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Education: Ph.D., 1990, Louisiana State University
Research Interest:
Global Change, Sedimentary Geology, Low Temperature Geochemistry, Mass Extinction,
Environmental Geology
Selected Publications:
Heydari, E., Hassanzadeh, J., Wade, W. J., and Ghazi, A. M., 2003, Permian -Triassic
boundary interval in the Abadeh section of Iran with implications for the mass
extinction: Part 1: Sedimentology: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,
v. 193, p. 405 -423.
Heydari, E., Hassanzadeh, J., 2003, Deev Jahi model of the Permian - Triassic
boundary mass extinction: a case for gas hydrates as the main cause of biological
crisis on Earth: Sedimentary Geology, v. 163, p. 147 - 163.
Heydari, E., 2003, Meteoric versus burial control on porosity evolution of the
Smackover Formation: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin,
v. 87, p. 1179 - 1797.
Heydari, E., and Keyes, M., 2003, Dolomitization of the Smackover Formation
and hydrocarbon exploration in Mississippi: Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies Transactions, v. 53, p. 323 - 338.
Heydari, E., and Wade, W. J., 2002, Massive recrystallization of low-Mg calcite
at high temperatures in hydrocarbon source rocks: implications for organic acids
as factors in diagenesis: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin,
v. 86, p. 1285 - 1303.
Heydari, E., Wade, W. J., and Hassanzadeh, J., 2001, Diagenetic origin of carbon
and oxygen isotope compositions of Permian-Triassic boundary strata: Sedimentary
Geology, v. 143, p. 191 -197.
Heydari, E., 2001, Climatically controlled redox cycles of the Upper Cretaceous
Mooreville Formation in Mississippi: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. 51, p. 435-443.
Heydari, E., Townsend, R., 2001, Fluvial sedimentation of Upper Jurassic Cotton
Valley Group, Stringer Field, Jasper County, Mississippi: Gulf Coast Association
of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 51, p. 109 - 120.
Heydari, E., 2001, Porosity loss, fluid flow, and mass transfer in limestone
reservoirs: application to the Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Mississippi:
Reply: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, p. 1681
- 1683.
Heydari, E., 2000, Sedimentological characteristics of the Upper Cretaceous
Demopolis Chalk, Mississippi: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. 50, p. 429 - 438.
Heydari, E., 2000, Porosity loss, fluid flow, and mass transfer in limestone
reservoirs: application to the Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Mississippi:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 84, p. 100 - 118.
Heydari, E., Hassanzadeh, J., and Wade, W. J., 2000, Geochemistry of central
Tethyan Upper Permian to Lower Triassic strata, Abadeh region, Iran: Sedimentary
Geology, v. 137, p. 85-99.
Heydari, E., Wade, W. J., and Anderson, L. C., 1997, Depositional environments,
organic-carbon accumulation, and solar-forcing cyclicity in Smackover
lime mudstones, northern Gulf Coast: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 81, p. 760 - 774.
Heydari, E., 1997, The role of burial diagenesis in hydrocarbon destruction
and H2S accumulation, Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Black Creek Field,
Mississippi: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 81, p.
26 - 45.
Heydari, E., 1997, Hydrotectonic models of burial diagenesis in platform carbonates
based on formation water geochemistry in North American sedimentary basins,
in Montanez, I. P., Gregg, J. M., and Shelton, K. L., eds., Basin-wide diagenetic
patterns: integrated petrologic, geochemical, and hydrologic considerations:
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication 57,
p. 53 - 79.
Heydari, E., Byerly, G. R., and Henry, D. J., 1997, Contact metamorphism and
over
maturation of organic matter associated with an igneous intrusion in the Smackover
Formation, northeastern Louisiana: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. 47, p. 201 - 213.
Dutrow, B., Henry,
D. J., Christensen, C., Gable, C. W., Travis, B. J., and Heydari, E., 1997,
Blackened Smackover: thermal evolution and mass transfer adjacent to a subsurface
alkalic igneous dike in northern Louisiana: Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies Transactions, v. 47, p. 131 - 139.
Heydari, E., 1996, The fate of hydrocarbons in high temperature carbonate reservoirs:
an example from the Smackover Formation, Black Creek Field, Mississippi, U.S.A.:
Basin Research Institute Bulletin, v. 6, p. 51 - 59.
Heydari, E., Wade, W. J., and Anderson, L. C., 1995, Depositional environments
and accumulation of organic matter in the Smackover Formation, north-central
Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions:
v. 45, p. 251 - 258.
Gangopadhyay, T.,
and Heydari, E., 1995, Tectonic-sedimentation of the Atoka sandstones, Arkansas:
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 45, p. 203 -
210.
Heydari, E., and Moore, C. H., 1994, Paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic controls
on ooid mineralogy of Smackover Formation, Mississippi salt basin: implications
for Late Jurassic seawater composition: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v.
A64, p. 101 - 114.
Heydari, E., 1994, Depositional environments, ooid mineralogy, and porosity
development of the Smackover Formation, Mississippi salt basin: Basin Research
Institute Bulletin, v. 4, p. 39-51.
Heydari, E., and Moore, C. H., 1993, Zonation and geochemical patterns of burial
calcite cements: upper Smackover Formation, Clarke County, Mississippi: Journal
of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 63, p. 44 - 60.
Heydari, E., Snelling, R. D., Machain, M. L., and Dawson, W. C., 1993, Ooid
mineralogy and diagenesis of the Late Mississippian Pitkin Limestone, north-central
Arkansas, in Keith, B. D., and Zuppann, C. W., eds., Mississippian oolites and
modern analogs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology
#35, p. 175 - 184.
Moore, C. H., and
Heydari, E., 1993, Burial diagenesis in platform limestones: a conceptual model
based on the Upper Jurassic of the Gulf Coast, in Horbury, A. D., and Robinson,
A. G., eds., Diagenesis and basin development: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Studies in Geology #36, p. 213 - 229.
Heydari, E., and Moore, C. H., 1989, Burial diagenesis and thermochemical sulfate
reduction, Smackover Formation, southeastern Mississippi salt basin: Geology,
v. 17, p. 1080-1084.
Meendsen, F. C., Moore, C. H., Heydari, E., and Sassen, R., 1987, Upper Jurassic depositional systems and hydrocarbon potential of southeast Mississippi: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 37, p. 161 - 174.
Sassen, R., Moore,
C. H., Nunn, J. A., Meendsen, F. C., and Heydari, E., 1987, Geochemical studies
of crude oil generation, migration, and destruction in the Mississippi salt
basin: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 37, p.
217 - 224.
Heydari, E., 1986, Geology of the Resting Spring Pass Tuff: California Geology,
v. 39, p. 253-261.
Troxel, B. W., and
Heydari, E., 1982, Basin and Range geology in a road cut, in Cooper, J. D.,
Troxel, B. W., and Wright, L. A., eds., Geology of selected areas in the San
Bernardino Mountains, western Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin, California:
Geological Society of America, Guidebook, p. 91 - 96.