Professor Adrian Hartley

Professor of Sedimentology

Chair in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

a.hartley@abdn.ac.uk

Meston Building Room 110, Department of Geology & Geophysics, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK

School of Geosciences

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Research

Research Overview

All aspects of clastic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy. A particular interest is the application of geomorphology to the rock record in continental environments.
Evolution of the Central Andes: using stratigraphic, sedimentological and structural data to reconstruct the timing and cause of climate change and uplift in the Central Andes.
Stratigraphic development of clastic sedimentary successions in Large Igneous Provinces.
Application of all aspects of clastic sedimentology applied to subsurface resources.

Current Research

Triassic JIP Phase 2 & 3. A joint indstry project funded by BP, JX Nippon, Total, CNOOC & Neptune Energy looking at the provenance, sedimentology and biostratigraphy of the Triaasic succession in the Central North Sea. The aim is to better predict reservoir distribution and quality in these improtant reservoir units.

Fluvial System Research Group. A Joint Industry Project currently funded by BG, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Total. The project links with Albuquerque and Royal Holloway and aims to develop a predictive model of distributive fluvial systems (DFS) and associated environments based on remote sensing imagery and outcrop studies. Research is focussed on outcrop based studies in various parts of the world and involves building 3D models of different aspects of distributive fluvial systems, "ground-truthed" using datasets derived from remotely sensed imagery and modern day systems.

Collaborations

Gary Weissmann & Louis Scuderi, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Amanda Owen, University of Glasgow

Anne Mather, University of Plymouth

Laura Evenstar, University of Brighton

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Level 3 GL3525 Torridon/Gairloch Fieldtrip Course Coordinator

Level 4 GL4023 Mapping Project

Level 5 Integrated Petroleum Geoscience MSc sedimentology, Utah Fieldtrip, Pyrenees fieldtrip.

