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  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Dorrik A. V. Stow is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across multiple areas within engineering and earth and planetary sciences, contributing extensively to the understanding of sedimentology, geological formations, and reservoir engineering.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, they focus on subfields such as:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Environmental Chemistry

Their research addresses topics including:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Dorrik A. V. Stow has authored and contributed to several scientific publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Distinguishing between Deep-Water Sediment Facies: Turbidites, Contourites and Hemipelagites" (2020), published in Geosciences
  • "Diagnostic criteria using microfacies for calcareous contourites, turbidites and pelagites in the Eocene-Miocene slope succession, southern Cyprus" (2020), published in Sedimentology
  • "Indonesian Throughflow as a preconditioning mechanism for submarine landslides in the Makassar Strait" (2020), published in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "Grain-size characteristics of fine-grained sediments and association with gas hydrate saturation in Shenhu Area, northern South China Sea" (2020), published in Ore Geology Reviews
  • "Contourite porosity, grain size and reservoir characteristics" (2020), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated often with Stow include:

  • Toshio Ishizuka
  • Andreas Wetzel
  • Arnold H. Bouma
  • James M. Coleman
  • James M. Brooks

They have published extensively in specialized venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Marine Geology
  • Energy Geoscience
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

In recognition of their contributions, Dorrik A. V. Stow was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Seismic features diagnostic of contourite drifts

    Jean-Claude Faugères;Dorrik A.V Stow;Patrice Imbert;Adriano Viana

  • Deep-water facies, processes and models: a review and classification scheme for modern and ancient sediments

    Kevin Pickering;Dorrik Stow;Mike Watson;Richard Hiscott

  • Sequence of structures in fine-grained turbidites: Comparison of recent deep-sea and ancient flysch sediments

    Dorrik A.V. Stow;Dorrik A.V. Stow;Ganapathy Shanmugam;Ganapathy Shanmugam

  • Classification and characterisation of deep-water sediment waves

    Russell B. Wynn;Dorrik A.V. Stow

  • Deep-water sedimentary systems: New models for the 21st century

    Dorrik A.V Stow;Mike Mayall

  • Bottom currents, contourites and deep-sea sediment drifts: current state-of-the-art

    Dorrik A. V. Stow;Jean-Claude Faugères;John A. Howe;Carol J. Pudsey

  • Sediment waves on the monterey fan levee: A preliminary physical interpretation

    William R. Normark;Gordon R. Hess;D.A.V. Stow;A.J. Bowen

  • A physical model for the transport and sorting of fine‐grained sediment by turbidity currents

    Dorrik A. V. Stow;Anthony J. Bowen

  • Deep-water fine-grained sediments: facies models

    D. A. V. Stow;D. J. W. Piper

  • Contourites: Their recognition in modern and ancient sediments

    D.A.V. Stow;J.P.B. Lovell

  • Bedform-velocity matrix: The estimation of bottom current velocity from bedform observations

    Dorrik A.V. Stow;F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Estefania Llave;Miriam Sayago-Gil

  • Fine-grained sediments : deep-water processes and facies

    D. A. V. Stow;D. J. W. Piper

  • Deep-water massive sands: nature, origin and hydrocarbon implications

    Dorrik A.V Stow;Melissa Johansson

  • Bottom-current-controlled sedimentation: a synthesis of the contourite problem

    Jean-Claude Faugères;Dorrik A.V. Stow

  • Contourite facies of the Faro Drift, Gulf of Cadiz

    E. G. Gonthier;J.-C. Faugères;D. A. V. Stow

  • Characterization and recognition of deep-water channel-lobe transition zones

    Russell B. Wynn;Neil H. Kenyon;Douglas G. Masson;Dorrik A. V. Stow

  • Bottom-current-controlled sand deposits — a review of modern shallow- to deep-water environments

    A.R. Viana;J.-C. Faugères;D.A.V. Stow

  • Deep-water contourite systems: modern drifts and ancient series, seismic and sedimentary characteristics

    Dorrik Stow;Carol Pudsey;John Howe;Jean-Claude Faugeres

  • Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: A Color Guide

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  • The contourite depositional system of the Gulf of Cádiz: A sedimentary model related to the bottom current activity of the Mediterranean outflow water and its interaction with the continental margin

    F.J. Hernández-Molina;E. Llave;D.A.V. Stow;M. García

  • Bedform-velocity matrix: the estimation of deep bottom current velocity from bedform observations

    Dorrik Stow;F J Hernandez-Molina;E Llave;M Sayago-Gil

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina Royal Holloway University of London
Estefanía Llave
Estefanía Llave Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
José-Abel Flores
José-Abel Flores University of Salamanca
Douglas G. Masson
Douglas G. Masson Seascape Consultants (United Kingdom)
Gemma Ercilla
Gemma Ercilla Spanish National Research Council
Jean-Claude Faugères
Jean-Claude Faugères University of Bordeaux
Roger D. Flood
Roger D. Flood Stony Brook University

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