People at GeoS4: Dr. Brian Horsfield

Role at GeoS4:

Co-founder, project manager

Nine years of industry experience:

Conoco Inc, USA
Atlantic Richfield Company, USA

Twenty years of academia:

Director of the department Chemistry of the Earth and Leader of the section Organic Geochemistry, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Section Leader for Organic Geochemistry, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Full Professor, Technical University of Berlin
Research programme definition
Supervisor of Ph.Ds, postdocs
130 publications

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Publications

See a list of my publications (recent)

Mahlstedt, N.; Horsfield, B.; Dieckmann, V. (2008) Second order reactions as a prelude to gas generation at high maturity. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 8, 1125-1129
Theuerkorn, K.; Horsfield, B.; Wilkes, H.; di Primio, R.; Lehne, E. (2008) A reproducible and linear method for separating asphaltenes from crude oil. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 8, 929-934
Vieth, A.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Sykes, R.; Horsfield, B.(2008) Water extraction of coals – potential for estimating low molecular weight organic acids as carbon feedstock for the deep terrestrial biosphere. Organic Geochemistry, 39, 8, 985-991
Kroeger K.F., Ondrak R., di Primio R. and Horsfield B. (2008) A three-dimensional insight into the Mackenzie Basin (Canada): Implications for the thermal history and hydrocarbon generation potential of Tertiary deltaic sequences. AAPG Bulletin, v. 92, no. 2 (February 2008), pp. 225–247
Paton D.A., van der Spuy D., di Primio R. And Horsfield B. (2008). Tectonically induced adjustment of passive-margin accommodation space; influence on the hydrocarbon potential of the Orange Basin, South Africa. AAPG Bulletin, v. 92, no. 5 (May 2008), pp. 589–609
Zink, K.-G., Mangelsdorf, K., Granina, L., Horsfield, B., 2008. Estimation of bacterial biomass in subsurface sediments by quantifying intact membrane phospholipids. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 390: 885-896.
de Wit, M., Horsfield, B. (2007) Special Issue dedicated to Inkaba yeAfrica. South African Journal of Geology, 110, 2/3, 163-502 (editors).
de Wit, M., Horsfield, B. (2007) Built on the shoulders of Alfred Wegener and Alex du Toit to apply German precision technology to the geological superlatives of South Africa. South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 110, 2/3, 165-174.
Paton, D.A., di Primio, R., Kuhlmann, G., van der Spuy, D., and Horsfield, B. (2007) Insights into the Petroleum System Evolution of the southern Orange Basin. South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 110, 2/3, 261-274
Elias, R., Vieth, A., Riva, A., Horsfield, B., Wilkes, H. (2007) Improved assessment of biodegradation extent and prediction of petroleum quality. Organic Geochemistry 38 (2007) 2111–2130
Armstroff, A., Wilkes, H., Schwarzbauer, J. Littke, R., Horsfield, B. (2007) The potential role of redox reactions for the distribution of alkyl naphthalenes and their oxygenated analogues in terrestrial organic matter of Late Palaeozoic age. Organic Geochemistry 38, 10, 1692-1714
Huvenne, V. A. I.; Bailey, W. R.; Shannon, P. M.; Naeth, J.; di Primio, R.; Henriet, J. P.; Horsfield, B.; de Haas, H.; Wheeler, A.; Llu-Le Roy, K. The Magellan mound province in the Porcupine Basin. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 96, 1, 2007, 85-101 p
Naeth, J., di Primio, R., Horsfield, B., Schaefer, R.G., Krooss, B. (2007): On the relationship between hydrocarbon migration pathways and carbonate mound occurrence in the Porcupine Basin, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 96, 1, 199-200.
John Parkes, R. , Peter Wellsbury, Ian D. Mather, Simon J. Cobb, Barry A. Cragg, Ed R.C. Hornibrook and Brian Horsfield (2007) Temperature activation of organic matter and minerals during burial has the potential to sustain the deep biosphere over geological timescales, Organic Geochemistry, 38, 6, p. 845-852
Horsfield, B., Kieft, T. L., Amann, H., Franks, S. G., Kallmeyer, J., Mangelsdorf, K., Parkes, R. J., Wagner, D., Wilkes, H., Zink, K.-G. (2007) The GeoBiosphere. In: U. Harms, Ch. Koeberl and M. D. Zoback (eds) Continental Scientific Drilling. A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future. Springer Verlag, 2007, X, 366 p. ISBN: 978-3-540-68777-1, p. 163-212.
Horsfield, B.; Kieft, T. L.; Amann, H.; Franks, S. G.; Kallmeyer, J.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Parkes, R. J.; Wagner, D.; Wilkes, H.; Zink, K.-G. (2007): The GeoBiosphere - In: Harms, U.; Koeberl, Ch.; Zoback, M. D. (Eds.), Continental Scientific Drilling : A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future, Springer, 163-212.
Haberer, R. M.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. (2006): Occurrence and palaeoenvironmental significance of aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in Oligocene sediments from the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well (Canada), Organic Geochemistry, 37, 5, 519-538.
