CV

One-Page Overview

Zane R. Jobe, Ph.D.

With over 20 years of experience in clastic sedimentology, particularly in deep-water depositional systems, I bring a proven track record of integrating static and dynamic subsurface data with outcrop and modern-seafloor data to characterize and predict reservoir architecture and quality. I have led more than 40 field trips for industry and academia, showcasing my ability to translate complex sedimentological concepts into practical insights. My publication record reflects broad recognition in the field at the subject-matter expert (SME) level. I currently manage large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects that deliver applied, business-relevant outcomes to both academic and industry partners.

Professional Preparation

University of Texas at Arlington, B.S., Geology, 2004
Stanford University, Ph.D., Geology, 2010

Appointments

Associate Research Professor in Sedimentary Geology, Colorado School of Mines, 2016-present
Research Geologist, Shell Oil Company Clastics Research Team, 2010-2016

Research: funding and products

$6481258 total fundraising since 2016 at Colorado School of Mines
Director of the Geology Center of Research Excellence, 2016-present, core.mines.edu
Published 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and >100 conference abstracts
h-index 26 and i10-index 38 (metrics from Google Scholar)

Leadership and mentoring

Currently leading a group of 9 FTEs
Advising 7 MSc and PhD students in outcrop-based research projects (TX, NM, CA)
Managing two staff members (program manager, research scientist)
Since 2016 at Mines: advised through graduation 13 MS and 4 PhD students, mentored 3 postdocs and research scientists, and provided research opportunities to 28 undergraduates

Teaching and outreach

Since 2016 at Mines: led 15 outcrop-based field trips for industry to Texas, California, Chile, Ireland
Founder and Director, Earth Resource Data Science online graduate certificate
Teach two graduate-level, asynchronous, online python data-analysis courses (GEOL 557 and GEOL 558)
Since 2016 at Mines: taught 12 online and classroom-based graduate-level courses (550 total student credit hours)

Selected leadership roles and research papers (* student, ** postdoc)

2025 Invited Keynote speaker, “Digital Geoscience” conference, Geological Society of London
2019-2021 SEPM Sedimentology Councilor (elected position)
2017 Keynote speaker, “Deep-water Depositional Systems: Advances and Applications” (Geological Society of London)
Jobe, Z.R., *Seckinger, S., *Martin, T., *Kus, K., *Pettinga, L., 2024, Lateral heterogeneity of basin-plain turbidites of the Cloridorme Formation, Quebec, Canada: Implications for horizontal well prediction. The Depositional Record, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 22-43, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.278
*Putri, S.H., Jobe, Z.R., Melick, J., Wood, L.J., French, M., 2025, Depositional-process controls on chemofacies in mixed-lithology submarine lobe deposits: A high-resolution core study from the Permian Wolfcamp XY Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 95 (1): 63–85, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2024.015
*Simabrata, H., Jobe, Z.R., **Hou, P., Wood, L.J., *Kus, K.B., Hurd, G., 2025, Grain-fabric alignments in a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic mass-transport complex: The Cutoff Formation, Permian Basin, Texas. Sedimentology, 72 (4), 1065-1101, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13270
*Simabrata, H., Jobe, Z.R., Wood, L.J., *Cardona, S., **Hou, P., 2025, Characterization, prediction and implications of compartments in a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic mass-transport complex: The Cutoff Formation, Permian Basin, Texas. Sedimentology, 72 (4), 1102-1131, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13269

Contact information

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-jobe-4b732168
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=58dKXjAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Github: @ZaneJobe
Blog: https://offtheshelfedge.wordpress.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7654-4528

FULL CURRICULUM VITAE

Areas of Expertise

Sedimentology and stratigraphy
Petroleum-reservoir and energy-resource characterization
Seismic interpretation (2D and 3D)
Field-based research
Outcrop and core description
Python and Matlab programming languages
Geomorphology
Geochronology (U-Pb and radiocarbon)
Technical presentations and peer-reviewed publications

Education

2010 Ph.D. in Geology, Stanford University
Thesis: “Multi-Scale Architectural Evolution and Flow Property Characterization of Channelized Turbidite Systems”
Primary Advisor: Donald R. Lowe (drlowe@stanford.edu)
Secondary Advisor: Stephan A. Graham (sagraham@stanford.edu)

2004 Honors B.S. in Geology, Summa Cum Laude, University of Texas at Arlington
Thesis: “Stratigraphy of the upper Bell Canyon Formation (Guadalupian Stage, Permian System), Seven Heart Gap, Apache Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas”
Supervisor: Merlynd Nestell (nestell@uta.edu)

Work and Research Experience

May 2016–present
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Associate Research Professor and Director of CoRE (Geology Center of Research Excellence)

June 2010–May 2016
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX
Research Sedimentologist, Reservoir Geology Research Team
Supervisor: Ru Smith (ru.smith@shell.com)

September 2005–May 2010
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant
Primary Advisor: Donald R. Lowe (drlowe@stanford.edu)
Secondary Advisor: Stephan A. Graham (sagraham@stanford.edu)

June 2008–September 2008
ExxonMobil, Houston, TX
Geoscience Intern, Upstream Research Company
Supervisor: Kirt Campion Conducted outcrop-based sedimentological field work (including ground penetrating radar surveys) to quantify bedform density and submarine channel architecture of the Ross Sandstone in western Ireland. I integrated the data from this outcrop analog with borehole and seismic reflection data from the Diana Field (western Gulf of Mexico) in order to better predict reservoir connectivity and future well locations. Knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position included: understanding of petroleum systems and hydrocarbon reservoirs, collection of field data and ground-penetrating radar surveys, interpretation of seismic data, borehole, and outcrop data, communication of scientific results through presentations to technical and non-technical audiences.

June 2007–September 2007
ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX
Geoscience Intern, Sedimentary Systems
Supervisor: Bill Morris Described core and interpreted seismic data from the Magnolia field (Gulf of Mexico) and provided depositional environment interpretations. Performed outcrop-based field work on submarine-fan deposits in the Karoo basin, South Africa in order to provide an analog to the Magnolia field, GOM. Specifically, I studied climbing-ripple cross-laminated sandstones in both the Karoo and Magnolia, and used numerical modeling to provide sedimentation rates and accumulation times of individual turbidite event-beds. This data was used to better constrain in-place hydrocarbon volumes, reservoir, connectivity, and future well placement decisions for Magnolia field. Knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position included: understanding of sedimentology and related geologic processes and petroleum systems, interpretation of seismic reflection and core data to assess petroleum accumulations,

June 2006–September 2006
Hess Corporation, Houston, TX
Geoscience Intern, West Africa Business Unit
Supervisor: Steve Uchytil Utilized 3D seismic reflection and borehole data to interpret the Cenozoic evolution of the Rio Muni Basin continental margin, offshore Equatorial Guinea. Specifically, I defined two fundamentally different types of submarine canyons and provided a method for defining sand content using only canyon geometry. I wrote a technical report and peer-reviewed manuscript using the data from this project, which enabled Hess to better constrain sediment routing and in-place volume estimates for a key petroleum reservoir. I also conducted geohazard assessments for the positioning of tension leg platform (TLP) infrastructure in offshore Equatorial Guinea. Knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position included: advanced 3D seismic interpretation, borehole data characterization, fault mapping, and data synthesis into a technical presentation for technical and non-technical audiences

September 2004–August 2005
Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Las Colinas, TX
Geologist, International Exploration
Supervisor: Rob Hull In my first petroleum industry job, I mapped regional horizons from 2D seismic reflection data, offshore Nigeria in an effort to interpret deep-water channel architectural evolution and constrain undiscovered geologic energy resources. This included constructing a regional tectonic analysis for the basin and compiling data for a porosity-permeability-depth study from existing borehole data, offshore Nigeria. I also updated a weekly scout-report poster with drilling activity in the basin to disseminate data to the team. Knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position included: the ability to generate estimates of petroleum resources from subsurface data, present technical work to technical and non-technical audiences, knowledge of software used in seismic interpretation, and knowledge of operations geology and drilling.

May 2004–December 2004
University of Texas at Arlington
Surficial Floodplain Mapper
Supervisor: John Holbrook (john.holbrook@tcu.edu)
Through a USGS EDMAP grant received by John Holbrook, I was hired as a student-mapper. I hand-augered and logged > 200 cores of Quaternary fluvial deposits in the Missouri River valley in order to constrain paleo-river locations and dimensions and to aid in locating suitable areas for wetland restoration. Drill sites were selected using remotely sensed GIS data and allostratigraphic principles. I utilized ArcGIS to draft and publish four surficial geological quadrangle maps that aided in wetland rehabilitation, crop productivity, and water resource characterization. Knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position include geologic and geomorphic field mapping, field data collection, GIS software knowledge, creativity, teamwork, attention to detail, and technical report writing.

