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Professor David Muirhead

Professor David Muirhead
Professor David Muirhead
Professor David Muirhead

BSc (Hons), PhD, FGS, PGCert, FHEA

Head of School of Geosciences, Personal Chair

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Email Address
dmuirhead@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 274209
Office Address

Dr David K. Muirhead, Rm 106, Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Meston Building, Kings College, Aberdeen AB24 3UE

School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

Dave is a geologist, with further interests in mineralogy and geochemistry. He has a focus on interdisciplinary science, applying techniques such as Raman spectroscopy to not only geological processes, but further into environmental sciences (wildfires), archaeology (cremations) and more recently in collaboration with medical colleagues studying cancers.

In January 2020 Dave took over the role as Head of School of Geosciences.

Dave obtained his BSc in Earth Science from the University of Glasgow and then his PhD from the 51cg.

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Head of School, Geosciences, (Jan 2020 - present)

Director of PGT Programmes, School of Geosciences (2016-2019)

College of Physical Sciences College Council (2013 - 2016)

College of Physical Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee (2013 - 2016)

Personal Tutor

External Memberships

Education Committee, Geological Society of London. (2013 - 2016)

Research

Research Overview

Raman spectroscopy of carbon

Geofluids

Contact Metamorphism

Intrusion and petroleum system interactions

Astrobiology

Geology of Scotland

Geothermometry applied to fold-thrust belts

Current Research

 
  • Thermal alteration of sedimentary rocks in fold and thrust belts.
  • Application of Raman Spectroscopy to sedimentary organic matter to assess thermal maturity.
  • The effects of igneous intrusions on petroleum systems with respect to thermal maturity and extractable organic matter potential.
  • Raman spectroscopy of charcoal from wildfires through time.
  • Application of Raman to archaeological and biological materials.
Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Course Tutor

GL1005 Earth Through Geological Time

GL1505 Earth's Materials

GL2015 Petrology and Mineralogy

GL2510 Introduction to Field Geology 

GL3026 Field and Mapping Techniques

GL4028 Petroleum Geology: Geochemistry and Geofluids

Publications

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  • Raman spectral shifts in naturally faulted rocks

    Muirhead, D. K., Kedar, L., Schito, A., Corrado, S., Bond, C. E., Romano, C.
    Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , vol. 22, no. 10, e2021GC009923
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  • Dubiofossils from a Mars-analogue subsurface palaeoenvironment: the limits of biogenicity criteria

    McMahon, S., Ivarsson, M., Wacey, D., Saunders, M., Muirhead, D., Belivanova, V., Knoll, P., Steinbock, O., Frost, D. A.
    Geobiology, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 473-488
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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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  • The applicability of Raman spectroscopy in the assessment of palaeowildfire intensity

    Theurer, T., Muirhead, D. K., Jolley, D., Mauquoy, D.
    Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, vol. 570, 110363
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  • Carbon ordering in an aseismic shear zone: implications for Raman geothermometry and strain tracking

    Kedar, L., Bond, C. E., Muirhead, D.
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 549, 116536
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  • Falkland Island peatland development processes and the pervasive presence of fire

    Mauquoy, D., Payne, R. J., Babeshko, K. V., Bartlett, R., Boomer, I., Bowey, H., Evans, C. D., Ring-Hrubesh, F., Muirhead, D., O’Callaghan, M., Piotrowska, N., Rush, G., Sloan, T., Smeaton, C., Tsyganov, A. N., Mazei, Y. A.
    Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 240, 106391
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  • Hot fluids, burial metamorphism and thermal histories in the underthrust sediments at IODP 370 site C0023, Nankai Accretionary Complex

    Tsang, M., Bowden, S. A., Wang, Z., Mohammed, A., Tonai, S., Muirhead, D. K., Yang, K., Yamamoto, Y., Kamiya, N., Okutsu, N., Hirose, T., Kars, M., Schubotz, F., Ijiri, A., Yamada, Y., Kubo, Y., Morono, Y., Inagaki, F., Heuer, V. B., Hinrichs, K.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 112, 104080
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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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  • Blended and online learning: a comparative study of virtual microscopy in Higher Education

    Herodotou, C., Muirhead, D. K., Aristeidou, M., Hole, M. J., Kelley, S., Scanlon, E., Duffy, M.
    Interactive Learning Environments, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 713-728
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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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  • Raman Spectroscopy: an effective thermal marker in low temperature carbonaceous fold-thrust belts

    Muirhead, D. K., Bond, C. E., Watkins, H., Butler, R. W. H., Schito, A., Crawford, Z., Marpino, A.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 490, pp. 135-151
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  • A thermal maturity map based on vitrinite reflectance of British coals

    Bullock, L., Parnell, J., Muirhead, D., Armstrong, J., Schito, A., Corrado, S.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 176, no. 6, pp. 1136-1142
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  • Detecting ancient life: Investigating the nature and origin of possible stromatolites and associated calcite from a one billion year old lake

    Brasier, A. T., Dennis, P. F., Still, J., Parnell, J., Culwick, T., Brasier, M. D., Wacey, D., Bowden, S. A., Crook, S., Boyce, A. J., Muirhead, D. K.
    Precambrian Research, vol. 328, pp. 309-320
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  • Oil charge and biodegradation history in an exhumed fractured reservoir, Devonian, UK

    Baba, M., Parnell, J., Muirhead, D., Bowden, S.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 101, pp. 281-289
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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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  • Field evidence for the lateral emplacement of igneous dykes: Implications for 3D mechanical models and the plumbing beneath fissure eruptions

    Healy, D., Rizzo, R., Duffy, M., Farrell, N. J. C., Hole, M. J., Muirhead, D.
    Volcanica, pp. 85-105
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Mud-gas extractor and detector comparison

    Rowe, M., Muirhead, D.
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  • Subsurface biodegradation of crude oil in a fractured basement reservoir, Shropshire, UK

    Parnell, J., Baba, M., Bowden, S., Muirhead, D.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 174, no. 4, pp. 655-666
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  • Regional Magma Plumbing and emplacement mechanisms of the Faroe-Shetland Sill Complex: Implications for magma transport and petroleum systems within sedimentary basins

    Schofield, N., Holford, S., Millett, J., Brown, D., Jolley, D., Passey, S. R., Muirhead, D., Grove, C., Magee, C., Murray, J., Hole, M., Jackson, C. A., Stevenson, C.
    Basin Research, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 41-63
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  • Characterization of organic matter in the Torridonian using Raman spectroscopy

    Muirhead, D. K., Parnell, J., Spinks, S., Bowden, S. A.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 448, pp. 71-80
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  • Dynamic Corrections Applied to Surface Gas Extraction

    Muirhead, D. K., Rowe, M.
    Janet Watson: The Future of Hydrocarbon Exploration, pp. 78-78
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  • Palaeogene Basaltic Tuffs in the Faroe-Shetland Basin and their Impact on the Petroleum System

    Watson, D., Schofield, N., Jolley, D. W., Hardman, J. P. A., Archer, S., Mark, N. J., Muirhead, D. K.
    Janet Watson: The Future of Hydrocarbon Exploration
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