Horsfield, B.; Schenk, H. J.; Zink, K.-G.; Ondrak, R.; Dieckmann, V.; Kallmeyer, J.; Mangelsdorf, K.; di Primio, R.; Wilkes, H.; Parkes, R. J.; Fry, J.; Cragg, B. (2006): Living microbial ecosystems within the active zone of catagenesis: implications for feeding the deep biosphere, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 246, 1-2, 55-69.
Kallmeyer, J.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Cragg, B.; Horsfield, B. (2006): Techniques for Contamination Assessment During Drilling for Terrestrial Subsurface Sediments, Geomicrobiology Journal, 23, 3-4, 277-239.
Wollenweber, J.; Schwarzbauer, J.; Littke, R.; Wilkes, H.; Armstroff, A.; Horsfield, B. (2006): Characterisation of non-extractable macromolecular organic matter in Palaeozoic coals, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 240, 1-2, 275-304
Liguo, H.; Fuhrmann, A.; Poelchau, H.; Horsfield, B.; Zhanwen, Z.; Tiesheng, W.; Yixian, C.; Jinyou, L. (2005): Numerical Simulation of Petroleum Generation and Migration in the Qingshui Sag, Western Depression of the Liaohe Basin, northeast China, AAPG Bulletin, 89, 12, 1629-1649.
di Primio, R., Horsfield, B. (2006): From petroleum-type organofacies to hydrocarbon phase prediction, AAPG Bulletin, 90, 7 2006. 1031-1058
Erdmann M. and Horsfield B. (2006): Enhanced late gas generation potential of petroleum source rocks via condensation reactions: Evidence from the Norwegian North Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 3943-3956.
Keym M., Dieckmann V., Horsfield B., Erdmann M., Galimberti R., Kua L.C., Leith L., Podlaha O. (2006): Source rock heterogeneity of the Upper Jurassic Draupne Formation, North Viking Graben, and its relevance to petroleum generation studies. Org. Geochem 37, 220-243
Dieckmann, V., Ondrak, R., Cramer, B., Horsfield, B. (2006): Deep basin gas: New insights from kinetic modelling and isotopic fractionation in deep-formed gas precursors. Marine and Petroleum Geology 23, 183199
Cavanagh A.J., di Primio R., Scheck-Wenderoth M. and Horsfield B. (2006) Severity and timing of Cenozoic exhumation in the southwestern Barents Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 163, 114.
Naeth, J., di Primio, R., Horsfield, B., Schaefer, R.G., Shannon, P.M., Bailey, W.R., and Henriet, J.P., 2005. Hydrocarbon seepage and carbonate mound formation: a basin modelling study from the Porcupine Basin (offshore Ireland). Journal of Petroleum Geology, 28 (2), p. 43-62.
Huvenne, V.A.I., Bailey, W. R. , Shannon, P.M., Naeth, J., di Primio, R., Henriet, J.P., Horsfield, B., de Haas, H., Wheeler, A. and Olu-Le Roy, K. (2005) The Magellan mound province in the Porcupine Basin. International Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0494-z
Soylu, C., Yalcin, M.N., Horsfield, B., Schenk, H.J, Mann, U. 2005 Hydrocarbon generation Habitat of two Cretaceous carbonate source rocks in SE Turkey. Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28 (I), January 2005, pp 67-82.
Naeth, J., di Primio, R., Horsfield, B., Schaefer, R.G., Shannon, P.M., Bailey, W.R., and Henriet, J.P., 2005. Hydrocarbon seepage and carbonate mound formation: a basin modelling study from the Porcupine Basin (offshore Ireland). Journal of Petroleum Geology, 28 (2), p. 43-62.
Dieckmann, V., M. Fowler, Horsfield, B. (2004). "Predicting the composition of natural gas generated by the Duvernay Formation (Western Canada Sedimentary Basin) using a compositional kinetic approach." Organic Geochemistry, 35, 7, 845-862
Fuhrmann, A., B. Horsfield, J. F. Lpez, L. Hu and Z. Zhang (2004). "Organic facies, depositional environment and petroleum generating characteristics of the lacustrine Shahejie Formation, ES4 member, Western Depression, Liaohe Basin (NE China)." Journal of Petroleum Geology 27(1): 27-46.
Fuhrmann, A., Th. Fischer, A. Lcke, A. Brauer, B. Zolitschka, B. Horsfield, J.F.W. Negendank, G.H. Schleser, and H. Wilkes (2004) Late Quaternary environmental and climatic changes in central Europe as inferred from the composition of organic matter in annually laminated maar lake sediments. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., Vol. 5, No. 11, Q11015, doi: 10.1029/2004GC000763.
Haberer, R.M., Mangelsdorf, K., Zink, K.G., Wilkes, H., Horsfield, B., (2004) Molecular characterisation of the organic matter at the Mallik 5L-38 Research Well: Implications for depositional environment and the Deep Biosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (11, Supplement 1), 407.
Haberer, R. M., K. Mangelsdorf, V. Dieckmann, A. Fuhrmann, H. Wilkes, B. Horsfield and the Mallik Research Group (2004). Characterisation of the organic matter in lignites of the Kugmallit formation at the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Resarch Well, Mackenzie River Delta, Canada. Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program - Mallik-Symposium "From Mallik to the Future", Chiba, Japan.
