Turbidite bed thickness distributions: methods and pitfalls of analysis and modelling

This paper presents statistical methods for analyzing turbidite bed thickness distributions, comparing power law and lognormal mixture models.

August 1, 2007 · Z. Sylvester

Migration–aggradation history and 3-D seismic geomorphology of submarine channels in the Pleistocene Benin-major Canyon, western Niger Delta slope

Several laterally offset and aggradational sinuous submarine channels are contained within a 54 km long segment of the Benin-major Canyon. Axial channel deposits produce high amplitude reflections on …

June 1, 2007 · M. E. Deptuck, Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez, C. O’Byrne

Textural trends in turbidites and slurry beds from the Oligocene flysch of the East Carpathians, Romania

Deep‐water sandstone beds of the Oligocene Fusaru Sandstone and Lower Dysodilic Shale, exposed in the Buzău Valley area of the East Carpathian flysch belt, Romania, can be described in terms of the st…

October 1, 2004 · Z. Sylvester, D. R. Lowe

A diverse deep‐marine Ichnofauna from the Eocene Tarcau sandstone of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania

The Paleocene to Middle Eocene Tarcau Sandstone at Buzau Valley, eastern Carpathians, Romania, records sedimentation in a turbidite system. These strata contain a diverse and abundant pre‐ and postdep…

May 1, 2001 · L. A. Buatois, M. G. Mángano, Z. Sylvester