni (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from northern James Ross Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 23, 180-187.

80. Knappett, C., Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Nikolakopoulou, I., Hilditch, J. & Rollinson, G.K. 2011. Mineralogical analysis and provenancing of ancient ceramics using automated SEM-EDS analysis (QEMSCAN®): a pilot study on LB I pottery from Akrotiri, Thera. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38, 219-232.

79. Pirrie, D., Rollinson, G.K. & Power, M.R. 2009. Role of automated mineral analysis in the characterisation of mining-related contaminated land. Geoscience in south-west England, 12, 162-170.

78. Pirrie, D. 2009. Forensic geology in serious crime investigation. Geology Today, 25, 188-192.

77. Power, M.R., Pirrie, D., Camm, G.S. & Andersen, J.C.A. 2009. The mineralogy of efflorescence on arsenic calciner buildings in SW England. Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 27-42.

76. Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Rollinson, G.K., Wiltshire, P.E.J., Newberry, J. and Campbell, H.E. 2009. Automated SEM-EDS (QEMSCAN) mineral analysis in forensic soil investigations; testing instrumental variability. In: Ritz, K., Dawson, L. & Miller, D. (eds) Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, 411-430. Springer.

75. Mather, A.E., Stokes, M., Pirrie, D. & Hartley, R. 2008. Generation, transport and preservation of armoured mudballs in an ephemeral gully system, SE Spain. Geomorphology, 100, 104-119.

74. Rollinson, G.K., Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Cundy, A and Camm, G.S. 2007. Geochemical and mineralogical record of historical mining, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, UK. Geoscience in south-west England, 11, 326-337.

73. Hardy, A.D., Walton, R.I., Vaishnav, R., Myers, K.A., Power, M.R. & Pirrie, D. 2006. Egyptian eye cosmetics (‘kohls’): past and present. In: Bradley, D. & Creagh, D. (eds) Physical techniques in the study of art, archaeology and cultural heritage. Elsevier, 173-203.

72. Francis, J.E., Crame, J.A. & Pirrie, D. 2006. Cretaceous – Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica: introduction. In: Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. (eds) Cretaceous – Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 258, 1-5.

71. Whitham, A.G., Ineson, J.R. & Pirrie, D. 2006. Marine volcaniclastics of the Hidden Lake Formation (Coniacian) of James Ross Island, Antarctica: an enigmatic element in the history of a back-arc basin. In: Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. (eds) Cretaceous – Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 258, 21-47.

70. Crame, J.A., Pirrie, D. and Riding, J.B. 2006. Mid Cretaceous stratigraphy of the James Ross Basin, Antarctica. In: Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. (eds) Cretaceous – Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 258, 7-19.

69. Messenger, R.W., Hart, M.B., Pirrie, D., Allen, L., Taylor, G.K. & Dashwood, B. 2005. The St Erth Formation: Geometry of the deposit and micropalaeontology. Geoscience in south west England, 11, 93-98.

68. Doyle, P., Poire, D.G., Spalletti, L.A., Pirrie, D., Brenchley, P. & Matheos, S.D. 2005. Relative oxygenation of the Tithonian-Valanginian Vaca Muerta-Chachao formations of the Mendoza Shelf, Neuquen Basin, Argentina. In: Veiga, G.D., Spalletti, L.A., Howell, J.A. & Schwarz, E. (eds) The Neuquen Basin, Argentina: A case study in sequence stratigraphy and basin dynamics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 252, 185-206.

67. Crame, J.A., Francis, J.E., Cantrill, D.J. & Pirrie, D. 2004. Maastrichtian stratigraphy of Antarctica. Cretaceous Research, 25, 411-423.

66. Pirrie, D., Butcher, A.R., Power, M.R., Gottlieb, P. & Miller, G.L. 2004. Rapid quantitative mineral and phase analysis using automated scanning electron microscopy (QemSCAN); potential applications in forensic geoscience. In: Pye, K. & Croft, D. (eds) Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 232, 123-136.

65. Power, M.R., Pirrie, D., Jedwab, J. & Stanley, C.J. 2004. Platinum-group element mineralisation in an arsenic-rich magmatic sulphide system, Talnotry, southwest Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 395-411.

64. Power, M.R. & Pirrie, D. 2004. Platinum-group minerals within the Ballantrae Complex, southwest Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 40, 1-5.

63. Pirrie, D., Doyle, P., Marshall, J.D. & Riccardi, A.C. 2004. Cool early Albian climates; new data from Argentina. Cretaceous Research, 25, 27-33.

62. Thorndycraft, V.R., Pirrie, D. & Brown, A.G. 2004. Alluvial records of Medieval and prehistoric tin mining on Dartmoor, SW England. Geoarchaeology, 19, 219-236.

