Dr Veerle Vandeginste
Assistant Professor in Geochemistry
Department: School of Chemistry
Started at GERC: September 2015
Key Research Expertise:
- Geochemistry
- Geology
- Geomechanics
Biography:
Dr. Veerle Vandeginste obtained her Licentiate degree (MSci equivalent) in Geology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2001). She worked one year for the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and then returned to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where she obtained her PhD in Science, Geology (2006). Subsequently, she worked for the Geological Survey of Belgium and obtained simultaneously a Certificate in Multidisciplinary Forensic Science (2007). In 2008, she started a postdoc at CEREGE (Aix-en-Provence, France). In 2009, she took up a position as Research Associate in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London, where she was promoted to Research Fellow in 2012. She was a Co-Investigator on the Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre project. Dr. Vandeginste is the recipient of the 2011 Stephen E. Laubach Research in Structural Diagenesis award. She became Subject Editor of the Journal of the Geological Society of London in 2014. In 2015, she was appointed as Assistant Professor in Geochemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham and is affiliated with the British Geological Survey.
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Current Research:
In GERC, I lead predominantly geochemical projects related to fluid-rock interaction in the framework of the broad geo-energy spectrum, including conventional and unconventional oil and gas, gas hydrates, underground gas storage and geothermal energy.
Publications:
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VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE., STEHLE, MANUELA., JOURDAN, ANNE-LISA et al., 2017. Diagenesis in Salt dome roof strata: Barite – calcite assemblage in Jebel Madar, Oman. MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. 86, 408-425
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BECKERT, JULIA, VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE and JOHN, CEDRIC M., 2016. Relationship between karstification and burial dolomitization in Permian platform carbonates (Lower Khuff - Oman) SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. 342, 165-179
- QUYE-SAWYER, JENNIFER, VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE and JOHNSTON, KIMBERLEY J., 2015. Application of handheld energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to carbonate studies: opportunities and challenges JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY. 30(7), 1490-1499
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, JOHN, CEDRIC M. and BECKERT, JULIA, 2015. Diagenetic Geobodies: Fracture-Controlled Burial Dolomite in Outcrops From Northern Oman SPE RESERVOIR EVALUATION & ENGINEERING. 18(1), 84-93
- BRADBURY, HAROLD J., VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE and JOHN, CEDRIC M., 2015. Diagenesis of phosphatic hardgrounds in the Monterey Formation: A perspective from bulk and clumped isotope geochemistry GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN. 127(9-10), 1453-1463
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, RAFIUDDIN, NUR LIYANA and PESKIN, AHRON, 2015. Three-dimensional reconstruction of diagenetic geobodies for geological carbon dioxide storage INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL. 42, 319-328
- BECKERT, JULIA, VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE and JOHN, CEDRIC M., 2015. Exploring the geological features and processes that control the shape and internal fabrics of late diagenetic dolomite bodies (Lower Khuff equivalent - Central Oman Mountains) MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. 68, 325-340
- SENA, CLAIRE M., JOHN, CEDRIC M., JOURDAN, ANNE-LISE, VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE and MANNING, CHRISTINA, 2014. DOLOMITIZATION OF LOWER CRETACEOUS PERITIDAL CARBONATES BY MODIFIED SEAWATER: CONSTRAINTS FROM CLUMPED ISOTOPIC PALEOTHERMOMETRY, ELEMENTAL CHEMISTRY, AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPES JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH. 84(7), 552-566
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, JOHN, CEDRIC M., COSGROVE, JOHN W. and MANNING, CHRISTINA, 2014. Dimensions, texture-distribution, and geochemical heterogeneities of fracture- related dolomite geobodies hosted in Ediacaran limestones, northern Oman AAPG BULLETIN. 98(9), 1789-1809
