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David W. Jolley is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and has an extensive research record in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Jolley's recent publications include:

  • "Large-scale, astronomically paced sediment input to the North Sea Basin during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum," 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Stratigraphy of volcanic rock successions of the North Atlantic rifted margin: the offshore record of the Faroe-Shetland and Rockall basins," 2021, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • "Stratigraphic and spatial distribution of palynomorphs in deep-water turbidites: A meta-data study from the UK central North Sea paleogene," 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "The Rosebank Field, NE Atlantic: Volcanic characterisation of an inter-lava hydrocarbon discovery," 2021, Basin Research
  • "Linking surface and subsurface volcanic stratigraphy in the Turkana Depression of the East African Rift system," 2020, Journal of the Geological Society

Frequent collaborators in Jolley's research include:

  • Malcolm J. Hole (13 joint works)
  • John Millett (12 joint works)
  • Nick Schofield (10 joint works)
  • David Muirhead (9 joint works)
  • Manuel Vieira (8 joint works)

Jolley has contributed multiple articles to prominent scientific journals. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the Geological Society (11 publications)
  • Petroleum Geoscience (5 publications)
  • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (4 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)
  • Cretaceous Research (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Paleobotanical evidence for near present-day levels of atmospheric Co2 during part of the tertiary.

    Dana L. Royer;Scott L. Wing;David J. Beerling;David W. Jolley

  • Regional magma plumbing and emplacement mechanisms of the Faroe-Shetland Sill Complex: implications for magma transport and petroleum systems within sedimentary basins

    Nick Schofield;Simon Holford;John Millett;David Brown

  • Seismic volcanostratigraphy of the western Indian rifted margin: The pre‐Deccan igneous province

    Gérôme Calvès;Gérôme Calvès;Gérôme Calvès;Anne M. Schwab;Mads Huuse;Peter D. Clift

  • A revised lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Palaeogene Faroe Islands Basalt Group, NE Atlantic Ocean

    Simon R. Passey;David William Jolley

  • Palaeogene magmatism in the Faeroe–Shetland Basin: influences on uplift history and sedimentation

    P. H. Naylor;B. R. Bell;D. W. Jolley;P. Durnall

  • Seismic imaging of ‘broken bridges’: linking seismic to outcrop-scale investigations of intrusive magma lobes

    Nick Schofield;Nick Schofield;Lucy Heaton;Simon P. Holford;Stuart G. Archer

  • The evolution of the North Atlantic Igneous Province and the opening of the NE Atlantic rift

    David W. Jolley;Brian R. Bell

  • Emeishan Basalts, SW China: reappraisal of the formation’s type area stratigraphy and a discussion of its significance as a large igneous province

    Gary M. Thompson;Jason R. Ali;Xieyan Song;David W. Jolley

  • The stratigraphy, environment of eruption and age of the Faroes Lava Group, NE Atlantic Ocean

    D. Ellis;Brian R. Bell;David William Jolley;Michelle O'Callaghan

  • A revision of the lithostratigraphical classification of the early Palaeogene strata of the London Basin and East Anglia

    R.A. Ellison;R.W.O’B. Knox;D.W. Jolley;C. King

  • Coastal ecosystem responses to late stage Deccan Trap volcanism: the post K–T boundary (Danian) palynofacies of Mumbai (Bombay), west India

    J.A. Cripps;M. Widdowson;R.A. Spicer;D.W. Jolley

  • Palaeosurface palynofloras of the Skye lava field and the age of the British Tertiary volcanic province

    David W. Jolley

  • The North Atlantic Igneous Province: Stratigraphy, Tectonic, Volcanic and Magmatic Processes

    D. W. Jolley;B. R. Bell

  • Development of intra-basaltic lava-field drainage systems within the Faroe–Shetland Basin

    Nick Schofield;Nick Schofield;David W. Jolley

  • Paleogene time scale miscalibration:Evidence from the dating of the North Atlantic igneous province

    David W. Jolley;Benjamin Clarke;Simon Kelley

  • Two large meteorite impacts at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

    David Jolley;Iain Gilmour;Eugene Gurov;Simon Kelley

  • Fossil plants record an atmospheric 12CO2 and temperature spike across the Palaeocene-Eocene transition in NW Europe

    D. J. Beerling;D. W. Jolley

  • The geology of offshore drilling through basalt sequences: Understanding operational complications to improve efficiency

    J.M. Millett;A.D. Wilkins;E. Campbell;M.J. Hole

  • Large-scale, astronomically paced sediment input to the North Sea Basin during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum

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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

    J. M. Millett;M. J. Hole;D. W. Jolley;N. Schofield

  • Middle Jurassic vegetation dynamics from allochthonous palynological assemblages: An example from a marginal marine depositional setting; Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

    Stephen Stukins;Stephen Stukins;David W. Jolley;Duncan McIlroy;Adrian J. Hartley

  • 3D seismic imaging of the shallow plumbing system beneath the Ben Nevis Monogenetic Volcanic Field : Faroe-Shetland Basin

    Charlotte E. McLean;Nick Schofield;David J. Brown;David W. Jolley

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm Hole
Malcolm Hole University of Aberdeen
Adrian J. Hartley
Adrian J. Hartley University of Aberdeen
Nick Schofield
Nick Schofield University of Aberdeen
Simon P. Kelley
Simon P. Kelley University of Leeds
David B. Kemp
David B. Kemp China University of Geosciences
Simon P. Holford
Simon P. Holford University of Adelaide
John R. Underhill
John R. Underhill University of Aberdeen
Robert A. Spicer
Robert A. Spicer The Open University
Dougal A. Jerram
Dougal A. Jerram University of Oslo
Mike Widdowson
Mike Widdowson University of Hull

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