Horsfield, B., Sykes, R., Parkes, J., Mangelsdorf, K., Kallmeyer, J., Dieckmann, V., Edbrooke, S., (2004) Deep biosphere in terrestrial systems (DEBITS): The New Zealand coal band. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 407.
Mangelsdorf, K., R. M. Haberer, K.-G. Zink, V. Dieckmann, H. Wilkes, B. Horsfield and the Mallik Research Group (2004). Molecular characterisation of the organic matter at the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well: Implications for depositional environment and the Deep Biosphere. Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program - Mallik-Symposium "From Mallik to the Future", Chiba, Japan.
Santamaria-Orozco, D. & Horsfield, B. (2004): Gas Generation Potential of Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Source Rocks in the Sonda de Campeche, Mexico, AAPG Memoir 79, (The Circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean: Hydrocarbons Habitat, Basin Formation and Plate Tectonics. Ed. Bartollini, C., Buffler R. T. and Brickwede R. F.), Chapter 15, p. 349 - 363. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa.
Fuhrmann, A., J. Mingram, A. Lucke, H. Lu, B. Horsfield, J. Liu, J. F. W. Negendank, G. H. Schleser and H. Wilkes (2003). "Variations in organic matter composition in sediments from Lake Huguang Maar (Huguangyan), south China during the last 68 ka: implications for environmental and climatic change." Organic Geochemistry 34(11): 1497-1515.
Mangelsdorf, K., R. M. Haberer, K.-G. Zink, H. Wilkes and B. Horsfield (2003). "Molecular evidence for a Deep Biosphere at the Mallik Gas Hydrate Research Well, Canada." Beihefte zum European Journal of Mineralogy 15: 125.
Zink, K. G., H. Wilkes, U. Disko, M. Elvert and B. Horsfield (2003). "Intact phospholipids - microbial "life markers" in marine deep subsurface sediments." Organic Geochemistry 34(6): 755-769.
Horsfield B., Dieckmann V., Mangelsdorf K., di Primio R., Wilkes H., Schloemer S. and Schenk H. (2002) Organic diagenesis: a potential provider of substrates for deep microbial ecosystems. Geochim et Cosmochim Acta 66, S1, A342.
Lückge A., Horsfield B., Littke R. and Scheeder G. (2002) Organic matter preservation and sulfur uptake in sediments from the continental margins off Pakistan Org. Geochem 33, 477-488
Oldenburg T.B.P., Wilkes H., Horsfield B., van Duin A.C.T., Stoddart D. and Wilhelms A. (2002) Xanthones Novel aromatic oxygen-containing compounds in crude oils. Org. Geochem 33, 595-609.
Sun Y. Z., W. Pttmann, W. Kalkreuth, B. Horsfield (2002) Petrologic and Geochemical Characteristics of Seam 9-3 and Seam 2, Xingtai Coalfield, Northern China. Int. J. Coal Geol 49, 251-262.
Volk, H., Horsfield, B., Mann, U., Such, V.: (2002) Variability of petroleum inclusions in vein, fossil and vug cements a geochemical study in the Barrandian Basin (Lower Palaeozoic, Czech Republic). In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 2001 (Edited by Michels et al.). Organic Geochemistry, 33, (12), 1319-1341
Volk, H., Mann, U., Burde, O., Horsfield, B., and Suchy. V. (2002) The use of petroleum inclusions and residual oils to constrain petroleum migration - an example from the Prague Basin (Czech Republic). In: Australian Organic Geochemistry Conference 2002, Conference Program and Abstracts, (ed. By John K. Volkman), pp. 29-30, Hobart.
Holtvoeth, J., Wagner, T., Horsfield, B., Schubert, C.J. and Wand, U. (2001) Late-Quaternary supply of terrigenous organic matter to the Congo deep-sea fan (ODP site 1075): implications for equatorial African paleoclimate. Geo-Marine Letters, 21(1), 23-33.
Waterman, D., Horsfield B., Hall K. and Smith S. (2001) Application of micro-sealed vessel-thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the organic analysis of airborne particulate matter: linearity, reproducibility and quantification. Journal of Chrom A , 912, 143-150
di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. and Guzman-Vega, M. A. (2000) Determining the temperature of petroleum formation from the kinetic properties of petroleum asphaltenes. Nature (London) 406, 173-176.
Dieckmann V., Horsfield B. and Schenk H.J. (2000) Heating rate dependency of petroleum-forming reactions: implications for compositional kinetic predictions. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1999 (Edited by Yalcin et al.), Organic Geochemistry 31, 1333-1348
Dieckmann V., Schenk H.J., Horsfield B. (2000) Assessing the overlap of primary and secondary reactions by closed- versus open-system pyrolysis of marine kerogens, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 56 (1), 33 - 46.
Dieckmann, V.; Horsfield, B. and Schenk, H.-J. (2000) Heating rate dependency of petroleum-forming reactions: Implication for compositional kinetics. Organic Geochemistry 31, 1333-1348.
Dieckmann, V.; Schenk, H.-J. and Horsfield, B. (2000) Assessing the overlap of primary and secondary reactions by closed- versus open-system pyrolysis of marine kerogens. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 56, 33-46.
Fischer, T.; Wilkes, H.; Fuhrmann, A.; Horsfield, B.; Brauer, A.; Negendank, J. F. W. and Zolitschka, B. (2000) Lipid biomarkers in sediments of Lake Holzmaar and Lake Meerfelder Maar (Eifel, Germany). Terra Nostra 6, 123-126.
