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Duncan Pirrie is affiliated with the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across several subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Extraction and Separation Processes, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Forensic and Genetic Research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Duncan Pirrie include:

  • Ancient DNA, lipid biomarkers and palaeoecological evidence reveals construction and life on early medieval lake settlements (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Constraining the provenance of the Stonehenge 'Altar Stone': Evidence from automated mineralogy and U-Pb zircon age dating (2020, Journal of Archaeological Science)
  • The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations (2022, Forensic Science International)
  • The Recycling of End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries and the Phase Characterisation of Black Mass (2023, Recycling)
  • New integrated molecular approaches for investigating lake settlements in north-western Europe (2022, Antiquity)

Duncan Pirrie frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, Geology Today, Recycling, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and SSRN Electronic Journal. The Journal of Archaeological Science Reports accounts for the highest number of their publications.

Throughout their career, Duncan Pirrie has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include Matthew Power, Rob Ixer, R. E. Bevins, Nicholas J.G. Pearce, and Peter Turner, with collaboration counts ranging from six to sixteen joint works.

The combination of Pirrie's research fields and publication topics indicates a multidisciplinary approach integrating geological sciences and archaeological methods, alongside applications in forensic science and recycling processes.

Best Publications

  • Rapid quantitative mineral and phase analysis using automated scanning electron microscopy (QemSCAN); potential applications in forensic geoscience

    Duncan Pirrie;Alan R. Butcher;Matthew R. Power;Paul Gottlieb

  • Campanian–Maastrichtian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of the James Ross Island area, Antarctica

    J. A. Crame;D. Pirrie;J. B. Riding;M. R. A. Thomson

  • High latitude palaeotemperature variation: New data from the Thithonian to Eocene of James Ross Island, Antarctica

    P.W. Ditchfield;J.D. Marshall;D. Pirrie

  • The use of geoscience methods for terrestrial forensic searches

    J. K. Pringle;Alastair Ruffell;J.R. Jervis;L. Donnelly

  • High-paleolatitude Late Cretaceous paleotemperatures: New data from James Ross Island, Antarctica

    D. Pirrie;J. D. Marshall

  • Late Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Admiralty Sound region, James Ross Basin, Antarctica

    D. Pirrie;D. Pirrie;D. Pirrie;J.A. Crame;J.A. Crame;J.A. Crame;S.A. Lomas;S.A. Lomas;S.A. Lomas;J.B. Riding;J.B. Riding;J.B. Riding

  • Maastrichtian stratigraphy of Antarctica

    J.A. Crame;J.E. Francis;D.J. Cantrill;D. Pirrie

  • A preliminary assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of the Larsen basin, Antarctica

    D.I.M. Macdonald;P.F. Barker;S.W. Garrett;J.R. Ineson

  • Unlocking the applications of automated mineral analysis

    Duncan Pirrie;Gavyn K. Rollinson

  • Cretaceous–Tertiary High-Latitude Palaeoenvironments: James Ross Basin, Antarctica

    J. E. Francis;D. Pirrie;J. A. Crame

  • Mineralogical analysis and provenancing of ancient ceramics using automated SEM-EDS analysis (QEMSCAN®): a pilot study on LB I pottery from Akrotiri, Thera

    C. Knappett;D. Pirrie;M.R. Power;I. Nikolakopoulou

  • Late Cretaceous stratigraphy and sedimentology of Cape Lamb, Vega Island, Antarctica

    D. Pirrie;J.A. Crame;J.B. Riding

  • The spatial distribution and source of arsenic, copper, tin and zinc within the surface sediments of the Fal Estuary, Cornwall, UK

    Duncan Pirrie;Matthew R. Power;Gavyn Rollinson;G. Simon Camm

  • Stratigraphy and regional significance of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Byers Group, Livingston Island, Antarctica

    J. A. Crame;D. Pirrie;J. S. Crampton;A. M. Duane

  • Cool Cretaceous climates: new data from the Albian of Western Australia

    D. Pirrie;P. Doyle;J. D. Marshall;G. Ellis

  • Strontium isotope correlation of the basal Maastrichtian Stage in Antarctica to the European and US biostratigraphic schemes

    J. A. Crame;J. M. McARTHUR;D. Pirrie;J. B. Riding

  • Automated SEM-EDS (QEMSCAN®) Mineral Analysis in Forensic Soil Investigations: Testing Instrumental Reproducibility

    Duncan Pirrie;Matthew R. Power;Gavyn K. Rollinson;Patricia E. J. Wiltshire

  • Carbonate concretions - explained.

    Jim D. Marshall;Duncan Pirrie

  • Geochemistry and mineralogy of arsenic in mine wastes and stream sediments in a historic metal mining area in the UK

    J.S. Rieuwerts;K. Mighanetara;C.B. Braungardt;G.K. Rollinson

  • Shallow marine sedimentation within an active margin basin, James Ross Island, Antarctica

    Duncan Pirrie

  • Preliminary assessment of hydrocarbon potential of Larsen basin, Antarctica

    D.I.M. MacDonald;P.F. Barker;S.W. Garrett;J.R. Ineson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair Ruffell
Alastair Ruffell Queen's University Belfast
James B. Riding
James B. Riding British Geological Survey
Jim D. Marshall
Jim D. Marshall University of Liverpool
Jane E. Francis
Jane E. Francis Charles Darwin University
Andrew B. Cundy
Andrew B. Cundy National Oceanography Centre
Luis A. Spalletti
Luis A. Spalletti National University of La Plata
Peter Ditchfield
Peter Ditchfield University of Oxford
John M. McArthur
John M. McArthur University College London
Peter F. Barker
Peter F. Barker British Antarctic Survey
Bryan C. Storey
Bryan C. Storey University of Canterbury

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