Prof. Kevin T. PICKERING (Professor of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy)

Research Interests:
Kevin's research interests are many and varied, with more than 130 research papers, 5 authored / co-authored books and 5 edited books, that include the following topics: Earth surface processes, global environmental issues, stratigraphy, tectonics and sedimentation, sediment geochemistry and clay mineralogy, particularly relating to deep-marine environments. With more than 25 years of research experience, Kevin has undertaken research as a shipboard scientist in the Gulf of Mexico (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 96), and offshore Japan (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 131), together with onland research in Arctic Norway, northern Russia, Newfoundland, Quebec, NE Scotland, southern Britain, SE France, Spanish Pyrenees, SE Spain, Tibet, Japan, Kyrghyzstan, Uzbekistan, California, and New Zealand.

Publications

2006-07

In review. Pickering, K.T., Koren, T.N., Lytochkin, V.N. & Siveter, D.J. Silurian-Devonian active-margin deep-marine systems and palaeogeography, Alai Range, Southern Tien Shan, Central Asia. Journal of the Geological Society, London.

In review. Heard, T.G. & Pickering, K.T. Trace fossils as diagnostic indicators of deep-marine environments, Ainsa - Jaca basin, Spanish Pyrenees. Sedimentology.

In review. Sutcliffe, C. & Pickering, K.T. End-signature of deep-marine basin-fill, as a structurally confined low-gradient clastic slope: the Middle Eocene Guaso system, south-central Spanish Pyrenees. Geology.

In review. Waltham, D. & Pickering, K.T. Turbidity currents on Venus. Journal of Geophysical Research.

In review. Hodgson, D.M. & Pickering, K.T. Tectonically confined submarine fan systems fed by slope channels: Miocene, SE Spain. Sedimentology.

Bray, V.J., Bussey, D.B.J., Ghail, R.C., Jones, A.P. & Pickering, K.T. 2007. Meander Geometry of Venusian Canali – Constraints on Flow Regime and Formation Time. Journal of Geophysical Research.

Hodgson, D.M. & Pickering, K.T. 2006. Sill-and-fill deep-water stratigraphy: confined deposits in the Tabernas-Sorbas Basin, SE Spain. In: Nilsen, T., Shew, R., Steffens, G. & Studlick, J. (eds), American Association of Petroleum Geologists Atlas of Deep-Water Outcrops.

2005

107. Pickering, K.T. & Corregidor, J. 2005. Mass - transport complexes (MTCS) and tectonic control on basin-floor submarine fans, Middle Eocene, south Spanish Pyrenees. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75, 761–783.

106. Pickering, K.T. & Corregidor, J. 2005. Mass transport complexes (MTCs) and tectonic control on confined basin-floor submarine fans Middle Eocene, south Spanish Pyrenees. In: Hodgson, D.M. & Flint, S.S. (eds), Submarine Slope Systems: Processes and Products. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 244, 51-74.

105. Pickering, K.T. 2005. Mid Eocene deep-marine clastic systems, Ainsa basin, Spanish Pyrenees: Importance of mass transport complexes (MTCs) and synsedimentary tectonics. In: Doré, A.G. & Vining, B.A. (eds), Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives - Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference, DVD Core Display with Posters H5. Plates A - H. London: The Geological Society, London.

104. Jones, R.W., Pickering, K.T., Boudagher-Fadel, M. & S. Matthews, S. 2005. Preliminary observations on the micropalaeontological characterization of submarine fan/channel sub-environments, Ainsa System, south-central Pyrenees, Spain. In: Powell, A.J. & Riding, J.B. (eds), Recent Developments in Applied Biostratigraphy. The Micropalaeontological Society, Special Publications, 55–68.

2004

103. Pickering, K.T. & Smith, A.G. 2004. The Caledonides. In: van der Pluijm, B. & Marshak, S. (eds), Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, Second Edition, 593-606. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

2003

102. Smith, A.G. & Pickering, K.T. 2003. Oceanic gateways as a critical factor to initiate icehouse Earth. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 160, 337-340.
101. Jones, A.P. & Pickering, K.T. 2003. Evidence for aqueous fluid-sediment transport and erosional processes on Venus. Journal of the Geological Society, 160, 319-327.

