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Professor NICK SCHOFIELD

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Professor NICK SCHOFIELD
Professor NICK SCHOFIELD
Professor NICK SCHOFIELD

Personal Chair

51cg
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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  • The Past, Present and Future of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production West of Shetland (WoS)

    Schofield, N., Underhill, J., Holford, S. P., Kilhams, B., Watson, D., Layfield, L., Jolley, D., Archer, S., Mueller, E., Beenfeldt, J.
    Powering the Energy Transition through Subsurface Collaboration: Proceedings of the 1st Energy Geoscience Conference. Gill, C., Goffey, G., Underhill, J. (eds.). Geological Society of London
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  • Impacts of Pre-Existing Structural Fabrics on Fault Growth and Evolution During Multi-Phase Rifting: Case Study From the Central Browse Basin, North West Shelf of Australia

    Tsutsui, K., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., McClay, K., King, R.
    Basin Research, vol. 37, no. 4, e70049
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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
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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 , vol. 182, no. 2, jgs2024-084
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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

    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
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  • 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
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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

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

    Curtis, M. A., Holford, S. P., Bunch, M., Schofield, N., Karvelas, A.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 547, no. 1, pp. 131-181
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Transport of mafic magma through the crust and sedimentary basins: Jameson Land, East Greenland

    Eide, C. H., Schofield, N., Howell, J., Jerram, D. A.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 179, no. 3, jgs2021-043
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  • 3D seismic reflection constraints on the emplacement of mafic laccoliths and their role in shallow crustal magma transport: A case study from the Ceduna sub-basin, Great Australian Bight

    Reynolds, P., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Ross, A.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 135, 105419
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Geology and Petroleum Prospectivity of the Sea of Hebrides Basin and Minch Basin, Offshore Northwest Scotland

    Fyfe, L. C., Schofield, N., Holford, S. P., Hartley, A., Heafford, A., Muirhead, D., Howell, J.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 27, no. 4, petgeo2021-003
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  • Overpressure transmission through igneous intrusions: An unrecognized drilling hazard in volcanic affected basins?

    Schofield, N., Holford, S., Edwards, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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  • Sorry to Intrude, but is it time to checkout of the “Motel Theory” in the Faroe-Shetland?

    Gardiner, D., Farrimond, P., Schofield, N., Finlay, A., Hedley, B., Grove, C., Forster, C., Mark, N., Holt, L.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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  • Storing CO2 in buried volcanoes

    Holford, S. P., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., Bischoff, A., Swierczek, E.
    Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles
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  • Observations of reservoir quality alteration in proximity to igneous intrusions for two distinct sandstones units in Scotland

    Duffy, M. H., Farrell, N., Raeside, R., Muirhead, D. K., Healy, D., Brasier, A. T., Schofield, N.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 129, 105071
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  • Reply to discussion on ‘Palaeogeographical evolution of the Rattray Volcanic Province, Central North Sea’, by Quirie et al. 2020 (JGS, 177, 718–737)

    Quirie, A. K., Schofield, N., Holford, S. P., Jolley, D. W., Archer, S. G., Hole, M. J., Hartley, A., Watson, D., Burgess, R., Pugsley, J. H., Underhill, J. R.
    Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 178, no. 3, jgs2021-011
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  • Emplacement of the Little Minch Sill Complex, Sea of Hebrides Basin, NW Scotland

    Fyfe, L., Schofield, N., Holford, S. P., Jerram, D. A., Hartley, A.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 178, no. 3, jgs2020-177
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  • Inside the volcano: Three-dimensional magmatic architecture of a buried shield volcano

    Walker, F., Schofield, N., Millett, J., Jolley, D., Holford, S. P., Planke, S., Jerram, D. A., Myklebust, R.
    Geology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 243-247
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  • Linking surface and subsurface volcanic stratigraphy in the Turkana Depression of the East African Rift System

    Schofield, N., Newton, R., Thackrey, S., Watson, D., Jolley, D., Morley, C.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 178, no. 1, ARTN jgs2020-110
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  • Igneous Intrusions: Sills, Dykes and Plutons

    Schofield, N., Stevenson, C., Mark, N., Holford, S.
    Encyclopedia of Geology. Second Edition edition. Elsevier, pp. 313-329, 17 pages
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  • The spatial distribution of igneous centres along the Norwegian Atlantic Margin (Møre and Vøring) and their relationship to magmatic plumbing systems

    Kilhams, B., Chedburn, L., Schofield, N., Lunde, I. L., Romain, H., Jolley, D., Eide, C. H.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 178, no. 5, ARTN jgs2020-192
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  • UK oil and gas fields: an overview

    Goffey, G., Gluyas, J., Schofield, N.
    United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. Goffey, G., Gluyas, J. (eds.). 1 edition. Geological Society of London, pp. 3-18, 16 pages
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  • Palaeogeographical evolution of the Rattray Volcanic Province, Central North Sea

    Quirie, A. K., Schofield, N., Jolley, D. W., Archer, S. G., Hole, M. J., Hartley, A., Watson, D., Burgess, R., Pugsley, J. H., Underhill, J. R., Holford, S. P.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 177, no. 4, pp. 718-737
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  • UK Rockall prospectivity: re-awakening exploration in a frontier basin

    Broadley, L., Schofield, N., Jolley, D., Howell, J., Underhill, J. R.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 247-271
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  • Geology and petroleum prospectivity of the Larne and Portpatrick basins, North Channel, offshore SW Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Fyfe, L. C., Schofield, N., Holford, S. P., Heafford, A., Raine, R.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 272-302
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  • Overpressure transmission through interconnected igneous intrusions

    Schofield, N., Holford, S., Edwards, A., Mark, N., Pugliese, S.
    AAPG Bulletin, vol. 104, no. 2, pp. 285-303
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  • Structural and lithological controls on the architecture of igneous intrusions: examples from the NW Australian Shelf

    Mark, N., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Eide, C. H., Pugliese, S., Watson, D., Muirhead, D.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 50-69
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  • Raiders of the Lost Mud: The geology behind drilling incidents within the Balder Formation around the Corona Ridge, West of Shetland

    Watson, D. A., Schofield, N., Maguire, A., Telford, C., Mark, N., Archer, S., Hardman, J.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 110-125
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  • Making Oil From Magma

    Muirhead, D. K., Duffy, M., Schofield, N., Mark, N., Rowe, M. D.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 484, pp. 295-303
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  • The Warnie volcanic province: Jurassic intraplate volcanism in Central Australia

    Hardman, J. P., Holford, S. P., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., Gibbins, D.
    Gondwana Research, vol. 76, pp. 322-347
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