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HM Research Publications

Papers 2000-present

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Hallsworth, C.R. and Chisholm, J.I., 2008. Provenance of late Carboniferous sandstones in the Pennine Basin (UK) from combined heavymineral, garnet geochemistry and palaeocurrent studies. Sedimentary Geology, 203, 196-212. download pdf

Morton, A.C., 2007. The role of heavy mineral analysis during drilling of high angle wells. In: Mange, M. and Wright, D.K. (eds), Heavy Minerals In Use. Developments in Sedimentology, 58, 1123-1142.

Morton, A.C. and Hallsworth, C.R., 2007. Stability of detrital heavy minerals during burial diagenesis. In: Mange, M. and Wright, D.K. (eds), Heavy Minerals In Use. Developments in Sedimentology, 58, 215-245.

Morton, A.C., Herries, R. and Fanning, C.M., 2007. Correlation of Triassic sandstones in the Strathmore Field, west of Shetland, using heavy mineral provenance signatures. In: Mange, M. and Wright, D.K. (eds), Heavy Minerals In Use. Developments in Sedimentology, 58, 1037-1072.

Morton, A.C. and Yaxley G., 2007. Detrital apatite geochemistry and its application in provenance studies. In: Arribas, J., Critelli, S. and Johnsson, M.J. (eds), Sediment provenance and petrogenesis: perspectives from petrography and geochemistry. Geological Society of America, Special Paper, 420, 319-344.

Jolley, D.W. and Morton, A.C., 2007. Understanding basin sedimentary provenance using allied phytogeographic and heavy mineral analytical techniques: evidence for sediment transfer pathways in the Paleocene of the north-east Atlantic. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 164, 553-563.

Mange, M.A. and Morton, A.C., 2007. Geochemistry of heavy minerals. In: Mange, M. and Wright, D.K. (eds), Heavy Minerals In Use. Developments in Sedimentology, 58, 345-391.

Vincent, S.J., Morton, A.C., Carter, A., Gibbs, S. and Barabadze, T.G., 2007. Oligocene uplift of the Western Greater Caucasus; an effect of initial Arabia-Eurasia collision. Terra Nova, 19, 160-166

Turner, G. and Morton, A.C., 2007. The effects of burial diagenesis on detrital heavy mineral grain surface textures. In: Mange, M. and Wright, D.K. (eds), Heavy Minerals In Use. Developments in Sedimentology, 58, 393-412.

Allen, M.B., Morton, A.C., Fanning, C.M., Ismail-Zadeh, A. & Kroonenberg, S., 2006. Zircon age constraints on sediment provenance in the Caspian region. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 163, 647-655. download pdf

Payne, S.N.J., Cornick, P.A., Draper, L.F., Nicholson, H., Morton, A.C., Huggins, P. and Anderton, R. 2005. Mungo Field, UK North Sea 22/30, 23/16a: Stratigraphy, salt diapirs and reservoir development (or "The Riddle of the Sands"). In: Powell, A.J. and Riding, J.B. (eds), Recent Developments in Applied Biostratigraphy. The Micropaleontological Society, Special Publications, 23-42. download pdf

Morton, A.C., Whitham, A.G. & Fanning, C.M., 2005. Provenance of Late Cretaceous-Paleocene submarine fan sandstones in the Norwegian Sea: integration of heavy mineral, mineral chemical and zircon age data. Sedimentary Geology, 182, 3-28. download pdf

Morton, A.C., Whitham, A.G., Fanning, C.M. & Claoué-Long, J.C., 2005. The role of East Greenland as a source of sediment to the Vøring Basin during the Late Cretaceous. In: Wandås, B.T.G., Eide, E.A., Gradstein, F. and Nystuen J.P. (eds), Onshore-offshore relationships on the North Atlantic margin. NPF (Norsk Petroleumsforening) Special Publication, 12, 83-110. Elsevier, Amsterdam. download pdf

Morton, A.C., Hallsworth, C.R. & Moscariello, A., 2005. Interplay between northern and southern sediment sources during Westphalian deposition in the Silverpit Basin, southern North Sea. In: Collinson, J.D., Evans, D.J., Holliday, D.S. & Jones, N.S. (eds) Carboniferous hydrocarbon geology: the southern North Sea and surrounding onshore areas. Yorkshire Geological Society Occasional Publication, 7, 135-146. download pdf

Jolley, D.W., Morton, A.C. & Prince, I., 2005. Climate and volcanogenic impact on phytogeography and sediment dispersal patterns in the NE Atlantic. In: Doré, A.G. and Vining, B. (eds) Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global perspectives: Proceedings of the 6^th Petroleum Geology Conference. Geological Society, London, 969-975. download pdf

Ratcliffe, K.T., Wright, A.M., Hallsworth, C., Morton, A., Zaitlin, B.A., Potocki, D. & Wray, D.S., 2004. An example of alternative correlation techniques in a low accommodation setting, non-marine hydrocarbon system: the (Lower Cretaceous) Mannville Basal Quartz succession of southern Alberta. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 88, 1419-1432. download pdf

Hounslow, M.W. & Morton, A.C., 2004. Sediment provenance determination using magnetic mineral inclusions in clastic silicates: comparison with heavy mineral analysis. Sedimentary Geology, 171, 13-36.

Morton, A.C., Hallsworth, C.R. & Chalton, B., 2004. Garnet compositions in Scottish and Norwegian basement terrains: a framework for interpretation of North Sea sandstone provenance. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 21, 393-410. download pdf

Whitham, A.G., Morton, A.C. & Fanning, C.M., 2004. Insights into Paleocene sediment transport paths and basin evolution in the North Atlantic from a heavy mineral study of sandstones from southern East Greenland. Petroleum Geoscience, 10, 61-72. download pdf

Morton, A.C., 2003. Heavy minerals. In: Middleton, G.V., Church, M.J., Coniglio, M., Hardie, L.A. & Longstaffe, F.J. (eds) Encyclopaedia of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 356-358.

Morton, A.C., Allen, M.B., Simmons, M.D., Spathopoulos, F., Still, J., Ismail-Zadeh, A. & Kroonenberg, S., 2003. Provenance patterns in a neotectonic basin: Pliocene and Quaternary sediment supply to the South Caspian. Basin Research, 15, 321-337.

Morton, A.C., Spicer P.J. & Ewen, D.F., 2003. Geosteering of high-angle wells using heavy mineral analysis: the Clair Field, West of Shetland. In: Carr, T.R., Mason, E.P., & Feazel, C.T. (eds) Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Methods in Exploration, 14, 249-260. download pdf

Sabeen, H.M., Ramanujam, N. & Morton, A.C., 2002. The provenance of garnet: constraints provided by studies of coastal sediments from Southern India. Sedimentary Geology, 152, 279-287. download pdf

Morton, A.C. & Whitham, A.G., 2002. The Millstone Grit of northern England: a response to tectonic evolution of a northern sourceland. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 54, 47-56. download pdf

Morton, A.C., Knox, R.W.O’B. & Hallsworth, C.R., 2002. Correlation of hydrocarbon reservoirs using quantitative heavy mineral analysis. Petroleum Geoscience, 8, 251-262.

Morton, A.C., Boyd, J.D. & Ewen, D.F., 2002. Evolution of Paleocene sediment dispersal systems in the Foinaven Sub-Basin, West of Shetland. In: Jolley, D.W. & Bell, B.R. (eds) The North Atlantic Igneous Province: Stratigraphy, tectonics, volcanic and magmatic processes. Geological Society, London, Special Publication 197, 69-93. download pdf

Morton, A.C., 2002. Heavy minerals. In: McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology, 9^th Ed, Volume 8. McGraw-Hill, New York, 426-427.

Bouch, J.E., Hole, M.J., Trewin, N.H., Chenery, S. & Morton, A.C., 2002. Authigenic apatite in a fluvial sandstone sequence: evidence for rare-earth element mobility during diagenesis and a tool for diagenetic correlation. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 72, 59-67.

