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Biography

Fadi Nader is a researcher specializing in the study of carbonate systems, diagenetic processes, and integrated geological modeling, with particular expertise in sedimentary basins and oil reservoirs. His work covers a wide range of topics, from the mineralogical and petrophysical characterization of carbonate rocks to the analysis of fluid-rock interactions in active tectonic settings, as well as numerical modeling of geothermal systems and sedimentary basins. His research is based on multiscale approaches, combining field observations, geochemical and petrographic analyses, as well as stratigraphic and thermal simulations. He has contributed to the development of innovative methodologies for the evaluation of geological resources, particularly in complex geological contexts such as the Levant Basin or active rifting systems.

Publication(s)

  • 2025
    Pioneering data on detection, identification and quantification of key carbonate minerals using spectral tomography DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107536
  • 2025
    Pore to core plug scale characterization of porosity and permeability heterogeneities in a Cretaceous carbonate reservoir using laboratory measurements and digital rock physics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107214
  • 2025
    Integrated 3D Modeling of a High-Temperature Geothermal System: Case Study of the Asal-Ghoubbet Rift (Djibouti) DOI : 10.3997/2214-4609.202521170
  • 2025
    Interaction between diagenesis and faulting in sandstone reservoirs: Inferences from the Groningen gas field DOI : 10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105554
  • 2025
    Integrated 3D forward stratigraphic and basin modeling of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil: Implications of sedimentary depositional facies and CO2 migration for silicification of continental carbonate reservoirs DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107455
  • 2024
    Conceptualizing fluid-rock interaction diagenetic models with focus on tectonic settings DOI : 10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104951
  • 2024
    Climate variability in the northern Levant from the highly resolved Qadisha record (Lebanon) during the Holocene optimum DOI : 10.1017/qua.2023.24
  • 2023
    Seismic characterization of Cenomanian–Turonian carbonate platform based on sedimentological and geophysical investigation of onshore analogue outcrop (northern Lebanon) DOI : 10.1111/1365-2478.13396
  • 2023
    Coupled kinematic and thermal modelling of collisional orogens: Implications for subsurface geo-resources assessment in the external Dinarides DOI : 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104090
  • 2023
    Understanding the coupled evolution of orogens, sedimentary basins and their fluid-rock interactions DOI : 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104272
  • 2023
    Preface
  • 2023
    Modelling the coupled heterogeneities of the lacustrine microbialite-bearing carbonate reservoir of the Yacoraite Formation (Salta, Argentina) DOI : 10.5802/crgeos.187
  • 2023
    A Review of the Offshore East Mediterranean Mesozoic-Cenozoic Petroleum Systems DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-95637-0_26
  • 2023
    Preface
  • 2023
    Dolomite recrystallization revealed by Δ47/U-Pb thermochronometry in the Upper Jurassic Arab Formation, United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.1130/G50960.1
  • 2022
    Brazilian cave heritage under siege DOI : 10.1126/science.abo1973
  • 2022
    GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A CARBONATE PLATFORM RESERVOIR BASED ON OUTCROP ANALOGUE STUDY (ONSHORE, LEBANON)
  • 2022
    Advances in the understanding of multi-scale and coupled evolution of orogens, sedimentary basins and the underlying lithosphere DOI : 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103689
  • 2021
    Characterization of Late Cretaceous to Miocene source rocks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: An integrated numerical approach of stratigraphic forward modelling and petroleum system modelling DOI : 10.1111/bre.12497
  • 2020
    Speleothem record from Pentadactylos cave (Cyprus): new insights into climatic variations during MIS 6 and MIS 5 in the Eastern Mediterranean DOI : 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106663
  • 2020
    Map-based uncertainty analysis for exploration using basin modeling and machine learning techniques applied to the Levant Basin petroleum systems, Eastern Mediterranean DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104560
  • 2019
    Geochemical and petrographic investigation of Triassic and Late Miocene organic-rich intervals from onshore Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean DOI : 10.1016/j.coal.2019.05.001
  • 2019
    An integrated approach for characterizing source rocks in frontier hydrocarbon basins by organic geochemical analyses and stratigraphic forward modeling: The case of the eastern Mediterranean region DOI : 10.3997/2214-4609.201900901
  • 2019