May 2003–May 2004
University of Texas at Arlington
Honors Student Researcher
Supervisor: Merlynd Nestell (nestell@uta.edu)
Conducted field work in the Apache Mountains in the Permian Basin, Texas, to measure stratigraphic sections, Samples from those sections were processed in the lab to identify microfaunal content (conodonts, radiolaria, & foraminifera). I also compiled data for a biostratigraphic correlation of the Apache Mountains to the Guadalupe Mountains, where the stratotype section is for the Guadalupian (Permian) stage. Wrote a thesis entitled “Stratigraphy of the upper Bell Canyon Formation (Guadalupian Stage, Permian System), Seven Heart Gap, Apache Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas”. For this research, I was awarded the 2004 President’s award for Undergraduate Research at the University of Texas at Arlington. Knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position include geologic mapping, carbonate facies identification, fossil identification, laboratory procedures for biostratigraphy, and technical report writing.

Funding and Grants

Major grants total submitted: $16576821
Major grants total received: $6343333

Years	Source	Project	Submitted	Received	Status
2026–2027	Chevron	Carbonate Slope Deposit Mechanical Stratigraphy extension	$630,347	$156,833	awarded
2026–2028	AAPG	Digital-Outcrop Geology, Delaware Basin	$100,000	$0	not funded
2022–2023	Nazarbayev University	Developing research center documents	$17,500	$17,500	awarded
2021–2025	Chevron	Carbonate Slope Deposit Mechanical Stratigraphy	$3,156,000	$3,156,000	awarded
2021–2026	ACS Petroleum Research Fund	Carbonate sediment-gravity-flow experiments	$110,000	$110,000	awarded
2021–2026	Colorado School of Mines	Carbonate sediment-gravity-flow experiments (TA-ship)	$180,000	$180,000	awarded
2021	Berry Corp	Sidewall-core image analysis with Luis Zerpa	$98,000	$0	not funded
2020	DOE	Reservoir and Seal Efficacy Risking (RASER) for Offshore Carbon Storage	$6,500,000	$0	not funded
2020	Mines IILA	Hazards of River Migration for Artisanal Mines	$780,000	$0	not funded
2020	Colorado School of Mines	Development of online Earth Resource Data Science graduate certificate	$15,000	$15,000	awarded
2019–2022	Chevron	Center of Research Excellence	$3,020,000	$900,000	awarded
2019	Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)	Subaqueous landslide database and website	$8,000	$8,000	awarded
2019	International Ocean Discovery Program	Late Cenozoic Drought Variability of the Sahara/Sahel and the Impacts on Oceanic Sediment/Nutrient Flux	$0 (pre-proposal)	$0	not selected
2019	ConocoPhillips	Reservoir quality in the Brookian sediment routing system	$104,005	$0	not funded
2018	DOE Watershed SFA Mini Grant	Variations in bedrock lithology play a dominant role in cycling of solutes in watersheds	$57,969	$0	not funded
2016–2019	Chevron	Center of Research Excellence	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	awarded

Student and Small Grants

Student and small grants total: $137925

Category	Year	Recipient	Amount	Source
student-led	2026	Jutamas Charoensuk	$6,000	RMAG
student-led	2026	Jutamas Charoensuk	$1,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2025	David Nworie	$10,000	RMAG SM Scholar
student-led	2025	Rachel Williams	$7,500	RMAG
student-led	2025	Rachel Williams	$2,500	GSA Laubach
student-led	2025	Marat Ibagarov	$3,000	Kent Fund at Mines
student-led	2025	Marat Ibagarov	$3,000	WTGS
student-led	2025	Marat Ibagarov	$950	SEPM
student-led	2024	Luthfi Saifudin	$2,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2024	Sanzhar Begimbetov	$1,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2024	Sanzhar Begimbetov	$2,000	Haun Fund at Mines
student-led	2024	Maxi Miguez	$1,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2024	Maxi Miguez	$2,000	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2024	Maxi Miguez	$2,000	Kent Fund at Mines
student-led	2024	Rachel Williams	$5,000	RMAG
student-led	2024	Rachel Williams	$2,500	SEPM ISGC
student-led	2024	David Nworie	$3,000	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2024	Viska Dewi	$3,000	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2023	David Nworie	$2,500	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2023	Maxi Miguez	$500	Colorado Scientific Society
student-led	2023	Luthfi Saifudin	$300	IAS
student-led	2023	Luthfi Saifudin	$900	SEPM
student-led	2022	David Nworie	$4,000	RMAG
student-led	2022	Maxi Miguez	$2,500	RMAG
student-led	2022	Maxi Miguez	$2,500	Haun Fund at Mines
student-led	2022	Maxi Miguez	$2,500	Daniels Fund at Mines
student-led	2022	Leonela Aguada	$2,500	Kent Fund at Mines
student-led	2022	Luthfi Saifudin	$1,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2022	Shaskia Putri	$1,900	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2021	Nataly Chacón Buitrago	$1,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2021	Nataly Chacón Buitrago	$2,000	Kent Fund at Mines
student-led	2021	Nataly Chacón Buitrago	$300	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2021	Nataly Chacón Buitrago	$400	SEPM
student-led	2021	Mitch Schneider	$2,500	Haun/Billingsley Fund at Mines
student-led	2021	Mitch Schneider	$2,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2020	Hanaga Simabrata	$3,500	RMAG
student-led	2020	Hanaga Simabrata	$3,000	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2020	Hanaga Simabrata	$1,200	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2019	Thomas Martin	$1,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2018	Luke Pettinga	$3,000	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2018	Kaci Kus	$1,400	Bartshe Fund at Mines
student-led	2017	Wylie Walker	$5,000	WTGS
student-led	2017	Wylie Walker	$1,000	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2017	Pengfei Hou	$1,000	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2016	Rosie Fryer	$2,500	AAPG-GIA
student-led	2016	Rosie Fryer	$1,775	GSA
small-grants	2025	Sera Reyes	$3,500	Geology Dept Undergrad Summer Research Program
small-grants	2020	Kayla Brady	$3,200	Geology Dept Undergrad Summer Research Program
small-grants	2019	Jared Tadla	$3,200	Geology Dept Undergrad Summer Research Program
small-grants	2018	Andrew Harger	$3,200	Geology Dept Undergrad Summer Research Program
small-grants	2017	Dingxin Cai	$3,200	Geology Dept Undergrad Summer Research Program
small-grants	2020	Michael Field	$1,500	Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship
small-grants	2018	Carissa Anderson	$1,500	Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship
small-grants	2017	Ali Downard	$1,500	Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship
small-grants	2016	Dingxin Cai	$1,500	Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship
small-grants	2008	Zane Jobe	$2,500	AAPG-GIA
small-grants	2007	Zane Jobe	$2,000	AAPG-GIA Lawrence W. Funkhouser Named Grant

Peer-Reviewed Publications

In the Pipeline

Marat Ibagarov - Fractures in the Rader, GSA Bulletin
Rachel Williams - Fractures in the Pinery, GSA Bulletin
Zaid Nadhim - Doña Ana in Alamo, Sedimentologika
David Nworie - Muddy experiments paper, Sedimentologika

Published

2026

68. Slootman, A., de Kruijf, M., Glatz, G., Eggenhuisen, J.T., Jobe, Z.R., Reijmer, J.J.G., 2026, Settling velocity of sediment grains, Part 2: Volume/area ratio as descriptor of particle size and shape in sediment hydrodynamics. Sedimentologika, 26 p., https://doi.org/10.57035/journals/sdk.2026.e41.2307 PDF

67. Slootman, A., de Kruijf, M., Glatz, G., Eggenhuisen, J.T., Jobe, Z.R., Reijmer, J.J.G., 2026, Settling velocity of sediment grains, Part 1: Natural sediment particles are not ellipsoids. Sedimentologika, 21 p., https://doi.org/10.57035/journals/sdk.2026.e41.1937 PDF

66. Saifudin, L., Jobe, Z.R., Slootman, A., Carr, M., Plink-Bjorklund, P., 2026, Supercritical-flow structures in a Cretaceous submarine channel-lobe transition zone, Point Loma Formation, California. The Depositional Record, DOI pending verification (previously listed as https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.70070).

