Niccolò Menegoni

Alumni

Post-doctoral fellow

Research Interests

Working on structural geology and rock mechanics, with a main focus on rock fractures and their implications, using wellbore imaging and remote sensing techniques.

Selected Publications

1. Structure and fracture characterization of the Jizan group: Implications for subsurface CO2 basalt mineralization.

J. Fedorik, A. Delaunay, G. Losi, Y. Panara, N. Menegoni, A.M. Afifi, S. Arkadakskiy, M. Al Malallah, E. Oelkers, S.R. Gislason, Z. Ahmed, N. Kunnummal

Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 10, 946532. (2023) https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.946532

2. Relation between fault and fracture network affecting the Lastoni di Formin carbonate platform (Italian Dolomites) and its deformation history

N. Menegoni, Y. Panara, R. Inama, C. Perotti

Geosciences, 12(12), 451. (2022) https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12120451

3. DICE: an open-source MATLAB application for quantification and parametrization of Digital Outcrop Model-based fracture datasets

N. Menegoni, D. Giordan, C. Perotti

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, XX, XXXX. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2022.09.011

4. Fracture network analysis of the Balmuccia Peridotite by drone-based photogrammetry.

N. Menegoni, A. Greenwood, G. Hetényi

Near Surface Geoscience 2022 Conferenece and Exhibition (Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1-5). EAGE (2022, September) https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202220052

5. 3D Digital outcrop model-based analysis of fracture network along the seismogenic Mt. Vettore Fault System (Central Italy): The importance of inherited fractures.

Y. Panara, N. Menegoni, F. Carboni, R. Inama

Journal of Structural Geology, 161, 104654. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104654

6. Early deformation structures connected to the progradation of a carbonate platform: The case of the Nuvolau Cassian platform (Dolomites-Italy).

N. Menegoni, R. Inama, M. Crozi, C. Perotti

Marine and Petroleum Geology, 138, 105574. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105574

7. Mineralogical Mapping with Accurately Corrected Shortwave Infrared Hyperspectral Data Acquired Obliquely from UAVs.

S. Thiele, Z. Bnoulkacem, S. Lorenz, A. Bordenave, N. Menegoni, Y. Madriz, E. Dujoncquoy, R. Gloaguen, J. Kenter

Remote Sensing, 14, 5. (2022) https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010005

8. Syndepositional fractures and architecture of the Lastoni di Formin carbonate platform: Insights from virtual outcrop models and field studies.

R. Inama, N. Menegoni, C. Perotti

Marine and Petroleum Geology, 12(10), 104606. (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104606

9. Detection and geometric characterization of rock mass discontinuities using a 3D high-resolution digital outcrop model generated from RPAS imagery - Ormea rock slope, Italy.

N. Menegoni, D. Giordan, C. Perotti, D. Tannant

Engineering Geology, 252, 145-163. (2019) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.02.028

10. Analysis by UAV digital photogrammetry of folds and related fractures in the Monte Antola flysch Formation (Ponte Organasco, Italy).

N. Menegoni, C. Meisina, C. Perotti, M. Crozi

Geosciences, 8(8), 299. (2018) https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8080299

Education

Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 2019

MSc, Geology and Geotechnics,  University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 2015

BSc, Geological sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 2013

Professional Profile

2019-2023: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Pavia, Italy

Scientific and Professional Membership

Interuniversity Center for 3D Seismotectonics with territorial applications (CRUST)

European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

KAUST Affiliations

Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)

Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Rock Mechanics Structural Geology Fracture network Co2 Storage