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  • 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