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Derek E. SawyerTelephone: 512-475-9533 Ph.D. Candidate, Geology, University of Texas, Austin Advisor: Peter Flemings Awards: |
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Geotechnical Model of Retrogressive Fine-Grained Submarine Landslides in the Gulf of Mexico
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Flume Experiments of Retrogressive Failure in Subaqueous Clay Slopes
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Levee Construction, Failure, and Erosion in Turbidite Channels of the Upper Mississippi Fan, Gulf of
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Publications:
Sawyer, D. E., P. B. Flemings, B. Dugan, and J. T. Germaine (2009), Retrogressive failures recorded in mass transport deposits in the Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B10102, doi:10.1029/2008JB006159.
Sawyer, D.E., Jacoby, R., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., 2008, Data Report: Particle Size Analysis of Sediments in the Ursa Basin, IODP Expedition 308 Site U1324 and U1322, Northern Gulf of Mexico, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.
Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Shipp, R.C., and Winker, C.D., 2007, Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Northern Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Bulletin, vol. 91, no. 2, p. 215-234.
Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Shipboard Scientific Party, IODP Expedition 308, 2007, Lateral Variations in Core, Log, and Seismic Attributes of a Mass Transport Complex in the Ursa Region, IODP Expedition 308, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #19098.
