Architecture of a Deep-water Levee Avulsion, Silla Ojo Mesa, Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile

Extensive outcrops of coarse-grained channel to fine-grained levee deposits of the Campanian Cerro Torro Formation are present throughout the Torres del Paine National Park in southern chile (Figure 1…

January 1, 2008 · C. J. O’Byrne, B. E. Prather, Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez, B. Couzens, R. Smith, M. Barton, G. Steffens, J. Willson
Turbidite bed thickness distributions: methods and pitfalls of analysis and modelling

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

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