Dr Tiago Alves
Darlithydd Gwyddorau'r Ddaear
Ysgol Gwyddorau’r Ddaear a’r Môr
- alvest@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6754
- 1.57A, Y Prif Adeilad, Plas y Parc, Caerdydd, CF10 3AT
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Interests
- 3D seismic
- petroleum geology
- sequence stratigraphy & structural analysis
- basin analysis with emphasis on deep-water basins
- palaeoceanography
I am a Marine and Petroleum Geologist with extensive field and offshore experience. I lead the 3D Seismic Laboratory, where I use a range of datasets to understand how sedimentary basins on continental margins evolve from early rifting to their 'passive' and 'subduction' phases. I undertake project and consultancy work, as well as environmental studies concerning hydrocarbon-bearing regions, together with the supervision of PhD projects sponsored by research councils and industry worldwide. I am also an active member of the Energy Systems University Research Institute (ESURI) at Cardiff: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/energy-systems-research-institute
Key study areas (but not restricted to these): Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Africa, Gulf of Mexico, South China Sea, West Iberia, France, E Mediterranean, North Sea, W Shetland and Ireland, Norway, Barents Sea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Associate Editor - Marine and Petroleum Geology (Elsevier)
First supervisor of 7 PhD projects (2012-17) and 10 MESci theses (2008-2016) to completion. Currently supervising 10 PhD projects.
Edited the Basin Research Special Volume on 'Deep-Water Continental Margins' in 2014 (Basin Research 26(1), pp. 3-9. (10.1111/bre.12053).
Participated in the IODP Expedition 333 to SE Japan (Nankai Trough)
Research expeditions (cruises)
1999 - TTR9; Contourites offshore Portugal and mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (Morocco)
2002 - TTR12; Sedimentary basins offshore the Azores, Atlantis Seamounts and Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Portugal)
2003 - R/V Pelagia cruise to the Nazaré Canyon and Prestige Site (Portugal and Spain)
2004 - R/V Charles Darwin cruise to the Setúbal, Cascais and Nazaré Canyons (Portugal)
2004 - R/V Aegeao cruise to Gulf of Corinth (Greece)
2004 - R/V Aegeao/HERMES cruise to the South Crete Canyons (Greece)
2005 - R/V Aegeao/HERMES to South Crete's transtensional basins (Greece)
2005 - R/V Urania/HERMES cruise to the Ionian Sea, South Crete and Rhodes coral reefs (Italy and Greece)
2006 - R/V Pelagia P336 cruise; Landslides in Northern Crete (Greece)
2010/11 - IODP Exp 333 to Nankai Trough; Landslides on tectonically active margins (Japan)
2016 - R/V L'Atalante-GRACO cruise; Gulf of Cadiz depositional systems (Spain)
- Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences - School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, UK (2015 – present)
- Lecturer in Earth Sciences – School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, UK (2007 – 2015)
- Research Fellow - at the Hellenic Centre of Marine Research, Athens (2006)
- Postdoctoral Associate – EUROpean Deep-water Margins (EURODOM) project (EU), 2004-2006 (based at the Hellenic Centre of Marine Research, Athens)·
- Postdoctoral Associate – Geological and Mining Institute (Lisbon, Portugal), Marine Geology Department (2002-2003)
- PhD – Basin Analysis and Petroleum Geology, University of Manchester, UK (2002)
- BSc – Engineering Geology (5 years), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1992-1997)
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
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2nd most downloaded paper in Marine and Petroleum Geology (2015-16): Oil and Gas CollectionNov 2016 Outstanding Reviewer Award - Ocean Engineering (2016)
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May 2005 Luis Saldanha - Young Marine Researcher's award (Portugal)
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Feb 2001 UNESCO TTR best presentation - Moscow
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Geological Society of London
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- Geological Association of Canada
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- Deputy Leader for International Recruitment and Impact - School of Earth and Ocean Sciences (2017-)
- Deputy Research Leader at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences (2016-17)
- Member of the Awards Committee - Geological Society of London
- PhD examiner - Manchester (x2), Leeds (x2), Keele, UCL, Plymouth, University of Western Australia, Aberdeen and Royal Holloway-University of London. MSc Examiner (Bergen)
- Proposal reviewer for the NSF (USA), NERC (UK), DFG (Germany), Irish Research Council (Ireland), Environment and Conservation Fund (Hong Kong).
2020
- Biancardi, C. A., Alves, T. M. and Martins-Ferreira, M. A. C. 2020. Unpredictable geometry and depositional stacking patterns of mass-transport complexes in salt minibasins. Marine and Petroleum Geology 120, article number: 104522. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104522)
- Alves, T.et al. 2020. A tectono-stratigraphic review of continental breakup on intraplate continental margins and its impact on resultant hydrocarbon systems. Marine and Petroleum Geology 117, article number: 104341. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104341)
- Li, S.et al. 2020. Large-scale scours formed by supercritical turbidity currents along the full length of a submarine canyon, northeast South China Sea. Marine Geology 424, article number: 106158. (10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106158)
- Lei, C.et al. 2020. Rift structure and sediment infill of hyperextended continental crust: insights from 3D seismic and well data (Xisha Trough, South China Sea). Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 125(5), article number: e2019JB018610. (10.1029/2019JB018610)
- Sun, Q. and Alves, T. 2020. Petrophysics of fine-grained mass-transport deposits: a critical review. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 192, article number: 104291. (10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104291)
- Li, W.et al. 2020. The Baiyun Slide Complex, South China Sea: a modern example of slope instability controlling submarine-channel incision on continental slopes. Marine and Petroleum Geology 114, article number: 104231. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104231)
- Roelofse, C., Alves, T. M. and Gafeira, J. 2020. Structural controls on shallow fluid flow and associated pockmark fields in the East Breaks area, northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Petroleum Geology 112, article number: 104074. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104074)
- Qin, Y.et al. 2020. The effect of channel tributaries on the evolution of submarine channel confluences (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). GSA Bulletin 132(1-2), pp. 263-272. (10.1130/B35082.1)
- Zhao, F.et al. 2020. Along-strike segmentation of the South China Sea margin imposed by inherited pre-rift basement structures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 530, article number: 115862. (10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115862)
2019
- Kumar, P. C.et al. 2019. A neural network approach for elucidating fluid leakage along hard-linked normal faults. Marine and Petroleum Geology 110, pp. 518-538. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.07.042)
- Loza Espejel, R., Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2019. Distribution and growth styles of isolated carbonate platforms as a function of fault propagation. Marine and Petroleum Geology 107, pp. 484-507. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.05.020)
