Enrique Gomez-Rivas

Research topics

• Sedimentology, diagenesis, structures and petrophysical property distribution in sedimentary basins and orogens.

• Sedimentary geology for the energy transition and sustainable development: exploration for geothermal energy resources, evaluation of storage sites for Geo-Energy applications, and exploration and exploitation of raw materials.

• Fluid flow and mineral reactions in sedimentary basins and orogens.

• Basin- and crustal-scale flow of hydrothermal fluids.

• Study of vein dynamics, vein growth and fracture sealing.

• Mechanical stratigraphy. Improvement of methods to acquire and upscale statistical properties of fracture and stylolite networks.

• Deformation and recrystallisation of polycrystalline aggregates. Numerical simulation of crystal-plastic deformation coupled with dynamic recrystallisation processes.

• Field, numerical and experimental studies of brittle and ductile deformation structures in anisotropic rocks.