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Overview

Ian B. Butler is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on geophysical and environmental phenomena.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these areas, their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Geophysics
  • Paleontology
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering

They have contributed extensively to research topics such as:

  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Their recent scientific papers reflect a focus on hydrogen storage, porous media, and rock mechanics. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Geological Hydrogen Storage: Geochemical Reactivity of Hydrogen with Sandstone Reservoirs" (2022) published in ACS Energy Letters
  • "Estimating microbial growth and hydrogen consumption in hydrogen storage in porous media" (2021) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Pore-scale imaging of hydrogen displacement and trapping in porous media" (2022) published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Catastrophic Failure: How and When? Insights From 4-D In Situ X-ray Microtomography" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Seismic events miss important kinematically governed grain scale mechanisms during shear failure of porous rock" (2022) published in Nature Communications

The frequent coauthors associated with this scientist are:

  • Florian Fußeis
  • Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband
  • Eike Marie Thaysen
  • Katriona Edlmann
  • Damien Freitas

Publication venues where they have been frequently published include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Chemical Geology
  • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

Best Publications

  • Framboidal pyrite formation via the oxidation of iron (II) monosulfide by hydrogen sulphide

    Ian B. Butler;David Rickard

  • Removal of dissolved oxygen from water: A comparison of four common techniques.

    Ian.B. Butler;Martin A.A. Schoonen;David T. Rickard

  • Geological Hydrogen Storage: Geochemical Reactivity of Hydrogen with Sandstone Reservoirs

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  • Experimental study of the copper isotope fractionation between aqueous Cu(II) and covellite, CuS

    S. Ehrlich;I. Butler;L. Halicz;David Terence Rickard

  • Estimating microbial growth and hydrogen consumption in hydrogen storage in porous media

    Eike M. Thaysen;Sean McMahon;Gion J. Strobel;Ian B. Butler

  • Fe isotope fractionation on FeS formation in ambient aqueous solution

    Ian B. Butler;Corey Archer;Derek Vance;Anthony Oldroyd

  • Extremely high solubility of rutile in chloride and fluoride-bearing metamorphic fluids: An experimental investigation

    J.F. Rapp;Stephan Klemme;Stephan Klemme;Ian Butler;Simon Harley

  • Droplet fragmentation: 3D imaging of a previously unidentified pore-scale process during multiphase flow in porous media

    Tannaz Pak;Ian B. Butler;Sebastian Geiger;Marinus I. J. van Dijke

  • Sulfur isotope partitioning during experimental formation of pyrite via the polysulfide and hydrogen sulfide pathways: implications for the interpretation of sedimentary and hydrothermal pyrite isotope records

    Ian B. Butler;Michael E. Bottcher;David Terence Rickard;Anthony Oldroyd

  • Trace element distributions in the chalcopyrite wall of a black smoker chimney: insights from laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

    I.B Butler;R.W Nesbitt

  • Abiotic pyrite formation produces a large Fe isotope fractionation

    Romain Guilbaud;Ian B. Butler;Rob M. Ellam

  • Surface areas and porosities of iron(III)- and iron(II)-derived oxyhydroxides.

    Stuart A. Crosby;Douglas R. Glasson;Alan H. Cuttler;Ian. Butler

  • Fossil plants from the Eocene London Clay: the use of pyrite textures to determine the mechanism of pyritization

    Stephen T. Grimes;Stephen T. Grimes;Kevin L. Davies;Ian B. Butler;Fiona Brock

  • A novel iron sulphide mineral switch and its implications for Earth and planetary science

    David Terence Rickard;Ian Brett Butler;Anthony Oldroyd

  • The composition of nanoparticulate mackinawite, tetragonal iron(II) monosulfide

    David Terence Rickard;A. Griffith;Anthony Oldroyd;Ian B. Butler;Ian B. Butler

  • Pore-scale imaging of hydrogen displacement and trapping in porous media

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  • UV Laser Ablation ICP-MS: Some Applications in the Earth Sciences

    Robert W. Nesbitt;Takafumi Hirata;Ian B. Butler;James A. Milton

  • The origin of Earth’s first continents and the onset of plate tectonics

    Alan R. Hastie;J. Godfrey Fitton;Geoffrey D. Bromiley;Ian B. Butler

  • Inhibition of sporosarcina pasteurii under anoxic conditions: Implications for subsurface carbonate precipitation and remediation via ureolysis

    Derek Martin;Kevin Dodds;Bryne T. Ngwenya;Ian B. Butler

  • Microbioirrigation of marine sediments in dysoxic environments: Implications for early sediment fabric formation and diagenetic processes

    Jennifer Pike;Joan M. Bernhard;Steven Moreton;Ian Brett Butler

  • Seismic events miss important kinematically governed grain scale mechanisms during shear failure of porous rock

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  • Precious metal enrichment in the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence from homogenized magmatic sulfide melt inclusions

    D. A. Holwell;Iain McDonald;I. B. Butler

  • Fe isotope exchange between Fe(II)(aq) and nanoparticulate mackinawite (FeSm) during nanoparticle growth

    R. Guilbaud;Ian B. Butler;R. M. Ellam;David Terence Rickard

  • New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Alexander Averianov;Alexander Averianov;Hans-Dieter Sues;Amy Muir

  • Experimental determination of the equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation between Feaq2+ and FeSm (mackinawite) at 25 and 2 °C

    Romain Guilbaud;Ian B. Butler;Rob M. Ellam;David Terence Rickard

Frequent Co-Authors

David Rickard
David Rickard Cardiff University
Stephen L. Brusatte
Stephen L. Brusatte University of Edinburgh
Sebastian Geiger
Sebastian Geiger Heriot-Watt University
Ian Main
Ian Main University of Edinburgh
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Simon L. Harley
Simon L. Harley University of Edinburgh
Rob M. Ellam
Rob M. Ellam Tianjin University
Andrew Curtis
Andrew Curtis University of Edinburgh
Derek Vance
Derek Vance ETH Zurich
Kenneth Stuart Sorbie
Kenneth Stuart Sorbie Heriot-Watt University

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