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

Pleistocene Seascape Evolution Above a “Simple” Stepped Slope—Western Niger Delta

The morphology of a 1250 km2 portion of the middle slope off the western Niger Delta shows that gradients on the Pleistocene slope vary both spatially and at different stratigraphic levels. In the dee…

January 1, 2012 · M. E. Deptuck, Z. Sylvester, C. O'Byrne

Seismic Stratigraphy of a Shelf-Edge Delta and Linked Submarine Channels in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

The Pleistocene Fuji–Einstein system in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico consists of a shelf-edge delta that is directly linked to and coeval with two submarine channel–levee systems, Fuji and Einstein…

January 1, 2012 · Z. Sylvester, M. E. Deptuck, B. E. Prather, C. Pirmez, C. O'Byrne