Professor NICK SCHOFIELD
Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- n.schofield@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272096
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
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
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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
- Publications
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Quantifying Virtual Field Trip Efficiency
PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science , vol. 92, no. 6, pp. 679–690Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmplacement and Landscape Controls on Ancient Submarine Volcanism: 3D Seismic Geomorphological Analysis of Cretaceous Volcanic Activity in the Browse Basin, Australian North West Shelf
Journal of the Geological SocietyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-084
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))
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 107099Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107099
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Look-ahead-while-drilling resistivity tools and their role in drilling sedimentary basins containing complex volcanic geology
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 30, no. 3, petgeo2024-012Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2024-012
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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
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 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP547-2023-158
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Assessing the application of ultradeep azimuthal electromagnetic resistivity tools in detecting igneous formations ahead of the transmitter
The Impacts of Igneous Systems on Sedimentary Basins and their Energy Resources. 1 edition. Geological Society of London, pp. 415-424, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP547-2023-69
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Petrophysical characteristics of igneous rocks in the Outboard Browse Basin, North West Shelf of Australia: implications for predicting igneous sequences prior to exploration drilling
Geological Society Special Publication, vol. 547, no. 1, pp. 335-356Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP547-2023-77
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The magma plumbing system of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore Australia: multiscale controls on basin-wide magma emplacement, and implications for petroleum exploration
Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 547, no. 1, pp. 131-181Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLithological influence on sill geometry in sedimentary basins: Controls and recognition in reflection seismic data
Basin Research, vol. 36, no. 2, e12857Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPetroleum generation and migration through the Faroe-Shetland Basin - The role of Igneous Intrusions
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 30, no. 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Impact of Igneous Intrusions on Sedimentary Host Rocks: Insights from Field Outcrop and Subsurface Data
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 2022-2086Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUncertainties in Ray-Tracing Tomography Models Used for Sub-Basalt Seismic Imaging
Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 180, pp. 145-156Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-022-03199-2
3D seismic reflection evidence for lower crustal intrusions beneath the Faroe-Shetland Basin, NE Atlantic Margin
Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 180, no. 5, jgs2022-172Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNature and preservation of Late Jurassic breakup-related volcanism in the carnarvon basin, North West shelf, Australia
Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 153, 106304Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew insights into the structure, geology and hydrocarbon prospectivity along the central-northern Corona Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
New insights on the origin of Barra Volcanic Ridge System, offshore Ireland: a long distance influence of the Iceland mantle plume
Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 152, 106237Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSeismic wave propagation around subsurface igneous sill complexes
Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 152, 106232Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAlkaline sill intrusions in sedimentary basins: emplacement of the Mussentuchit Wash Sill in San Rafael Swell, Utah
Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 180, no. 1Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-139
Challenges and opportunities for hydrocarbon exploration within the Mesozoic sub-basalt plays of the Norwegian Atlantic Margin Petroleum Geoscience
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1-23Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2022-022
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New Insights into the Structure, Geology and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity along the Central-Northern Corona Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 28, 2021-090Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPaleogene volcanic rocks in the northern Faroe–Shetland Basin and Møre Marginal High: understanding lava field stratigraphy
Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 495, pp. 199-235Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP495-2019-13
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Paleogene drainage system evolution in the NE Faroe-Shetland Basin
Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 179, no. 5, jgs2021-121Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVirtual field trips utilizing virtual outcrop: construction, delivery and implications for the future
Geoscience Communication, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 227-249Contributions to Journals: ArticlesApplication of a probability model to detect unrecognised igneous intrusions in sedimentary basins
The APPEA Journal, vol. 62, pp. S426-S430Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ21051
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
The APPEA Journal, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 196-222Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ21172
