Current Education:

Ph.D. Geophysics		University of Texas, Austin
Dissertation:		Late Quaternary Geologic History of New Jersey Outer Continental shelf
Research Supervisor:		Dr. Jamie Austin Dr. John Goff
Academic Supervisor:		Dr. William Galloway

Prior Education:

BS		Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Senior Thesis:		"A study of heterogeneities and barrier flows of the Smorbukk Field, Norway" (This thesis was done collaboratively with Norsk Agip.)

Publications:
Nordfjord, S., Goff, J. A., Austin, J. A., Jr., Gulick, S. P. S., Alexander, C., Sommerfield, C. K. and Schock, S., 2004, "Seismic facies analysis of shallowly buried channel systems on the New Jersey outer shelf: understanding paleoenvironments during the last transgression", Abstract and poster SEPM "Recent Advances in shoreline to shelf stratigraphy" research conference

Nordfjord, S., Goff, J. A., Austin, J. A., Jr. and Sommerfield, C. K., 2004, "Seismic geomorphology of buried channel systems on the New Jersey outer shelf: assessing past environmental conditions", Mar. Geol. (under revision).

Goff, J. A. and Nordfjord, S.,2004, "Interpolation of fluvial morphology channel, using channel-oriented coordinate transformation: A case study from the New Jersey shelf", Math. Geol., v.36 (6), p. 643-658.

Nordfjord, S., Gulick, S., Austin, J. Jr., Goff, J., Fulthorpe, C., "Late Quaternary Incisions and Related Shallow Subsurface Stratigraphy on the New Jersey Mid-Outer Shelf: Preliminary Results from Ultra-High Resolution Chirp Sonar Images- Part I," Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v.83 Supplement, p.F728.

Awards:
Chevron Scholarship for the 2005-06 academic year

Drilling, Observation and Sampling of the Earth's Continental Crust (DOSECC) Internship, Summer 2005.

Honorable Mention for a presentation of her work at the AAPG/SEG Student Exposition Houston, TX
Oct. 17-18, 2004

MARGINS First Annual Prize for Outstanding Student Presentations, AGU, December 2003 (Poster). Sylvia's presentation was on "Geomorphologic Comparisons Of Shallowly Buried, Dendritic Drainage Systems On The Outer New Jersey Shelf With Modern Fluvial and Estuarine Analogs."