- Tao, Z. and Alves, T. M. 2019. Impacts of data sampling on the interpretation of normal fault propagation and segment linkage. Tectonophysics 762, pp. 79-96. (10.1016/j.tecto.2019.03.013)
- Li, J.et al. 2019. Different origins of seafloor undulations in a submarine canyon system, northern South China Sea, based on their seismic character and relative location. Marine Geology 413, pp. 99-111. (10.1016/j.margeo.2019.04.007)
- Alves, T. 2019. Paleozoic carbonates record the 4D evolution of salt domes in the Barents Sea. Presented at: 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019, 3-6 June 2019. pp. -., (10.3997/2214-4609.201901559)
- Van Tuyl, J.et al. 2019. Geomorphological evidence of carbonate build-up demise on equatorial margins: A case study from offshore northwest Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology 104, pp. 125-149. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.03.006)
- Su, M.et al. 2019. Reassessing two contrasting Late Miocene-Holocene stratigraphic frameworks for the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 102, pp. 899-913. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.12.034)
- Li, K. M.et al. 2019. Morphometric signature of sediment particles reveals the source and emplacement mechanisms of submarine landslides. Landslides 16(4), pp. 829-837. (10.1007/s10346-018-01123-1)
- Lei, C.et al. 2019. Depositional architecture and structural evolution of a region immediately inboard of the locus of continental breakup (Liwan Sub-basin, South China Sea). Geological Society of America Bulletin 131(7-8), pp. 1059-1074. (10.1130/B35001.1)
- Roelofse, C.et al. 2019. An integrated geological and GIS-based method to assess caprock risk in mature basins proposed for Carbon Capture and Storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 80, pp. 103-122. (10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.11.007)
2018
- Alves, T. and Mattos, N. 2018. Structural and depositional controls on Plio-Pleistocene submarine channels: the Taranaki Basin as an analogue for North American continental margins. Presented at: Conjugate Margins Conference, Halifax, Canada, 19-22 Aug 2018Conjugate Margins Conference Abstracts 2018, Vol. 54. Atlantic Geology Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Department of Earth and Environmental Science pp. 442., (10.4138/atlgeol.2018.014)
- Alves, T. and Cunha, T. 2018. A stratigraphic record of enhanced subsidence during continental breakup: Do breakup sequences rule over unconformities?. Presented at: Conjugate Margins Conference, Halifax, Canada, 19-22 Aug 2018Conjugate Margins Conference Abstracts 2018, Vol. 54. Atlantic Geology Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Department of Earth and Environmental Science pp. 411., (10.4138/atlgeol.2018.014)
- Walker, O.et al. 2018. Jurassic seaways offshore Portugal: Subsidence history and early-rift evolution of the North Central Atlantic. Presented at: Conjugate Margins Conference, Halifax, Canada, 19-22 August 2018Conjugate Margins Conference Abstracts 2018, Vol. 54. Atlantic Geology Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Department of Earth and Environmental Science pp. 466., (10.4138/atlgeol.2018.014)
- Abbasi, F.et al. 2018. The accuracy of AVA approximations in isotropic media assessed via synthetic numerical experiments: Implications for the determination of porosity. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 170, pp. 563-575. (10.1016/j.petrol.2018.06.082)
- Mattos, N., Alves, T. and Scully, A. 2018. Structural and depositional controls on Plio-Pleistocene submarine channel geometry (Taranaki Basin, New Zealand). Basin Research 31(1), pp. 136-154. (10.1111/bre.12312)
- Li, W.et al. 2018. The Agadir Slide offshore NW Africa: Morphology, emplacement dynamics and its potential contribution to the Moroccan Turbidite System. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 498, pp. 436-449. (10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.005)
- Miliou, A.et al. 2018. Enhancing critical thinking of students on marine pollution through scientific based scenarios. Presented at: 6th Conference on Hazardous-Industrial Waste Management, Chania, Crete, 4-7 September 2018.
- Miliou, A.et al. 2018. Enhancing students' critical thinking about marine pollution using scientifically-based scenarios. Presented at: Sixth International Conference on Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management, Chania, Crete, 4-7 September 2018.
- Ward, N., Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2018. Submarine sediment routing over a blocky mass-transport deposit in the Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil. Basin Research 30(4), pp. 816-834. (10.1111/bre.12282)
- Piedade, A., Alves, T. M. and Zêzere, J. L. 2018. A new approach to assess ancient marine slope instability using a bivariate statistical method. Marine Geology 401, pp. 129-144. (10.1016/j.margeo.2018.04.006)
- Van Tuyl, J., Alves, T. and Cherns, L. 2018. Geometric and depositional responses of carbonate build-ups to Miocene sea level and regional tectonics offshore northwest Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology 94, pp. 144-165. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.02.034)
- Alves, T. 2018. Depositional facies and local distribution of pre-Messinian reservoirs in Southern Crete: A key analogue for the Eastern Mediterranean Basin. Presented at: Eastern Mediterranean - An emerging major petroleum province, London, UK, 29-30 May 2018.
- Omosanya, K. O.et al. 2018. Three-dimensional (3-D) seismic imaging of conduits and radial faults associated with hydrothermal vent complexes (Vøring Basin, Offshore Norway). Marine Geology 399, pp. 115-134. (10.1016/j.margeo.2018.02.007)
- Van Tuyl, J., Alves, T. M. and Cherns, L. 2018. Pinnacle features at the base of isolated carbonate buildups marking point sources of fluid offshore Northwest Australia. Geological Society of America Bulletin 130(9-10), pp. 1596-1614. (10.1130/B31838.1)
- Sun, Q.et al. 2018. True volumes of slope failure estimated from a Quaternary mass-transport deposit in the northern South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters 45(6), pp. 2642-2651. (10.1002/2017GL076484)
- Mattos, N. H. and Alves, T. M. 2018. Corridors of crestal and radial faults linking salt diapirs in the Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil. Tectonophysics 728-29, pp. 55-74. (10.1016/j.tecto.2017.12.025)
- Alves, T. and Abreu Cunha, T. 2018. A phase of transient subsidence, sediment bypass and deposition of regressive-transgressive cycles during the breakup of Iberia and Newfoundland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 484, pp. 168-183. (10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.054)
- Alves, T. M. and Cupkovic, T. 2018. Footwall degradation styles and associated sedimentary facies distribution in SE Crete: Insights into tilt-block extensional basins on continental margins. Sedimentary Geology (10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.02.001)
- Azevedo, M. C.et al. 2018. Strike-slip deformation reflects complex partitioning of strain in the Nankai Accretionary Prism (SE Japan). Tectonophysics 723, pp. 81-94. (10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.023)
- Ali, A.et al. 2018. Resource potential of gas reservoirs in South Pakistan and adjacent Indian subcontinent revealed by post-stack inversion techniques. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 49, pp. 41-55.
