Fluvial Research Group
    SCHOOL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT


Publications: 1996-2014

Colombera, L., Mountney, N.P., McCaffrey, W.D. and Felletti, F., 2014. Models for guiding and ranking well-to-well correlations of channel bodies in fluvial reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 98, 1493-1965. doi: 10.1306/05061413153

Rodríguez-López, J.P., Clemmensen, L., Lancaster, N., Mountney, N.P. and Veiga, G., 2014. Archean to Recent aeolian sand systems and their preserved successions: current understanding and future prospects. Sedimentology, 61, 1487-1534. doi: 10.1111/sed.12123

Duller, R.A., Warner, N.H., McGonigle, C., De Angelis, S., Russell, A.J. and Mountney, N.P., 2014. Landscape reaction, response and recovery following the catastrophic 1918 Katla jökulhlaup, southern Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 4214-4221, doi: 10.1002/2014GL060090

Shiers, M.N., Mountney, N.P., Hodgson, D.M. and Cobain, S.L., 2014. Depositional Controls on Tidally Influenced Fluvial Successions, Neslen Formation, Utah, USA. Sedimentary Geology, 311, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2014.06.005

Almasrahy, M.A. and Mountney, N.P., 2014. Approaches to modelling stratigraphic heterogeneity in mixed fluvial and aeolian hydrocarbon reservoirs. AAPG Search and Discovery, 41399, 1-4.

Huang, L., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Zhao, J. and Mountney, N.P., 2014. Neogene-Quaternary post-rift tectonic reactivation of the Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 98, 1377-1400. doi: 10.1306/03071413046

Santos, M.G.M., Almeida, R.P., Marconato, A., Godinho, L.P.S. and Mountney, N.P., 2014. Distinct styles of fluvial deposition in a Cambrian rift basin. Sedimentology, 61, 881-914. doi: 10.1111/sed.12074

Southern, S.J., Mountney, N.P. and Pringle, J.K., 2014. Classic localities explained 14: The Carboniferous Southern Pennine Basin. Geology Today, 30, 71-78. doi: 10.1111/gto.12044

Stuart, J.Y., Mountney, N.P., McCaffrey, W.D., Lang, S. and Collinson, J.D., 2014. Prediction of channel connectivity and fluvial style in the flood basin successions of the Upper Permian Rangal Coal Measures (Queensland). American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 98, 191-212. doi: 10.1306/06171312088

Banham, S.G. and Mountney, N.P., 2014. Climatic versus halokinetic control on sedimentation in a dryland fluvial succession: Triassic Moenkopi Formation, Utah, USA. Sedimentology, 61, 570-608. doi: 10.1111/sed.12064

Romain, H. and Mountney, N.P., 2014. Reconstruction of three-dimensional eolian dune architecture from one-dimensional core data through adoption of analog data from outcrop. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 98, 1-22. doi: 10.1306/05201312109

Banham, S.G. and Mountney, N.P., 2013. Controls on fluvial sedimentary architecture and sediment-fill state in salt-walled mini-basins: Triassic Moenkopi Formation, Salt Anticline Region, SE Utah, USA. Basin Research, 25, 709-737. doi: 10.1111/bre.12022

Wakefield, O.J.W. and Mountney, N.P., 2013. Stratigraphic architecture of back-filled incised-valley systems: Pennsylvanian-Permian lower Cutler beds, Utah, USA. Sedimentary Geology, 298, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.10.002

Al-Masrahy, M.A. and Mountney, N.P., 2013. Remote sensing of spatial variability in aeolian dune and interdune morphology in the Rub’ Al-Khali, Saudi Arabia. Aeolian Research, 11, 155-170. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.06.004

Rodríguez-López, J.P., Clemmensen, L., Mountney, N.P. and Veiga, G., 2013. Editorial. Aeolian Research, 11, 127-128. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.08.004

Soltan, R., Mountney, N.P., McCaffrey, W.D. and Paton, D.A., 2013. Reconstruction of Channel and Barform Architecture in a Pennsylvanian Fluvio-Deltaic Succession: Brimham Grit, Northern England. AAPG Search and Discovery, 50884, 1-4.

