Dr Khalid Amrouch

Biography

Khalid is a Structural Geologist with expertise in Geomechanics. His main interest relates to brittle tectonics, fracture characterisation and stress analyses. His work within these disciplines focuses on several key research questions: Reconstruction of Stress patterns using a combined analyses of faults, fractures and calcite twins; 4D Quantification of stress magnitudes in orogenic settings from the scale of a reservoir analogue (individual structure) to the scale of the entire fold belt or sedimentary basin; Understanding of the kinematics of faulting and related stress field perturbations; Characterization of micro‐mechanisms of deformation of sedimentary strata during folding - examples of anticlines in Iran Spain and USA: analogues of folded‐fractured reservoirs.

Research Interest

Geomechanics: Paleo and Present-day stress quantification in sedimentary basins. Structural Geology: natural and stimulated Fracture analyses in conventional and unconventional reservoirs.