alain zanella

Publications

Ravier. É., Martinez, M., Pellenard, P., Zanella, A., Tupinier, L. 2020. The Milankovitch fingerprint on the distribution and thickness of bedding-parallel veins (beef) in source rocks. Ma. Marine and Petroleum Geology.

De Toffoli, B., Mangold, N., Massironi, M., Zanella, A., Pozzobon, R., Le Mouélic, S., L'haridon, J., Cremonese, G. 2020. Structural Analysis of Sulfate Vein Networks in Gale Crater (Mars). Submitted in Journal of Structural Geology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104083

Larmier, S., Zanella, A., Lejay, A., Mourgues, R. & Gelin, F., 2020. Parameters controlling the bedding-parallel veins distribution in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. AAPG Bulletin.

Zanella, A., Cobbold, P.R., Rodrigues, N., Loseth, H., Jolivet, M., Gouttefangeas, F. & Chew, D. 2020. Sources rocks in foreland basins: a preferential context for the development of naturel hydraulic fractures. AAPG Bulletin.

Ukar, E., López, R., Hryb, D., Gale, J., Manceda, R., Fall, A., Brisson, I., Hernandez-Bilbao, E., Weger, R., Marchal, D. & Zanella, A. 2020. Natural fractures in the Vaca Muerta Formation: from core and outcrop observations to subsurface models, in D. Minisini, M. Fantin, I. Lanusse Noguera & H. Leanza, eds., Integrated geology of unconventionals: The case of the Vaca Muerta Play, Argentina: Chapter 14, AAPG Memoir 121, p. 377-416.

Zanella, A., Cobbold, P.R., & Boassen, T. 2015. Natural hydraulic fractures in the Wessex Basin, SW England: widespread distribution, composition and history. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 68 (A), 438-448, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.09.005.

Cobbold, P.R., Zanella, A., Fourdan, B., Neraudeau, D., & Gouttefangeas, F. 2015. Fractures hydrauliques naturelles a l'Est du Bassin de Paris. Bulletin d'Information des Geologues du Bassin de Paris, 52 (2), 23-30.

Zanella, A., Cobbold, P. R., Ruffet, G., & Leanza, H. A. 2015. Geological evidence for fluid overpressure, hydraulic fracturing and strong heating during maturation and migration of hydrocarbons in Mesozoic rocks of the northern Neuquén Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 62, 229-242. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2015.06.006.

Zanella, A., Cobbold, P.R., & Le Carlier de Veslud, C. 2014. Physical modelling of chemical compaction, overpressure development, hydraulic fracturing and thrust detachments in organic-rich source rock. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 55, 262-274. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.12.017.

Zanella A., Cobbold P.R. & Rojas L. 2014. Beef veins and thrust detachments in Early Cretaceous source rocks, foothills of Magallanes-Austral Basin, southern Chile and Argentina: structural evidence for fluid overpressure during hydrocarbon maturation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 55, 250-261. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.10.006.

Cobbold, P.R., Ruffet, G., Leith, L., Loseth, H., Rodrigues, N., Leanza, H. A., & Zanella, A. 2014. Radial patterns of bitumen dykes around Quaternary volcanoes, provinces of northern Neuquén and southernmost Mendoza, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 56, 454-467. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2014.09.015.

Cobbold, P.R., Zanella, A., Rodrigues, N., & Løseth, H. 2013. Bedding-parallel fibrous veins (beef and cone-in-cone): worldwide occurrence and possible significance in terms of fluid overpressure, hydrocarbon generation and mineralization. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 43, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.01.010.

Le Breton E., Cobbold P.R., & Zanella A. 2013. Cenozoic reactivation of the Great Glenn Fault, Scotland: Additional Evidence and Possible Causes. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 170, 403-415. doi: 10.1144/jgs2012-067.