- Zuo, L.et al. 2018. Evolution of particle morphology with shearing. Presented at: EGU, Vienna, 8-13 April 2018Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20. EGU
- Zodiatis, G.et al. 2018. Oil spill forecasting (prediction). In: Pinardi, N. et al. eds. The Sea: The science of ocean prediction. Harvard University press
- Zodiatis, G.et al. 2018. Monitoring and forecasting oil platforms leakages in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Presented at: EGU, Vienna, 8-13 April 2018Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20. Munich: EGU
- Alves, T. and Gamboa, D. 2018. Mass-transport deposits as markers of local tectonism in extensional basins. In: Ogata, K. ed. Submarine Landslides: Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outrops to Seismic Profiles. American Geophysical Union - Wiley Publishers
- Gamboa, D., Alves, T. and Omosanya, K. 2018. Style and morphometry of mass-transport deposits across the Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil. In: Ogata, K. ed. Submarine Landslides: Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outrops to Seismic Profiles. American Geophysical Union - Wiley Publishers
2017
- Zodiatis, G.et al. 2017. Numerical modeling of oil pollution in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp. 1-40., (10.1007/698_2017_131)
- Li, W.et al. 2017. Morphology, age and sediment dynamics of the upper headwall of the Sahara Slide Complex, Northwest Africa: evidence for a large Late Holocene failure. Marine Geology 393, pp. 109-123. (10.1016/j.margeo.2016.11.013)
- Omosanya, K.et al. 2017. Strike-slip tectonics in the SW Barents Sea during North Atlantic rifting (Swaen Graben, Northern Norway). Tectonics 36(11), pp. 2422-2446. (10.1002/2017TC004635)
- Anwer, M. H.et al. 2017. Effects of sand-shale anisotropy on amplitude variation with angle (AVA) modelling: The Sawan Gas Field (Pakistan) as a key case-study for South Asia's sedimentary basins. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 147, pp. 516-531. (10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.07.047)
- Ward, N., Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2017. Differencial compaction over late Miocene submarine channels in SE Brazil: implications for trap formation. Geological Society of America Bulletin 130(1-2), pp. 208-221. (10.1130/B31659.1)
- Kokinou, E. and Alves, T. 2017. Seabed deformation pattern and tectonic structure in the forearc region of south Crete (Greece). Presented at: 79th EAGE Conference, Paris, France, 12-15 June 2017.
- Laberg, J. S.et al. 2017. Internal deformation of a muddy gravity flow and its interaction with the seafloor (site C0018 of IODP Expedition 333, Nankai Trough, SE Japan). Landslides 14(3), pp. 849-860. (10.1007/s10346-016-0766-7)
- Pereira, R., Alves, T. M. and Mata, J. 2017. Alternating crustal architecture in West Iberia: A review of its significance in the context of NE Atlantic rifting. Journal of the Geological Society 174(3), pp. 522-540. (10.1144/jgs2016-050)
- Qin, Y.et al. 2017. The role of mass wasting in the progressive development of submarine channels (Espirito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Journal of Sedimentary Research 87(5), pp. 500-516. (10.2110/jsr.2017.18)
- Tao, Z. and Alves, T. M. 2017. The role of gravitational collapse in controlling the evolution of crestal fault systems (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil) – Reply. Journal of Structural Geology 98, pp. 12-14. (10.1016/j.jsg.2017.03.005)
- Anwar, H. M., Ali, A. and Alves, T. M. 2017. Bayesian inversion of synthetic AVO data to assess fluid and shale content in sand-shale media. Journal of Earth System Science 126(42), pp. 1-13. (10.1007/s12040-017-0818-y)
- Li, W.et al. 2017. Giant buried sediment mounds on the Western Saharan margin (NW Africa): Origin, evolution and paleoceanographic implications. Presented at: EGU conference, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017.
- Qiliang, S.et al. 2017. Free gas accumulations in basal shear zones of mass-transport deposits (Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea): An important geohazard on continental slope basins. Marine and Petroleum Geology 81, pp. 17-32. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.12.029)
- Piedade, A., Alves, T. M. and Zezere, L. 2017. Morphometric attributes to understand palaeogeomorphological controls on mass-transport deposits offshore Brazil. Presented at: EGU conference, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2017. An incomplete correlation between pre-salt topography, top reservoir erosion, and salt deformation in deep-water Santos Basin (SE Brazil). Marine and Petroleum Geology 79, pp. 300-320. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.10.015)
- Piedade, A. and Alves, T. M. 2017. Structural styles of Albian rafts in the Espírito Santo Basin (SE Brazil): Evidence for late raft compartmentalisation on a ‘passive’ continental margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology 79, pp. 201-221. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.10.023)
- Alves, T. M. 2017. Structural heterogeneities in submarine slide blocks: Impact on seal-unit competence from macro- to mesostructural scales. Presented at: Deep-water Depositional Systems: Advances and Applications, London, UK, 25-27 January 2017.
- Alves, T. M. 2017. Transtensional basins in SE Crete and their importance as field analogues of deep-water basins in the Levantine region. Presented at: AAPG ERC 2017, Larnaca, Cyprus, 18-20 January 2017.
- Kokinou, E. and Alves, T. M. 2017. Structural decoupling in the forearc region of southern Crete: significance for future oil and gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Presented at: AAPG ERC 2017, Larnaca, Cyprus, 18-20 January 2017.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2017. Recent hydrocarbon discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: the role of industry in spurring new technology and innovation. Presented at: AAPG ERC 2017, Larnaca, Cyprus, 18-20 January 2017.
- Omosanya, K. O.et al. 2017. Basal configuration of a mass-transport deposit influenced by subsurface magmatic plumbing: A 3D seismic case study from the Vøring Basin, offshore Norway. Presented at: AAPG Annual Conference, Houston, USA, 2-5 April 2017.
- Eruteya, O. E.et al. 2017. Hydrothermal venting-induced structural compartmentalization in the Vøring Basin, Norwegian North Sea. Presented at: TSG Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK, 4-6 January 2017.
2016
- Qin, Y.et al. 2016. Quantitative seismic geomorphology of a submarine channel system in SE Brazil (Espírito Santo Basin): Scale comparison with other submarine channel systems. Marine and Petroleum Geology 78, pp. 455-473. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.09.024)
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2016. Multidisciplinary oil spill modeling to protect coastal communities and the environment of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports 6, article number: 36882. (10.1038/srep36882)
- Ze, T. and Alves, T. M. 2016. The role of gravitational collapse in controlling the evolution of crestal fault systems (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Journal of Structural Geology 92, pp. 79-98. (10.1016/j.jsg.2016.09.011)
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2016. Hindcast, GIS and susceptibility modelling to assist oil spill clean-up and mitigation on the southern coast of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Research II 133, pp. 159-175. (10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.07.017)
- Mattos, N. H., Alves, T. M. and Omosanya, K. O. 2016. Crestal fault geometries reveal late halokinesis and collapse of the Samson Dome, Northern Norway: Implications for petroleum systems in the Barents Sea. Tectonophysics 690(Part A), pp. 76-96. (10.1016/j.tecto.2016.04.043)
- Ward, N., Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2016. Reservoir leakage along concentric faults in the Southern North Sea: implications for the deployment of CCS and EOR techniques. Tectonophysics 690(A), pp. 97-116. (10.1016/j.tecto.2016.07.027)
- Howarth, V. and Alves, T. M. 2016. Fluid flow through carbonate platforms as evidence for deep-seated reservoirs in Northwest Australia. Marine Geology 380, pp. 17-43. (10.1016/j.margeo.2016.06.011)
- Li, W.et al. 2016. A giant, submarine creep zone as a precursor of large-scale slope instability offshore the Dongsha Islands (South China Sea). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 451, pp. 272-284. (10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.007)
- Gamboa, D. and Alves, T. M. 2016. Bi-modal deformation styles in confined mass-transport deposits: examples from a salt minibasin in SE Brazil. Marine Geology 379, pp. 176-193. (10.1016/j.margeo.2016.06.003)
- Gamboa, D. and Alves, T. M. 2016. Classification of submarine confluences and implications for intra-canyon sediment distribution. Presented at: GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, 25-28 September 2016.
