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Books

Pye, K. and Ritchie, W. (2009). The Measurement of Coastal Change. Proceedings of the St Fergus Symposium. Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science and Management, University of Aberdeen, 252 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-9552809-1-7

Pye, K. and Tsoar, H. (2009). Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes. Second printing with corrections. Springer, Berlin, 476 pp.

ISBN: 978-3-540-85909-3

Pye, K. (2007). Geological and Soil Evidence: Forensic Applications. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 335 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-3146-6

Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (Eds.) (2004). Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, 318 pp.
Pye, K. and Allen, J.R.L. (Eds.) (2000). Coastal and Estuarine Environments: sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. Geological Society Special Publication No. 175, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, 495 pp.


Krinsley, D.H., Pye, K., Boggs, S.and Tovey, K.N. (1998). Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 193 pp.

Reprinted in Paperback (2005).

Pye, K. (Ed.) (1994). Sediment Transport and Depositional Processes. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 397 pp.

Millington, A.C. and Pye, K. (Eds.) (1994). Environmental Change in Drylands - Biogeographical and Geomorphological Perspectives. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 456 pp.

Pye, K. and Lancaster, N. (Eds.) (1993). Aeolian Sediments - Ancient and Modern. International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication Number 16. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 167 pp.

Pye, K. (Ed.) (1993). The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems. Geological Society Special Publication No. 72, Geological Society, London, 332 pp.

Pye, K. and French, P.W. (1993). Erosion and Accretion Processes on British Saltmarshes. 5 Volumes. Report No. ES19. Final report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, 878 pp. 


Allen, J.R.L. and Pye, K. (1992). Saltmarshes - Morphodynamics, Conservation and Engineering Significance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 184 pp. Reprinted in paperback in 2009.

ISBN: 978-0-521-11699-2 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-0-521-41841-6 (hardback)

Pye, K. and Tsoar, H. (1990). Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes. Unwin Hyman, London, 396 pp.

Pye, K. (1987). Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits. Academic Press, London, 334 pp.

Goudie, A.S. and Pye, K. (Eds.) (1983). Chemical Sediments and Geomorphology. Academic Press, London, 439 pp.


Journal articles, book chapters and other published contributions

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2009) Development of a searchable major and trace element database for use in forensic soil comparisons. Science and Justice 49, 170-181.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2009) Progressive breakdown of a gravel-dominated coastal barrier, Dunwich-Walberswick, Suffolk, UK: processes and implications. Journal of Coastal Research 25, 589-602.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2008) Decadal-scale variation in dune erosion and accretion rates: an investigation of the significance of changing storm tide frequency and magnitude on the Sefton coast, UK. Geomorphology 102, 652-666.
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Pye, K. (2008) Discussion of Karunarathna, H. and Reeve, D., A Boolean approach to prediction of long-term evolution of estuary morphology, Journal of Coastal Research 24, (2B), 51-61. Journal of Coastal Research 24, 1351-1352.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2008) The use of geochemical techniques in forensic geoscience: a reply. Forensic Science International 178, e41-e46.

Al-Enezi, A., Pye, K., Misak, R. and Al-Hajraf, S. (2008) Morphologic characteristics and development of falling dunes, northeast Kuwait. Journal of Arid Environments 72, 423-439.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2008) Management of sand dunes within the context of coastal erosion and flood risk. Flood and Coastal Management 2008, Manchester, 2-4 July 2008, Environment Agency, Bristol, 12 pp.
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Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2008) Particle shape: a review and new methods of characterization and classification. Sedimentology 55, 31-63.
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Saye, S.E. & Pye, K. (2007) Implications of sea level rise for coastal dune habitat conservation in Wales, UK. Journal of Coastal Conservation 11, 31-52.
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Pye, K., Saye, S.E. and Blott, S.J. (2007) Sand Dune Processes and Management for Flood and Coastal Defence. Part 1: Project Overview and Recommendations. R&D Technical Report FD1302/TR/1, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, vi + 35 pp, tables, figures and plates.
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Pye, K., Saye, S.E. and Blott, S.J. (2007) Sand Dune Processes and Management for Flood and Coastal Defence. Part 2: Sand Dune Processes and Morphology. R & D Technical Report FD1302/TR/2, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, vi + 21 pp, tables, figures and plates.
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Pye, K., Saye, S.E. and Blott, S.J. (2007) Sand Dune Processes and Management for Flood and Coastal Defence. Part 3: The Geomorphology and Management Status of Coastal Dunes in England and Wales. R & D Technical Report FD1302/TR/3, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, vi + 94 pp, tables and figures.
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Pye, K., Saye, S.E. and Blott, S.J. (2007) Sand Dune Processes and Management for Flood and Coastal Defence. Part 4: Techniques for Sand Dune Management. R & D Technical Report FD1302/TR/4, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, vi + 49 pp, tables, figures and plates.
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Pye, K., Saye, S.E. and Blott, S.J. (2007) Sand Dune Processes and Management for Flood and Coastal Defence. Part 5: Dune Management Practices at Selected Dune Systems in England and Wales. R & D Technical Report FD1302/TR/5, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, vi + 39 pp, tables figures and plates.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2007) Development of predictive and investigative methods in coastal geomorphology. Geomorphology: a 2020 Vision, British Society for Geomorphology Annual Conference, Birmingham, 4-6 July 2007, Abstracts Volume, 73.

Pye, K. (2007) Sediment fingerprints: a forensic technique using quartz sand grains - a comment. Science and Justice 47, 34-36.

Pye, K., Blott, S.J., Croft, D.J. and Witton, S.J. (2007) Discrimination between sediment and soil samples for forensic purposes using elemental data: An investigation of particle size effects. Forensic Science International 167, 30-42.
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Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (2007) Forensic analysis of soil and sediment traces by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis: An experimental investigation. Forensic Science International 165, 52-63.
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Blott, S.J., Pye, K., van der Wal, D. and Neal, A. (2006) Long-term morphological change and its causes in the Mersey Estuary, NW England. Geomorphology 81, 185-206.
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Pye, K., Blott, S.J., Croft, D.J. and Carter, J.F. (2006) Forensic comparison of soil samples: assessment of small-scale spatial variability in elemental composition, carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios, colour, and particle size distribution. Forensic Science International 163, 59-80.
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Pye, K., Blott, S.J. and Wray, D.S. (2006) Elemental analysis of soil samples for forensic purposes by Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry – precision considerations. Forensic Science International 160, 178-192.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2006) Coastal processes and morphological change in the Dunwich - Sizewell area, Suffolk, UK. Journal of Coastal Research 22, 453-473.
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Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2006) Particle size distribution analysis of sand-sized particles by laser diffraction: an experimental investigation of instrument sensitivity and the effects of particle shape. Sedimentology 53, 671-685.
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Saye, S.E., Pye, K. and Clemmensen, L.B. (2006) Development of a cliff-top dune indicated by particle size and geochemical characteristics: Rubjerg Knude, Denmark. Sedimentology 53, 1-21.
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Saye, S.E. and Pye, K. (2006) Variations in chemical composition and particle size of dune sediments along the west coast of Jutland, Denmark. Sedimentary Geology 183, 217-242.
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Pye, K. and Jones, C. (2006) Particle atlas for forensic geoscience investigations. Labmate 31(1), viii-xi.

