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Professor Malcolm Hole

Professor Malcolm Hole
Professor Malcolm Hole
Professor Malcolm Hole

BSc, MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Personal Chair

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Email Address
m.j.hole@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273434
School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Internal Memberships

  • Head of Discipline Geology & Geophysics
  • Convenor Staff-Student Liaison Committe
  • Undergraduate Programme Coordiantor, Geology-Petroleum Geology
Research

Research Overview

  • Mineralogy
  • Alkaline Volcanism
  • Volcanology
  • Volcanic Stratigraphy
  • Geology of Scotland

Current Research

Stratigraphy and volcanology of Large Igneous Provinces.

  • Faeroe Islands stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments.
  • Magmatism associated with Gondwana fragmentation
  • 3-D architecture of basaltic lava fields
  • Subsurface geophysical expressions of lava fields

Mantle Melting and peridotite-pyroxenite sources of magmas

  • Phase equilibria of peridotite melting
  • Phase equlibira of pyroxenite melting
  • Fingerprinting pyroxenite and peridotite-sourced magmas
Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Undergraduate Programme Coordinator.

Course coordinator

  • GL1005 Earth Through Geological Time
  • GL1505 Earth's Materials
  • GL3030 Volcanology
  • GO4001 Geoscience Project A
  • GO4002 Laboratory Data Acquisition & Analysis
  • GO4501 Geoscience Project B
  • GL3508 Dissertation

Course Tutor

  • GL2510 Field & Mapping Techniques
  • GL3520 Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
  • GL4033 Planetary Geology
  • GL4023 Geological Mapping Project
  • GL5561 Earth & Planetary Surface & Internal Processes
Publications

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  • Disentangling the multi-phase alteration of fossil charcoals: A cautionary tale from the Isle of Mull, Scotland

    Theurer, T., Jolley, D., Muirhead, D., Mauquoy, D., Hole, M.
    Global and Planetary Change, vol. 254, 104990
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  • Basaltic fissure eruptions of the Mull Lava Field, British Paleogene Igneous Province

    Pugsley, J. H., Hole, M. J., Jolley, D. W., Millett, J. M., Howell, J. A., Hartley, A., Quirie, A. K., Westland, J., Famelli, N.
    Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 182, no. 5, jgs2024-239
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  • Understanding the petrophysical properties, seismic responses and impacts of the basalt-sediment transition in prospective sedimentary basins

    Famelli, N., Millett, J., Hole, M., Jerram, D. A., de Oliveira, L. C., Lima, E. F., Carmo, I. d. O., Planke, S., Pugsley, J. H., Chmielewska, M., Howell, J. A., Jolley, D. W.
    Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 148, 105113
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  • High-precision UPb zircon dating of explosive volcanism in an early bi-modal volcano-sedimentary sequence from the Isle of Mull, North Atlantic Igneous Province

    Millett, J., Jolley, D., Hole, M., Augland, L., Pugsley, J. H., McLeod, G., Planke, S.
    Lithos, vol. 482–483, 107729
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  • Lava flow-hosted reservoirs: a review

    Millett, J. M., Rossetti, L., Bischoff, A., Rossetti, M., Rosenqvist, M. P., Avseth, P., Hole, M. J., Pierdominici, S., Healy, D., Jerram, D. A., Planke, S.
    The Impacts of Igneous Systems on Sedimentary Basins and their Energy Resources. The Geological Society, pp. 357-387, 31 pages
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  • Integrated photogrammetry, lava geochemistry and palynological re-evaluation of the early evolution of the topographically constrained Mull lava field, Scotland

    Jolley, D., Millett, J., Hole, M., Pugsley, J.
    Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , vol. 114, no. 3-4, pp. 193 - 217
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  • Fractional crystallization of garnet in alkali basalts at >1.8 GPa and implications for geochemical diversity of Large Igneous Provinces

    Hole, M., Pugsley, J., Jolley, D., Millett, J.
    Lithos, vol. 460-461, 107397
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  • Slab window related magmatism as a probe for pyroxenite heterogeneities in the upper mantle

    Hole, M., Gibson, S., Morris, M.
    Geology, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 268-272
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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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  • Constraints on the formation of basaltic magmas. Comment on “Lithosphere thickness controls the extent of mantle melting, depth of melt extraction and basalt compositions in all tectonic settings on Earth – a review and new perspectives” – by Niu Y.

