Steve Hillier
Steve Hillier is a mineralogist by training, he studied for his PhD at Southampton University and undertook post docs at the Laboratoire de Geologie de L'Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, and subsequently at the Geologisches Institut, Universitat Bern. Steve makes extensive use of X-ray powder diffraction in his work and his research interests revolve around a mixture of clay, soil and environmental mineralogy. Clay minerals are his specialty and he is a former Chairman of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He set up and maintains the 'Images of Clay' archive a free to use for teaching purposes - clay mineral image gallery. Clay minerals are extremely varied and soil clay minerals are amongst the most difficult of all minerals to study and characterise. Many of the properties of soils are controlled by the clay minerals they contain, but understanding how mineralogy controls properties requires accurate techniques for clay mineral identification, characterisation and quantification. Steve's research is aimed at developing methods for clay mineral identification and quantification in soils and linking this to an understanding of soil properties and behaviour.
The innovation of the XRPD quantitative methods developed by Steve is world renowned through his consistent success in the Reynolds Cup, and many of the same methods are offered as commercial services to industry via www.claysandminerals.com. Ian Phillips, Helen Pendlowski and Nia Gray, all work together with Steve on various projects revolving around clay minerals.
Steve is a visiting Professor in the Department of Soil and Environment at the Swedish Agricultural University in Uppsala, and has collaborated with several colleagues there for many years. Steve is also Chair of the scientific and organising committee for Euroclay 2015, which will bring together the various European clay mineral groups, The Clay Minerals Society, and the International Natural Zeolite Association in a joint meeting in Edinburgh see the conference website for more details.
Current research interests
My interests revolve around many aspects of clay, soil, and environmental mineralogy.
Past research
You can view all my publications on my Web of Science Researcher ID page or at my Google Scholar page.
Bibliography
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) powdR: An R package for quantitative mineralogy using full pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data., Computers and Geosciences, 147, Article No. 104662.
- de Oliveira Mendes, G.; Bahri-Esfahani,J.; Hillier, S.; George, T.S.; Gadd, G.M. (2021) Chemical and physical weathering of fungal bioweathering of rock phosphate., Geomicrobiology Journal. Published online.
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) Automated full-pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data for high-throughput quantification of clay-bearing mixtures., Clays and Clay Minerals, Published online.
- Day-Stirrat, R.J.; Hillier, S.; Nikitin, A.; Hofmann, R.; Mahood, R.; Mertens, G. (2021) Natural gamma-ray spectroscopy (NGS) as a proxy for the distribution of clay minerals and bitumen in the Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada, Fuel, 288, Article No. 119513.
- Gray-Wannell, N.; Holliman, P.J.; Greenwell, H.C.; Delbos, E.; Hillier, S. (2020) Adsorption of phosphate by halloysite (7 angstrom) nanotubes (HNTs)., Clay Minerals, 55, 184-193.
- Butler, B.M.; Palarea-Albaladejo, J.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, K.M.; Towett, E.K.; Sila, A.M.; Hillier, S. (2020) Mineral-nutrient relationships in African soils assessed using cluster analysis of X-ray powder diffraction patterns and compositional methods., Geoderma, 375, Article 114474.
- Casetou-Gustafson, S.; Grip, H.; Hillier, S.; Linder, S.; Olsson, B.A.; Simonsson, M.; Stendahl, J. (2020) Current, steady-state and historical weathering rates of base cations at two forest sites in northern and southern Sweden: a comparison of three methods., Biogeosciences, 17, 281-304.
- Koehler, M.C.; Stueken; E.E.; Hillier, S.; Prave, T. (2019) Limitation of fixed nitrogen and deepening of the carbonate-compensation depth through the Hirnantian at Dob?s Linn Scotland., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 534, Article no. 109321.
- Upton, B.; Odling, N.; Kirstein, L.A.; Underhill, J.R.; Hillier, S.; Puziewicz, J.; Ntaflos, T.; Baginski, B.; Perrillat, J-P. (2019) The Weaklaw Vent, SE Scotland: Metasomatism of eruptive products by carbo-hydro-fluids of probable mantle origin, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 855-867.
- Pebsworth, P.; Hillier, S.; Wendler, R.; Glahn, R.; Ta, C.A.K.; Arnason, J.; Young, S.L. (2019) Geophagy among East African chimpanzees: consumed soils provide protection from plant secondary compounds and bioavailable iron., Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 41, 2911-2927.
