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Publications and local geology

Publications and local geology

Publications of Mark Wilkinson and some local sites of geological interest

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  1. Publications and local geology

Research Interests

Publications of Mark Wilkinson and some local sites of geological interest

My main research interests

    • Geological energy storage and waste disposal:-

 

      • Hydrogen storage in porous rocks, with PhD student Jonny Scafidi

 

      • Compressed air energy storage in porous rocks, we calculated how much energy could be stored under the UK North Sea

 

      • Natural analogues for what will happen to CO2 when it is injected into a rock

 

      • Safe disposal of water produced during CO2 storage operations

 

        • What to do if a CO2 leak develops (which it probably won’t) – EU-funded MIRECOL project, now completed

 

    • Diagenesis, or what happens to sediments as they are buried and turn into rocks. In practice I study reservoirs, for CO2 storage, energy storage or water supply

 

    • Do sandstones and shales interact during burial? In other words, do solutes (e.g. K, Al, Si) move from sands into shales or vice-versa?

 

    • White trap is an unusual alteration product of basic magmas when they are intruded into the local Carboniferous rocks. Why does this happen?

 

  • The diagenesis of clay minerals, especially illite in sandstones

Teaching

I’m the Programme Director of the MSc in GeoEnergy, i.e. I designed the course (with a lot of help from my friends…), I teach some of it, and I’m the first point of contact for students on the course.

Field Geology

I’m lucky that I teach on several field trips, all visiting areas of interest. The main ones are a 1st year trip to the English Lake District, and 3rd years trip to the NE of Scotland. See the Local Geology tab on the menu to the left for some local places of geological interest.

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