    Limited thermochemical sulfate reduction in hot, anhydritic, sour gas carbonate reservoirs: The Upper Jurassic Arab Formation, United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.04.023
  • 2019
    Transfer of deformation during indentation: Inferences from the post- middle Miocene evolution of the Dinarides DOI : 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103027
  • 2019
    Characterization of Potential Source Rock Intervals of Late Mesozoic to Cenozoic Age in the On-and Offshore Area of Cyprus and Their Impact on Petroleum Systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-01578-7_32
  • 2019
    Geochemical and petrographic analyses of new petroleum source rocks from the onshore Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon DOI : 10.1016/j.coal.2019.02.003
  • 2019
    Dynamics of sedimentary basins and underlying lithosphere at plate boundaries: The Eastern Mediterranean DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2018091
  • 2019
    Integrated 3D forward stratigraphic and petroleum system modeling of the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean DOI : 10.1111/bre.12318
  • 2019
    Integrated stratigraphic, thermal/burial and uncertainty modeling of the levant basin (East-Mediterranean region)
  • 2019
    Kinematics of Foreland-Vergent Crustal Accretion: Inferences From the Dinarides Evolution DOI : 10.1029/2018TC005066
  • 2019
    Cave dripwater isotopic signals related to the altitudinal gradient of mount-lebanon: Implication for speleothem studies DOI : 10.5038/1827-806X.48.1.2253
  • 2019
    The contribution of condensation-corrosion in the morphological evolution of caves in semi-arid regions: Preliminary investigations in the kyrenia range, cyprus; [Prispevek kondenzacijske korozije pri razvoju jam v polsuhih območjih: Predhodni rezultati v jamah kirenijskega gorovja, ciper] DOI : 10.3986/ac.v48i1.6782
  • 2018
    Impact of stylolitization on fluid flow and diagenesis in foreland basins: Evidence from an Upper Jurassic carbonate gas reservoir, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.2110/jsr.2018.70
  • 2018
    Editorial to the special Special Volume of Global and Planetary Change “Coupled Deep Earth and Surface Processes” DOI : 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.10.007
  • 2018
    Key geological characteristics of the Saida-Tyr Platform along the eastern margin of the Levant Basin, offshore Lebanon: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2018045
  • 2018
    Source rock characterization of mesozoic to cenozoic organic matter rich marls and shales of the Eratosthenes Seamount, Eastern Mediterranean Sea DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2018036
  • 2018
    PETROLEUM SYSTEMS OF LEBANON: AN UPDATE AND REVIEW DOI : 10.1111/jpg.12700
  • 2018
    Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the western margin of the Levant Basin (offshore Cyprus) DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.02.006
  • 2018
    Field-scale depositional evolution of the Upper Jurassic Arab Formation (onshore Abu Dhabi, UAE) DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.10.006
  • 2018
    Palaeogeographical and palaeoclimatic evolution of the intracratonic Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil using GPlates plate tectonic reconstructions and chemostratigraphic tools DOI : 10.1144/SP472.12
  • 2018
    Anatomy of the Mesozoic Tethyan margins: The Eratosthenes carbonate platforms of the Levant basin DOI : 10.3997/2214-4609.201803040
  • 2018
    Comparison of the diagenetic and reservoir quality evolution between the anticline crest and flank of an Upper Jurassic carbonate gas reservoir, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.02.008
  • 2018
    Longitudinal and Temporal Evolution of the Tectonic Style Along the Cyprus Arc System, Assessed Through 2-D Reflection Seismic Interpretation DOI : 10.1002/2017TC004667
  • 2018
    Crustal configuration in the northern Levant basin based on seismic interpretation and numerical modeling DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.03.011
  • 2018
    The tectonostratigraphic evolution of Cenozoic basins of the Northern Tethys: The Northern margin of the Levant Basin DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2018085
  • 2018
    Coupled experimental/numerical workflow for assessing quantitative diagenesis and dynamic porosity/permeability evolution in calcite-cemented sandstone reservoir rocks DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2018027
  • 2017
  • 2017
    Evolution of fore-arc and back-arc sedimentary basins with focus on the Japan subduction system and its analogues DOI : 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.02.021
  • 2017
  • 2017
    Characterization of diagenesis DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-46445-9_2
  • 2017
    Preface
  • 2017
    Ferroan dolomitization by seawater interaction with mafic igneous dikes and carbonate host rock at the latemar platform, dolomites, Italy: Numerical modeling of spatial, temporal, and temperature data DOI : 10.1155/2017/6590672
  • 2017
