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Overview

Carlos Pirmez is affiliated with Eburon Resources LLC in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, covering 39 and 32 publications respectively. Within these fields, Pirmez's work spans multiple subfields including Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Geology, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's contributions address several core topics, notably:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Offshore Engineering and Technologies
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Their published work includes data-driven studies on well logging from ocean drilling programs. Representative recent papers include:

  • IODP Expedition 308, Hole U1322A - Well Logging Data (2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))
  • ODP Leg 166, Hole 1005A - Well Logging Data (2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
  • ODP Leg 155, Hole 935A - Well Logging Data (2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))
  • ODP Leg 174A, Hole 1072D - Well Logging Data (2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))
  • ODP Leg 155, Hole 940A - Well Logging Data (2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))

Pirmez frequently collaborates with other researchers in related disciplines. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • John E. Damuth
  • P. B. Flemings
  • Miriam Katz
  • Roger D. Flood
  • David J.W. Piper

The primary venues for Pirmez's publications are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 48 publications
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) with 6 publications
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Lateral accretion packages (LAPs): an important reservoir element in deep water sinuous channels

    Vitor Abreu;Morgan Sullivan;Carlos Pirmez;David Mohrig

  • Architecture and evolution of upper fan channel-belts on the Niger Delta slope and in the Arabian Sea

    Mark E Deptuck;Gary S Steffens;Mark Barton;Carlos Pirmez

  • Reconstruction of turbidity currents in Amazon Channel

    Carlos Pirmez;Jasim Imran

  • Migration–aggradation history and 3-D seismic geomorphology of submarine channels in the Pleistocene Benin-major Canyon, western Niger Delta slope

    Mark E. Deptuck;Zoltan Sylvester;Carlos Pirmez;Ciaran O’Byrne

  • Equilibrium Profile and Baselevel in Submarine Channels: Examples from Late Pleistocene Systems and Implications for the Architecture of Deepwater Reservoirs

    Carlos Pirmez;R. T. Beaubouef;S. J. Friedmann;D. C. Mohrig

  • Clinoform development by advection-diffusion of suspended sediment: Modeling and comparison to natural systems

    Carlos Pirmez;Lincoln F. Pratson;Michael S. Steckler

  • Variability in form and growth of sediment waves on turbidite channel levees

    William R. Normark;David J.W. Piper;Henry Posamentier;Carlos Pirmez

  • A model of submarine channel-levee evolution based on channel trajectories: Implications for stratigraphic architecture

    Zoltán Sylvester;Carlos Pirmez;Alessandro Cantelli

  • Seismic Facies and Late Quaternary Growth of Amazon Submarine Fan

    Roger D. Flood;Patricia L. Manley;Renato O. Kowsmann;Ciro J. Appi

  • A nonlinear model of flow in meandering submarine and subaerial channels

    Jasim Imran;Gary Parker;Carlos Pirmez

  • Interactions between turbidity currents and topography in aggrading sinuous submarine channels: A laboratory study

    Kyle M. Straub;David Mohrig;Brandon McElroy;James Buttles

  • Pleistocene Seascape Evolution Above A “Simple” Stepped Slope—Western Niger Delta

    D. J. W. Piper;C. Pirmez;P. L. Manley;D. Long

  • Numerical Model of Turbidity Currents with a Deforming Bottom Boundary

    Heqing Huang;Heqing Huang;Jasim Imran;Jasim Imran;Carlos Pirmez;Carlos Pirmez

  • 4. TURBIDITY-CURRENT OVERSPILL FROM THE AMAZON CHANNEL: TEXTURE OF THE SILT/ SAND LOAD, PALEOFLOW FROM ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLOW PROCESSES 1

    Richard N. Hiscott;Frank R. Hall;Carlos Pirmez

  • Emplacement of massive turbidites linked to extinction of turbulence in turbidity currents

    Mariano I. Cantero;Alessandro Cantelli;Carlos Pirmez;S. Balachandar

  • Channel-mouth lobe complex of the recent Amazon Fan: The missing piece

    I. Jegou;I. Jegou;B. Savoye;C. Pirmez;Laurence Droz

  • Sandy turbidite successions at the base of channel-levee systems of the amazon fan revealed by FMS logs and cores : Unraveling the facies architecture of large submarine fans

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  • Turbidity current with a roof: Direct numerical simulation of self-stratified turbulent channel flow driven by suspended sediment

    Mariano I. Cantero;Mariano I. Cantero;S. Balachandar;Alessandro Cantelli;Carlos Pirmez

  • Rapid Adjustment of Submarine Channel Architecture To Changes In Sediment Supply

    Zane Richards Jobe;Zoltan Sylvester;Andrew Parker;Nick C Howes

  • Numerical modeling of poorly sorted depositional turbidity currents

    H. Huang;J. Imran;C. Pirmez

  • Sediment partitioning, continental slopes and base-of-slope systems

    Bradford E. Prather;Ciaran O'Byrne;Carlos Pirmez;Zoltán Sylvester

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Parker
Gary Parker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David Mohrig
David Mohrig The University of Texas at Austin
Stefano Mazzoli
Stefano Mazzoli University of Camerino
Jasim Imran
Jasim Imran University of South Carolina
Roger D. Flood
Roger D. Flood Stony Brook University
S. Balachandar
S. Balachandar University of Florida
Richard N. Hiscott
Richard N. Hiscott Memorial University of Newfoundland
John E. Damuth
John E. Damuth The University of Texas at Arlington
André W. Droxler
André W. Droxler Rice University
Marcelo H. Garcia
Marcelo H. Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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