2001

100. Pickering, K.T., Hodgson, D.M., Platzman, E., Clark, J.D. & Stephens, C. 2001. A new type of bedform produced by back-filling processes in a submarine channel, Late Miocene, Tabernas-Sorbas basin, SE Spain. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 71, 692-704.
99. Drinkwater, N.J. & Pickering, K.T. 2000. Architectural Elements in a high-continuity sand-prone turbidite system, late Precambrian Kongsfjord Formation, northern Norway: Application to hydrocarbon reservoir characterization American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 85, 1731-1757.

2000

98. Pickering, K.T. and Corregidor, J. 2000. 3D Reservoir Scale Study of Eocene Confined Submarine Fans, South Central Spanish Pyrenees. In: Weimer, P., Slatt R.M., Coleman, J., Rosen, N.C., Nelson, H., Bouma, A.H., Styzen, M.J., & Lawrence, D.T. Deep Water Reservoirs of the World, 776-781. Gulf Coast Section, Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists, Foundation 20th Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, Houston, Texas. CD-Rom format only.
97. Pickering, K.T. 2000. The Cenozoic World. In: Culver, S.J. & Rawson, P.J. (eds), Biotic Response to Global Change: The last 145 million years. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 20-34.

1999

96. Pickering, K.T., Souter, C., Oba, T., Taira, A., Schaaf, M. & Platzman, E. 1999. Glacio-eustatic control on deep-marine clastic forearc sedimentation, Pliocene - mid-Pleistocene (c. 1180-600 ka) Kazusa Group, SE Japan. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 156, 125-136.
95.Alexander, J.L., Pickering, K.T. & Bailey, E.H. 1999. Hydrothermal sediments associated with a relict back-arc spreading center in the Shikoku Basin, recovered from the Nankai accretionary prism, Japan. The Island Arc, 8, 281-292.
94. Davies, S. J. & Pickering, K.T. 1998. Stratigraphic control on mudrock chemistry, Kimmeridgian Boulder Bed succession, NE Scotland. Chemical Geology, 156, 5-23.

1998

93. Stow, D.A.V., Taira, A., Ogawa, Y., Soh, W., Taniguchi, T. & Pickering, K.T. 1998. Volcaniclastic sediments, process interaction and depositional setting of the Mio-Pliocene Miura Group, SE Japan. Sedimentary Geology, 115, 351-381.

1997

92. Pickering, K.T., Vining, B.A. & Ioannides, N.S. 1997. Core photograph-based study of stratigraphic relationships of some Tertiary lowstand depositional systems in the Central North Sea. In: Oakman, C.D., Martin, J.H. & Corbett, W.M. (eds), Cores from the Northwest European Petroleum Province: An illustration of geological applications from exploration to development, 49-65. Bath: The Geological Society Publishing House.
91. Pickering, K.T. & Smith, A.G. 1997. European Caledonides. In: Van der Pluijm, B. & Marshak, S. (eds), Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, 435-444. Wm. C. Brown.
90. Hiscott, R.N., Pickering, K.T., Bouma, A.H., Hand, B.M., Kneller, B.C., Postma, G. & Soh, W. 1997. Basin-floor fans in the North Sea: sequence stratigraphic models vs. sedimentary facies: Discussion.. Bulletin American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 81, 662-665.

1996

89. Underwood, M.B. & Pickering, K.T. 1996. Clay-mineral provenance, sediment dispersal patterns, and mudrock diagenesis in the Nankai accretionary prism, southwest Japan. Clays and Clay Minerals, 44, 339-356.
88. Clark, J.D. & Pickering, K.T. 1996. Architectural elements and growth patterns of submarine channels: application to hydrocarbon exploration. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 80, 194-221.
87. Drinkwater, N.J, Pickering, K.T & Siedlecka, A. 1996. Deep-water fault-controlled sedimentation, Arctic Norway and Russia: response to Late Proterozoic rifting and the opening of the Iapetus Ocean. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 153, 427-436.

