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Peter D. W. Haughton

Peter D. W. Haughton

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
4475
World Ranking
7961
National Ranking
17

Overview

Peter D. W. Haughton is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields, including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, and Geophysics.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their research contributions:

  • High-resolution X-ray fluorescence profiling of hybrid event beds: Implications for sediment gravity flow behaviour and deposit structure (2020), published in Sedimentology
  • Mud-forced turbulence dampening facilitates rapid burial and enhanced preservation of terrestrial organic matter in deep-sea environments (2021), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • From rifting to hyperextension: Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous tectono-stratigraphy of the Porcupine Basin, Irish Atlantic Margin (2020), published in Basin Research
  • Hybrid event beds (HEBs) and the 'greywacke problem' revisited (2022), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Evolution of a Fault-Controlled, Deep-Water Sub-Basin, Tabernas, SE Spain (2021), published in Frontiers in Earth Science

Their work has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Geoenergy
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Sedimentology
  • Basin Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Patrick M. Shannon
  • Arif Hussain
  • Colm Pierce
  • Aggeliki Georgiopoulou
  • Arnau Obradors-Latre

Best Publications

  • Hybrid sediment gravity flow deposits – Classification, origin and significance

    Peter Haughton;Christopher Davis;William McCaffrey;Simon Barker

  • "Linked" debrites in sand-rich turbidite systems - origin and significance

    Peter D. W. Haughton;Simon P. Barker;William D. McCaffrey

  • Developments in Sedimentary Provenance Studies

    A. C. Morton;S. P. Todd;P. D. W. Haughton

  • Sedimentary provenance studies

    P. D. W. Haughton;S. P. Todd;A. C. Morton

  • Evolving turbidite systems on a deforming basin floor, Tabernas, SE Spain

    Peter D. W. Haughton

  • Deposits of deflected and ponded turbidity currents, Sorbas Basin, Southeast Spain

    Peter D. W. Haughton

  • The Petroleum Exploration of Ireland's Offshore Basins

    P. M. Shannon;P. D. W. Haughton;D. V. Corcoran

  • The Use of the Common Pb Isotope Composition of Detrital K-Feldspar Grains as a Provenance Tool and Its Application to Upper Carboniferous Paleodrainage, Northern England

    S. Tyrrell;P.D.W. Haughton;J.S. Daly;Thomas Kokfelt

  • Coupling between suspended sediment distribution and turbulence structure in a laboratory turbidity current

    Jaco H. Baas;William D. McCaffrey;Peter D. W. Haughton;Caroline Choux

  • Character and distribution of hybrid sediment gravity flow deposits from the outer Forties Fan, Palaeocene Central North Sea, UKCS

    Christopher Davis;Peter Haughton;William McCaffrey;Erik Scott

  • Hybrid event bed character and distribution linked to turbidite system sub-environments: The North Apennine Gottero Sandstone (north-west Italy)

    Marco Fonnesu;Marco Fonnesu;Fabrizio Felletti;Peter D. W. Haughton;Marco Patacci

  • Variable character and diverse origin of hybrid event beds in a sandy submarine fan system, Pennsylvanian Ross Sandstone Formation, western Ireland

    Colm S. Pierce;Colm S. Pierce;Peter D. W. Haughton;Patrick M. Shannon;Andy J. Pulham

  • Development of rheological heterogeneity in clay-rich high-density turbidity currents: Aptian Britannia Sandstone Member, U.K. continental shelf

    Simon P. Barker;Peter D.W. Haughton;William D. McCaffrey;Stuart G. Archer

  • Rheological Complexity In Sediment Gravity Flows Forced To Decelerate Against A Confining Slope, Braux, SE France

    Marco Patacci;Marco Patacci;Peter D. W. Haughton;William D. McCaffrey

  • Drainage reorganization during breakup of Pangea revealed by in-situ Pb isotopic analysis of detrital K-feldspar

    S. Tyrrell;P.D.W. Haughton;J.S. Daly

  • Short length-scale variability of hybrid event beds and its applied significance

    Marco Fonnesu;Peter Haughton;Fabrizio Felletti;William McCaffrey

  • Impact of syndepositional faulting on gravity current behaviour and deep-water stratigraphy: Tabernas-Sorbas Basin, SE Spain

    David M. Hodgson;Peter D. W. Haughton

  • Spatio-temporal evolution of velocity structure, concentration and grain-size stratification within experimental particulate gravity currents

    W.D McCaffrey;C.M Choux;J.H Baas;P.D.W Haughton

  • A cryptic Caledonian flysch terrane in Scotland

    P. D. W. Haughton

  • Hybrid Event Beds Generated By Local Substrate Delamination On A Confined-Basin Floor

    Marco Fonnesu;Marco Patacci;Peter D.W. Haughton;Fabrizio Felletti

  • Flow Behavior of Ponded Turbidity Currents

    Marco Patacci;Marco Patacci;Peter D.W. Haughton;William D. Mccaffrey

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick M. Shannon
Patrick M. Shannon University College Dublin
William D. McCaffrey
William D. McCaffrey University of Leeds
Jaco H. Baas
Jaco H. Baas Bangor University
Ole J. Martinsen
Ole J. Martinsen Equinor (Norway)
Robert W. H. Butler
Robert W. H. Butler University of Aberdeen
Andrew C. Morton
Andrew C. Morton University of Cambridge
J. Stephen Daly
J. Stephen Daly University College Dublin
Sebastian Krastel
Sebastian Krastel Kiel University
Alan G. Jones
Alan G. Jones Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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