- Casetou-Gustafson, S.; Akselsson, C.; Hillier, S.; Olsson, B.A. (2019) The importance of mineral determinations to PROFILE base cation weathering release rates: a case study., Biogeosciences, 16, 1903-1920.
- Butler, B.M.; Sila, A.M.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, M.; Gilmore, C.J.; Kourkoumelis, N.; Hillier, S. (2019) Pre-treatment of soil X-ray powder diffraction data for cluster analysis., Geoderma, 337, 413-424.
- Pongrac, P.; McNicol, J.W.; Lilly, A.; Thompson, J.A.; Wright, G.; Hillier, S.; White, P.J. (2019) Mineral element composition of cabbage as affected by soil type and phosphorus and zinc fertilisation., Plant and Soil, 434, 151-165.
- Hillier, S.; Butler, B. (2018) New XRD data-based approaches to soil mineralogy., Spectroscopy, 33, 34-36.
- Trincal, V.; Thiery, V.; Mamindy-Pajany, Y.; Hillier, S. (2018) Use of hydraulic binders for reducing sulphate leaching: application to gypsiferous soil sampled in Ile-de-France region (France)., Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, Article No. 22977.
- Butler, B M.; O'Rourke, S.M.; Hillier, S. (2018) Using rule-based regression models to predict and interpret soil properties from X-ray powder diffraction data., Geoderma, 329, 43-53.
- Drits, V.A.; Sakharov, B.A.; Hillier, S. (2018) Phase and structural features of tubular halloysite (7 angstrom)., Clay Minerals, 53, 691-720.
- Ta, C.A.K.; Pebsworth, P.A.; Liu, R.; Hillier, S.; Gray, N.; Arnason, J.T.; Young, S.L. (2018) Soil eaten by chacma baboons adsorbs polar plant secondary metabolites representative of those found in their diet., Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 40, 803-813.
- Casetou-Gustafsson, S.; Hillier, S.; Akselsson, C.; Simonsson, M.; Stendahl, S.; Olsson, B.A. (2018) Comparison of measured (XRPD) and modeled (A2M) soil mineralogies: a study of some Swedish forest soils in the context of weathering rate predictions., Geoderma, 310, 77-88.
- Kareem, R.; Cubillas, P.; Gluyas, J.; Bowen, L.; Hillier, S.; Greenwell, H.C. (2017) Multi-technique approach to the petrophysical characterization of Berea sandstone core plugs (Cleveland Quarries, USA)., Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 149, 436-455.
- Mahlmann, R.F.; Gilg, H.A.; Hillier, S.; Galan, E. (2016) Clay mineral indices in palaeo-geothermal and hydrothermal studies., Applied Clay Science, 134, 161-163.
- Churchman, J.; Pasbakhsh, P.; Hillier, S. (2016) The rise and rise of halloysite., Clay Minerals, 51, 303-308.
- Simonsson, M.; Court, M.; Bergholm,J.; Lemarchand, D.; Hillier, S. (2016) Mineralogy and biogeochemistry of potassium in the Skogaby experimental forest, southwest Sweden: pools, fluxes and K/Rb ratios in soil and biomass., Biogeochemistry, 131, 77-102.
- Eriksson, A K.; Hillier, S.; Hesterberg, D.; Klysubun, W.; Ulen, B.; Gustafsson, P.G. (2016) Evolution of phosphorus speciation with depth in an agricultural soil profile., Geoderma, 280, 29-37.
- Hillier, S.; Brydson, R.; Delbos, E.; Fraser, T.; Gray, N.; Pendlowski, H.; Phillips, I.; Robertson, J.; Wilson, I. (2016) Correlations among the mineralogical and physical properties of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs)., Clay Minerals, 51, 325-350.
- Bainbridge, Z.; Lewis, S.; Smithers, S.; Wilkinson, S.; Douglas, G.; Hillier, S.; Brodie, J. (2016) Clay mineral source tracing and characterisation of Burdekin River (NE Australia) and flood plume fine sediment., Journal of Soils and Sediments, 16, 687-706.
- Campbell, L,S.; Charnock, J.; Dyer, A.; Hillier, S.; Chenery, S.; Stoppa, F.; Henderson, C.M.B.; Walcott, R.; Rumsey, M. (2016) Determination of zeolite-group mineral compositions by electron probe microanalysis., Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 781-807.