Al-Dousari, A.M. and Pye, K. (2005) Mapping and monitoring of dunes in northwestern Kuwait. Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering 32, 119-134.
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Saye, S.E., van der Wal, D., Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2005) Beach dune morphological relationships and erosion/accretion: an investigation at five sites in England and Wales using LIDAR data. Geomorphology 72, 128-155.
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Pye, K. (2005) Recent geological history and coastal evolution In: Proceedings of the CoPraNet Seminar and Study Tour, The Planning, Implementation and Monitoring of Coastal Defences, Southport, Northwest England, 6th to 10th September 2005, 34-39.
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Pye, K. and Saye, S.E. (2005) The Geomorphological Response of Welsh Sand Dunes to Sea Level Rise Over the Next 100 Years and the Management Implications for SAC and SSSI Sites. Contract Science Report 670, Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.

Pye, K. (2005) Elemental and isotope ratio analysis in human identification. Abstracts and Proceedings, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 21 February 2005.

Yoshida, S., Johnson, H.D., Pye, K. and Dixon, R.J. (2004) Transgressive changes from tidal estuarine to marine embayment depositional systems: the Lower Cretaceous Woburn Sands of southern England and comparison with Holocene analogs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 88, 1433-1460.
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Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Application of lidar digital terrain modelling to predict intertidal habitat development at a managed retreat site: Abbotts Hall, Essex, UK. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 29, 893-905.
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van der Wal, D. and Pye, K. (2004) Patterns, rates and possible causes of saltmarsh erosion in the Greater Thames area (UK). Geomorphology 61, 373-391.
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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.
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Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Morphological and sedimentological changes on an artificially nourished beach, Lincolnshire, UK. Journal of Coastal Research 20, 214-233.
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Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (2004) Forensic geoscience: introduction and overview. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 1-5.
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Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Colour theory and the evaluation of an instrumental method of measurement using geological samples for forensic applications. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 49-62.
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Blott, S.J., Croft, D.J., Pye, K., Saye, S.E. and Wilson, H.E. (2004) Particle size analysis by laser diffraction. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, 63-73.
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Saye, S.E. and Pye, K. (2004) Development of a coastal dune sediment database for England and Wales: forensic applications. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 75-96.
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Pye, K. (2004) Forensic examination of rocks, sediments, soils and dusts using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray chemical microanalysis. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 103-121.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2004) Comparison of soils and sediments using major and trace element data. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 183-196.
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Pye, K. (2004) Isotope and trace element analysis of human teeth and bones for forensic purposes. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 215-236.
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Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope variations in soils: forensic applications. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 257-267.
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Pontee, N.I., Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2004) Morphodynamic behaviour and sedimentary variation of mixed sand and gravel beaches, Suffolk, UK. Journal of Coastal Research 20, 256-276.
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Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (2004) Multi-technique comparison of source and primary transfer soil samples: an experimental investigation - a reply. Science and Justice 44, 176-178.
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Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Multi-technique comparison of source and primary transfer soil samples: an experimental investigation. Science and Justice 44, 21-28.
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Pye, K. (2004) Forensic Geology. In: Selley, R.C., Cocks, R.M. and Plimer, I.R. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Geology. Volume 2. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 261-273.

Blott, S.J., Al-Dousari, Pye, K. and Saye, S.E. (2004) Three-dimensional characterization of sand grain shape and surface texture using a nitrogen gas adsorption technique. Journal of Sedimentary Research 74, 156-159.
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Neal, A., Richards, J. and Pye, K. (2003) Sedimentology of coarse-clastic beach-ridge deposits, Essex, southeast England. Sedimentary Geology 162, 167-198.
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Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2003) The potential use of continuous-flow isotope-ratio mass spectrometry as a tool in forensic soil analysis: a preliminary report. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 17, 2581-2584.
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van der Wal, D. and Pye, K. (2003) The use of historical bathymetric charts in a GIS to assess morphological change in estuaries. Geographical Journal 169, 21-31.
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van der Wal, D. and Pye, K. (2003) The use of historical bathymetric charts in a GIS to assess morphological change in estuaries. The Hydrographic Journal 103, 3-9.
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van der Wal, D., Pye, K. and Neal, A. (2002) Long-term morphological change in the Ribble Estuary, northwest England. Marine Geology 189, 249-266.
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Crooks, S., Scutten, J., Sheern, G.D., Pye, K. and Davy, A.J. (2002) Drainage and elevation as factors in the restoration of salt marsh in Britain. Restoration Ecology 10, 591-602.
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Neal, A., Pontee, N., Pye, K. and Richards, J. (2002) Internal structure of mixed-sand-and-gravel beach deposits revealed using ground-penetrating-radar. Sedimentology 49, 789-804.
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Neal, A., Richards, J. and Pye, K. (2002) Structure and development of shell cheniers in Essex, southeast England, investigated using high frequency ground-penetrating radar. Marine Geology 185, 435-469.
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Pye, K. van der Wal, D. and Yoshida, S. (2002) Historical Trend Analysis (HTA) and Expert Geomorphological Assessment (EGA) as tools for long-term morphological prediction in estuaries. British Geomorphological Research Group Annual Meeting, Sheffield, 12-14 September 2002, Conference Schedule and Book of Abstracts, 71.

Yoshida, S., Pye, K. and van der Wal, D. (2002) Responses of European incised valley systems to relative sea level rise: geomorphic implications for sequence stratigraphy - review. SEPM Research Symposium on Incised Valleys: Images and Processes, Casper, Wyoming, August 19-24, 2002.

Yoshida, S., Johnson, D., Pye, K. and Dixon, R.J. (2002) Transgressive changes from tidal estuarine to marine embayment sandstone facies: comparative studies of the Middle Cretaceous outcrops in the UK (Woburn Sands) and Holocene and Ancient analogs. Venezuelan Sedimentological Congress / SEPM Joint Online Conference, February to April 2002.

Al-Enezi, A., Pye, K. and Misak, R. (2002) Development and morphology of falling dunes, northeast Kuwait. In: Lee, J.A. and Zobeck, T.M. (Eds) Proceedings of ICAR 5/ GCTE-SEN Joint Conference, International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies (ICASALS), Texas Tech University, Lubbock. ICASALS Publication 02-2, pp. 427-430.

Pye, K. (2001) The nature and geomorphology of coastal shingle. In: Packham, J., Randell, R., Barnes, D. and Neal, A. (Eds.) Ecology and Geomorphology of Coastal Shingle. Smith Settle, Harrogate, pp. 2-22.

Richards, J. and Pye, K. (2001) The cheniers of the Essex coast: sedimentology and management for flood defence. In: Packham, J., Randell, R., Barnes, D. and Neal, A. (Eds.) Ecology and Geomorphology of Coastal Shingle. Smith Settle, Harrogate, pp. 167-171.

