Dr Colin North

Dr Colin North
Dr Colin North
Dr Colin North

B.Sc. (Hons) PhD CSci CGeol FGS

Senior Lecturer

About
Email Address
c.p.north@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273459
Office Address

School of Geoscience,
Meston Building Room 109,
Kings College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE

School/Department
School of Geosciences

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Disabilities and Special Needs Advisor for School of Geosciences

Elected member of Senate: 2014-present

AAPG Student Chapter Faculty Advisor

Accreditation Officer

External Memberships

Geological Society of London Council: Secretary (Publications) 2014-2019

AAPG Bulletin: Senior Associate Editor 2012-present; Associate Editor 1999-2012

Chief Editor for AAPG Special Publications, and Chair AAPG publications committee 2011-2015

AAPG: Officer Candidate for post of Elected Editor (2013-16)

GeoscienceWorld Board of Directors: Vice-chair: 2019-present; Chair 2010-2014; Treasurer 2009-10; member 2008-9

Journal of Sedimentary Research:
Co-Chief Editor 2004-8, Associate Editor 2000-4

SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology: Member of Council 2004-8

Research

Research Overview

Rivers and their sedimentary record, and their coastal and shallow marine interactions, with special emphasis on dryland environments (AUDRI project)

Continental sedimentary environments in general; early terrestrial diagenesis

Subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir description, prediction, and quantitative modelling

Analogue outcrop studies

PhD supervision: 14 completed. External PhD examiner: 11, at institutions world-wide

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Petroleum Data Management MSc (full-time and online part-time programmes)  - Programme Director

GL5033 / GL5534 Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience (Course Coordinator)

GL5054 / GL5554 Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience - online (Course Coordinator & tutor)

GL5911 / GL5912 Final Independent Data Management Project  - (Course Coordinator and tutor)

GL3521 Sedimentology (Course Coordinator & tutor)

GL2510 Field and Laboratory Techniques & Arran Field Trip (Course Coordinator, tutor, field trip leader)

GL2015 Petrology (Sedimentary processes and petrology components tutor and Course co-Coordinator)

Publications

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  • Primary aragonite and high-Mg calcite in the late Cambrian (Furongian): Potential evidence from marine carbonates in Oman

    Neilson, J. E., Brasier, A. T., North, C. P.
    Terra Nova, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 306-315
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Unconfined alluvial flow processes: recognition and interpretation of their deposits, and the significance for palaeogeographic reconstruction

    North, C. P., Davidson, S. K.
    Earth Science Reviews, vol. 111, no. 1-2, pp. 199-223
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • From River to Rock Record: The preservation of fluvial sediments and their subsequent interpretation

    Davidson, S. K. (ed.), Leleu, S. (ed.), North, C. P. (ed.)
    Vol. 97, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Tulsa, Oklohoma, USA. 447 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • From river to rock record: The preservation of fluvial sediments and their subsequent interpretation

    Davidson, S. K., Leleu, S., North, C. P.
    From river to rock record: The Preservation of Fluvial Sediments and Their subsequent Interpretation. Davidson, S. K., Leleu, S., North, C. P. (eds.). SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), pp. 3-5, 3 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Dominance of lateral over axial sedimentary fill in dryland rift basins

    Fordham, A. M., North, C. P., Hartley, A. J., Archer, S. G., Warwick, G. L.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 299-304
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Geomorphological regional curves for prediction of drainage area and screening modern analogues for rivers in the rock record

    Davidson, S. K., North, C. P.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 79, no. 10, pp. 773-792
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Recognition of the Sedimentary Architecture of Dryland Anabranching (Anastomosing) Rivers

    North, C. P., Nanson, G. C., Fagan, S. D.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 77, no. 11, pp. 925-938
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Fluvial Fans: Myths, Misconceptions, and the End of the Terminal-Fan Model

    North, C. P., Warwick, G. L.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 77, no. 9, pp. 693-701
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Drylands: Linking landscape processes to sedimentary environments

    Nash, D. J., Bullard, J. E., North, C. P.
    Sedimentary Geology, vol. 195, no. 1-2, pp. 1-3
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Geochemical correlation in deltaic successions: a reality check

    North, C. P., Hole, M. J., Jones, D. G.
    Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 117, no. 5/6, pp. 620-632
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Le Tourneau, P.M. and Olsen, P.E. (eds), The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003): Volume One: Tectonics, Structure, and Volcanism, Volume Two: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology

    North, C. P.
    Geological Magazine, vol. 141, no. 3, pp. 392-393
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
  • Gluyas, J & Swarbrick, R., 2004 Petroleum Geoscience, Blackwell Science Ltd

    North, C. P.
    Teaching in Earth Sciences, vol. 28, pp. 41-42
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
  • Surface and subsurface sedimentary structures produced by salt crusts

    Goodall, T. M., North, C. P., Glennie, K. W.
    Sedimentology, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 99-118
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spectral gamma-ray logging for facies discrimination in mixed fluvial-eolian successions: A cautionary tale

    North, C. P., Boering, M.
    AAPG Bulletin, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 155-169
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Ziegler,K., Turner,P. & Daines,S.R. (eds). Petroleum Geology of the Southern North Sea: Future Potential. Geological Society Special Publication No. 123

    North, C. P.
    Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 21, pp. 366-368
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
  • The prediction and modelling of subsurface fluvial stratigraphy

    North, C. P.
    Advances in fluvial dynamics and stratigraphy. Carling, P., Dawson, M. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, pp. 395-508, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Fractals and their applicability in geological wireline log analysis

    Pang, J., North, C. P.
    Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 339-350
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Ephemeral-fluvial deposits: Integrated outcrop and simulation studies reveal complexity

    North, C. P., Taylor, K. S.
    AAPG Bulletin, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 811-830
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Reservoir characterisation of a low resistivity gas field: Otway Basin, South Australia

    Scholefield, T., North, C. P., Parvar, H.
    APPEA Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 62-81
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Bias in estimating fractal dimension with the rescaled-range (R/S) technique

    North, C. P., Halliwell, D. I.
    Mathematical Geology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 531-555
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pye K. (Ed.) 1993. The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems. Geological Society Special Publication No. 72

    North, C. P.
    Geological Magazine, vol. 131, pp. 698-699
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
  • Application of Markov statistics to modelling lithology distribution in hydrocarbon reservoirs

    Pang, J., North, C. P.
    Scientia Geologica Sinica, vol. 2, pp. 461-471
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Characterization of fluvial and aeolian reservoirs

    North, C. P. (ed.), Prosser, D. (ed.)
    Geological Society of London, London, U.K.. 450 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Characterization of fluvial and aeolian reservoirs: problems and approaches

    North, C. P., Prosser, D. J.
    Characterization of fluvial and aeolian reservoirs. North, C. P., Prosser, D. J. (eds.). Geological Society of London, pp. 1-6
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Pye K. & Tsoar H. 1990. Aeolian sand and sand dunes, Unwin Hyam, London

    North, C. P.
    Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 63, pp. 569-570
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
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