2025

65. Nworie, C.D. and Jobe, Z.R., 2025, Size and shape of carbonate grains: A comparison of measurement techniques. Sedimentologika, https://doi.org/10.57035/journals/sdk.2025.e31.1742 PDF

64. Musso, M.S., Slootman, A., Wood, L.J., Jobe, Z.R., 2025, Stalked crinoids: from skeleton to sediment, Journal of Sedimentary Research, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2025.099 PDF

63. Simabrata, H., Jobe, Z.R., Hou, P., Wood, L.J., Kus, K.B., Hurd, G., 2025, Grain‐fabric alignments in a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic mass‐transport complex: The Cutoff Formation, Permian Basin, Texas. Sedimentology, 72 (4), 1065-1101, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13270 PDF

62. Simabrata, H., Jobe, Z.R., Wood, L.J., Cardona, S., Hou, P., 2025, Characterization, prediction and implications of compartments in a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic mass‐transport complex: The Cutoff Formation, Permian Basin, Texas. Sedimentology, 72 (4), 1102-1131, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13269 PDF

61. Putri, S.H., Jobe, Z.R., Melick, J., Wood, L.J., French, M., 2025, Depositional-process controls on chemofacies in mixed-lithology submarine lobe deposits: A high-resolution core study from the Permian Wolfcamp XY Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 95 (1): 63–85, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2024.015 PDF

2024

60. Jobe, Z. R., Hubbard, S. M., & Romans, B. W. (2024). How many turbidity currents pass through a submarine channel during its lifespan?. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 94(6), 737-749, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2024.050 PDF

59. Jobe, Z.R., Seckinger, S., Martin, T., Kus, K., Pettinga, L., Lateral heterogeneity of basin-plain turbidites of the Cloridorme Formation, Quebec, Canada: Implications for horizontal well prediction. The Depositional Record, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 22-43, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.278 PDF

2023

58. Putri, S.H., Jobe, Z.R., Wood, L., Melick, J., French, M., and Pfaff, K., High-Resolution Core Study Relating Chemofacies to Reservoir Quality: Examples from the Permian Wolfcamp XY Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas. URTEC-3871113-MS, https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2023-3871113 PDF

57. Cardenas, B. T., Lamb, M. P., Jobe, Z.R., Mohrig, D., & Swartz, J. M., 2023, Morphodynamic Preservation of Fluvial Channel Belts. The Sedimentary Record, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.2110/001c.66285 PDF

56. Gilbert, J. C., & Jobe, Z. R., 2023, Submarine-Channel Element Architecture Demonstrates Facies Heterogeneity in Both Strike and Dip Views: Miocene Modelo Formation, Lake Piru, California, USA. The Sedimentary Record, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.2110/001c.84246 PDF

55. Bishop, J., Bachtel, S., Thompson, J., Miller, C., Ryan, B., Sullivan, M., Jobe, Z.R., 2023, Carbonate submarine fan deposits of the Mississippian Lake Valley Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico. The Depositional Record, 00, 1–36, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.246 PDF

54. Gross, E., Carr, M., Jobe, Z.R., 2023, Three‐dimensional bounding surface architecture and lateral facies heterogeneity of a wet aeolian system: Entrada Sandstone, Utah. Sedimentology v. 70, p. 145-178, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13035 PDF

2022

53. Naranjo-Vesga, J., Paniagua-Arroyave, J.F., Ortiz-Karpf, A., Jobe, Z.R., Wood, L., Galindo, P., Shumaker, L., and Mateus-Tarazona, D., 2022, Controls on submarine canyon morphology along a convergent tectonic margin. The Southern Caribbean of Colombia: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 137, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105493 PDF

52. Martin, T., Tadla, J., Jobe, Z.R., 2022, Digitalization of Legacy Datasets and Machine Learning Regression Yields Insights for Reservoir Property Prediction and Submarine-Fan Evolution: A Subsurface Example From the Lewis Shale, Wyoming. The Sedimentary Record, v. 20, https://doi.org/10.2110/001c.36638 PDF

51. Kus, K.B., Jobe, Z.R., Laugier, F., Walker, W., Sullivan, M., 2022, Quantifying the lateral heterogeneity of distal submarine lobe deposits, Point Loma Formation, California: Implications for subsurface lateral facies prediction. The Depositional Record v. 8, p. 472-501, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.169 PDF

50. Hou, P., Jobe, Z.R., Wood, L., 2022, Statistical characterization of a confined submarine fan system: The Pennsylvanian Lower Atoka Formation, Ouachita Mountains, USA. Sedimentology v. 69, p. 775-797, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12925 PDF

2021

49. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N., Martin, J., Meyer, R., Coutts, D., and Hou, P., Stright, L., and Laugier, F., 2021, Sedimentary graphic logs: A template for description and a toolkit for digitalization. The Sedimentary Record, v. 19, https://doi.org/10.2110/sedred.2021.3.3 PDF

48. Fryer, R.C., Jobe, Z.R., Laugier, F., Pettinga, L.A., Gilbert, J.C., Shumaker, L.E., Smith, J.E., and Sullivan, M., 2021, Submarine lobe deposits of the Point Loma Formation, California: Quantifying event-bed architecture and lateral heterogeneity: The Depositional Record, v. 7, p. 374–391, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.156 PDF

47. Hou, P., Wood, L.J., and Jobe, Z.R., 2021, Tectonic-sedimentary interplay of a confined deepwater system in a foreland basin setting: The Pennsylvanian lower Atoka Formation, Ouachita Mountains, U.S.A.: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 91, p. 683–709, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.064 PDF

46. Walker, W., Jobe, Z.R., Sarg, J.F., and Wood, L., 2021, Progradational slope architecture and sediment distribution in outcrops of the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic Bone Spring Formation, Permian Basin, west Texas: Geosphere, v. 17, p. 1268–1293, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02355.1 PDF

45. Martin, T., Meyer, R., and Jobe, Z.R, 2021, Centimeter-Scale Lithology and Facies Prediction in Cored Wells Using Machine Learning: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 9, p. 1–18, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.659611 PDF

44. Nauton-Fourteu, M., Tyrrell, S., Chew, D.M., Drakou, F., Pfaff, K., and Jobe, Z.R., 2021, Deep- versus shallow-marine sandstone provenance in the mid-Carboniferous Clare Basin, western Ireland: Journal of the Geological Society, v. 178, p. jgs2020-216, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-216 PDF

43. Gilbert, J.C., Jobe, Z.R., Johnstone, S.A., Sharman, G.R., 2021, Identifying elusive piercing points along the North American transform margin using mixture modeling of detrital zircon data from sedimentary units and their crystalline sources. The Sedimentary Record, v. 19, no. 2, p. 12-21, https://doi.org/10.2110/sedred.2021.2.3 PDF

42. Englert, R.G., Hubbard, S.M., Cartigny, M.J., Clare, M.A., Coutts, D.S., Hage, S., Hughes Clarke, J., Jobe, Z.R., Lintern, D.G., Stacey, C. and Vendettuoli, D., 2021. Quantifying the three‐dimensional stratigraphic expression of cyclic steps by integrating seafloor and deep‐water outcrop observations. Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12772 PDF

2020

41. Pettinga, L.A. and Jobe, Z.R., 2020, How submarine channels (re)shape continental margins. Journal of Sedimentary Research, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.72 PDF

40. Naranjo-Vesga, J., Ortiz-Karpf, A., Wood, L., Jobe, Z.R., Paniagua-Arroyave, J.F., Shumaker, L., Mateus-Tarazona, D., and Galindo, P., 2020, Regional controls in the distribution and morphometry of deep-water gravitational deposits along a convergent tectonic margin. Southern caribbean of Colombia: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104639 PDF

39. Hubbard, S.M., Jobe, Z.R., Romans, B.W., Covault, J.A., Sylvester, Z., and Fildani, A., 2020, The stratigraphic evolution of a submarine channel: Linking seafloor dynamics to depositional products: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 90, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.36 PDF

38. Meyer, R., Martin, T., Jobe, Z.R., 2020, Corebreakout: Subsurface core images to depth-registered datasets, Journal of Open-Source Software, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01969 and https://github.com/rgmyr/corebreakout PDF

37. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Cai, D., Deng, H., Laugier, F., Shumaker, L.E., 2020, Comparing Aggradation, Superelevation, and Avulsion Frequency of Submarine and Fluvial Channels. Frontiers in Earth Science https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00053 PDF

36. Cardona, S., Wood, L.J., Dugan, B., Jobe, Z.R., Strachan, L.J., 2020, Characterization of the Rapanui mass-transport deposit and the basal shear zone: Mount Messenger Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12697 PDF

2019

35. Thompson Jobe, J.A., Giles, K.A., Hearon, T.E., IV, Rowan, M.G., Trudgill, B., Gannaway Dalton, C.E., and Jobe, Z.R., 2019, Controls on the structural and stratigraphic evolution of the megaflap-bearing Sinbad Valley salt wall, NE Paradox Basin, SW Colorado: Geosphere, v. 16, no. X, p. 1–32, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02089.1 PDF

34. Daniels, B.G., Hubbard, S.M., Romans, B.W., Malkowski, M.A., Matthews, W.A., Bernhardt, A., Kaempfe, S.A., Jobe, Z.R., Fosdick, J.C., Schwartz, T.M. and Fildani, A., 2019. Revised chronostratigraphic framework for the Cretaceous Magallanes-Austral Basin, Última Esperanza Province, Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2019.05.025 PDF

33. Fryer, R. and Jobe, Z.R., 2019, Quantification of the Bed-scale Architecture of Submarine Depositional Environments. The Depositional Record, v. 5 p. 192-211, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.70 PDF

32. Clare, M., Chaytor, J., Dabson, O., Gamboa, D., Georgiopoulou, A., Eady, H., Hunt, J. Jackson, C., Katz, O., Krastel, S., León, R., Micallef, R., Moernaut, J., Moriconi, R., Moscardelli, L., Mueller, C., Normandeau, A., Patacci, M., Steventon, M., Urlaub, M., Völker, D., Wood, L., and Jobe, Z.R., 2019, A consistent global approach for the morphometric characterization of subaqueous landslides. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 477, SP477.15. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP477.15 PDF

2018

31. Pettinga, L.A., Jobe, Z.R., Shumaker, L.E., and Howes, N.C., 2018, Morphometric scaling relationships in submarine channel–lobe systems. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G45142.1 PDF

