Robert Holdsworth

Professor of Structural Geology

University of Durham

United Kingdom

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Robert Holdsworth is a Professor of Structural Geology at Durham University, UK. His research primarily focuses on the structural evolution of geological features, with recent publications exploring topics such as mid-crustal shearing, fault characteristics in sedimentary basins, and the impact of geological structures on reservoir distribution. His work includes significant studies on the Great Glen Fault Zone, carbonate-hosted reservoirs in the Tarim Basin, and the geological evolution of the Møre–Trøndelag Fault Complex.

Articles (13)

The timing and significance of mid-crustal shearing and exhumation of amphibolite-facies rocks along the Great Glen Fault Zone, Scotland

Year:

2025

The spatial and geological characteristics of fault- and paleokarst-controlled carbonate-hosted reservoirs in the Tabei Uplift, Tarim Basin, China

Year:

2024

Overprinting orogenic events, ductile extrusion and strain partitioning during Caledonian transpression, NW Mainland Shetland

Year:

2024

Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea

Year:

2023

An onshore-offshore interpretation of structures in the Devonian rocks of the Pentland Firth, Scotland using high resolution bathymetry and drone-enabled field observations.

Year:

2023

Geology and evolution of fissure systems in fractured basement rocks, Calabria, southern Italy: implications for sub-unconformity reservoirs and aquifers

Year:

2023

Strike-slip influenced stratigraphic and structural development of the Foula Sandstone Group, Shetland: implications for offshore Devonian basin development on the northern UK continental shelf

Year:

2023

Structural evolution of the reactivated Møre–Trøndelag Fault Complex, Fosen Peninsula, Norway

Year:

2023

The spatial characterization of stepovers along deeply-buried strike-slip faults and their influence on reservoir distribution in the central Tarim Basin, NW China

Year:

2023

Mid-crustal reactivation processes linked to frictional melting and deep void development during seismogenic slip: examples from the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland

Year:

2023

Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland

Year:

2022

Nature and origin of collapse breccias in the Zechstein of NE England: local observations with cross-border petroleum exploration and production significance, across the North Sea

Year:

2022

A revised age, structural model and origin for the North Pennine Orefield in the Alston Block, northern England: intrusion (Whin Sill)-related base metal (Cu–Pb–Zn–F) mineralization

Year:

2021

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Kenneth McCaffrey

Professor

University of Durham

UNITED KINGDOM

Mark Caddick

Associate Professor

Virginia Tech

UNITED STATES

Nick Roberts

British Geological Survey

UNITED KINGDOM

Dave McCarthy

Head of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste

British Geological Survey - Edinburgh Office

UNITED KINGDOM

Anna Bird

Senior Lecturer

University of Hull

UNITED KINGDOM

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