1995

86. Underwood, M.B., Ballance, P.F., Clift, P., Hiscott, R.N., Marsaglia, K.M., Pickering, K.T. & Reid, R.P. 1995. Sedimentation in Forearc Basins, Trenches, and Collision Zones of the Western Pacific: A summary of Results from the Ocean Drilling Program. WPAC. In: Taylor, B. & Natland, J. (eds), Active Margins and Marginal Basins of the Western Pacific, 315-353. American Geophysical Monograph, 88. Washington DC: American Geophysical Union.
85. Pickering, K.T., Clark, J.D., Smith, R.D.A., Hiscott, R.N., Ricci Lucchi, F. & Kenyon, N.H. 1995. Architectural element analysis of turbidite systems, and selected topical problems for sand-prone deep-water systems In: Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi, F. & Smith, R.D.A. (eds), Atlas of Deep Water Environments: architectural style in turbidite system, 1-10. London: Chapman & Hall.
84. Hilton, V.C. & Pickering, K.T. 1995. The Montagne de Chalufy turbidite onlap, Oligocene turbidite sheet system, Haute Provence, SE France In: Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi, F. & Smith, R.D.A. (eds), Atlas of Deep Water Environments: architectural style in turbidite systems, 236-241. London: Chapman & Hall.
83. Pickering, K.T., Underwood, M.B., Taira, A. & Ashi, J. 1995. IZANAGI side-scan sonar and high-resolution multichannel seismic reflection line interpretation of Nankai accretionary prism and trench, offshore Japan. In: Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi, F. & Smith, R.D.A. (eds), Atlas of Deep Water Environments: architectural style in turbidite systems, 34-49. London: Chapman & Hall.
82. Pickering, K.T. & Hiscott, R.N. 1995. Foreland basin-floor turbidite system, Cloridorme Formation, Quebec, Canada: long-distance correlation in sheet turbidites In: Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi, F. & Smith, R.D.A. (eds), Atlas of Deep Water Environments: architectural style in turbidite systems, 310-316. London: Chapman & Hall.
81. Pickering, K.T. 1995. Are enigmatic sandy wave-like bedforms in Jurassic Bridport Sands, Dorset, due to edgewaves? Journal of the Geological Society, London, 152, 481-485.
80. Williams, H., Bourque, P.-A., Brisebois, D., Malo, M., Fyffe, L.R., McLeod, M.J., McCutcheon, S.R., Murphy, J.B., Keppie, J.D., Barr, S.M., Jamieson, R.A., Schenk, P.E., Fåhraeus, L.E., Stevens, R.K., Smyth, W.R., Coyle, M., Strong, D.F., Kidd, W.S.F., Hibbard, J.B., DeGrace, J.R., Chorlton, L.B., Wilton, D.H.C., LaFrance, B., Dean, P.L., Pickering, K.T., van der Pluijm, B.A. & O'Brien, S.J. 1995. Middle Paleozoic Rocks (Chapter 4). In: Williams, H. (ed.), Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, 313-446. Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada no. 6.
79. Pickering, K.T. & Smith, A.G. 1995. Arcs and back-arc basins in the Lower Palaeozoic circum-Atlantic. The Island Arc, 4/2, 1-67.

1994

78. Pickering, K.T. & Taira, A. 1994. Tectonosedimentation; with Examples from the Tertiary-Recent of Southeast Japan. In: Hancock, P.L. (ed.), Continental Deformation, [Chapter 16] 320-354. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
77. Vining, B., Ioannides, N. & Pickering, K.T. 1994. Stratigraphic relationships of some Tertiary lowstand depositional systems in the Central North Sea. In: Parker, J.R. (ed.), Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the 4th Conference, 17-29. [2 volumes] London: The Geological Society, London.
76. Siedlecka, A., Negrutsa, V.Z. & Pickering, K.T. 1994. Upper Proterozoic Turbidite System of the Rybachi Peninsula, northern Russia - a possible stratigraphic counterpart of the Kongsfjord Submarine Fan of the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway. In: Geology of the eastern Finnmark - western Kola region, 201-216. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse. Special Publication No. 7.