- Liang, X.; Kierans, M.; Ceci, A.; Hillier, S.; Gadd, G.M. (2016) Phosphatase-mediated bioprecipitation of lead by soil fungi., Environmental Microbiology, 18, 219-231.
- Rhee, Y,J.; Hillier, S.; Gadd, G.M. (2016) A new lead hydroxycarbonate produced during transformation of lead metal by the soil fungus Paecilomyces Javanicus., Geomicrobiology Journal, 33, 250-260.
- Morris, J.L.; Leake, J.R.; Stein, W.E.; Berry, C.M.; Marshall, J.E.A.; Wellman, C.H.; Milton, J.A.; Hillier, S.; Mannolini, F.; Quirk, J.; Beerling, D.J. (2015) Investigating Devonian trees as geo-engineers of past climates: linking palaeosols to palaeobotany and experimental geobiology., Palaeontology, 58, 787-801.
- Horwell, C.J.; Damby, D.E.; Hillier, S. (2015) Respirable volcanic ash is distinct mineralogically, physicochemically and toxicologically from soils originating from weathered volcanic products. A comment on Cervini-Silva et al. (2014) "Lipid peroxidation and cytotoxicity induced by respirable volcanic ash"., Journal of Hazardous Materials, 285, 366-367.
- Ceci, A.; Rhee, Y.J.; Kierans, M.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gray, N.; Persiani, A.M.; Gadd, G.M. (2015) Transformation of vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl) by fungi., Environmental Microbiology, 17, 2018-2034.
- Ramezanian, A.; Dahlin, A.S.; Campbell, C.D.; Hillier, S.; Oborn, I. (2015) Assessing biogas digestate, pot ale, wood ash and rockdust as soil amendments: effects on soil chemistry and microbial community composition., Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B: Soil and Plant Science, 65, 383-399.
- Dahlin, A.S.; Ramezanian, A.; Campbell, C.D.; Hillier, S.; Oborn, I. (2015) Waste recovered by-products can increase growth of grass-clover mixtures in low fertility soils and alter botanical and mineral nutrient composition., Annals of Applied Biology, 166, 105-117.
- Ceci, A.; Kierans, M.; Hillier, S.; Persiani, A.M.; Gadd, G.M. (2015) Fungal bioweathering of mimetite and a general geomycological model for lead apatite mineral biotransformations., Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 4955-4964.
- L.iang, X.J.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gray, N.; Ceci, A.; Gadd, G.M. (2015) Uranium phosphate biomineralization by fungi., Environmental Microbiology, 17, 2064-2075.
- Rhee, Y.J.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gadd, G.M. (2014) Fungal transformation of metallic lead to pyromorphite in liquid medium., Chemosphere, 113, 17-21.
- Rhee, Y.J.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gadd, G.M. (2014) Pyromorphite formation in a fungal biofilm community growing on lead metal., Environmental Microbiology, 16, 1441-1451.
- Williams, L.B.; Hillier, S. (2014) Kaolins and health: from first grade to first aid., Elements, 10, 207-211.
- Brennan, F.P.; Moynihan, E.; Griffiths, B.S.; Hillier, S.; Owen, J.; Pendlowski, H.; Avery, L.M. (2014) Clay mineral type effect on bacterial enteropathogen survival in soil., Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 302-305.
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) powdR: An R package for quantitative mineralogy using full pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data., Computers and Geosciences, 147, Article No. 104662.
- de Oliveira Mendes, G.; Bahri-Esfahani,J.; Hillier, S.; George, T.S.; Gadd, G.M. (2021) Chemical and physical weathering of fungal bioweathering of rock phosphate., Geomicrobiology Journal. Published online.
- Butler, B.M.; Hillier, S. (2021) Automated full-pattern summation of X-ray powder diffraction data for high-throughput quantification of clay-bearing mixtures., Clays and Clay Minerals, Published online.
- Day-Stirrat, R.J.; Hillier, S.; Nikitin, A.; Hofmann, R.; Mahood, R.; Mertens, G. (2021) Natural gamma-ray spectroscopy (NGS) as a proxy for the distribution of clay minerals and bitumen in the Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada, Fuel, 288, Article No. 119513.
