Publications
On this webpage are publications in preparation, submitted, in press and published prepared by RioMAR members and relevant to the RioMAR scientific program.
Articles published during 2026
Articles published during 2025
- MD Nelson, TA Goudge, D Mohrig, 2025, An approach to measuring complex topographic change with airborne and drone-derived lidar of a large migrating river channel. Authorea Preprints
- A Ruangsirikulchai, K Wilson, D Mohrig, 2025, Reshaping of San Jose Island, TX, USA, by unconfined washover and channelized washout during Hurricane Harvey. Authorea Preprints
- K Wilson, T Swanson, D Mohrig, 2025, Numerical Modeling of Aeolian Dune Development in Carbonate Island Settings: Exploring Last Interglacial Environmental Conditions on Coastal Dune Morphology in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Authorea Preprints
- PD Morris, Z Sylvester, JA Covault, D Mohrig, JL Jensen, 2025, The Impact of Reservoir Architecture on Dynamic Connectivity in Sinuous Deep-Water Channel Systems. Interpretation 13 (3), 1-70
- WS Bailey, C Olariu, D Mohrig, 2025, Microplastics in Bays along the Central Texas Coast. Environmental Science & Technology 59 (10), 5249-5260
- AS Zaki, TA Goudge, D Mohrig, 2025, Did Early Mars Have Large Drainage Systems? LPI Contributions 3090, 2740
- AS Zaki, TA Goudge, D Mohrig, 2025, Large drainage systems produced half of Mars’ ancient river sediment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (48), e2514527122
- I Pojar, T Capaldi, C Olariu, AG Dragoș, RD Roban, MCM Dobrinescu, 2025, Tracking Sediment Mixing Along the Lower Danube River From the Carpathians to the Black Sea. Terra Nova 37 (6), 413-420
- A Al-Hussaini, C Kerans, C Olariu, J Pospichal, 2025, Tracing the Albian-Cenomanian boundary and OAE1d carbon isotopic excursions in North America: Insights from the Comanche Shelf, northern Gulf of Mexico, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 113261
- Y Peng, RJ Steel, C Olariu, S Li, 2025, Preservation of compound delta in the rapidly subsiding Pliocene9_Al_Hussaini_et_al_2025_Albian_Cenomanian_GOM Orinoco Delta: Insights from quantitative fluvial, tidal and storm-wave signals. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 107456
- MI Olariu, C Olariu, 2025, Geomorphic evolution of Paleogene Yoakum Canyon in northern Gulf of Mexico: Relationship with coeval Wilcox deltas and implications for basin floor fans. GCAGS Journal 14, 76-86
- PM Burgess, BE Prather, R Steel, O Falivene, 2025, A quantitative definition of accommodation: Implications for understanding and prediction of strata. Science advances 11 (41), eady7895
- Y Chen, J Ge, X Zhao, R Steel, K Qi, X Tang, 2025, Architecture and evolution of early Pleistocene shelf margin clinoforms, northwestern South China Sea: Implications for high-frequency sequence architecture. Sedimentary Geology, 106984
- W Kim, C Zhou, Z Zhang, X Yuan, C Olariu, R Steel, K Strom, M Kim, 2025, Flocculation, Gravity Flows, and Total Organic Carbon Hotspots in Lake: Insights from Flume Experiments. EarthArXiv
- D Lv, Y Zhao, RJ Steel, H Jia, M Raji, Z Zhang, L Ju, L Gong, X Wang, 2025, Massive organic carbon burial in the North China Basin is a main contributor to peak Late Paleozoic Ice Age in early Asselian. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 661, 119370
- SQ Yuan, C Yu, X Zhang, G Zhai, RJ Steel, S Chen, H Wang, H Jiang, 2025, Tidal-influenced transgression processes in late Cretaceous Termit Basin, Niger. Frontiers in Earth Science 13, 1536608