30. Shumaker, L.E., Jobe, Z.R., Johnstone, S.A., Pettinga, L.A., Cai, D.X., and Moody, J.D., 2018, Controls on submarine channel-modifying processes identified through morphometric scaling relationships. Geosphere, v. 14, no. 5, p. 1–17, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01674.1 PDF

29. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Romans, B.R., Covault, J.A., 2018, Volumes and recurrence of submarine fan-building turbidity currents. The Depositional Record, v. 4, p. 160-176, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.42 PDF

28. Malkowski, M.A., Jobe, Z.R., Sharman, G.R., Graham, S.A., 2018, Down-slope facies variability within deep-water channel systems: Insights from the Upper Cretaceous Cerro Toro Formation, southern Patagonia. Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12452 PDF

2017

27. Jobe, Z.R., Sylvester, Z., Bolla Pittaluga, M., Frascati, A., Pirmez, P., Minisini, D., Howes, N.C., Cantelli, A., 2017, 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, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JF003903 PDF

26. Stright, L., Jobe, Z.R., Fosdick, J., Bernhardt, A., 2017, Modeling uncertainty in the three-dimensional structural deformation and stratigraphic evolution from outcrop data: implications for submarine channel knickpoint recognition. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 86, p. 79–94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.05.004 PDF

25. Jobe, Z.R., Sylvester, Z., Howes, N., Pirmez, C., Parker, A., Cantelli, A., Smith, R., Wolinsky, M.A., O’Byrne, C., Slowey, N., and Prather, B., 2017, High-resolution, millennial-scale patterns of bed compensation on a sand-rich intraslope submarine fan, western Niger Delta slope: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 129, p. 23–37, https://doi.org/10.1130/B31440.1 PDF

24. Shumaker, L.E., Jobe, Z.R., & Graham, S. A., 2017, Evolution of submarine gullies on a prograding slope: Insights from 3D seismic reflection data. Marine Geology, v. 393, p. 35-46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.06.006 PDF

2016

23. Covault, J.A., Sylvester, Z., Hubbard, S.M., Jobe, Z.R., and Sech, R.P., 2016, The Stratigraphic Record of Submarine-Channel Evolution. The Sedimentary Record, v. 14, September issue, p. 4–11, http://www.sepm.org/The-Sedimentary-Record PDF

22. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., and Auchter, N.C., 2016, Comparing submarine and fluvial channel kinematics: Implications for stratigraphic architecture: Geology, v. 44, p. 931–934, https://doi.org/10.1130/G38158.1 PDF

21. Parker, A.O., Schmidt, M.W., Jobe, Z.R., and Slowey, N.C., 2016, A new perspective on West African hydroclimate during the last deglaciation: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 449, p. 79–88, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.038 PDF

2015

20. Jobe, Z.R., Sylvester, Z., Parker, A.O., Howes, N., Slowey, N., and Pirmez, C., 2015, Rapid Adjustment of Submarine Channel Architecture To Changes In Sediment Supply: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, p. 729–753, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2015.30 PDF

19. Talling, P. J., Allin, J., Armitage, D. A., Arnott, R. W., Cartigny, M. J., Clare, M. A., Felletti, F., Covault, J.A., Girardclos, S. Hansen, E., Hill, P.R., Hiscott, R.N., Hogg, A.J., Clarke, J.H., Jobe, Z.R., Malgesini, G., Mozzato, A., Naruse, H., Parkinson, S., Peel, F.J., Piper, D.J.W., Pope, E., Postma, G., Rowley, P., Sguazzini, A., Stevenson, C.J., Sumner, E.J., Sylvester, Z., Watts, C., and Xu, J., 2015, Key Future Directions for Research on Turbidity Currents and Their Deposits. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, no. 2, 153-169, doi: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2015.03 PDF

2014

18. Jackett, S.J., Jobe, Z.R., Lutz, B.P. Da Gama, R., Sylvester, Z., Prince, I.M., Albrecht, H.L., Prasad, T., 2014, Detecting baffle mudstones using microfossils: An integrated working example from the Cardamom Field, Block 427 Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.007. PDF

2013

17. Sylvester, Z., Pirmez, P., Cantelli, A., and Jobe, Z.R., 2013, Global (latitudinal) variation in submarine channel sinuosity: Comment. Geology, v. 41, e287-e287, doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G33548C.1. PDF

16. Jobe, Z.R., 2013, Turbidity currents and submarine channels. 52 Things You Should Know About Geology. Agile Libre, 132 p., ISBN: 978-0987959423. LINK

2012

15. Bernhardt, A., Jobe, Z.R., Grove, M. and Lowe, D.R., 2012, Palaeogeography and diachronous infill of an ancient deep‐marine foreland basin, Upper Cretaceous Cerro Toro Formation, Magallanes Basin. Basin Research v. 24, no. 3, 269-294, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2117.2011.00528.x. PDF

14. Jobe, Z.R., Lowe, D.R., Morris, W.R., 2012, Climbing‐ripple successions in turbidite systems: depositional environments, sedimentation rates and accumulation times. Sedimentology 59 (3), 867-898, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01283.x PDF

13. Kane, I.A., McGee, D.T., and Jobe, Z. R., 2012, Halokinetic effects on submarine channel equilibrium profiles and implications for facies architecture: conceptual model illustrated with a case study from Magnolia Field, Gulf of Mexico. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 363, 289-302, doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP363.13. PDF

2011

12. Bernhardt, A., Jobe, Z.R., Lowe, D.R., 2011, Stratigraphic evolution of a submarine channel–lobe complex system in a narrow fairway within the Magallanes foreland basin, Cerro Toro Formation, southern Chile. Marine and Petroleum Geology 28 (3), 785-806, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.013. PDF

11. Jobe, Z.R., Lowe, D.R., and Uchytil, S.J., 2011, Two Fundamentally Different Types of Submarine Canyons Along the Continental Margin of Equatorial Guinea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 28 (3), 843-860, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.07.012. PDF

2010

10. Jobe, Z.R., Bernhardt, A., and Lowe, D.R., 2010, Facies and Architectural Asymmetry in a Conglomerate-Rich Submarine Channel Fill, Cerro Toro Formation, Sierra del Toro, Magallanes Basin, Chile. Journal of Sedimentary Research 80 (12), 1085-1108, doi: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2010.092 PDF

2009

9. Bernhardt, A., Jobe, Z.R., and Lowe, D.R., 2009, Pehoe Member: Lowermost Channel Complex, Silla Syncline, in Fildani, A., Hubbard, S.M., and Romans, B.R., eds.: Stratigraphic Evolution of Deep-Water Architecture: Examples on controls and depositional styles from the Magallanes Basin, Chile, SEPM Field Trip Guidebook No. 10 for SEPM Field Conference, Magallanes Basin, Chile, February 22-28, 2009, pp. 25-27.

8. Jobe, Z.R., Bernhardt, A., Hubbard, S.M., and Lowe, D.R., 2009, Wildcat Channel Complex Axis-to-Margin Architecture, Sierra del Toro, in Fildani, A., Hubbard, S.M., and Romans, B.R., eds.: Stratigraphic Evolution of Deep-Water Architecture: Examples on controls and depositional styles from the Magallanes Basin, Chile, SEPM Field Trip Guidebook No. 10 for SEPM Field Conference, Magallanes Basin, Chile, February 22-28, 2009, pp. 35-37.

7. Jobe, Z.R., Bernhardt, A., Fosdick, J.C., and Lowe, D.R., 2009, Cerro Toro Channel Margins on Sierra del Toro, in Fildani, A., Hubbard, S.M., and Romans, B.R., eds.: Stratigraphic Evolution of Deep-Water Architecture: Examples on controls and depositional styles from the Magallanes Basin, Chile, SEPM Field Trip Guidebook No. 10 for SEPM Field Conference, Magallanes Basin, Chile, February 22-28, 2009, pp. 31-33.

2008

6. Bernhardt, A., Jobe, Z.R., and Lowe, D.R., 2008, The evolution of an elongate foreland basin: the deep- to shallow-marine filling of the Cretaceous Magallanes Basin, Chile, in: K. Schofield, N.C. Rosen, D. Pfeiffer, S. Johnson, Editors, Answering the Challenges of Production from Deep-water Reservoirs, GCS-SEPM Foundation 28th Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference (2008), pp. 268-310.

2006

5. Holbrook, J., Kliem, G., Nzewunwah, C., Jobe, Z.R., and Goble, R., 2006, Surficial alluvium and topography of the Overton Bottoms North Unit, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in the Missouri River Valley and its potential influence on environmental management, chap. 2 of Jacobson, R.B., ed., Science to support adaptive habitat management–Overton Bottoms North Unit, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Missouri: U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5086, p. 17-31.

2005

4. Caster, J.L., Avdeev, B.C., Main, D.A., Jobe, Z.R., & Holbrook, J.M., 2005, Surficial material map of the Lexington East 7.5’ Quadrangle, Ray County, Missouri: Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey, Open-File Report, Scale 1:24000.