- Zhao, F.et al. 2016. Prolonged post-rift magmatism on highly extended crust of divergent continental margins (Baiyun Sag, South China Sea). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 445, pp. 79-91. (10.1016/j.epsl.2016.04.001)
- Zodiatis, G.et al. 2016. Modeling oil spills in the Med-Sea as a mean of early response in cases of oil leakages. Presented at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April 2016.
- Alves, T. M. 2016. Sediment starved or accommodation-nourished basins during North Atlantic continental rifting. Presented at: Rifts III: Catching the Wave, London, UK, 22-24 March 2016.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2016. Recent hydrocarbon discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: can industry spur innovation and improvements in civil protection?. Presented at: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition 2016, Calgary, Canada, 19-22 June 2016.
- Alves, T. M. 2016. Polygonal mounds in the Barents Sea reveal sustained organic productivity towards the P-T boundary. Terra Nova 28(1), pp. 50-59. (10.1111/ter.12190)
- Alves, T. M. 2016. Deep-water margins hold the key to the future oil-to-gas energy shift: examples from recent industry consortia. Presented at: Janet Watson Meeting 2016: The Future of Hydrocarbon Exploration, Geological Society of London, 27-28 April 2016.
2015
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2015. Modelling of oil spills in confined maritime basins: The case for early response in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Environmental Pollution 206, pp. 390-399. (10.1016/j.envpol.2015.07.042)
- Alves, T. M. 2015. Submarine slide blocks and associated soft-sediment deformation in deep-water basins: A review. Marine and Petroleum Geology 67, pp. 262-285. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.05.010)
- Li, W.et al. 2015. Morphology and sediment dynamics of upper headwall area of the Sahara Slide Complex, NW Africa. Presented at: 7th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Wellington, New Zealand, 1-5 November 2015.
- Gamboa, D. and Alves, T. M. 2015. Bi-modal deformation styles in submarine MTDs correlate with discrete halokinetic pulses (Esperito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Presented at: 7th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Wellington, New Zealand, 1-5 November 2015.
- Gamboa, D. and Alves, T. M. 2015. Three-dimensional fault meshes and multi-layer shear in mass-transport blocks: Implications for fluid flow on continental margins. Presented at: 7th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Wellington, New Zealand, 1-5 November 2015.
- Van Tuyl, J., Alves, T. and Moore, G. F. 2015. Strain decoupling reveals variable seismogenic risk in SE Japan (Nankai Trough). Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 16(7), pp. 2025-2037. (10.1002/2015GC005778)
- Li, W.et al. 2015. Recurrent failure of the continental slope as a key factor controlling reservoir potential in the South China Sea (Qiongdongnan Basin, South Hainan Island). Marine and Petroleum Geology 64, pp. 17-30. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.02.043)
- Gamboa, D. and Alves, T. M. 2015. Spatial and dimensional relationships of submarine slope architectural elements: A seismicscale analysis from the Espírito Santo Basin (SE Brazil). Marine and Petroleum Geology 64, pp. 43-57. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.02.035)
- Garcia, M.et al. 2015. Deep-water turbidite systems: a review of their elements, sedimentary processes and depositional models. Their characteristics on the Iberian margins - Sistemas turbidíticos de aguas profundas: revisión de sus elementos, procesos sedimentarios y modelos deposicionales. Sus características en los márgenes Ibéricos. Boletín Geológico y Minero 126(2-3), pp. 189-218.
- Alves, T., Omosanya, K. O. and Gowling, P. 2015. Volume rendering of Enigmatic High Amplitude Anomalies (EHAA) in SE Brazil: A new method used in the analysis of fluid-flow and volcanic features. Interpretation 3(2), pp. A1-A14. (10.1190/INT-2014-0106.1)
- Gamboa, D. A. and Alves, T. M. 2015. Three-dimensional fault meshes and multi-layer shear in mass-transport blocks: Implications for fluid flow on continental margins. Tectonophysics 647, pp. 21-32. (10.1016/j.tecto.2015.02.007)
- Zhao, F.et al. 2015. Recurrent slope failure enhancing source rock burial depth and seal unit competence in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, offshore South China Sea. Tectonophysics 643, pp. 1-7. (10.1016/j.tecto.2014.12.006)
- Marfurt, K. J. and Alves, T. M. 2015. Pitfalls and limitations in seismic attribute interpretation of tectonic features. Interpretation 3(1), pp. SB5-SB15. (10.1190/INT-2014-0122.1)
- Alves, T. M. 2015. Tectonic evolution of the Pernambuco/Parnaiba and Nigerian Margins. Presented at: Magellan Plus Wokshop - Drilling the Cretaceous-Palaeogene Tropical South Atlantic, Newcastle, UK, 2-4 February 2015.
- Nomikou, P.et al. 2015. Geomorphologic structures on the South Cretan Margin, Greece [Abstract]. Geophysical Research Abstracts 17, article number: EGU2015-3568.
2014
- Alves, T. M. and Elliott, C. 2014. Fluid flow during early compartmentalisation of rafts: a North Sea analogue for divergent continental margins. Tectonophysics 634, pp. 91-96. (10.1016/j.tecto.2014.07.015)
- Alves, T. M., Strasser, M. and Moore, G. 2014. Erosional features as indicators of thrust fault activity (Nankai Trough, Japan). Marine Geology 356, pp. 5-18. (10.1016/j.margeo.2013.07.011)
- Alves, T., Eleni, K. and George, Z. 2014. A three-step model to assess shoreline and offshore susceptibility to oil spills: the South Aegean (Crete) as an analogue for confined marine basins. Marine Pollution Bulletin 86(1-2), pp. 443-457. (10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.034)
- Soares, D. M., Alves, T. M. and Terrinha, P. 2014. Contourite drifts on distal margins as indicators of established lithospheric breakup. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 401, pp. 116-131. (10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.001)
- Alves, T. M. and Sinclair, I. 2014. Comparative uppermost Jurassic to lowermost Cretaceous formati on and fill of conjugate Iberia - Newfoundland basins. Presented at: 4th Conjugate Margins Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 20-22 August 2014.
- Soares, D. M. and Alves, T. M. 2014. Bottom current activity as indicator of established lithospheric breakup. Presented at: 4th Conjugate Margins Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 20-22 August 2014.
