Reports and Publications
2016
Poster
- Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D., Carlisle, C.A.M., (2016). A new carbon isotope record of Lower Jurassic age from the Slyne Trough, offshore Ireland. SEPM Research Conference: Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) Drivers, Feedbacks, Paleooceanographic Conditions and Related Sedimentary Products, Austin, Texas.
- Silva, R.L., Carlisle, C.A.M., and Wach, G.D., (2016). A new TOC, Rock-Eval and carbon isotope record of Lower Jurassic source rocks from the Slyne Basin, offshore Ireland. Atlantic Ireland 2016, Dublin, Ireland.
- Wach, G.D., Skinner, C.H. (2016). Excess pressure & reservoir compartmentalization in the Porcupine Basin & Sable SubBasin, NS. Atlantic Ireland 2016, Dublin, Ireland.
- Soukup, M., Silva, R.L., Sedore, P., and Wach, G., 2016. Early–Middle Jurassic coast sabkha depositional environment variability in Well Mohican I‐100 Cores 7 and 8, Scotian Basin. The 66th Annual Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference 2016. Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
- Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L., Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J., 2016. Trace fossils of the Pliensbachian–Toarcian hemipelagic deposits of the Lusitanian Basin. Stratigraphic distribution and palaeoenvironmental significance. Proceedings of the Ichnia 2016. Idanha-a-Nova (Naturtejo Global Geopark, Portugal), 6-9 May 2016
- Wong, J.C. et al. (2016). Insights to a complex Mesozoic sedimentary system: 2D and 3D seismic imaging coupled with petrophysical data from deep wells, the Scotian Basin, Nova Scotia (Canada). [PDF -196K]
- Carlisle, C.A.M, Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D. (2016). The nature of the source: Lower Jurassic source rocks of the Slyne Basin. [PDF – 713K]
- Campbell, T., Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D., Richards, F.W. (2016). Carbonate stratigraphy and organic matter preservation within the Sable Subbasin, Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada. [PDF- 3MB]
- Hargreaves, A.C., Watson, N., Silva, R.L., Wach, G. (2016). Characterization of the Cretaceous in the Sable Sub-Basin, Offshore Nova Scotia, by detailed stratigraphic and sedimentological analysis to determine source rock and correlation to worldwide oceanic anoxic events. [PDF- 2.6MB]
- Morrison, N., Silva, R.S., Wach, G.D., Richards, F.W. (2016). Integration of seismic inversion with source rock evaluation on Jurassic organic rich intervals in the Scotian Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. [PDF- 3.2MB]
- Carlisle, C.A.M., Silva, R.L. and Wach, G.D. (2016) Geochemical characterization of Lower Jurassic organic-rich facies, offshore Ireland. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia. [PDF - 1.1 MB]
- Sedore, P., Silva, R.L., Plummer, N., and Wach, G. (2016) Preliminary evaluation of the compositional sedimentary variation of the Jurassic Iroquois and Mohican formations of the Scotian Basin (Nova Scotia, Canada). Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia. [PDF - 1.4 MB]
- Soukup, M., Silva, R.L., Sedore, P., and Wach, G. (2016) Early–Middle Jurassic depositional environment variability in Well Mohican I-100 Cores 7 and 8, Scotian Basin. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia.[PDF - 2 MB]
- Wong, J.C., H. Skinner,C.H., Richards, B., Silva, R.L., Morrison, N., Wach, G. (2016). 1D thermal model of South Venture O-59, Sable Subbasin (Scotian Basin, Nova Scotia). Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia. [PDF - 1.6 MB]
Thesis
- Vaz, D.N.P. (2016). Contribuição para o estudo microfaciológico de unidades carbonatadas do Jurássico do setor ocidental da Bacia do Algarve (Portugal). Universidade de Coimbra.
- Skinner, C.H. (2016) Excess pressure and reservoir compartmentalization in the Sable Subbasin, Offshore Nova Scotia [pdf- 11MB]
Book Chapter
- Silva, R.L., 2016. O Jurássico Inferior nas margens centro e norte atlânticas e a deposição e preservação de matéria orgânica. In: Duarte, L., Seco, S., Canico, A., (coords) “A geologia sedimentar de Penela. Singularidades e semelhanças no contexto da evolução do Oceano Atlântico”. ISBN: 978-989-97997-2-1
- Comas-Rengifo, M.J., Duarte, L.V., Felix, F.F., Goy, A., Paredes, R., Silva, R.L.,2016. Amaltheidae e Hildoceratidae (Ammonitina) del Pliensbachiense Superior (Cronozona Spinatum) en las Cuencas Septentrionales de la Península Ibérica. In: G. Meléndez, A. Núñez y M. Tomás (eds.). Actas de las XXXII Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, nº 20. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, 2016. ISBN 978-84-9138-016-0, pp. pp. 47-52.
