Emeritus Professor
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- School of Geosciences
Biography
Since August 2025 I am an emeritus professor at the University of Aberdeen, having "retired" from my position as Professor of Tectonics. Aberdeen was my final port of call in a career that began after education at the Universities of Leeds and Wales (Swansea) back in the mists of time. I went on to positions at Durham University and the Open University before moving back to my alma mater, Leeds, in 1991. I moved to Scotland and the University of Aberdeen in 2008. Most of my research (and publications) has dealt with contractional tectonics - evolution of mountain belts, thrust systems and basin inversion - chiefly integrating diverse geological information (especially stratigraphy) with structural geology, I continue to research the geology and tectonics of mountain belts and sedimentary basins, especially to understand the distribution and geological context of their earth resources.
I share knowledge through The Shear Zone - a YouTube Channel along with an associated website. There you'll find extensive open teaching materials, films about classic (and not so classic) geo-sites and "work-along" exercises in topics on geological interpretation and analysis - from seismic profiles through geological maps and cross-section construction.
External Memberships
Fellow of Geological Society of London - and Chartered Geologist
Member: Scottish Geology Trust, Italian Geological Society and European Geosciences Union.
Prizes and Awards
President's Award, Geological Society of London.
Awarded Wollaston Fund of GSL
Inaugural recipient o the Dewey Medal, GSL.
- Publications
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Constrictional extensional tectonics in the northern Oman mountains, its role in culmination development and the exhumation of the subducted Arabian continental margin
Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 272, pp. 188-202Contributions to Journals: ArticlesKnowledge Transfer in a digital world: field data acquisition, uncertainty, visualisation, and data management.
Geosphere, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 568-576Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00094.1
Mike Coward – portrait of a structural geologist
Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 272, pp. vii-xiiContributions to Journals: ArticlesOn the deformation of continental crust and Mike Coward’s impact on its understanding
Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 272, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPeach and Horne – the Memoir at 100
Geoscientist, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 20-25Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSetting and architectural elements of the Champsaur Sandstones, France
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology, vol. 56, pp. 188-191Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStructural evolution of the Achnashellach culmination, southern Moine Thrust Belt: testing the duplex model
Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 272, pp. 103–120Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow weak are the continents?
Geoscientist, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 4-8Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStructural inheritance in mountain belts: an Alpine-Apennine perspective
Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 28, pp. 1893-1908Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStyles of basement involvement in the Moine thrust Belt, NW Scotland
Geological Society of America Special Paper, vol. 414, pp. 133-150Contributions to Journals: Articles