Publications

Listed are all recent publications arising from research conducted in the carbonate team at University of Manchester

2019

  • Zwahlen, C*., Hollis, C., Lawson, M., Becker, S. P., Boyce, A., Zhou, Z. & Holland, G., 16 Jan 2019. Constraining the fluid history of a CO2-H2S reservoir: Insights from stable isotopes, REE and fluid inclusion microthermometry, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. PDF
  • Behbehani, S*., Hollis, C., Holland, G., Singh, P. & Edwards, K., 2019. A seismically controlled seal breach in a major hydrocarbon province: A study from the Mauddud Formation in the Bahrah field, Kuwait, Marine and Petroleum Geology. 107, 255, p. 255-277.
  • Manifold, L*., El-Bozie, A., Hollis, C. & Schröder, S., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Characterizing facies, pore types, and diagenesis of a subtidal to peritidal carbonate platform for defining flow units. Characterization and modeling of carbonates. In: Carbonate Pore Systems: New Developments and Case Studies (Ed. D. MacNeil, P.M. Harris, J.Hseih, E. Rankey), SEPM Special Publication.
  • Zwahlen, C*., Wogelius, R., Hollis, C. & Holland, G., 2019. Reaction path modelling illustrating the fluid history of a natural CO2-H2S reservoir. Applied Geochemistry. p. 104391
  • Arantegui Gonzalez, A., Jerrett, R., Schröder, S., Bulot, L. G., Gatto, R., Monari, S. & Redfern, J., 2019. Constraining Mesozoic early post-rift depositional systems evolution along the eastern Central Atlantic Margin. Sedimentary Geology.
  • Warke, M*., Edwards, N., Wogelius, R. A., Manning, P., Bergmann, U., Egerton, V., Kimball, K., Garwood, R., Beukes, N. J. & Schroeder, S., 2019. Decimeter-scale mapping of carbonate-controlled trace element distribution in Neoarchean cuspate stromatolites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 261, p. 56-75.
  • Hollis, C. , Al Hajri, A., van Boxel, S and Lee., P (Accepted / in press), Characterisation of porosity within a microporous reservoir, Shuaiba Formation of Oman. In: Carbonate Pore Systems: New Developments and Case Studies (Ed. D. MacNeil, P.M. Harris, J.Hseih, E. Rankey), SEPM Special Publication.

2018

  • Hirani, J*., Bastesen, E., Boyce, A., Corlett, H**., Gawthorpe, R. L., Hollis, C., John, C. M., Robertson, H., Rotevatn, A. & Whitaker, F., 2018. Controls on the formation of stratabound dolostone bodies, Hammam Faraun Fault block, Gulf of Suez. Sedimentology. PDF
  • Corlett, H. J**., Bastesen, E., Gawthorpe, R. L., Hirani, J*., Hodgetts, D., Hollis, C. & Rotevatn, A., 2018, Origin, dimensions, and distribution of remobilized carbonate deposits in a tectonically active zone, Eocene Thebes Formation, Sinai, Egypt. Sedimentary Geology. 372, p. 44-63.
  • Hirani, J*., Bastesen, E., Boyce, A., Corlett, H**., Eker, A., Gawthorpe, R., Hollis, C., Korneva, I. & Rotevatn, A., 2018. Structural controls on non fabric-selective dolomitization within rift-related basin-bounding normal fault systems: Insights from the Hammam Faraun Fault, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Basin Research. PDF
  • Warke, M*., Schröder, S. & Strauss, H., Aug 2018. Testing models of pre-GOE environmental oxidation: a Paleoproterozoic marine signal in platform dolomites of the Tongwane Formation (South Africa). Precambrian Research. 313, p. 205-220. PDF
  • Delpomdor, F., Schröder, S., Préat, A., Lapointe, P. & Blanpied, C., 2018. Sedimentology and chemostratigraphy of the late Neoproterozoic carbonate ramp sequences of the Hüttenberg Formation (northwestern Namibia) and the C5 Formation (western central Democratic Republic of Congo): Record of the late post-Marinoan marine transgression on the margin of the Congo Craton. South African Journal of Geology. PDF
  • Warke, M*. & Schröder, S., 2018. Synsedimentary fault control on the deposition of the Duitschland Formation (South Africa): implications for depositional settings, Paleoproterozoic stratigraphic correlations, and the GOE. Precambrian Research. PDF

2017

  • Hollis, C., Lawrence, D. A., Perière, M. D. D. & Darmaki, F. A., 2017. Controls on porosity preservation within a Jurassic oolitic reservoir complex, UAE. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 88, p. 888-906. PDF
  • English, K. L*., English, J. M., Bonnell, L. M., Redfern, J., Lander, R. H., Hollis, C., Guirdham, C., Garnham, J. & Yahia Cherif, R., 2017. Controls on reservoir quality in exhumed basins – an example from the Ordovician sandstones, Illizi basin, Algeria. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 80, p. 203-227. PDF
  • Lacey, M*., Hollis, C., Oostrom, M. & Shokri, N., 2017. Effects of Pore and Grain Size on Water and Polymer Flooding in Micromodels. Energy & Fuels . PDF
  • Hollis, C., Bastesen, E., Boyce, A., Corlett, H**., Gawthorpe, R., Hirani, J*., Rotevatn, A. & Whitaker, F., 2017. Fault controlled dolomitization in a rift basin. Geology. 45. PDF
  • Korneva, I., Bastesen, E., Corlett, H**., Eker, A., Hirani, J*., Hollis, C., Gawthorpe, R. L., Rotevatn, A. & Taylor, R., 2017. The effects of dolomitization on petrophysical properties and fracture distribution within rift-related carbonates (Hammam Faraun Fault Block, Suez Rift, Egypt). Journal of Structural Geology. PDF