- Gray-Wannell, N.; Holliman, P.J.; Greenwell, H.C.; Delbos, E.; Hillier, S. (2020) Adsorption of phosphate by halloysite (7 angstrom) nanotubes (HNTs)., Clay Minerals, 55, 184-193.
- Butler, B.M.; Palarea-Albaladejo, J.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, K.M.; Towett, E.K.; Sila, A.M.; Hillier, S. (2020) Mineral-nutrient relationships in African soils assessed using cluster analysis of X-ray powder diffraction patterns and compositional methods., Geoderma, 375, Article 114474.
- Casetou-Gustafson, S.; Grip, H.; Hillier, S.; Linder, S.; Olsson, B.A.; Simonsson, M.; Stendahl, J. (2020) Current, steady-state and historical weathering rates of base cations at two forest sites in northern and southern Sweden: a comparison of three methods., Biogeosciences, 17, 281-304.
- Koehler, M.C.; Stueken; E.E.; Hillier, S.; Prave, T. (2019) Limitation of fixed nitrogen and deepening of the carbonate-compensation depth through the Hirnantian at Dob?s Linn Scotland., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 534, Article no. 109321.
- Upton, B.; Odling, N.; Kirstein, L.A.; Underhill, J.R.; Hillier, S.; Puziewicz, J.; Ntaflos, T.; Baginski, B.; Perrillat, J-P. (2019) The Weaklaw Vent, SE Scotland: Metasomatism of eruptive products by carbo-hydro-fluids of probable mantle origin, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 855-867.
- Pebsworth, P.; Hillier, S.; Wendler, R.; Glahn, R.; Ta, C.A.K.; Arnason, J.; Young, S.L. (2019) Geophagy among East African chimpanzees: consumed soils provide protection from plant secondary compounds and bioavailable iron., Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 41, 2911-2927.
- Casetou-Gustafson, S.; Akselsson, C.; Hillier, S.; Olsson, B.A. (2019) The importance of mineral determinations to PROFILE base cation weathering release rates: a case study., Biogeosciences, 16, 1903-1920.
- Butler, B.M.; Sila, A.M.; Shepherd, K.D.; Nyambura, M.; Gilmore, C.J.; Kourkoumelis, N.; Hillier, S. (2019) Pre-treatment of soil X-ray powder diffraction data for cluster analysis., Geoderma, 337, 413-424.
- Pongrac, P.; McNicol, J.W.; Lilly, A.; Thompson, J.A.; Wright, G.; Hillier, S.; White, P.J. (2019) Mineral element composition of cabbage as affected by soil type and phosphorus and zinc fertilisation., Plant and Soil, 434, 151-165.
- Hillier, S.; Butler, B. (2018) New XRD data-based approaches to soil mineralogy., Spectroscopy, 33, 34-36.
- Trincal, V.; Thiery, V.; Mamindy-Pajany, Y.; Hillier, S. (2018) Use of hydraulic binders for reducing sulphate leaching: application to gypsiferous soil sampled in Ile-de-France region (France)., Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, Article No. 22977.
- Butler, B M.; O'Rourke, S.M.; Hillier, S. (2018) Using rule-based regression models to predict and interpret soil properties from X-ray powder diffraction data., Geoderma, 329, 43-53.
- Drits, V.A.; Sakharov, B.A.; Hillier, S. (2018) Phase and structural features of tubular halloysite (7 angstrom)., Clay Minerals, 53, 691-720.
- Ta, C.A.K.; Pebsworth, P.A.; Liu, R.; Hillier, S.; Gray, N.; Arnason, J.T.; Young, S.L. (2018) Soil eaten by chacma baboons adsorbs polar plant secondary metabolites representative of those found in their diet., Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 40, 803-813.
- Casetou-Gustafsson, S.; Hillier, S.; Akselsson, C.; Simonsson, M.; Stendahl, S.; Olsson, B.A. (2018) Comparison of measured (XRPD) and modeled (A2M) soil mineralogies: a study of some Swedish forest soils in the context of weathering rate predictions., Geoderma, 310, 77-88.
- Kareem, R.; Cubillas, P.; Gluyas, J.; Bowen, L.; Hillier, S.; Greenwell, H.C. (2017) Multi-technique approach to the petrophysical characterization of Berea sandstone core plugs (Cleveland Quarries, USA)., Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 149, 436-455.