61. Pirrie, D., Feldmann, R.M. & Buatois, L.A. 2004. A new decapod trackway from the Upper Cretaceous, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Palaeontology, 47, 1-12.

60. Camm, G.S., Butcher, A.R., Pirrie, D., Hughes, P.K. & Glass, H.J. 2003. Secondary mineral phases associated with a historic arsenic calciner identified using automated scanning electron microscopy; a pilot study from Cornwall, U.K. Minerals Engineering, 16, 1269-1277.

59. Thorndycraft, V., Pirrie, D. and Brown, A.G. 2003. An environmental approach to the archaeology of tin mining on Dartmoor. In: Murphy, P. and Wiltshire, P. (eds) The environmental archaeology of industry. Oxbow Books, Oxford, 19-28.

58. Power, M., Pirrie, D. & Andersen, J.C.O. 2003. Diversity of platinum-group element mineralisation styles in the North Atlantic Igneous Province: new evidence from Rum, UK. Geological Magazine, 140, 499-512.

57. Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Rollinson, G., Camm, G.S. and Hughes, S.H. 2003. The spatial distribution and source of arsenic, copper, tin and zinc within the surface sediments of the Fal Estuary, Cornwall, UK. Sedimentology, 50, 579-595.

56. Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Rollinson, G., Cundy, A. and Watkins, D.C. 2002. Impact of mining on the sediment geochemistry and mineralogy of the Helford River, Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 323-328.

55. Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Wheeler, P., Cundy, A., Bridges, C. & Davey, G. 2002. Geochemical signature of historical mining; Fowey Estuary, Cornwall, UK. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 76, 31-43.

54. Feldmann, R.M., Crisp, G. & Pirrie, D. 2002. A new species of glypheid lobster, Pseudoglyphae forsteri (Decapoda: Astacidea: Mecochiridae) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Raasay, Inner Hebrides, UK. Palaeontology, 45, 23-32

53. Spalletti, L., Poire, D., Pirrie, D., Matheos, S & Doyle, P. 2001. Respuesta sedimentologica a cambios en el nivel de base en une secuencia mixta clastica-carbonatica del Cretacico de la Cuenca Neuquena Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Geologica de Espana, 14, 57-74.

52. Crisp, G., Pirrie, D., Shail, R.K., & Sabin, R.C. 2001. The Godrevy dog; early canine or lost pet ? Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 172-176.

51. Green, D.J. & Pirrie, D. 2001. Early diagenetic septarian concretions from the Oxfordian (Jurassic) Corallian Group, Osmington Mills, Dorset, UK. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 142-148.

50. Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Wheeler, P.D. & Ball, A.S. 2000. A new occurrence of diagenetic simonkolleite from the Gannel Estuary, Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 18-20.

49. Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Payne, A., Camm, G.S. & Wheeler, P.D. 2000. Impact of mining on sedimentation; the Camel and Gannel estuaries, Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10. 21-28.

48. Power, M.R., Pirrie, D., Andersen, J.C.O. & Wheeler, P.D. 2000. Testing the validity of chrome-spinel chemistry as a provenance and petrogenetic indicator. Geology, 28, 1027-1030.

47. Power, M.R., Pirrie, D., Andersen, J.C.O. & Butcher, A.R. 2000. Stratigraphical distribution of platinum-group minerals in the Eastern Layered Series, Rum, Scotland. Mineralium Deposita, 35, 762-775.

46. Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Andersen, J.C.Ø. & Butcher, A.R. 2000. Platinum-group mineralization in the Tertiary Igneous Province; new data from Mull and Skye, Scottish Inner Hebrides, UK. Geological Magazine, 137, 651-658.

45. Power, M.R. & Pirrie, D. 2000. Platinum-group element mineralization within ultramafic rocks at Corrycharmaig, Perthshire; implications for the origin of the complex. Scottish Journal of Geology, 36, 143-150.

44. Pirrie, D., Beer, A.J. & Camm, G.S. 1999. Early diagenetic sulphide minerals in the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall. Geoscience in south west England, 9, 325-332.

43. Thorndycraft, V.R., Pirrie, D. & Brown, A.G. 1999. Tracing the record of early alluvial tin mining on Dartmoor, UK. In: Pollard, A.M. (ed) Geoarchaeology: exploration, environments, resources. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 165, 91-102.

42. Doyle, P. & Pirrie, D. 1999. Belemnite distribution patterns: implications of new data from Argentina. In: Oloriz, f. & Rodriguez-tovar, F.J. (eds) Advancing research on living and fossil cephalopods, Kluwer Academic, New York, 419-436.

