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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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School of Geosciences
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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 a multi-award winning scientist at the forefront of aiding industry in understanding challenging volcanic geology in the subsurface globally. External roles include sitting on the UK-IODP program advisory group (PAG).

Nick is presently on 80% secondment from the University of Aberdeen to Pulsar Helium (https://pulsarhelium.com/overview/default.aspx) where he is acting as Chief Geologist. 

 

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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  • The tectonostratigraphic evolution of a Miocene half-graben, Kerio Valley Basin, East African Rift of Kenya: analysis of a 3 km thick volcano-sedimentary succession

    Watson, D., Cowan, R., Schofield, N., Newton, R., Hartley, A.
    Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 182, no. 3, jgs2023-185
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Emplacement and Landscape Controls on Ancient Submarine Volcanism: 3D Seismic Geomorphological Analysis of Cretaceous Volcanic Activity in the Browse Basin, Australian North West Shelf

    Tsutsui, K., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., McClay, K., King, R.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 182, no. 2, jgs2024-084
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Quantifying Virtual Field Trip Efficiency

    Pugsley, J., Howell, J., Hartley, A., Buckley, S. J., Chmielewska, M., Naumann, N., Schofield, N., Brackenridge, R.
    PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science , vol. 92, no. 6, pp. 679–690
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Corrigendum to ‘The Derim Derim Dolerite, greater McArthur Basin, Australia: Using subsurface data to characterise a Mesoproterozoic magma plumbing system’ [Mar. Petrol. Geol., 169 (2024)] (Marine and Petroleum Geology (2024) 169, (S0264817224003842), (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107072))

    Hall, A. S., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Subarkah, D.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 169, 107099
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Look-ahead-while-drilling resistivity tools and their role in drilling sedimentary basins containing complex volcanic geology

    Maguire, A., Smart, L., Layfield, L. K., Bower, M., Schofield, N.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 30, no. 3, petgeo2024-012
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 3D seismic analysis of complex faulting patterns and fluid escape features and their relation to Late Cenozoic Magmatism in the Bass Basin, offshore SE Australia

    Velayatham, T., Holford, S., Bunch, M., King, R., Schofield, N.
    Geological Society Special Publication: The Impacts of Igneous Systems on Sedimentary Basins and their Energy Resources. 1 edition. Geological Society of London, pp. 183-205, 23 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Assessing the application of ultradeep azimuthal electromagnetic resistivity tools in detecting igneous formations ahead of the transmitter

    Smart, L., Maguire, A., Layfield, L. K., Bower, M., Schofield, N.
    The Impacts of Igneous Systems on Sedimentary Basins and their Energy Resources. 1 edition. Geological Society of London, pp. 415-424, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Petrophysical characteristics of igneous rocks in the Outboard Browse Basin, North West Shelf of Australia: implications for predicting igneous sequences prior to exploration drilling

    Tsutsui, K., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., King, R., McClay, K.
    Geological Society Special Publication, vol. 547, no. 1, pp. 335-356
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The magma plumbing system of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore Australia: multiscale controls on basin-wide magma emplacement, and implications for petroleum exploration

    Curtis, M. A., Holford, S. P., Bunch, M., Schofield, N., Karvelas, A.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 547, no. 1, pp. 131-181
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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
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