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Professor NICK SCHOFIELD

Professor NICK SCHOFIELD
Professor NICK SCHOFIELD
Professor NICK SCHOFIELD

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n.schofield@abdn.ac.uk
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+44 (0)1224 272096
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Biography

Nick Schofield is a Professor of Igneous and Petroleum Geology. He specializes in the seismic and field interpretation of intrusive and extrusive sequences in volcanic terranes and their interaction with hydrocarbon systems. 

He is at the forefront of allowing the industry to understand the challenging volcanic geology in the subsurface around the UKCS, Atlantic Margin, East Africa and Australasia 

 

 

Research

Research Overview

  • Geology and Petroleum Geology West of Shetland
  • Geology of NE Atlantic Margin
  • Seismic Interpretation of Volcanics
  • Petroleum Geology
  • Evolution of Sedimentary Basins affected by Volcanism
  • Sill Complexes
  • Intra-Lava hydrocarbon plays (e.g. Rosebank)
  • Lava field stratigraphy
  • North Atlantic Igneous Province
  • South Australian Volcanism
  • Salt-Igneous interaction

 

Current Research

Publications

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  • Lithological influence on sill geometry in sedimentary basins: Controls and recognition in reflection seismic data

    Kjenes, M., Eide, C. H., Argüello Scotti, A., Lecomte, I., Schofield, N., Bøgh, A.
    Basin Research, vol. 36, no. 2, e12857
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The magma plumbing system of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore Australia: Multi-scale controls on basin wide magma emplacement, and implications for petroleum exploration. The Impacts of Igneous Systems on Sedimentary Basins and Their Energy Resources

    Curtis, M. A., Holford, S. P., Bunch, M., Schofield, N., Karvelas, A.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 547, no. 1
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Uncertainties in Ray-Tracing Tomography Models Used for Sub-Basalt Seismic Imaging

    Sanford, O. G., Hobbs, R. W., Brown, R. J., Schofield, N.
    Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 180, pp. 145-156
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Impact of Igneous Intrusions on Sedimentary Host Rocks: Insights from Field Outcrop and Subsurface Data

    Mark, N., Schofield, N., Watson, D., Holford, S. P., Pugliese, S., Muirhead, D.
    Petroleum Geoscience
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 3D seismic reflection evidence for lower crustal intrusions beneath the Faroe-Shetland Basin, NE Atlantic Margin

    Layfield, L. K., Schofield, N., Watson, D., Holford, S. P., Jolley, D., Kilhams, B., Muirhead, D., Roberts, A. M., Alvey, A. D., Ellwood, A., Widdowson, M.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 180, no. 5, jgs2022-172
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Petroleum generation and migration through the Faroe-Shetland Basin - The role of Igneous Intrusions

    Mangione, A., Schofield, N., Holdford, S., Grove, C., Ellis, C., Forster, C., Schenk, O., Gardiner, D., Hedley, B., Broadley, L., Underhill, J. R.
    Petroleum Geoscience
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nature and preservation of Late Jurassic breakup-related volcanism in the carnarvon basin, North West shelf, Australia

    Curtis, M. S., Holford, S. P., Bunch, M., Schofield, N.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 153, 106304
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • New insights on the origin of Barra Volcanic Ridge System, offshore Ireland: a long distance influence of the Iceland mantle plume

    Tomar, G., Roy, S., Bean, C. J., Singh, S. C., O'Reilly, B., Schofield, N.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 152, 106237
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Seismic wave propagation around subsurface igneous sill complexes

    Sanford, O. G., Schofield, N., Hobbs, R. W., Brown, R. J.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 152, 106232
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Challenges and opportunities for hydrocarbon exploration within the Mesozoic sub-basalt plays of the Norwegian Atlantic Margin Petroleum Geoscience

    Kilhams, B., Chedburn, L., Layfield, L. K., Schofield, N., Lunde, I. L., Kennan, L., Romain, H., Jolley, D., Eide, C. H.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1-23
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • New Insights into the Structure, Geology and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity along the Central-Northern Corona Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin

    Layfield, L. K., Schofield, N., Jolley, D., Holford, S. P., Volintir, T., Kilhams, B., Muirhead, D., Cromie, H.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 28, 2021-090
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Alkaline sill intrusions in sedimentary basins: emplacement of the Mussentuchit Wash Sill in San Rafael Swell, Utah

    Schofield, N., Kjenes, M., Eide, C. H., Chedburn, L.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 180
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Paleogene volcanic rocks in the northern Faroe–Shetland Basin and Møre Marginal High: understanding lava field stratigraphy

    Walker, F., Schofield, N., Millett, J., Jolley, D., Hole, M., Stewart, M.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 495, pp. 199-235
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Paleogene drainage system evolution in the NE Faroe-Shetland Basin

    Walker, F., Schofield, N., Millett, J., Jolley, D., Planke, S., Holford, S.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 179, no. 5, jgs2021-121
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Virtual field trips utilizing virtual outcrop: construction, delivery and implications for the future

    Pugsley, J. H., Howell, J. A., Hartley, A., Buckley, S. J., Brackenridge, R., Schofield, N., Maxwell, G., Chmielewska, M., Ringdal, K., Naumann, N., Vanbiervliet, J.
    Geoscience Communication, vol. 5, pp. 227-249
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Application of a probability model to detect unrecognised igneous intrusions in sedimentary basins

    Holford, S., Bunch, M., Schofield, N., Curtis, M.
    The APPEA Journal, vol. 62, pp. S426-S430
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Seismic, petrophysical and petrological constraints on the alteration of igneous rocks in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: implications for petroleum exploration and drilling operations

    Curtis, M. S., Holford, S. P., Bunch, M. A., Schofield, N. J.
    The APPEA Journal, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 196-222
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Transport of mafic magma through the crust and sedimentary basins: Jameson Land, East Greenland

    Eide, C. H., Schofield, N., Howell, J., Jerram, D. A.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 179, no. 3, jgs2021-043
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 3D seismic reflection constraints on the emplacement of mafic laccoliths and their role in shallow crustal magma transport: A case study from the Ceduna sub-basin, Great Australian Bight

    Reynolds, P., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Ross, A.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 135, 105419
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Geology and Petroleum Prospectivity of the Sea of Hebrides Basin and Minch Basin, Offshore Northwest Scotland

    Fyfe, L. C., Schofield, N., Holford, S. P., Hartley, A., Heafford, A., Muirhead, D., Howell, J.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 27, no. 4, petgeo2021-003
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sorry to Intrude, but is it time to checkout of the “Motel Theory” in the Faroe-Shetland?

    Gardiner, D., Farrimond, P., Schofield, N., Finlay, A., Hedley, B., Grove, C., Forster, C., Mark, N., Holt, L.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Overpressure transmission through igneous intrusions: An unrecognized drilling hazard in volcanic affected basins?

    Schofield, N., Holford, S., Edwards, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Storing CO2 in buried volcanoes

    Holford, S. P., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., Bischoff, A., Swierczek, E.
    Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles

  • Observations of reservoir quality alteration in proximity to igneous intrusions for two distinct sandstones units in Scotland

    Duffy, M. H., Farrell, N., Raeside, R., Muirhead, D. K., Healy, D., Brasier, A. T., Schofield, N.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 129, 105071
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reply to discussion on ‘Palaeogeographical evolution of the Rattray Volcanic Province, Central North Sea’, by Quirie et al. 2020 (JGS, 177, 718–737)

    Quirie, A. K., Schofield, N., Holford, S. P., Jolley, D. W., Archer, S. G., Hole, M. J., Hartley, A., Watson, D., Burgess, R., Pugsley, J. H., Underhill, J. R.
    Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 178, no. 3, jgs2021-011
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
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