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Dr Jacqueline Skipper

Jackie Skipper

Dr Skipper is a chartered geologist with 29 years’ experience in ground risk, investigation and interpretation of complex soils and rocks, and peer review and forensic work.

She works in a wide range of projects within tunnelling, foundation design of large/tall structures, large infrastructure projects. slopes and collapse features. Her geological expertise includes Tertiary soils of the UK, periglacial soils of UK and Ireland, and complex soils and rocks worldwide.

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  1. Skipper, J. A. (2024). The 18th Glossop Lecture: variability and ground hazards: how does the ground get to be ‘unexpected’?. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 57(2), qjegh2024-008.
  2. Skipper, J. A. (2023). The ground as a hazard. In ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering, Second edition, Volume I: Geotechnical engineering principles, problematic soils and site investigation (pp. 603-608). Emerald Publishing Limited.
  3. Hugget, J. M., & Skipper, J.A. (2022). Clay stratigraphy of the Lambeth Group of borehole IOD8R. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 133(6), 538-544.
  4. Edgar, J., Ghail, R. C., Lawrence, J., Skipper, J. A., & Mason, P. J. (2022). The impact of facies variability within the Harwich Formation on ground engineering in the London area, UK. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 55(1), qjegh2020-136.
  5. Flynn, A. L., Collins, P. E. F., Skipper, J. A., Pickard, T., Koor, N., Reading, P., & Davis, J. A. (2021). Buried (drift-filled) hollows in London–a review of their location and key characteristics. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 54(3), qjegh2019-145.
  6. Davis, J. A., Skipper, J. A., & Flynn, A. L. (2021). Piling and Drift Filled Hollows in London. In Piling 2020: Proceedings of the Piling 2020 Conference (pp. 459-464). ICE Publishing.
  7. Skipper, J. A., and Edgar, J. (2019). The Harwich Formation in London – The legacy of Chris King.  Proceedings of the Geologists Association, Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787819301014?via%3Dihub
  8. Bellhouse, M. R., Skipper, J. A., & Sutherden, R. N. (2015). The engineering geology of the Lee Tunnel. Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8 https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol2.043
  9. Ghail, R. C., Mason, P. J., & Skipper, J. A. (2015). The geological context and evidence for incipient inversion of the London Basin. Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8 https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/26692
  10. Mason, P. J., Ghail, R. C., Bischoff, C., & Skipper, J. A. (2015). Detecting and monitoring small-scale discrete ground movements across London, using Persistent Scatterer InSAR (PSI). Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8 https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/26693
  11. Skipper, J. A., Scholes, H. E., Lawrence, U., Packer, M., & Menkiti, C. O. (2015). The Lambeth Group in the Crossrail Project of London, UK–the geological model. In Crossrail Project: Infrastructure design and construction (pp. 53-61). ICE Publishing.
  12. Wright, P., Skipper, J. A., Maddison, S., Brookfield, J., & Moss, N. (2015). An observational approach to railway tunnel voids grouting. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering, 168(3), 201-214.
  13. Ghail, R. C., Skipper, J. A., & Mason, P. J. (2015). Identification of ground engineering hazards in London through the use of predictive 4D geomodelling tools. In Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 5 (pp. 907-911). Springer, Cham.
  14. Ghail, R. C., Mason, P. J., & Skipper, J. A. (2015). The geological context and evidence for incipient inversion of the London Basin. Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8l
  15. Mason, P. J., R. C. Ghail, C. Bischoff, & Skipper, J. A., (2015). “Detecting and monitoring small-scale discrete ground movements across London, using Persistent Scatterer InSAR (PSI).” (2015). Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8
  16. Windle, J. C., Skipper, J.A., & Beetham, L. (2015). Fairlight Cove landslip remediation: a case history of ongoing resident management. Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8. icevirtuallibrary.com
  17. Skipper, J. A., Scholes, H. E., Lawrence, U., Packer, M., Menkiti, C. O., & Gee, T. (2015) The Lambeth Group in the Crossrail Project of London, UK-the geological model. – Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8.
  18. Bellhouse, M. R., Skipper, J. A., & Sutherden, R. N. (2015) “The engineering geology of the Lee Tunnel.” 2015. 419-424. Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development ISBN 978-0-7277-6067-8. icevirtuallibrary.com
  19. Ghail, R. C., Skipper, J. A. & Mason, P. J. (2015). Identification of ground engineering hazards in London through the use of predictive 4D geomodelling tools. In Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 5 (pp. 907-911). Springer, Cham.
  20. Ghail, R. C., Skipper, J. A., P. J. Mason, G. Lollino, A. Manconi, F. Guzzetti, M. Culshaw, P. Bobrowsky, and F. Luino. (2014). Engineering Geology for Society and Territory–Volume 5. 907-911.
  21. Entwisle, D. C., Hobbs, P. R. N., Northmore, K. J., Skipper, J. A., Raines, M. R., Self, S. J., Ellison, R. A., and Jones, L. D. (2013). “Engineering geology of British rocks and soils: Lambeth Group.”
  22. Newman, T. G., Ghail, R. C., & Skipper, J. A. (2013). Deoxygenated gas occurrences in the Lambeth Group of central London, UK. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 2012-013.
  23. Royse K. R., De Freitas M., Burgess W. G., Cosgrove J., Ghail R. C., Gibbard P., King C., Lawrence U., Mortimore R. N., OWEN H., and Skipper, J. A. (2012): “Geology of London, UK.” Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 123, no. 1 22-45.
  24. Long, M., Menkiti, C. O., Skipper, J. A., Brangan, C., & Looby, M. (2012). Retaining wall behaviour in Dublin’s estuarine deposits, Ireland.
  25. Hooker, J. J., Collinson, M. E., Lawson, A. G., Tracey, S., & Skipper, J. A. (2009). The Woolwich Formation of Croydon, S. London, UK: a PETM fauna and flora rediscovered. In Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene (CBEP 2009). Extended Abstracts from an International Conference in Wellington, New Zealand (pp. 12-15).
  26. Skipper, J. A. (2008). Project Specific Geological Training – a new Tool for Geotechnical Risk Remediation? Euroengeo, (International Association of Engineering Geology Conference) Madrid.
  27. Skipper, J. A., Newman, T. & Mortimore, R. (2008). The Engineering Geology of the Lee Tunnel, east London, UK. Accepted abstract for: Euroengeo, (International Association of Engineering Geology Conference) Madrid.
  28. Skipper, J. A. (2007). The Lambeth Group of SE England, lessons for the soils of Perth? Australian Geomechanics. 32, (3), 21-31.
  29. Skipper, J. A. (2005). Understanding the geology of the Lambeth Group of SE England. Coming To Grief In The Guildford Formation. – An Engineering Geology of Perth Workshop. Abstracts. Australian Geomechanics Society.
  30. Skipper, J. A., Follett B., Menkiti C. O., Long M. & Clark-Hughes J. (2005). The Engineering Geology and Characterization of Dublin Boulder Clay. The Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrology, 38, 171-187.
  31. Skipper, J. A. (2004). Rapporteur’s Report, Session 5, Skempton Memorial Conference: The Influence of Geology on Civil Engineering, Ground Engineering 37 (3). 48.
  32. Gale, A. S., Palike, H., Hardenbol, J., Huggett, J., Laurie, E. & Skipper, J. A. (2001). Milankovitch Cyclicity and Sea-Level Change in the Late Eocene-Early Oligocene Interval; Evidence for Rapid and Extensive Antarctic Glaciation at 33.5 Ma? Cambridge Publications website publication at: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/41869/
  33. Page, D., & Skipper, J. A.. (2000). Lithological Characteristics of the Lambeth Group. Ground Engineering. 33: 2.
  34. Skipper, J. A. (1999). Report of Field Meeting to Castle Hill, Newhaven, & Telscombe Cliffs, Sussex. Tertiary Research Group website publication at http://www.trg.org/reports/newhaven.htm
  35. Skipper, J. A. (1999). The Stratigraphy of the Lambeth Group (Palaeocene/Eocene) of south east England. PhD Thesis, Imperial College, University of London.
  36. Skipper, J. A., Ward, D. J., Johnson, R (1998).  A Rapid, Lightweight Sediment Peel Technique Using Polyurethane Foam. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section A: Sedimentary Petrology and Processes Vol. 68 (1998), No. 3. (May), Pages 516-518

Areas of expertise

  • Engineering geology
  • Ground risk
  • Ground investigations
  • Forensic investigations
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