Hurst, A. & Morton A.C., 2001. Generic relationships in the mineral-chemical stratigraphy of turbidite sandstones. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 158, 401-404.

Morton, A.C., Safton, K., Mundy, D.J.C., Passingham, B & Sargent, M., 2001. Geosteering high-angle wells in the Ross Field, North Sea: the application of heavy mineral analysis. Offshore Magazine, April 2001 issue, 64-66. download pdf

Morton, A.C., Hallsworth, C.R. & Claoué-Long J.C., 2001. Zircon age and heavy mineral constraints on provenance of North Sea Carboniferous sandstones. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 18, 319-337.

Hallsworth, C.R., Morton, A.C., Claoué-Long, J.C. & Fanning, C.M., 2000. Carboniferous sand provenance in the Pennine Basin, UK: constraints from heavy mineral and SHRIMP zircon age data. Sedimentary Geology, 137, 147-185. download pdf

Morton, A.C., Humphreys, B., Manggal, G. & Fanning, C.M., 2000. Provenance and correlation of Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous reservoir sandstones in Papua New Guinea using heavy mineral analysis. In: Buchanan, P.G., Grainge, A.M. & Thornton, R.C.N. (eds), Petroleum Exploration and Development in Papua New Guinea: Proceedings of the Fourth PNG Petroleum Convention. PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 187-203. download pdf

Rimington, N., Cramp, A. & Morton, A.C., 2000. Amazon Fan sands; implications for provenance. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 17, 267-284. download pdf

Jones, D.G., Morton, A.C., Leng, M.J., Haslam, H.W., Milodowski, A.E., Strong, G.E. & Kemp, S.J., 2000. Provenance of the basin fill. In: Plant, J.A., Jones, D.G. & Haslam, H.W. (eds) The Cheshire Basin: basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources in a Permo-Trias rift setting. British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK, 90-124.

Key papers pre-2000

Morton, A.C. & Hallsworth, C.R., 1999. Processes controlling the composition of heavy mineral assemblages in sandstones. Sedimentary Geology, 124, 3-29.

Morton, A.C. & Grant, S., 1998. Cretaceous depositional systems in the Norwegian Sea: heavy mineral constraints. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 82, 274-290. download pdf

Hallsworth, C., Morton, A.C. & Dore, G., 1996. Contrasting mineralogy of Upper Jurassic sandstones in the Outer Moray Firth, North Sea: implications for the evolution of sediment dispersal patterns. In: Hurst, A., Johnson, H.D., Burley, S.D., Canham, A.C. & Mackertich, D.S. (eds), Geology of the Humber Group: Central Graben and Moray Firth, UKCS. Geological Society of London, Special Publication, 114, 131-144.

Morton, A.C., Claoué-Long, J. & Berge, C., 1996. Factors influencing heavy mineral suites in the Statfjord Formation, Brent Field, North Sea: constraints provided by SHRIMP U-Pb dating of detrital zircons. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 153, 911-929. download pdf

Morton, A.C. & Berge C., 1995. Heavy mineral suites in the Statfjord and Nansen Formations of the Brent Field, North Sea: a new tool for reservoir subdivision and correlation. Petroleum Geoscience, 1, 355-364. download pdf

Morton, A.C. & Hurst, A. 1995. Correlation of sandstones using heavy minerals: an example from the Statfjord Formation of the Snorre Field, northern North Sea. In: Dunay, R.E. & Hailwood, E. (eds) Dating and Correlating Biostratigraphically-barren strata. Geological Society of London, Special Publication, 89, 3-22. download pdf

Morton, A.C., Humphreys B., Dharmayanti, D.A. & Sundoro, 1994. Palaeogeographic implications of the heavy mineral distribution in Miocene sandstones of the North Sumatra Basin. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences, 10, 177-190. download pdf

Morton, A.C. & Hallsworth, C.R., 1994. Identifying provenance-specific features of detrital heavy mineral assemblages in sandstones. Sedimentary Geology 90, 241-256.