- C Xu, C Gong, RJ Steel, X Zhang, D Guan, D Li, 2025, Predicting the occurrence and development of regionally extensive sublacustrine fans in the Oligocene Bohai Bay Basin: From sequence stratigraphy to source-to-sink systems. AAPG Bulletin 109 (3), 307-334
Dissertation and theses 2025
- Majeed Alrefeai, MS – Thesis: Stratigraphic and Architectural Analysis of The Hirnantian Glacial Deposits of the Sarah Formation: an Analysis of the Rahal Dhab Paleovalley in Tabuk Basin, Northwest Saudi Arabia
- Houssin Albarri, MS – Thesis: Facies and Sedimentary Architecture Related to Wave-to-Tidal Variability in the Sego Member of the Mesaverde Group in Utah and Colorado, USA
RioMar introduction 2023/2024
Articles published during 2024
- S Chen, EP Kvale, RJ Steel, C Olariu, J Zhang, 2024, Estimating paleotidal constituents from Pliocene “tidal gauges”—an example from the paleo-Orinoco Delta, Trinidad. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
- S Karakaya, C Olariu, C Kerans, OC Ogiesoba, R Steel, F Palacios, 2024, Icehouse mixed carbonate and siliciclastic sequence evolution based on 3D seismic analysis: Insights from the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin, Texas. Marine and Petroleum Geology 170, 107094
- A Osman, R Steel, V Rossi, C Olariu, Y Peng, J Alabdullatif, F Rey, 2024, Characteristics of Compound Clinoforms on the Paleo-Orinoco Delta. First EAGE Conference on Energy Opportunities in the Caribbean 2024 (1), 1-5
- G Giacomone, C Olariu, E Tudor, RJ Steel, 2024, The influence of topography on subaqueous gravity flows: a case study from the Jurassic Los Molles Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Journal of Sedimentary Research 94 (5), 505-526
- J Alabdullatif, C Olariu, RJ Steel, 2024, Spatial analysis of Holocene delta compound clinoforms. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1), 564
- J Alabdullatif, C Olariu, RJ Steel, 2024, Supplement
- FC Palacios, RJ Steel, WA Ambrose, 2024, Compound-clinoform model for tide-influenced deltas in the mixed siliciclastic–carbonate Cisco Group, Upper Pennsylvanian (Virgilian), Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research 94 (5), 686-713
- R Steel, A Osman, VM Rossi, J Alabdullatif, C Olariu, Y Peng, F Rey, 2024, Subaqueous deltas in the stratigraphic record: catching up with the marine geologists. Earth-Science Reviews, 104879.
- A Osman, RJ Steel, R Ramsook, C Olariu, 2024, Impact of wave, tides and fluid mud on fluvial discharge across a compound clinoform (Pliocene Orinoco Delta). Sedimentology 71 (4), 1113-1148
- AFJ Wroblewski, RJ Steel, EA Morris, J Schueth, 2024, A tale of two end members: Tidal deposits in a semi‐arid, low subsidence, open coastal setting versus a high runoff, high subsidence, restricted environment. The Depositional Record
- J Liu, RJ Steel, C Lin, H Yang, Y Yang, L Peng, Y Gong, C Chu, 2024, Geomorphology control on the distribution of depositional systems, Devonian Donghetang Formation in the Tarim Basin. Seismic Geology and Basin Analysis, 375-395
- C Lin, RJ Steel, M Zhang, H Li, B Zhang, W Wu, L Shu, H Tian, X Zhang,…, 2024, Changes of the Oligocene to Quaternary deltaic depositional architecture from inner-shelf to shelf-margin, the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea. Seismic Geology and Basin Analysis, 167-189
- D Zhou, S Liu, L Wang, N Wan, R Steel, 2024, Late Cretaceous Sevier Versus Laramide Orogenies in Wyoming‐Utah‐Colorado, USA: New Insights From Basin Subsidence History. Tectonics 43 (1), e2023TC007946
- W Shen, L Shao, Q Zhou, J Liu, KA Eriksson, S Kang, RJ Steel, 2024, The role of fluvial and tidal currents on coal accumulation in a mixed‐energy deltaic setting: Pinghu Formation, Xihu Depression, East China Sea Shelf Basin. Sedimentology 71 (1), 173-206