Al-Masrahy, M.A. and Mountney, N.P., 2013. Spatial variability in eolian dune and interdune morphology in the Rub’ Al-Khali dunefield, Saudi Arabia. AAPG Search and Discovery, 50830, 1-4.

Colombera, L., Mountney, N.P. and McCaffrey, W.D., 2013. A quantitative approach to fluvial facies models: methods and example results. Sedimentology, 60, 1526-1558. doi: 10.1111/sed.12050

Banham, S.G. and Mountney, N.P., 2013. Evolution of fluvial systems in salt-walled mini-basins: a review and new insights. Sedimentary Geology, 296, 142-166. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.08.010

Bristow, C.S. and Mountney, N.P., 2013. Aeolian Landscapes, Aeolian Stratigraphy. In: Shroder, J. (Ed.), Treatise on Geomorphology. Elsevier, San Diegeo, USA, 11, 246-268.

Ghazi, S., Mountney, N.P., Butt, A.A. and Sharif, S., 2012. Stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental framework of the Early Permian sequence in the Salt Range, Pakistan. Journal of Earth System Science, 121, 1239-1255.

Colombera, L., Felletti, F., Mountney, N.P. and McCaffrey, W.D., 2012. A database approach for constraining stochastic simulations of the sedimentary heterogeneity of fluvial reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 96, 2143-2166. doi: 10.1306/04211211179

Jordan, O.D. and Mountney, N.P., 2012. Sequence stratigraphic evolution and cyclicity of an ancient coastal desert system: the Pennsylvanian-Permian lower Cutler beds, Paradox Basin, Utah, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 82, 755-780. doi: 10.2110/jsr.2012.54

Ghazi, S. and Mountney, N.P., 2012. Petrographic composition, sedimentary structures and palaeocurrent analysis in Northern Gondwana: the Early Permian Warchha Sandstone of Salt Range, Pakistan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 59, 185-207. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.06.022

Santos, M.G.M., Almeida, R.P., Mountney, N.P. and Fragoso-Cesar, A.R.S., 2012. Seismites as a tool in the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of fluvial deposits: the Cambrian Guarda Velha Formation, southern Brazil. Sedimentary Geology, 277-278, 52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.07.006

Colombera, L., Mountney, N.P. and McCaffrey, W.D., 2012. A relational database for the digitization of fluvial architecture: towards quantitative synthetic depositional models. AAPG Search and Discovery, 40933, 1-5.

Colombera, L., Felletti, F. Mountney, N.P. and McCaffrey, W.D., 2012. A database approach for constraining geostatistical reservoir models: concepts, workflow and examples. AAPG Search and Discovery, 40932, 1-7.

Mountney, N.P., 2012. A stratigraphic model to account for complexity in aeolian dune and interdune successions. Sedimentology, 59, 964-989. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01287.x

Colombera, L., Mountney, N.P. and McCaffrey, W.D., 2012. A Relational Database for the Digitization of Fluvial Architecture: Concepts and Example Applications. Petroleum Geoscience, 18, 129-140. doi: 10.1144/1354-079311-021

Ghazi, S. and Mountney, N.P., 2011. Fluvial Facies and Provenance of the Early Permian Warchha Sandstone Salt Range, Pakistan. Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 3, 243-252.

Cain, S.A. and Mountney, N.P., 2011. Downstream changes and associated fluvial-aeolian interactions in an ancient terminal fluvial fan system: the Permian Organ Rock Formation, SE Utah. In: Davidson, S, Leleu, S. and North, C. (eds), From River to Rock Record, SEPM Special Publication, 97, 165-187.

Ghazi, S. and Mountney, N.P., 2011. Petrography and provenance of the Early Permian fluvial Warchha Sandstone, Salt Range, Pakistan. Sedimentary Geology, 233, 88-110. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.10.013

Ghazi, S. and Mountney, N.P., 2010. Subsurface lithofacies analysis of the fluvial Early Permian Warchha Sandstone, Potwar Basin, Pakistan. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 76, 505-517.

