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Fitzpatrick, R.W. & Donnelly, L.J. (eds) (In Press) Forensic Soil Science and Geology. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 294.

Fitzpatrick R.W. & Raven M.D. 2019. The forensic comparison of trace amounts of soil on a pyjama top with hypersulfidic subaqueous soil from a river as evidence in a homicide cold case. In: Fitzpatrick R.W. & Donnelly L.D. 2019 (eds). Forensic Soil Science and Geology. Geological Society Special Publication, GSLSpecPub17-125).

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Fitzpatrick R.W. (2011) Getting the dirt: The value of soil in criminal investigations. Gazette, Vol. 73, No 1, pp. 22-23. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication.

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Fitzpatrick, R.W., Raven, M.D. & Self, P. 2011. Soil forensic examinations using advanced laboratory source and synchrotron XRD techniques. Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) International Annual Meetings, San Antonio, USA Oral presentation in the S-09 (Soil Mineralogy) Symposium entitled: “Minerals, Nanoparticles, and Health.

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Fitzpatrick R.W. & Raven M.D. 2009. Investigation to determine if shoes submitted by South Australia Police contain soil materials that are comparable with soil samples from thirteen sites. Centre for Australian Forensic Soil Science Restricted Client Report No. CAFSS_037. June 2009.

Fitzpatrick R.W. (2009) Soil: Forensic Analysis. In Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (Editors-In-Chief: A Jamieson and A Moenssens). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom. pp. 2377-2388.

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McCulloch, G., Dawson, L.A., Ross, J.M. & Morgan, R.M. 2018. The discrimination of geoforensic trace material from close proximity locations by organic profiling using HPLC and plant wax marker analysis by GC. Forensic Science International, 288, 310-326.

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Morgan, R.M. & Bull, P.A. 2007. The philosophy, nature and practice of forensic sediment analysis. Progress in Physical Geography, 31, 1-16.

Morgan, R.M. & Bull, P.A. 2007. The use of grain size distribution analysis of sediments and soils in forensic enquiry. Science and Justice, 47, 125-135.

Morgan, R.M. & Bull, P.A. 2007. Forensic geoscience and crime detection. Minerva Medicolegale, 127, 73-89.

Morgan, R.M., French, J.C., O'Donnell, L. & Bull, P.A. 2010. The reincorporation and redistribution of trace geoforensic particulates on clothing: An introductory study. Science and Justice, 50, 195– 199.

Morgan, R.M., Flynn, J., Sena, V. & Bull, P.A. 2014. Experimental forensic studies of the preservation of pollen in vehicle fires. Science and Justice, 54, 141-145.

Morgan, R.M., Little, M., Gibson, A., Hicks, L., Dunkerley, S. & Bull, P.A. 2008. The preservation of quartz grain surface textures following vehicle fire and their use in forensic enquiry. Science and Justice, 48, 133-140.

Morgan, R.M., Robertson, J., Lennard, C., Hubbard, K. & Bull, P.A. 2010. Quartz grain surface textures of soils and sediments from Canberra Australia: a forensic reconstruction tool. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 42, 169-179.

Morgan, R.M., Scott, K.R., Ainley, J. & Bull, P.A. 2019. Journey history reconstruction from the soils and sediments on footwear: An empirical approach. Science and Justice, 59, 306-316.

Morgan, R.M., Wiltshire, P., Parker, A. & Bull, P.A. 2006. The role of forensic geoscience in wildlife crime detection. Forensic Science International, 162, 152-162

Morrison, A., McColl, S., Dawson, L. & Brewer, M. 2009. Characterisation and discrimination of urban soils: Preliminary results from The Soil Forensics University Network. In: Ritz, K., Dawson, L.A. & Miller, D.R. (eds.). Criminal and Environmental Forensics. Springer, Chapter 6, 75-86. ISBN: 978-1-4020-9203-9.

Munsell Color (2000) Munsell Soil Color Charts. Revised washable edition, 10pp + charts. GretagMacbeth, New Windsor, NY.

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Pirrie, D. 2018. Testing the efficiency of soil recovery from clothing for analysis by SEM-EDS. Forensic Science International, 289, 83-91.

Pirrie, D., Donnelly, L. J., Rollinson, G. K., Butcher, A. R., Dawson, L. A., 2013. Forensic geology at the International School Science Fair 2013. Geology Today. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, The Geologists’ Association & The Geological Society of London, Geology Today, 29(6), November–December 2013, 224-230.

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

Pirrie, D. & Pirrie, A. 2017. Composition and abundance of particles present on “powder-free” examination gloves. Forensic Science International, 279, 148-156.

Pirrie, D., Butcher, A.R., Power, M.R., Gottlieb, O. & 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.J. (eds) Forensic Geoscience: Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 232, 123-136.

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

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

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Pirrie, D., Rollinson, G.K., Power, M.R. & Webb, J. 2013. Automated forensic soil mineral analysis; testing the potential of lithotyping. In: Pirrie, D., Ruffell, A. & Dawson, L.A. (eds) Environmental and Criminal Geoforensics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 384, 47-64.

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

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Pye, K. and Blott, S. J. (2004) Particle size analysis of sediments, soils and related particulate materials for forensic purposes using laser granulometry. Forensic Science International 144: 19–27.

Pye, K. 2004. Forensic examination of rocks, sediments, soils and dusts using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray chemical microanalysis. In: Pye, K. & Croft, D.J. (eds) Forensic Geoscience: Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 232, 103-122.

Pye, K. & Blott, S.J. 2004. Comparison of soils and sediments using major and trace element data. In: Pye, K. & Croft, D.J. (eds) Forensic Geoscience: Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 232, 183-196.

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