    Lustrino, M., Foulger, G., Hole, M., Natland, J. H.
    Earth Science Reviews, vol. 226, 103942
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  • The Rosebank Field, NE Atlantic: Volcanic characterisation of an inter-lava hydrocarbon discovery

    Millett, J. M., Jerram, D. A., Manton, B., Planke, S., Ablard, P., Wallis, D., Hole, M. J., Brandsen, H., Jolley, D. W., Dennehy, C.
    Basin Research, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 2883-2913
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  • Magmatic evolution of Low-Ti lavas in the southern Paraná-Etendeka Large Igneous Province

    Rossetti, L. M., Hole, M. J., de Lima, E. F., Simões, M. S., Millett, J. M., Rossetti, M. M.
    Lithos, vol. 400-401, 106359
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  • Characterizing the nature and importance of lava-sediment interactions with the aid of field outcrop analogues

    Famelli, N., Millett, J. M., Hole, M. J., Lima, E. F., Carmo, I. d. O., Jerram, D. A., Jolley, D. W., Pugsley, J. H., Howell, J. A.
    Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 108, 103108
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  • Stratigraphy of volcanic rock successions of the North Atlantic Rifted Margin: the offshore record of the Faroe Shetland and Rockall Basins

    Jolley, D., Millett, J., Nick, S., Broadley, L., Hole, M.
    Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. 112, no. 2, pp. 61-88
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  • Antarctic Peninsula: Volcanology

    Smellie, J. L., Hole, M. J.
    Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-Up. Smellie, J. L., Panter, K. S., Geyer, A. (eds.). 1 edition. Geological Society of London, pp. 305-325, 20 pages
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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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  • Chapter 4.1b Antarctic Peninsula: petrology

    Hole, M. J.
    Geological Society Memoir, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 327-343
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  • Development of inter-lava drainage systems in LIPs: The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province (U.S.A.) as a case study

    Ebinghaus, A., Taylor, R. A., Barker, A. R., Hartley, A., Jolley, D., Hole, M.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 90, no. 10, pp. 1346-1369
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  • The 3D Facies Architecture and Petrophysical Properties of Hyaloclastite Delta Deposits: An Integrated Photogrammetry and Petrophysical Study from southern Iceland

    Greenfield, L., Millett, J., Howell, J., Jerram, D. A., Watton, T., Healy, D., Hole, M. J., Planke, S.
    Basin Research, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 1081-1104
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  • Transient mantle cooling linked to regional volcanic shut-down and early rifting in the North Atlantic Igneous Province

    Millett, J., Hole, M., Jolley, D., Passey, S. R., Rossetti, L. M.
    Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 82, 61
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  • Magmatism in the North Atlantic Igneous Province; mantle temperatures, rifting and geodynamics

    Hole, M. J., Natland, J. H.
    Earth Science Reviews, vol. 206, 102794
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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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  • The Iceland Microcontinent and a continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge

    Foulger, G., Doré, T., Emeleus, C. H., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Hey, R., Holdsworth, R. E., Hole, M., Höskuldsson, ?., Bruce Julian, B. J., Kusznir, N., Martinez, F., McCaffrey, K. J., Natland, J. H., Peace, A., Petersen, K. D., Schiffer, C., Stephenson, R., Stoker, M.
    Earth Science Reviews, vol. 206, 102926
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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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  • Multi-chronometer dating of the Souter Head complex: Rapid exhumation terminates the Grampian Event of the Caledonian Orogeny

    Mark, D. F., Rice, C. M., Hole, M., Condon, D.
    Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. 111, no. 2, pp. 95-108
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  • Combining thermal imaging with photogrammetry of an active volcano using UAV: an example from Stromboli, Italy

    Wakeford, Z. E., Chmielewska, M., Hole, M. J., Howell, J. A., Jerram, D. A.
    Photogrammetric Record, vol. 34, no. 168, pp. 445-466
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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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  • Evaluating petrophysical properties of volcano-sedimentary sequences: A case study in the Paraná-Etendeka Large Igneous Province

    Rossetti, L. M., Healy, D., Hole, M. J., Millett, J. M., de Lima, E. F., Jerram, D. A., Rossetti, M. M.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 102, pp. 638-656
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  • Miocene-Recent post-subduction alkaline magmatism along the Antarctic Peninsula II. Petrology

    Hole, M. J.
    Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-Up. Geological Society of London
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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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  • Lithostratigraphy and volcanology of the Serra Geral Group, Paraná-Etendeka Igneous Province in Southern Brazil: Towards a formal stratigraphical framework