- S Berné, G Agin, Y Alonso, MA Bassetti, F Bourrin, B Hébert, C Estournel, …C Olariu, 2024, A “natural sand plant” at the shelf edge in the low-energy Gulf of Lions, western Mediterranean Sea. Geology 52 (12), 911-916
- S Berné, et ai., 2024, Supplement
- MN Butt, A Hussain, MH Malik, AO Amao, A Koeshidayatullah, C Olariu, …2024, Depositional architecture of early rift non-marine systems and implications for reservoir development: Oligocene to Miocene Al Wajh Formation, Midyan Basin of Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Marine and Petroleum Geology 168, 107033
- A Hussain, A Bello, MN Butt, MH Malik, A Koeshidayatullah, A Amao, …C. Olariu, 2024, Diagenetic variability in Tertiary, syn-rift mixed siliciclastic‑carbonate depositional system (lower Musayr Formation), Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Sedimentary Geology, 106699
- S Karakaya, OC Ogiesoba, C Olariu, S Bhattacharya, 2024, Generating 3D lithology probability volumes using poststack inversion, probabilistic neural networks, and Bayesian classification—A case study from the mixed carbonate and …Geophysics 89 (2), B131-B146
- BS Harris, C Olariu, S Melnyk, MT LaGrange, KO Konhauser, MK Gingras, 2024, Aratichnus igen. nov. from the Eocene-aged Baronia Formation, Àger Basin, Lleida, Spain. Ichnos, 1-14
- J Malito, D Mohrig, 2024, Unintended consequences of modifying coastal river systems. Frontiers in Marine Science 11, 1492435
- J Malito, D Mohrig, 2024, Supplement
- JH Gearon, HK Martin, C DeLisle, EA Barefoot, D Mohrig, C Paola, …, 2024, Rules of river avulsion change downstream. Nature, 1-5
- SB O’Donnell, BA Johnson, ECP Breard, JL Buttles, JE Gardner, D Mohrig, …, 2024, Density Stratification and Buoyancy Evolution in Pyroclastic Density Currents. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 129 (6), e2024JB029208
- CM Speed, Z Sylvester, PD Morris, D Mohrig, 2024, The impact of post-cutoff bend curvature on channel kinematics in meandering rivers: An example from the Trinity River, Texas, USA. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 540 (1), SP540-2023-118
- PD Morris, Z Sylvester, JA Covault, D Mohrig, D Dunlap, 2024, Fluvial-style migration controls autogenic aggradation in submarine channels: Joshua Channel, eastern Gulf of Mexico. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 540 (1), SP540-2022-123
Articles published during 2024
Articles published during 2023
- R Alasad, C Olariu, RJ Steel, 2023, Alluvial fan and fan delta facies architecture recording initial marine flooding in the Mio‐Pliocene syn‐rift sequence of the Fish Creek‐Vallecito Basin, southern California Basin Research 35 (4), 1619-1649
- RJ Steel, C Olariu, VM Rossi, D Minisini, W Brinkworth, LM Loss, D Giunta, 2023, Prograding early to middle Jurassic margin, Neuquén Basin: Topset process stratigraphy and morphodynamic sediment partitioning. Basin Research 35 (3), 978-1011
- S Chen, EP Kvale, RJ Steel, C Olariu, J Zhang, 2023, Estimating paleotidal constituents from Pliocene “tidal gauges”—an example from the paleo-Orinoco Delta, Trinidad. Geological Society of America Bulletin
- VM Rossi, SG Longhitano, C Olariu, FL Chiocci, 2023, Straits and seaways: end members within the continuous spectrum of the dynamic connection between basins. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 523 (1), 85-109
- KP Minor, A Wroblewski, RJ Steel, C Olariu, JP Crabaugh, 2023, Facies partitioning of fluvial, wave, and tidal influences across the shoreline-to-shelf architecture in the Western Interior Campanian Seaway, USA. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 523 (1), 487-523
