Stratigraphic evolution of intraslope minibasins: Insights from surface-based model

Although numerous case studies exist to illustrate the large-scale stratigraphic architecture of salt-withdrawal minibasins, there is no clear understanding of how stratal patterns emerge as a functio…

June 1, 2015 · Z. Sylvester, A. Cantelli, C. Pirmez

Key Future Directions For Research On Turbidity Currents and Their Deposits

Turbidity currents, and other types of submarine sediment density flow, redistribute more sediment across the surface of the Earth than any other sediment flow process, yet their sediment concentratio…

February 1, 2015 · P. J. Talling, J. Allin, D. A. Armitage, R. W. C. Arnott, M. J. B. Cartigny, M. A. Clare, F. Felletti, J. A. Covault, S. Girardclos, E. Hansen, P. R. Hill, R. N. Hiscott, A. J. Hogg, J. H. Clarke, Z. R. Jobe, G. Malgesini, A. Mozzato, H. Naruse, S. Parkinson, F. J. Peel, D. J. W. Piper, E. Pope, G. Postma, P. Rowley, A. Sguazzini, C. J. Stevenson, E. J. Sumner, Z. Sylvester, C. Watts, J. Xu

Detecting baffle mudstones using microfossils: an integrated working example from the Cardamom Field, Block 427 Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico

Sedimentological observations, planktonic microfossil data, terrigenous index proxy data, benthic morphogroup analyses, pressure analyses and geochemical fingerprinting were integrated in order to ass…

November 1, 2014 · S.-J. Jackett, Z. R. Jobe, B. P. Lutz, R. O. B. P. Da Gama, Z. Sylvester, I. M. Prince, H. L. Albrecht, T. Prasad

Global (latitudinal) variation in submarine channel sinuosity: Comment

Peakall et al. (2012) propose that submarine channel sinuosity correlates with latitude, and conclude that this correlation results from modification of the turbidity flow field by the Coriolis force….

May 1, 2013 · Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez, A. Cantelli, Z. R. Jobe

3-D Numerical Simulation of Turbidity Currents in Submarine Canyons off the Niger Delta

A three-dimensional unsteady numerical model is applied to simulate turbidity currents in deep submarine canyons located on the continental slope of the Niger Delta. In one of the few attempts to comp…

July 1, 2012 · S. A. El-Gawad, C. Pirmez, A. Cantelli, D. Minisini, Z. Sylvester, J. Imran

Three-dimensional numerical simulation of turbidity currents in a submarine channel on the seafloor of the Niger Delta slope

[1] In the present work, we use a three‐dimensional numerical model to simulate turbidity currents in a large‐scale submarine environment. The model solves the Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes equation…

May 16, 2012 · S. A. El-Gawad, A. Cantelli, C. Pirmez, D. Minisini, Z. Sylvester, J. Imran