- Mahlmann, R.F.; Gilg, H.A.; Hillier, S.; Galan, E. (2016) Clay mineral indices in palaeo-geothermal and hydrothermal studies., Applied Clay Science, 134, 161-163.
- Churchman, J.; Pasbakhsh, P.; Hillier, S. (2016) The rise and rise of halloysite., Clay Minerals, 51, 303-308.
- Simonsson, M.; Court, M.; Bergholm,J.; Lemarchand, D.; Hillier, S. (2016) Mineralogy and biogeochemistry of potassium in the Skogaby experimental forest, southwest Sweden: pools, fluxes and K/Rb ratios in soil and biomass., Biogeochemistry, 131, 77-102.
- Eriksson, A K.; Hillier, S.; Hesterberg, D.; Klysubun, W.; Ulen, B.; Gustafsson, P.G. (2016) Evolution of phosphorus speciation with depth in an agricultural soil profile., Geoderma, 280, 29-37.
- Hillier, S.; Brydson, R.; Delbos, E.; Fraser, T.; Gray, N.; Pendlowski, H.; Phillips, I.; Robertson, J.; Wilson, I. (2016) Correlations among the mineralogical and physical properties of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs)., Clay Minerals, 51, 325-350.
- Bainbridge, Z.; Lewis, S.; Smithers, S.; Wilkinson, S.; Douglas, G.; Hillier, S.; Brodie, J. (2016) Clay mineral source tracing and characterisation of Burdekin River (NE Australia) and flood plume fine sediment., Journal of Soils and Sediments, 16, 687-706.
- Campbell, L,S.; Charnock, J.; Dyer, A.; Hillier, S.; Chenery, S.; Stoppa, F.; Henderson, C.M.B.; Walcott, R.; Rumsey, M. (2016) Determination of zeolite-group mineral compositions by electron probe microanalysis., Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 781-807.
- Liang, X.; Kierans, M.; Ceci, A.; Hillier, S.; Gadd, G.M. (2016) Phosphatase-mediated bioprecipitation of lead by soil fungi., Environmental Microbiology, 18, 219-231.
- Rhee, Y,J.; Hillier, S.; Gadd, G.M. (2016) A new lead hydroxycarbonate produced during transformation of lead metal by the soil fungus Paecilomyces Javanicus., Geomicrobiology Journal, 33, 250-260.
- Morris, J.L.; Leake, J.R.; Stein, W.E.; Berry, C.M.; Marshall, J.E.A.; Wellman, C.H.; Milton, J.A.; Hillier, S.; Mannolini, F.; Quirk, J.; Beerling, D.J. (2015) Investigating Devonian trees as geo-engineers of past climates: linking palaeosols to palaeobotany and experimental geobiology., Palaeontology, 58, 787-801.
- Horwell, C.J.; Damby, D.E.; Hillier, S. (2015) Respirable volcanic ash is distinct mineralogically, physicochemically and toxicologically from soils originating from weathered volcanic products. A comment on Cervini-Silva et al. (2014) "Lipid peroxidation and cytotoxicity induced by respirable volcanic ash"., Journal of Hazardous Materials, 285, 366-367.
- Ceci, A.; Rhee, Y.J.; Kierans, M.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gray, N.; Persiani, A.M.; Gadd, G.M. (2015) Transformation of vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl) by fungi., Environmental Microbiology, 17, 2018-2034.
- Ramezanian, A.; Dahlin, A.S.; Campbell, C.D.; Hillier, S.; Oborn, I. (2015) Assessing biogas digestate, pot ale, wood ash and rockdust as soil amendments: effects on soil chemistry and microbial community composition., Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B: Soil and Plant Science, 65, 383-399.
- Dahlin, A.S.; Ramezanian, A.; Campbell, C.D.; Hillier, S.; Oborn, I. (2015) Waste recovered by-products can increase growth of grass-clover mixtures in low fertility soils and alter botanical and mineral nutrient composition., Annals of Applied Biology, 166, 105-117.
- Ceci, A.; Kierans, M.; Hillier, S.; Persiani, A.M.; Gadd, G.M. (2015) Fungal bioweathering of mimetite and a general geomycological model for lead apatite mineral biotransformations., Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 4955-4964.
- L.iang, X.J.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gray, N.; Ceci, A.; Gadd, G.M. (2015) Uranium phosphate biomineralization by fungi., Environmental Microbiology, 17, 2064-2075.