- Omosanya, K. O. and Alves, T. M. 2014. Mass-transport deposits controlling fault propagation, reactivation and structural decoupling on continental margins (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Tectonophysics 628, pp. 158-171. (10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.045)
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2014. Significance of amplitude variations in shaley mass-transport deposits - a petrophysical-geophysical correlation. Presented at: 76th EAGE Conference & Exhibition 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16-19 June 2014.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2014. Assessing the internal character, reservoir potential and seal competence of mass-transport deposits using seismic texture: a geophysical and petrophysical approach. American Association of Petroleum Geologists 98(5), pp. 911-945. (10.1306/09121313044)
- Piedade, A. and Alves, T. M. 2014. Salt roller growth as a controlling factor of the Albian rafts on Espirito Santo Basin, SE Brazil. Presented at: EGU General Assembly Conference, Vienna, Austria, 27 April - 02 May 2014.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2014. Deep-water continental margins: geological and economic frontiers. Basin Research 26(1), pp. 3-9. (10.1111/bre.12053)
- Alves, T. M. 2014. Equatorial Brazil as part of an Atlantic 'jigsaw'. Presented at: IODP Drilling Proposals in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin (BEM), Maresias (S. Paulo), Brazil, 4-6 February 2014.
- Bale, S., Alves, T. M. and Moore, G. F. 2014. Distribution of gas hydrates on continental margins by means of a mathematical envelope: A method applied to the interpretation of 3D Seismic Data. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(1), pp. 52-68. (10.1002/2013GC004938)
- Morgan, D.et al. 2014. The interaction between polygonal faults and hydrothermal vents. Presented at: Tectonic Studies Group Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 6-8 January 2014.
- Alves, T. 2014. Oil and gas fields of the 22nd Century. Presented at: 27th MPE Seminar 2013/2014, Lisbon, Portugal, 26 May 2014.
- Alves, T. 2014. Lithospheric Break-up Sequences: Why a common stratigraphic record for distinct continental margins?. Presented at: Total External Talks Series, Pau, France, 16 June 2014.
- Alves, T., Bale, S. and Moore, G. F. 2014. A mathematical envelope to assess the distribution of BSRs on tectonically active margins. Presented at: Tectonic Studies Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 6-8 January 2014.
- Omosanya, K. and Alves, T. 2014. Mass-transport deposits controlling fault propagation, reactivation and structural decoupling on continental margins (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Presented at: Tectonic Studies Group Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 6-8 January 2014.
- Alves, T. 2014. Assessing shoreline susceptibility to oil spill pollution under European Commission's NEREIDs: Crete and the South Aegean as analogues for the Mediterranean Sea. Presented at: HSE Mediterranean Summit, Florence, Italy, 21-22 January 2014.
- Alves, T. M. 2014. Megablocks and the stratigraphic record of continental margins: how large an event do they materialise?. In: Rocha, R. et al. eds. STRATI 2013: First International Congress on Stratigraphy At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy. Springer Geology Springer International Publishing, pp. 775-780., (10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_146)
- Gamboa, D. A. and Alves, T. M. 2014. Geometry and classification of submarine canyon confluences. In: Rocha, R. et al. eds. STRATI 2013 : First International Congress on Stratigraphy At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy. Springer Geology Springer International Publishing, pp. 797-801., (10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_150)
2013
- Alves, T. M. 2013. Gas Hydrates Offshore Nankai, SE Japan: An analogue region to South Iberia?. Presented at: 2nd Annual East Atlantic Oil and Gas Summit, Madrid, Spain, 14-15 November 2013.
- Sousa Lemos Pereira, R. N. and Alves, T. M. 2013. Crustal deformation and submarine canyon incision in a Meso-Cenozoic first-order transfer zone (SW Iberia, North Atlantic Ocean). Tectonophysics 601, pp. 148-162. (10.1016/j.tecto.2013.05.007)
- Omosanya, K. O. and Alves, T. M. 2013. A 3-dimensional seismic method to assess the provenance of Mass-Transport Deposits (MTDs) on salt-rich continental slopes (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Marine and Petroleum Geology 44, pp. 223-239. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.02.006)
- Omosanya, K. O. and Alves, T. M. 2013. Ramps and flats of mass-transport deposits (MTDs) as markers of seafloor strain on the flanks of rising diapirs (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Marine Geology 340, pp. 82-97. (10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.013)
- Omosanya, K. O. and Alves, T. M. 2013. The Significance of Ramps and Flats of Mass Transport Deposits (MTD) as Kinematic Indicators. Presented at: 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013, London, UK, 10-13 June 2013. , (10.3997/2214-4609.20130025)
- Omosanya, K. O. and Alves, T. M. 2013. Provenance of a Blocky Debris Flow Deposit in Mid-continental Slopes (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Presented at: 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013, London, UK, 10-13 June 2013. , (10.3997/2214-4609.20130028)
- Alves, T., Strasser, M. and Moore, G. F. 2013. Relationship between submarine landslides, channel erosion and thrust fault activity in the Nankai Trough, Japan. Presented at: Post-cruise meeting IODP Expedition 333, Barcelonnette, France, 27-30 May 2013.
- Alves, T. M., Bale, S. and Moore, G. F. 2013. Gas hydrate stability zone offshore Nankai, Japan: is the gas hydrate stable at present?. Presented at: 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013, London, UK, 10-13 June 2013. , (10.3997/2214-4609.20130744)
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2013. The evolution of of sedimentary basins in passive continental margins: West Iberia as an example. In: Dias, R. et al. eds. Geologia de Portugal., Vol. 2. Lisbon: Escolar Editora, pp. 349-404.
2012
- Soares, D. M., Alves, T. M. and Terrinha, P. 2012. The breakup sequence and associated lithospheric breakup surface: their significance in the context of rifted continental margins (West Iberia and Newfoundland margins, North Atlantic). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 355-56, pp. 311-326. (10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.036)
- Kokinou, E., Alves, T. M. and Kamberis, E. 2012. Structural decoupling in a convergent forearc setting (southern Crete, Eastern Mediterranean). Geological Society of America Bulletin 124(7-8), pp. 1352-1364. (10.1130/B30492.1)
- Alves, T. M. and Expedition 333 Scientists, . 2012. Site C0011. In: Henry, P. et al. eds. Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program., Vol. 333. Tokyo: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc., (10.2204/iodp.proc.333.104.2012)
- Alves, T. M. and Expedition 333 Scientists, . 2012. Site C0012. In: Henry, P. et al. eds. Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program., Vol. 333. Tokyo: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc., (10.2204/iodp.proc.333.105.2012)
- Alves, T. M. and Expedition 333 Scientists, . 2012. Site C0018. In: Henry, P. et al. eds. Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program., Vol. 333. Tokyo: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc., (10.2204/iodp.proc.333.103.2012)
- Alves, T. M. 2012. Scale-relationships and geometry of normal faults reactivated during gravitational gliding of Albian rafts (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 331-2, pp. 80-96. (10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.014)
- Henry, P.et al. 2012. Scientific drilling. Scientific Drilling(14.), pp. 4-17. (10.5194/sd-14-4-2012)
- Alves, T. 2012. Diachronous gravitational gliding of Albian rafts offshore Brazil. Presented at: Industrial Structure Geology - Principles, Techniques and Integration, London, 28-30 November 2012.