41. Pirrie, D., Hughes, S.H. & Camm, G.S. 1999. Late Holocene sedimentation due to mine waste discharge, Fal Estuary. In: Scourse, J.D. & Furze, M.F.A. (eds) The Quaternary of West Cornwall. Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London, 113-121.

40. Pirrie, D. & Camm, G.S. 1999. The impact of mining on sedimentation in the coastal zone of Cornwall. In: Scourse, J.D. & Furze, M.F.A. (eds) The Quaternary of West Cornwall. Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London, 62-73.

39. Crame, J.A., McArthur, J.M., Pirrie, D. & Riding, J.B. 1999. Strontium isotope correlation of the basal Maastrichtian stage in Antarctica to the European and US biostratigraphical schemes. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 156, 957-964.

38. Butcher, A.R., Pirrie, D., Prichard, H.M. & Fisher, P. 1999. Platinum-group mineralisation in the Rum layered intrusion, Scottish Hebrides, UK. Special in the Journal of the Geological Society of London, 156, 213-216.

37. Sendra saez, J.R., Stokes, M. & Pirrie, D. 1998. Nuevos datos sobre la influencia de la hipersalinidad en la formacion del konservat fossil-lagerstatte de Cuevas del Almanzora (Almeria). XIV Jornadas de Paleontologia, Paleontologia y Medio Ambiente, Tenerife.

36. Pirrie, D., Marshall, J.D. & Crame, J.A. 1998. Marine high Mg calcite cements in Teredolites-bored fossil wood; evidence for cool paleoclimates in the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Palaios, 13, 276-286.

35. Pirrie, D. 1998. Interpreting the Record: Facies Analysis. In Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R. (eds), Unlocking the stratigraphical record: Advances in modern stratigraphy. John Wiley and Sons, 395-420.

34. Pirrie, D., Crame, J.A., Thomson, M.R.A., Riding, J.B., Butcher, A.R. & Taylor, P.D. 1997. Miocene glaciomarine sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region; the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Hobbs Glacier Formation, James Ross Island. Geological Magazine, 136(6), 745-762.

33. Doyle, P., Kelly, S.R.A., Pirrie, D. & Riccardi, A.C. 1997. Jurassic belemnite distribution patterns: implications of new data from Antarctica and Argentina. Alcheringa, 21, 219-228.

32. Pirrie, D., Camm, G.S., Sear, L.G. & Hughes, S.H. 1997. Mineralogical and geochemical signature of mine waste contamination, Tresillian River, Fal Estuary, Cornwall, UK. Environmental Geology, 29, 58-65.

31. Pirrie, D., Crame, J.A., Lomas, S.A. & Riding, J.B. 1997. Late Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Admiralty Sound region, James Ross Island group, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research, 18, 109-137.

30. Marshall, J.D., Pirrie, D., Nolan, C.P., Clarke, A. & Sharman, J. 1997. Stable isotopic composition of skeletal carbonates from living Antarctic Marine Invertebrates. Lethaia, 29, 203-212.

29. Doyle, P., Kelly, S.R.A., Pirrie, D., Riccardi, A.C. & Olivero, E.B. 1996. Jurassic belemnite biostratigraphy of the Southern Hemisphere: A comparative study of Antarctica and Argentina. Revista de la Associacion Geologica Argentina, 51, 331-338.

28. Price, G.D., Sellwood, B.W. & Pirrie, D. 1996. Middle to Late Cretaceous climate of the southern high latitudes: stable isotopic evidence for minimal equator-to-pole thermal gradients: Discussion and reply. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 108, 1192-1193.

27. Pirrie, D., Hughes, S.H. & Pullin, H. 1996. The effect of mining on sedimentation over the last 500 years in the Fal Estuary, Cornwall, UK. In, Healy, M.G. (ed.), Late Quaternary coastal change in West Cornwall, UK, Field Guide. Environmental Research Centre, University of Durham, Research Publication 3, 75-82.

26. Crame, J.A., Lomas, S.A., Pirrie, D. & Luther, A. 1996. Late Cretaceous extinction patterns in Antarctica. Special in the Journal of the Geological Society of London, 153, 503-506.

25. Browne, J.R. & Pirrie, D. 1995. Sediment dispersal patterns in a deep marine back-arc basin, James Ross Island, Antarctica; evidence from petrographic studies. In, Hartley, A.J. & Prosser, D.J. (eds), Characterisation of Deep marine clastic systems, Geological Society Special Publication, 94, 137-154.

24. Pirrie, D., Doyle, P., Marshall, J.D. and Ellis, G. 1995. Cool Cretaceous climates – New data from the Albian of Western Australia. Special in the Journal of the Geological Society, London, 152, 739-742.

23. Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. 1995. Late Jurassic palaeogeography and anaerobic-dysaerobic sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 152, 469-480.

22. Pirrie, D. 1994. Petrography and provenance of the Marambio Group, Vega Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 6, 517-527.

21. Pirrie, D., Ditchfield, P. & Marshall, J.D. 1994. Burial diagenesis and pore fluid evolution in a back-arc basin; the Marambio Group, Vega Island, Antarctica. Journal of Sedimentary Research, A64, 541-552.

20. Ditchfield, P., Marshall, J.D. & Pirrie, D. 1994. High latitude palaeotemperature variation: new data from James Ross Island, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 107, 79-101.

19. Marshall, J.D., Pirrie, D. & Nolan, C. 1993. Oxygen stable isotope composition of skeletal carbonates from living Antarctic marine invertebrates. University Research in Antarctica 2, Antarctic Special Topic, 81-84.

18. Marshall, J.D., Ditchfield, P.W. & Pirrie, D. 1993. Stable isotope palaeotemperatures and the evolution of high palaeolatitude climate in the Cretaceous. University Research in Antarctica 2, Antarctic Special Topic, 71-79.

17. Crame, J.A., Pirrie, D., Crampton, J.S. & Duane, A.M. 1993. Stratigraphy and regional significance of the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Byers Group, Livingston Island, Antarctica. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 150, 1075-1087.

16. Bristow, C.M., Palmer, Q,B. & Pirrie, D. 1992. Palaeogene basin development: new evidence from the southern Petrockstow Basin, Devon. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 8, 19-22.

15. Pirrie, D., Duane, A.M. & Riding, J.B. 1992. Jurassic to Tertiary stratigraphy and palynology of the James Ross Basin; review and introduction. Antarctic Science, 4, 259-266.

14. Riding, J.B., Keating, J.M., Snape, M.G., Newham, S. & Pirrie, D. 1992. Jurassic and Cretaceous dinoflagellate cyst stratigraphy of the James Ross Island area, Antarctic Peninsula – a preliminary report. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 26, 19-39.

13. Crame, J.A., Pirrie, D., Riding, J.B. & Thomson, M.R.A. 1991. Campanian-Maastrichtian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of the James Ross Island area, Antarctica. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 148, 1125-1140.

12. Pirrie, D. & Marshall, J.D. 1991. Field relationships and stable isotope geochemistry of concretions from James Ross Island, Antarctica. Sedimentary Geology, 71, 137-150.

11. Pirrie, D., Crame, J.A. & Riding, J.B. 1991. Late Cretaceous stratigraphy and sedimentology of Cape Lamb, Vega Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research, 12, 227-258.

10. Pirrie, D., Whitham, A.G. & Ineson, J.R. 1991. The role of tectonics and eustasy in the evolution of a marginal basin: Cretaceous-Tertiary Larsen Basin, Antarctica. Special Publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists, 12, 293-305.

9. Pirrie, D. 1991. Controls on the petrographic evolution of an active margin sedimentary sequence; the Larsen Basin, Antarctica. Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 57, 231-249.

8. Pirrie, D. & Marshall, J.D. 1990. Diagenesis of Inoceramus and Late Cretaceous palaeoenvironmental geochemistry; a case study from James Ross Island, Antarctica. Palaios, 5, 336-345.

7. Pirrie, D. 1990. A new sedimentological interpretation for part of the Santa Marta Formation, James Ross Island. Antarctic Science, 2, 77-78.

6. Pirrie, D. & Marshall. J.D. 1990. High paleolatitude Late Cretaceous palaeotemperatures; new data from James Ross Island, Antarctica. Geology, 18, 31-34.

5. Pirrie, D. 1989. Shallow marine sedimentation within an active margin basin, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Sedimentary Geology, 63, 61-82.

4. Macdonald, D.I.M., Barker, P.F., Garrett, S.W., Ineson, J.R., Pirrie, D., Storey, B.C., Whitham, A.G., Kinghorn, R.R.F. & Marshall, J.E.A. 1988. A preliminary assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of the Larsen Basin, Antarctica. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 5, 34-53.

3. Pirrie, D. & Riding, J.B. 1988. Sedimentology, palynology and structure of Humps Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 80, 1-19.

2. Pirrie, D. & Sykes, M.A. 1987. Regional significance of proglacial delta-front reworked tuffs, James Ross Island area. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 77, 1-12.

1. Pirrie, D. 1987. Orientated calcareous concretions from James Ross Island, Antarctica. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 75, 41-50.