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• Remote Sensing of Hyperpycnal Plumes: Red River-Lake Texoma system, Texas and Oklahoma, USA (in revision)
  Olariu, C., Bhattacharya, J.P., Stern, R.J., Leybourne, M.I., Boss, S.K.
  submitted to Geosphere
  

2007

• 3-D Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution of a Forced Regressive Top-Truncated Mixed-Influenced Delta, Cretaceous Wall Creek Sandstone, Wyoming
  Lee, K., McMechan, G., Gani, M.R., Bhattacharya, J.P., Zeng, X., and Howell, C.D. Jr.
  Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 77: p. 303-323
  

2006

• Deltas, In: Walker, R.G., and Posamentier, H., (eds.) Facies Models revisited (in press)
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  SEPM Special Publication, v. 84, (p. 1-56.)
  

2005

• No Change in Fluvial Style Across a Sequence Boundary, Cretaceous Blackhawk and Castlegate Formations of Central Utah, U.S.A.
  Adams, M.M., and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2005, v. 75, 1040�1053 , DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.080
  Paper
• Dynamic river channels suggest a long-lived Noachian crater lake on Mars
  Bhattacharya, J. P., Payenberg, T.H.D., Lang, S.C. and Bourke, M.
  Geophysical Research Letters, .V. 32, L10201, doi:10.1029/2005GL022747
  Paper
• Bedding correlation vs, facies correlation in deltas: Lessons for Quaternary stratigraphy, In: Giosan, L., and Bhattacharya, J.P., (eds.)
  Gani, M.R. and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  River Deltas: Concepts, Models and Examples, SEPM Special Publication v. 83, p. 31-48
  Paper
• River delta morphodynamics: Examples from Danube delta
  Giosan, L, Donnelly J.P., Vespremeanu, E., Bhattacharya, J.P., Olariu, C., Buonaiuto, F.S
  In: Giosan, L., and Bhattacharya, J.P., (eds.). River Deltas: Concepts, Models and Examples, SEPM Special Publication, v. 83, p. 393-411
  Paper
• New Directions in Delta Research
  Giosan, L. and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  In: Giosan, L., and Bhattacharya, J.P., (eds.). River Deltas: Concepts, Models and Examples, SEPM Special Publication, v. 83, p. 3-10
  Paper
• A GPR survey of a delta-front reservoir analog in the Wall Creek Member, Frontier Formation, Wyoming
  Lee, K., Zeng, X, McMechan, G.A., Howell Jr., C.D., Bhattacharya, J.P., Marcy, F., Olariu, C.
  AAPG Bulletin, V. 89, No. 9 P. 1139-1155, DOI:10.1306/042705040106
  Paper
• Ichnology of Deltas
  MacEachern, J., Bann, K., Bhattacharya, J.P., and Howell, C.D.
  In: Giosan, L., and Bhattacharya, J.P., (eds.). River Deltas: Concepts, Models and Examples, SEPM Special Publication, v. 83, p. 49-85
  Paper
• Study of Cretaceous delta front deposits, integrating outcrop, GPR and 3-d photorealistic data, Panther Tongue sandstone, Utah
  Olariu, C., Bhattacharya, J.P., Xu, X., Aiken, C.L.V., Zeng, X., McMechan, G.A.
  In: Giosan, L., and Bhattacharya, J.P., (eds.). River Deltas: Concepts, Models and Examples, SEPM Special Publication, v. 83, p. 155-177
  Paper

2004

• Sedimentology, statistics, and flow behavior for a tide-influenced deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation, Wyoming, United States
  White, C. D., B. J. Willis, S. P. Dutton, J. P. Bhattacharya, and K. Narayanan
  In: G.M. Grammer and P.M. Harris, and G.P. Eberli (eds.) Integration of outcrop and modern analogs in reservoir modeling: AAPG Memoir 80, p. 129 � 152
  Paper
• Searching for Modern Ferron Analogs and Application to Subsurface Interpretation
  Bhattacharya, J.P., and Tye, R.S.
  In: T. C. Chidsey, Jr., R. D. Adams, and T. H. Morris, eds., The fluvial-deltaic Ferron Sandstone: regional to wellbore-scale outcrop analog studies and application to reservoir modeling. AAPG Studies in Geology 50, p.39-57
  Paper
• Sedimentology and structure of growth faults at the base of the Ferron Member along Muddy Creek, Utah
  Bhattacharya, J.P., and Davies, R.K.
  In: T.C. Chidsey, R.D. Adams, and T.H. Morris (eds.) The Fluvial-deltaic Ferron Sandstone: Regional-to-Wellbore-scale outcrop analog studies and applications to reservoir modeling, AAPG Studies in Geology 50. P. 279-304
  Paper
• Three-dimensional architecture of ancient lower delta-plain point bars using ground penetrating-radar, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah
  Corbeanu, R.M., Wizevich, M.C., Bhattacharya, J.P., Zeng, X., and McMechan, G.A.
  In: T.C. Chidsey, R.D. Adams, and T.H. Morris (eds.) The Fluvial-deltaic Ferron Sandstone: Regional-to-Wellbore-scale outcrop analog studies and applications to reservoir modeling, AAPG Studies in Geology 50, p.427-449
  Paper
• 3-D imaging of a reservoir analog in point bar deposits in the Ferron sandstone, Utah using ground-penetrating radar
  Zeng, X., McMechan, G.A., Bhattacharya, J.P., Aiken, C.L.V., Xu, X., Hammon III, W.S., and Corbeanu, R.M.
  Geophysical Prospecting, v.52, p.151-163
  Paper

