Professor Fiona F Whitaker

B.Sc., Ph.D.(Bristol)

Professor of Earth Sciences, School of Earth Sciences
Cabot Institute for the Environment
Marine and Terrestrial Environments
Geophysics
Volcanology

EmailFiona.Whitaker@bristol.ac.uk

BS8 1RJ

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Research interests

My research focuses on carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis, integrating field studies of modern environments with numerical modeling, to provide a holistic understanding of the evolution of porosity-permeability in carbonate sediments from birth to burial. Recent work has inlcuded application of these techniques to understanding restless volcanic sytems and CO₂ sequestration in reservoirs and aquifers.

Field studies in the Bahamas, Yucatan and Guam include aqueous biogeochemistry, hydrological monitoring and aquifer characterization, and enable quantification of key processes and evaluation of fundamental controls on carbonate diagenesis, and in Montserrat with application to hydrogeophysics.

Modeling approaches include hydrological, geochemical and reaction transport modeling (RTM). The latter, an emerging technology which simulates geochemical reactions in systems open to fluid flow, is providing exciting new insights into a range of rock-water interaction systems.

Field and modeling studies have informed development an innovative model for prediction of coupled sedimentological and early diagenetic evolution of carbonate platforms (CARB3D+), supported by the Leverhulme Trust and industry via the Bristol Carbonates Consortium. Most recently I am running a large ITF project IRT-MODE: integrated reactive transport modelling of dolomitization (https://sites.google.com/site/bristolitfproject/home).

Structured keywords and research groupings

Cabot Institute Water Research

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Projects

2 Finished

IRT-MODE: Integrated Reaction Transport Modelling of Dolomite Evolution

Whitaker, F. F., Gabellone, T., Griffiths, G. L., Palmer, T. & Yapparova, A.

1/04/12 → 31/07/14

Project: Research

Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon Storage (QICS)

Whitaker, F. F.

1/04/10 → 1/04/13

Project: Research

Research Output

60 Article (Academic Journal)
16 Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
14 Conference Abstract
10 Chapter in a book
3 More

Evaluating new fault‐controlled hydrothermal dolomitization models: Insights from the Cambrian Dolomite, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Whitaker, F. F., Koeshidayatullah, A., Corlett, H. J., Stacey, J., Swart, PK., Boyce, A., Robertson, H. A. & Hollis, C., 11 Mar 2020, In : Sedimentology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)

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