- Alves, T. 2012. Maximising on the potential offered by Portugal's oil and gas production and exploration. Presented at: East Atlantic Oil and Gas Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 3-4 December 2012.
- Gamboa, D. A., Alves, T. M. and Cartwright, J. A. 2012. Seismic-scale Rafted and Remnant Blocks Over Salt Ridges in the Espirito Santo Basin, Brazil. Presented at: 5th ISSMMTC - 5th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Kyoto, Japan, 24-26 October 2011 Presented at Yamada, Y. et al. eds.Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 5th International Symposium. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Vol. 31/8. Berlin: Springer pp. 629-638., (10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_56)
- Gamboa, D. A., Alves, T. M. and Cartwright, J. A. 2012. A submarine channel confluence classification for topographically confined slopes. Marine and Petroleum Geology 35(1), pp. 176-189. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.011)
- Sousa Lemos Pereira, R. N. and Alves, T. M. 2012. Tectono-stratigraphic signature of multiphased rifting on divergent margins (deep-offshore Southwest Iberia, North Atlantic). Tectonics 31, article number: TC4001. (10.1029/2011TC003001)
2011
- Sousa Lemos Pereira, R. N., Alves, T. M. and Cartwright, J. A. 2011. Post-rift compression on the SW Iberian margin (eastern North Atlantic): a case for prolonged inversion in the ocean–continent transition zone. Journal of the Geological Society 168(6), pp. 1249-1263. (10.1144/0016-76492010-151)
- Gamboa, D. A., Alves, T. M. and Cartwright, J. A. 2011. Distribution and characterization of failed (mega)blocks along salt ridges, southeast Brazil: implications for vertical fluid flow on continental margins. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 116(B8), article number: B08103. (10.1029/2011JB008357)
- Gamboa, D. and Alves, T. 2011. Submarine channel density and ge ometry at confined confluence areas in the Espirito Santo Basin, SE Brazil. Presented at: Internal architecture, bedforms and geometry of turbidite channels, London, UK, 20-21 June 2011.
- Sousa Lemos Pereira, R. N. and Alves, T. M. 2011. Margin segmentation prior to continental break-up: A seismic-stratigraphic record of multiphased rifting in the North Atlantic (Southwest Iberia). Tectonophysics 505(1-4), pp. 17-34. (10.1016/j.tecto.2011.03.011)
2010
- Gamboa, D.et al. 2010. Characterization and exploration potential of palaeogene mass-transport deposits in the Espirito Santo Basin, Brazil. Presented at: 72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010, Barcelona, Spain, 14-17 June 2010.
- Alves, T. 2010. Salt structures and the petroleum potential of continental margins in West Iberia, Newfoundland and South Atlantic. Presented at: II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference, Lisbon, 2010 Presented at Reis, R. P. and Pimentel, N. eds.II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference. Metodo Directo
- Alves, T., Cartwright, J. A. and Davies, R. J. 2010. Faulting of salt-withdrawal basins during early halokinesis: Structural controls on reservoir distribution in South Atlantic Conjugate Margins. Presented at: II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference, Lisbon, 2010 Presented at Reis, R. P. and Pimentel, N. eds.II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference. Metodo Directo
- Alves, T.et al. 2010. Structural evolution and timing of continental rifting in the Northeast Atlantic, West Iberian margin. Presented at: II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference, Lisbon, 2010 Presented at Reis, R. P. and Pimentel, N. eds.II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference. Metodo Directo pp. 9-12.
- Pereira, R., Alves, T. and Cartwright, J. A. 2010. The continent to ocean transition across the SW Iberian margin: The effect of syn-rift geometry on post-Mesozoic compression. Presented at: II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference, Lisbon, 2010 Presented at Reis, R. P. and Pimentel, N. eds.II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins. Metodo Directo pp. 228-230.
- Pereira, R. and Alves, T. 2010. Multiphased syn-rift segmentation on the SW Iberian margin. In: Reis, R. P. and Pimentel, N. eds. II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference. Metodo Directo
- Soares, D. and Alves, T. 2010. Syn- to post-rift transitions on passive margins: The case of the western Iberian margin (NE Atlantic). Presented at: II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference, Lisbon, 2010 Presented at Reis, R. P. and Pimentel, N. eds.II Central & North Atlantic Conjugate Margins Conference. Metodo Directo
- Alves, T. M. 2010. A 3-D morphometric analysis of erosional features in a contourite drift from offshore SE Brazil. Geophysical Journal International 183(3), pp. 1151-1164. (10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04827.x)
- Gamboa, D. A.et al. 2010. MTD distribution on a 'passive' continental margin: The Espírito Santo Basin (SE Brazil) during the Palaeogene. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27(7), pp. 1311-1324. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.008)
- Alves, T. M. 2010. 3D Seismic examples of differential compaction in mass-transport deposits and their effect on post-failure strata. Marine Geology 271(3-4), pp. 212-224. (10.1016/j.margeo.2010.02.014)
- Alves, T. M. and Lourenco, S. 2010. Geomorphologic features related to gravitational collapse: submarine landsliding to lateral spreading on a Late Miocene-Quaternary slope (SE Crete, eastern Mediterranean). Geomorphology 123(1-2), pp. 13-33. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.030)
- Taviani, M.et al. 2010. Pleistocene to recent scleractinian deep-water corals and coral facies in the Eastern Mediterranean. Facies 57(4), pp. 579-603. (10.1007/s10347-010-0247-8)
- Alves, T. M. and Cartwright, J. A. 2010. The effect of mass-transport deposits on the younger slope morphology, offshore Brazil. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27(9), pp. 2027-2036. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.006)
2009
- Alves, T. M. and Cartwright, J. A. 2009. Volume balance of a submarine landslide in the Espírito Santo Basin, offshore Brazil: quantifying seafloor erosion, sediment accumulation and depletion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 288(3-4), pp. 572-580. (10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.020)
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2009. Diachronous evolution of Late Jurassic-Cretaceous continental rifting in the northeast Atlantic (west Iberian margin). Tectonics 28(4), article number: TC4003. (10.1029/2008TC002337)
- Gamboa, D. A.et al. 2009. Documenting a period of widespread collapse of a continental margin (Esperito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). Presented at: 71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8-11 June 2009.
- Alves, T. M., Cartwright, J. A. and Davies, R. J. 2009. Faulting of salt-withdrawal basins during early halokinesis: effects on the Paleogene Rio Doce Canyon system (Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil). AAPG Bulletin 93(5), pp. 617-652. (10.1306/02030908105)
- Pereira, R. and Alves, T. 2009. Mesozoic rifting of the SW Iberian margin – implications to the hydrocarbon potential of Alentejo Basin. Presented at: 71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8-11 June 2009. , (10.3997/2214-4609.201400467)
- Alves, T.et al. 2009. Structural evolution and timing of continental rifting in the Northeast Atlantic, West Iberian Margin. Presented at: 71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8-11 June 2009. , (10.3997/2214-4609.201400468)
- Cunha, T.et al. 2009. West Iberia margin subsidence-uplift history: constraints from seismic data and well and pseudo-well backstripping. Presented at: 6th Symposium on the Iberian Margin, Oviedo, Spain, 1-5 December 2009.