- Rhee, Y.J.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gadd, G.M. (2014) Fungal transformation of metallic lead to pyromorphite in liquid medium., Chemosphere, 113, 17-21.
- Rhee, Y.J.; Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Gadd, G.M. (2014) Pyromorphite formation in a fungal biofilm community growing on lead metal., Environmental Microbiology, 16, 1441-1451.
- Williams, L.B.; Hillier, S. (2014) Kaolins and health: from first grade to first aid., Elements, 10, 207-211.
- Brennan, F.P.; Moynihan, E.; Griffiths, B.S.; Hillier, S.; Owen, J.; Pendlowski, H.; Avery, L.M. (2014) Clay mineral type effect on bacterial enteropathogen survival in soil., Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 302-305.
- Brennan, F.P.; Moynihan, E.; Griffiths, B.S.; Hillier, S.; Owen, J.; Pendlowski, H.; Avery, L.M. (2014) Clay mineral type effect on bacterial enteropathogen survival in soil., Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 302-305.
- Dawson, L.A.; Hillier, S. (2010) Measurement of soil characteristics for forensic applications., Surface and Interface Analysis, 42, 363-377.
- Dawson, L.A.; Campbell, C.D.; Hillier, S.; Brewer, M.J. (2008) Methods of characterising and fingerprinting soils for forensic application., In: Tibbett, M. & Carter, D.O. (eds.). Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 271-315.
- Hillier, S. (2006) Formation and alteration of clay materials., In: Clay Materials Used in Construction (eds. G. M. Reeves, I. Sims and J. C. Cripps). Engineering Geology Special Publications 21, Geological Society, London, pp29-71. ISBN: 978-1-86239-184-0
- Hillier, S.J. (2003) Chlorite in sediments., In: Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks (eds. G.V. Middleton, M.J. Church, M. Coniglio, L.A. Hardie and F.J. Longstaffe). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp123-127. Encyclopaedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks.
- Hillier, S. (2003) Clay mineralogy., In: Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks (eds. G.V. Middleton, M.J. Church, M. Coniglio, L.A. Hardie and F.J. Longstaffe). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp139-142. Encyclopaedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks.
- Hillier, S.J. (1999) Environmental interactions of clays., Mineralogical Magazine. Edited by A.Parker and J.E. Rae.
- Hillier, S. (1995) Erosion, sedimentation and sedimentary origin of clays., Clays and the Environment (ed. B. Velde). Chapter 4.
- Hillier, S.; Robertson, J.; Dawson, L.A. (2008) Micro-scale Approaches to Soil Evidence (micro - ASE)., Science and Technology Facilities Council: SRS Experiment Report 2008.
- Nolan, A.J.; Hillier, S.; Hough, R. (2008) Sampling and analysis of lead mine spoil, Tyndrum, Argyll, and implications in relation to the expansion of visitor access., Forestry Commission, Scotland.
- Dawson, L.A.; Delbos, E.; Hillier, S.; Robertson, J.; Ross, J.M. (2007) Analytical investigation on soils from Roman finds., Report for National Museums of Scotland, May 2007.
- Miller, D.R.; Lund, J.; Towers, W.; Dawson, L.A.; Hillier, S. (2003) Dr Miller's toolkit for countryside change: a contribution towards "public understanding of science"., SALSA Regional Workshop RR30, The Moorings Hotel, Fort William, 24 May 2018, 14pp.
- Hillier, S. (2003) Spray drying kit for the preparation of random powder samples for x-ray powder diffraction., Operation and Instruction Manual for Spray Drier. Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen. Version 1.3. May 2003.
- Hillier, S. (1999) Spray-drying kit for the preparation of random powder samples for x-ray powder diffraction., Manual for spray driers sold under MRC115.
- Hillier, S.; Fraser, T.; Roe, M. (1999) Mineralogical analysis of pore-lining chlorite in the Tiljc Formation, Smorbukl field, offshore, mid Norway., STATOIL, Confidential report.
- Hillier, S. (1998) Report on the validation of the "Methods for quantitative analysis by XRD of clay minerals in orientated specimens" (Method J022)., Internal technical report for the purposes of NAMAS accreditation.
- Hillier, S. (1998) Report of the validation of the "Methods for quantitative phase analysis by XRD of random powder samples" (Method J024)., Internal technical report for the purposes of NAMAS accreditation.