Publications

Submarine channels ‘swept’ downstream after bend cutoff in salt basins
The Depositional Record
J. A. Covault, Z. Sylvester, M. R. Hudec, C. Ceyhan, D. Dunlap
Abstract PDF Website EarthArxiv
Conversion of tectonic and climatic forcings into records of sediment supply and provenance
Scientific Reports
G. R. Sharman, Z. Sylvester, J. A. Covault
Abstract PDF Website
High curvatures drive river meandering
Geology
Z. Sylvester, P. Durkin, J. A. Covault
Abstract PDF Code Dataset EarthArxiv Blogpost

detritalPy: A Python‐based Toolset for Visualizing and Analyzing Detrital Geo‐Thermochronologic Data
The Depositional Record
G. R. Sharman, J. P. Sharman, Z. Sylvester
Abstract PDF Code Wiley
Latitudinal Changes in the Morphology of Submarine Channels: Reevaluating the Evidence for the Influence of the Coriolis Force
SEPM Special Publication v. 108
Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez
Abstract PDF Code Dataset Authorea
Submarine Fans and Their Channels, Levees, and Lobes
In: Micallef A., Krastel S., Savini A. (eds) Submarine Geomorphology. Springer Geology, p. 273-299
M. E. Deptuck, Z. Sylvester
Abstract PDF Springer

Cyclic steps and related supercritical bedforms: Building blocks of deep-water depositional systems, western North America
Marine and Petroleum Geology v. 393, p. 4-20
J. A. Covault, S. Kostic, C. K. Paull, Z. Sylvester, A. Fildani
Abstract ScienceDirect
Sediment partitioning, continental slopes and base‐of‐slope systems
Basin Research v. 29, p. 394-416
B. E. Prather, C. O'Byrne, C. Pirmez, Z. Sylvester
Abstract Wiley
Facies architecture of submarine channel deposits on the western Niger Delta slope: Implications for grain‐size and density stratification in turbidity currents
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface v. 122, p. 473-491
Z. Jobe, Z. Sylvester, M. B. Pittaluga, A. Frascati, C. Pirmez, D. Minisini, N. Howes, A. Cantelli
Abstract PDF AGU EarthArxiv
High-resolution, millennial-scale patterns of bed compensation on a sand-rich intraslope submarine fan, western Niger Delta slope
GSA Bulletin v. 129, p. 23-37
Z. Jobe, Z. Sylvester, N. Howes, C. Pirmez, A. Parker, A. Cantelli, R. Smith, M. A. Wolinsky, C. O’Byrne, N. Slowey, B. Prather
Abstract GeoScienceWorld EarthArxiv

Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Eustatic Control On Continental-Margin Sand Distribution
Journal of Sedimentray Research v. 86, p. 1434-1443
A. D. Harris, J. A. Covault, A. S. Madof, T. Sun, Z. Sylvester, D. Granjeon
Abstract GeoScienceWorld
Development of cutoff-related knickpoints during early evolution of submarine channels
Geology (2016) 44 (10): 835-838
Z. Sylvester, J. A. Covault
Abstract PDF GeoScienceWorld EarthArxiv
The stratigraphic record of submarine-channel evolution
The Sedimentary Record v. 14, p. 4-11
J. A. Covault, Z. Sylvester, S. M. Hubbard, Z. R. Jobe, R. P. Sech
Abstract SEPM [pdf]
A new approach for conditioning process-based geologic models to well data
Mathematical Geosciences v. 48, p. 371-397
D. Wingate, J. Kane, M. Wolinsky, Z. Sylvester
Abstract Springer

Rapid Adjustment of Submarine Channel Architecture To Changes In Sediment Supply
Journal of Sedimentary Research v. 85, p. 729-753
Z. R. Jobe, Z. Sylvester, A. O. Parker, N. Howes, N. Slowey, C. Pirmez
Abstract GeoScienceWorld EarthArxiv
Stratigraphic rule-based reservoir modeling
Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology v. 63, p. 287-303
M. J. Pyrcz, R. P. Sech, J. A. Covault, B. J. Willis, Z. Sylvester, T. Sun
Abstract GeoScienceWorld
Stratigraphic evolution of intraslope minibasins: Insights from surface-based model
AAPG Bulletin v. 99, p. 1099-1129
Z. Sylvester, A. Cantelli, C. Pirmez
Abstract PDF GeoScienceWorld
Key Future Directions For Research On Turbidity Currents and Their Deposits
Journal of Sedimentary Research v. 85, p. 153-169
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
Abstract GeoScienceWorld

