Enrique Gomez-Rivas
Sedimentary Petrology, Structural Geology, Geofluids, Energy TransitionÂ
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.