Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland

NERC are thanked for continued funding of the Argon Isotope Facility, which is housed at SUERC. We are grateful to B. Fulton, J. Johnston and C. Taylor for skilled technical help. DM was in receipt of a NERC PhD studentship. A.G. Leslie and H. Volk provided critical comments that helped to improve the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Simultaneous and rapid asphaltene and TAN determination for heavy petroleum using an H-cell

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Metalliferous Biosignatures for Deep Subsurface Microbial Activity

Acknowledgments We thank the British Geological Survey (BGS) for the provision of samples and the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) grant (ST/L001233/1) for PhD funding which aided this project. Research on selenium in reduction spheroids was also supported by NERC grants (NE/L001764/1 and NE/ M010953/1). The University of Aberdeen Raman facility was funded by the BBSRC. We also thank John Still for invaluable technical assistance.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Subsurface biodegradation of crude oil in a fractured basement reservoir, Shropshire, UK

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Geochemistry and origin of organic-rich sediment veins in fractured granitic basement, Helmsdale, Sutherlandshire, UK

Acknowledgements MB is in receipt of a PhD studentship from the Petroleum Technology Development Fund of Nigeria. LB is supported by NERC grant NE/M010953/1. C. Taylor, W. Ritchie and J. Johnston provided skilled technical support. Sulphur isotope measurements were made at SUERC. The manuscript benefitted substantially from the careful reviews of A.G. Leslie and an anonymous referee.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Recreating mineralogical petrographic heterogeneity within microfluidic chips : assembly, examples, and applications

This material includes work supported by Royal Society Research Grant RG140009. BA was supported by a Society of Petrophysics and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) grant and an Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES) bursary. MC was supported by a University of Aberdeen College of Physical Sciences PhD studentship. The authors thank Munasuonyu Walter for SEM images of crushed marble†, MSc students Oluwatoyole A. Adepoju and Vasiliki Koutsogianni for their contribution to the experiments, and undergraduate student Duncan Mackenzie for helpful discussions. Open Access via RSC Gold 4 GoldPeer reviewedPublisher PD

Raman spectroscopy of shocked gypsum from a meteorite impact crater

Acknowledgements This work was funded by STFC grant ST/L001233/1. The University of Aberdeen Raman facility was funded by the BBSRC grant BBC5125101. Thanks to Jo Duncan for XRD assistance.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Enhanced microbial activity in carbon-rich pillow lavas, Ordovician, Great Britain and Ireland

Date of acceptance: 09/07/2015 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A. Sandison and C. Taylor provided skilled technical support. Boyce is funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) support of the Isotope Community Support Facility at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre. NERC supported the project through facility grant IP-1235- 0511. The Raman spectroscopy facility at the University of Aberdeen is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. We are grateful to M. Feely, G. Purvis, and an anonymous reviewer for helpful criticism.Peer reviewedPostprin