    Rossetti, L., Lima, E., Waichel, B., Hole, M. J., Simoes, M., Scherer, C. M. S.
    Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 355, pp. 98-114
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  • Mineralogical and geochemical evidence for polybaric fractional crystallization of continental flood basalts and implications for identification of peridotite and pyroxenite source lithologies

    Hole, M. J.
    Earth Science Reviews, vol. 176, pp. 51-67
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  • Geochemical stratigraphy and correlation within Large Igneous Provinces: the final preserved stages of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group

    Millett, J., Hole, M. J., Jolley, D. W., Passey, S. R.
    Lithos, vol. 286-287, pp. 1-15
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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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  • The geology of offshore drilling through basalt sequences: Understanding operational complications to improve efficiency

    Millett, J. M., Wilkins, A. D., Campbell, E., Hole, M. J., Taylor, R. A., Healy, D., Jerram, D. A., Jolley, D. W., Planke, S., Archer, S. G., Blischke, A.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 77, pp. 1177-1192
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  • Frontier exploration and the North Atlantic Igneous Province: new insights from a 2.6 km offshore volcanic sequence in the NE Faroe–Shetland Basin

    Millett, J., Hole, M. J., Jolley, D. W., Schofield, N., Campbell, E.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 173, no. 2, pp. 320-336
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  • Controls of mantle potential temperature and lithospheric thickness on magmatism in the North Atlantic Igneous Province.

    Hole, M. J., Millett, J.
    Journal of Petrology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 417-436
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  • Gondwana break-up related magmatism in the Falkland Islands

    Hole, M. J., Ellam, R. M., MacDonald, D. I. M., Kelley, S. P.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 173, no. 1, pp. 108-126
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  • Evidence for microbial activity in British and Irish Ordovician pillow lavas

    Parnell, J., Hole, M., Boyce, A. J.
    Geological Journal, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 497-508
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  • The generation of continental flood basalts by decompression melting of internally heated mantle

    Hole, M. J.
    Geology, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 311-314
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  • Rifting and Mafic Magmatism in the Hebridean Basins

    Hole, M. J., Millett, J., Rogers, N. W., Jolley, D. W.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 172, no. 2, pp. 218-236
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  • Lava–Sediment Interaction and Drainage-System Development In A Large Igneous Province: Columbia River Flood Basalt Province, Washington State, U.S.A

    Ebinghaus, A., Hartley, A. J., Jolley, D. W., Hole, M. J., Millett, J.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 84, no. 11, pp. 1041-1063
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  • Carbon dioxide drawdown by Devonian lavas

    Parnell, J., Macleod, K., Hole, M. J.
    Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , vol. 105, no. 1, pp. 1-8
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  • A fresh approach to ditch cutting analysis as an aid to exploration in areas affected by large igneous province (LIP) volcanism

    Millett, J., Hole, M. J., Jolley, D. W.
    Special Publication - Geological Society of London, vol. 397, pp. 193-207
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  • Reconstruction of drainage evolution in a Large Igneous Province: Intra-basaltic sedimentation in the Columbia River Basalt Province, Washington State, USA

    Ebinghaus, A., Hartley, A. J., Jolley, D. W., Hole, M. J., Millett, J.
    10th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology
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  • The development of fluvial environments within volcanic terrains: the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Province (Washington State, USA) as a case study

    Ebinghaus, A., Hartley, A. J., Jolley, D. W., Millett, J., Hole, M. J.
    10th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology
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  • Lava-sediment interactions in an Old Red Sandstone basin, NE Scotland

    Hole, M., Jolley, D., Hartley, A., Leleu, S., John, N., Ball, M.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 170, no. 4, pp. 641-655
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  • Miocene vegetation in the Columbia River Basalt Province, Washington State, USA

    Ebinghaus, A., Jolley, D. W., Hartley, A. J., Hole, M. J., Millett, J.
    Volcanism, Impacts and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects
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  • The habitability of vesicles in martian basalt

    McMahon, S., Parnell, J., Ponicka, J., Hole, M. J., Boyce, A.
    Astronomy & Geophysics, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 1.17-1.21
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  • Geochemical stratigraphy and correlation within the Faroe Islands Basalt Group: Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Mantle Sources during Continental Rupture

    Millett, J., Hole, M. J., Jolley, D. W., Passey, S. R.
    Goldschmidt Conference, pp. 1762-1762
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