Clemmensen, L.B., Pye, K., Murray, A. and Heinemeier, J. (2001) Sedimentology, stratigraphy and landscape evolution of a Holocene coastal dune system, Lodbjerg, NW Jutland, Denmark. Sedimentology 48, 3-27.
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Pye, K. (2001) Long-term geomorphological changes and how they may affect the dune coasts of Europe. In: Houston, J.A., Edmondson, S.E. & Rooney, P.J. (Eds.) Coastal Dune Management - Shared Experience of European Conservation Practice. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, pp. 17-23.

Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2001) GRADISTAT: a grain size distribution and statistics package for the analysis of unconsolidated sediments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 26, 1237-1248.
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Rubio, B., Pye, K., Rae, J.E. and Rey, D. (2001) Sedimentological characteristics, heavy metal distribution and magnetic properties in subtidal sediments, Ria de Pontevedra, NW Spain. Sedimentology 48, 1277-1296.
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Pye, K. and Allen, J.R.L. (2000) Past, present and future interactions, management challenges and research needs in coastal and estuarine environments. In: Pye, K. and Allen, J.R.L. (Eds.) Coastal and Estuarine Environments: sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. Geological Society Special Publication No. 175, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 1-4.

Crooks, S. and Pye, K. (2000) Sedimentological controls on the erosion and morphology of saltmarshes: implications for flood defence and habitat recreation. In: Pye, K. and Allen, J.R.L. (Eds.) Coastal and Estuarine Environments: sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. Geological Society Special Publication No. 175, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 207-222.

Saye, S.E. and Pye, K. (2000) Textural and geochemical evidence for the provenance of aeolian sand deposits on the Aquitaine coast, SW France. In: Pye, K. and Allen, J.R.L. (Eds.) Coastal and Estuarine Environments: sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. Geological Society Special Publication No. 175, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 173-186.

Brew, D.S., Holt, T., Pye, K. and Newsham, R. (2000) Holocene sedimentary evolution and palaeocoastlines of the Fenland embayment, eastern England. In: Shennan, I. and Andrews, J. (Eds) Holocene Land-Ocean Interaction and Environmental Change around the Western North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication 166, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 253 – 273.

Brew, D.S. and Pye, K. (2000) Guidance Notes for Assessing Morphological Change in Estuaries. R & D Technical Report FD2110/TR/1, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, 46 pp + appendices.
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Pye, K. (2000) Beachrock. In: Hancock, P.L. (Ed.) The Oxford Companion to the Earth. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 68

Pye, K. (2000) Bagnold, R.A. (1896-1990) In: Hancock, P.L. (Ed.) The Oxford Companion to the Earth. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 60-61

Pye, K. (2000) Dust. In: Hancock, P.L. (Ed.) The Oxford Companion to the Earth. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 267

Pye, K. and Sherwin, D. (2000) Loess and Loessite. In: Goudie, A.S., Stokes, S. and Livingstone, I. (Eds.) International Aeolian Geomorphology for the Millenium. Wiley, Chichester, pp. 214-238.

Pye, K. (2000) Saltmarsh erosion in southeast England: mechanisms, causes and implications. In: Sherwood, B.R., Gardiner, B.G. and Harris, T. (Eds.) British Saltmarshes. Westbury Publishing, Yorkshire, pp. 359-396.

Pye, K. and van der Wal, D. (2000) Historical Trend Analysis (HTA) as a long term morphological prediction in estuaries. In: Estuaries Research Programme Phase 1, EMPHASYS Consortium Modelling Estuary Morphology and Processes. Final Report, December 2000. Hydraulics Research Limited, Wallingford, 89-96.

Pye, K. and van der Wal, D. (2000) Expert Geomorphological Assessment (EGA) as a tool for long term morphological prediction in estuaries. In: Estuaries Research Programme Phase 1, EMPHASYS Consortium. Modelling Estuary Morphology and Processes. Final Report, December 2000. Hydraulics Research Limited, Wallingford, 97-102

Clarke, M.L., Rendell, H.M., Pye, K., Tastet, J.-P., Pontee, N.I. and Massé, L. (1999) Evidence for the timing of dune development on the Aquitaine coast, southwest France. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie Supplement Band 116, 147-163.

Pye, K. and Sherwin, D. (1999) Loess. In: Goudie, A.S., Livingstone, I. & Stokes, S. (Eds.) Aeolian Environments, Sediments and Landforms. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Chichester, pp. 213-238.

Rubio, B., Rey, D., Pye, K., Nombela, M.A. and Vilas, F. (1999) Aplicacion de imagines de electrons retrodispersados en microscopica electronica de barrido a sedimentos litorales. Revista de Ciencias del Mar (Thalassas) 15, 71-84.

Miller, J.A. and Pye, K. (1999) The starch-iodine test applied to tree rootlets from the fens. Engineering Failure Analysis 6, 423-424.

Pye, K. (1999) Coastal erosion: causes, consequences and environmental impacts. Keynote Address, International Association of Sedimentologists 19th Regional European Meeting of Sedimentology, August 24-26, Copenhagen, Abstracts Volume, 204-205.

Käyhkö, J.A., Worsley, P., Clarke, M.L. and Pye, K. (1999) A revised chronology for the aeolian processes in subarctic Fennoscandia during the Holocene. The Holocene 9, 195-205.

Käyhkö, J., Vuorela, A., Pye, K. and Worsley, P. (1999) Landsat TM mapping of evidence for current wind activity in northern Fennoscandia. International Journal of Remote Sensing 20, 421-443.

Granier, L.K., Rubio, B. and Pye, K. (1998) Diagenetic evolution of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in estuarine sediment cores. In: Interfaces in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology from the Global to the molecular Level, 8th Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe, 14-18 April 1998, Bordeaux, Abstracts Book, 15.

Clemmensen, L.B. and Pye, K. (1998) Holocene aeolian sand deposition, Lodberg coastal dune system., Denmark. Abstracts of the 15th International Sedimentological Congress, Alicante, 1998, 264-265.

Pye, K., Rubio, B., Grenier, L., Nombela, M., McGenity, T., Rey, D., Pazos, O., Rae, J.E. and Vilas, F. (1998) Sedimentological and diagenetic controls on the distribution of contaminants in the Ria de Pontevedra, NW Spain. Abstracts of the 15th International Sedimentological Congress, Alicante, 1998, 642.

Fernandez-Rodriguez, M.M. and Pye, K. (1998) Geochemistry and recent sedimentary changes in Poole Harbour, Southern England. Abstracts of the 15th International Sedimentological Congress, Alicante, 1998, 330.

Brew, D.S., Holt, T. and Pye, K. (1998) Holocene sedimentary evolution of The Wash - Fenland embayment, eastern England. Abstracts of the 15th International Sedimentological Congress, Alicante, 1998, 212.

Pye, K., Coleman, M.L. and Duan, W.M. (1997) Microbial activity and diagenesis in saltmarsh sediments, North Norfolk, England. In: Jicknells, T. and Rae, J.E. (Eds.) Biogeochemistry of Intertidal Sediments. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 119-151.

