B.Sc. (Hons) PhD CSci CGeol FGS
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- 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
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Disabilities and Special Needs Advisor for School of Geosciences
Elected member of Senate: 2014-present
AAPG Student Chapter Faculty Advisor
Accreditation Officer
- External Memberships
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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 2000-4SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology: Member of Council 2004-8
- Research
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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
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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
Terra Nova, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 306-315Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12222
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8973/1/Neilson_et_al_accepted.pdf
Unconfined alluvial flow processes: recognition and interpretation of their deposits, and the significance for palaeogeographic reconstruction
Earth Science Reviews, vol. 111, no. 1-2, pp. 199-223Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.11.008
From River to Rock Record: The preservation of fluvial sediments and their subsequent interpretation
Vol. 97, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Tulsa, Oklohoma, USA. 447 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksFrom river to rock record: The preservation of fluvial sediments and their subsequent interpretation
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 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDominance of lateral over axial sedimentary fill in dryland rift basins
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 299-304Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/1354-079309-906
Geomorphological regional curves for prediction of drainage area and screening modern analogues for rivers in the rock record
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 79, no. 10, pp. 773-792Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2009.080
Recognition of the Sedimentary Architecture of Dryland Anabranching (Anastomosing) Rivers
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 77, no. 11, pp. 925-938Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/JSR.2007.089
Fluvial Fans: Myths, Misconceptions, and the End of the Terminal-Fan Model
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 77, no. 9, pp. 693-701Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2007.072
Drylands: Linking landscape processes to sedimentary environments
Sedimentary Geology, vol. 195, no. 1-2, pp. 1-3Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.07.002
Geochemical correlation in deltaic successions: a reality check
Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 117, no. 5/6, pp. 620-632Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/B25436.1
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
Geological Magazine, vol. 141, no. 3, pp. 392-393Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675680425943X
Gluyas, J & Swarbrick, R., 2004 Petroleum Geoscience, Blackwell Science Ltd
Teaching in Earth Sciences, vol. 28, pp. 41-42Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesSurface and subsurface sedimentary structures produced by salt crusts
Sedimentology, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 99-118Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00279.x
Spectral gamma-ray logging for facies discrimination in mixed fluvial-eolian successions: A cautionary tale
AAPG Bulletin, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 155-169Contributions to Journals: ArticlesZiegler,K., Turner,P. & Daines,S.R. (eds). Petroleum Geology of the Southern North Sea: Future Potential. Geological Society Special Publication No. 123
Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 21, pp. 366-368Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesThe prediction and modelling of subsurface fluvial stratigraphy
Advances in fluvial dynamics and stratigraphy. Carling, P., Dawson, M. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, pp. 395-508, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersFractals and their applicability in geological wireline log analysis
Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 339-350Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-5457.1996.tb00438.x
Ephemeral-fluvial deposits: Integrated outcrop and simulation studies reveal complexity
AAPG Bulletin, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 811-830Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReservoir characterisation of a low resistivity gas field: Otway Basin, South Australia
APPEA Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 62-81Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBias in estimating fractal dimension with the rescaled-range (R/S) technique
Mathematical Geology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 531-555Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02089240
Pye K. (Ed.) 1993. The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems. Geological Society Special Publication No. 72
Geological Magazine, vol. 131, pp. 698-699Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesApplication of Markov statistics to modelling lithology distribution in hydrocarbon reservoirs
Scientia Geologica Sinica, vol. 2, pp. 461-471Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacterization of fluvial and aeolian reservoirs
Geological Society of London, London, U.K.. 450 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksCharacterization of fluvial and aeolian reservoirs: problems and approaches
Characterization of fluvial and aeolian reservoirs. North, C. P., Prosser, D. J. (eds.). Geological Society of London, pp. 1-6Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPye K. & Tsoar H. 1990. Aeolian sand and sand dunes, Unwin Hyam, London
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 63, pp. 569-570Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesThree-dimensional integration of remotely sensed geological data: a methodology for petroleum exploration
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 1251-1256Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacterisation of Fluvial and Aeolian Reservoirs: Aberdeen University
Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 358Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-5457.1991.tb00320.x
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Inter-well geological modelling of continental sediments: Lessons from the outcrop
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsOrthogonal fracture systems at the limits of thrusting: an example from southwestern Wales
Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 207-215Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8141(90)90005-J
Alluvial fans and their tectonic controls
Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 149, pp. 507-508Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGeology of Reskajeage Farm quarry (NIREX research site on Cornish slate)
Harwell, UK: NIREX Safety Studies ReportBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports