Nuno Pimentel
Profile
Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Email: pimentel@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: (351) 21-750-0359
Extension: 26457
Room: 6.4.57
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
PhD, Geology, Lisbon University 1997
GEOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHY, GEOMORPHOLOGY
Scientific Informations
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-5855
SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603502480
Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/1634753/nuno-pimentel/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/N_Pimentel/research
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=HLMIuXMAAAAJ
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
Basin Analysis, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Petroleum Systems, Landscape, Outreach, Education
Top 10 Publications:
Pimentel, N.L. (2002) – Pedogenic and early diagenetic processes in alluvial fan and lacustrine deposits from the Sado Basin (S Portugal). Sedimentary Geology, Elsevier, 148, 123-138. doi: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00213-5
Cabral, J.; Ribeiro, P. Figueiredo, P: Pimentel, N.; Martins, A. (2004) – The Azambuja Fault: An active structure located in as intraplate basin with significant seismicity (Lower Tagus Valley, Portugal). Journal of Seismology, Kluwer Publ. (8), 347-362. doi: 10.1023/B:JOSE.0000038450.23032.68
Escaso, F.; Ortega, F.; Dantas, P. Malafaia, E.; Pimentel, N.; Suberbiola, X.; Sanz, J.; Kullberg, J.; Kullberg, M. & Barriga, F. (2007) – New evidence of shared dinosaur across Upper Jurassic Proto-North Atlantic: Stegosaurus from Portugal. Naturwissenschaften, Springer, 94 (5), 367-374. doi: 10.1007/s00114-006-0209-8
Pierini, C.; Mizusaki, A.M.; Pimentel, N.; Faccini, U.F.; Scherer, C.M.S. (2010) – Paleoweathering features in the Sergi Formation (Jurassic-Cretaceous), northeastern Brazil, and implications for hydrocarbon exploration. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 29 (2), 412-426. doi: 10.1016/J.JSAMES.2009.04.002
Burke, A.; Meignen, L.; Bisson, M.; Pimentel, N.; Henriques, V.; Andrade, C. Freitas, M.C.; Kageyama, M.; Fletcher, W.; Parslow, C.; Guiducci, D. (2011) – The Palaeolithic occupation of southern Alentejo: the Sado River Drainage Survey. Trabajos de Prehistoria 68(1), 25-49. doi: 10.3989/tp.2011.11057
Karimian Torghabeh, A.; Rezaee, R; Moussavi-harami, R.; Pimentel, N. (2014) – Unconventional Resource Evaluation: Kockatea shale, Perth Basin, Western Australia. Intern. Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology., Inderscience Publ., Vol.8, No.1, 16 – 30. doi: 10.1504/ijogct.2014.064420
Mata, J.; Alves, C.F.; Martins, L.; Miranda, R; Madeira, J.; Pimentel, N.; Martins, S.; Azevedo, M.R.; Youbi, N.; De Min, A.; Almeida, I.M.; Bensalah, M.K.; Terrinha, P. (2015) – 40Ar/39Ar ages and petrogenesis of the West Iberian Margin onshore magmatism at the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition: geodynamic implications and evidence for post-magmatic processes involving saline materials. LITHOS, Elsevier. Vol. 236-237, 156-172. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos2015.09.001
Pimentel, N. & Pena dos Reis, N. (2016) – Petroleum systems of the West Iberian Margin: a review of the Lusitanian Basin and the deep offshore Peniche Basin. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 39 (3), 305-326. doi: 10.1111/jpg.12648
Mocho, P.; Royo-Torres, R.; Escaso, F.; Malafaia, E.; Chaves, C.M.; Narváez, I.; Pérez-García, A.; Pimentel, N.; Silva, B.C and Ortega, F. (2017.) – Stratigraphic distribution of the Upper Jurassic sauropod record in the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Paleontologia Electronica, 20.2.27A(2), Coquina Press. doi: 10.26879/662
Karimian Torghabeh, A.; Pimentel, N.; Jahandari, A.; Wang, G (2018) – Mineralogy, composition and heavy metals’ concentration, distribution and source identification of surface sediments from the saline Maharlou Lake (Fars Province, Iran). Environmental Earth Sciences, 77:700. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-018-7877-5
Projects (10 most relevant):
ATLANTIS – Modelo Evolutivo para Riftes Marinhos no Jurássico da Bacia Lusitânica (Evolution model for the Jurassic marine riftings at the Lusitanian Basin). PETROBRAS/CENPES/PROFEX. Coord. – Prof. Antônio Garcia (Univ. Federal de Sergipe); Coord. U.Lisboa– Prof. Nuno Pimentel; Coord. U.Coimbra – Prof. Rui Pena dos Reis. (2007-2010)
Programa de Treinamento e Cursos de Campo (Field Courses and Technical Training) PETROBRAS / FFCUL / IPN. Coord. Prof. Rui Pena dos Reis (U.Coimbra), Nuno Pimentel (U.Lisboa) & Gilmar V.Bueno (Petrobras). (2006-2010).
