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Submitted

• SOURCE-TO-SINK SEDIMENT BUDGET ANALYSIS OF THE CRETACEOUS FERRON SANDSTONE, UTAH USING THE FULCRUM APPROACH
  SANDEEP SHARMA , JANOK P. BHATTACHARYA, BENJAMIN RICHARDS
  in prep, to be sumbitted to JSR
  Paper
• Mudstone Dimensions in a Tidal Influenced Tributary Channel, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah
  David Kynaston and Janok P. Bhattacharya
  in prep, to be sumbitted to JSR
  Paper
• Plan-view Paleochannel Reconstruction of Amalgamated Meanderbelts, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Notom Delta, South-Central Utah, U.S.A.
  Jianqiao Wang and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  in prep, to be sumbitted to JSR
  Paper
• Stratigraphy of the Fluvial to Marine Transition Zone Associated with a Forced Regressive Compound Incised Valley System in the Turonian Ferron-Notom Delta, Utah
  Benjamin H. Richards and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  in prep, to be sumbitted to JSR
  Paper
• Facies, Backwater Limits, and Paleohydraulic Analysis of Rivers Within a Force-Regressive, Compound Incised Valley, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstonte, Utah
  Stephanie Kimmerle and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  in prep, to be sumbitted to JSR
  Paper
• Sequence stratigraphic analysis of the youngest non-marine sequence in the Cretaceous Ferron-Notom Delta, south central Utah, USA
  Famubode, O., and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  in prep, to be sumbitted to JSR
  Paper
• Hydromorphic paleosol interpretations of an ancient coastal floodplain, Cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta, Utah, USA
  Famubode, O., and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  submitted to Sedimentology
  Paper
• Near bed flow process inferred from bar morphology, sediment transport and grain size distribution of a plan-view exposed ancient point bar complex
  Wu, C., Bhattacharya, J.P., Lu, J and Ullah, M.
  in prep
  Paper
• Palynology of the Turonian Ferron-Notom Sandstone, Utah: identification of marine flooding surfaces and Milankovitch cycles in subtropical, ever-wet, paralic to non-marine paleoenvironments
  Isil Akyuz, Sophie Warny, Oyebode Famubode, Janok P. Bhattacharya
  in revision, submitted to Palynology
  Paper
• Paleohydrology and 3D Facies Architecture of Ancient Point Bars, Ferron Sandstone, Notom Delta, South-Central Utah
  Chenliang Wu, Janok P. Bhattacharya, Mohammad S. Ullah
  in revision, submitted to Journal of Sedimentary Research
  Paper
• Confluence Scours Versus Incised Valleys: Examples from the Cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta, South-East Utah
  Mohammad S. Ullah, Janok P. Bhattacharya, William R. Dupre
  in revision, submitted to Journal of Sedimentary Research
  Paper
• Estimation of source area, river paleo-discharge, paleoslope and sediment budgets of linked deep-time depositional systems and implications for hydrocarbon potential
  Janok P. Bhattacharya, Peter Copeland, Timothy E. Lawton, and John Holbrook
  in review, submitted to Earth-Science Reviews
  Paper
• Facies Architectural Study of River-dominated Mouth Bar Deposits in a Crevasse Delta in the Cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta, South-Central Utah, USA.
  Yangyang Li, Dan Garza, Sumiyyah Ahmed and Bhattacharya Janok
  in review, submitted to Journal of Sedimentary Research
  Paper
• Geostatistical modeling and flow simulation of diagenesis effects on deltaic-reservoir, Raptor Ridge, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
  Tang, H., White, C.D., Gani, M.R., Bhattacharya, J.P., and Lee, K.
  submitted to Mathematical Geology
  2007
  Paper