3. Avdeev, B.C., Caster, J.L., Jobe, Z.R., Main, D.A. & Holbrook, J.M., 2005, Surficial material map of the Hardin 7.5’ Quadrangle, Ray County, Missouri: Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey, Open-File Report, Scale 1:24000.

2. Main, D.A., Jobe, Z.R., Avdeev, B.C., Caster, J.L., & Holbrook, J.M., 2005, Surficial material map of the Norborne 7.5’ Quadrangle, Carroll County, Missouri: Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey, Open-File Report, Scale 1:24000.

1. Jobe, Z. R., Main, D.A., Avdeev, B.C., Caster, J.L., & Holbrook, J.M., 2005, Surficial material map of the Dover 7.5’ Quadrangle, Carroll County, Missouri: Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey, Open-File Report, Scale 1:24000. PDF

Invited Presentations and Articles

October 2025 Invited Keynote speaker at the Digital Geoscience conference, Geological Society of London
December 2024 BSRG (British Sedimentological Research Group) Annual Meeting plenary speaker
October 2023 SEPM Deepwater Research Group invited panelist and presenter
October 2022 invited speaker at GSA Denver in session “Artificial Intelligence in the Geosciences”
October 2021 invited speaker at West Texas Geological Society (Bone Spring)
September 2021 invited speaker at AAPG/SEPM conference, Denver
April 2021 PBS-SEPM invited talk to present Wylie Walker’s Bone Spring work
January 2021 RMS-SEPM invited talk to lead a discussion on machine learning in sedimentology
October 2020 Oklahoma State AAPG student chapter – Graphic log machine learning
September 2019 - Invited participant at the NSF StraboSpot meeting in Salt Lake City, UT
August 2018 - Invited speaker for the Rocky Mountain Section SEPM meeting, Denver, CO.
December 2017 - Invited speaker for San Joaquin Geological Society, Bakersfield, CA.
November 2017 - Invited speaker for Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG), Denver, CO.
Keynote speaker, January 2017, Deep-water Depositional Systems: Advances and Applications (Geological Society of London)
Invited talk, September 2016, Virginia Tech University (Brian Romans, Neal Auchter)
Invited talk, June 2016, Chevron Houston (Zoltan Sylvester)
Invited talk, June 2016, ExxonMobil Houston (Mauricio Perillo)
Invited talk, April 2016, University of Texas / Bureau of Economic Geology (Jake Covault)
Invited half day short course, January 2016, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Lisa Stright)
Invited talk, January 2016, AAPG Deepwater Reservoirs workshop
Invited talk, April 2015, New Orleans Geological Society monthly meeting
Invited talk, January 2015, AAPG Deepwater Reservoirs workshop
Invited talk, August 2014, Shell Young Explorers Conference
Invited talk, October 2013, University of Texas at Arlington (Majie Fan)
Invited co-author, 2013, “52 Things You Should Know About Geology” book, Chapter title: Turbidity currents and submarine channels. Agile Libre publishers, 132 p., ISBN: 978-0987959423.
Invited participant and speaker, “Turbidity currents: current state of the art and future directions”, organized by Peter Talling, September 2013, Santa Sofia, Italy
Keynote speaker, Pacific Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology 2013 award ceremony for Donald R. Lowe
Invited contributor for 3 articles in the 2009 Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Field Trip Guide #10, “Stratigraphic Evolution of Deep-Water Architecture: Examples on Controls and Depositional Styles from the Magallanes Basin, Chile”

Teaching Experience

Colorado School of Mines

Online

- 2025 Fall – GEOL 557 Earth Resource Data Science I: Fundamentals - 2024 Spring – GEOL 558 Earth Resource Data Science II: Applications and Machine-learning (16 students), review of 4.86/5.0 - 2023 Fall – GEOL 557 Earth Resource Data Science I: Fundamentals (29 students), review of 4.5/5.0 - 2023 Spring – GEOL 558 Earth Resource Data Science II: Applications and Machine-learning (19 students) - 2022 Fall – GEOL 557 Earth Resource Data Science I: Fundamentals (34 students), review of 4.9/5.0 - 2022 Spring – GEOL 558 Earth Resource Data Science II: Applications and Machine-learning (17 students) - 2021 Fall – GEOL 557 Earth Resource Data Science I: Fundamentals (33 students), review of 4.9/5.0 - 2021 Spring – GEOL 558 Earth Resource Data Science II: Applications and Machine-learning (15 students), review of 4.75/5.0 - 2020 Fall – GEOL 557 Earth Resource Data Science I: Fundamentals (27 students), review of 4.9/5.0 - 2019-2020 development of the Earth Resource Data Science graduate certificate (passed through Colorado Board of Trustees)

Classroom

- 2023 Spring – GEOL 624 Carbonate Sedimentology (9 students, co-taught with Slootman, Plink-Björklund, and Wood) - 2018 Fall – 1 hour graduate seminar “Interpreting Turbidites in Core” with 9 students and overall review of 4.71/5.00 - 2017 Fall – 1 hour graduate seminar “Turbidite Stratigraphic Architecture” with 14 students and overall review of 5.00/5.00 - 2017 Spring – 1 hour graduate seminar “Linkages between geomorphology and the stratigraphic record” with 15 students and an overall review of 4.89/5.00

Field trips

- SEPM Slope and Deep-Water Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Architectural Elements of the Delaware Basin, Texas: A Core and Field Workshop (Twice back-to-back during May 2019, with Xavier Janson and Greg Hurd) - “Field-based Deepwater Reservoirs in Southern California” - for BP: July 2018, October 2018, March 2019, October 2019, February 2020, March 2022, November 2022, March 2023, February 2025; - For Hess: October 2022, April 2025 - For Inpex, March 2018 (with Mary Carr) - Field-based Deepwater Reservoirs in Ireland” for BP: June 2023, June 2024 - Permian Carbonate Sediment Routing Systems, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas: March 2018 (with Rick Sarg and Mary Carr)

Virtual field trips

- Four-module deepwater sedimentology course for BP (processes, channels, lobes, minibasins): 2022, 2023, 2024

Petroleum Technology Transfer Council

- 2017 (December 7) – “Turbidite Crash Course”, 1 day core workshop at the USGS CRC

Shell

Field trip leader (field-based with classroom portions)

- “Turbidites of Southern California” (March 2011, March 2012, March 2013) - “Integrated Reservoir Modelling for Turbidites” - Tabernas-Sorbas basin, Spain, November 2011 - Ross Sandstone, Ireland, June 2012, July 2013, July 2014, August 2016 - “Basins and Reservoirs”, Guadalupe Mountains, west Texas (September 2013, September 2014, March 2015, March 2016, March 2019, September 2020) - “Experimental and Outcrop Analogs for Campos Basin, Brazil”, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Puerto Natales, Chile (February 2014, January 2015, March 2020) - “Introduction to Sediment Gravity Flows Through Experiments”, Saint Anthony Falls, Univ. of Minnesota (June 2014)

Classroom-based courses

- Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy, September 2012 - 3D Seismic Interpretation (Stratigraphic), March 2012

Stanford University

Field trip leader

- SPODDS Consortium meeting, Magallanes Basin, Chile, February 2009 - West Texas field seminar (2008) - Shell Brazil & PetroBras, Magallanes Basin, Chile, February 2007

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2005-2010

- Petroleum Geology (2008, 2009) - Depositional Environments (2009) - Sedimentary Basins (2007, 2008)

Mentoring Experience

Colorado School of Mines
Research associates
Lauren Shumaker (2016-2018, 2 year postdoc)
Ross Meyer (2018-2020, data scientist)
Arnoud Slootman (2022-2025, 3 year postdoc)
Primary advisees (chronological)
PhD
Luke Pettinga (PhD student, 2020)
Thomas Martin (PhD student, 2022)
Clark Gilbert (PhD student, 2023)
Rachel Aisner Williams (PhD student, 2026)
Guldana Alimzhanova (PhD student, 2026)
Marat Ibagarov (PhD student, 2026)
David Chibuzor Nworie (PhD student, 2026)
MSc
Rosie Fryer (2018)
Wylie Walker (2019)
Evan Gross (2019)
Kaci Kus (2020)
Chance Seckinger (2022)
Hanaga Simabrata (2022)
Nataly Chacón Buitrago (2022)
Mitch Schneider (2022)
Leonela Aguada (2023)
Shaskia Herida Putri (2023)
Sanzhar Begimbetov (2024)
Luthfi Saifudin (2024)
Maximiliano Miguez (2024)
Viska Dewi (2025)
Jutamas Charoensuk (2027)
Committee member for:
PhD: Mark Hansford, Michael Peffer, Sebastian Cardona, Dessy Sapardina, Pengfei Hou, Haipeng Li, Jianqiao Wang, Rania Pommer, Hirofumi Kobayashi, Jacquie Colborne, Alexis Wright, Hani Alzahrani, Luke Weidner, Forrest McFarlin, Chris Matson, Zaid Nadhim, Matt Musso, Mohamed Daniel Davis bin Monhamed, Adesh Pandey,
MSc:Brittany Abbuhl, April Bievenour, Victoria Blanchard, Alyssa Charsky, Alex Cheney, Stephen Schwarz, Obianuju Ugwu-Oju, Sonia Ellison, Cahill Kelleghan, Jennifer Blake, Selena Neale, Matt Musso, Shane McWilliams, Fredrik Engstrom, Abdulrahman AlHussaini, Andrew Swift
Undergraduate researchers
Dingxin Cai (2017 MURF)
Ali Downard (2018 MURF)
Andrew Harger (2018)
Carissa Anderson (2019)
Jared Tadla (2019-2020 MURF)
Jessy Liao and Eric Klatzco (2020)
Michael Field (2020-2021 MURF)
Computer Science field session group 2020 (Lexie Ludeman, Jessy Liao, Courtney Richardson, Marcelo Gonzalez)
Computer Science field session group 2021 (Grant Falkner, Matt Plumb, Ryan Armstrong, Patrick Schassberger)
Computer Science field session group 2023 Lidar-fracture (Keshav Vembar, Rielly King, Zachary Royal, Adam Lisle)
Computer Science field session group 2023 CT-scan (Connor Sparks, Asa Sprow, Kira Hanson, Carla Ellefsen)
Sera Maurice Reyes 2024-2025
Sylvia Hoyt 2025
Shell Oil Company summer internships
Neal Auchter (2015)
Andrew Parker (2013)
Lauren Shumaker (2012, 2014)
Cody Trigg (2014; also served as PhD committee member at Stanford University)

