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VANDENBELT CONSULTING - RESEARCH, CONSULTING & TRAINING - SEDIMENTARY BASIN ANALYSIS - RESERVOIR GEOLOGY - COAL & EVAPORITES |
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Geolly.com is the website of Vandenbelt Consulting, a geological consultancy based in the Netherlands run by sedimentologist/geologist Frank van den Belt. Services include research, consulting and training in the field of sedimentary basin analysis and reservoir geology, in particular of coal and evaporite basins from the Carboniferous and Permian of Western Europe and the USA. |
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NEWS
Paper out: Van den Belt & Van Hulten, Sedimentary architecture and paleogeography of Lower Slochteren aeolian cycles from
the Rotliegend desert-lake margin (Permian), the Markham area, Southern North Sea, in: SEPM Sp. Publ. v. 98, p. 161-176.
On RTV Utrecht: Salt in the Dutch subsurface. Watch on YouTube
SERVICES
Training - Coal-bearing sequences, Carboniferous sedimentology, reservoir geology, core logging and interpretation, sequence stratigraphy, general stratigraphy, controls on coal distribution, outcrop studies Kentucky (USA). Carboniferous of the Netherlands. Rotliegend. Zechstein carbonates and evaporites. North Sea basin.
Field-based training - Carboniferous stratigraphy, sedimentology and reservoir characterisation: Westphalian C-D Ibbenbueren. Coal bearing sequences versus red-bed sequences. 1 or 2-day excursion possible. Geology of the North Sea basin: Devonian, Carboniferous, Cretaceaous, Miocene quarries in Belgium, Germany & Netherlands.
Consulting - Carboniferous sedimentological studies: core description, facies analysis, well correlation, reservoir characterisation. Only available for part-time work, please contact for possibilities. |
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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS Sedimentary architecture and paleogeography of Lower Slochteren aeolian cycles from the Rotliegend desert-lake margin. (SEPM v. 98, p. 161-176, 2011) Abstract Evaporite-basin size as a proxy for Palaeozoic glaciation? (IAS Zaragoza, 2011) Abstract The Upper Carboniferous reservoir fairways over the Dutch offshore Cleaver Bank High. (AAPG Paris, 2009) Extended abstract
Sulphate-platform progradation as a mechanism for ‘saline-giant’ cyclicity. (IAS Algheiro, 2009). Abstract
Prediction of fluvial sandstone distribution in Upper Carboniferous coal-bearing
sequences (Poland). (TNO Information, 2008). Download
Carboniferous climate cyclicity
based on palynological and sedimentological data. (CIMP Faro, 2009). Abstracts
A shallow-basin model for 'saline giants' based on isostasy-driven subsidence. (IAS Sp. Publ. v. 38.,
p. 241-251, 2007) Abstract
Sedimentation during halokinesis: Permo-Triassic reservoirs of the Saigak Field, Precaspian Basin. (Petr. Geosc., 2002). Abstract
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AFFILIATIONS Guest researcher at the Utrecht University: SED Geological Society of America: GSA International Association of Sedimentologists: IAS SOCIAL MEDIA On YouTube: Salt in the Dutch subsurface (RTV Utrecht, Westbroek! 2 January 2012, in Dutch) Follow @fjgvdbeltINFO Contact me at frank@geolly.com or on +31-(0)6-1170 4507 |
VANDENBELT
CONSULTING Background - Guest researcher at University of Utrecht. Formerly: TNO/Geological Survey of the Netherlands, Panterra Geoconsultants, Shell Research Rijswijk. Board member Petroleum Geological Circle (PGK). Certified geography teacher. Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE A). Experience- Coal-bearing fluvio-deltaics: Carboniferous North Sea Basin/Appalachian Basin/Poland/Ukraine; Cenozoic deltaics: Niger Delta; Rotliegend aeolian/fluvial & Zechstein carbonates/evaporites (Permian); Pliocene shoreface sequences: North Sea. Petrography & diagenesis. And much more. |
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