2016

  • Lopes Archilha, N., Missagia, R. M., Hollis, C., De Ceia, M. A. R., McDonald, S. A., Lima Neto, I. A., Eastwood, D. S. & Lee, P., 2016. Permeability and acoustic velocity controlling factors determined from x-ray tomography images of carbonate rocks. AAPG Bulletin. 100, 1289-1309 pp. PDF
  • Schroeder, S., Beukes, N. J. & Armstrong, R. A., 2016. Detrital zircon constraints on the tectonostratigraphy of the Paleoproterozoic Pretoria Group, South Africa. Precambrian Research. 278, p. 362-393
  • Juerges, A*., Hollis, C., Marshall, J. & Crowley, S., 2016. The control of basin evolution on patterns of sedimentation and diagenesis: an example from the Lower Carboniferous North Wales Platform, UK. Journal of Geological Society of London. PDF
  • English, K., English, J. M., Redfern, J., Hollis, C., Corcoran, D., Oxtoby, N. & Yahia Cherif, R., 2016. Remobilization of deep basin brine during exhumation of the Illizi Basin, Algeria. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 78, p. 679-689.
  • Schroeder, S. & Warke, M*., 2016, Termination of BIF deposition in the Paleoproterozoic: the Tongwane Formation, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology. 119, 2, p. 329-346. PDF

2015

  • Lima Neto, I., Missagia, R., de Ceia, M., Archilha, N. & Hollis, C., 2015. Evaluation of carbonate pore system under texture control for prediction of microporosity aspect ratio and shear wave velocity. Sedimentary Geology. 323, p. 43-65.
  • Al Rajaibi, I*., Hollis, C. & MacQuaker, J., 2015. Origin and variability of a terminal Proterozoic primary silica precipitate, Athel Silicilyte, South Oman Salt Basin, Sultanate of Oman. Sedimentology.
  • Schroeder, S., Ibekwe, A., Saunders, M., Dixon, R. & Fisher, A., 2015. Algal-microbial carbonates of the Namibe Basin (Albian, Angola): implications for microbial carbonate mound development in the South Atlantic. Petroleum Geoscience. 22, p. 71-90. PDF

2014

  • Frazer, M*., Whitaker, F. & Hollis, C., 2014. Fluid expulsion from overpressured basins: implications for Pb-Zn mineralisation and dolomitisation of the East Midlands Platform, northern England. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 55, 68-86 pp.
  • Sharples, A. G. W. D*., Huuse, M., Hollis, C., Totterdell, J. M. & Taylor, P. D., 2014. Giant middle Eocene bryozoan reef mounds in the Great Australian Bight. Geology. 42, 683-686 pp.

2013

  • Jivkov, A. P., Hollis, C., Etiese, F., McDonald, S. A. & Withers, P. J., 2013. A novel architecture for pore network modelling with applications to permeability of porous media. Journal of Hydrology. 486, p. 246-258. PDF

2012

  • Iriarte, E., A. López-Horgue, M., Schroeder, S. & Caline, B., 2012. Interplay between fracturing and hydrothermal fluid flow in the asón valley hydrothermal dolomites (Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain). Geological Society Special Publication, Geological Society of London, Vol. 370. p. 207-227. PDF

2011

  • Lamarche, J., Borgomano, J., Caline, B., Gisquet, F., Rigaud, S., Schroeder, S., Viseur, S., Martinsen, M.S.O.J., Pulham, A. and Haughton, P., 2011. Characterization of fault-related dolomite bodies in carbonate reservoirs using LIDAR scanner. Outcrops revitalized: Tools, techniques and applications: SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology, 10, pp.175-194.
  • Hollis, C., Aug 2011. Diagenetic controls on reservoir properties of carbonate successions within the Albian-Turonian of the Arabian Plate. Petroleum Geoscience. 17, 3, p. 223-241.
  • Al Balushi, S. A. K., Macquaker, J. H. S., Hollis, C. & Marshall, J. D., 2011. Influence of oxic diagenesis on source potential and lithofacies cyclicity: Insight from Cenomanian Natih-B member intrashelf basinal carbonates, Oman. Petroleum Geoscience. 17, 3, p. 243-261.
  • Hollis, C., Price, S., Dijk, H., Wei, L., Frese, D., Van Rijen, M. & Salhi, M. A., 2011. Uncertainty management in a giant fractured carbonate field, Oman, using experimental design. AAPG Memoir. USA: AAPG Special Publication, p. 137-157.

2010

  • Hollis, C., Vahrenkamp, V., Tull, S., Mookerjee, A., Taberner, C. & Huang, Y., 2010. Pore system characterisation in heterogeneous carbonates: An alternative approach to widely-used rock-typing methodologies. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 27, 4, p. 772-793.
  • Cross, N., Goodall, I., Hollis, C., Burchette, T., Al-Ajmi, H. Z. D., Johnson, I. G., Mukherjee, R., Simmons, M. & Davies, R., 2010. Reservoir description of a mid-Cretaceous siliciclastic-carbonate ramp reservoir: Mauddud Formation in the Raudhatain and Sabiriyah fields, North Kuwait. GeoArabia. 15, 2, p. 17-50.

2009

  • Fischer, W. W., Schroeder, S., Lacassie, J. P., Beukes, N. J., Goldberg, T., Strauss, H., Horstmann, U. E., Schrag, D. P. & Knoll, A. H., 2009. Isotopic constraints on the Late Archean carbon cycle from the Transvaal Supergroup along the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Precambrian Research. 169, 15-27 pp.

*PhD; **Post-Doc

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