Duan, W.M., Coleman, M.L. and Pye, K. (1997) Determination of reduced sulphur species in sediments – an evaluation and modified technique. Chemical Geology 141, 185-194.

Stokes, S., Kocurek, G., Pye, K. and Winspear, N.R. (1997) New evidence for the timing of aeolian sand supply to the Algodones dunefield and East Mesa area, southeastern California, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 128, 63-75.

Strasser, A., Billi, P., Colella, A., Davis, R., Miyazaki, B., Prior, D., Pye, K., Trincardi, F. and Bondardi, M. (Eds.) (1997) Environmental Sedimentology in the Coastal Zone: Fluvial Processes, Sea Level Changes, Coastal Erosion, Sea-Floor Instability and Pollution. Position Paper. First IAS/SEPM Meeting on Environmental Sedimentology, Venice 27-29 October 1997, 25 pp.

Pye, K. (1997) Coastal erosion: causes, mechanisms and implications. Abstracts of the IAS - SEPM Meeting on Environmental Sedimentology, Venice, Italy, 27-29 October 1997, WS3, 25.

Carpenter, K.E. and Pye, K. (1997) Saltmarsh Change in England and Wales – Its History and Causes. Research & Development Report W12, The Environment Agency, Bristol, 158 pp plus appendices.

Steel, T.J. and Pye, K. (1997) The development of saltmarsh tidal creek networks: evidence from the UK. Proceedings of the Canadian Coastal Conference, University of Guelph, 22-25 May 1997, pp. 267-280.

Mastonuzzi, D.N., Palmentola, G., Sanso, P., Crooks, S., Pye, K. and Thomas, A. (1997) Coastal cliff erosion in southern Italy and southwest England: environmental controls and management problems. Abstracts of the Fourth International Association of Geomorphologists Conference, Bologna, 26-30 August 1997, 265.

Mottershead, D.A and Pye, K. (1997) Experimental weathering of a clay-rich sandstone by saline solutions. Abstracts of the Fourth International Association of Geomorphologists Conference, Bologna, 26-30 August 1997, 279.

Käyhkö, J., Pye, K. and Worlsey, P. (1996) Quantitative mapping of active aeolian surfaces in northern Fennoscandia - landsat TM Hybrid classification. Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Polar Environments, Lyngby, Denmark, 29 April - 1 May 1996. European Space Agency Special Publication 391, pp. 147-152.

Duan, W.M., Hedrick, D.B., Pye, K., Coleman, M.L., and White, D.C. (1996) A preliminary study of the geochemical and microbiological characteristics of modern sedimentary concretions. Limnology and Oceanography 41, 1404 – 1414.

Winspear, N.R. and Pye, K. (1996) Textural, geochemical and mineralogical evidence for the sources of aeolian sand in central and southwestern Nebraska, USA. Sedimentary Geology 101, 85-98.

Pye, K. (1996) Evolution of the shoreline of the Dee estuary, United Kingdom. In: Nordstrom, K.F. and Roman, C.T. (Eds.) Estuarine Shores: Evolution, Environments and Human Alterations. Wiley, Chichester, pp. 15-37.

Pye, K., Allen, J.R.L., Banks, J.D. and Crabbe, J.D. (1996) Recent saltmarsh erosion and sea defence set back at Aylburton Warth, Gloucestershire. In: Otto, S. (Ed.) Coastal Zone Management in the Severn Estuary, SW Britain: Contributions Towards A Concerted Strategy Plan. Kimberley Services, Reading, pp. 26-40.

Pye, K. and Crooks, S. (1996) Geochemical controls on the moisture content and shear strength of saltmarsh sediments. In: Sir William Halcrow & Partners (Ed.) Saltmarsh Management for Flood Defence, Research Seminar Proceedings, November 1995. Project Record 480/1/SW, National Rivers Authority, Bristol, pp. 55-63.

Coleman, M.L., Duan W.M. and Pye, K. (1996) Coupled interactions of inorganic geochemical and microbial processes define the origin of siderite nodules in salt-marsh sediments. In: Bottrell, S.H. (Ed.) Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface, 22-28 July 1996, Ilkley, Yorkshire, pp. 143-146.

Duan W.M., Coleman, M.L. and Pye, K. (1996) Characterisation of reduced sulphur species in modern sediments. In: Bottrell, S.H. (Ed.) Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface, 22-28 July 1996, Ilkley, Yorkshire, pp. 47-51.

Pye, K., Holt, T., Allen, J.R.L. and Parker, A. (1996) Micro-textural and micro-geochemical methods of sediment fingerprinting: sediment supply to the Fenland embayment during the Holocene. In: Barrett, R.L. (compiler) Land Ocean Interaction Study Community Research Project, First Annual Meeting, University of Plymouth. LOIS Publication No. 106, 163-164.

White, D.C., Ringelberg, D.B., Coleman, M.L., Pye, K. and Duan, W.M. (1996) Signature lipid biomarker analysis in microbially mediated concretion formation. 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, Abstracts, Volume 1, 484.

Duan, W.M., Ringelberg, D.B., Coleman, M.L., Pye, K. and White, D.C. (1996) Geomicrobiology of a modern mature saltmarsh, Norfolk, UK. 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, Abstracts, Volume 2, 183.

Coleman, M.L., Duan, W.M. and Pye, K. (1996) Distinctive isotopic information of C, O and S in diagenetic concretions in very early diagenesis. 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, Abstracts, Volume 3, 85.

Winspear, N.R. and Pye, K. (1995) Textural, geochemical and mineralogical evidence for the origin of Peoria Loess in central and southern Nebraska, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20, 735-745.

Pye, K. (1995) The nature, origin and accumulation of loess. Quarterly Science Reviews 14, 653-667.

Shi, Z., Pethick, J.S. and Pye, K. (1995) Flow structure in and above the various heights of a saltmarsh canopy: a laboratory flume study. Journal of Coastal Research 11, 1204-1209.

Winspear, N.R. and Pye, K. (1995) Sand supply to the Algodones dunefield, southeastern California, USA. Sedimentology 42, 875-892.

Pye, K. and Mottershead, D.N. (1995) Honeycomb weathering of Carboniferous sandstone in a sea wall at Weston-super-Mare, England. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology 28, 333-347.

Pye, K., Stokes, S. and Neal, A. (1995) Optical dating of aeolian sands from the Sefton coast, northwest England. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 106, 281-292.

Pye, K., Winspear, N.R. and Zhou, L.P. (1995) Thermoluminescence ages of loess and associated sediments in central Nebraska, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 118, 73-88.

Winspear, N.R. and Pye, K. (1995) The origin and significance of boxwork clay coatings on dune sand grains from the Nebraska Sandhills, USA. Sedimentary Geology 94, 245-254.

Shi, Z., Pye, K. and Chen, J.Y. (1995) Progress in physical processes on mudflat saltmarsh: an overview. Advance in Earth Science 10, 19-30.

