Grain-Size and Discharge Controls on Submarine-Fan Depositional Patterns From Forward Stratigraphic Models

Submarine fans are important components of continental margins; they contain a stratigraphic record of environmental changes and host large accumulations of oil and gas. The grain size and volume of s…

December 13, 2019 · N. Hawie, J. A. Covault, Z. Sylvester

Latitudinal Changes in the Morphology of Submarine Channels: Reevaluating the Evidence for the Influence of the Coriolis Force

Using a script that automatically calculates sinuosity and radius of curvature for multiple bends on sinuous channel centerlines, we have assembled a new data set that allows us to reevaluate the rela…

January 1, 2018 · Z. Sylvester, C. Pirmez

Submarine Fans and Their Channels, Levees, and Lobes

Submarine fans are complex morphological features that develop on the continental slope, rise and abyssal plain, normally at the mouths of submarine canyons. They are constructed principally from the …

January 1, 2018 · M. E. Deptuck, Z. Sylvester

Facies architecture of submarine channel deposits on the western Niger Delta slope: Implications for grain‐size and density stratification in turbidity currents

High‐resolution bathymetry, seismic reflection, and piston core data from a submarine channel on the western Niger Delta slope demonstrate that thick, coarse‐grained, amalgamated sands in the channel …

February 1, 2017 · Z. Jobe, Z. Sylvester, M. B. Pittaluga, A. Frascati, C. Pirmez, D. Minisini, N. Howes, A. Cantelli

High-resolution, millennial-scale patterns of bed compensation on a sand-rich intraslope submarine fan, western Niger Delta slope

High‐resolution bathymetry, seismic reflection, and piston core data from a submarine channel on the western Niger Delta slope demonstrate that thick, coarse‐grained, amalgamated sands in the channel …

January 1, 2017 · Z. Jobe, Z. Sylvester, N. Howes, C. Pirmez, A. Parker, A. Cantelli, R. Smith, M. A. Wolinsky, C. O’Byrne, N. Slowey, B. Prather

Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Eustatic Control On Continental-Margin Sand Distribution

Eustasy constitutes a key control on continental-shelf accommodation along with tectonism. The combined effect of these processes influences relative sea level, which is thought to regulate the locati…

December 1, 2016 · A. D. Harris, J. A. Covault, A. S. Madof, T. Sun, Z. Sylvester, D. Granjeon