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Nabil Sultan is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on several subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main research topics addressed by Sultan include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Landslides and related hazards

Several recent publications illustrate the scope and thematic concentration of Sultan's work. These include:

  • "Impact of tides and sea-level on deep-sea Arctic methane emissions," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Transient Groundwater Flow Through a Coastal Confined Aquifer and Its Impact on Nearshore Submarine Slope Instability," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Other papers co-authored by Sultan's frequent collaborators were published in various venues:

  • "Irregular BSR: Evidence of an Ongoing Reequilibrium of a Gas Hydrate System," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Shallow Gas Hydrate Accumulations at a Nigerian Deepwater Pockmark-Quantities and Dynamics," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Pore Habit of Gas in Gassy Sediments," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Sultan frequently collaborates with researchers including Sébastien Garziglia, Vincent Riboulot, Stéphan Ker, Andreia Plaza-Faverola, and Marco Terzariol. Collaboration counts range from three to nine joint works.

The typical publication venues for Sultan's research are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Nature Communications
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Effect of gas hydrates melting on seafloor slope instability

    Nabil Sultan;Pierre Cochonat;Jean-Paul Foucher;J Mienert

  • Slope failure dynamics and impacts from seafloor and shallow sub-seafloor geophysical data: case studies from the COSTA project

    M. Canals;G. Lastras;R. Urgeles;J.L. Casamor

  • On the thermal consolidation of Boom clay

    Pierre Delage;Nabil Sultan;Yu Jun Cui

  • Temperature effects on the volume change behaviour of Boom clay

    N Sultan;P Delage;Y.J Cui

  • Triggering mechanisms of slope instability processes and sediment failures on continental margins: a geotechnical approach

    Nabil Sultan;Pierre Cochonat;M Canals;Antonio Cattaneo

  • A thermomechanical model for saturated clays

    Yu Jun Cui;Nabil Sultan;Pierre Delage

  • Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios in Niger Delta sediments: Implications for authigenic carbonate genesis in cold seep environments

    G. Bayon;C. Pierre;J. Etoubleau;M. Voisset

  • The 1979 Nice harbour catastrophe revisited: Trigger mechanism inferred from geotechnical measurements and numerical modelling

    Gabriela Dan;Gabriela Dan;Nabil Sultan;Bruno Savoye

  • Seafloor instabilities and sediment deformation processes: The need for integrated, multi-disciplinary investigations

    Maarten Vanneste;Nabil Sultan;Sebastian Garziglia;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • Hydrate dissolution as a potential mechanism for pockmark formation in the Niger delta

    Nabil Sultan;Bruno Marsset;Stephan Ker;Tania Marsset

  • 26th December 2004 great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake: Co-seismic and post-seismic motions in northern Sumatra

    Jean-Claude Sibuet;Claude Rangin;Xavier Le Pichon;Satish Singh

  • Sinuous pockmark belt as indicator of a shallow buried turbiditic channel on the lower slope of the Congo basin, West African margin

    M. Lopez;P. Cochonat;N. Sultan

  • Pockmark formation and evolution in deep water Nigeria: Rapid hydrate growth versus slow hydrate dissolution

    N. Sultan;G. Bohrmann;L. Ruffine;T. Pape

  • Sea-level change and free gas occurrence influencing a submarine landslide and pockmark formation and distribution in deepwater Nigeria

    Vincent Riboulot;Vincent Riboulot;Antonio Cattaneo;Nabil Sultan;Sebastien Garziglia

  • Etude du comportement thermo-mecanique de l'argile de Boom : Experiences et modelisation

    Nabil Sultan

  • A review of undulated sediment features on Mediterranean prodeltas: distinguishing sediment transport structures from sediment deformation

    Roger Urgeles;Antonio Cattaneo;Pere Puig;Camino Liquete

  • Impact of tides and sea-level on deep-sea Arctic methane emissions

    Nabil Sultan;Andreia Plaza-Faverola;Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta;Stefan Buenz

  • Detection of free gas and gas hydrate based on 3D seismic data and cone penetration testing: An example from the Nigerian Continental Slope

    N. Sultan;M. Voisset;T. Marsset;A.M. Vernant

  • Investigation of a possible submarine landslide at the Var delta front (Nice continental slope, southeast France)

    Nabil Sultan;Nabil Sultan;Bruno Savoye;Bruno Savoye;Gwenael Jouet;Gwenael Jouet;D Leynaud;D Leynaud

  • Analysis of slope failures in submarine canyon heads: An example from the Gulf of Lions

    Nabil Sultan;Matthieu Gaudin;Matthieu Gaudin;Serge Berne;Miquel Canals

  • Effect of gas hydrates melting on seafloor slope stability

    N. Sultan;P. Cochonat;J. P. Foucher;J. Mienert

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Cattaneo
Antonio Cattaneo French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Gwenael Jouet
Gwenael Jouet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Achim J Kopf
Achim J Kopf University of Bremen
Serge Berné
Serge Berné University of Perpignan
Bernard Dennielou
Bernard Dennielou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Pierre Delage
Pierre Delage École des Ponts ParisTech
Yu-Jun Cui
Yu-Jun Cui École des Ponts ParisTech
Roger Urgeles
Roger Urgeles Spanish National Research Council
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
Bruno Savoye
Bruno Savoye French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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