1993

75. Pickering, K.T., Marsh, N.J. & Dickie, B. 1993. Inorganic major, trace element and rare earth element geochemistry of muds from Nankai Trough accretionary prism, ODP Leg 131. In: Taira, A., Hill, I.A.H., Firth, J., Vrolijk, P.J. et al. (eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 131., 427-450. Texas A&M: Ocean Drilling Program.
74. Wignall, P. & Pickering, K.T. 1993. Palaeoecology and sedimentology across a Jurassic fault scarp, NE Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 150, 323-340.
73. Pickering, K.T. 1993. Biofuels for Transport. Information for Members from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, Briefing Note 41, March 1993, 4 pp. Distributed to Parliamentarians in the House of Commons, and House of Lords, Westminster.
72. Pickering, K.T., Underwood, M.B. & Taira, A. 1993. Stratigraphic synthesis of the DSDP-ODP sites in the Shikoku Basin, Nankai Trough, and accretionary prism. In: Taira, A., Hill, I.A.H., Firth, J., Vrolijk, P.J. et al. (eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 131., 313-330. Texas A&M: Ocean Drilling Program.
71. Underwood, M.B., Pickering, K.T. & Taira, A. 1993. Provenance and dispersal patterns of sediments in the turbidite wedge of Nankai Trough. In: Taira, A., Hill, I.A.H., Firth, J., Vrolijk, P.J. et al. (eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 131., 15-33. Texas A&M: Ocean Drilling Program.
70. Underwood, M.B., Pickering, K.T., Gieskes, J.M., Kastner, M. & Orr, R. 1993. Sediment geochemistry, clay mineralogy and diagenesis: A synthesis of data from Leg 131 of the Ocean Drilling Program, Nankai Trough. In: Taira, A., Hill, I.A.H., Firth, J., Vrolijk, P.J. et al. (eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 131.
69. Pickering, K.T., Underwood, M.B. & Taira, A. 1993. Open-ocean to trench turbidity-current flow in the Nankai Trough: flow collapse and flow reflection. In: Taira, A., Hill, I.A.H., Firth, J., Vrolijk, P.J. et al. (eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 131., 35-43. Texas A&M: Ocean Drilling Program.

1992

68. Pickering, K.T., Underwood, M.B. & Taira, A. 1992. Open ocean to trench turbidity-current flow in the Nankai Trough: Flow collapse and reflection. Geology, 20, 1099-1102.
67. Taira, A., Pickering, K.T., Windley, B.F. & Soh, W. 1992. Accretion of Japanese island arcs and implications for the origin of Archean greenstone belts. Tectonics, 11, 1224-1244.
66. Hyndman, R.D. & Scientific Team of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 131 (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1992. Deep sea bottom-simulating-reflectors: calibration of the base of the hydrate stability field as used for heat flow estimates. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 109, 289-301.
65. Maltman, A. & ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1992. Structural geological evidence from ODP Leg 131 regarding fluid flow in the Nankai prism, Japan. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 109, 463-468.
64. Taira, A. & ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1992. Sediment deformation and hydrogeology of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Synthesis of shipboard results of ODP Leg 131. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 109, 431-450.
63. Yamano, M. & ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1992. Heat flow and fluid flow regime in the western Nankai accretionary prism. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 109, 451-462.
62. Pickering, K.T., Bassett, M.G. & Siveter, D.J. 1992. Discussion on Silurian collision and sediment dispersal patterns in Southern Britain. Geological Magazine., 129, 367-372.
61. Clark, J.D., Kenyon, N.H. & Pickering, K.T. 1992. Quantitative analysis of the geometry of submarine channels: Implications for the classification of submarine fans. Geology, 20, 633-636.

1991

60. Pickering, K.T., Soh, W. & Taira, A. 1991. Scale of tsunami-generated sedimentary structures in deep water. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 148, 211-214.
59. Soh, W., Pickering, K.T., Taira, A. & Tokuyama, H. 1991. Basin evolution in the arc-arc Izu Collision Zone, Mio-Pliocene Miura Group, central Japan. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 148, 317-330.
58. ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party 1991. Geological background and objectives. In: Taira, A., Hill, I., Firth, J. et al., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Initial Reports, 131, 5-14. College Station, Texas: Ocean Drilling Program.
57. ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party 1991. Explanatory notes. In: Taira, A., Hill, I., Firth, J. et al., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Initial Reports, 131, 25-60. College Station, Texas: Ocean Drilling Program.
56. ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party 1991. Site 808. In: Taira, A., Hill, I., Firth, J. et al., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Initial Reports, 131, 71-269. College Station, Texas: Ocean Drilling Program.
55. ODP Leg 131 Shipboard Scientific Party 1991. Sediment deformation and hydrogeology at the Nankai accretionary prism: synthesis of ODP Leg 131 shipboard results. In: Taira, A., Hill, I., Firth, J. et al., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Initial Reports, 131, 273-285. College Station, Texas: Ocean Drilling Program.
54. Taira, A. & Pickering, K.T. 1991. Sediment deformation and fluid activity in the Nankai, Izu-Bonin and Japan forearc slopes and trenches. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society London, Series A 335, 289-313.
53. Taira, A. & Pickering, K.T. 1991. Sediment deformation and fluid activity in the Nankai, Izu-Bonin and Japan forearc slopes and trenches. In: Tarney, J., Pickering, K.T., Knipe, R.J. & Dewey, J.F. (eds), The behaviour and influence of fluids in subduction zones, 63-87. London: The Royal Society.