2016

• Thin-bedded reservoir analogs in an ancient delta using terrestrial laser scanner and high-resolution ground-based hyperspectral cameras
  Casey J. Snyder, Shuhab D. Khan, Janok P. Bhattacharya, Craig Glennie, Darsel Seepersad
  2016, JSR
  Paper
• Harry Eugene Wheeler (1907-1987): A Pioneer of Sequence Stratigraphy
  S. George Pemberton, Janok P. Bhattacharya, James A. MacEachern and Erin A. L. Pemberton
  2016, JSR
  Paper

2017

• Estimation of Source-to-Sink Mass Balance by a Fulcrum Approach Using Channel Paleohydrologic Parameters of the Cretaceous Duvegan Formation, Canada
  Wen Lin and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  2017, JSR
  Paper
• Quantitative characterization of shales within tidally influenced fluvial valley fill deposits of the Ferron Sandstone, eastern Utah: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration
  Kivanc Biber, Shuhab D. Khan, Janok P. Bhattacharya, Mark D. Barton, and Craig L. Glennie
  2017, AAPG
  Paper

2015

• Palynology of the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Ferron Sandstone Member, Utah, USA: identification of marine flooding surfaces and Milankovitch cycles in subtropical, ever-wet, paralic to non-marine palaeoenvironments
  Isil Akyuza, Sophie Warnya, Oyebode Famubodeb and Janok P. Bhattacharya
  2015, Palynology
  Paper
• Paleo-channel reconstruction and grain size variability in fluvial deposits, Ferron Sandstone, Notom Delta, Hanksville, Utah
  Proma Bhattacharyya, Janok P. Bhattacharya, Shuhab D. Khan
  2015, Sedimentary Geology
  Paper
• Formation of Point Bars through Rising and Falling Flood Stages: Examples from Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, South-central Utah, U.S.A.
  Chenliang Wu, Mohammad S. Ullah, Jin Lu, and Janok P. Bhattacharya
  2015, Sedimentology
  Paper
• Paleohydrology and 3D Facies Architecture of Ancient Point Bars, Ferron Sandstone, Notom Delta, South-Central Utah, U.S.A.
  Chenliang Wu, Janok P. Bhattacharya, and Mohammad S. Ullah
  2015, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, 399-418
  Paper

2014

• Origin and Distribution of Calcite Concretions in Cretaceous Wall Creek Member, Wyoming: Reservoir-Quality Implication for Shallow-Marine Deltaic Strata
  Stephanie L. Nyman, M. Royhan Gani, *, Janok P. Bhattacharya, Keumsuk Lee
  2014, Cretaceous Research, v. 48, p. 39-152
  Paper
• Facies Architecture and Stratigraphic Evolution of a River-Dominated Delta Front, Turonian Ferron Sandstone, Utah, U.S.A.
  Sumiyyah Ahmed, Janok P. Bhattacharya,* Daniel E. Garza, and Yangyang Li
  2014, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 84(2), p. 97-121
  Paper
• Facies Architecture of Asymmetrical Branching Distributary Channels: Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah, U.S.A.
  Yangyang, Li and Bhattacharrya, Janok
  2014, Sedimentology, v. 61(5), p. 1452-1483, doi: 10.1111/sed.12104
  Paper

2013

• Facies Architectural Study of a Stepped, Forced Regressive Compound Incised Valley System in the Ferron Notom Delta, Southern Utah
  Li, Y. and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  2013, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 83, 206-225
  Paper

2012

• Reappraisal of the sequence boundary in time and space: Case and considerations for an SU (subaerial unconformity) that is not a sediment bypass surface, a time barrier,or an unconformity
  Holbrook, J. and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  2012, Earth-Science Reviews, v. 113, p. 271-302
  Paper
• Milankovitch-scale sequence stratigraphy and stepped forced regression of the Turonian Ferron Notom deltaic complex, south-central Utah, U.S.A.
  Zhu, Y., Bhattacharya, J.P., Li, W., Lapen, T.J., Jicha, B.R., And Singer, B.S.
  2012, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 82, p. 723-746
  Paper
• Stratigraphic uncertainty in sparse versus rich data sets in a fluvial-deltaic outcrop analog: Ferron Notom delta in the Henry Mountains region, southern Utah, USA
  Li, W., Bhattacharya, J.P. and Zhu, Y.
  2012, AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, p. 415-438
  Paper

