Sedimentary Petrology, Structural Geology, Geofluids, Energy Transition
Research Topics
Integrated prediction of reservoirs in sedimentary basins: sedimentology, diagenesis, structures and petrophysical properties.
Sedimentary geology for the energy transition and sustainable development: exploration for geothermal energy resources, evaluation of storage sites for Geo-Energy applications, etc.
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 viscous and viscoplastic deformation coupled with dynamic recrystallisation processes.
Field, numerical and experimental studies of brittle and ductile deformation structures in anisotropic rocks.