Fuhrmann, A.; Fischer, T.; Wilkes, H.; Mingram, J.; Negendank, J. F. W.; Horsfield, B. and Jiaqi, L. (2000) Macromolecules and biogenic particles in maar lake sediments. Terra Nostra 6, 133-137.
Volk, H., Mann, U., Burde, O., Horsfield, B. & Such, V. Petroleum inclusions and residual oils; constraints for deciphering petroleum migration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 69-70, 595-599 (2000).
Volk, H.; Mann, U.; Burde, O.; Horsfield, B. and Such, V. (2000) Petroleum inclusions and residual oils; constraints for deciphering petroleum migration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 69-70, 595-599.
Volk, H.; Mann, U.; Burde, O.; Horsfield, B. and V., S. (2000) Petroleum inclusions and residual oils: constraints for deciphering petroleum migration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 71, 307-311.
Waterman D., Horsfield B., Leistner F., Hall K. and Smith S. (2000) Quantification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM1649A) Urban Dust Using Thermal Desorption GC/MS. Anal. Chem. 72 (15) 3563-3567
Waterman, D.; Horsfield, B.; Leistner, F.; Hall, K. and Smith, S. (2000) Quantification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM1649A) Urban Dust Using Thermal Desorption GC/MS. Analyitc Chemistry 72, 3563-3567.
Wilkes, H.; Fischer, T.; Fuhrmann, A.; Horsfield, B.; Brauer, A.; Ramrath, A. and Negendank, J. F. W. (2000) Organic matter in maar lake sediments as an indicator of environmental and climatic change. Terra Nostra 6, 511-514.

See a list of my publications (1990s)

Boreham, C. J.; Horsfield, B. and Schenk, H.-J. (1999) Predicting the quantities of oil and gas generated from Australian Permian coals, Bowen Basin using pyrolysis methods. Marine Petroleum Geology 16, 165-188.
Hall, P. A.; Watson, A. F. R.; Garver, G. V.; Hall, K.; Smith, S.; Waterman, D. and Horsfield, B. (1999) An investigation of micro-scale sealed vessel thermal extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (MSSV-GC-MS) and micro-scale sealed vessel pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry applied to a standard reference material of an urban dust/organics. The Science of the Total Environment 235, 269-276.
Rantitsch, C. J.; Jochum, J.; Sachsenhofer, R. F.; Russegger, B.; Schroll, E. and Horsfield, B. (1999) Hydrocarbon-bearing inclusions in the Drau Range (Eastern Alps, Austria): Implications for the genesis of the Bleiberg Type Pb-Zn deposits. Mineralogy and Petrology 65, 141-159.
Clegg, H.; Horsfield, B.; Wilkes, H.; Sinninghe Damst, J. S. and Koopmanns, M. P. (1998) Effect of artificial maturation on carbazole distributions, as revealed by the hydrous pyrolysis of an organic-sulphur-rich source rock (Ghareb Formation, Jordan). Organic Geochemistry 29, 1953-1960.
Clegg, H.; Wilkes, H.; Oldenburg, T.; Santamara-Orozco, D. and Horsfield, B. (1998) Influence of maturity on carbazole and benzocarbazole distributions in crude oils and source rocks from the Sonda de Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. Organic Geochemistry 29, 183-194.
Clegg, H.; Wilkes, H.; Sinninghe-Damst, J. and Horsfield, B. (1998) Effect of artificial maturation on carbazole distribution from a carbonate marine source rock. Organic Geochemistry 29, 1953-1960.
Dieckmann, V.; Horsfield, B.; Schenk, H.-J. and Welte, D. H. (1998) Kinetics of petroleum generation and cracking by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis of Posidonia Shale. Fuel 77, 23-31.
Horsfield, B.; Clegg, H.; Wilkes, H. and Santamara-Orozco, D. (1998) Effect of maturity on carbazole distributions in petroleum systems: new insights from the Sonda de Campeche (Mexico) and Hils Syncline (Germany). Naturwissenschaften 85, 233-237.
Horsfield, B.; Clegg, H.; Wilkes, H. and Santamara-Orozco, D. (1998) Maturity control of carbazole distributions in petroleum systems. Naturwissenschaften 85, 233-237.
Horsfield, B.; Leistner, F.; Dieckmann, V.; Erdmann, M.; Santamara-Oronzco, D. and Schenk, H.-J. (1998) Predicting Petroleum Compositions: New Insights from MSSV Pyrolysis coupled with Kinetic and PVT Models.: Extended Abstract Latin American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, October 18-21 1998.
Horsfield, B.; Radke, M.; Schaefer, R. G. and Wilkes, H. (1998) Part I Petroleum Geochemistry. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 1997, 1-809.
Horsfield, B.; Radke, M.; Schaefer, R. G. and Wilkes, H. (1998) Part II Biogeochemistry. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 1997, 1025-1835.
Santamara-Orozco, D.; Horsfield, B. and di Primio, R. (1998) Organic geochemistry of the Tithonian source rocks and related oils from the "Sonda de Campeche," Mexico. AAPG Bulletin 82, 1962.
