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