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Uisdean Nicholson

@uisdeannicholson.bsky.social
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Marine and sedimentary geologist. Ocean circulation, Earth hazards, impacts... Associate Prof at Heriot-Watt University. Hebridean provenance. Dad to 3 and husband to 1...

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Uisdean Nicholson @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Good to see this coverage of our recent paper in Live Science www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split
Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.
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Uisdean Nicholson @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Still time to apply to our session on #contourites in #activemargins (or a more generic 'sister' proposal on contourites) at the upcoming ISC conference in New Zealand. Deadline on the 16th of May! See the links below... confer.co.nz/isc2026/down... confer.co.nz/isc2026/call...
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Uisdean Nicholson @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Great to see that our paper on the 3D anatomy of the Nadir Crater was in the top 25 most successful (impactful?) papers in 2024 in Comms Earth & Environment!
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Top 25 papers of 2024
The top 25 most successful papers published in Communications Earth and Environment in 2024
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Uisdean Nicholson @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Delighted to see this new paper led by my recent postdoc, Debora Duarte, published in Global and Planetary Change! #sedimentwaves, #contourites, #gateways www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Early Cretaceous deep-water bedforms west of the Guinea Plateau revise the opening history of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway
The Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (EAG) was critical to Earth's climatic and oceanographic evolution during the Mesozoic, yet its early opening history …
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Uisdean Nicholson @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
New paper in this Geological Society SP collection by my recent PhD student, Ben. The first from his PhD - well done Ben! www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10....
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Seismic stratigraphy of the Guinea Plateau before, during and after the opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway | Geological Society, London, Special Publications
The Guinea Plateau contains a ∼200-million-year stratigraphic record, encompassing the mid-Cretaceous opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (EAG). Here we present new 2D seismic data to constrain...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The Science Evaluation Panel (SEP) is central to the success of IODP3 and is responsible for the evaluation and selection of the best and most relevant proposals for development of expedition schedules. Be a part of it iodp3.org/call-for-app...
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Call for Applications - IODP3 Science Evaluation Panel Members - International Ocean Drilling Programme
Call for applications to serve as a member of the IODP3 Science Evaluation Panel (Science and Site subgroups) now open! The Science Evaluation Panel (SEP) is central to the success of IODP3 and is res...
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Uisdean Nicholson @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
officially the most beautiful place on Earth, seen from the sky...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
All the people out there interested in deep-ocean currents and contourites, should not miss this great compilation of articles in Marine Geology: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... Thanks @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social and all other collaborations for making this happen.
Map with the location of all the studies that are part of the special issue.
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