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Nick Schofield is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. The primary focus of their work lies in geophysics, geology, mechanics of materials, earth-surface processes, and atmospheric science.

Their research covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena

Nick Schofield has published multiple papers, among which recent notable works include:

  • "Overpressure transmission through interconnected igneous intrusions," 2020, published in AAPG Bulletin
  • "Stratigraphy of volcanic rock successions of the North Atlantic rifted margin: the offshore record of the Faroe-Shetland and Rockall basins," 2021, published in Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • "Inside the volcano: Three-dimensional magmatic architecture of a buried shield volcano," 2020, published in Geology
  • "Linking surface and subsurface volcanic stratigraphy in the Turkana Depression of the East African Rift system," 2020, published in Journal of the Geological Society
  • "Storing CO2 in buried volcanoes," 2021, published in The APPEA Journal

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Simon Holford
  • Mark Bunch
  • David W. Jolley
  • Michael S. Curtis
  • Rosalind King

Nick Schofield's work has appeared prominently in several publication venues such as:

  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • The APPEA Journal
  • Petroleum Geoscience
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Geological Society London Special Publications

Best Publications

  • Lateral magma flow in mafic sill complexes

    Craig Magee;James D. Muirhead;Alex Karvelas;Simon P. Holford

  • 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

  • Sill morphology and comparison of brittle and non-brittle emplacement mechanisms

    Nick J. Schofield;Nick J. Schofield;David J. Brown;Craig Magee;Carl T. Stevenson

  • Magma Plumbing Systems: A Geophysical Perspective

    Craig Magee;Carl T. E. Stevenson;Susanna K. Ebmeier;Derek Keir

  • The potential role of igneous intrusions on hydrocarbon migration, West of Shetland

    Rémi Rateau;Nick Schofield;Michael Smith

  • Geometry and controls on the development of igneous sill–related forced folds: A 2-D seismic reflection case study from offshore southern Australia

    Christopher A-L. Jackson;Nick Schofield;Bogdan Golenkov

  • Seismic analysis of igneous systems in sedimentary basins and their impacts on hydrocarbon prospectivity: examples from the southern Australian margin

    Simon Holford;Nick Schofield;Justin MacDonald;Ian Duddy

  • Diachronous sub-volcanic intrusion along deep-water margins: insights from the Irish Rockall Basin

    C. Magee;C. A.-L. Jackson;N. Schofield

  • Magma fingers and host rock fluidization in the emplacement of sills

    Nick Schofield;Carl Stevenson;Tim Reston

  • The influence of normal fault geometry on igneous sill emplacement and morphology

    Craig Magee;Christopher A.-L. Jackson;Nick Schofield

  • Lithological and structural controls on the emplacement and morphology of sills in sedimentary basins

    Ken Thomson;Nick Schofield

  • 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

  • Seismic interpretation of sill complexes in sedimentary basins: implications for the sub-sill imaging problem

    Christian Haug Eide;Nick Schofield;Isabelle Lecomte;Simon J. Buckley;Simon J. Buckley

  • Basin-scale architecture of deeply emplaced sill complexes : Jameson Land, East Greenland

    Christian Haug Eide;Christian Haug Eide;Nick Schofield;Dougal Alexander Jerram;John Anthony Howell

  • Implications of simple flexure theory for the formation of saucer-shaped sills

    N.R. Goulty;N. Schofield

  • Igneous intrusions in the Faroe Shetland basin and their implications for hydrocarbon exploration; new insights from well and seismic data

    N.J. Mark;N. Schofield;S. Pugliese;D. Watson

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

    Nick Schofield;Nick Schofield;David W. Jolley

  • Mobilizing salt: Magma-salt interactions

    Nicholas Schofield;Ian Alsop;John Warren;John Underhill

  • Impacts of igneous intrusions on source reservoir potential in prospective sedimentary basins along the western Australian continental margin

    SP Holford;N Schofield;Ca-L Jackson;C Magee

  • Hydrothermal vent complexes offshore Northeast Greenland: A potential role in driving the PETM

    P. Reynolds;Sverre Planke;J.M. Millett;Dougal Alexander Jerram

  • Structural signatures of igneous sheet intrusion propagation

    Craig Magee;James D. Muirhead;Nick Schofield;Richard Walker

  • An alternative emplacement model for the classic Ardnamurchan cone sheet swarm, NW Scotland, involving lateral magma supply via regional dykes

    Craig Magee;Craig Magee;Carl Stevenson;Brian O'Driscoll;Nick Schofield

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon P. Holford
Simon P. Holford University of Adelaide
David W. Jolley
David W. Jolley University of Aberdeen
Christopher A.-L. Jackson
Christopher A.-L. Jackson Imperial College London
Dougal A. Jerram
Dougal A. Jerram University of Oslo
John A. Howell
John A. Howell University of Aberdeen
John R. Underhill
John R. Underhill University of Aberdeen
Adrian J. Hartley
Adrian J. Hartley University of Aberdeen
Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo
Malcolm Hole
Malcolm Hole University of Aberdeen
Henrik Svensen
Henrik Svensen University of Oslo

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