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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. pdf

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.

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.

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

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.

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. pdf

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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