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Sadoon Morad is affiliated with Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a notable focus on subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, and Geology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Sadoon Morad has contributed to multiple research publications, often collaborating with frequent co-authors such as Mohammad Alsuwaidi, Howri Mansurbeg, Salahadin Shahrokhi, Ibrahim Mohammed, and Mohammed Y. Ali.

Several recent papers illustrate the breadth of Morad's research interests and collaborations:

  • "Depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality of microporous basinal lime mudstones (Aptian), United Arab Emirates," 2021, published in Sedimentary Geology
  • "Integration of stable isotopes, radiometric dating and microthermometry of saddle dolomite and host dolostones (Cretaceous carbonates, Kurdistan, Iraq): New insights into hydrothermal dolomitization," 2021, published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Experimental and digital investigations of heterogeneity in lower cretaceous carbonate reservoir using fractal and multifractal concepts," 2023, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Dolomite recrystallization revealed by Δ47/U-Pb thermochronometry in the Upper Jurassic Arab Formation, United Arab Emirates," 2023, published in Geology
  • "Packstones and floatstones: Ambiguous textures and origins in need of critical appraisal," 2020, published in Marine and Petroleum Geology

The most frequent publication venues for Morad's work include:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Geology
  • Geological Journal

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of diagenetic alterations in siliciclastic rocks: implications for mass transfer in sedimentary basins

    Sadoon Morad;João Marcelo Ketzer;L. F. De Ros

  • The impact of diagenesis on the heterogeneity of sandstone reservoirs: A review of the role of depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy

    Sadoon Morad;Khalid Al-Ramadan;João Marcelo Ketzer;L. F. De Ros

  • Clay minerals in sandstones; controls on formation, distribution and evolution

    Richard H. Worden;Sadoon Morad

  • Carbonate Cementation in Sandstones: Distribution Patterns and Geochemical Evolution

    S. Morad

  • Quartz cementation in oilfield sandstones: a review of the key controversies

    Richard Worden;Sadoon Morad

  • Diagenetic albitization of detrital K-feldspar in Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, and Tertiary clastic reservoir rocks from offshore Norway; I, Textures and origin

    Girish C. Saigal;Sadoon Morad;Knut Bjorlykke;Per Kristian Egeberg

  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality evolution of palaeocene deep-water, marine sandstones, the Shetland-Faroes Basin, British continental shelf

    H. Mansurbeg;S. Morad;S. Morad;A. Salem;R. Marfil

  • Albitization of Detrital Plagioclase in Triassic Reservoir Sandstones from the Snorre Field, Norwegian North Sea

    Sadoon Morad;Morten Bergan;Ragnar Knarud;Johan Petter Nystuen

  • Diagenesis and Reservoir-Quality Evolution of Incised-Valley Sandstones: Evidence from the Abu Madi Gas Reservoirs (Upper Miocene), the Nile Delta Basin, Egypt

    Alaa M. Salem;J.M. Ketzer;S. Morad;Raafat R. Rizk

  • Sequence stratigraphic distribution of diagenetic alterations in coal-bearing, paralic sandstones: evidence from the Rio Bonito Formation (early Permian), southern Brazil

    J. Marcelo Ketzer;Michael Holz;S. Morad;I. S. Al-Aasm

  • Quartz cementation in sandstones

    Richard H. Worden;Sadoon Morad

  • Carbonate Cementation in Sandstones

    Sadoon Morad

  • Diagenetic albitization of detrital K-feldspars in Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous and Tertiary clastic reservoir rocks from offshore Norway; II, Formation water chemistry and kinetic considerations

    P. Aagaard;P. K. Egeberg;G. C. Saigal;S. Morad

  • Identification of primary Ce-anomaly signatures in fossil biogenic apatite: implication for the Cambrian oceanic anoxia and phosphogenesis

    S. Morad;S. Felitsyn

  • Clay mineral cements in sandstones

    Richard H. Worden;Sadoon. Morad

  • Predictive Diagenetic Clay‐Mineral Distribution in Siliciclastic Rocks within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

    J. M. Ketzer;S. Morad;A. Amorosi

  • Distribution of Diagenetic Alterations in Fluvial, Deltaic, and Shallow Marine Sandstones Within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: Evidence from the Mullaghmore Formation (Carboniferous), Nw Ireland

    J. Marcelo Ketzer;S. Morad;Richard Evans;I.S. Al-Aasm

  • Impact of diagenesis on the spatial and temporal distribution of reservoir quality in the Jurassic Arab D and C members, offshore Abu Dhabi oilfield, United Arab Emirates.

    Sadoon Morad;Ihsan S. Al-Aasm;Fadi H. Nader;Andrea Ceriani

  • Diagenesis and formation water chemistry of Triassic reservoir sandstones from southern Tunisia

    S. Morad;H. N. Ben Ismail;L. F. Ros;I. S. Al-Aasm

  • Distribution of Diagenetic Alterations in Siliciclastic Shoreface Deposits within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: Evidence from the Upper Jurassic, Boulonnais, NW France

    Khalid Al-Ramadan;Sadoon Morad;Jean-Noel Proust;Ihsan Al-Aasm

Frequent Co-Authors

Ihsan S. Al-Aasm
Ihsan S. Al-Aasm University of Windsor
Ala Aldahan
Ala Aldahan United Arab Emirates University
Alessandro Amorosi
Alessandro Amorosi University of Bologna
Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
Stephen N. Ehrenberg
Stephen N. Ehrenberg Independent Scientist / Consultant, Norway
Knut Bjørlykke
Knut Bjørlykke University of Oslo
Thomas Steuber
Thomas Steuber Khalifa University
Karl Ramseyer
Karl Ramseyer University of Bern
Jean-Noël Proust
Jean-Noël Proust Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert M. Kalin
Robert M. Kalin University of Strathclyde

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