Jordan, O.D. and Mountney, N.P., 2010. Styles of interaction between aeolian, fluvial and shallow marine environments in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Lower Cutler Beds, southeast Utah, USA. Sedimentology, 57, 1357-1385. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01148.x

Duller, R.A., Mountney, N.P. and Russell, A.J., 2010. Particle fabric and sedimentation of structureless sands, southern Iceland, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 80, 562-577. doi: 10.2110/jsr.2010.055

Ghazi, S. and Mountney, N.P., 2010. Fluvial facies and provenance of the Early Permian Warchha Sandstone Salt Range, Pakistan. Proceedings of the International Applied Geological Congress (26-28th April 2010, Azad, Iran), 1, 1655-1665.

Russell, A.J., Duller, R.A. and Mountney, N.P., 2010. Volcanogenic glacier outburst floods (jökulhlaups) from Mýrdalsjökull: impacts on proglacial environments. In: Krüger, J., Schomacker, A. and Kjær, K.H. (eds), The Mýrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland: Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano. Developments in Quaternary Sciences, 13, Elsevier, 181-207 (ISSN 1571-0866). doi: 10.1016/S1571-0866(09)01311-6

Mountney, N.P. and Russell, A.J., 2009. Aeolian dune field development in a water table-controlled system: Skeiđarársandur, southern Iceland. Sedimentology, 56, 2107-2131. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01072.x

Mountney, N.P., 2009. Improving student understanding of complex spatial-temporal relationships in earth sciences using computer animation and visualization, Planet, 22, 72-77.

Ghazi, S. and Mountney, N.P., 2009. Facies and architectural element analysis of a meandering fluvial succession: the Permian Warchha Sandstone, Salt Range, Pakistan. Sedimentary Geology, 221, 99-126. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.08.002

Cain, S.A. and Mountney, N.P., 2009. Spatial and temporal evolution of a terminal fluvial fan system: the Permian Organ Rock Formation, South East Utah, USA. Sedimentology, 56, 1774-1800. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01057.x

Duller, R.A., Mountney, N.P., Russell, A.J. and Cassidy, N.J., 2008. Architectural Analysis of a Volcaniclastic Jökulhlaup Deposit, Southern Iceland: Sedimentary Evidence for Supercritical Flow. Sedimentology, 55, 939-964. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00931.x

Mountney, N.P. and Russell, A.J., 2006. Coastal aeolian dune-field development and response to periodic fluvial inundation, Sólheimasandur, southern Iceland. Sedimentary Geology, 192, 167-181. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.04.004

Mountney, N.P., 2006. Periodic accumulation and destruction of aeolian erg sequences in the Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, White Canyon, southern Utah. Sedimentology, 53, 789-823. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00793.x

Mountney, N.P., 2006. Eolian Facies Models. In: Posamentier, H. and Walker, R.G. (eds), Facies Models Revisited. SEPM Memoir, 84, 19-83.

Collinson, J.C., Mountney, N.P. and Thompson, D.B., 2006. Sedimentary Structures. Terra Publishing, Harpenden, third edition, 292 pages.

Mountney, N.P., 2005. Deserts. In: Selley, R.C., Cocks, L.R.M. and Plimer, I.R. (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology. Elsevier, Oxford, 4, 539-549.

Mountney, N.P., 2004. The sedimentary signature of desert systems and their response to environmental change. Geology Today, 20, 101-106.

Mountney, N.P. and Russell, A.J., 2004. Sedimentology of aeolian sandsheet deposits in the Askja region of northeast Iceland. Sedimentary Geology, 166, 223-244. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.12.007

Mountney, N.P. and Jagger, A., 2004. Stratigraphic evolution of an erg margin aeolian system: The Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, SE Utah, USA. Sedimentology, 51, 713-743. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00646.x

Mountney, N.P., 2004. Eolian facies models. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Volume, 13, A101.

Alho, P., Käyhkö, J., Russell, A.J., Knudsen, Ó., Rice Jr., J.W., Hendriks, J., Carrivick, J.L., Tweed, F.S., Roberts, M.J. and Mountney, N.P., 2002. Combining geomorphological evidence and GIS techniques for mapping and modelling glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups): Jökulsa Á Fjöllum, Iceland. In: Benito, G., Thornydycraft V., Llasat, M-C and Barriendos, M. (Eds.), Palaeofloods, Historical Data & Climatic Variability: Applications in Flood Risk Assessment, European Commission DG RTO, University of Barcelona, An International Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 16-19 October 2002, p.68.

Mountney, N.P., 2002. Facies models for wet aeolian systems and their role in predicting permeability barriers in aeolian reservoirs. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Canada, 10 pages.