1990

52. Pickering, K.T., Agar, S.M. & Prior, D.J. 1990. Vein structure and the role of pore fluids in early wet-sediment deformation, Late Miocene volcaniclastic rocks, Miura Group, SE Japan. In: Knipe, R.J. & Rutter, E.H. (eds), Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics. Special Publication of The Geological Society London, 54, 417-430. Bath: The Geological Society.
51. Blewett, R.S. & Pickering, K.T. 1990. Comment and Reply on "Kinematic model for southwestern Newfoundland based upon Silurian sinistral shearing". Geology, 18, 1257-1258.
50. Searle, M.P., Pickering, K.T. & Cooper, D.J.W. 1990. Restoration and evolution of the intermontane Indus molasse basin, Ladakh Himalaya, India. Tectonophysics, 174, 301-314.
49. McCann, T. & Pickering, K.T. 1990. Reply to Discussion on the palaeocurrent significance of a northern structural high to the Welsh Basin during the Late Llandovery. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 147, 885-891.
48. Leg 131 shipboard scientific party 1990. A new thrust at accretionary prisms. Nature, 347, 228-229.

1989

47. McCann, T. & Pickering, K.T. 1989. Palaeocurrent evidence of a northern structural high to the Welsh Basin during the Late Llandovery. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 146, 211-212.
46. Blewett, R.S. & Pickering, K.T. 1989. Reply to Discussion on Sinistral shear during the Acadian deformation in north-central Newfoundland, based on transecting cleavage. Journal of Structural Geology, 11, 365-368.
45. Pickering, K.T. 1989. The destruction of Iapetus and Tornquist's Oceans. Geology Today 5, 160-166.
44. Siedlecka, A., Pickering, K.T. & Edwards, M.B. 1989. Upper Proterozoic passive margin deltaic complex, Finnmark, N. Norway. In: Whateley, M.K.G. & Pickering, K.T. (eds), Deltas: Sites and Traps for Fossil Fuels. Special Publication of The Geological Society London, 41, 205-219. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.

1988

43. Pickering, K.T., Bassett, M.G. & Siveter, D.J. 1988. Late Ordovician-early Silurian destruction of the Iapetus Ocean: Newfoundland, British Isles and Scandinavia - a discussion. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 79, 361-381.
42. Pickering, K.T., Agar, S.M. & Ogawa, Y. 1988. Genesis and deformation of mud injections containing chaotic basalt-limestone-chert associations: examples from the southwest Japan forearc. Geology, 16, 881-885.
41. Blewett, R.S. & Pickering, K.T. 1988. Sinistral shear during the Acadian deformation in north-central Newfoundland, based on transecting cleavage. Journal of Structural Geology, 10, 125-127.

1987

40. Pickering, K.T. 1987. Wet-sediment deformation in the Upper Ordovician Point Leamington Formation: an active thrust-imbricate system during sedimentation, Notre Dame Bay, north-central Newfoundland. In: Jones, M.E. & Preston, R.M.F. (eds), Deformation of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks. Special Publication of The Geological Society London, 29, 213-239. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
39. Pickering, K.T. 1987. Deep-marine foreland basin and forearc sedimentation: a comparative study from the Lower Palaeozoic northern Appalachians, Quebec and Newfoundland. In: Leggett, J.K. & Zuffa, G.G. (eds), Marine clastic sedimentology: new developments and concepts, 190-211. London: Graham & Trottman.
38. Pickering, K.T. 1987. A Precambrian upper basin-slope and prodelta in northeast Finnmark, North Norway - a possible ancient upper continental slope. In: Cant, D.J. & Hein, F.J. (eds), Approaches to Interpretation of Sedimentary Environments, 215-230. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Reprint Series No. 11.