SAGRES – Registro Tectono-Sedimentar e Evolução Geodinâmica da Bacia Lusitânica e da Margem Oeste Ibérica (Tectono-sedimentary record and geodynamic evolutiomn of the Lusitanain Margoin and the Western Iberian Margin). PETROBRAS / FFCUL (Univ. de Lisboa) / IPN (Univ. de Coimbra). Coord. Prof. Rui Pena dos Reis (U.Coimbra) & Nuno Pimentel (U.Lisboa). (2011-2013).
Paleozoic Basement of the Lusitanian Basin.. PortoEnergy / FFCUL / IPN. Coord. N.Pimentel & P.Fonseca (U.Lisboa) and R.Pena dos Reis (U.Coimbra). (2012)
“Shale Plays” em Portugal – recolha e sistematização de informação (Shale plays in Portugal – data collection and organization). PARTEX / REPSOL / FFCUL (U.Lisboa) e IPN (U.Coimbra). Coord. Rui Pena dos Reis (U.Coimbra) and N.Pimentel & P.Fonseca (U.Lisboa). (2012-2013)
COASTTRAN – Coastal transitions: a comparative approach to the processes of neolithization in Atlantic Europe. HAR 2011-29907-C03-01-HIST MEC, Spain. Coord. IR Pablo Arias (Univ. de Cantabria, Spain). (2012-2014)
Parecer Técnico e Plano de Trabalhos para Concessões de Exploração junto da DPEP (Technical Report and Work Plan for the Application to Hydrocarbon Exploration Licenses at DPEP. PORTFUEL, Petróleos e Gás de Portugal. Coord. N.Pimentel, Rui Pena dos Reis and P.Fonseca.(2017)
IFiT – Innovating Field Trips. ERASMUS+, Key Action 2, Cooperation for the Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices. EU Project 2018-1-DE-01-KA2013-004211.. Univ. Lisboa (Coord. N.Pimentel), Univ. Osnabrueck (DE), Univ. Cork (IR) and CERES (UK). (2018 – 2020)
Books & Chapters (up to 10):
Pimentel, N.; Nukushima, D.; Diniz, M.; Arias, P. (2015) – Lithic materials in the Sado River’s shell middens – geological provenance and impact on site location. In Nuno Bicho, C. Detry, T.D. Price, E. Cunha (Eds.) MUGE 150th: The 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of Mesolithic Shellmiddens Vol.1, Cambridge Scholars Publ., 315-326.
Pena dos Reis, R.; Pimentel, N.; Fainstein, R.; Reis, M.; Rasmussen, B. (2017) – Influence of Salt Diapirism on the Basin Architecture and Hydrocarbon Prospects of the Western Iberian Margin. In “Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins”, J.I. Soto, J.F. Flinch and G. Tari (Eds.), Elsevier.
Jordão, P.; Pimentel, N. (2017) – The Zambujal arrowheads: a petroarcheological approach to the provenance determination of Flint. In “The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory Sourcing, Processing and Distribution”. Telmo Pereira, Xavier Terradas, Nuno Bicho (Eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Pena dos Reis, R. & Pimentel, N. (2012) – The Mesozoic Evolution of South-Western Portugal – Algarve and Alentejo Basins, Portugal. 48 pp. ISBN: 978-0-9573517-0-7, Publ. by PIPCo RSG Ltd.
Pena dos Reis, R. & Pimentel, N. (2012) – Lusitanian Basin evolution and related Petroleum Systems: Field-trip guide, 50 pp. ISBN: 978-989-96923-5-0. Talisman Energy, Calgary, Canada.
Pena dos Reis, R. & Pimentel, N. (2013) – Lusitanian Basin evolution and Petroleum Systems analysis. Repsol/UnivLisboa/Univ.Coimbra, 50 pp. (n.publ.).
Pimentel, N. & Pena dos Reis, R. (2015) – Siliciclastic Reservoirs, Lusitanian basin (Portugal). AAPG-Europe Region Conference, 17 pp. ISBN978-989-20-5740-8.