Mountney, N.P., 2002. Aeolian facies models revisited. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Canada, 9 pages.

Mountney, N.P. and Thompson, D.B., 2002. Stratigraphic evolution and preservation of aeolian dune and damp/wet interdune strata: an example from the Triassic Helsby Sandstone Formation, Cheshire Basin, UK. Sedimentology, 49, 805-833.

Jerram, D.A., Mountney, N.P., Howell, J.A., Stollhofen, H., 2002. The Fossilised Desert: Recent developments in our understanding of the Lower Cretaceous deposits in the Huab Basin, NW Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia (Henno Martin Commemorative Volume), 12, 269-278.

Howell, J.A. and Mountney, N.P., 2001. Aeolian grainflow architecture: Hard data for reservoir models and implications for red bed sequence stratigraphy. Petroleum Geoscience, 7, 51-56.

Mountney, N.P. and Howell, J.A., 2000. Aeolian architecture, bedform climbing and preservation space in the Cretaceous Etjo Formation, NW Namibia. Sedimentology, 47, 825-849.

Jerram, D.A., Mountney, N.P., Howell, J.A., Long, D. and Stollhofen, H. 2000. Death of a Sand Sea: An Active Erg Systematically Buried by the Etendeka Flood Basalts of NW Namibia. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 157, 513-516.

Jerram, D.A., Mountney, N.P., Holzförster, F. and Stollhofen, H., 1999. Internal stratigraphic relationships in the Etendeka Group in the Huab Basin, NW Namibia: Understanding the onset of flood volcanism. Journal of Geodynamics, 28, 393-418.

Mountney, N.P., Howell, J.A., Flint, S.S. and Jerram, D.A., 1999. Relating aeolian bounding surface geometries to the bed forms that generated them: Etjo Sandstone Formation, Cretaceous, Namibia. Geology, 27, 159-162.

Mountney, N.P., Howell, J.A., Flint, S.S. and Jerram, D.A., 1999. Climate, sediment supply and tectonics as controls on the deposition and preservation of the aeolian-fluvial Etjo Sandstone Formation, Namibia. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 156, 771-778.

Jerram, D.A., Mountney, N.P. and Stollhofen, H., 1999. Facies architecture of the Etjo Sandstone Formation and its interaction with the Basal Etendeka Flood Basalts of NW Namibia: Implications for offshore prospectivity. In: Cameron, N., Bate, R. and Clure, V. (Eds.), Oil and gas habitats of the South Atlantic region. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 153, 367-380.

Mountney, N.P., Howell, J.A., Flint, S.S. and Jerram, D.A., 1998. Aeolian and alluvial deposition within the Mesozoic Etjo Sandstone Formation, North West Namibia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 27, 175-192.

Jerram, D.A., Mountney, N.P., Howell, J.A., Stollhofen, H. and Lorenz, V., 1998. Stratigraphical evolution of the Etendeka Group in the Huab Basin, northwest Namibia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 27, 119-120.

Sinclair, H. D., Juranov, S.G., Georgiev, G., Byrne, P., Mountney, N. P., 1997. The Balkan Thrust wedge and foreland basin of eastern Bulgaria: Structural and stratigraphic development. In: Robinson, A.G. (Ed.), Regional and Petroleum Geology of the Black Sea and surrounding region. AAPG Memoir, 68. 91-114.

Mountney, N.P. and Westbrook, G.K., 1997. Quantitative analysis of Miocene-recent fore-arc basin evolution along the Colombian convergent margin. Basin Research, 9, 177-198.

Howell, J.A. and Mountney, N.P., 1997. Climatic cyclicity and accommodation space in arid to semi-arid depositional systems: an example from the Rotliegend Group of the UK southern North Sea. In: Ziegler, K., Turner, P. and Daines, S.R. (Eds.), Petroleum geology of the southern North Sea: Future potential. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 123, 63-86.

Mountney, N.P., 1997. Dynamic equilibrium within ocean trenches: A useful analytical tool? Geology, 25, 151-154.

Mountney, N.P. and Westbrook, G.K., 1996. Modelling sedimentation in ocean trenches: The Nankai Trough from 1 Ma to present. Basin Research, 8, 85-101.