Syn-kinematic strata influence the structural evolution of emergent fold-thrust belts

Field research in the Salt Range was originally supported by historical (1980s) research grants from the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society. Recent research on thrust systems is funded through the Fold-Thrust Research Group, supported by InterOil, OilSearch and Santos. From: HAMMERSTEIN, J. A., DI CUIA, R., COTTAM, M. A., ZAMORA, G. & BUTLER, R. W. H. (eds) Fold and Thrust Belts: Structural Style, Evolution and Exploration. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 490Peer reviewedPublisher PD

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

Henry Cadell’s Experimental Researches in Mountain Building : their lessons for interpreting thrust systems and fold-thrust structures

Funding The Fold-Thrust Research Group has been funded by InterOil, Santos, OilSearch and NAGRA. The original compilation of Cadell’s researches was part of an outreach programme funded by BP. Acknowledgements RWHB is indebted to the late John Mendum for arranging access to Cadell’s notebooks and his field maps that were lodged in the then offices of the British Geological Survey in Murchison House, Edinburgh. This formed part of a collaboration with BGS and the development of the “Assynt’s Geology” website in the early 2000s. Many of the images from Cadell’s notebooks, including his experimental results, were part of this site. Regrettably it has not been maintained and is no longer accessible. Rectifying this loss of resource forms the motivation for this contribution. We thank Juergen Adam and an anonymous referee for construct reviews, together with James Hammerstein for shepherding the manuscript through the editing process, although of course the views expressed in this paper remain the responsibility of the authors alone.Peer reviewedPostprin

From hot to cold - The temperature dependence on rock deformation processes : An introduction

Acknowledgements We thank Bill Dunne for his work as Journal of Structural Geology overseeing editor, and to all the reviewers of manuscripts submitted to this special issue. We gratefully acknowledge Richard D. Law, Paul D. Bons, Albert Griera and Maria-Gema Llorens for reviewing this article prior to submission. The programme, abstract and field excursion guides for the DRT-2017 Inverness conference are available at: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/events/downloads-1112.php.Peer reviewedPostprin

Efficient Secretion Of Bioengineered Coagulation Factor Viii Into The Milk Of Transgenic Animals

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The role of symmetry on interface states in magnetic tunnel junctions

When an electron tunnels from a metal into the barrier in a magnetic tunnel junction it has to cross the interface. Deep in the metal the eigenstates for the electron can be labelled by the point symmetry group of the bulk but around the interface this symmetry is reduced and one has to use linear combinations of the bulk states to form the eigenstates labelled by the irreducible representations of the point symmetry group of the interface. In this way there can be states localized at the interface which control tunneling. The conclusions as to which are the dominant tunneling states are different from that conventionally found.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, accepted in PRB, v2: reference 3 complete

LiDAR, UAV or compass-clinometer? Accuracy, coverage and the effects on structural models

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 Magda Chmielewska for her training and help with LiDAR processing, without which this study could not have been undertaken. Midland Valley Exploration is thanked for academic use of Move 2016 software. We gratefully acknowledge the detailed and constructive reviews by Mike James and an anonymous reviewer, and thanks to Bill Dunne for careful and thorough editorial comments, all of which greatly improved the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Pooled subsidence records from numerous wells reveal variations in pre-break-up rifting along the proximal domains of the Iberia-Newfoundland continental margins

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Ab-initio calculation of Kerr spectra for semi-infinite systems including multiple reflections and optical interferences

Based on Luttinger's formulation the complex optical conductivity tensor is calculated within the framework of the spin-polarized relativistic screened Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method for layered systems by means of a contour integration technique. For polar geometry and normal incidence ab-initio Kerr spectra of multilayer systems are then obtained by including via a 2x2 matrix technique all multiple reflections between layers and optical interferences in the layers. Applications to Co|Pt5 and Pt3|Co|Pt5 on the top of a semi-infinite fcc-Pt(111) bulk substrate show good qualitative agreement with the experimental spectra, but differ from those obtained by applying the commonly used two-media approach.Comment: 32 pages (LaTeX), 5 figures (Encapsulated PostScript), submitted to Phys. Rev.