  • 2017
    Multi-scale constraints of sediment source to sink systems in frontier basins: a forward stratigraphic modelling case study of the Levant region DOI : 10.1111/bre.12156
  • 2017
    Numerical modelling of diagenesis DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-46445-9_4
  • 2017
    Anticline crest and flank of an upper jurassic carbonate reservoir, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • 2017
    Multi-scale quantitative diagenesis and impacts on heterogeneity of carbonate reservoir rocks
  • 2017
    Optimal Aquifers and Reservoirs for CCS and EOR in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Overview DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-44726-1_3
  • 2017
    Growth of layer-bound normal faults under a regional anisotropic stress field DOI : 10.1144/SP439.13
  • 2016
    Lithospheric architecture of the Levant Basin (Eastern Mediterranean region): A 2D modeling approach DOI : 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.10.030
  • 2016
    3D thermal history and maturity modelling of the Levant Basin and its eastern margin, offshore–onshore Lebanon DOI : 10.1007/s12517-016-2455-1
  • 2016
    Optimal aquifers and reservoirs for CCS and EOR in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: an overview DOI : 10.1007/s12517-016-2600-x
  • 2016
    GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF 2D SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES ONSHORE LEBANON: IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM EXPLORATION DOI : 10.1111/jpg.12656
  • 2016
    Chemo-stratigraphy as a tool for sequence stratigraphy of the Early Triassic Kangan Formation, North of the Persian Gulf DOI : 10.1007/s13146-015-0253-6
  • 2016
    Diagenetic effects of compaction on reservoir properties: The case of early callovian “Dalle Nacrée” formation (Paris basin, France) DOI : 10.1016/j.jog.2016.05.010
  • 2015
    Geochemical and petrographic characterization of Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian calcareous petroleum source rocks of Hasbayya, South Lebanon DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.03.009
  • 2015
    The climate variability in northern Levant over the past 20,000 years DOI : 10.1002/2015GL065397
  • 2015
    Improving a numerical sequence stratigraphic model through a global sensitivity analysis; Giant Carbonate Offshore Field, Abu Dhabi DOI : 10.2118/177758-ms
  • 2015
    Dolomitization and burial history of lower triassic carbonate reservoir-rocks in the Persian Gulf (Salman offshore field) DOI : 10.1007/s13146-014-0197-2
  • 2014
    Insights into the petroleum prospectivity of Lebanon DOI : 10.1036/13431859M1063609
  • 2014
    Impact of Cenozoic strike-slip tectonics on the evolution of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) DOI : 10.1002/2014tc003574
  • 2014
    Fluid-rock interactions associated with regional tectonics and basin evolution DOI : 10.1111/sed.12073
  • 2014
    Depositional environment and source-rock characterisation of organic-matter rich upper santonian - upper campanian carbonates, Northern Lebanon DOI : 10.1111/jpg.12566
  • 2014
    Sedimentological and stratigraphic evolution of northern Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous: Implications for the Levant margin and basin DOI : 10.1007/s12517-013-0914-5
  • 2013
    2012 Paris Geofluids VII Conference Summary & Thematic Issue DOI : 10.1111/gfl.12037
  • 2013
    Quantification of diagenesis impact on the reservoir properties of the Jurassic Arab D and C members (Offshore, U.A.E.) DOI : 10.1111/gfl.12022
  • 2013
    Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) DOI : 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.08.004
  • 2013
    Diagenesis of the Khuff Formation (Permian-Triassic), Northern United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-30609-9_10
  • 2012
    Impact of diagenesis on the spatial and temporal distribution of reservoir quality in the Jurassic Arab D and C members, offshore Abu Dhabi oilfield, United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.2113/geoarabia170317
  • 2012
    Multiple dolomitization events along the Pozalagua Fault (Pozalagua Quarry, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain) DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01309.x
  • 2012
    Structural analogy between the "piano key faults" of deep-water Lebanon and the extensional faults of the Canyonlands grabens, Utah, United States DOI : 10.1190/tle31070824.1
  • 2012
    Hydrothermal dolomites in the early Albian (Cretaceous) platform carbonates (NW Spain): Nature and origin of dolomites and dolomitising fluids; [Dolomies hydrothermales présentes dans les carbonates de la plate-forme albienne précoce (Cré ́ NO de l'Espagne): Nature et origine des dolomies et des fluides dolomitisants] DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2011174
  • 2012
    Empirical calibration for dolomite stoichiometry calculation: Application on Triassic Muschelkalk-Lettenkohle carbonates (French Jura); [Calibration empirique pour le calcul de la stoechiométrie de la dolomite: Application aux carbonates triassiques du Muschelkalk-Lettenkohle (Jura français)] DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2011173
