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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Joseph R. Curray is a researcher affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on ocean engineering and mechanical engineering. The research topics covered include drilling and well engineering, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, oil and gas production techniques, and reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

Their frequent collaborators include David G. Moore, J. Eduardo Aguayo, Marie-Pierre Aubry, Gerhard Einsele, and Daniel J. Fornari. They have contributed extensively to publications in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Recent publications by Joseph R. Curray document well logging data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Leg 64, focusing on different hole sites. These works, all published in 2020, include:

  • DSDP Leg 64, Hole 478 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 64, Hole 474A - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 64, Hole 481A - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 64, Hole 479 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 64, Hole 479 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Over their career, Joseph R. Curray has received recognition such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1980, as well as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Tectonics and history of the Andaman Sea region

    Joseph R. Curray

  • An overview of the sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin in relation to the regional tectonic framework and basin-fill history

    Mahmood Alam;M.Mustafa Alam;Joseph R. Curray;M.Lutfar Rahman Chowdhury

  • Biological communities at the Florida escarpment resemble hydrothermal vent taxa.

    C.K. Paull;Barbara Hecker;R. Commeau;R. P. Freeman-Lynde

  • Structure, Tectonics, and Geological History of the Northeastern Indian Ocean

    Joseph R. Curray;Frans J. Emmel;David G. Moore;Russell W. Raitt

  • The Analysis of Two-Dimensional Orientation Data

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  • Growth of the Bengal Deep-Sea Fan and Denudation in the Himalayas

    Joseph R Curray;David G Moore

  • The Bengal Fan: morphology, geometry, stratigraphy, history and processes

    Joseph R Curray;Frans J Emmel;David G Moore

  • Intrusion of basaltic sills into highly porous sediments, and resulting hydrothermal activity

    Gerhardt Einsele;Joris M. Gieskes;Joseph Curray;David M. Moore

  • Sedimentary and Tectonic Processes in the Bengal Deep-Sea Fan and Geosyncline

    Joseph R. Curray;David G. Moore

  • Relict Sediments on Continental Shelves: A Reconsideration

    Donald J. P. Swift;Daniel J. Stanley;Joseph R. Curray

  • Origin of the Rajmahal Traps and the 85°E Ridge: Preliminary reconstructions of the trace of the Crozet hotspot

    Joseph R. Curray;Tissa Munasinghe

  • Sediment volume and mass beneath the Bay of Bengal

    Joseph R. Curray

  • New constraints on the tectonic evolution of the eastern Indian Ocean

    Char-Shine Liu;Joseph R. Curray;J.M. McDonald

  • Structural frame work of the fore-arc basin, NW Sumatra

    D. E. Karig;M. B. Lawrence;G. F. Moore;J. R. Curray

  • Seismic refraction and reflection studies of crustal structure of the Eastern Sunda and Western Banda Arcs

    Joseph R. Curray;George G. Shor;Russell W. Raitt;Marilee Henry

  • The Sunda Arc: a model for oblique plate convergence

    Joseph R. Curray

  • Possible greenschist metamorphism at the base of a 22-km sedimentary section, Bay of Bengal

    Joseph R. Curray

  • Variations in Geologic Structure Along the Sunda Fore Arc, Northeastern Indian Ocean

    G. F. Moore;J. R. Curray;D. G. Moore;D. E. Karig

  • Marine Geology of the Atlantic Continental Margin of Europe

    A. H. Stride;J. R. Curray;D. G. Moore;R. H. Belderson

  • Large submarine slide (olistostrome) associated with Sunda Arc subduction zone, northeast Indian Ocean☆

    David G. Moore;Joseph R. Curray;Frans J. Emmel

  • LATE QUATERNARY SEA LEVEL: A DISCUSSION

    Joseph R Curray

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Charles K. Paull
Charles K. Paull Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Francis P. Shepard
Francis P. Shepard Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Daniel E. Karig
Daniel E. Karig Cornell University
Edwin L. Hamilton
Edwin L. Hamilton United States Marine Corps
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Bernd R.T. Simoneit Oregon State University
Miriam Kastner
Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego
Char-Shine Liu
Char-Shine Liu National Taiwan University
Marie-Pierre Aubry
Marie-Pierre Aubry Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Andrew D. Saunders
Andrew D. Saunders University of Leicester

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