Communications

Abaab, N., Zanella, A., Akrout, D., Mourgues, R. & Montacer, M. 2020. Distribution of natural hydraulic fractures (Gypsum beef veins) within the Bouhedma Formation, Northern Chotts range – Southern Tunisia. 3rd conference of the arabian journal of geosciences, Sousse, October.

Ferré, G., Zanella, A., Coddet, C., Mourgues, R. & Simonetto, E. 2020. Reconstitution of geological outcrops by photogrammetry from ligth and low-cost instrumentation. FIG, Amsterdam, april.

Madathiparambil, A.S., Zanella, A., Cerasi, P., Chattopadhyay, B., Mürer, F.K., Tekseth, K.R.B., Gibaud, A. & Breidy, D.W. 2020. Physical modeling of basin scale fluid generation in source rocks. Trondheim, november.

Zanella, A., Larmier, S., Junique, T. & Mourgues, R. 2019. Natural Fractures Network Development Due to Fluid Production in Anisotropic and Impermeable Granular Materials: Application to Organic-Rich Shales. AAPG 2019, San Antonio, may.

Larmier, S., Zanella, A., Pironon, J., La, C., Lejay, A., Mourgues, R. & Gelin, F. 2019. Geochemical and Fluid Inclusions Analyses of Several Calcite Veins and Matrix Within the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. AAPG 2019, San Antonio, may

Larmier, S., Zanella, A., Lejay, A., Mourgues, R. & Gelin, F. 2018. FDistribution of Natural Hydraulic Fractures (Beef Veins) within the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. AAPG 2018, Salt Lake City

Larmier, S., Zanella, A., Lejay, A., Mourgues, R. & Gelin, F. 2017. Distribution of fibrous calcite veins (beef) within source rocks. Case study: Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin. International Meeting of Sedimentology, Toulouse, 10-17 october.

Mourgues, R., Zanella, A., Strzerzynski, P., Richard, F., Richard, F. 2016. New anisotropic analogue materials for tectonics and hydraulic fracturing experiments. GeoMod 2016 conference, Montpellier.

Zanella, A., Larmier, S. & Mourgues, R. 2016. Fracturation naturelle par transition de phases solide-liquide. Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Caen

Zanella A. & Cobbold P.R. 2013. Physical modeling of fluid overpressure and hydraulic fracturing in source rocks in various tectonic contexts. AAPG 2013, Pittsburgh, 19-23 may

Le Breton E., Cobbold P.R. & Zanella A. 2012. Differential sea-floor spreading along the NE Atlantic ridge system and resulting deformation of the NW European Margin. Onshore-Offshore relationships on the North Atlantic Margin, Trondheim, October

Zanella A. & Cobbold P.R. 2012. ‘Beef’: Evidence for fluid overpressure and hydraulic fracturing in source rocks during hydrocarbon generation and tectonic events: Field studies and physical modelling. Geofluids 2012, Rueil-Malmaison, 6-8 june

Cobbold P.R., Zanella A., Ruffet G., Rodrigues N. & Løseth H. 2012. Beef (bedding-parallel fibrous veins): worldwide occurrence and significance in terms of fluid overpressure, hydrocarbon generation and mineralization (including sulfides, emerald, uranium or gold). AAPG 2012, Long Beach, 22-25 april

Le Breton E., Cobbold P.R., & Zanella A. 2012. Cenozoic right-lateral slip on the Great Glen Fault, Scotland: Additional Evidence and Possible Causes. EGU 2012-3543-1, Vienne, 22-27 april

Zanella A. & Cobbold P.R. 2011. Influence of fluid overpressures, maturation of organic matter, and tectonic contexts during the development of 'beef': physical modelling and comparison with the Wessex basin, SW England. EGU 2011-3347, Vienne, 3-8 april

Zanella A., Cobbold P.R. & Lemrabott A. 2010. Physical Models of Chemical compaction, overpressures development and hydraulic fracturing in various tectonic contexts. GeoMod 2010, Lisbonne, 27-29 september