Amir Kalifi

Postdoctoral Fellows

Post-doctoral fellow - Buchem Group

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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)
  • Depositional models in foreland basins: the subalpine Miocene Molasse revisited (France)
    A. Kalifi, P. Sorrel, P.H. Leloup, V. Spina, A. Galy, J.L. Rubino, B. Pittet
    IAS (International Association of Sedimentologist) Roma September 2019, oral presentation
  • Chronostratigraphic and tectonostratigraphic analysis of the Miocene foreland basin deposits of the subalpine massifs and south Jura (Western Alps, France). An update.
    A. Kalifi, P. Sorrel, P.H. Leloup, V. Spina, A. Galy, J.L. Rubino, B. Pittet, R. Pik
    ISC (International Sedimentological Congress), Quebec August 2018, oral presentation
  • Chronostratigraphic and tectonostratigraphic analysis of the subalpine massifs and south Jura (western Alps, France). New results.
    A. Kalifi, J.L. Rubino, V. Spina, A. Galy, B. Pittet, P. Sorrel, P.H. Leloup,
    IMS (International Meeting of Sedimentology), Toulouse October 2017, oral presentation
  • Large thrusting and late faulting shape the Aiguilles Rouges crystalline massif (Western Alps), structural implications
    A. Mercier, P.H. Leloup, G. Courrioux, S. Cartig, S. Lopez, P. Grandjean, S. Passot, A. Kalifi
    Tectonophysics, 873(B3): 229691 (2022)
  • Structural and petrological characteristics of a Jurassic detachment fault from the Mont-Blanc massif (Col du Bonhomme area, France)
    N. Dall’Asta, G. Hoareau, G. Manatschal, S. Centrella, Y. Denele, C. Ribes, A. Kalifi
    Journal of Structural Geology, 159(1-2): 104593 (2022)

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

  • 2022-present: Post-doctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2020-2022: Post-doctoral fellow, Totalenergies - University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
  • 2017-2020: Ph.D., Totalenergies - University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Awards

Best oral presentation awards:

  • Descrypthèse 2019, E2M2, Univ. Lyon 1, France
  • Ph.D. congress of the Observatory of Lyon 2018, France

KAUST Affiliations

  • Ali I Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)