Santamara-Orozco, D.; Horsfield, B.; di Primio, R. and Welte, D. H. (1998) Influence of maturity on distributions of benzo- and dibenzothiophenes in Tithonian source rocks and crude oils, Sonda de Campeche, Mexico. Organic Geochemistry 28, 423-439.
Schenk, H.-J. and Horsfield, B. (1998) Using natural maturation series to evaluate the utility of parallel reaction kinetics models; an investigation of Toarcian shales and Carboniferous coals, Germany. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 137-154.
Sinninghe-Damst, J. S.; Kohnen, M. E. L. and Horsfield, B. (1998) Origin of low-molecular-weight alkylthiophenes in pyrolysates of sulphur-rich kerogens as revealed by micro-scale sealed vessel pyrolysis. Organic Geochemistry 29, 1891-1903.
Wilkes, H.; Clegg, H.; Disko, U.; Willsch, H. and Horsfield, B. (1998) Fluoren-9-ones and carbazoles in rock extracts from the Posidonia Shale, Hils Syncline, northwest Germany. Fuel 77, 657-668.
Wilkes, H.; Disko, U. and Horsfield, B. (1998) Aromatic aldehydes and ketones in rock extracts from the Posidonia Shale, Hils Syncline, Germany. Organic Geochemistry 29, 107-117.
Bowler, B. F. J.; Larter, S. R.; Clegg, H.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. and Li, M. (1997) Dimethylcarbazoles in crude oils: Comment on "Liquid chromatographic separation schemes for pyrrole and pyridine nitrogen aromatic heterocyclic fractions from crude oils suitable for rapid characterization of geochemical samples". Analytical Chemistry 69, 3128-3129.
Clegg, H.; Horsfield, B.; Stasiuk, L.; Fowler, M. G. and Vliex, M. (1997) Geochemical characterisation of organic matter in Keg River Formation (Elk Point Group, Middle Devonian), La Crete Basin, Western Canada. Organic Geochemistry 26, 627-643.
Clegg, H.; Wilkes, H. and Horsfield, B. (1997) Carbazole distributions in carbonate and clastic source rocks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61, 5335-5345.
Germann, A.; Jochum, J.; Friedrich, G. and Horsfield, B. (1997) Die sandsteingebundenen Pb-Zn-Vorkommen von Maubach und Mechernich - ein Beispiel thermochemischer Sulfatreduktion. Exkurs. Fuhre Oberrhein. Geol. Ver. 118, 13-29.
Germann, A.; Jochum, J.; Friedrich, G. and Horsfield, B. (1997) The sandstone-hosted lead-zinc deposits of Maubach/Mechernich - a new genetic model based on thermochemical silfate reduction. Zbl. Geol. Palont., Teil I, 1995 11/12, 1133-1139.
Horsfield, B. (1997) "The bulk composition of first-formed petroleum in source rocks." Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 335-402pp.
Jochum, J.; Horsfield, B. and Bechtel, A. (1997) Kohlenwasserstoffe in variskischer und postvariskischer Buntmetallmineralisation des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges - Herkunft und Einfluss auf die Lagerstttenbildung. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Beih. Z. Eur. J. Mineral. 9, 171.
Poelchau, H. S.; Baker, D. R.; Hantschel, T.; Horsfield, B. and Wygrala, B. (1997) "Basin simulation and the design of the conceptual basin model." Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 3-70pp.
Radke, M.; Horsfield, B.; Littke, R. and Rullktter, J. (1997) "Maturation and petroleum generation." Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 169-229pp.
Schenk, H.-J.; di Primio, R. and Horsfield, B. (1997) The conversion of oil into gas in petroleum reservoirs. Part 1: Comparative kinetic investigation of gas generation from crude oils of lacustrine, marine and fluviodeltaic origin by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis. Organic Geochemistry 26, 467-481.
Schenk, H.-J. and Horsfield, B. (1997) Kinetics of Petroleum Generation: Applications and Limitations. Kinetics of petroleum generation: applications and limitations. Zentralblatt Geologische Palontologie Teil I, 1995, 1113-1117.
Schenk, H.-J.; Horsfield, B.; Krooss, B.; Schaefer, R. G. and Schwochau, K. (1997) "Kinetics of petroleum formation and cracking." Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 231-270pp.
Welte, D. H.; Horsfield, B. and Baker, D. R. (1997) Petroleum and Basin Evolution. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 535pp.
Willsch, H.; Clegg, H.; Horsfield, B.; Radke, M. and Wilkes, H. (1997) Liquid chromatographic separation of sediment, rock and coal extracts and crude oil into compound classes. Analytical Chemistry 69, 4203-4209.
di Primio, R. and Horsfield, B. (1996) Predicting the Generation of Heavy Oils in Carbonate/Evaporitic Environments using Pyrolysis Methods. Organic Geochemistry 24, 999-1016.
Muscio, G. P. A. and Horsfield, B. (1996) Neoformation of Inert Carbon during the Natural Maturation of a marine source rock; Bakken Shale, Williston Basin. Energy and Fuels 10, 10-18.
Sachsenhofer, R. F.; Curry, D. J.; Horsfield, B.; Rantitsch, G. and Wilkes, H. (1996) Characterisation of organic matter in late Cretaceous black shales of the Eastern Alps (Kainach Gosau-Group, Austria). Organic Geochemistry 23, 915-929.
