Amir Kalifi

Research Scientist

Research Scientist

Current

Research Interests

My research interests lie primarily in understanding the impact of sea level change and tectonics in the rock record, and its effect on spatial and temporal facies distribution at the basin scale. The aim is to improve predictions of sedimentary facies distribution for the management of energy resources.

Selected Publications

Facies distribution along salt walls: The Upper Cretaceous mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits of the Cotiella minibasins (Southern Pyrenees, Spain)

A. Kalifi, C. Ribes, P. Dietrich, E. Dujoncquoy, J.A. Munoz, J.P. Callot, J.C. Ringenbach

Marine and Petroleum Geology, 147, (2022)

 

Tectonic control on the paleogeographical evolution of the Miocene seaway along the Western Alpine foreland basin

A. Kalifi, P. Sorrel, P.H. Leloup, A. Galy, V. Spina, B. Huet, S. Russo, B. Pittet, J.L. Rubino,

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 523, (2022)

 

Chronology of thrust propagation from an updated tectono-sedimentary framework of the Miocene molasse (western Alps)

A. Kalifi, P.H. Leloup, P. Sorrel, A. Galy, F. Demory, V. Spina, B. Huet, F. Quillévéré, F. Ricciardi, D. Michoux, K. Lecacheur, R. Grime, B. Pittet, J.L. Rubino

Solid Earth, 12, 2735–2771 (2021)

 

Changes in hydrodynamic process dominance (wave, tide or river) in foreland sequences: The subalpine Miocene Molasse revisited (France)

A. Kalifi, P. Sorrel, P.H. Leloup, V. Spina, B. Huet, A. Galy, J.L. Rubino, B. Pittet

Sedimentology, 63, 2455–2501 (2020)

Education

Ph.D., Geology, University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France, 2020

B.Sc and M.Sc., University of Lorraine, Nancy, France

Professional Profile

2017-2020: Ph.D, Totalenergies – University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France

2020-2022: Postdoctoral fellow, Totalenergies – University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Pau, France

2022-2024: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Awards

Best oral presentation awards:

Decrypthèse 2019, E2M2, Univ. Lyon 1, France

Ph.D congress of the Observatory of Lyon 2018, France

KAUST Affiliations

Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

sedimentology sequence stratigraphy Tectono-stratigraphy Basin analysis