Pena dos Reis, R. & Pimentel, N. (2015) – Petroleum Systems in the Lusitanian Basin. AAPG-Europe Region Conference, Field-trip Guide, 35 pp. ISBN978-989-96923-7-4
Fonseca, P.; Pimentel, N.; Pena dos Reis, R. & Barberes, G. (2015) – Carboniferous Black-shales and Shale-gas potential in Southwestern Portugal. AAPG-Europe Region Conference, Field-trip Guide, 29 pp. ISBN978-989-20-5741-5.
Pimentel, N.; Pena dos Reis, R. (2018) – Salt Tectonics at the Lusitanian Basin, Field-Trip Guide. AAPG-Europe, European Conference, 24 pp..
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
Pimentel, N. (2011) – O Papel das Universidades na Exploração Petrolífera em Portugal. Invited Speaker, IX Energy Forum, organiz. “Diário Económico”, Sheraton Hotel, Lisboa.
Pena dos Reis, R. & Pimentel, N. (2012) – Understanding the Onshore Basins of the Western Iberian Margin – a crucial tool to improve the offshore exploration East. Invited Speaker, Atlantic Oil & Gas Summit, IRN, Lisboa.
Pimentel, N. & Pena dos Reis (2013) – Exploration Pathways for Western Portugal. Invited Speaker, East Atlantic Oil & Gas Summit, IRN, Madrid.
Pimentel, N. & Pena dos Reis, R. (2013) – Prospectivity of the Portuguese Deepwater Areas within the Context of the Afro-European East Atlantic Province. AAPG – Int. Conf.& Exhib., Cartagena.
Sousa, J.; Silva, C.; Guerreiro, L.; Barberes, G. Azevêdo, M.; Pena dos Reis, R.; Fonseca, P.; Pimentel, N.; Barreto, P. (2015) – Looking for a New Player in Old Terranes – is there any shale gas potential in Southern Portugal? Abstracts AAPG-ER Conf., Lisbon, 17.
Karcz, P.; Pena dos Reis, R.; Pimentel, N.; Fonseca, P.; Azevêdo, T.M. (2015) – Organic Geochemical results from the shales of the South Portuguese Zone, Southern Portugal. Abstracts AAPG-ER Conference, Lisbon, 18.
Casacão, J.; Pimentel, N. & Pena dos Reis, R. (2015) – The Porto basin (NW Portugal) – a preliminary re-assessment of its evolution and petroleum potential. Abstracts AAPG-ER Conference, Lisbon, 65.
Pimentel, N. & Pena dos Reis, R. – Looking for Hydrocarbons in Portugal – the knowledge and vision of Universities. Invited Speaker, ENMC Conference “Hydrocarbon Exploration in Portugal”, Sept. 2015, F.C.Gulbenkian
Casacão, J.; Pimentel, N.; Pena dos Reis, R. Barreto, P. (2016) – Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Porto Basin (NW offshore Portugal): Implications for hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG-SEG International Conf. & Exhibition, Barcelona. Search and Discovery Article #90255.
Pimentel, N.; Pena dos Reis, R.; Magalhães, J. (2017) – Outcrop Analogues for Reservoir Characterization – Examples from Lusitanian Basin’s Post-Rift Units. AAPG/SEG International Conference and Exhibition, London, Search and Discovery Article #90310
Pena dos Reis, R.; Pimentel, N. (2017) – Outcrop Analogues in the Western Iberian Margin, Northeast Atlantic. AAPG/SEG International Conference and Exhibition, London, Search and Discovery Article #90310
Pimentel, N., Pena Reis, R., Reis, M., Fainstein, R., Rasmussen, B. (2018). From Atlantic Extensional to Alpine Compressional Salt Tectonics at the Western Iberian Margin. AAPG Europe, GTW Series – “Alpine Folded Belts and Extensional Basins”, Granada.
Pena dos Reis, R.; Pimentel, N. (2019) – Pre-Salt Plays in West Iberia. AAPG ICE, Buenos Aires, August 2019, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35378.15040
Fainstein, R.; Pena dos Reis, R.; Duarte, B.; Pimentel, N. (2019) – Portugal Prospective Petroleum Basins, Offshore Edge of Iberia Peninsula.AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Search and Discovery Article #11239.
Pimentel, N.; Gonçalves, L.; & Serra, J. (2019) – “Jurassic Land” – Towards an Integrative Approach for an Aspiring Geopark in West-Central Portugal. 15th Conference European Geoparks Network, Sevilla, Spain.
Awards:
3rd Place, Imperial Barrel Award. Student contest organized by AAPG – American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Academic supervisor. Prague, 2011.
1st Prize, Photography Contest of Casa das Ciências. www.casadasciencias.org /imagem/8699