Pye, K. (1995) Land-sea sediment exchange and coastal morphodynamics within the Great Barrier Reef Province: framework for the future research. In: Larcombe, P. and Wolfe, K. (Eds.) Great Barrier Reef Terrigenous Sediment Flux and Human Impacts. CRC Reef Research Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, pp. 82-85.

Pye, K. (1995) Sand dune development on  the Great barrier Reef coastline. In: Larcombe, P. and  Wolfe, K. (Eds.) Great Barrier Reef Terrigenous Sediment Flux and Human Impacts. CRC Reef Research Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, pp. 144-150.

Pye, K. (1995) Controls on long-term saltmarsh accretion and erosion in the Wash, eastern England. Journal of Coastal Research 11, 337-356.

Pye, K. and Mazzullo, J.M. (1994) Effects of tropical weathering on quartz grain shape: an example from northeastern Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research A 64, 500-507.

Pye, K. and Neal. A. (1994) Coastal dune erosion at Formby Point, north Merseyside, England: causes and mechanisms. Marine Geology 119, 39-56.

Pye, K. (1994) The origin, transport and primary deposition of loessic material. Quaternary International 73, 50-51.

Mottershead, D.A. and Pye, K. (1994) Tafoni on Coastal slopes, South Devon, U.K. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 19, 543-563.

Pye, K. (1994) Properties of sediment particles. In: Pye, K. (Ed.) Sediment Transport and Depositional Processes. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 1-24.

Millington, A.C. and Pye, K. (1994) Biogeographical and geomorphological perspectives on environmental change in drylands. In: Millington, A.C. and Pye, K. (Eds.) Environmental Change in Drylands. John Wiley & Sons. Ltd., Chichester, pp. 427-441.

Pye, K. (1994) Shape sorting during wind transport of quartz silt grains - a discussion. Journal of Sedimentary Research A 64, 704-705.

Allison, P.A. and Pye, K. (1994) Early diagenetic mineralization and fossil preservation in modern carbonate concretions. Palaios 9, 561-575.

Pye, K. (1994) Sediment sources and sinks around the coast of Britain: implications for Coastal Zone Management and Planning.  In: Parker, A. (Ed.) Environmental Sedimentology: The Interaction of Water, Sediment and Waste. Centre for Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Reading, 7-8 April 1994, 9 pp.

Pye, K. (1993) Introduction: The nature and significance of aeolian sedimentary systems. In: Pye, K. (Ed.) The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems. Geological Society Special Publication No. 72, The Geological Society, London, pp. 1-4.

Pye, K. and Neal, A. (1993) Late Holocene dune formation on the Sefton coast, northwest England. In: Pye, K. (Ed.) The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems. Geological Society Special Publication No. 72, The Geological Society, London, pp. 201-217.

Pye, K. (1993) Late Quaternary development of coastal parabolic megadune complexes in northeastern Australia. In: Pye, K. and Lancaster, N. (Eds.) Aeolian Sediments: Ancient and Modern. International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 16, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp. 23-44.

Pye, K. and Neal, A. (1993) The Sefton Coast and Ribble Estuary. BSRG Conference Field Guide. CERC Ltd., Cambridge.

Plater, A.J., Huddart, D., Innes, J., Pye, K., Smith, A.J. and Tooley, M.J. (1993) The Sefton coast: Climate, sea level changes and coastal geomorphology. In: Atkinson, D. and Houston, J.A. (Eds.) The Sand Dunes of the Sefton Coast. National Museums and Galleries of Merseyside, Liverpool, pp. 23-34.

Coleman, M.L., Hedrick, D.B., Lovley, D.R., White, D.C. and Pye, K. (1993) Reduction of Fe(III) in sediments by sulphate-reducing bacteria. Nature 361, 436-438.

Pye, K. and Neal, A. (1993) Stratigraphy and age structure of the Sefton dune complex: preliminary results of drilling investigations. In: Atkinson, D. and Houston, J.A. (Eds.) The Sand Dunes of the Sefton Coast. National Museums and Galleries of Merseyside, Liverpool, pp. 41-45.

Pye, K. and French, P.W. (1993). Erosion and Accretion Processes on British Saltmarshes. Volume One. Introduction: Saltmarsh Processes and Morphology. Report No. ES19. Final report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, 42 pp + appendices.

Pye, K. and French, P.W. (1993). Erosion and Accretion Processes on British Saltmarshes. Volume Two. Database of British Saltmarshes. Report No. ES19. Final report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, 422 pp + figures.

Pye, K. and French, P.W. (1993). Erosion and Accretion Processes on British Saltmarshes. Volume Three. National Survey of Accretion and Erosion Status. Report No. ES19. Final report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, 113 pp + appendices.

Pye, K. and French, P.W. (1993). Erosion and Accretion Processes on British Saltmarshes. Volume Four. Modelling of Saltmarsh and Mudflat Processes. Report No. ES19. Final report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, 23 pp + appendices.

Pye, K. and French, P.W. (1993). Erosion and Accretion Processes on British Saltmarshes. Volume Five. Management of Saltmarshes in the Context of Flood Defence and Coastal Protection. Report No. ES19. Final report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, 23 pp + appendices.

Pye, K. (1993) Saltmarsh erosion and accretion in the UK. Proceedings of the MAFF Conference of River and Coastal Engineers, Loughborough University , 5-8 July 1993, 2.3.1-2.3.20.

Pye, K. and French, P.W. (1993) Targets for Coastal Habitat Recreation. Nature Science Series 13, English Nature, Peterborough, 85 pp.

Grousset, F.E., Biscaye, P.E., Revel, M., Petit, J.R., Pye, K., Joussaume, S. and Jouzel, J. (1992) Antarctic (Dome C) ice cor dust at 18 kyr BP: isotopic constraints on origins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 111, 175-182.

Pye, K. (1992) Saltmarsh erosion and accretion processes. MAFF Environment Matters: Coastal Defence 1, 2-3.

Pye, K. (1992) Aeolian dust and dust deposits. In: Yelles, M. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, Volume 1, Academic Press, London, pp. 35-42.

Pye, K. (1992) A Scientific Bibliography of The Wash and Fenland Margins. CERC Ltd., Cambridge, 14 pp.

Pye, K. (1992) Aeolian dust transport and deposition over Crete and adjacent parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 17, 271-288.

Pye, K. (1992) Saltmarshes on the barrier coastline of North Norfolk, eastern England. In: Allen, J.R.L. and Pye, K. (Eds.) Saltmarshes – Morphodynamics, Conservation and Engineering Significance, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 41-62.

Allen, J.R.L. and Pye, K. (1992) Coastal saltmarshes: their nature and importance. In: Allen, J.R.L. and Pye, K. (Eds.) Saltmarshes: Morphodynamics, Conservation and Engineering Significance. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-18.

Pye, K. (1991) Beach deflation and backshore dune formation following erosion under storm surge conditions: an example from Northwest England. In: Barndorff-Nielsen, O.E. and Willetts, B.B. (Eds.) Aeolian Grain Transport. 2. The Erosional Environment. Acta Mechanica Supplementum 2, Springer, Berlin, pp. 171-181.