Others
- Silva, R.L., Carlisle, C.A.M., Wach, G.D., (2016). A new TOC, Rock-Eval and carbon isotope record of Lower Jurassic source rocks from the Slyne Basin, offshore Ireland. Geological Magazine.
- [Report] Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2016. Field Report on reconnaissance of organic-rich facies and reservoir potential of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Basin and Reservoir Lab, 49p.
- [Field Guide] Silva, R.L., 2016. A secção de Ribeira de Alcalamouque. In: Duarte, L., Seco, S., Canico, A., (coords) “A geologia sedimentar de Penela. Singularidades e semelhanças no contexto da evolução do Oceano Atlântico”. ISBN: 978-989-97997-2-1
- [Presentation] Sedore, P., Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2016. 1D modelling approach to the investigation of Mesozoic source rocks in several offshore Newfoundland basins. The 66th Annual Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference 2016. Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
2015
Poster
- Skinner, C., Wach, G.D., (2015). "Reservoir Connectivity, Compartmentalization, and Overpressure Conditions in the Sable Sub-basin (Nova Scotia, Canada) and Porcupine Basin (Ireland)" [PDF - 2.8 MB]
- Carlisle, C.A.M., Silva, R.L. and Wach, G.D. (2015). "Source rock and Geochemistry of the Central Atlantic margins: Geochemical characterization of Lower Jurassic organic-rich facies offshore Ireland" [PDF - 608 KB]
- Soukup, M., Silva, R.L., Sedore, P., and Wach, G. (2015) "Preliminary microfacies analysis of the well Mohican I-100 cores 7 and 8 from the Scotian Basin" [PDF - 1.9 MB]
- Sedore, P., Silva, R.L., Plummer, N., and Wach, G. (2015). "Preliminary evaluation of the compositional sedimentary variation of the Jurassic Iroquois and Mohican formations of the Scotian Basin" [906 PDF - KB]
- Martyns-Yellowe, K.T, O'Connor, D.E., Wach, G.D. (2015) "Reservoir characterization of Eolian deposits in Mesozoic rift settings: Examples from the Minas Subbasin, Nova Scotia" [PDF - 2.1 KB]
Others
- Campbell, T.J., Richards, F.W.(B.), Silva, R.L., Wach, G., Eliuk, L., (2015) Interpretation of the Penobscot 3D Seismic Volume Using Constrained Sparse Spike Inversion, Sable sub-Basin, Offshore Nova Scotia, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 68(A), 73-93. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.08.009. [PDF - 6.3 MB]
- Silva, R.L., Wong, C., Wach, G. (2015) Source Rocks and Petroleum Systems of the Scotian Basin. CSEG Recorder, 40(8), 22-27. [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Silva, R.L. and Duarte, L.V., 2015. Organic matter production and preservation in the Lusitanian Basin and Late Pliensbachian climatic hot snaps. Global and Planetary Changes 131, 24–34. [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., Comas-Rengifo, 2015. Chapter 13. Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of Lower Jurassic carbonate deposits, Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): Implications and limitations to the application in sequence stratigraphic studies. In: Ramkumar, M. (Ed). Chemostratigraphy: concepts, techniques, and applications. Kidlington, Oxford: Elsevier. (pp. 341-371) [PDF - 2.8 MB]
- Cabral, M.C., Colin, J-P., Azerêdo, A.C., Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., 2015. Brackish and marine ostracode assemblages from the Sinemurian of western Portugal, with description of new species. Micropaleontology 61, 3-24. [PDF - 2.8 MB]
- Jorge, M.; Duarte, L.V.; Silva, R.L. (2015) Tipologia de fácies e geoquímica de elementos maiores em unidades carbonatadas ricas em matéria orgânica: o exemplo da Formação de Água de Madeiros da região de S. Pedro de Moel (Portugal). X Congresso Ibérico de Geologia, Alfragide, Portugal. [PDF - 352 KB]
- Report: Mattioli, E (2015). Report on the analysis of 52 Samples from 5 Wells. Calcareous Nannofossils, Wells: Argo F-38, Iroquois J-17, Crow F-52. Mohican H-100, Huron P96. Laboratoire de Geologie de Lyon. [PDF- 29 MB]
- Thesis: Jorge, Micael P. (2015) Estudo Faciológico, Geoquímico e Avaliação do Estado Redox das Fácies Ricas em Matéria Orgânica da Formação de Água de Madeiros (Bacia Lusitânica). [PDF - 6.2 MB]
2014
Conferences
- Conference Abstract : Azerêdo, A.C., Duarte, L.V., Silva, R., 2014. Sequential configuration in Transgressive-Regressive Facies Cycles (2nd order) of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal) Lower and Middle Jurassic. CNG 2014 (Portugal) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Conference Abstract: Dickson, C.H., Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2014. Overpressure, Seal Integrity, and Reservoir Connectivity in the Scotian Basin. Geoconvention 2014.
