Zoltan Sylvester

Education: B.S. (1994) and M.S. (1995), Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania;Ph.D., Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California (2001).Presently at Shell Research & Development, Houston, Texas.Research interests: turbidite sedimentology; seismic stratigraphy; statistical analysis and modeling of sedimentary geometries.

Chevron ETC - Clastic Stratigraphy Research, Houston, .

E-mail: trimite un mesaj.

Pagina web personala: http://hinderedsettling.com

Nascut(a) in: 1969

Interese: sedimentology, seismic stratigraphy, turbidite systems

Details:
Education: B.S. (1994) and M.S. (1995), Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania;
Ph.D., Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California (2001).
Presently at Shell Research & Development, Houston, Texas.
Research interests: turbidite sedimentology; seismic stratigraphy; statistical analysis and modeling of sedimentary geometries.

Publicații selectate:

* Abd El-Gawad, S., Cantelli, A., Pirmez, C., Minisini, D., Sylvester, Z., Imran, J., 3-D Numerical Simulation of Turbidity Currents in a submarine channel on the seafloor of the Niger Delta slope, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 117, C05026, 2012.

* Sylvester, Z., Deptuck, M. E., Prather, B. E., Pirmez, C., O'Byrne, C., Seismic Stratigraphy of a Shelf-Edge Delta and Linked Submarine Channels in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, SEPM Special Publication, 99, 2012.

* Deptuck, M. E., Sylvester, Z., O'Byrne, C., Pleistocene Seascape Evolution Above a “Simple” Stepped Slope—Western Niger Delta, SEPM Special Publication, 99, 2012.

* Prather, B. E., Pirmez, C., Sylvester, Z., Prather, D. S., Stratigraphic Response to Evolving Geomorphology in a Submarine Apron Perched on the Upper Niger Delta Slope, SEPM Special Publication, 99, 2012.

* Sylvester, Z., Pirmez, C., Cantelli, A, A model of submarine channel-levee evolution based on channel trajectories: Implications for stratigraphic architecture, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 28, 2011.

* Deptuck, M., Sylvester, Z., Pirmez, C., O'Byrne, C, 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, 24, 2007.

* Sylvester, Z, Turbidite bed thickness distributions: methods and pitfalls of analysis and modelling, Sedimentology, 54, 2007.

* Sylvester, Z., Lowe, D.R, Textural trends in turbidites and slurry beds from the Oligocene flysch of the East Carpathians, Romania, Sedimentology, 51, 2004.

* Sylvester, Z., Lowe, D.R, Fluid Escape Structures, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Middleton, G., Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, 2003.

* Buatois, L.A., Mangano, M.G., Sylvester, Z, A Diverse Deep-Marine Ichnofauna from the Eocene Tarcau Sandstone of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania, Ichnos - International Journal of Animal and Plant Traces, 8(1), 2001.