Dr. Luca Caracciolo

Dr. Luca Caracciolo
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Lehrstuhl für Geologie
GeoZentrum Nordbayern
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg
Schlossgarten 5
D-91054 Erlangen
Tel: +49 (0)9131 85 29240
Email: luca.caracciolo(at)fau(dot)de
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Forschungsschwerpunkte

My research is focused on the application of a wide spectrum of Provenance analysis techniques applied to basin analysis, particularly on the relationships between tectonic and sedimentation. Most relevant analytical approaches and research interests are Quantitative sedimentary provenance analysis; Sedimentary petrology and heavy minerals, detrital geochemistry, sedimentary processes (weathering / recycling, sorting and volcaniclastic sedimentation) diagenesis (cementation chronology, pore-water interaction, thermal history), Low temperature thermochronology (Fission tracks and U/Th/He dating). I’m keen at using and integrating state of the art techniques – e.g. Raman and QemScan – and model compositional data to link sediment mineralogy to sedimentary processes.

The most exciting and challenging aspect of my researach is to use provenance and sediment composition in different fields, especially those related to the O&G and geothermal industry for enhanced interpretation of facies hetherogeneity, reservoir connectivity, diagenetic environments and their influence on fluid migration . Combining both academic and industry experience, I had the chance to work and publish in areas distributed in all continents including Europe, North and South America, Africa, SE Asia, Australia and New Zealand. I’m actively involved in industry projects and training of professionals from the O&G industry.

Projekte

Rapide Versenkung eines trockenen Sandsteins – die besondere kompaktionsdominierte Diagenese der Twyfelfontein Formation, NW Namibia
(Drittmittelfinanzierte Einzelförderung)
Laufzeit: 1. Oktober 2019 - 30. September 2022
Mittelgeber: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)

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Masterstudiengang "GeoThermie/GeoEnergie"
(Drittmittelfinanzierte Gruppenförderung – Teilprojekt)
Titel des Gesamtprojektes: Geothermie-Allianz Bayern (GAB)
Laufzeit: 1. Januar 2016 - 31. Dezember 2020
Mittelgeber: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst (ab 10/2013)

Abstract

In Bayern gibt es bisher keinen Studiengang, der auf Geothermie/Geoenergieressourcen fokussiert ist und relevante Lehrinhalte ganzheitlich - von der Aufsuchung und Erschließung bis zur energetischen Nutzung und Speicherung der Ressource - an Studierende vermittelt. Die an den beiden Standorten TU München und FAU Erlangen vorhandenen Lehr- und Forschungskompetenzen sollen durch die Einrichtung eines in der Verantwortung der FAU liegenden interdisziplinären Master-Studiengangs "GeoThermie/GeoEnergie" zusammengeführt und und inhaltlich ergänzt werden. Dies erfordert einen personellen Ausbau der Fachrichtungen I) Seismische Interpretation & Untergrund-Modellierung und II) Reservoirgeologie & Geohydraulik.
Für den Master-Studiengang "GeoThermie/GeoEnergie" wird ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz angestrebt:
Neben der geowissenschaftlichen Komponente soll auch die technische Erschließung
und energietechnische Nutzung von geothermischen Reservoiren, ergänzt durch energiewirtschaftliche
und berg-/umweltrechtliche Aspekte behandelt werden. Somit kann den Studierenden
sowohl das angestrebte ganzheitliche Systemverständnis als auch das einem modernen
Anforderungsprofil der Energiewirtschaft entsprechende Methodenspektrum vermittelt werden.
Die den Studierenden vermittelten Methoden sind jedoch keinesfalls nur auf Anwendungen in
der Geothermie beschränkt, sondern auch auf sehr viele andere, das Verständnis des tieferen
geologischen Untergrunds betreffende Fragestellungen (z.B. Gas-, Fluid- und
Wärmespeicherung) direkt übertragbar.

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Late Cretaceous to Recent post-breakup evolution of the African S-Atlantic margin: integrating onshore field studies; sequence development, offshore seismic data, numerical dating and modelling
(Drittmittelfinanzierte Gruppenförderung – Teilprojekt)
Titel des Gesamtprojektes: SPP 1375: SAMPLE: South Atlantic Margin Processes and Links with onshore Evolution
Laufzeit: 1. November 2008 - 30. September 2013
Mittelgeber: DFG / Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP)

Abstract

Multiple phases of volcanism, uplift and subsidence are recorded after the breakup of the Namibian South Atlantic margin segment – features which are regarded as atypical when compared to published examples of other post-breakup continental margin successions. It is currently not understood whether these geodynamic processes are only of regional or a broader, South Atlantic intercontinental importance. Existing low T thermochronometric analyses, cosmogenic isotope measurements on bedrock surfaces and tectonic and stratigraphic analysis of the post-breakup succession could be advantageously completed and calibrated by (A) the interpretation of offshore industrial seismic and well log data (uppermost 2s TWT) and (B) the analysis of onshore sedimentary archives such as post-breakup fluvial depositional sequences, marine terraces, aeolianites, palaeo-seacliffs, incised valleys and syntectonic strata in the hanging-walls of normal faults. Both, onshore and offshore strata provide a high-resolution archive of processes accompanying the breakup and post-breakup evolution of the South Atlantic margin. Many of the coastal marine terraces contain dateable material suitable for biostratigraphic analysis combined with ESR and OSL dating. Offshore seismic structural and stratigraphic analysis and well data will be integrated with a detailed 3D stratigraphic and structural analysis as well as dynamic retro- and forward modelling which forms the basis for a combined 3D onshore-offshore surface-subsurface model.

