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Professor NICK SCHOFIELD

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Professor NICK SCHOFIELD
Professor NICK SCHOFIELD
Professor NICK SCHOFIELD

Personal Chair

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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 UK-IODP program advisory group (PAG).

Nick is presently on 80% secondment via the 51cg to Pulsar Helium () 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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  • Overpressure transmission through igneous intrusions: An unrecognized drilling hazard in volcanic affected basins?

    Schofield, N., Holford, S., Edwards, A.
    Exploration Geophysics, vol. 2019, no. 1, pp. 1-5
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  • Modeling petroleum expulsion in sedimentary basins: The importance of igneous intrusion timing and basement composition

    Gardiner, D., Schofield, N., Finlay, A., Mark, N., Holt, L., Grove, C., Forster, C., Moore, J.
    Geology, vol. 47, no. 10, pp. 904-908
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  • Structural signatures of igneous sheet intrusion propagation

    Magee, C., Muirhead, J., Schofield, N., Walker, R. J., Galland, O., Holford, S., Spacapan, J., Jackson, C. A., McCarthy, W.
    Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 125, pp. 148-154
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  • Seismic geomorphology linked to sequence stratigraphy of an Eocene delta in the Outer Moray Firth, UKCS

    Zimmer, E. H., Howell, J. A., Schofield, N., Gawthorpe, R. L.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 104, pp. 150-167
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  • The Rattray Volcanics: Mid-Jurassic fissure volcanism in the UK Central North Sea

    Quirie, A. K., Schofield, N., Hartley, A., Hole, M. J., Archer, S. G., Underhill, J. R., Watson, D., Holford, S. P.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 176, pp. 462-481
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  • Controls on the Distribution of Volcanism and Intra-Basaltic Sediments in the Cambo-Rosebank Region, West of Shetland

    Hardman, J., Schofield, N., Jolley, D., Hartley, A., Holford, S., Watson, D.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 71-89
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  • Failure to predict igneous rocks encountered during exploration of sedimentary basins: a case study of the Bass Basin, Southeastern Australia

    Watson, D., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Mark, N.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 99, pp. 526-547
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  • Overthickening of sedimentary sequences by igneous intrusions

    Mark, N., Schofield, N., Gardiner, D., Holt, L., Grove, C., Watson, D., Alexander, A., Poore, H.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 176, no. 1, pp. 46-60
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  • Structural and lithological controls on the geometry and morphology of igneous intrusions: a 3D seismic case study from the Exmouth sub-basin, NW Shelf

    Mark, N., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Eide, C., Pugliese, S., Watson, D., Muirhead, D.
    Exploration Geophysics, vol. 2019, no. 1, pp. 1-5
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  • The spatial distribution of igneous intrusions in the Exmouth Plateau and Exmouth Sub Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia

    Curtis, M., Holford, S., Bunch, M., Schofield, N.
    Exploration Geophysics, vol. 2019, no. 1, pp. 1-5
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  • The importance of subsurface lithology in controlling magma storage v. eruption: an example from offshore southern Australia

    Reynolds, P., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Ross, A.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 175, no. 4, pp. 694-703
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  • Magma Plumbing Systems: A Geophysical Perspective

    Magee, C., Stevenson, C. T. E., Ebmeier, S. K., Keir, D., Hammond, J. O. S., Gottsmann, J. H., Whaler, K. A., Schofield, N., Jackson, C. A., Petronis, M. S., O’Driscoll, B., Morgan, J., Cruden, A., Vollgger, S. A., Dering, G., Micklethwaite, S., Jackson, M. D.
    Journal of Petrology, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 1217-1251
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  • Prolonged dynamic support from the Icelandic plume of the NE Atlantic margin

    Hardman, J. P. A., Schofield, N., Jolley, D. W., Holford, S. P., Hartley, A. J., Morse, S., Underhill, J., Watson, D. A., Zimmer, E. H.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 175, no. 3, pp. 396-410
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  • Igneous intrusions in the Faroe Shetland basin and their implications for hydrocarbon exploration: new insights from well and seismic data

    Mark, N., Schofield, N., Pugliese, S., Watson, D., Holford, S., Muirhead, D., Brown, R., Healy, D.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 92, pp. 733-753
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  • Seismic interpretation of sill complexes in sedimentary basins: implications for the sub-sill imaging problem

    Eide, C. H., Schofield, N., Lecomte, I., Buckley, S. J., Howell, J. A.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 175, no. 2, pp. 193-209
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  • The architecture of submarine monogenetic volcanoes – insights from 3D seismic data

    Reynolds, P., Schofield, N., Brown, R. J., Holford, S. P.
    Basin Research, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 437-451
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  • Challenges of future exploration within the UK Rockall Basin

    Schofield, N., Jolley, D., Holford, S., Archer, S., Watson, D., Hartley, A., Howell, J., Muirhead, D., Underhill, J., Green, P.
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  • Understanding the challenges of sub-sill seismic imaging using full-waveform seismic modelling

    Sanford, O. G., Hobbs, R. W., Schofield, N., Brown, R. J.
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  • The shallow depth emplacement of mafic intrusions on a magma-poor rifted margin: An example from the Bight Basin, Southern Australia

    Reynolds, P., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Ross, A.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 88, pp. 605-616
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  • Source rock maturation owing to igneous intrusion in rifted margin petroleum systems

    Muirhead, D. K., Bowden, S. A., Parnell, J., Schofield, N.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 174, no. 6, pp. 979-987
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  • Three-Dimensional Seismic Imaging of Ancient Submarine Lava Flows: An Example From the Southern Australian Margin

    Reynolds, P., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Ross, A.
    Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 3840-3853
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  • 3D structure and formation of hydrothermal vent complexes at the Paleocene-Eocene transition, the Møre Basin, mid-Norwegian margin

    Kjoberg, S., Schmiedel, T., Planke, S., Svensen, H. H., Millett, J. M., Jerram, D. A., Galland, O., Lecomte, I., Schofield, N., Haug, ?. T., Helsem, A.
    Interpretation, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. SK65-SK81
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  • Introduction to special section: Subsurface expression of igneous systems and their impacts on petroleum systems

    Jackson, C. A., Holford, S. P., Magee, C., Schofield, N., Sun, Q.
    Interpretation, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. SKi-SKiii
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  • Mafic intrusions, hydrothermal venting and the basalt-sediment transition: Linking onshore and offshore examples from the north atlantic igneous province

    Angkasa, S. S., Jerram, D. A., Millett, J. M., Svensen, H. H., Planke, S., Taylor, R. A., Schofield, N., Howell, J.
    Interpretation, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. SK83-SK101
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  • Mechanisms of overburden deformation associated with the emplacement of the Tulipan sill, mid-Norwegian margin

    Schmiedel, T., Kjoberg, S., Planke, S., Magee, C., Galland, O., Schofield, N., Jackson, C. A., Jerram, D. A.
    Interpretation, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. SK23-SK38
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