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE and JOHN, CEDRIC M., 2013. DIAGENETIC IMPLICATIONS OF STYLOLITIZATTON IN PELAGIC CARBONATES, CANTERBURY BASIN, OFFSHORE NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH. 83(3-4), 226-240
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, JOHN, CEDRIC M., VAN DE FLIERDT, TINA and COSGROVE, JOHN W., 2013. Linking process, dimension, texture, and geochemistry in dolomite geobodies: A case study from Wadi Mistal (northern Oman) AAPG BULLETIN. 97(7), 1181-1207
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, JOHN, CEDRIC M. and MANNING, CHRISTINA, 2013. Interplay between depositional facies, diagenesis and early fractures in the Early Cretaceous Habshan Formation, Jebel Madar, Oman MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. 43, 489-503
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, SWENNEN, RUDY, FAURE, JEAN-LUC, OSADETZ, KIRK and ROURE, FRANCOIS, 2012. Paleostress evolution in the Canadian Cordilleran foreland fold-and-thrust belt west of Calgary GEOLOGICA BELGICA. 15(1-2), 42-52
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, GOETHALS, HERMAN, DE VOS, WALTER, HERTOGEN, JAN and LAGROU, DAVID, 2012. The Hautes Fagnes meteorite find: A new LL5 (S1) chondrite from Belgium GEOLOGICA BELGICA. 15(1-2), 96-104
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE and JOHN, CEDRIC M., 2012. INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND DOLOMITE COMPOSITION ON DEDOLOMITIZATION: INSIGHTS FROM A MULTI-PROXY STUDY IN THE CENTRAL OMAN MOUNTAINS JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH. 82(3-4), 177-195
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, SWENNEN, RUDY, ALLAEYS, MELANIE, ELLAM, ROB M., OSADETZ, KIRK and ROURE, FRANCOIS, 2012. Challenges of structural diagenesis in foreland fold-and-thrust belts: A case study on paleofluid flow in the Canadian Rocky Mountains West of Calgary MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. 35(1), 235-251
- VANDEGINSTE, V., GOETHALS, H., HERTOGEN, J., LAGROU, D. and DE VOS, W., 2010. A NEW LL5 CHONDRITE FOUND IN BELGIUM IN THE HAUTES FAGNES REGION METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE. 45, A206-A206
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, SWENNEN, RUDY, GLEESON, SARAH A., ELLAM, ROB M., OSADETZ, KIRK and ROURE, FRANCOIS, 2009. Thermochemical sulphate reduction in the Upper Devonian Cairn Formation of the Fairholme carbonate complex (South-West Alberta, Canadian Rockies): evidence from fluid inclusions and isotopic data SEDIMENTOLOGY. 56(2), 439-460
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, SWENNEN, RUDY, REED, MARK H., ELLAM, ROB M., OSADETZ, KIRK and ROURE, FRANCOIS, 2009. Host rock dolomitization and secondary porosity development in the Upper Devonian Cairn Formation of the Fairholme carbonate complex (South-west Alberta, Canadian Rockies): diagenesis and geochemical modelling SEDIMENTOLOGY. 56(7), 2044-2060
- VANDEGINSTE, V. and PIESSENS, K., 2008. Pipeline design for a least-cost router application for CO2 transport in the CO2 sequestration cycle INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL. 2(4), 571-581
- VANDEGINSTE, VEERLE, SWENNEN, RUDY, GLEESON, SARAH A., ELLAM, ROB M., OSADETZ, KIRK and ROURE, FRANCOIS, 2007. Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Kicking Horse and Monarch Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc ore deposits, southeast British Columbia, Canada MINERALIUM DEPOSITA. 42(8), 913-935
- VANDEGINSTE, V, SWENNEN, R, GLEESON, SA, ELLAM, RM, OSADETZ, K and ROURE, F, 2006. Development of secondary porosity in the Fairholme carbonate complex (southwest Alberta, Canada) JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION. 89(1-3), 394-397
- VANDEGINSTE, V, SWENNEN, R, GLEESON, SA, ELLAM, RM, OSADETZ, K and ROURE, F, 2005. Zebra dolomitization as a result of focused fluid flow in the Rocky Mountains Fold and Thrust Belt, Canada SEDIMENTOLOGY. 52(5), 1067-1095
- ROURE, F, SWENNEN, R, SCHNEIDER, F, FAURE, JL, FERKET, H, GUILKAUMOU, N, OSADETZ, K, ROBION, P and VANDEGINSTE, V, 2005. Incidence and importance of tectonics and natural fluid migration on reservoir evolution in foreland fold-and-thrust belts OIL & GAS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-REVUE D IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES. 60(1), 67-106
- SWENNEN, R, VANDEGINSTE, V and ELLAM, R, 2003. Genesis of zebra dolomites (Cathedral Formation: Canadian Cordillera Fold and Thrust Belt, British Columbia) JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION. 78-9, 571-577