Enrique Gomez-Rivas
Sedimentary Petrology, Structural Geology, Geofluids, Energy Transition
Sedimentary Petrology, Structural Geology, Geofluids, Energy Transition
The research activity is aimed at improving knowledge, methods and tools for understanding sedimentary and structural processes relevant to the Energy Transition and Sustainable Development. These approaches support the exploration of energy resources such as geothermal energy and natural hydrogen, the evaluation of geological storage sites for geo-energy applications, and the exploration of raw materials.
Main research topics include:
Exploration of natural hydrogen, understanding natural hydrogen systems and measurement of gas emanations at the land surface and subsurface.
Sedimentology, diagenesis, structural geology, geochemistry and petrophysical property distribution in sedimentary basins and orogenic systems.
Basin- and crustal-scale fluid flow, mineral reactions and fluid–rock interaction.
Dynamics of vein growth, fracture sealing and mineral precipitation.
Development and use of geological databases, including data mining, processing, organisation and application to scientific and industrial problems.
Mechanical stratigraphy, with a focus on improving methods to acquire, quantify and upscale the statistical properties of fracture and stylolite networks.
Deformation and recrystallisation of polycrystalline aggregates. Numerical simulation of crystal-plastic deformation coupled with dynamic recrystallisation and element diffusion.
Field, numerical and experimental studies of brittle and ductile deformation structures in anisotropic rocks, including fractures, folds, foliations and related structures.