1986

37. Pickering, K.T. & Stow, D.A.V. 1986. Inorganic major, minor, and trace element geochemistry and clay mineralogy of sediments from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96, Gulf of Mexico. In: Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M. & DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (eds), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 96, 733-745. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
36. Pickering, K.T., Coleman, J., Cremer, M., Droz, L., Kohl, B., Normark, W., O'Connell, S., Stow, D. & Meyer-Wright, A. 1986. A high-sinuosity, laterally-migrating submarine fan channel-levee-overbank: results from DSDP Leg 96 on the Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico. Marine Petroleum Geology, 3, 3-18.
Co-authorship of 17 other chapters 1986. In: Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M. & DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (eds), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 96. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
35. Hiscott, R.N., Pickering, K.T. & Beeden, D.R. 1986. Progressive filling of a confined Middle Ordovician foreland basin associated with the Taconic Orogeny, Quebec, Canada. In: Allen, P.A. & Homewood, P. (eds), Foreland Basins, 309-325. Special Publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists, 8. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
34. Pickering, K.T., Stow, D.A.V., Watson, M.P. & Hiscott, R.N. 1986. Deep-water facies, processes and models: a review and classification scheme for modern and ancient sediments. Earth Science Reviews, 23, 75-174.

1985

33. Pickering, K.T. & Hiscott, R.N. 1985. Contained (reflected) turbidity currents from the Middle Ordovician Cloridorme Formation, Quebec, Canada: an alternative to the antidune hypothesis. Sedimentology, 32, 373-394.
32. Helm, D.G. & Pickering, K.T. 1985. The Jersey Shale Formation - a Brioverian deep water siliciclastic system, Jersey, Channel Islands. Sedimentary Geology, 43, 43-66.
31. Pickering, K.T. 1985. Kongsfjord turbidite system, Norway. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 267-273. New York: Springer.
30. Pickering, K.T. 1985. Discussion. Flat stratification: two ancient examples. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 55, 627.
29. Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M. & DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Mississippi Fan: Leg 96 program and principal results. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 247-252. New York: Springer.
28. Stow, D.A.V. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Mississippi Fan sedimentary facies, composition, and texture. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 259-266. New York: Springer.
27. Kohl, B. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Biostratigraphy and sedimentation rates of the Mississippi Fan. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 267-273. New York: Springer.
26. Stelting, C.E., Pickering, K.T., and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists 1985. Drilling results on the middle Mississippi Fan. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 275-282. New York: Springer.
25. Stelting, C.E. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Migratory characteristics of a mid-fan meander belt, Mississippi Fan. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 283-290. New York: Springer.
24. O'Connell, S. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Drilling results on the lower Mississippi Fan. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 291-298. New York: Springer.
23. Bryant, W.R. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Consolidated characteristics and excess pore water pressures of Mississippi Fan sediments. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 299-309. New York: Springer.
22. Coleman, J.M. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. X-ray radiography of Mississippi Fan cores. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 311-318. New York: Springer.
21. Cremer, M. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Thin-section studies, Mississippi Fan. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 319-324. New York: Springer.
20. Kennicutt, M.C. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1985. Geochemistry of Mississippi Fan sediments. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. & Barnes, N.E. (eds), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems, 325-329. New York: Springer.

1984

19. Pickering, K.T. 1984. The Upper Jurassic 'Boulder Beds' and related deposits: a fault-controlled submarine slope, NE. Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 141, 357-374.
18. Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96 Shipboard Staff (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1984. Deep Sea Drilling Project. On the Mississippi Fan. Nature, 306, 736-737.
17. Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96 Shipboard Staff (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1984. The Challenger drills Mississippi Fan. Geotimes, 29, 15-18.
16. Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96 Shipboard Staff (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1984. Leg 96 Mississippi Fan. JOIDES Journal, 10, 39-52.
15. Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M. & Leg 96 Scientific Party (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1984. Characteristics of Mississippi Fan, DSDP Leg 96. Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 68, 455.
14. Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M. & Leg 96 Scientific Party (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1984. Lithologic Characteristics of Mississippi Fan. Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 68, 456.
13. Coleman, J.M., Bouma, A.H. & Leg 96 Scientific Party (incl. Pickering, K.T.) 1984. Stratigraphy, Depositional Rates, and Other DSDP Leg 96 Conclusions: Mississippi Fan. Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 68, 463.
12. Pickering, K.T. 1984. Facies, facies-associations and sediment transport/deposition processes in a late Precambrian upper basin-slope/prodelta, Finnmark, N. Norway. In: Stow, D.A.V. & Piper, D.J.W. (eds), Fine-Grained Sediments: Deep-Water Processes and Facies, 343-362. Special Publication of The Geological Society London 15. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
11. Hiscott, R.N. & Pickering, K.T. 1984. Reflected turbidity currents on an Ordovician basin floor, Canadian Appalachians. Nature, 311, 143-145.

