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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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  • Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy

    O'Donnell, A., Muirhead, D., Brasier, A., Capezzuoli, E.
    Astrobiology, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 163-176
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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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  • The stable isotope (C, O, S) record of Paleoproterozoic marbles, Scotland

    Parnell, J., Boyce, A. J., Armstrong, J. G., Schito, A., Muirhead, D.
    Scottish Journal of Geology, vol. 59, no. 1-2, sjg2023-009
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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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  • The Role of Organic Carbon in the Southern Uplands-Down-Longford Terrane Accretionary Prism, Scotland and Ireland

    Parnell, J., Armstrong, J., Blamey, N., Boyce, A. J., Schito, A., Muirhead, D.
    Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 29, no. 3
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  • Towards a kerogen-to-graphite kinetic model by means of Raman spectroscopy  

    Schito, A., Muirhead, D., Parnell, J.
    Earth Science Reviews, vol. 237, 104292
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  • Timing and causes of forest fire at the K-Pg boundary

    Santa Catharina, A., Kneller, B., Marques, J. C., Mcarthur, A. D., Cevallos-Ferriz, S. R., Theurer, T., Kane, I. A., Muirhead, D.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 13006
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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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  • Raman spectroscopy in thrust-stacked carbonates: an investigation of spectral parameters with implications for temperature calculations in strained samples

    Kedar, L. E., Bond, C., Muirhead, D.
    Solid earth, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1495–1511
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  • Assessing Modern Calluna Heathland Fire Temperatures using Raman Spectroscopy: Implications for Past Regimes and Geothermometry

    Theurer, T., Naszarkowski, N., Muirhead, D., Jolley, D., Mauquoy, D.
    Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 10, 827933
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