Mr Qiang Zhang
Graduate Demonstrator
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- ZhangQ63@cardiff.ac.uk
- Main Building, Room 2.32, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT
Overview
Interest:
Salt tectonics
Structural geology
Petroleum geology
Marine Geology and Geophysics
I am a Ph.D. student in Marine and Petroleum Geology study, focusing on fault analysis around salt structures. I finished the undergraduate study of Geology in 2016 at China University of Petroleum (East China). After the undergraduate study, I have pursued my postgraduate study in Strucutral Geology at the same university, mainly studying the tectono-sedimentary evolution in Northern Depression, Beibuwan Basin.
Publication
2024
- Zhang, Q. and Alves, T. 2024. Contrasting influence of salt structures and faults on the geothermal potential of regional structural highs: The Cleaver Bank High, Southern North Sea. Geothermics 116, article number: 102842. (10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102842)
2023
- Zhang, Q. and Alves, T. 2023. Palaeostress state around a rising salt diapir inferred from seismic reflection data. Marine and Petroleum Geology 155, article number: 106385. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106385)
Articles
- Zhang, Q. and Alves, T. 2024. Contrasting influence of salt structures and faults on the geothermal potential of regional structural highs: The Cleaver Bank High, Southern North Sea. Geothermics 116, article number: 102842. (10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102842)
- Zhang, Q. and Alves, T. 2023. Palaeostress state around a rising salt diapir inferred from seismic reflection data. Marine and Petroleum Geology 155, article number: 106385. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106385)
Research
Currently, I am funded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) to pursue my Ph.D. study at Cardiff University. My research tries to understand the favourable fluid flow paths around salt structures, which helps the evaluation of exploration risks and enhanced oil recovery. I use high-quality 3D seismic volume correlated with drilling wells to study the geometry and geological evolution of structures, highlighting the favourable fluid flow paths around salt structures.