Dr Philip Thompson
Visiting Lecturer
Email address: P.J.Thompson@leeds.ac.uk
PA details: C/o Samantha Haynes s.e.haynes@leeds.ac.uk +44(0) 113 34 34938
Affiliation: Institute of Applied Geoscience
Biography
I am a geologist specialising in deepwater sedimentology and stratigraphy. I currently work for Shell as a Basin Advisor in the Portfolio and New Business Basin Screening team.
Qualifications
- PhD (Geology) - University of Aberdeen
- MSc (Exploration Geophysics) - University of Leeds
- BSc (Geology) - University of Liverpool
Research Interests
- Architecture and reservoir properties associated with deepwater gravity currents
- Architecture of deepwater sediments affected by contour currents and linkage with regional tectonics and climate
- Regional geology including the integration of plate tectonic and geodynamics into conventional basin analysis
Publications
Large bedforms on contourite terraces: Sedimentary and conceptual implications
F.J. Hernández-Molina, S. Campbell, G. Badalini, P. Thompson, R. Walker, M. Soto, B. Conti, B. Preu, A. Thieblemont, L. Hyslop, E. Miramontes, and E. Morales
Geology, 2017
Seal rock deformation by polygonal faulting, offshore Uruguay
Turrini, L., Thompson, P., and Jackson, C. A-L.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2017
A contourite depositional system along the Uruguayan continental margin: sedimentary, oceanographic and paleoceanographic implications,
Hernández-Molina, F. J., Soto, M., Piola, A. R., Tomasini, J., Preu, B., Thompson, P., Badalini, G., Creaser, A., Violante, R. A., Morales, E., Paterlini, M. and de Santa Ana, H.
Marine Geology, 2016
Architectural and facies organization of slope channel fills: Upper Cretaceous Rosario Formation, Baja California, Mexico
Li, P., Kneller, B., Thompson, P., and Bozetti, G
Marine and Petroleum Geology, in review
Conference Presentations
2018
The relationship between the development of seaward dipping reflectors, oceanic crust and the Maldonado triple junction during early Gondwana break-up
Philip Thompson, Gianluca Badalini, Christian Heine and Douglas Paton
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, Accepted Abstract
2017
Turbidite-Contourite Interactions on Continental Margins: New Insights from the Cretaceous Uruguayan Margin
- Creaser, F. J. Hernandez-Molina, G. Badalini, M. Soto, P. Thompson, R. Walker and J. Tomasini
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2017
Contourite terraces: sedimentary and conceptual implications
Hernández-Molina, F. J., Campbell, S., Badalini, G., Thompson, P., Walker, R., Soto, M., Tomasini, J., Creaser, A., Thieblemont, A, and Hyslop, L.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2017
Seismic Architecture and Genesis of Sand Injectite Complexes, offshore Uruguay
- Thompson, M. Huuse, A. Nyman, J. Mahoney and G. Badalini
Geological Society of London - Subsurface Sand Remobilization and Injection, 2017
Deep-water large bedforms on contourite terraces: sedimentary and conceptual implications
Hernández-Molina, F. J., Campbell, P., Badalini, G., Thompson, P., Walker, R., Hyslop, L., Soto, M., Tomasini, J. and Creaser, A.
Geological Society of London - Deep-water Depositional Systems: Advances and Applications, 2017
Contourite depositional and erosional features along the Uruguayan continental margin
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Soto, M, Piola, A.P., Tomasini, J., Preu, B., Thompson, P., Badalini, G., Creaser, A., Violante, R.A., Morales, E., Paterlini, M. and De Santa Ana, H.
35th International Geological Congress, 2016
South Atlantic: The magma poor and magma-rich settings
- C. Heine, H. van Gent, Thompson, M. Spaak & J. Wood
IMAGinING RIFTING Conference, 2017
2016
A Late Cretaceous mixed-drift system on the Uruguayan Margin: sedimentary and paleoceanographic significance
Creaser, A., Hernández-Molina, F. J., Badalini, G., Thompson, P., Soto, M., Walker, R. and Tomasini, J.
