I am a carbonate researcher with expertise in geochemistry, sedimentology, and diagenesis.PublicationsRivers, J.M. and Larson, K.P. (2018) The Cenozoic kinematics of Qatar: Evidence for high-angle faulting along the Dukhan ‘anticline’. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 92, 953-961.Rivers, J.M., Varghese, L., Yousif, R., Whitaker, F.F., Skeat, S.L. and Al-Shaikh, I. (2019) The geochemistry of Qatar coastal waters and its Impact on carbonate sediment chemistry and early marine diagenesis. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 89, 293-309.Rivers, J.M., Engel, M., Dalrymple, R., Yousif, R., Strohmenger, C.J. and Al-Shaikh, I. (2019) Are carbonate barrier islands mobile? Insights from a mid to late-Holocene system, Al Ruwais, northern Qatar. Sedimentology, 67, 534-538.Rivers, J.M., Skeat, S.L., Yousif, R., Liu, C., Stanmore, E., Tai, P. and Al-Marri, S.M. (2019) The depositional history of near-surface Qatar aquifer rocks and its impact on matrix flow and storage properties. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 12, 33.Rivers, J.M. and Kaczmarek, S.E. (2020) Dologrus: The impact of meteroric water controlled diagenesis following early marine dolomitization. Sedimentology. doi:10.1111/sed.12742Rivers, J.M., Dalrymple, R.W., Yousif, R., Butler, J.D., Warren, C., Skeat, S.L., Barri, E.M.M.A. and Al Shaik, I., Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide dominated coastal embayment, Qatar. Sedimentary Geology, 408, 105730.

Research and reservoir characterization at the Upstream Research Company

Publications:Salinity reflux and dolomitization of southern Australian slope sediments: the importance of low carbonate saturation levels (Sedimentology).