Santamara-Orozco, D.; di Primio, R. and Horsfield, B. (1996) A new molecular maturity parameter for sulphur-rich kerogens and petroleums based on alkylbenzothiophenes.: Fifth ALAGO Congress of Organic Geochemistry.
di Primio, R. and Horsfield, B. (1995) Predicting the Generation of Heavy Oils in Carbonate/Evaporitic Environments using Pyrolysis Methods. Organic Geochemistry Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History., 410-412.
Francu, J.; Radke, M.; Horsfield, B.; Schaefer, R. G.; Willsch, H. and Leistner, F. (1995) Organic facies and maturity of the Jurassic and Paleogene source rocks underlying the West Carpathians and their possible relationship to oils in the SE Czech Republic. Organic Geochemistry Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History., 74-76.
Germann, A.; Jochum, J.; Friedrich, G. and Horsfield, B. (1995) The sandstone-hosted lead-zinc deposits of Maubach/Mechernich - a case history of thermochemical sulphate reduction.: Third Biennial SGA Meeting; Mineral Deposits: From their Origin to their Environmental Impacts., August 28-31, 1995.
Idiz, E.; Kroo, B. M.; Horsfield, B.; Littke, R. and Mller, B. (1995) Generation of hydrocarbon gases and molecular nitrogen from coals. Organic Geochemistry Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History., 1089-1091.
Jochum, J.; Germann, A.; Friedrich, G.; Horsfield, B. and Pickel, W. (1995) Mechanical decrepitation coupled with gas chromatography - a new method for the determination of hydrocarbons in ore minerals.: Third Biennial SGA Meeting; Mineral Deposits: From their Origin to their Environmental Impacts., August 28-31, 1995.
Lückge, A.; Horsfield, B.; Lallier-Vergs, E.; Rullktter, J. and Littke, R. (1995) Organic matter preservation in immature sediments below High-Productivity-Zones along continental margins (Peru and Oman Upwelling areas). Organic Geochemistry Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History., 869-871.
Mann, U.; Hertle, M.; Horsfield, B.; Radke, M.; Schenk, H.-J. and Yalcin, M. N. (1995) Petrographical, organic geochemical and petrophysical characterisation of upper Carboniferous coals from well K20/G, Zonguldak Basin, NW Turkey. In "Zonguldak Basin Research Wells -I: Kozlu-K20/G." (Yalcin, M. N. and Grdal, G., Eds.), pp. 133-165. Special Publication. Marmara Research Centre TBITAK.
Richnow, H. H.; Seifert, R.; Kstner, M.; Mahro, B.; Horsfield, B.; Tiedgen, U.; Bhm, S. and Michaelis, W. (1995) Rapid screening of PAH-Residues in Bioremediated Soils. Chemosphere 31, 3991-3999.
Rullktter, J.; Littke, R.; Heber, G.; Horsfield, B.; Jendrzejewski, L.; Noto, H.; Radke, M. and Schaefer, R. G. (1995) Organic matter in Upper Barremian to Lower Aptian sediments in the Lower Saxony Basin, NW Germany (Wiechendorf 1/86 borehole). Geologisches Jahrbuch Hannover, 1995, 563-585.
Santamara-Orozco, D.; di Primio, R.; Pickel, W.; Holguin, N. and Horsfield, B. (1995) Organic facies and maturity of Tithonian source rocks from the Sonda de Campeche, Mexico. Organic Geochemistry Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History., 152-154.
Schenk, H.-J. and Horsfield, B. (1995) Simulating the conversion of oil into gas in reservoirs: the influence of frequency factors on kinetic predictions. Organic Geochemistry Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History., 1102-1103.
Schwark, L.; Xia, J.; Honold, M.; Slach, J.; Leythaeuser, D. and Horsfield, B. (1995) Maturity assessment for organic matter derived from the permian Stafurt Carbonate (CA2) source rock in Thuringia and Brandenburg, East Germany - Problems related to facies variation and migration. ). Organic Geochemistry Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History., 299-301.
Horsfield, B.; Curry, D. J.; Bohacs, K.; Littke, R.; Rullktter, J.; Schenk, H.-J.; Radke, M.; Schaefer, R. G.; Carroll, A. R.; Isaksen, G. and Witte, E. G. (1994) Organic geochemistry of freshwater and alkaline lacustrine environments, Green River Shale, Wyoming. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 1993, 415-440.
Horsfield, B. and Rullktter, J. (1994) Diagenesis, catagenesis and metagenesis. In "The Petroleum System from Source to Trap." (Edited by Magoon, L., Dow, W. G., Ed.), pp. 189-199 vol. 60. AAPG Memoir.
Jochum, J.; Friedrich, G.; Germann, A.; Horsfield, B.; Leistner, F. and Pickel, W. (1994) Occurrence of hydrocarbons in ore minerals of the Triassic sandstone-hosted lead-zinc deposits Maubach and Mechernich, Germany. In "Economic Geology in Europe and Beyond II: Models for Mineral Deposits in Sedimentary Basins." (Edited by Foster, R. P., Ed.), pp. 25-27 vol. II: Models for Mineral Deposits in Sedimentary Basins. BGS/IMM, Nottingham and London.