Publications

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Late Permian Evaporite Facies Variation in the Forth Approaches Basin, North Sea: Implications for Hydrogen Storage
2023 - Accepted/In press
Brackenridge, R., Russell, L. J., Hartley, A., Watson, D., Houghton, T.
Geoenergy
Contributions to Journals: Articles
The research of river morphology transition and sediment variation: Shule River, northwest of China
2023 - Published
Zhang, X., Zhang, C., Hartley, A., Feng, W., Yin, T., Zhou, R., Zhu, Q.
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 221, 211396
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2022.211396
Orogenic-orographic feedback and the rise of the Central Andes
2023 - Published
Evenstar, L. A., Hartley, A., Mather, A. E.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 602, 117931
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117931
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20428/1/Evenstar_etal_EPSL_Orogenic_orographic_feedbach_VOR.pdf
Controls on grain-size distribution in an ancient sand sea
2023 - Published
Bertolini, G., Hartley, A., Marques, J. C., Paim, J.
Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/sed.13077
Contributions to Journals: Articles
Establishing Provenance from Highly Impoverished Heavy Mineral Suites: Detrital Apatite and Zircon Geochronology of Central North Sea Triassic Sandstones
2022 - Published
Greig, I. P., Morton, A., Frei, D., Hartley, A.
Geosciences, vol. 13, no. 1, 13010013
Contributions to Journals: Articles
Seismic characterization and depositional significance of the Nahr Menashe deposits: Implications for the terminal phases of the Messinian salinity crisis in the north-east Levant Basin, offshore Lebanon
2022 - Published
Kabir, S. M. M., Iacopini, D., Hartley, A., Maselli, V., Oppo, D.
Basin Research, vol. n/a, no. n/a, pp. 2085-2110
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bre.12697
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12697
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19010/1/Kabir_BR_Seismic_characterization_and_VOR.pdf
Virtual field trips utilizing virtual outcrop: construction, delivery and implications for the future
2022 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-227-2022
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20677/1/Pugsley_etal_GC_Virtual_Field_Trips_VoR.pdf
Paleohydraulic analysis of an ancient distributive fluvial system
2022 - Published
Hartley, A. J., Owen, A.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 92, no. 5, pp. 445-459
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2021.062
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2021.062
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18964/1/Hartley_etal_JSR_Paleohydraulic_Analysis_Of_VOR.pdf
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Triassic floras from the Central North Sea
2021 - Published
Burgess, R., Jolley, D., Hartley, A.
Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 179, no. 3, 071
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-071
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Stratigraphic forward modelling of distributive fluvial systems based on the Huesca System, Ebro Basin, Northern Spain
2021 - Published
Snieder, S., Griffiths, C., Owen, A., Hartley, A., Howell, J.
Basin Research, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 3137-3158
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12597
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17474/1/Snieder_etal_BR_Stratigraphic_forward_modelling_VOR.pdf
Coarse-grained meandering distributive fluvial system of the Basal Cedar mountain formation, U.S.A.
2021 - Published
Phillips, S. P., Howell, J. A., Hartley, A. J., Chmielewska, M.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 91, no. 11, pp. 1188-1205
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.065
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17909/1/Phillips_etal_JSR_Coarse_Grained_Meandering_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Geology and Petroleum Prospectivity of the Sea of Hebrides Basin and Minch Basin, Offshore Northwest Scotland
2021 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2021-003
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18582/1/Fyfe_etal_PG_Geology_And_Petroleum_AAM.pdf
Evolution of foreland basin fluvial systems in the mid-Cretaceous of Utah, USA (upper Cedar Mountain and Naturita formations)
2021 - Published
Phillips, S. P., Howell, J. A., Hartley, A. J., Chmielewska, M., Hudson, S. M.
Sedimentology, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 2097-2124
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12845
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16824/1/Phillips_etal_Evolution_of_foreland_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Determining sediment provenance history in a Gondwanan erg: Botucatu formation, Northern Parana Basin, Brazil
2021 - Published
Bertolini, G., Marques, J. C., Hartley, A. J., Basei, M. A. S., Frantz, J. C., Santos, P. R.
Sedimentary Geology, vol. 417, 105883
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105883
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The effects of basaltic lava flows on the petrophysical properties and diagenesis of interbedded aeolian sandstones: an example from the Cretaceous Parana Basin, Brazil
2021 - Published
Bertolini, G., Hartley, A. J., Marques, J. C., Healy, D., Frantz, J. C.
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 27, no. 2, petgeo2020-036
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2020-036
Emplacement of the Little Minch Sill Complex, Sea of Hebrides Basin, NW Scotland
2021 - Published
Fyfe, L., Schofield, N., Holford, S. P., Jerram, D. A., Hartley, A.
Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 178, no. 3, jgs2020-177
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-177
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18083/1/Fyfe_et_al_JoGS_EmplacementOfTheLittleMinch_AAM.pdf
Reply to discussion on ‘Palaeogeographical evolution of the Rattray Volcanic Province, Central North Sea’, by Quirie et al. 2020 (JGS, 177, 718–737)
2021 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-011
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Sedimentology and provenance of the Lower Old Red Sandstone Grampian outliers: implications for Caledonian orogenic basin development and the northward extension of the Midland Valley Basin
2021 - Published
McKellar, Z., Hartley, A. J., Macdonald, D. I. M., Morton, A., Frei, D.
Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 178, no. 2, jgs2020-141
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-141
Quantifying Downstream, Vertical and Lateral Variation in Fluvial Deposits: Implications From the Huesca Distributive Fluvial System
2021 - Published
Martin, B., Owen, A., Nichols, G. J., Hartley, A. J., Williams, R. D.
Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 8, 564017
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.564017
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16305/1/Martin_etal_quantifying_downstream_vertical_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Stratigraphic palynology of the Middle–Late Triassic successions of the Central North Sea
2021 - Published
Burgess, R., Jolley, D., Hartley, A.
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 27, no. 1, petgeo2019-128
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2019-128
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16240/1/Burgess_et_al_PetGeo_StratigraphicPalynology_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Caledonian foreland basin sedimentation: A new depositional model for the Upper Silurian-Lower Devonian Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Midland Valley Basin, Scotland
2021 - Published
Mckellar, Z., Hartley, A. J.
Basin Research, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 754-778
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12494
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15707/1/McKellar_etal_BR_Caledonian_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Stratigraphic controls on hydrocarbon recovery in clastic reservoirs of the norwegian continental shelf
2020 - Published
Aliyuda, K., Howell, J., Hartley, A., Ali, A.
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 27, no. 2, petgeo2019-133
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2019-133
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Development of inter-lava drainage systems in LIPs: The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province (U.S.A.) as a case study
2020 - Published
Ebinghaus, A., Taylor, R. A., Barker, A. R., Hartley, A., Jolley, D., Hole, M.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 90, no. 10, pp. 1346-1369
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.64
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Tidal estuarine deposits of the transgressive Naturita Formation (Dakota Sandstone): San Rafael Swell, Utah, U.S.A.
2020 - Published
Phillips, S. P., Howell, J. A., Hartley, A. J., Chmielewska, M.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 90, no. 8, pp. 777-795
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/JSR.2020.51
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Controls on Early Cretaceous desert sediment provenance in south‐west Gondwana, Botucatu Formation (Brazil and Uruguay)
2020 - Published
Bertolini, G., Marques, J. C., Hartley, A. J., Da‐Rosa, A. A. S., Scherer, C. M. S., Basei, M. A. S., Frantz, J. C.
Sedimentology, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 2672-2690
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12715
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16073/1/Bertolini_et_al_Sedimentology_ControlsOnEarlyCretaceous_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus

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Research Overview

Current Research

Collaborations

Teaching Responsibilities

Late Permian Evaporite Facies Variation in the Forth Approaches Basin, North Sea: Implications for Hydrogen Storage

The research of river morphology transition and sediment variation: Shule River, northwest of China

Orogenic-orographic feedback and the rise of the Central Andes

Controls on grain-size distribution in an ancient sand sea

Establishing Provenance from Highly Impoverished Heavy Mineral Suites: Detrital Apatite and Zircon Geochronology of Central North Sea Triassic Sandstones

Seismic characterization and depositional significance of the Nahr Menashe deposits: Implications for the terminal phases of the Messinian salinity crisis in the north-east Levant Basin, offshore Lebanon

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

Paleohydraulic analysis of an ancient distributive fluvial system

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Triassic floras from the Central North Sea

Stratigraphic forward modelling of distributive fluvial systems based on the Huesca System, Ebro Basin, Northern Spain

Coarse-grained meandering distributive fluvial system of the Basal Cedar mountain formation, U.S.A.

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

Evolution of foreland basin fluvial systems in the mid-Cretaceous of Utah, USA (upper Cedar Mountain and Naturita formations)

Determining sediment provenance history in a Gondwanan erg: Botucatu formation, Northern Parana Basin, Brazil

The effects of basaltic lava flows on the petrophysical properties and diagenesis of interbedded aeolian sandstones: an example from the Cretaceous Parana Basin, Brazil

Emplacement of the Little Minch Sill Complex, Sea of Hebrides Basin, NW Scotland

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

Sedimentology and provenance of the Lower Old Red Sandstone Grampian outliers: implications for Caledonian orogenic basin development and the northward extension of the Midland Valley Basin

Quantifying Downstream, Vertical and Lateral Variation in Fluvial Deposits: Implications From the Huesca Distributive Fluvial System

Stratigraphic palynology of the Middle–Late Triassic successions of the Central North Sea

Caledonian foreland basin sedimentation: A new depositional model for the Upper Silurian-Lower Devonian Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Midland Valley Basin, Scotland

Stratigraphic controls on hydrocarbon recovery in clastic reservoirs of the norwegian continental shelf

Development of inter-lava drainage systems in LIPs: The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province (U.S.A.) as a case study

Tidal estuarine deposits of the transgressive Naturita Formation (Dakota Sandstone): San Rafael Swell, Utah, U.S.A.

Controls on Early Cretaceous desert sediment provenance in south‐west Gondwana, Botucatu Formation (Brazil and Uruguay)

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