- VM Rossi, SG Longhitano, C Olariu, FL Chiocci, 2023, Straits and Seaways: controls, processes and implications in modern and ancient systems. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 523 (1), 1-15
- A Folkestad, RJ Steel, 2023, A new interpretation for the Pliensbachian Cook Formation (northern North Sea) as north–south-prograding tidal deltas and shelf ridges in the Early Jurassic Seaway: new model. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 523 (1), 329-367
- AM Bello, MN Butt, A Hussain, AO Amao, C Olariu, AI Koeshidayatullah, 2023, Impact of depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality of syn-rift sedimentary systems: An example from Oligocene-Miocene Al Wajh Formation, northwest Saudi Arabia. Sedimentary Geology 446, 106342
- RD Roban, MN Ducea, VI Mihalcea, I Munteanu, V Barbu, C Olariu, 2023, Provenance of Oligocene lithic and quartz arenites of the East Carpathians: Understanding sediment routing systems on compressional basin margins. Basin Research 35 (1), 244-270
- W Shen, L Shao, Q Zhou, J Liu, KA Eriksson, S Kang, RJ Steel, 2023, The role of fluvial and tidal currents on coal accumulation in a mixed‐energy deltaic setting: Pinghu Formation, Xihu Depression, East China Sea Shelf Basin. Sedimentology
- D Li, C Gong, D Ge, G Fan, RJ Steel, D Shao, K Qi., 2023, Stratigraphic architecture and distribution patterns of submarine fan-reservoir elements: insights derived from the Pliocene and Pleistocene Bengal Fan. Journal of Sedimentary Research 93 (7), 469-487
- Y Li, C Gong, G Peng, X Qiu, RJ Steel, Z Xiao, Y He, K Qi, Y Yu, 2023, Detrital zircon signals of the late Eocene provenance change of the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea. Sedimentary Geology 451, 106409
- D Li, C Gong, G Fan, RJ Steel, D Ge, D Shao, L Ding, 2023, Morphological and architectural evolution of submarine channels: An example from the world’s largest submarine fan in the Bay of Bengal. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 106368
- Z Xu, P Plink‐Björklund, 2023, Quantifying Formative Processes in River‐and Tide‐Dominated Deltas for Accurate Prediction of Future Change. Geophysical Research Letters 50 (20), e2023GL104434
- KL Zellman, P Plink‐Björklund, L Spangler, 2023, Progradational‐to‐retrogradational styles of Palaeogene fluvial fan successions in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Basin Research
- BT Cardenas, MP Lamb, ZR Jobe, D Mohrig, JM Swartz, 2023, Morphodynamic Preservation of Fluvial Channel Belts. The Sedimentary Record 21 (1)
- TA Goudge, JM Swartz, TY Dong, D Mohrig, 2023, Characterizing the response of the coastal Rio Grande to upstream damming. Geomorphology 426, 108604
- K Wilson, D Mohrig, 2023, Signatures of Pleistocene Marine Transgression Preserved in Lithified Coastal Dune Morphology of The Bahamas. Geosciences 13 (12), 367
- CM Speed, Z Sylvester, PD Morris, D Mohrig, 2023, The impact of post-cutoff bend curvature on channel kinematics in meandering rivers: An example from the Trinity River, Texas, USA. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 540 (1), SP540-2023-118
- A Osman. R.J. Steel, R. Ramsook, and C Olariu, accepted, Impact of wave, tides, and fluid mud on fluvial discharge across a compound clinoform (Pliocene Orinoco Delta). Sedimentology
- S Karakaya, O.C. Ogiesoba, C. Olariu, S. Bhattacharya, accepted, Generating 3D Lithology Probability Volumes Using Post-Stack Inversion, Probabilistic Neural Networks, and Bayesian Classification – A Case Study from the Mixed Carbonate & Siliciclastic Deposits of the Cisco Group of the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin, North – Central Texas