Muscio, G.; Horsfield, B. and Welte, D. H. (1994) The Bakken in-source reservoir system - new findings on organofacies and petroleum generation. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 461-476.
Andresen, P.; Mills, N.; Schenk, H.-J. and Horsfield, B. (1993) The importance of kinetic parameters in modelling oil and gas generation - a case study in 1D from well 2/4-14. In "Basin modelling; Advances and applications." (Dor, A. G., Augustson, J. H., Hermanrud, C., Steward, D. J., Sylta, O., Ed.), pp. 563-571 vol. 3. Norwegian Petroleum Society (Special Publication).
di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B.; Krooss, B. and Leythaeuser, D. (1993) Experimental simulation of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion by open system hydrous pyrolysis of a sulphur-rich marine source rock. Organic Geochemistry Poster sessions from the 16th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Stavanger 1993, 220-223.
Hall, K.; Horsfield, B. and Mills, N. (1993) On the feasibility of coupling microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis, gas chromatography and isotope ratio mass spectrometry for studying the thermal degradation of crude oil into natural gas. Organic Geochemistry, 794-797.
Horsfield, B.; Dppenbecker, S. J.; Schenk, H.-J. and Schaefer, R. G. (1993) Kerogen typing concepts designed for the quantitative geochemical evaluation of petroleum potential. In "Basin modelling; Advances and applications." (Dor, A. G., Augustson, J. H., Hermanrud, C., Steward, D. J., Sylta, O., Ed.), pp. 243-249 vol. 3. Norwegian Petroleum Society (Special Publication).
Horsfield, B.; Littke, R.; Schenk, H.-J.; Mann, U. and Curry, D. J. (1993) Organic geochemistry of freshwater and alkaline lacustrine environments, Green River Shale, Wyoming. Part II: Kerogen characterisation and source rock potential. Organic Geochemistry, 321-324.
Larter, S. R. and Horsfield, B. (1993) Determination of Structural Components of Kerogen using Analytical Pyrolysis Methods. Organic Geochemistry, 271-287.
Schenk, H.-J. and Horsfield, B. (1993) Kinetics of Petroleum Generation from Open versus Closed System Pyrolysis Experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57, 623-630.
Schenk, H.-J.; Horsfield, B. and Witte, E. G. (1993) Organic geochemistry of freshwater and alkaline lacustrine environments, Green River Shale, Wyoming. Part III: Comparative characterisation of selected shale samples by various spectroscopic and pyrolysis techniques including kinetic parameters. Organic Geochemistry, 324-327.
Bharati, S.; Larter, S. R. and Horsfield, B. (1992) The Unusual Source Potential of the Cambrian Alum Shale in Scandinavia as Determined by Quantitative Pyrolysis Methods. In "Generation, Accumulation and Production of Europe's Hydrocarbons, Special Publication of the European Association of Petroleum Geoscientists." (Spencer, A. M., Ed.), pp. 103-110 vol. 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg.
Horsfield, B.; Bharati, S.; Larter, S. R.; Leistner, F.; Littke, R.; Schenk, H.-J. and Dypvik, H. (1992) On the atypical petroleum-generating characteristics of alginite in the Cambrian Alum Shale. In "Early Organic Evolution." (Schidlowski, M. e. a., Ed.), pp. 257-266 vol. Implications for Mineral and Energy Resources. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg.
Horsfield, B.; Schenk, H.-J.; Mills, N. and Welte, D. H. (1992) Investigation of the in-reservoir conversion of oil to gas: compositional and kinetic findings from closed-system programmed-temperature pyrolysis. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 1991, 191-204.
Rullktter, J.; Littke, R.; Radke, M. and Horsfield, B. (1992) Petrography and geochemistry of organic matter in Triassic and Cretaceous deep sea sediments from the Wombat and Exmouth Plateaus and nearby abyssal plains off Northwest Australia.: Proceedings Ocean Drilling Programme (ODP), p. 317-333.
Horsfield, B. and Dppenbecker, S. J. (1991) The decomposition of Posidonia Shale and Green River Shale kerogens using Microscale Sealed Vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 20, 107-123.
Horsfield, B.; Heckers, J.; Leythaeuser, D.; Littke, R. and Mann, U. (1991) A study of the Holzener Asphaltkalk, Northern Germany: Observations regarding the distribution, composition and origin of organic matter in an exhumed petroleum reservoir. Marine Petroleum Geology 8, 198-211.
Muscio, G. P. A.; Horsfield, B. and Welte, D. H. (1991) Compositional changes in the macromolecular organic matter (kerogens, asphaltenes and resins) of a naturally matured source rock sequence from northern Germany as revealed by pyrolysis methods. Organic Geochemistry Advances and Applications in the Natural Environment, 447-449.
van Aarssen, B. G. K.; de Leeuw, J. W. and Horsfield, B. (1991) A comparative study of three different pyrolysis methods used to characterise a biopolymer isolated from fossil and extant Dammar resins. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 20, 100-139.
Dppenbecker, S. and Horsfield, B. (1990) Compositional information for kinetic modelling and petroleum type prediction. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 259-266.
Horsfield, B. (1990) The rapid characterisation of kerogens according to source quality, compositional heterogeneity and thermal lability. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 65, 357-365.