- Moulin, M.et al. 2009. Deep structure of the south segment of the continental Iberia margin: the proximal margin from coincident MCS and wide angle data. Presented at: 6th Symposium on the Iberian Margin, Oviedo, 1-5 December 2009.
- Domingos, M.et al. 2009. Deep structure of the south segment of the Mesozoic border of the Iberian Massif (Arrabida to Cape San Vincent) from coincident MCS and wide-angle data. Presented at: 6th Symposium of Metereology and Geophysics, Lisbon, Portugal, 16-18 March 2009.
2008
- Alves, T. 2008. Economic resources in continental margins: Why is the IODP important?. Presented at: Cycle of Conferences - The Land Under the Sea, Faro, Portugal, 11 March 2008.
2007
- Alves, T. M. 2007. 3D seismic data and geohazards: Case studies on 'active' and 'passive' margins. Presented at: IODP Geohazards Workshop, Portland, OR, USA, 26-30 August 2007.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2007. Constraining the origin and evolution of confined turbidite systems: southern Cretan margin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea (34°30–36°N). Geo-Marine Letters 27(1), pp. 41-61. (10.1007/s00367-006-0051-1)
- Alves, T.et al. 2007. Constraining the Origin and Evolution of Confined Turbidite Systems: Southern Cretan Margin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea (34°30-36°N). Presented at: AAPG International Conference, Athens, Greece, 18-21 November 2007.
2006
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2006. Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of North Atlantic continental slope basins: The Peniche Basin, western Iberian margin. AAPG Bulletin 90(1), pp. 31-60. (10.1306/08110504138)
- Alves, T.et al. 2006. Comparative stochastic analyses of slope morphology between active and passive margin settings. Presented at: EGU Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 April 2006.
- Alves, T.et al. 2006. First insights on the South Cretan Margin: Structure, depositional processes and future importance to the HERMES project. Presented at: EGU Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 April 2006.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2006. Meso-Cenozoic evolution of the continental slope basins offshore west Iberia (NW Portugal). Presented at: EGU General Assembly Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 April 2006.
2005
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2005. Tectono-sedimentary correlations betwen European deep margin basins. Presented at: IODP IMPACTS Workshop, Brest, France, 16-18 March 2005.
- Alves, T.et al. 2005. Surveying the flanks of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Examples of Geosphere-Biosphere coupling in deep-sea areas of the North Atlantic. Presented at: Geosphere-Biosphere coupling processes: the TTR interdisciplinary approach towards studies of the European and North African margins, Marrakech, Morocco, 2 - 5 February 2005.
- Alves, T.et al. 2005. Surveying the flanks of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Presented at: MOMAR III Workshop - Long-term monitoring of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Lisbon, Portugal, 7-9 April 2005.
2004
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2004. Surveying the flanks of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: the Atlantis Basin, North Atlantic Ocean (36°N). Marine Geology 209(1-4), pp. 199-222. (10.1016/j.margeo.2004.06.002)
- De Mol, B.et al. 2004. EUROpean Deep Ocean Margins (EuroDOM): a new training-through-research frontier. Oceanography 17(4), pp. 156-165. (10.5670/oceanog.2004.12)
2003
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2003. The depositional evolution of diapir- and fault-bounded rift basins: examples from the Lusitanian Basin of West Iberia. Sedimentary Geology 162(3-4), pp. 273-303. (10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00155-6)
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2003. Post-Jurassic tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Northern Lusitanian Basin (Western Iberian margin). Basin Research 15(2), pp. 227-249. (10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00202.x)
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2003. Cenozoic tectono-sedimentary evolution of the western Iberian margin. Marine Geology 195(1-4), pp. 75-108. (10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00683-7)
- Alves, T.et al. 2003. Evolution of deep-margin extensional basins: The continental slope basins offshore West Iberia. Presented at: AAPG International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 21-24 September 2003.
- Alves, T.et al. 2003. Insights on the evolution of mid-ocean basins: The Atlantis Basin of southern Azores. Presented at: EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 7-11 April 2003.
- Kenyon, N. H.et al. 2003. Reassessment of sedimentary evidence for deep contour currents west of Iberia. In: Mienert, J. and Weaver, P. P. E. eds. European Margin Sediment Dynamics: Side-scan Sonar and Seismic Images. Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp. 267-270., (10.1007/978-3-642-55846-7_43)
2002
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2002. Jurassic tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Northern Lusitanian Basin (offshore Portugal). Marine and Petroleum Geology 19(6), pp. 727-754. (10.1016/S0264-8172(02)00036-3)
- Alves, T.et al. 2002. Azores Margin: seismic data interpretation. In: Kenyon, N. H. et al. eds. Interdisciplinary Geoscience Research on the North East Atlantic Margin, Meditteranean Sea and Mid-Atlantic Ridge. IOC Technical Series, pp. 92-100.
2001
- Alves, T.et al. 2001. Tectonic controls on the depositional and erosional processes off western Iberia. Presented at: Geological Processes in Deep-Water Margins, Moscow, Russia, 28 January - 1 February 2001.
2000
- Gardner, J.et al. 2000. Gulf of Cadiz/Moroccan margin: seismic data profiling. In: Kenyon, N. H. et al. eds. Multidisciplinary Study of Geological Processes on the North East Atlantic and Western Mediterranean Margins: Preliminary results of geological and geophysical investigations during the TTR-9 cruise of R/V Professor Logachev June-July, 1999. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Technical Series Vol. 56. IOC Technical Series, pp. 57-59.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2000. Area west of Lisbon: seismic data:. In: Kenyon, N. H. et al. eds. Multidisciplinary Study of Geological Processes on the North East Atlantic and Western Mediterranean Margins. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Technical Series IOC Technical Series, pp. 49-50.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2000. Seismic and acoustic data: Area west of Porto. In: Kenyon, N. H. et al. eds. Multidisciplinary Study of Geological Processes on the North East Atlantic and Western Mediterranean Margins: Preliminary results of geological and geophysical investigations during the TTR-9 cruise of R/V Professor Logachev June-July, 1999. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Technical Series IOC Technical Series, pp. 42-45.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2000. Tertiary evolution of the Sao Vicente and Setubal submarine canyons, Southwest Portugal: insights from seismic stratigraphy. Ciencias da Terra, pp. 243-256.
- Pinheiro, L.et al. 2000. Deep-Sea sedimentation in the Tagus Abyssal Plain (West Iberia): sediment transport and tectonic control. Presented at: Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, Granada, Spain, 31 January - 3 February 2000.
- Alves, T. M.et al. 2000. Tectonics and deposition at the deep-water area adjacent to Porto and Vigo seamount. Presented at: Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, Granada, Spain, 31 January - 3 February 2000.
