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 was also Chair of the scientific and organising committee for Euroclay 2015 in Edinburgh see the archived conference website for more details.
Current research interests
My interests revolve around many aspects of clay, soil, and environmental mineralogy. At present I am focused on promoting the concept and vision of 'digital mineralogy'. I also have an ongoing interest in the mineralogy of halloysite nano tubes also know as HNTs.
Past research
You can view all my publications on my Web of Science Researcher ID page or at my Google Scholar page.
Bibliography
- Ramage, S.; Pagaling, E.; Haghi, R.; Dawson, L.; Yates, K.; Prabhu, R.; Hillier, S.; Devalla, S. (2022) Rapid extraction of high- and low-density microplastics from soil using high-gradient magnetic separation, Science of the Total Environment, 831, Article no.154912
- Adediran, G.A.; Lundberg, D.; Almkvist, G.; Pradas del Real, A.E.; Klysubun, W.; Hillier, S.; Gustafsson, J.P.; Simonsson, M. (2021) Micro and nano sized particles in leachates from agricultural soils: phosphorus and sulfur speciation by x-ray micro-spectroscopy., Water Research.189, Article No. 116585.
- 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 Geoscience, 47, Article No. 104662.
- de Oliveira Mendes, G.; Bahri-Esfahani, J.; Hillier, S.; George, T.S.; Gadd, G.M. (2021) Chemical and physical mechanisms of fungal bioweathering of rock phosphate., Geomicrobiology Journal, 38, 384-394.
- 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, 69, 38-51.
- 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.
- 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.; Stüeken; 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.; Thiéry, 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.
- Brown, A.P.; Hillier, S.; Brydson, R.M.D. (2017) Quantification of Fe-oxidation state in mixed valence minerals: a geochemical application of EELS revisited., Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference (EMAG2017), Manchester, 3-6 July 2017. Journal of Physics Conference Series, 902, Article No. 012016.
- Mählmann, 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.
- Williams, L.B.; Hillier, S. (2014) Kaolins and health: from first grade to first aid., Elements, 10, 207-211.
- Ramage, S.; Pagaling, E.; Haghi, R.; Dawson, L.; Yates, K.; Prabhu, R.; Hillier, S.; Devalla, S. (2022) Rapid extraction of high- and low-density microplastics from soil using high-gradient magnetic separation, Science of the Total Environment, 831, Article no.154912
- Adediran, G.A.; Lundberg, D.; Almkvist, G.; Pradas del Real, A.E.; Klysubun, W.; Hillier, S.; Gustafsson, J.P.; Simonsson, M. (2021) Micro and nano sized particles in leachates from agricultural soils: phosphorus and sulfur speciation by x-ray micro-spectroscopy., Water Research.189, Article No. 116585.
- 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 Geoscience, 47, Article No. 104662.
- de Oliveira Mendes, G.; Bahri-Esfahani, J.; Hillier, S.; George, T.S.; Gadd, G.M. (2021) Chemical and physical mechanisms of fungal bioweathering of rock phosphate., Geomicrobiology Journal, 38, 384-394.
- 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, 69, 38-51.
- 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.
- 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.; Stüeken; 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.; Thiéry, 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.
- Mählmann, 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.
- 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.
- 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. (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.
- Brown, A.P.; Hillier, S.; Brydson, R.M.D. (2017) Quantification of Fe-oxidation state in mixed valence minerals: a geochemical application of EELS revisited., Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference (EMAG2017), Manchester, 3-6 July 2017. Journal of Physics Conference Series, 902, Article No. 012016.
- Bahri-Esfahani, J.; George, T.S.; Hillier, S.; Gadd, G. (2014) From A to B: mechanisms in A (Aspergillus) to phosphate release for B (Barley)., Phosphorus in Soils and Plants, 5th International Symposium, 4th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit, Montpellier, France 26 August to 3 September 2014.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Hillier, S.J.; Donald, C.; Hill, H.R.; The NSIS Team. (2013) A robust FTIR database for Scotland., Proceedings of the 3rd Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing Potsdam, Germany, 26 - 29 May 2013. Leibniz-Institute fur Agrartechnik, Potsdam-Bornim, 182-187.
- Hillier, S.; Pendlowski, H.; Fraser, T.; Robertson, J.; Delbos, E.; Phillips, I.; Gray, N.; Wilson, I. (2013) Tubular halloysite., Minerals for Life, Appleton Tower, Edinburgh, 17-19 June 2013.
- Bahri-Esfahani, J.; George, T.S.; Hillier, S.; Gadd, G.M. (2012) Fungal mechanisms in phosphate solubilization., Geomicrobiology and Its Significance for Biosphere Processes, Manchester, 19-20 April 2012.