Pye, K. (1991) A Scientific Bibliography of the North Norfolk Coast. CERC Ltd., Cambridge, 14 pp.

Pye, K. (1990) Physical and human influences on coastal dune development between the Ribble and Mersey estuaries, northwest England. In: Nordstrom, K.F., Psuty, N.P. and Carter, R.W.G. (Eds.) Coastal Dunes: Form and Process. John Wiley & Son Ltd., Chichester, pp. 339-359.

Pye, K. and Miller, J.A. (1990) Chemical and biochemical weathering of pyritic mudrocks in a shale embankment. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, London, 23, 365-381.

Pye, K. (1990) Coastal sediment transport and morphological response in northwest England. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sand, Dust and Soil in Their Relation to Aeolian and Littoral Processes, 14-18 May 1990, Sadbjerg, Denmark, Extended Abstract, 52-55.

Pye, K., Dickson, J.A.D., Schiavon, N., Coleman, M.L. and Cox, M. (1990) Formation of siderite-Mg-calcite-iron sulphide concretions in an intertidal marsh and sandflat sediments, North Norfolk, England. Sedimentology 37, 325-343.

Pye, K. (1990) Factors determining the morphology of aeolian sand accumulations: evidence provided by compound parabolic megadunes in eastern Australia. Abstracts of the 14th International Association of Sedimentologists Conference, Nottingham.

Pye, K. (1989) GRANNY: A package for processing grain size and shape data. Terra Nova 1, 588-590.

Pye, K. and Schiavon, N. (1989) Cause of sulphate attack on concrete, render and stone indicated by sulphur isotope ratios. Nature 342, 663-664.

Pye, K. and Zhou, L.P. (1989) Late Pleistocene and Holocene aeolian dust deposition in North China and the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 73, 11-23.

Pye, K. (1989) Processes of fine particle formation, dust source regions and climatic changes. In: Sarnthein, M. and Leinen, M. (Eds.) Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology. NATO ASI Series C 282, Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 3-30.

Grun, R., Packham, S.C. and Pye, K. (1989) Problems involved in TL dating of Danish cover sands using K-feldspar. Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Occasional Publication No. 9, 15-22.

Pye, K. and Johnson, R. (1988) Stratigraphy, geoechmistry and thermoluminescence dages of Lower Mississippi Valley loess. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 13, 103-124.

Pye, K. & Smith, A.J. (1988) Beach and dune erosion and accretion on the Sefton coast, northwest England. In: Psuty, N.P. (Ed.) Dune / Beach Interaction. Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 3, 33-36.

Pye, K. (1988) Bauxites gathering dust. Nature 333, 800-801.

Gale, S.J., Hoare, P.G., Hunt, C.O. and Pye, K. (1988) The Middle and Upper Quaternary deposits at Morston, north Norfolk, U.K. Geological Magazine 125, 521-533.

Pye, K. (1988) An occurrence of akaganeite (B-FeOOH.Cl) in Recent oxidized carbonate concretions, Norfolk, England. Mineralogical Magazine 52, 125-126.

Tsoar, H. and Pye, K. (1987) Dust transport and the question of desert loess formation. Sedimentology 34, 139-153.

Pye, K. & Tsoar, H. (1987) The mechanics and geological implications of dust transport and deposition in deserts with particular reference to loess formation and dune sand diagenesis in the northern Negev, Israel. In: Frostick, L. and Reid, I. (Eds.) Desert Sediments: Ancient and Modern. Geological Society Special Publication No, 35, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 139-156.

Burton, J.D., Krinsley, D.H. and Pye, K. (1987) Authigenesis of kaolinite and chlorite in Texas Gulf Coast sediments. Clays and Clay Minerals 35, 291-296.

Miller, J.A. and Pye, K. (1987) Dating movement on geological faults. Terra Cognita 7, 335-336.

Krinsley, D.H., Pye, K. and O'Hara, P. (1987) Glauconite pellets in Jurassic mudrocks from the southern North Sea. Geological Society of America, 1987 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Abstracts With Programs, Phoenix, Arizona, 733-734.

Pye, K. and Krinsley, D.H. (1986) Diagenetic carbonate and evaporite minerals in Rotleigend aeolian sandstones from the southern North Sea: their nature and relationship to secondary porosity development. Clay Minerals 21, 443-457.

Pye, K., Goudie, A.S., Watson, A. (1986) Petrological influence on differential weathering and inselberg development in the Kora area of central Kenya. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 11, 41-52.

Pye, K., Krinsley, D.H. and Burton, J.H. (1986) Diagenesis of US Gulf Coast shales. Nature 324, 557-559.

Pye, K. and  Hudson, A.J. (1986) Symptoms of sulphate. New Civil Engineer 10 July 1986, 16-17.

Pye, K. and Krinsley, D.H. (1986) Microfabric, mineralogy and early diagenetic history of the Whitby Mudstone Formation (Toarcian), Cleveland Basin, U.K. Geological Magazine 123, 191-203.

Goudie, A.S., Pye, K. and Watson, A. (1986) The physical geography of Kora. In: Coe, M. & Collins, M. (Eds.) Kora: An Ecological Inventory of the Kora National Reserve, Kenya. Royal Geographical Society, London, pp. 21-35.

Pye, K. & Rhodes, E.G. (1985) Holocene development of an episodic transgressive dune barrier, Ramsay Bay, North Queensland, Australia. Marine Geology 64, 189-202.

Pye, K. (1985) Granular disintegration of gneiss and migmatites. Catena 12, 191-199.

Pye, K. (1985) Controls on fluid threshold velocity, rates of aeolian sand transport and dune grain size parameters along the Queensland coast. In: Barndorff-Nielsen, O.E., Moller, J.T., Romer-Rasmussen, K. and Willets, B.B. (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Physics of Blown Sand, Aarhus, May 28-31, 1985. Department of Theoretical Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, University of Aarhus, Volume 3, 483-509.

Pye, K., Goudie, A.S. & Watson, A. (1985) An introduction to the physical geography of the Kora area, central Kenya. Geographical Journal 151, 168-181.

Pye, K. & Krinsley, D.H. (1985) Formation of secondary porosity in sandstones by quartz framework grain dissolution. Nature 317, 54-56.

Pye, K. (1985) Electron microscope analysis of zone dolomite rhombs in the Jet Rock Formation (Lower Toarcian) of the Whitby area, UK. Geological Magazine 122, 279-286.

Pye, K. (1985) Applications of backscattered electron microscopy in mudrock petrology. In: Hall, P. (ed.) Physico-chemical Aspects of Clays and Shales in Relation to Oilfield Problems, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, 1-2.

Watson, A. and Pye, K. (1985) Pseudokarstic micro-relief and other weathering features on the Mswati Granite, Swaziland. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 29, 285-300.

Goudie, A.S., Pye, K. and Watson, A. (1984) The Island Hills of Kora. The Geographical Magazine 1984, 478-481.

