Dr Nick Schofield

 

Lecturer in Geology (Basin Analysis)

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6152

Email n.schofield@bham.ac.uk

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

Dr Schofield specializes in the seismic and field interpretation of intrusive and extrusive sequences in volcanic terranes and their interaction with hydrocarbon systems.

The combination of seismic and field studies has allowed him to make key links between seismic and sub-seismic scale issues, in particular dealing with aspects of igneous compartmentalization in a basin setting. For the last couple of years he has been working on drainage system development within intra-basaltic sequences in the Faroe-Shetland Basin, UK, to understand sediment routing in such intervals.

Due to his expertise in sedimentary basins that are effected by volcanism, he is a member of the VMRC (Volcanic Margins Research Consortium) which provides the petroleum industry with training and research expertise in volcanology, sedimentology and structural geology of volcanic margins.

Qualifications

  • BSc in Geology, University of Edinburgh
  • PhD in Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham

Biography

Dr Schofield is originally from Lincolnshire. He did his undergraduate degree in Geology at The University of Edinburgh, before coming to Birmingham to undertake a PhD supervised by the late Dr. Ken Thomson, Dr. Carl Stevenson, Prof. Donny Hutton, Prof. Tim Reston and Prof. Graham Westbrook.

After a stint as a post-doc at the University of Aberdeen working with Professor David Jolley on intra-basaltic sedimentation in the North Atlantic, he returned to Birmingham in January 2012 to take up a Lectureship.

Research

  1. 3D Seismic Interpreation & Hydrocarbon Exploration in Volcanic Continental Margins
  2. Intra-Basaltic Drainage systems
  3. Magmatic Systems in Sedimentary Basins
  4. Igneous Compartmentalization of Hydrocarbon Systems
  5. Magma Emplacement

Other activities

Member of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies group committee

Publications

Magee, C., Jackson., C., Schofield, N., (in press) The influence of normal fault geometry on igneous sill emplacment and morhplogy, Geology

Rateau, R., Schofield, N., Smith, M., (in review, Petroleum Geoscience)  The potential role of igneous intrusions on hydrocarbon migration, West of Shetland,

Magee C., Stevenson, C., B. O'Driscoll, Schofield, N., Mcdermott. K, (2012) An alternative emplacement model for the classic Ardnamurchan cone sheet swarm, NW Scotland, involving lateral magma supply via regional dykes,  Journal of Structural Geology 

Holford, S.P., Schofield, N., Macdonald, J.D., Duddy, I.R. & Green, P.F. 2012. Seismic analysis of igneous systems in sedimentary basins and their impacts on hydrocarbon prospectivity: examples from the southern Australian margin. The APPEA Journal, 52.52. (Awarded best paper 2012 by Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association)

Schofield, N., Heaton, L., Holford, S., Archer., S., Jackson., C., Jolley., D.W.,(2012) - Seismic imaging of ‘Broken-Bridges’:  Linking seismic to outcrop-scale investigations  of intrusive magma lobes, Journal of Geological Society, V.169, p421-426

Schofield, N., Brown D.J., Magee C., Stevenson CT., (2012) Sill morphology and comparison of brittle and non-brittle emplacement mechanisms, Geological Society of London, , Journal of the Geological Society of London, V.169, p127-141

Schofield, N., Stevenson, C.,&Reston TJ (2010), Magma fingers and importance of host rock fluidization in sill emplacement, Geology, V.38; no.1, p.63-66, doi: 10.1130/G30142.1.

Goulty, N.R., Schofield, N., (2008) - Implications of simple flexure theory for the formation of saucer-shaped sills. Journal of Structural Geology (2008), Journal of Structural Geology, 30, 812-817

Thomson, K., Schofield, N., (2008) - Lithological and structural controls on the emplacement and morphology of sills in sedimentary basins, Structure and Emplacement of High-Level Magmatic Systems, Geol. Soc. London, Special Publication (2008), 302, 31-44.

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