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Nigel P. Mountney is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics explored in Mountney's work include:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Mountney has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed publications, frequently appearing in key journals such as:

  • Sedimentology
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Precambrian Research
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Among Mountney's recent scholarly articles are:

  • Sedimentology of a distributive fluvial system: The Serra da Galga Formation, a new lithostratigraphic unit (Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Basin, Brazil), 2020, Geological Journal
  • Landscape and depositional controls on palaeosols of a distributive fluvial system (Upper Cretaceous, Brazil), 2020, Sedimentary Geology
  • Anatomy and facies distribution of terminal lobes in ephemeral fluvial successions: Jurassic Tordillo Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina, 2020, Sedimentology
  • Influence of fluvial crevasse-splay deposits on sandbody connectivity: Lessons from geological analogues and stochastic modelling, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Microbial influence on the accumulation of Precambrian aeolian deposits (Neoproterozoic, Venkatpur Sandstone Formation, Southern India), 2020, Precambrian Research

Frequent collaborators in Mountney's research include:

  • Luca Colombera
  • Grace I.E. Cosgrove
  • Giorgio Basílici
  • Na Yan
  • Marcus Vinícius Theodoro Soares

Best Publications

  • Facies and architectural element analysis of a meandering fluvial succession: The Permian Warchha Sandstone, Salt Range, Pakistan

    Shahid Ghazi;Shahid Ghazi;Nigel P. Mountney

  • Eolian Facies Models

    Nigel P. Mountney

  • Stratigraphic evolution and preservation of aeolian dune and damp/wet interdune strata: an example from the Triassic Helsby Sandstone Formation, Cheshire Basin, UK

    Nigel P. Mountney;David B. Thompson

  • Spatial and temporal evolution of a terminal fluvial fan system: the Permian Organ Rock Formation, South‐east Utah, USA

    Stephen A. Cain;Nigel P. Mountney

  • Stratigraphic evolution of an aeolian erg margin system: the Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, SE Utah, USA

    Nigel P. Mountney;Alison Jagger

  • Internal stratigraphic relationships in the Etendeka group in the Huab Basin, NW Namibia: understanding the onset of flood volcanism

    Dougal Jerram;Nigel Mountney;Frank Holzförster;Harald Stollhofen

  • A classification scheme for fluvial–aeolian system interaction in desert-margin settings

    Mohammed A. Al-Masrahy;Nigel P. Mountney

  • Periodic accumulation and destruction of aeolian erg sequences in the Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, White Canyon, southern Utah, USA

    Nigel P. Mountney

  • Anatomy and dimensions of fluvial crevasse-splay deposits: Examples from the Cretaceous Castlegate Sandstone and Neslen Formation, Utah, U.S.A.

    C.E. Burns;N.P. Mountney;D.M. Hodgson;L. Colombera

  • Frontal and lateral submarine lobe fringes: Comparing sedimentary facies, architecture and flow processes

    Yvonne T. Spychala;David M. Hodgson;Amandine Prélat;Ian A. Kane

  • Architectural analysis of a volcaniclastic jökulhlaup deposit, southern Iceland: sedimentary evidence for supercritical flow

    Robert A. Duller;Robert A. Duller;Nigel P. Mountney;Andrew J. Russell;Nigel C. Cassidy

  • Death of a sand sea: an active aeolian erg systematically buried by the Etendeka flood basalts of NW Namibia

    D. A. Jerram;N. P. Mountney;J. A. Howell;D. Long

  • Archean to Recent aeolian sand systems and their sedimentary record: Current understanding and future prospects

    Juan Pedro Rodríguez‐López;Lars B. Clemmensen;Nick Lancaster;Nigel P. Mountney

  • A quantitative approach to fluvial facies models: Methods and example results

    Luca Colombera;Nigel P. Mountney;William D. McCaffrey

  • Climatic cyclicity and accommodation space in arid to semi-arid depositional systems: an example from the Rotliegend Group of the UK southern North Sea

    John Howell;Nigel Mountney

  • Aeolian architecture, bedform climbing and preservation space in the Cretaceous Etjo Formation, NW Namibia

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  • Sedimentology of cold-climate aeolian sandsheet deposits in the Askja region of northeast Iceland

    Nigel P. Mountney;Andrew J. Russell

  • A stratigraphic model to account for complexity in aeolian dune and interdune successions

    Nigel P. Mountney

  • Outcrop architecture of a fluvio-lacustrine succession: Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China

    Junfeng Zhao;Junfeng Zhao;Nigel P. Mountney;Chiyang Liu;Hongjun Qu

  • Aeolian dune-field development in a water table-controlled system: Skeiđarársandur, Southern Iceland

    Nigel P. Mountney;Andrew J. Russell

  • Constraining the sedimentology and stratigraphy of submarine intraslope lobe deposits using exhumed examples from the Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Yvonne T. Spychala;David Mark Hodgson;Stephen Flint;Nigel Mountney

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. McCaffrey
William D. McCaffrey University of Leeds
David M. Hodgson
David M. Hodgson University of Leeds
John A. Howell
John A. Howell University of Aberdeen
Andrew J. Russell
Andrew J. Russell Newcastle University
Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Stephen S. Flint
Stephen S. Flint University of Manchester
Dougal A. Jerram
Dougal A. Jerram University of Oslo
Richard E. Ll. Collier
Richard E. Ll. Collier University of Leeds
Graham K. Westbrook
Graham K. Westbrook University of Birmingham
Petteri Alho
Petteri Alho University of Turku

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