Pye, K. (1984)  SEM investigations of quartz silt micro-textures in relation to the source of loess. In: Pecsi, M. (ed.) Lithology and Stratigraphy of Loess and Palaeosols. Geographical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, pp. 139-151.

Pye, K. (1984) Models of transgressive coastal dune building episodes and their relationship to Quaternary sea level changes: a discussion with reference from eastern Australia. In: M. Clark (Ed.) Coastal Research: U.K. Perspectives. Geo Books, Norwich, 81-104.

Pye, K. and Bowman, G.M. (1984) The Holocene marine transgression as a forcing function in episodic dune activity on the eastern Australian coast. In: Thom, B.G. (Ed.) Coastal Geomorphology in Australia. Academic Press, Sydney, pp. 179-129.

Pye, K., Goudie, A.S. and Thomas, D.S.G. (1984) A test of petrological contol on the development of bornhardts and koppies on the Matopos Batholith, Zimbabwe. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 9, 455-467.

Pye, K. (1984) Rapid estimation of porosity and mineral abundance in backscattered electron images using a simple SEM image analyser. Geological Magazine 121, 81-84.

Pye, K. and Krinsley, D.H. (1984) Petrographic examination of sedimentary rocks in the SEM using backscattered electron detectors. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 54, 877-888.

Pye, K. (1984) SEM analysis of siderite cements in intertidal marsh sediments, Norfolk, England. Marine Geology 56, 1-12.

Krinsley, D.H. and Pye, K. (1984) Examination of Lower Jurassic mudrocks using backscattered electron microscopy. Bulletin of the Association of American Petroleum Geologists 68, 939-940.

Pye, K. (1984)  Some perspectives on loess accumulation. Loess Letter 11, 5-11.

Pye, K. (1984) Loess. Progress in Physical Geography 8, 176-217.

Chalcraft, D. Pye, K. (1984) Humid tropical weathering of quartzite in southeastern Venezuela. Zeitschrift fur Geomorpholgie N.F. 28, 321-332.  

Pye, K. and Paine, A. (1983) Nature and source of aeolian deposits near the summit of Ben Arkle, Northwest Scotland. Geologie en Mijnbouw 63, 13-18.

Pye, K. (1983) Grain surface textures and carbonate content of late Pleistocene loess from West Germany and Poland. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 53, 973-980.

Pye, K. (1983) Post-depositional reddening of late Quaternary coastal dune sands, north-eastern Australia. In: Wilson, R.C.L. (Ed.) Residual Deposits. Geological Society Special Publication 11, Blackwell, Oxford, 117-129.

Pye, K. (1983) Red beds. In: Goudie, A.S. and Pye, K. (Eds.) Chemical sediments and Geomorphology. Precipitates and Residua in the Near-Surface Environment. Academic Press, London, pp. 227-263.

Krinsley, D.H., Pye, K. and Kearsley, A.T. (1983) Application of backscattered electron microscopy in shale petrology. Geological Magazine 120, 109-114.

Pye, K. and Windsor-Martin, J. (1983) SEM analysis of shales and other geological materials using the Philips Multi-Function Detector System. The EDAX Editor 13(2), 4-6.

Pye, K. and Windsor-Martin, J. (1983) SEM analysis of shales and other geological materials using the Philips Multi-Function Detector System. Imaging polished rock chips and other sections using BSE, CL and EDAX. Norelco Reporter 30(2), 30-32.

Pye, K. and Krinsley, D.H. (1983) Inter-layered clay stacks in Jurassic shales. Nature 304, 618-620.

Pye, K. and  Krinsley, D.H. (1983) Mudrocks examined by backscattered scanning electron microscopy. Nature 301, 412-413.

Pye, K. and  Krinsley, D.H. (1983) Backscattered electron microscope examination of inter-layered clay stacks in Jurassic mudrocks. Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society 18, 271-272.

Krinsley, D.H. and Pye, K. (1983) The study of mudrock thin sections in backscattered electron microscopy. Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society 18, 271.

Pye, K. and Sperling, C.H.B. (1983) Experimental investigation of silt formation by static breakage processes: the effect of temperature, moisture and salt on quartz dune sand and granitic regolith. Sedimentology 30, 49-62.

Pye, K. (1983) Eartly post-depositional modification of aeolian dune sands. In: Brookefield, M.E. and Ahbrandt, T.S. (Eds.)  Eolian Sediments and Processes. Developments in Sedimentology 38, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 197-221.

Pye, K. (1983) Formation and history of Queensland coastal dunes. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie N.F. Supplement Band 45, 175-204.

Pye, K.  (1983) Dune formation on the humid tropical sector of the North Queensland coast, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 8, 371-381.

Pye, K.  (1983) Coastal dunes. Progress in Physical Geography 7, 531-557.

Pye, K. (1983) The coastal dune formations of northern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 94, 33-39.

Pye, K. (1983) Formation of Quartz silt during tropical weathering of dune sands. Sedimentary Geology 34, 267-282.

Pye, K. (1983) Post-depositional reddening of late Quaternary coastal dune sands, north-eastern Australia. In: Wilson, R.C.L. (Ed.) Residual Deposits: Surface Related Weathering Processes and Materials. Geological Society Special Publication No. 11, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp. 117-129.

Pye, K. (1982) Morphological development of coastal dunes in a humid environment, Cape Bedford and Cape Flattery, North Queensland. Geografiska Annaler 64A, 213-227.

Pye, K. (1982) SEM observations on some sand fulgurites from northern Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research 52, 991-998.

Pye, K. (1982) Negatively Skewed aeolian sands from humid tropical coastal dunefield, Northern Australia. Sedimentary Geology 31, 249-266.

Pye, K. (1982) SEM observations on natural and experimentally-formed quartz silt particles in relation to the problem of loess origin. XI INQUA Congress, Moscow, Abstracts Volume 1, 260.  

Pye, K. (1982) Morphology and sediments of the Ramsay Bay sand dunes, Hinchinbrook Island, North Queensland. Proceedings of the Society of Queensland 93, 31-47.

Pye, K. (1982) Characteristics and significance of some humate-cemented sands (humicretes) at Cape Flattery, Queensland, Australia. Geological Magazine 119, 229-242.

Pye, K. (1982) Thermoluminescence dating of sand dunes. Nature 299, 376.

Krinsley, D.H. and Pye, K. (1982) Backscatter techniques as applied to fine grained rocks with possible application to Martian and Lunar rocks. In: Holt, H.E. (Ed.) Reports of Planetary Geology Program - 1982. NASA Technical Memorandum 85127, NASA Scientific and Technical Information  Branch, Washington DC, pp. 405-407.

Pye, K. (1981) Marshrock formed by iron sulphide and siderite cementation in saltmarsh sediments. Nature 294, 650-652.

Pye, K. and Jackes, B. (1981) Vegetation of the coastal dunes at Cape Bedford and Cape Flattery, North Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 92, 37-42.

Pye, K. (1981) Rate of dune reddening in a humid climate. Nature 290, 582-584.