2011

• Architecture of a forced regressive systems tract in the Turonian Ferron 'Notom Delta', southern Utah, U.S.A.
  Li, W., Bhattacharya, J.P., Zhu, Y.
  2011, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 28, p. 1517-1529
  Paper
• Deltas
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  2011, Facies Models 4th Edition, R.G. Dalrymple and N.P. James (eds). Geological Association of Canada.
  Paper
• Practical problems in the application of the sequence stratigraphic method and key surfaces: integrating observations from ancient fluvial-deltaic wedges with Quaternary and modeling studies.
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  2011, Sedimentology, v. 58, p. 120-169
  Paper
• HYPERPYCNAL RIVERS AND PRODELTAIC SHELVES IN THE CRETACEOUS SEAWAY OF NORTH AMERICA
  Bhattacharya, J.P., MacEachern, J.A.
  2011, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79. p. 184-209
  Paper
• Evaluating delta asymmetry using three-dimensional facies architecture and ichnological analysis, Ferron 'Notom Delta', Capital Reef Utah, USA
  Li, W., Bhattacharya, J.P., Zhu, Y., Blankenship, E.
  2011, Sedimentology, v. 58, p. 478-507
  Paper

2010

• Temporal evolution of fluvial style in a compound incised-valley fill, Ferron 'Notom Delta', Henry Mountains region, Utah (U.S.A.)
  Li, W., Bhattacharya, J.P., and Campbell, C.
  2010, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 529-549
  Paper

2008

• Using ichnology to determine relative influence of waves, storms, tides, and rivers in deltaic deposits: examples from Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, U.S.A.
  Gani, M.R., Bhattacharya, J.P., MacEachern, J.A.
  in MacEachern, J.A., Bann, K.L., Gingras, M.K., and Pemberton, S.G., eds., Applied Ichnology, SEPM Short Course Notes, p. 209-225
  Paper
• Differentiating Amalgamated Parasequences In Deltaic Settings With The Aid Of Ichnology: An Example From The Upper Turonian Wall Creek Member Of Frontier Formation, Wyoming
  Sadeque, J., Bhattacharya, J.P., MacEachern, J.A., And Howell, C.D. III
  in MacEachern, J.A., Bann, K.L., Gingras, M.K., and Pemberton, S.G., eds., Applied Ichnology, SEPM Short Course Notes, p. 343-361
  Paper

2007

• Basic Building Blocks and Process Variability of a Cretaceous Delta: Internal Facies Architecture Reveals a More Dynamic Interaction of River, Wave, and Tidal Processes than is Indicated by External Shape
  Gani, M.R., and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  Journal of Sedimentary Research 2007 v. 77, p.284-302
  Paper
• 3-D Facies Architecture and 3-D Calcite Concretion Distributions in a Tide-Influenced Delta Front, Wall Creek Member, Frontier Formation, Wyoming
  Lee, K., Gani, M.D., McMechan, G.A., Bhattacharya, J.P., Nyman, S., Zeng, X.
  AAPG Bulletin, AAPG Bulletin, V. 91, P. 191-214
  Paper

2006

• Deltas
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  In: Walker, R.G., and Posamentier, H., (eds.) Facies Models revisited, SEPM Special Publication, v. 84, (p. 237-292.)
  Paper
• The Importance of High-Frequency Tectonic Sequences during Greenhouse Times of Earth History
  Vakarelov, B., Bhattacharya, J.P., and Nebrigic, D.
  Geology, v. 34; p. 797-800; doi: 10.1130/G22348.1
  Paper
• Terminal Distributary Channels and Delta Front Architecture of River-dominated delta systems
  Olariu, C., and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 76, p.212-233, Perspectives, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.026
  Paper