Detecting baffle mudstones using microfossils: an integrated working example from the Cardamom Field, Block 427 Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico
Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology v. 413, p. 133-143
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
Abstract ScienceDirect

Global (latitudinal) variation in submarine channel sinuosity: Comment
Geology v. 41, p. e287-e287
Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez, A. Cantelli, Z. R. Jobe
Abstract PDF Code GeoScienceWorld

3-D Numerical Simulation of Turbidity Currents in Submarine Canyons off the Niger Delta
Marine Geology v. 326–328, p. 55-66
S. A. El-Gawad, C. Pirmez, A. Cantelli, D. Minisini, Z. Sylvester, J. Imran
Abstract ScienceDirect
Three-dimensional numerical simulation of turbidity currents in a submarine channel on the seafloor of the Niger Delta slope
Journal of Geophysical Research v. 117, C05026
S. A. El-Gawad, A. Cantelli, C. Pirmez, D. Minisini, Z. Sylvester, J. Imran
Abstract AGU
Pleistocene Seascape Evolution Above a “Simple” Stepped Slope—Western Niger Delta
SEPM Special Publication 99, p. 199-222
M. E. Deptuck, Z. Sylvester, C. O'Byrne
Abstract GeoScienceWorld
Seismic Stratigraphy of a Shelf-Edge Delta and Linked Submarine Channels in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
SEPM Special Publication 99, p. 31–59
Z. Sylvester, M. E. Deptuck, B. E. Prather, C. Pirmez, C. O'Byrne
Abstract PDF GeoScienceWorld
Stratigraphic Response to Evolving Geomorphology in a Submarine Apron Perched on the Upper Niger Delta Slope
SEPM Special Publication 99, p. 145-161
B. E. Prather, C. Pirmez, Z. Sylvester, D. S. Prather
Abstract GeoScienceWorld

A model of submarine channel-levee evolution based on channel trajectories: Implications for stratigraphic architecture
Marine and Petroleum Geology 28, p. 716-727
Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez, A. Cantelli
Abstract PDF ScienceDirect

Turbidite channel architecture: Recognizing and quantifying the distribution of channel-base drapes using core and dipmeter data
AAPG Memoir 92, p. 195-210
M. Barton, C. O'Byrne, C. Pirmez, B. Prather, F. Van der Vlugt, F. O. Alpak, Z. Sylvester
Abstract AAPG Datapages

Architecture of a Deep-water Levee Avulsion, Silla Ojo Mesa, Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile
Atlas of Deep-Water Outcrops, AAPG Studies in Geology v. 56, p. 406-433
C. J. O’Byrne, B. E. Prather, Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez, B. Couzens, R. Smith, M. Barton, G. Steffens, J. Willson
Abstract GeoScienceWorld

Turbidite bed thickness distributions: methods and pitfalls of analysis and modelling
Sedimentology v. 54, p. 847-870
Z. Sylvester
Abstract PDF Wiley
Migration–aggradation history and 3-D seismic geomorphology of submarine channels in the Pleistocene Benin-major Canyon, western Niger Delta slope
Marine and Petroleum Geology v. 24, p. 406-433
M. E. Deptuck, Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez, C. O’Byrne
Abstract ScienceDirect

Textural trends in turbidites and slurry beds from the Oligocene flysch of the East Carpathians, Romania
Sedimentology v. 51, p. 945-972
Z. Sylvester, D. R. Lowe
Abstract PDF Wiley

A diverse deep‐marine Ichnofauna from the Eocene Tarcau sandstone of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania
Ichnos v. 8, p. 23-62
L. A. Buatois, M. G. Mángano, Z. Sylvester
Abstract Taylor & Francis