- Conference Absract: Silva, R.L., Wach, G., Wong, C. 2014. Spectral gamma-ray evaluation of Lower Jurassic basalts and lacustrine sediments from the Fundy Basin (Nova Scotia, Canada). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 16, EGU 2014-1559. [38 KB] Poster [PDF - 3.4 MB]
- Conference Abstract: Wach, G., Eliuk, L., Silva, R.L., Kettanah. Y., Dickson, C., O’Connor, D., Kelly, T., Campbell, T., Wong, C., Morrison, N., Plummer, N., 2014. Petroleum systems and risk elements of the offshore Eastern Canada. Geoconvention 2014.
- Conference Abstract: Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., 2014. Paleoceanographic constrains on organic matter preservation in the Lusitanian Basin during the Late Pliensbachian. Conjugate Margins 2014 [PDF- 539 KB]
- Abstract: Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., 2014. A link between Late Pliensbachian organic matter preservation and the Spinatum Chronozone icehouse event. Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 16, EGU 2014-1560 [PDF - 36 KB]
- Conference Abstract: Duarte, L.V., Comas-Rengifo, M.J., Silva, R.L., Paredes, R., Goy, A., 2014. Carbon stable isotopes and ammonite biochronostratigraphy across the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian boundary in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, EGU 2014-2011, 2014 [PDF - 49 KB]
- Conference Abstract: Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L., Azerêdo, A.C., Paredes, R., Rita, P., 2014. A Formação de Coimbra na região de S. Pedro de Moel (Oeste de Portugal). Caracterização litológica, definição litostratigráfica e interpretação sequencial. IX Congresso Nacional de Geologia (IX CNG)/ 2º Congresso de Geologia dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (2º CoGePLiP) [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- Conference Abstract: Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2014. Lower Jurassic organic-rich intervals along the Central-Northern Atlantic Margin. Conjugate Margins 2014 [PDF - 507 KB]
- Conference Presentation: Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2014. Overview of Lower Jurassic source rock intervals along the Central-Northern Atlantic Margin. GAC-MAC 2014. [PDF - 11 MB]
- Conference Abstract: Wach, G., Pimentel, N., and Pena dos Reis, R., 2014. Petroleum systems of the Central Atlantic margins, from outcrop and subsurface data. Sedimentary Basins: Origin, Depositional Histories, and Petroleum systems of Continental Margins of the World [PDF - 156KB]. Gulf Coast Section SEPM Foundation. pp. 10.
Others
- Silva, R.L., Mendonça Filho, J.G., Azerêdo, A.C., Silva, T.F., Duarte, L.V., 2014. Palynofacies and TOC analysis of marine and non-marine sediments across the Middle-Upper Jurassic boundary in the central-northern Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Facies, 60, 255–276. [PDF - 2.4 MB]
- Duarte, L. V., Comas-Rengifo, M. J., Silva, R.L., Paredes, R.*, Goy, A., 2014. Carbon isotope stratigraphy and ammonite biochronostratigraphy across the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian boundary in the western Iberian margin. Bulletin of Geosciences, 89, 719–736. [PDF - 3.8 MB]
- Field Trip Guide: Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L., Mendonça Filho, J.G., 2014. Unidades potencialmente geradoras de hidrocarbonetos do Jurássico Inferior da região de S. Pedro de Moel (Bacia Lusitânica, Portugal). Field Trip Guide book of the IX Congresso Nacional de Geologia (IX CNG)/ 2º Congresso de Geologia dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (2º CoGePLiP) [PDF - 692 KB]
- Kettanah, Y.A., Kettanah, M.Y. and Wach, G.D., 2014. Provenance, diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Upper Triassic Wolfville Formation, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, doi 10.1144/SP386.18 [PDF - 12 MB]
- Poster: Harnett, A., Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2014. Assessment of the “Passey method” for discrimination of organic-rich intervals in wells from offshore Newfoundland (Canada). 2014 AGS meeting [PDF - 1.3 MB]
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