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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 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 IODP (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program) Science Evaluation Panel (SEP) and the UK-IODP program advisory group (PAG)

Nick is the current Director of the world-renowned Integrated Petroleum Geoscience MSc in the School of Geosciences

 

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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  • 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
    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
    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, 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

  • 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, vol. 30, no. 2
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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

    Mark, N. J., Schofield, N., Watson, D., Holford, S. P., Pugliese, S., Muirhead, D.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 2022-2086
    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

  • 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

  • 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 into the structure, geology and hydrocarbon prospectivity along the central-northern Corona Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin

    Layfield, L., Schofield, N., Jolley, D., Holford, S., Volintir, T., Kilhams, B., Cromie, H.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • 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

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

    Kjenes, M., Eide, C. H., Schofield, N., Chedburn, L.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 180, no. 1
    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

  • 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, no. 3, 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
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