Awards and Scholarships

2018 Mines Geology poster fair – best undergraduate poster award (Ali Downard and Zane Jobe)
2017 keynote speaker for Deep-water Depositional Systems: Advances and Applications (Geological Society of London)
2017 “Exceptional Reviewer” for GeoSphere journal
2017 Digital Globe Foundation imagery recipient (Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona)
2013 Shell Special Recognition Award for excellence in field-trip development and execution
2008 recipient of research assistantship at Stanford University through the Thomas D. and Janice H. Barrow Fellowship Fund (3 quarters of full tuition and stipend support)
2007 recipient of research assistantship at Stanford University through the Krauskopf Family Trust Fund (3 quarters of full tuition and stipend support)
Shell Foundation grants (2006, 2007, 2008) for travel to conferences ($1,000 each year)
2004 President’s award for Undergraduate Research at the University of Texas at Arlington
UTA Honors College Residential Mentors Scholarship, 2003-2004 ($3600)
Fort Worth Geological Society annual geology scholarship, 2003 ($750)
J.D. Boone Scholarship for academic excellence in geology at UTA, 2003 ($500)
UTA Mineralogy Award for excellence in Mineralogy class, 2002 ($200)

Professional and Community Involvement

Colorado School of Mines
2022
Co-convener (Elisabeth Steel and Brian Willis) Session T8-2: Linking surface dynamics to the stratigraphic record at 2022 ISC Beijing
2021
TopCorp core workshop (50 participants)
2020
Xeek data science contest designer and co-host (January 24)
2019
Planned and executed a Mines booth at the RMAG Permian Basin Symposium
Mentored the Mines AAPG IBA team
Hosted Martin Nauton as a summer visiting scholar
Represented Mines at the StraboSpot meeting in Salt Lake City
Represented Mines at the unveiling of TTU Permian Basin Research Center, Midland TX
2018
Pro-bono taught “Turbidites in Core” Fall 2018, with review of 4.71/5.00
Planned and co-led a Book Cliffs field trip with Mike Boyles
Representative for USGS ‘Subsurface Frontiers’ initiative for a new building on campus
Planned and executed a Mines booth and alumni event at the annual AAPG convention
2017
Pro-bono taught “Linkages Between Geomorphology and the Stratigraphic Record” Spring 2017, with review of 4.89/5.00
Pro-bono taught “Turbidite Stratigraphic Architecture” Fall 2017; co-taught with Lauren Shumaker, with review of 5.00/5.00
Organized Mines Alumni event at AAPG conference in Houston
GE Undergraduate Summer Research Program award (Dingxin Cai - $3,200)
Attended Mines Undergraduate Commencement in May 2017
2016: Attended Mines Preview Day, October 29, 2016
Author of “off the shelf edge” geology blog https://offtheshelfedge.wordpress.com/, 2010-present
SEPM (Society of Sedimentary Geology)
Sedimentology Councilor (elected position): 2019-2021
Leader of the ‘Deepwater Research Group’ (2016-2019)
Executive committee member for the inaugural ‘Bouma conference’ to be held in 2021
Planning committee member for the 2020 SEPM meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona
Organizer for nomination of Donald R. Lowe for the 2016 Twenhofel Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to sedimentology and sedimentary geology
Associate Chair (2020 onward) for the UNESCO supported “S4Slide” initiative (Significance of Modern and Ancient Submarine Slope Landslides)
Co-author of educational article about submarine channels in the magazine “The Sedimentary Record” (September 2016 issue)
Co-editor of the 2017 AAPG Centennial “Outcrops” atlas
Interview for the AAPG Learn Blog (August 2016) - http://www.aapg.org/publications/blogs/learn/article/Articleid/33427/outcrops-and-modern-depositional-systems-as-reservoir-analogs-interview-with-zane-jobe
Participant, 2014 NSF workshop, “Increasing the Access to and the Relevance of Marine Seismic Data”
Organizer for nomination of, and keynote speaker for Donald R. Lowe for the 2013 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Educator award
Provided letters of recommendation for Pat Nguyen, Rob Dorrell, Mike Clare, Lauren Shumaker, Anne Bernhardt, Dingxin Cai, Ali Downard
Developer and leader, Sedimentology Network, Shell, 2010-2013
Sedimentary Research Group Coordinator, Stanford University 2008-2010
AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)
2018 Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City
Theme chair, Siliciclastics (with Gary Hampson)
Session chair:
Theme 1: Using Experiments and Models to Understand Depositional Patterns and Reservoir Architecture III (SEPM)
Theme 1: Using Experiments and Models to Understand Depositional Patterns and Reservoir Architecture IV (SEPM)
Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments I (SEPM)
Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments IV (SEPM)
2017 Annual Convention and Exhibition, Houston
Session chair “Stratigraphic Architecture of Deepwater Systems: Subsurface, Outcrop, and Modern Analogs”; co-chairs Brian Romans and Steve Hubbard
Session chair “Deepwater Deposits: From Classic Models to Paradigm Shifts”; co-chairs Dave Hodgson and Anna Pontén
2014 Annual Convention and Exhibition
Oral session chair – “Turbidites and Contourites”; co-chairs Emiliano Mutti and Joris Eggenhuisen
Poster session chair, “Sedimentology, Architecture and Process Controls of Deepwater Siliciclastic Systems”; co-chairs: Bret Dixon and Michael Pyrcz
AGU (American Geophysical Union)
2016 Fall Meeting, session co-chair, “Sediment transport capacity in flows: evolution from upland catchments to the deep ocean”; co-chairs Rob Dorrell, Lawrence Amy, Nick Howes
2015 Fall meeting session co-chair, “Mass Extraction and Grain Size Fractionation in Sediment Routing Systems: Tracking Sediment from Upland Catchments to the Deep Ocean”; co-chairs Anjali Fernandes, Nick Howes, Liz Hajek
2014 Fall Meeting, poster session chair, “Sinuous Channels in Subaerial and Submarine Environments: Comparing Flow, Form, and Fill”, co-chairs Jacob Covault, Zoltan Sylvester, Nick Howes
2012 Fall Meeting, oral and poster session chair, “Linking Geomorphology and Morphodynamics to Sediment Budgets, Sediment Caliber, and the Stratigraphic Record”; co-chair Jacob Covault
GSA (Geological Society of America)
2016 Annual Meeting, session chair, “Deep-Marine Sedimentary Environments: Linking Depositional Processes, Geomorphology, and the Sedimentary Record”; co-chairs Lauren Shumaker and Katie Coble
Professional organization memberships:
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
IAS (International Association for Sedimentology)
AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)
AGU (American Geophysical Union)
GSA (Geological Society of America)

Fieldwork Experience

California – 24 weeks (2005-2025)
Chile – 29 weeks (2006-2020)
Ireland – 10 weeks (2008-2024)
South Africa – 6 weeks (2007-2008)
Spain – 3 weeks (2008-2011)
Missouri River – 7 weeks (2004)
New Mexico – 9 weeks (2003, 2021-2025)
New Zealand – 6 weeks (2007-2012)
Texas – 22 weeks (2004-2025)
Utah – 7 weeks (2005-2020)

Journal and Grant Reviews

Petroleum Research Fund (5)
NSERC (1)
AAPG Bulletin (2)
Basin Research (4)
The Sedimentary Record (1)
The Depositional Record (2)
Earth Science Reviews (1)
Geology (4)
Geophysical Research Letters (1)
GeoSphere (3)
GSA Bulletin (1)
Journal of Sedimentary Research (7)
Marine and Petroleum Geology (2)
Nature Communications (1)
Quaternary Science Reviews (1)
Pilot funding for new research (Pfund), Louisiana Board of Regents (1)
SEPM Special Publication for Don Gorsline (1)
Sedimentary Geology (1)
Sedimentology (2)