Morton A.C. & Johnsson M.J. 1993. Factors influencing the composition of detrital heavy mineral suites in Holocene sands of the Apure River drainage basin, Venezuela. In: Johnsson M.J. & Basu A. (eds) Processes Controlling the Composition of Clastic Sediments. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 284, 171-185. download pdf

Morton A.C., Hallsworth C.R. & Wilkinson G.C. 1993. Evolution of sand provenance during Paleocene deposition in the Northern North Sea. In: Parker, J.R. (ed.) Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the 4th Conference. Geological Society, London, 73-84. download pdf

Hallsworth C.R., Livingstone A. & Morton A.C. 1992. Detrital goldmanite from the Palaeocene of the North Sea. Mineralogical Magazine 56, 117-120.

Morton A.C. 1992. Provenance of Brent Group sandstones: heavy mineral constraints. In: Morton A.C., Haszeldine R.S., Giles M.R. & Brown S. (eds) Geology of the Brent Group. Geological Society of London, Special Publication 61, 227-244.

Evans D., Hallsworth C.R., Jolley D.W. & Morton A.C. 1991. Late Oligocene terrestrial sediments from a small basin in the Little Minch. Scottish Journal of Geology 27, 33-40.

Humphreys B., Morton A.C., Hallsworth C.R., Gatliff R.W. & Riding J.B. 1991. An integrated approach to provenance studies: a case example from the Upper Jurassic of the Central Graben, North Sea. In: Morton A.C., Todd S.P. & Haughton P.D.W. (eds) Developments in Sedimentary Provenance. Geological Society of London, Special Publication 57, 251-262.

Morton A.C. 1991. Geochemical studies of detrital heavy minerals and their application to provenance studies. In: Morton A.C., Todd S.P. & Haughton P.D.W. (eds) Developments in Sedimentary Provenance. Geological Society of London, Special Publication 57, 31-45.

Morton A.C. & Smale D. 1990. The effects of transport and weathering on heavy minerals from the Cascade River, New Zealand. Sedimentary Geology 68, 117-123.

Morton A.C., Stiberg J.P., Hurst A. & Qvale H. 1989. Use of heavy minerals in lithostratigraphic correlation, with examples from the Brent sandstones of the northern North Sea. In: Collinson J. (ed.) Correlation in Hydrocarbon Exploration . Graham & Trotman, London, 217-230.

Morton A.C., Borg G., Hansley P.L., Haughton P.D.W., Krinsley D.H. & Trusty P. 1989. The origin of faceted garnets in sandstones: dissolution or overgrowth. Sedimentology 36, 927-942.

Hurst A.R. & Morton A.C. 1988. An application of heavy-mineral analysis to lithostratigraphy and reservoir modelling in the Oseberg Field, northern North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 5, 157-169.

Smale D. & Morton A.C. 1987. Heavy mineral suites of core samples from the McKee Formation (Eocene-Lower Oligocene), Taranaki: implications for provenance and diagenesis. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 30, 299-306.

Morton A.C. 1987. Detrital garnets as provenance and correlation indicators in North Sea reservoir sandstones. In: Brooks J. & Glennie K.W. (eds) Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe. Graham & Trotman, London, 991-995.

Morton A.C. 1987. Influences of provenance and diagenesis on detrital garnet suites in the Forties sandstone, Paleocene, central North Sea. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 57, 1027-1032.

Morton A.C. 1985. A new approach to provenance studies: electron microprobe analysis of detrital garnets from Middle Jurassic sandstones of the northern North Sea. Sedimentology 32, 553-566.

Morton A.C. 1985. Heavy minerals in provenance studies. In: Zuffa G.G. (ed.) Provenance of arenites. Reidel, Dordrecht, 249-277.

Morton A.C. 1984. Stability of detrital heavy minerals in Tertiary sandstones of the North Sea Basin. Clay Minerals 19, 287-308.