- RJ Steel, A Osman, 2023, Sediment Gravity Flows on the Shelf; An Important Source-to-Sink Component. EXTENDED ABSTRACT
Dissertation and theses 2023
Articles published during 2022
- HJ Hassenruck-Gudipati, P Passalacqua, D Mohrig, 2022, Natural levees increase in prevalence in the backwater zone: Coastal Trinity River, Texas, USA. Geology 50 (9), 1068-1072
- R Fongngern, WC Chi, C Berndt, D Mohrig, 2022, Recognition and three‐dimensional characteristics of ancient supercritical flow bedforms on a submarine slope: An example from the South China Sea. Sedimentology 69 (6), 2564-2584
- WF Kenney, MR Shields, TS Bianchi, AS Kolker, D Mohrig, 2022, Excess 210Pb as an indicator of flood-stage sediments in prograding, Wax Lake Delta, USA. Marine Geology 453, 106914
- HJ Hassenruck-Gudipati, T Ellis, TA Goudge, D Mohrig, 2022, A multi-proxy assessment of terrace formation in the lower Trinity River valley, Texas. Earth Surface Dynamics 10 (3), 635-651
SUPPLEMENT DATA – HJ Hassenruck-Gudipati, T Ellis, TA Goudge, D Mohrig, 2022, A multi-proxy assessment of terrace formation in the lower Trinity River valley, Texas. Earth Surface Dynamics 10 (3), 635-651 - B Rendall, K Wilson, C Kerans, M Helper, D Mohrig, 2022, Coriolis effect recorded in Late Pleistocene Marine Isotope Stage 5e Bahamian aeolianites. Geology 50 (5), 567-571
- PD Morris, Z Sylvester, JA Covault, D Mohrig, 2022, Channel trajectories control deep‐water stratigraphic architecture. The Depositional Record
- JM Swartz, BT Cardenas, D Mohrig, P Passalacqua, 2022, Tributary channel networks formed by depositio5_Rendall_et_al_2022_Coriolis_effect_bahamasnal processes. Nature Geoscience 15 (3), 216-221
- N Tull, P Passalacqua, HJ Hassenruck‐Gudipati, S Rahman, K Wright, … 2022, Bidirectional River‐Floodplain Connectivity During Combined Pluvial‐Fluvial Events. Water Resources Research 58 (3), e2021WR030492
- RJ Steel, C Olariu, VM Rossi, D Minisini, W Brinkworth, LM Loss, D Giunta, 2022-inpress, Prograding early to Middle Jurassic Margin, Neuquén Basin: Topset process stratigraphy and morphodynamic sediment partitioning. Basin Research
- X Huang, R Steel, RD Larter. 2022, Late Eocene signals of oncoming Icehouse conditions and changing ocean circulation, Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 600, 117885
- AFJ Wroblewski, RJ Steel, 2022, Paleocene (65–63 and 58.5 ma) marine flooding and 62–60 ma sediment bypass in southern Wyoming, USA: Implications for Laramide sediment flux to the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Sedimentary Research 92 (10), 859-894
- K Qi, C Gong, RJ Steel, D Shao, L Ding, H Ma, 2022, The formation and development of avulsions and splays of submarine channel systems: Insights from 3D seismic data from the northeastern Bengal Fan. Sedimentary Geology 440, 106239
- J Zhang, W Ambrose, R Steel, S Chen, 2022, Long cores through the Wilcox Group, Gulf of Mexico, show process variability across different time scales. AAPG Bulletin 106 (7), 1403-1429
- PM Burgess, J Zhang, R Steel, 2022, Narrow is normal: Exploring the extent and significance of flooded marine shelves in icehouse, transitional, and greenhouse climate settings. Geology 50 (4), 496-499
- C Lin, S Liu, C Tian, Q Zhuang, R Li, M Tan, RJ Steel, 2022, Tectonic and climatic controls on the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous stratigraphic architecture of the Xuanhua basin, North China. Basin Research 34 (1), 190-219
- A Folkestad, RJ Steel, 2022, A new interpretation for the Pliensbachian Cook Formation (northern North Sea) as north–south-prograding tidal deltas and shelf ridges in the Early Jurassic Seaway: new model …Geological Society, London, Special Publications 523 (1), SP523-2021-75