35th International Geological Congress, 2016
Giant Cretaceous Mixed Contouritic-Turbiditic Systems, Offshore Uruguay: The Interaction Between Rift-Related Basin Morphology, Contour Currents and Downslope Sedimentation
Badalini, G., Thompson, P,. Walker, R., Argent, J., Hernandez-Molina, J., Soto, M. and de Santa Ana, H.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2016
Implications of contourite depositional systems in passive margins: the Argentine and Uruguayan margins
Hernández-Molina, F. J., Violante R.A., Soto, M., Preu, B., Piola, A.R., Paterlini, M., Tomasini, J., Campbell, P., Thompson, P., Badalini, G., Pérez, L.F., Creaser, A., Campbell, S., Hyslop, L.
Passive margins: The Roberts Conference, 2016
Genesis and Evolution of the Punta del Este Basin, Offshore Uruguay: Complex Interplay Between Structural Inheritance and Multi-Phase South Atlantic Rifting
Thompson, P., Hurst, N., Turner, J., Soto, M., Walker, R., Argent, J., Badalini, G. and Wrigley, S.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2016
Integrated overburden fluid and heat-flow characterization offshore Uruguay
Lavis, O., Huuse, M., Walker, R., and Thompson, P.
Geological Society of London - Janet Watson Meeting, 2016
New insight into a dynamic early rift system and associated break-up volcanics; 3-dimensional geometry of Seaward Dipping Reflections (SDRs) in offshore Uruguay
Rowlands, H. J., Paton, D., Mortimer, E., Turner, J., Thompson, P., Soto, M. and de Santa Ana, H.
Geological Society of London Rifts III Conference, 2016
Genesis and evolution of the Punta del Este Basin, offshore Uruguay: the relationship between crustal structure and normal-to-oblique rifting during the formation of the South Atlantic
Thompson, P., Hurst, N., Turner, J., Soto, M., Walker, R., Argent, J., Badalini, G. and Wrigley, S.
Geological Society of London Rifts III Conference, 2015
2015
Complex Bedforms and Complex Water Masses: A Case Study from the Tertiary to Present-day, Pelotas Basin, Offshore Uruguay
Thompson P., Badalini, G., Wrigley, S., Walker, R., Argent, J., Hernandez-Molina, J., de Santa Ana, H., Soto, M. and Tomasini, J.
American Geophysical Union Conference, 2015
A contourite depositional system along the Uruguayan continental margin
Hernández-Molina, F.H., Soto, M., Piola, A.R., Tomasini, J., Preu, B., Thompson, P., Badalini, G., Creaser, A., Violante, R.A., Morales, E., Paterlini, M. and De Santa Ana, H
American Geophysical Union Conference, 2015
Travelling without moving: ever-changing seabed morphology and the influence of contour currents, from Cretaceous to Present-day, within the Pelotas Basin, offshore Uruguay
Thompson, P., Badalini, G., Wrigley, S., Hendy, J., Walker, R., Argent, J., Soto, M., de Santa Ana, H., Gristo, P. and Hernandez-Molina, J.
31st IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, 2015
The missing link: utilising a global interpretation methodology for the rapid interpretation of 140my of stratigraphy within the Pelotas Basin, offshore Uruguay
Wrigley, S., Hendy, J., Thompson P., Badalini, G., Walker, R., Argent, J., de Santa Ana, H., Gristo, P. and Soto, M.
31st IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, 2015
Deepwater Massive Sandstones: Fans, Channels, Slides and Intrusions on a Seismic Scale
Huuse, M., Olobayo, T., Bureau, D., Nyman, A., Hurst, A. and Thompson, P.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2015
Aggradation versus By-Pass in Coarse-Grained Deep-Water Channel Fills: Characteristics and Differences Based on Field Examples (Cerro Toro Formation, Chile, and Rosario Formation, Mexico)
Bozetti, G., Kneller, B., Thompson, P., and Li, P.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2015
The influence of basement structure and volcanics on the evolution of the Uruguayan margin
Rowlands, H.J, Paton, D.A, Turner, J. and Thompson, P
Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting, 2015
New Insights into SouthWest Africa Margin Evolution; Integrating Reconstructions and Restorations
Paton, D., Markwick, P., Hodgson, N., Rowlands, H. and Thompson, P.
European Geophysicists Union, 2015
The influence of Basement Structure and Volcanics on the evolution of the Uruguayan margin
Rowlands, H. J., Paton, D. A., Turner, J. and Thompson, P.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2015