1983

10. Pickering, K.T. 1983. Small-scale syn-sedimentary faults in the Upper Jurassic 'Boulder Beds'. Scottish Journal of Geology, 19, 169-181.
9. Pickering, K.T. 1983. Transitional submarine fan deposits from the late Precambrian Kongsfjord Formation submarine fan, NE. Finnmark, N. Norway. Sedimentology, 30, 181-199.

1982

8. Pickering, K.T. 1982. The shape of deep-water siliciclastic systems - a discussion. Geo-Marine Letters, 2, 41-46.
7. Pickering, K.T. 1982. A Precambrian upper basin-slope and prodelta in northeast Finnmark, North Norway - a possible ancient upper continental slope. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 52, 171-186.
6. Pickering, K.T. 1982. Middle-fan deposits from the late Precambrian Kongsfjord Formation Submarine Fan, northeast Finnmark, northern Norway. Sedimentary Geology, 33, 79-110.

1981

5. Pickering, K.T. 1981, The Kongsfjord Formation - a late Precambrian submarine fan in north-east Finnmark, North Norway. Norges geologiske Undersøgelse, 367, 77-104.
4. Taylor, P.N. & Pickering, K.T. 1981. Rb-Sr isotopic age determination and the timing of compressional deformation in the Barents Sea Group, East Finnmark. Norges geologiske Undersogelse, 367, 105-110.
3. Pickering, K.T. 1981. Submarine fans - the biggest heaps of garbage in the world. New Scientist, 91, 587-591.
2. Pickering, K.T. 1981. Two types of outer fan lobe sequence, from the late Precambrian Kongsfjord Formation Submarine Fan, Finnmark, North Norway. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 51, 1277-1286.

1979

1. Pickering, K.T. 1979. Possible retrogressive flow slide deposits from the Kongsfjord Formation: a Precambrian submarine fan, Finnmark, N. Norway. Sedimentology, 26, 295-306.

Books

Authored/Co-authored

1. Pickering, K.T. & Hilton, V.C. 1998. Turbidite Systems of Southeast France:. Marketed by: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and Vallis Press (London), 229 pp. ISBN 0-9527313-1-2.

2. Pickering, K.T. & Owen, L.A. 1997. An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues: Second Edition. London: Routledge, 512 pp. ISBN 0-415-14099-4/14098-6.
Third edition invited and in prep. for 2005.

3. Pickering, K.T. & Owen, L.A. 1997. Instructor's Manual for An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues. London: Routledge, 174 pp.

4. Clark, J.D. & Pickering, K.T. 1996. Submarine Channels: Processes and Architecture. Marketed by: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and Vallis Press (London), 232 pp. ISBN: 0-9527313-0-4.

5. Pickering, K.T. & Owen, L.A. 1994. An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues. London: Routledge, 390 pp. ISBN 0-415-10227-8/10228-6.

6. Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N. & Hein, F.J. 1989. Deep marine environments. London: Harper-Collins (then Chapman & Hall), 416 pp. ISBN 004-4452012/5511225.

Edited

1. Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi, F. & Smith, R.D.A. 1995. Atlas of Deep Water Environments: Architectural style in turbidite systems. London: Chapman & Hall, 333 pp. ISBN 0-412-56110-7.

2. Tarney, J., Pickering, K.T., Knipe, R.J. & Dewey, J.F. (eds) 1991. The behaviour and influence of fluids in subduction zones. London: The Royal Society, 418 pp. ISBN 0-85403-437-4.

3. Whateley, M.K.G. & Pickering, K.T. (eds) 1989. Deltas: Sites and Traps for Fossil Fuels, 360 pp. Special Publication of The Geological Society London 41. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. ISBN: 0-632-02385-6. [ Reprinted cloth-bound as Geological Society Special Publication Classics 1993. ]