- Bahri-Esfahani, J.; George, T.S.; Hillier, S.; Gadd, G.M. (2012) Fungal mechanisms in phosphate solubilisation., The 8th Symposium of the International Society of Root Research (ISSR); Roots to the Future, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, 26-29 June 2012.
- Walker, R.L.; Oborn, I.; Bertilsson, J.; Campbell, C.D.; Coull, M.C.; Dahlin, A.S.; Edwards, A.C.; Eriksson, J.; Frankow-Lindberg, B.E.; Hillier, S.; Lindstrom, B.; Linse, L.; Ramezanian, A.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Shand, C.; Sinclair, A.H.; Watson, C.A.; Wivstad, M. (2010) Micronutrient strategies in organic systems: using local and site specific resources to improve crop and livestock quality., Proceedings of 15th World Fertilizer Congress of the International Scientific Centre for Fertilizers (CIEC), Romania, 29 August - 2 September 2010.
- Dawson, L.A.; Czerniakiewicz, M.; Handley, K.; Hillier, S.; Robertson, J.; Ross, J.M.; Towers, W.; Donnelly, D.; Mayes, R.W. (2010) A complementary approach to the forensic analysis of soil in case investigations., International Workshop on Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, 3rd, Long Beach, California, 2-4 November 2010.
- Oborn, I.; Bertilsson, J.; Campbell, C.D.; Dahlin, A.S.; Edwards, A.C.; Eriksson, J.; Frankow-Lindberg, B.E.; Hillier, S.; Lindstrom, B.; Linse, L.; Ramezanian, A.; Sinclair, A.H.; Watson, C.A.; Wivstad, M. (2009) Micronutrient management strategies in organic systems - How to utilize local and site specific resources for improved product quality from crops and livestock?, Proceedings International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ICOBTE 2009), 10th, Chihuahua, Mexico, 13-16 July 2009.
- Oborn, I.; Bertilsson, J.; Campbell, C.D.; Dahlin, A.S.; Edwards, A.C.; Eriksson, J.; Frankow-Lindberg, B.E.; Hillier, S.; Lindstrom, B.; Linse, L.; Ramezanian, A.; Sinclair, A.H.; Watson, C.A.; Wivstad, M. (2009) Micronutrient management strategies in organic systems - How to utilize local and site specific resources for improved product quality from crops and livestock?, Nordic Agricultural Conference, Estonia, 27-29 August 2009.
- Delbos, E.; Dawson, L.A.; Hillier, S.; Robertson, J.; Ross, J.; Thornton, B. (2008) Traces of soil from archaeological artefacts: a multidisciplinary approach., International Crime Science Conference 2008, London, 17-18 July 2008.
- Hillier, S.; Dawson, L.A.; Robertson, J, Delbos, E.; Shiels, J.; Campbell, S.; Mayes, R.W.; Ross, J.M. (2007) Provenancing archaeological objects using traces of soil., Conference Proceedings, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, 30 October - 1 November 2007.
- Farmer, J.G.; Hillier, S.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Graham, M.C.; Bewley, R.J.F. (2007) The assessment and remediation of chromite ore processing residue at former disposal sites, Glasgow, Scotland: current status., In: Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation (eds. M.V. Khire, A.K. Alshawabkeh and K.R. Reddy), ASCE Geotech. Spec. Pubn. No. 177, 740-747.
- Kleeberg, R.; Monecke, T.; Hillier, S. (2006) Some aspects of the preparation of samples suitable for quantitative XRD analysis., Annual Meeting of the Ton- und Tonmineralgruppe fur Deutschland (DTTG) Valkenburg (near Aachen), 4-5 October 2006.
- Graham, M.C., Farmer, J.G., Anderson, J., Paterson, E., Hillier, S.J., Lumsdon, D.G. and Bewley, R.J.F. (2005) Calcium polysulfide remediation of hexavalent chromium contamination from chromite ore processing residue., Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health Conference, Glasgow, 2005. Oral presentation.
- Oborn, I.; Andrist-Rangel, Y.; Simonsson, M.; Andersson, S.; Hillier, S. (2004) Hog lerhalt ingen garanti for gott kaliumtillst?nd., Jordbrukskonferensen Ultuna, 23-24 November 2004, pp36-37. In Swedish
- Hillier, S. (2003) Detection limits in XRPD: a practical approach and some practical applications., Durham X-ray Conference ( Invited Plenary Lecture).
- Shand, C.A., Cheshire, M.V., Hillier, S.J., Newbauer, C. and Rosen, K. (1998) Plant availability of radiocaesium in contaminated organic soils., Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Conference, Bordeaux, 8th Annual Meeting, 14-18 April 1998, p61.
- Hillier, S. (1997) State of the art and routine quantitative clay mineral analysis., 25 Year Jubilee Meeting of the German Clay and Clay Mineral Group on Quantitative Clay Mineral Analysis, Trier, 18-20 Sept. 1997.