Horsfield, B.; Larter, S. R.; Dppenbecker, S. and Daines, S. (1990) Gas-oil ratios in source rocks. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geology 74, 677.
Littke, R.; Horsfield, B.; Radke, M.; Rullktter, J.; Schaefer, R. G. and Leythaeuser, D. (1990) Comparative geochemical and petrological study of Carboniferous coals and dispersed terrigenous organic matter from Northwest Germany.: A. C. S. Meeting.
Ramanampisoa, L.; Radke, M.; Horsfield, B.; Littke, R.; Rullktter, J. and Schaefer, R. G. (1990) Organic-geochemical characterisation of sediments from the Sakoa Coal Field, Madagascar. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 235-246.

See a list of my publications (1980s, 1970s)

Horsfield, B. (1989) Practical criteria for classifying kerogens: Some observations from pyrolysis-gas chromatography. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53, 891-901.
Horsfield, B.; Disko, U. and Leistner, F. (1989) The micro-scale simulation of maturation: Outline of a new technique and its potential applications. Geologische Rundschau 78, 361-374.
Horsfield, B. and Larter, S. R. (1989) Practical Kerogen Typing for Petroleum Exploration. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geology 73, 365.
Littke, R.; Horsfield, B. and Leythaeuser, D. (1989) Hydrocarbon distribution in coals and dispersed organic matter of different maceral compositions and maturities. Geologische Rundschau 78, 391-410.
Tegelaar, E. W.; Horsfield, B. and de Leeuw, J. W. (1989) Insoluble, non-hydrolyzable highly aliphatic biopolymers from algal cell walls and vascular plant cuticles and barks as sources of n-alkanes in crude oil. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geology 73, 418.
Tegelaar, E. W.; Matthezing, R. M.; Jansen, B. H.; Horsfield, B. and de Leeuw, J. W. (1989) Possible origin of n-alkanes in high-wax crude oils. Nature 342, 529-531.
Horsfield, B.; Disko, U. and Leistner, F. (1988) Simulating and quantifying the maturation of kerogens and asphaltenes using a novel microanalytical approach. TERRA cognita 8, 26.
Horsfield, B. and Littke, R. (1988) On the thermal lability of n-alkyl groups in alginite kerogens. TERRA cognita 8, 218.
Horsfield, B.; Yordy, K. L. and Crelling, J. C. (1988) Determining the petroleum-generating potential of coal using organic geochemistry and organic petrology. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 121-129.
Littke, R.; Horsfield, B. and Leythaeuser, D. (1988) Hydrocarbon distribution in coals and dispersed organic matter of different maceral compositions and maturities. TERRA cognita 8, 27.
Littke, R.; Horsfield, B. and Leythaeuser, D. (1988) Kohlenwasserstoffgenese und Migration in karbonischen Kohlen in Abhngigkeit von Maceralzusammensetzung und Reife. Erdl Erdgas Kohle 104, 184.
Rullktter, J.; Leythaeuser, D.; Horsfield, B.; Littke, R.; Mann, U.; Mller, P. J.; Radke, M.; Schaefer, R. G.; Schenk, H.-J.; Schwochau, K.; Witte, E.-G. and Welte, D. H. (1988) Organic matter maturation under the influence of a deep intrusive heat source: a natural experiment for quantitation of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion from a petroleum source rock. (Toarcian Shale, Northern Germany). Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 847-856.
Reed, J.; Illich, H. A. and Horsfield, B. (1986) Biochemical evolutionary significance of Ordovician oils and their source. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 347-358.
Horsfield, B. and McLimans, R. K. (1985) Geothermometry and geochemistry of aqueous and oil-bearing fluid inclusions from Fateh Field, Dubai. Organic Geochemistry Advances in Organic Geochemistry, 733-740.
Horsfield, B. (1984) Pyrolysis studies and petroleum exploration. Advances in Petroleum Geochemistry Academic, 247-298.
Horsfield, B. and Woods, R. A. (1984) The rapid removal of contaminants from drill cuttings. Journal of Sedimental Petrology 54, 637-638.
Dembicki, H.; Horsfield, B. and Ho, T. T. Y. (1983) Source rock evaluation by pyrolysis-gas chromatography. AAPG Bulletin 67, 1094-1103.
Horsfield, B.; Dembicki, H. and Ho, T. T. Y. (1983) Some potential applications of pyrolysis to basin studies. Journal of Geological Society London 140, 431-443.
Barker, C. and Horsfield, B. (1982) Mechanical versus thermal cause of abnormally high pore pressure in shales: discussion. AAPG Bulletin 66, 99-100.
Ho, T. T. Y.; Dembicki, H. and Horsfield, B. (1982) Pyrolysis-gas chromatography as an exploration tool for geochemical evaluation of source rock potential. AAPG Bulletin 66, 562.
Horsfield, B. and Douglas, A. G. (1980) The influence of minerals on the pyrolysis of kerogens. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 44, 1119-1131.
Larter, S. R.; Horsfield, B. and Douglas, A. G. (1977) Pyrolysis as a possible means of determining the petroleum-generating potential of sedimentary organic matter. In "Analytical Pyrolysis." (Jones, C. E. R. and Cramers, C.A., Eds), pp. 189-202.

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