2003

• Deltas and Estuaries
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  In: Middleton G.V. (editor) Encyclopedia of Sedimentology, Kluwer Academic, p.145-152
  Paper
• Wave-influenced deltas: geomorphological implications for facies reconstruction
  Bhattacharya, J.P., and Giosan, L.
  Sedimentology, v. 50. p.187-210
  Paper

2002

• Hydraulic effects of shales in fluvial-deltaic deposits: Ground-penetrating radar, outcrop observations, geostatistics and three-dimensional flow modeling for the Ferron Sandstone, Utah
  Novakovic, D., White, C.D., Corbeanu, R.M., Hammon III, W.S., Bhattacharya, J.P., and McMechan, G.A.
  Mathematical Geology v. 34, pp. 857-893

2001

• Growth faults at the prodelta to delta�front transition, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah
  Bhattacharya, J.P., and Davies, R.K.
  Marine and Petroleum Geology. V. 18, p. 525-534
  Paper
• Lowstand Deltas in the Frontier Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Implications for sequence stratigraphic models, U.S.A.
  Bhattacharya, J.P., and Willis, B.J.
  AAPG Bulletin, v. 85, p.261-294
  Paper
• Digital geologic mapping of the Ferron Sandstone, Muddy Creek, Utah with GPS and lasers
  Xu, X., Bhattacharya, J.P., Davies, R. K., Aiken, C.L.V
  GPS Solutions, v.5, p. 15-23

2000

• Creating Virtual 3D Outcrop
  Xu, X., Aiken, C.L.V., Bhattacharya, J.P., Corbeanu, R.M., Nielsen, K.C., McMechan, G.A. and Abdelsalam, M.G.
  The Leading Edge, v. 19, p. 197-202
• Outcrop characterization of reservoir quality and interwell cement distribution in a tide-influenced delta, Frontier Formation, Wyoming, USA
  Dutton, S.P., Willis, B.J., White, C.D., and Bhattacharya, J.P.
  Clay Minerals, v.35, p.95-105

1990 - 1999

• Geology and stratigraphy of fluvio-deltaic deposits in the Ivishak Formation: Applications for development of Prudhoe Bay Field, Alaska
  Tye, R.S., Bhattacharya, J.P., Lorsong, J.A., Sindelar, S.T., Knock, D.G., Puls, D.D., and Levinson, R.A.
  1999
  AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, p. 1588-1623
  Paper
• Architecture of a tide-influenced delta in the Frontier Formation of Central Wyoming, USA
  Willis, B.J., Bhattacharya, J.B., Gabel., S.L., and White, C.D.
  1999
  Sedimentology. v. 46, p.667-688
• Sequence stratigraphic and allostratigraphic applications in the Alberta Foreland Basin
  Bhattacharya, J.P. and Posamentier, H.W.
  1994
  In: Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. G.D. Mossop and I. Shetsen (compilers) Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Research Council, p. 407-412
• Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  1994
  In: Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. G.D. Mossop and I. Shetsen (comps.) Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Research Council, p. 365-373
• Colorado\Alberta Group Strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
  Leckie, D.A., Bhattacharya, J., Gilboy, C.F. and Norris, B.
  1994
  In: Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. G.D. Mossop and I. Shetsen (comps.) Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Research Council, p.335-352
• The expression and interpretation of marine flooding surfaces and erosional surfaces in core; examples from the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation in the Alberta foreland basin
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  1993
  In: Sequence stratigraphy and facies associations. C.P.Summerhayes and H.W.Posamentier (eds.). IAS special publication No.18, p.125-160
• Deltas
  Bhattacharya, J.P. and Walker, R.G.
  1992
  In: Facies models - response to sea level change. R.G. Walker and N.P. James (eds.), Geological Association of Canada, p.157-177
• Regional to subregional facies architecture of river-dominated deltas in the Alberta subsurface, Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  1991
  In: The three-dimensional facies architecture of terrigenous clastic sediments, and its implications for hydrocarbon discovery and recovery. A.D. Miall and N. Tyler (eds.), Concepts and Models in Sedimentology and Paleontology, V.3, p. 189-206
• Allostratigraphic subdivision of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan, Shaftesbury, and Kaskapau Formations in the subsurface of northwestern Alberta
  Bhattacharya, J.P. and Walker, R.G.
  1991
  Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v.39, p.145-164
  Paper
• Facies and facies successions in river- and wave-dominated depositional systems of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, northwestern Alberta
  Bhattacharya, J.P. and Walker, R.G.
  1991
  Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v.39, p.165-191
  Paper

1989 and earlier

• Estuarine channel fills in the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation: core example
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  1989
  In: Modern and ancient examples of clastic tidal deposits - a core and peel workshop. G.E. Reinson (ed.). Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Alberta, p. 37 - 49
• Autocyclic and allocyclic sequences in river- and wave-dominated deltaic sediments of the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, Alberta: core examples
  Bhattacharya, J.P.
  1988
  In: Sequences, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology; Surface and Subsurface. D.P. James and D.A. Leckie (eds.). Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Alberta, Memoir 15, p. 25 - 32