- Petroleum Geology and Basin Analysis (3rd year) - Module leader
- Advanced Stratigraphy and Sedimentology (3rd year) - Module leader
- Engineering Geology (3rd year, teaching Reservoir Engineering)
- Structural Techniques field trip (2nd year): N Spain
- MESci field trip to SE Spain
- Completed Modules 1, 2 and 3 of Cardiff's PCUTL - Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning in 2009.
I lead the 3D Seismic Lab, supervising postgraduate students and managing research projects with industry, academia and governmental institutions. I am closely involved in the supervision of PhD and MESci students at Cardiff, collaborating actively with Total, Statoil, Petrobras (Brazil), Husky Energy, Repsol and Partex Oil and Gas in Industry-related projects under the general theme of continental margins and basin analysis. I also collaborate with the IODP – Integrated Ocean Drilling Program in a number of projects, namely in Japan, Brazil and in USA's northeast margin. At present, my current key research areas include East Canada (Newfoundland, Labrador and W Greenland), the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Crete and Levantine Basin), West Iberia (Portugal, Spain), NW Africa (Morocco and Canary Islands), UK and Norway, South China Sea (China), Ceará, Pernambuco, Santos and Espírito Santo Basins (SE Brazil), the Amazon Fan and Equatorial Brazil (South America), the Nankai Trough (SE Japan), New Zealand, Australia, West Africa (Angola, Nigeria, Namibia), Gulf of Mexico and Alaska (USA).
Postgraduate Supervision (completed PhD theses)
Davide Gamboa, PhD (2012) - Young Scientist Award 2012 (Geol Soc. London) - Now at BGS-Wales
Ricardo Pereira, PhD (2013) - Now at PDO Oman
Duarte Soares, PhD (2014) - Now at CGG in Llandudno
Kamal'deen Omosanya, PhD (2014) - Now at NTNU-Trondheim (Norway)
Aldina Piedade, PhD (2016) - Now at University of Coimbra and ISCIA (Portugal)
Qin Yongpeng, PhD (2017) - Now at Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering (China)
Wei Li, PhD (2017, supervised at Uni Kiel, Germany) - Now at the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou (China)
Nathalia Mattos, PhD (2017) - Fault reactivation and salt tectonics
Second supervisor for Daniel Carruthers (PhD on fault families on the flanks of diapirs), Bledyn Jones (KESS PhD scholarship on CO2 sequestration), and Chris Kirkham (Mud Volcanoes in the Nile Delta)
MESci theses
Adam Curtis, MESci (2008) - Geometry of channel-fill deposits
Sean Bale, MEsci (2012) - 3rd place at NEFTEX's Earth Model Award (2012) - Gas hydrate dstribution in SE Japan
Phalene Gowling, MESci (2013) - Recognising fluid flow features in SE Brazil
Katherine Jawed, MESci (2013) - Salt tectonics in the Dutch North Sea
James Van Tuyl, MESci (2014) - Normal faulting in the Nankai accretionary prism (SE Japan)
Ben Thomas, MESci (2014) - Crestal faults of salt diapirs in the North Sea
Claire Elliot, MESci (2014) - The Atlantic break-up sequence in the North Sea
Sarah Newnes, MESci (2014) - Structural compartmentalisation of Rotliegend strata (Permian)
Victoria Howarth (2015) - Fluid flow through carbonate shelves
Bethany Cowling (2016) - Fault compartmentalisation of Posidonia Shales in the Southern North Sea
Charles Reynolds (2017) - Igneous intrusions in salt-rich basins
Current PhD supervision:
Tao Ze - Evolution of crestal faults on salt diapirs
Nicholas Ward - Differential compaction in sedimentary basins
James van Tuyl - Evolution of carbonate shelves in NW Australia
Marco Azevedo - Structural evolution of Nankai's accretionary prism
Tomas Cupkovic - Evolution of N Atlantic rift basins
Chantelle Roesleff - Fluid flow in sedimentary basins
Olivia Walker - Jurassic ocean gateways of the North Atlantic
Roberto Espejel - Structural controls on carbonate-platform growth
Jing Song - Structural controls on submarine slope instability
Cerys Biancardi - Slope instability in salt-rich basins
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Impact to Industry
My research impact is based on the analysis of a wide range of data on continental margins around the world to highlight the economic benefits of drilling specific stratigraphic sequences and structures. My work has led to improved planning models developed by the industry, helping their decision-making process, staff training, and allowing a sustainable management of proven and potential resources.
Work at Cardiff’s 3D Seismic Laboratory develops key studies of multiple areas in the world, allowing the delivery of technical reports, presentations, and field training courses to Industry. The insights provided by Cardiff have led to widespread changes in exploration strategies for the companies sponsoring the 3D Seismic Laboratory, building upon the successful REF2014 CAPROCKS case study.
To date, my research undertaken has resulted in economic benefits of several millions of pounds for companies operating in multiple parts of the world.
Environmental and societal impacts
Environmental studies concerning hydrocarbon-bearing regions, and areas posed for GeoEnergy solutions, are another facet of my work. In the past eight years I have been involved in projects investigating the impact of oil spills in the Eastern Mediterranean (NEREIDs) and a broader analyses of marine polution, including plastic and floating debris, in coastal and marine areas of Europe (Sea4All). The deliverables resulting from Sea4All are now being implemented in classrooms across Europe.
In terms of my contribution to research and the society as a whole, I am a Section Editor in Structural Geology/Tectonics for Marine and Petroleum Geology and have been given the accolade of Oustanding Reviewer and Sustained Reviewer for Marine Geology in four consecutive years (2014/15 to 2018/19). I am also an assiduous reviewer for more than 20 international scientific journals, including Geology, Earth Science-Reviews and Nature Publication Group journals.
Sample publication list
Alves, T.M. et al. 2020. A tectono-stratigraphic review of continental breakup on intraplate continental margins and its impact on resultant hydrocarbon systems. Marine and Petroleum Geology 117, article number: 104341.(10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104341)
Roelofse, C. et al. 2019. An integrated geological and GIS-based method to assess caprock risk in mature basins proposed for Carbon Capture and Storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 80, pp. 103-122. (10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.11.007)
Van Tuyl, J. et al. 2019. Geomorphological evidence of carbonate build-up demise on equatorial margins: A case study from offshore northwest Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology 104, pp. 125-149. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.03.006)
Alves, T.M. and Abreu Cunha, T. 2018. A phase of transient subsidence, sediment bypass and deposition of regressive-transgressive cycles during the breakup of Iberia and Newfoundland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 484, pp. 168-183. (10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.054)
Alves, T.M.et al. 2016. Multidisciplinary oil spill modeling to protect coastal communities and the environment of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports 6, article number: 36882. (10.1038/srep36882)
Ward, N., Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T.G. 2016. Reservoir leakage along concentric faults in the Southern North Sea: implications for the deployment of CCS and EOR techniques. Tectonophysics 690(A), pp. 97-116. (10.1016/j.tecto.2016.07.027)
Alves, T.M. 2015. Submarine slide blocks and associated soft-sediment deformation in deep-water basins: A review. Marine and Petroleum Geology 67, pp. 262-285. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.05.010)