Gardner, R.A.M. and Pye, K. (1981) Nature, origin and palaeoenvironmental significance of red coastal and desert dune sands. Progress in Physical Geography 5, 514-534.

Healey, R.G., Pye, K., Stoddart, D.R. and Bayliss-Smith, T.P. (1981) Velocity variations in salt marsh creeks, Norfolk, England. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 13, 535-545.

Pye, K. and Switsur, V.R. (1981) Radiocarbon dates from the Cape Bedford and Cape Flattery dunefields, North Queensland. Search 12, 225-226.

Pye, K. (1980) Beach salcrete and eolian sand transport: evidence from North Queensland. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 50, 257-261.

Hopley, D., Harvey, N. and  Pye, K. (1980) The eastern coastal plains and continental shelf. In: Henderson, R.A and Stephenson, P.J. (Eds.) The Geology and Geophysics of Northeastern Australia. Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, Brisbane, pp. 386-393

 

Selected Internal and External Research Reports (2003 to present)

McCue, J., Pye, K. and Wareing, A. (2010) Beach nourishment operations in Wales and likely future requirements for beach nourishment in an era of sea level rise and climate change - a pilot study. Report to Countryside Council for Wales by Atkins Ltd. and Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., CCW Science Report No. 928, Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.
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Webb, H., Pye, K., Huckle, J. and Blott, S.J. (2010) Beach Topographic Variability in Relation to Significant Biological Change. Report to Countryside Council for Wales by APEM Ltd. and Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., CCW Contract Science Report No 906, Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor, xiii + 160 pp.
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Whitehouse, R., Balson, P., Brampton, A., Blott, S., Burningham, H., Cooper, N., French, J., Guthrie, G., Hanson, S., Nicholls, R., Pearson, S., Pye, K., Rossington, K., Sutherland, J. and Walkden, M. (2009) Characterisation and Prediction of Large Scale, Long Term Change of Coastal Geomorphological Behaviours: Final Science Report. Environment Agency Science Report, Environment Agency, Bristol.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2009) Blyth Estuary Sedimentation Study. A report to Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Coastal District Council, Waveney District Council, Southwold Town Council, Blyth Estuary Group and The Environment Agency. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd. External Research Report ER981, 28 January 2009.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2008) The Environment Agency's Draft Blyth Estuary Flood Risk Management Strategy: Implications and Options for the Alde / Ore Estuary. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER804.

Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2007) Changes in UK Sea Levels Since 1960 at Selected Tide Gauges. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR702.

Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2007) Changes in UK Weather Since 1914 at Selected Coastal Sites. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR701.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2006) Walberswick to Dunwich Tidal Defence Scheme: comments on the preliminary (do-nothing) ecological appraisal report with background information about coastal processes and morphological evolution of the area. Report prepared for RSPB. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER606.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2006) The Geomorphology and Environmental Context of the Aberdovey Coastal Dune System. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER604.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2006) Speke-Garston Coastal Reserve. Cliff Protection by Foreshore Nourishment: A Feasibility Study. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Investigation Report ER603.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2006) A Searchable Soil Chemical Database for England and Wales. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR603.

Pye, K., Blott, S.J., Short, B. and Witton, S.J. (2006) Preliminary Investigation of Sea Bed Sediment Characteristics in Liverpool Bay. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER602, 169 pp.

Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (2006) Forensic Analysis of Soil and Sediment Traces by Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis: an Experimental Investigation. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR602, 46 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2006) Minsmere Sea Defences Coastal Processes Assessment - Further Report. Prepared for the RSPB (East Anglian Office). Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Investigation Report ER601, 15 pp.

Pye, K., Blott, S.J., Short, B. and Witton, S.J. (2006) Sediment Properties and Sediment Transport in Liverpool Bay, Northwest England. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR601.

Pye, K. and Saye, S.E. (2005) The Geomorphological Response of Welsh Sand Dunes to Sea Level Rise Over the Next 100 Years and the Management Implications for SAC and SSSI Sites. Contract Science Report 670, prepared for Countryside Council for Wales. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Investigation Report ER513.

Pye, K. (2005) Horse Bank Sandwinning: Comments on Annual Monitoring Compliance. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER512, 12 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2005) Coastal Processes and Morphological Evolution of the Minsmere Reserve and Surrounding Area, Suffolk. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER511, 154 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2005) Alde and Ore Estuary Flood Management Strategy - Assessment of Background Evidence and Recommendation for Further Action. Volume 2: Tables and Figures. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER510, 78 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2005) Alde and Ore Estuary Flood Management Strategy - Assessment of Background Evidence and Recommendation for Further Action. Volume 1. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER509, 14 pp.

Pye, K., Blott, S.J. and Saye, S.E. (2004) Coastal Processes and Morphological Evolution of the Titchwell Reserve and Surrounding Area, North Norfolk. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER507, 100 pp.

Blott, S.J. (2004) Titchwell RSPB Reserve - A Catalogue of Environmental Data. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR007, 11 pp.

Pye, K. (2004) Minsmere Sea Defences Coastal Processes Assessment. Task 1 Report. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Research Report ER506, 13 pp.

Blott, S.J. (2004) Minsmere RSPB Nature Reserve - A Catalogue of Environmental Data. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR006, 24 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2004) Speke Garston Coastal Reserve: Soft Cliff Erosion Study. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Investigation Report ER505, 76 pp.

Pye, K. (2004) A Selected Bibliography of Saltmarsh Literature, 1994-2004, Relevant to the Geomorphological and Sedimentological Development of British Saltmarshes. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Investigation Report IR005, 17 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2004) Sefton Coast: Analysis of Intertidal Sediment Cores, February 2004. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Investigation Report IR004, 12 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2004) Sefton Coast: Comparison of Intertidal Sediment Surveys in 1996 and 2003: Results Summary and Supplementary Interpretative Report. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Investigation Report IR003, 14 pp.

Pye, K. (2004) Geomorphological Consequences of Proposed Sea Wall Re-Development, Newcastle, County Down. Report to Ferguson & McIlveen, Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Crowthorne.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2003) Sefton Coast Intertidal Sediment Survey 2003: Results Summary and Interpretative Report. Report to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Investigation Report ER502, 78 pp.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2003) Wirral Coast Intertidal Zone Sediment Survey 2003: Results Summary and Interpretative Report. Report to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Investigation Report ER501, 73 pp.

Pye, K., Blott, S.J. and Saye, S.E. (2003) Recent Sedimentation Trends in the Colne Estuary and their Possible Causes.. Report to FPD Savills and Colchester Oyster Fishery Ltd. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., External Investigation Report ER500, 35 pp.

Saye, S.E., Blott, S.J. and Pye, K. (2003) Morphological and bathymetric changes and their causes in Essex estuaries. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR002, 175 pp.

Pye, K. (2003) Murlough Sand Dunes: Dune Protection Works. Report to Ferguson & McIlveen, Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Crowthorne.

Saye, S.E. and Pye, K. (2003) Particle size variation in beach and dune sediments on the Sefton coast, NW England: Nature and Significance. Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Internal Research Report IR001, 66 pp.



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