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Veröffentlichungen

2018

Alvan A., Jacay J., Caracciolo L., Sanchez E., Trinidad I.:
Sedimentary facies analysis of the Mesozoic clastic rocks in southern Peru (Tacna, 18°S): Towards a paleoenvironmental Re-definition and stratigraphic Re-organization
In: Journal of South American Earth Sciences (2018)
ISSN: 0895-9811
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2018.04.014
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981117304534
Drews M., Bauer W., Caracciolo L., Stollhofen H.:
Disequilibrium compaction overpressure in shales of the Bavarian Foreland Molasse Basin: Results and geographical distribution from velocity-based analyses
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology 92 (2018), S. 37-50
ISSN: 0264-8172
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.02.017
Feder A., Zimmermann R., Stollhofen H., Caracciolo L., Garzanti E., Andreani L.:
Fluvial-aeolian sedimentary facies, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert
In: Journal of Maps 14 (2018), S. 630–643
ISSN: 1744-5647
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2018.1526719
Weltje GJ., Paredis B., Caracciolo L., Heins W.:
Quantitative analysis of crystal-interface frequencies in granitoids: Implications for modelling of parent-rock texture and its influence on the properties of plutoniclastic sands
In: Sedimentary Geology (2018)
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.01.004

2017

Caracciolo L., Meinhold G., Critelli S., von Eynatten H., Manetti P.:
Comment on Maravelis et al. “Accretionary prism–forearc interactions as reflected in the sedimentary fill of southern Thrace Basin (Lemnos Island, NE Greece)”
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences 106 (2017), S. 387-388
ISSN: 1437-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-016-1302-7
Stalder NF., Fellin MG., Caracciolo L., Guillong M., Winkler W., Milli S., Moscatelli M., Critelli S.:
Dispersal pathways in the early Messinian Adriatic foreland and provenance of the Laga Formation (Central Apennines, Italy)
In: Sedimentary Geology (2017)
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.09.016

2016

Henares S, Caracciolo L, Viseras C, Fernandez J, Yeste LM:
Diagenetic constraints on heterogeneous reservoir quality assessment: A Triassic outcrop analog of meandering fluvial reservoirs
In: Aapg Bulletin 100 (2016), S. 1377-1398
ISSN: 0149-1423
DOI: 10.1306/04041615103
Caracciolo L, Orlando A, Marchev P, Critelli S, Manetti P, Raycheva R, Riley D:
Provenance of Tertiary volcanoclastic sediment in NW Thrace (Bulgaria): Evidence from detrital amphibole and pyroxene geochemistry
In: Sedimentary Geology 336 (2016), S. 120-137
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.01.026
Perri F., Caracciolo L., Cavalcante F., Corrado S., Critelli S., Muto F., Dominici R.:
Sedimentary and thermal evolution of the Eocene-Oligocene mudrocks from the southwestern Thrace Basin (NE Greece)
In: Basin Research 28 (2016), S. 319-339
ISSN: 0950-091X
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12112
Caracciolo L., Garzanti E., von Eynatten H., Weltje G.:
Sediment generation and provenance: Processes and pathways
In: Sedimentary Geology 336 (2016), S. 1-2
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.03.015
von Eynatten H, Tolosana-Delgado R, Karius V, Bachmann K, Caracciolo L:
Sediment generation in humid Mediterranean setting: Grain-size and source-rock control on sediment geochemistry and mineralogy (Sila Massif, Calabria)
In: Sedimentary Geology 336 (2016), S. 68-80
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.10.008

2015

Caracciolo L., Critelli S., Cavazza W., Meinhold G., von Eynatten H., Manetti P.:
The Rhodope Zone as a primary sediment source of the southern Thrace basin (NE Greece and NW Turkey): evidence from detrital heavy minerals and implications for central-eastern Mediterranean palaeogeography
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences 104 (2015), S. 815-832
ISSN: 1437-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-014-1111-9

2014

Ingersoll RV, Pratt MJ, Davis PM, Caracciolo L, Day PP, Hayne PO, Petrizzo DA, Gingrich DA, Cavazza W, Critelli S, Diamond DS, Coffey KT, Stang DM, Hoyt JF, Reith RC, Hendrix ED:
Paleotectonics of a complex Miocene half graben formed above a detachment fault: The Diligencia basin, Orocopia Mountains, southern California
In: Lithosphere 6 (2014), S. 157-176
ISSN: 1941-8264
DOI: 10.1130/L334.1
Caracciolo L., Arribas J., Ingersoll R., Critelli S.:
The diagenetic destruction of porosity in plutoniclastic petrofacies: The Miocene Diligencia and Eocene Maniobra formations, Orocopia Mountains, southern California, USA
Geological Society of London, 2014
DOI: 10.1144/SP386.9
Henares S., Caracciolo L., Cultrone G., Fernández J., Viseras C.:
The role of diagenesis and depositional facies on pore system evolution in a Triassic outcrop analogue (SE Spain)
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology 51 (2014), S. 136-151
ISSN: 0264-8172
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.12.004

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