Continuing Education

Summer of Applied Geophyscial Experience (SAGE), Summer 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Petroskills “Introduction to Reservoir Engineering” – 5 days, 2011
Shell internal training
Advanced Trap Analysis (5 days), 2010
3D Connectivity Factors and Dynamic Modelling – 5 days, 2011
Shell Graduate Program (2010-2013)
Field Course: Basins & Reservoirs, West Texas/New Mexico – 5 days
Field Course: Reservoirs & Rocks, Utah – 5 days
Geophysics Foundations (EP11) – 3 days
3D Seismic Interpretation (Structural) – 5 days
3D Seismic Interpretation (Stratigraphic) – 5 days
3D Seismic Interpretation (Quantitative) – 5 days
Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy – 5 days
Operations Geology – 5 days
Subsurface Structure and Mapping (GX170) – 5 days
Introduction to Integrated Reservoir Modeling (IIRM) – 3 days
3D Static Reservoir Modeling – 5 days
Petroleum Systems (GX100) – 5 days
Risk & Volumes – 2 days
Play Based Exploration – 3 days
Unconventionals – 1 day
Subsurface Integration (G180) – 10 days

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS 2021 and prior Martin, T., Tadla, J., Jobe, Z.R., 2021, Digitalization of legacy datasets from the Lewis Shale yields insights for reservoir properties and submarine-fan evolution. AAPG IMAGE meeting, Denver Jobe, Z.R. and Laugier, F., 2021, From 1D to 4D: The humble graphic log as a means to quantify and predict stratigraphic complexity. AAPG IMAGE meeting, Denver Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N., Martin, J., Meyer, R., Coutts, D., and Hou, P., Stright, L., and Laugier, F., 2021, Sedimentary graphic logs: A template for description and a toolkit for digitalization. AAPG IMAGE meeting, Denver Chacon Buitrago, N., Jobe, Z.R., Walton, G., 2021, Automated Facies recognition using digital outcrop models and machine learning. AAPG IMAGE meeting, Denver Gilbert, J.C. and Jobe, Z.R., 2021, Repetitive depositional architecture patterns demonstrate evolution of submarine channels on a steep margin: Miocene Modelo Formation, Lake Piru, Southern California. AAPG IMAGE meeting, Denver Simabrata, H., Jobe, Z.R., Cardona, S., Wood, L., 2021, Spicule grain reorientation in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic mass transport deposits: A case study in the Cutoff Formation, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas. AAPG IMAGE meeting, Denver Hou, P., Jobe, Z.R., Li, H., 2021, Introducing time series complexity analysis to submarine fan stratigraphy. AAPG IMAGE meeting, Denver Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Straub, K.M., Cai, D., Deng, H., Laugier, F.J., Pettinga, L.A., Shumaker, L.E., 2020, Comparing Aggradation, Superelevation, and Avulsion Frequency of Submarine and Fluvial Channels. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, abstract #EP019-16. Hou, P., Jobe, Z.R., Wood, L., 2020, Statistical Characterization of a Confined Submarine Fan System: the Pennsylvanian Lower Atoka Formation, Ouachita Mountains, USA. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, abstract #EP025-08. Hou, P., Jobe, Z.R., Wood, L., 2020, Statistical Characterization of a Confined Submarine Fan System: the Pennsylvanian Lower Atoka Formation, Ouachita Mountains, USA. GSA Online meeting. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N., Meyer, R., Martin, J., Coutts, D., Hou, P., 2020, Sedimentary graphic logs: A toolkit for digitalization and a template for standardized description, GSA Online meeting. Pettinga, L.A. and Jobe, Z.R., 2019, How Turbidity Current Flow Properties Shape Submarine Levees. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #OS32A-01. Gross, E., Carr, M., Jobe, Z.R., 2019, Three-Dimensional Eolian Bounding Surface Architecture of the Entrada Sandstone, Utah: Expanding our Understanding of Dune Morphodynamics and Ancient Erg Evolution. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #EP23C-2278. Jobe, Z.R., Downard, A., Martin, T.P., Meyer, R., 2019, Automated Interpretation of Depositional Environments Using Measured Stratigraphic Sections and Machine-Learning Models. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2019. Walker, W., Jobe, Z.R., 2019, Stratigraphic Architecture and Sediment Partitioning in the Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Bone Spring Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2019. Martin, T.P., Meyer, R., Jobe, Z.R., 2019, Automated Lithology Prediction from Core Images and Well Log Data Using Machine Learning Algorithms: A Case Study from the Greater Schiehallion Area, West of Shetland, United Kingdom. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2019. Pettinga, L., Jobe, Z.R., 2019, How do submarine canyon-channel systems (re)shape continental margins? AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2019. Kus, K.B., Jobe, Z.R., Laugier, F., Sullivan, M., 2019, Lateral Heterogeneity of Distal Submarine Lobe Deposits, Point Loma Formation, California: Implications for Lateral Facies Prediction in Horizontal Wells. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2019. Gross, E., Carr, M., Jobe, Z.R., 2019, Three-dimensional eolian bounding surface architecture of the Entrada Sandstone, Utah: Expanding our understanding of reservoir heterogeneity in wet eolian prospects. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2019. Gilbert, C., Jobe, Z.R., Sharman, G., Johnstone, S., 2019, Unraveling the complex tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Ventura Basin, California, using detrital zircon mixture modeling. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2019. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Romans, B.R., Covault, J.A., 2018, Volumes and frequencies of submarine fan-building turbidity currents. ISC Quebec City Technical Program. Englert, R.G., Hubbard, S.M., Coutts, D., Jobe, Z.R., Cartigny, M., Hage, S., 2018, Preservation of Upper-Flow-Regime Bedforms and Their Recognition in the Stratigraphic Record. ISC Quebec City Technical Program. Patten, J., Marcantonio, F., Jobe, Z.R., Schmidt, M., Slowet, N., Thomas, D., 2018, The Applicability of the 230Th Constant Flux Proxy in Sediments Offshore of the Niger River Delta. AGU Abstracts with Program, Washington D.C., 2018. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Georgiou, I., Cai, D., Deng, H., Laugier, F., Shumaker, L.E., 2018, Comparing Aggradation, Superelevation, and Avulsion Frequency of Submarine and Fluvial Channels. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Fryer, R.C., Jobe, Z.R., Shumaker, L.E., 2018, Quantitative Analysis of the Bed-Scale Facies Architecture of Submarine Lobe Deposits. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Thompson-Jobe, J.A., Giles, K., Hearon, T.E., Trudgill, B., Gannaway, C.E., Jobe, Z.R., Rowan, M.G., 2018, Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Sinbad Valley Salt Wall, Northeast Paradox Basin, Southwest Colorado. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Englert, R.G., Hubbard, S.M., Coutts, D., Jobe, Z.R., Cartigny, M., Hage, S., 2018, Preservation of Upper-Flow-Regime Bedforms and Their Recognition in the Stratigraphic Record. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Pettinga, L., Jobe, Z.R., Shumaker, L.E., Howes, N.C., 2018, Morphometric scaling relationships in submarine channel-lobe systems: implications for turbidite depositional processes and stratigraphic architecture. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Morris, P.D., Covault, J.A., Sech, R., Sylvester, Z., Jobe, Z.R., 2018, Deepwater Channel Trajectory Controls on Resultant Reservoir Connectivity. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Deng, H., Wood, L., Jobe, Z.R., 2018, Mass Failure Complex Morphometrics as an Indicator of Flow Rheology and Composition: A Comprehensive Study in the Gulf of Mexico. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Walker, W., Jobe, Z.R., 2018, Stratigraphic Architecture of Turbidite and Mass-Transport Deposits in the Outcropping Bone Spring Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Shumaker, L.E., Jobe, Z.R., Moody, J., Cai, D., 2018, Scaling Relationships Between Stratigraphy and Morphology of Submarine Channels. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Wang, J., Plink-Bjorklund, P., Jobe, Z.R., 2018, Scaling Relationships of Channel-Lobe Deposits in Large Fluvial Fan Systems: Implications for Subsurface Reservoir Prediction. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2018. Fryer, R.C., Jobe, Z.R., Shumaker, L.E., Stammer, J., Fleming, A., 2017, Quantifying the Bed-scale Architecture of Submarine Lobe Deposits, Point Loma Formation, California. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2017. Southern, S.J., Stright, L., Jobe, Z.R., Romans, B.R., Hubbard, S.M., 2017, The Stratigraphic Expression of Slope Channel Evolution: Insights From Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Channel Fills From the Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation, Southern Chile. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2017. Shumaker, L.E., Howes, N.C., Pettinga, L.A., Jobe, Z.R., 2017, Investigating Controls on Submarine Channel Evolution Through Morphometric Scaling Relationships. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2017. Pettinga, L.A., Shumaker, L.E., Howes, N.C., Jobe Z.R., 2017, Scaling Relationships in Linked Submarine Channel-Lobe Systems: Enabling Prediction of Reservoir Scales and Geometries in Deep-Water Sediment Routing Systems. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2017. Jobe, Z.R., 2017, Submarine Sediment Routing Systems on the Western Niger Delta Slope: Autogenic and Allogenic Signal Propagation and Preservation. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2017. Jobe, Z.R., and Howes, N.C., 2017, Scaling Relationships, Kinematics, and Stratigraphic Architecture of Submarine Channels: Application to Reservoir Prediction. Deep-water Depositional Systems: Advances and Applications (Geological Society of London). Jobe, Z.R., 2016, Mass Delivery and Frequency of Submarine Fan-Building Turbidity Currents. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2016, abstract #OS12C-07. Jobe, Z.R., 2016, Characterization of a Submarine Channel-Lobe Transition Zone, Western Niger Delta. GSA 2016 Annual Conference, session T190. Modern and Ancient Sediment Transport on Earth and Planetary Surfaces. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Auchter, N., 2016, Temporal Evolution of Submarine Channel Trajectory and Mobility: Quantitative Analysis and Comparison to Rivers. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2016. Romans, Brian W., Auchter, N.C., Bernhardt, A., Covault, J.A., Daniels, B.G., Fildani, A., Fosdick, J.C., Hubbard, S.M., Jobe, Z.R., Malkowski, M.A., Schwartz, T.M., Sickmann, Z.T., Stright, L., Graham, S.A., 2016, Stratigraphic Record of Foreland Basin Dynamics, Cretaceous Magallanes-Austral Basin, Chile and Argentina. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2016. Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Martin, J., Wolinsky, M., Cantelli, A., 2015, Submarine Channel Morphological Scaling Relationships: A Predictor for Architectural Heterogeneity and a Comparison to Subaerial/River Scaling Relationships. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2015. Howes, N.C., Martin, J., Georgiou, I.Y., Hughes, Z.J., Wolinsky, M.A., Jobe, Z.R., 2015, Channel Scaling and Dynamics in the Fluvial Marine Transition, AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2015. Hubbard, S.M., Romans, B.W., Jobe, Z.R., Covault, J.A., Fildani, A., 2015, How Many Turbidity Currents Pass Through a Submarine Channel and What is Their Stratigraphic Expression? AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2015. Jobe, Z.R., Parker, A.O., Lowe, D.R., Slowey, N., McGann, M., 2015, Sediment Budgets and Depositional Processes Influencing Submarine Canyon Systems, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2015. Niquet, D.D., Hubbard, S.M., Laycock, D.P., Reimchen, A.P., Jobe, Z.R., Romans, B.W., 2015, The Orientation of Sandstone-Filled U-Shaped Trace Fossils as Indicators of Deepwater Channel Axis Position, Tres Pasos Formation, Chile. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2015. Trigg, C., Jobe, Z.R., Lowe, D.R., 2015, Stacking Patterns and Petrographic Analysis of Slurry Beds of the Wilcox Formation, Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Flow Evolution and Depositional Setting. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2015. Jobe, Z.R., Pirmez, C., Sylvester, Z., Frascati, A., Bolla Pittaluga, M., Howes, N.C., 2015, Vertical and Lateral Changes in Facies, Bed Thickness, and Grain Size in Submarine Channels from an Ultra-High Resolution Dataset, Western Niger Delta Slope: Implications for Turbidity Current Stratification. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, abstract #EP12A-02. Shumaker, L., Jobe, Z.R., Graham, S.A., 2015, Constraining the Formation of Submarine Gullies on Continental Slopes. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, abstract #EP13A-0930. Auchter, N., Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., 2015, Temporal Evolution of Submarine Channel Trajectory and Mobility: Quantitative Analysis and Comparison to Rivers. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, abstract #EP13A-0933. Jobe, Z.R., Sylvester, Z., Pirmez, C., Prather, B., 2014, High Resolution, Millennial-Scale Patterns of Bed Compensation on a Sand-Rich Submarine Lobe, Western Niger Delta Slope. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2014. Jobe, Z.R., Sylvester, Z., Pirmez, C., Prather, B., Abd El-Gawad, S., Minisini, D., Cantelli, A., Howes, N.C, Smith, R.D.A., 2014, Ultra-High Resolution Modern Analog Dataset from the Western Niger Delta Slope: Facies Architecture and Application to Turbidite Reservoirs. GCAGS Transactions 2014 meeting, Lafayette, LA. Parker, A.O., Schmidt, M.W., Slowey, N.C., Jobe, Z.R., Marcantonio, F., 2014, Decoupled Changes in Western Niger Delta Primary Productivity and Niger River Discharge Across the Last Deglacial. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #PP44A-02 Jobe, Z.R., 2014, High Resolution, Millennial-Scale Patterns of Bed Compensation on a Sand-Rich Submarine Lobe, Western Niger Delta Slope. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #EP13D-3542. Jobe, Z.R., Sylvester, Z., Parker, A.O., 2013, Adjustment of Submarine Channel Architecture to Changes in Sediment Supply, Western Niger Delta Slope. SEPM conference, September 2013: Turbidity currents: current state of the art and future directions, Santa Sofia, Italy. Jobe, Z.R., Morris, W.R., Lowe, D.R., 2013, Climbing Ripple Successions in Turbidite Systems: Depositional Environments, Sedimentation Rates, and Accumulation Times. 2013 Pacific Section AAPG, SEG and SEPM Joint Technical Conference, Monterey, California. Jobe, Z.R., Sylvester, Z., Parker, A.O., Pirmez, P., Slowey, N., 2013, Adjustment of Submarine Channel Architecture to Changes in Sediment Supply, Western Niger Delta Slope. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #OS52A-08. Jobe, Z.R., Z Sylvester, SA Abd El-Gawad, A Cantelli, C Pirmez, 2012, Sinuous slope channel evolution: insights from 3D high-resolution seismic data, piston coring, and numerical modeling of the western Niger Delta slope. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2012. A Bernhardt, Jobe, Z.R., M Grove, DR Lowe, 2011, Paleogeography And Diachronous Infill Of An Ancient Deep-Marine Foreland Basin, Upper Cretaceous Cerro Toro Axial Channel, Magallanes Basin, Chile. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 0930. Jobe, Z.R., Z Sylvester, SA Abd El-Gawad, A Cantelli, C Pirmez, 2011, Sinuous slope channel evolution: insights from 3D high-resolution seismic data, piston coring, and numerical modeling of the western Niger Delta slope. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 0929. Jobe, Z.R., 2010, The Influence of Sediment Supply & Caliber on Submarine Canyon Morphology and Turbidity-Flow Character. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 0630. Jobe, Z.R., Bernhardt, Z., and Lowe, D.R., 2010, Quantitative Architectural Analysis and Depositional Model of an Asymmetric Conglomerate-Rich Submarine Channel Fill, Cerro Toro Formation, Sierra del Toro, Magallanes Basin, Chile. AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, 2010. Jobe, Z.R. and Lowe, D.R., 2009, Pockmarks on the Modern Seafloor as Indicators of Submarine Canyon Abandonment, Offshore Equatorial Guinea, Pacific Section AAPG 2009 Annual Meeting: Modern Sea Floor and Quaternary Turbidite Systems in Honor of Bill Normark. Stright, L., and Jobe, Z.R., 2008, Analysis of Channel-Fill Architecture with Forward Seismic Modelling of the Wildcat Channel Complex, Sierra del Toro, Magallanes Basin, Chile, in SEPM Research Program Proceedings “Outcrops Revitalized: Tools, Techniques and Applications”, Abstracts with Programs 2008, held in Kilkee, County Clare, Western Ireland. Jobe, Z.R., 2008, Tertiary Evolution of Upper Slope Canyons, Offshore Equatorial Guinea: Canyon Initiation, Growth and Abandonment via Knickpoint Migration, Joint meeting of the Geological Society of America abstracts with programs, 2008. Jobe, Z.R., Morris, W.R., Wickens, H.D., and Lowe, D.R., 2008, Thick successions of climbing-ripple and scour-fill deposits in overbank/off-axis deep-water environments: Tanqua Karoo, South Africa and Magnolia field, Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, San Antonio 2008. Bernhardt, Anne, Jobe, Z.R., and Lowe, D.R., 2007, Foreland Basin Axis Migration Documented by Deep-Water Conglomeratic Channel Deposits, Southern Chile, AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, Long Beach 2007. Jobe, Z.R. & Jim S. Hewlett, 2007, Neogene Evolution of a Confined Upper Slope Canyon System with Emphasis on Canyon Fill Architecture, Offshore Equatorial Guinea, AAPG Technical Program, Annual Convention, Long Beach 2007. Main, D.J., Holbrook, J., Jobe, Z.R., Avdeev, B., Caster, J., 2005, First record of late Pleistocene deposits from the Missouri river valley, Norborne quadrangle, MO, Geological Society of America annual meeting, Abstracts with programs, 2005. Jobe, Z.R., Kleim, G., & Holbrook, J.M., 2005, Using fluvial sedimentology to guide vegetation and shallow water habitat rehabilitation in the Big Muddy Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, GSA abstracts with programs, vol.31, no. 3. Jobe, Z.R., 2004, Microfauna of the upper Bell Canyon Formation (Permian), Univ. of Texas at Arlington ACES 2004 abstracts.