  • 2012
    Impact of diagenetic alterations on the petrophysical and multiphase flow properties of carbonate rocks using a reactive pore network modeling approach; [Impact des altérations diagénétiques sur les propriétés pétrophysiques et d'écoulement polyphasique de roches carbonates en utilisant une modélisation par l'approche réseau de pores] DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2011171
  • 2012
    Quantification and prediction of the 3D Pore Network Evolution in Carbonate Reservoir Rocks; [Quantification et prédiction de l'évolution d'un réseau 3D de pores dans des roches réservoirs de carbonates] DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2011170
  • 2012
    Impact of mineralogy and diagenesis on reservoir quality of the Lower Cretaceous Upper Mannville formation (Alberta, Canada); [Impact de la minéralogie et de la diagenèse sur la qualité des réservoirs de la Formation Mannville Supérieur, Crétacé Inférieur (Alberta, Canada)] DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2011153
  • 2012
    The ranero hydrothermal dolomites (Albian, Karrantza Valley, Northwest Spain): Implications on Conceptual Dolomite Models; [Les dolomies hydrothermales de Ranero (Albien, Vallée de la Karrantza, nord-ouest de l'Espagne): Conséquences sur les modèles génétiques] DOI : 10.2516/ogst/2011165
  • 2011
    Advanced workflows for joint modelling of sedimentary facies and diagenetic overprint, impact on reservoir quality
  • 2011
    Breccia beds in the khuff (permian-triassic) in ras al khaimah, United Arab Emirates: Collapse or transgressive in origin?
  • 2011
    Fracture mineralization and fluid flow evolution: An example from the permian-triassic carbonate successions of united Arab emirates
  • 2011
    Carbon- And oxygen-isotope stratigraphy: A tool for confirming sequence stratigraphy in the early triassic kangan formation, northern part of the Arabian plate
  • 2011
    Diagenesis of the permo-triassic succession of the Northeastern UAE, an outcrop analogue of the Khuff Formation
  • 2011
    The petroleum prospectivity of Lebanon: An overview DOI : 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2011.00498.x
  • 2010
    Fault-related hydrothermal dolomites in Cretaceous carbonates (Cantabria, northern Spain): Results of petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical studies DOI : 10.2113/gssgfbull.181.4.391
  • 2010
    Diagenesis of the Khuff Formation (Permian-Triassic), northern United Arab Emirates DOI : 10.1007/s12517-010-0198-y
  • 2010
    Numerical modelling of hydrothermal fault-related dolomitization
  • 2010
    Hydrothermal dolomitization in the Upper Triassic Ghalilah formation, North-Eastern United Arab Emirates-insights from
  • 2009
    Reactive pore network modeling technology to evaluate the impact of diagenesis on the petrophysical properties of a rock
  • 2009
    Diagenesis of the Asmari Formation (Oligo-Miocene; SW Iran): Implications on reservoir modelling of a giant oilfield
  • 2008
    Calcitization/dedolomitization of Jurassic dolostones (Lebanon): Results from petrographic and sequential geochemical analyses DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00953.x
  • 2008
    Paleoclimate reconstruction in the Levant region from the geochemistry of a Holocene stalagmite from the Jeita cave, Lebanon DOI : 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.05.004
  • 2007
    Hydrothermal dolomitisation fronts: Implications on reservoir characterisation and modelling (Jurassic, Lebanon) DOI : 10.2523/11460-ms
  • 2007
    Field geometry, petrography and geochemistry of a dolomitization front (Late Jurassic, central Lebanon) DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00874.x
  • 2007
    Petrographic and geochemical study on cave pearls from Kanaan Cave (Lebanon) DOI : 10.5038/1827-806X.36.1.4
  • 2006
    Petrographic and chemical traits of Cenomanian platform carbonates (central Lebanon): implications for depositional environments DOI : 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.03.009
  • 2006
    Petrographic and geochemical study of Jurassic dolostones from Lebanon: Evidence for superimposed diagenetic events DOI : 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.11.003
  • 2004
    The hydrocarbon potential of Lebanon: New insights from regional correlations and studies of Jurassic dolomitization DOI : 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2004.tb00058.x
  • 2004
    Petroleum prospects of Lebanon: Some remarks from sedimentological and diagenetic studies of Jurassic carbonates DOI : 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00095-3
  • 2004
    Reflux stratabound dolostone and hydrothermal volcanism-associated dolostone: A two-state dolomitization model (Jurassic, Lebanon) DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00629.x
  • 2002
    Characterization of the Lebanese Jurassic-Cretaceous carbonate stratigraphic sequence: A geochemical approach DOI : 10.1002/gj.902