- KP Minor, RJ Steel, C Olariu, 2022, Tectonic and eustatic control of Mesaverde Group (Campanian–Maastrichtian) architecture, Wyoming-Utah-Colorado region, USA. GSA Bulletin 134 (1-2), 419-445
- KP Minor, A Wroblewski, RJ Steel, C Olariu, JP Crabaugh, 2022, Facies partitioning of fluvial, wave, and tidal influences across the shoreline-to-shelf architecture in the Western Interior Campanian Seaway, USA. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 523 (1), SP523-2022-11
- C Olariu, Z Zhang, C Zhou, X Yuan, R Steel, S Chen, J Zhang, D Cheng, 2022, Conglomerate to mudstone lacustrine cycles revealed in Junggar Basin, Northwest China: Middle Permian Lucaogou and Jingjingzigou formations. Marine and Petroleum Geology 136, 105473
- FM Rey, C Olariu, RJ Steel, 2022, Using the modern Colorado delta to reconstruct the compound clinoforms of the Pliocene Colorado delta. Journal of Sedimentary Research 92 (5), 405-432
- S Chen, RJ Steel, C Olariu, H Wang, J Zhang, A Osman, 2022, Outer-shelf conduit within growth-fault compartment Pliocene Orinoco Delta. Marine and Petroleum Geology 140, 105680
- Y Gan, FN de Almeida, VM Rossi, RJ Steel, C Olariu, 2022, Sediment transfer from shelf to deepwater slope: How does it happen? Journal of Sedimentary Research 92 (6), 570-590
- AK Roberts, WA Ambrose, PP Flaig, RJ Steel, C Olariu, 2022, Controls on facies variability and distribution during the Pennsylvanian glacial period from the lower Strawn Group, Fort Worth basin, Texas. AAPG Bulletin 106 (8), 1679-1702
- JH Gearon, C Olariu, RJ Steel, 2022, The supply-generated sequence: A unified sequence-stratigraphic model for closed lacustrine sedimentary basins with evidence from the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research 92 (9), 813-835
- RD Roban, MN Ducea, VI Mihalcea, I Munteanu, V Barbu, C. Olariu, 2022, Provenance of Oligocene lithic and quartz arenites of the East Carpathians: Understanding sediment routing systems on compressional basin margins. Basin Research
- A Hussain, MN Butt, C Olariu, MH Malik, A Koeshidayatullah, A Amao, 2022, Unravelling reservoir quality heterogeneity in mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits: An example from Miocene Red Sea rift, NW Saudi Arabia. Marine and Petroleum Geology 145, 105850
- CA Clayton, C Olariu, 2022, Tectonic preconditioning of recurrent large scale canyon incisions; example from Cretaceous and Paleogene of northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Geology 453, 106909
- VM Rossi, S Longhitano, C Olariu, FL Chiocci, 2023, Straits and Seaways: controls, processes and implications in modern and ancient systems. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 523 (1), SP523-2022-271
Dissertation and theses 2022
- Keith P. Minor, 2022, PhD dissertation: TECTONIC, EUSTATIC, AND PROCESS CONTROLS ON THE STRATIGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE MESAVERDE GROUP, WYOMING, UTAH AND COLORADO.
- Yuqian (Philomena) Gan, 2022, PhD dissertation: SHELF-SLOPE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN MEDIUM-SIZED BASIN MARGIN CLINOFORMS , WITH A FOCUS ON SLOPE CHANNEL FACIES AND ARCHITECTURE
- Chris Liu, 2022, PhD dissertation: COUPLING BETWEEN SEDIMENTATION AND SALT DEFORMATION
- Nicole Gonzalez, 2022, MS, EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE STYLES OF SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOWS CONSTRUCTING A PRODELTA-TO-SHELF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT: COALEDO FORMATION, SOUTHWEST OREGON