Marcello Minzoni
Geological Sciences
University of Alabama
United States of America
Biography
Carbonates in Energy Exploration (GEO 525) The Earth Through Time (GEO 102)
Research Interest
My main research interest revolves around marine and non-marine sedimentary basins, the sedimentary and diagenetic evolution of carbonate systems, and mixed carbonate-clastic systems, and the development of quantitative models and workflows to identify and characterize these systems from 2D and 3D seismic data. Much of my research focuses on unraveling and quantifying the various mechanisms that impact the occurrence, evolution, and demise of carbonate platforms and reefs and the application of conceptual models to the exploration for hydrocarbon reservoirs. Areas of particular interest include the Jurassic Smackover play in the Gulf of Mexico, the South-Atlantic pre-salt carbonate play, the Permo-Triassic carbonates in south China, and the Mesozoic-Cenozoic carbonates in Italy.
Publications
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LEHRMANN, D.J., BENTZ, J.M., WOOD, T., GOERS, A., DHILLON, R., AKIN, S., LI, X., PAYNE, J.L., KELLEY, B., MEYER, K.M., SCHAAL, E.K., SUAREZ, M.B., YU, M., QIN, Y., LI, R., MINZONI, Marcello, and HENDERSON, C.M., 2015, Permian-Triassic microbialite and dissolution surface environmental controls on the genesis of marine microbialites and dissolution surface associated with the end-Permian mass extinction: new sections and observations from the Nanpanjiang Basin, south China, PALAIOS, v. 30, no. 7, p. 529-552.
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CHANGE IN SEAWATER REDOX AND CARBONATE SATURATION STATE: A MECHANISM FOR BASIN-WIDE SHIFTS IN CARBONATE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE AND CARBONATE FACTORIES: EXAMPLES FROM THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC NANPANJIANG BASIN, SOUTH CHINA
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The Late Permian to Late Triassic Great Bank of Guizhou: An isolated carbonate platform in the Nanpanjiang Basin of Guizhou Province, China
