Uncertainty in Structural Interpretation : Lessons to be learnt

This paper is based on work and discussions with numerous people over many years; special thanks to Alan Gibbs for starting me off on an uncertainty track in the first place and for discussions and work with Zoe Shipton, Euan Macrae, Rebecca Lunn, Andrew Curtis and Rob Butler. Thanks to Rob Butler and friends for the “it's all about geometry” quote. Midland Valley Exploration is thanked for academic use of Move software. Zoe Shipton is thanked for reading an initial draft of the manuscript. The comments of two anonymous reviewers and those of E. Riggs improved the manuscript.Peer reviewedPostprin

Framing bias : the effect of figure presentation on seismic interpretation

The authors thank all the participants in the survey, and those who helped to distribute it. We thank Prof. Christopher Jackson and co-authors for allowing the use of their published images in this experiment. Juan Alcalde is funded by NERC grant NE/M007251/1, on interpretational uncertainty.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Defining the 3D geometry of thin shale units in the Sleipner reservoir using seismic attributes

Acknowledgments The seismic interpretation and image processing was carried out in the SeisLab facility at the University of Aberdeen (sponsored by BG BP and Chevron). Seismic imaging analysis was performed using GeoTeric (ffA), and analysis of seismic amplitudes was performed in Petrel 2015 (Schlumberger). We would like to thank the NDDC (RG11766-10) for funding this research and Statoil for the release of the Sleipner field seismic dataset utilized in this research paper and also Anne-Kari Furre and her colleagues for their assistance. We also thank the editor, Alejandro Escalona and the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive and in depth comments that improved the paper.Peer reviewedPostprin

Identifying multiple detachment horizons and an evolving thrust history through cross-section restoration and appraisal in the Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland

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Implications of heterogeneous fracture distribution on reservoir quality; an analogue from the Torridon Group sandstone, Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland

This research was funded by a NERC CASE studentship (NERC code NE/I018166/1) in partnership with Midland Valley. Midland Valley's Move software was used for cross section construction and strain modelling. 3D Field software is acknowledged for contour map creation. Mark Cooper is thanked for constructive comments. Steven Laubach and Bill Dunne are thanked overseeing the editorial process and Magdalena Ellis Curry, Bertrand Gauthier and Arthur Lavenu are thanked for constructive reviews.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Celebrating 50 years since the publication of Folding and Fracturing of Rocks by J. G. Ramsay

From: BOND, C. E. & LEBIT, H. D. (eds) Folding and Fracturing of Rocks: 50 Years of Research since the Seminal Text Book of J. G. Ramsay. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 487.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

A role for virtual outcrop models in blended learning – improved 3D thinking and positive perceptions of learning

Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank all undergraduate participants in Cohort 1 for participating in the exercise and providing their perceptions and thoughts. Similarly, we thank those members of the GEO-TECTONICS JISC Mail server who responded to the online questionnaire; without these responses and participants' views, this paper would not have been possible.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

3D mechanical stratigraphy of a deformed multi-layer : linking sedimentary architecture and strain partitioning

This study was carried out as part of a University of Aberdeen provided PhD supported by The NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil & Gas, (grant reference: NE/M00578X/1). Thanks to Yukitsugu Totake for field assistance and acquisition of images for photogrammetric virtual outcrop generation. Midland Valley Exploration is thanked for academic use of Move 2016 software. We gratefully acknowledge the detailed and constructive reviews by Adrian Pfiffner and Cara Burberry which greatly improved the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Influence of structural position on fracture networks in the Torridon Group, Achnashellach fold and thrust belt, NW Scotland

Acknowledgements This research is funded by a NERC CASE studentship (NERC code NE/I018166/1) in partnership with Midland Valley. The authors thank Midland Valley for use of FieldMove Clino software for fracture data collection, and Move software for cross section construction, and strain modelling. 3D Field software is acknowledged for contour map creation. We also thank Toru Takeshita for overseeing the editorial process, and Catherine Hanks and Ole Petter Wennberg for constructive reviews.Peer reviewedPublisher PD