Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Hussain, A., Morris, E.A., Al-Ramadan, K., Shannon, P.M., Haughton, P.D.W., Hybrid event beds (HEBs) and the ‘greywacke problem’ revisited, Earth Science Reviews, 104297, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104297
Wroblewski, A.F.-J and Morris, E.A., Unconformity Generation and the Shift from Storm- to Tide-Dominated Processes in a Jurassic Retroarc Foreland Basin: Insights from Ichnology, The Depositional Record, DOI: 10.1002/dep2.215
Hussain, A., Haughton, P.D.W., Shannon, P.M., Morris, E.A., Pierce, C.S. and Omma., J.E., 2021, Mud-forced turbulence dampening facilitates rapid burial and enhanced preservation of terrestrial organic matter in deep-sea environments, Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 130, 105101
Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S.S., Brunt, R.L., Luthi, S.M. and Kolenberg, Y., 2016, Integrating outcrop and subsurface data to assess the temporal evolution of a submarine channel-levee system, AAPG Bulletin, vol. 100, no. 11, p. 1663-1691.
Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S.S., Brunt, R.L., Butterworth, P.J. and Verhaeghe, J., 2014,Sedimentology and architecture of submarine frontal lobe complexes from outcrop and subsurface datasets, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 84, no. 9, p.763-780.
Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Brunt, R.L and Flint, S.S., 2014,Origin, evolution and anatomy of silt-prone submarine external levees, Sedimentology, vol. 61, p. 1734-1763.
Gallagher, W.B., Hatcher, J. and Morris, E., 2014,Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment, Taphonomy, and Geochemistry of the Baby-back Triceratops Quarry, Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous), Garfield County, Montana, The Mosasaur – The Journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, vol. 8, p. 1-13.
In review:
Reat-Wersan, E.J., Johnson, C., Morris., E.A., Wickens, H.D.-V., Slumping and sediment storage at the shelf-edge: A case study from the Kookfontein and Waterford Formations, Tanqua Karoo Depocenter, South Africa [Sedimentology – accepted pending revision].
Atlas, C.E., Morris, E.A.,* Johnson, C.L. and Wroblewski, A.F.-J., New approaches to the architectural analysis of deltaic outcrops: Implications for subsurface reservoir characterization and paleoenvironmental reconstruction [Sedimentologika] *corresponding author
In prep:
Hussain, A., Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W. and Shannon, P.M., Compositional scanning of deep-water mudstones: implications for mud deposition in distal fan environments [will be submitted to the Sedimentary Record].
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Shannon, P.M., Pierce, C., Pulham, A., Martinsen, O.J., and Barker, S.P., Origin and significance of thin-bedded packets interleaved in sandy deep-sea fan successions [will be submitted to the Journal of Sedimentary Research].
Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Brunt, R.L and Flint, S.S., Spilling into confinement: facies and architecture of thin-beds within deepwater channel-levee systems [will be submitted to Sedimentology].
Wroblewski A.F.-J., Morris E.A., Schueth J., A Tale of Two Tidal Systems: Exploring the Roles of Climate, Subsidence, Sediment Flux, and Sea Level in Generation of Tidal Deposits [will be submitted to The Depositional Record, Tidalites Special Issue titled “Modern and ancient tidal sedimentary systems in the era of energy transition”]
Other:
Co-author of Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology blog for EGU:
Conference Contributions
Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S.S., 2009, Integrating Research Borehole and Outcrop Data to Understand Sedimentary Processes Operating on Submarine Channel-levee Systems, An Example from The Karoo Basin, South Africa. [Poster Presentation], British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG) Annual General Meeting 2009, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, 20-Dec-09 – 22-Dec-09.
Morris, E.A., 2010,Understanding a Channel-levee system, Laingsburg Formation, Karoo Basin, South Africa. [Oral Presentation], The Value of PhD Research: National Postgraduate Conference, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, 02-Aug-10 – 05-Aug-10.
Emma Morris, David Hodgson, Stephen Flint and Rufus Brunt, 2011, Spilling into confinement: processes in internal levees to submarine channels. [Oral Presentation], BSRG Annual General Meeting 2011, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 18-Dec-11 – 21-Dec-11.
Hodgson, D.M., Brunt, R.L., van der Merwe, W.C., Morris, E. and Flint, S.S., 2011, Degradational and aggradational processes recorded in outcrop and core from submarine channel-levee systems in the Laingsburg Karoo, South Africa. [Oral Presentation], Internal architecture, bedforms and geometry of turbidite channels conference, The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, 20-Jun-11 – 21-Jun-11.
Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S.S and Brunt, R.L., 2011, Sand-rich external levees at outcrop and in core: origin, geometry and subsurface implications. [Poster Presentation], Internal architecture, bedforms and geometry of turbidite channels conference, The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, 20-Jun-11 – 21-Jun-11.
Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S.S and Brunt, R.L., 2012, Anatomy of submarine external levees: combining examples from the Karoo Basin, South Africa. [Oral Presentation], AAPG ACE 2012: American Association of Petroleum Geology Annual Conference and Exhibition, Long Beach, California, 22-Apr-12 – 25-Apr-12.
Emma A. Morris, David M. Hodgson, Stephen S. Flint and Rufus L. Brunt., 2013, Integrating Core and Outcrop Data to Constrain the 4D Evolution of Submarine Channel Complexes: an example from the Karoo Basin, South Africa. [Poster Presentation], AAPG ICE 2013: American Association of Petroleum Geology International Conference and Exhibition, Cartagena, Colombia, 08-Sep-13 – 11-Sep-14.
Hodgson, D.M., Morris, E.A., Flint, S.S. and Brunt, R.L., 2014, The Good, the Bad, and the Levee: Thin-Bedded Turbidite Outcrops as Critical Analogues in Reducing Deep-Water Field Development Uncertainties. [Invited Oral Presentation], Reducing uncertainty and risk through field-based studies: The Value of Outcrops and Analogues in Hydrocarbon Exploration, Development and Production Implications for Global Exploration and Production, The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, 04-Mar-14 – 06-Mar-14.
Emma A. Morris, David M. Hodgson, Stephen S. Flint and Rufus L. Brunt, 2014, Spilling into confinement: processes in internal levees to submarine channels. [Oral Presentation], AAPG ACE 2014, Houston, Texas, 06-Apr-14 – 09-Apr-14.
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Pierce, C., Shannon, P.M., Martinsen, O.J. and Barker, S.P., 2017, Detailed characterisation of thin beds in Pennsylvanian slope and fan deposits, Co Clare, western Ireland. [Poster Presentation], BSRG Annual General Meeting 2017, University of Newcastle, 17-Dec-17 – 19-Dec-17.
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Shannon, P.M., Lacchia, A.R., Hussain, A., Martinsen, O.J., and Barker, S.P., 2017, Detailed characterisation of thin beds in deepwater settings. [Poster Presentation], Atlantic Ireland 2017, Clayton Hotel Dublin, 31-Oct-17 – 01-Nov-17
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Pierce, C., Shannon, P.M., Martinsen, O.J. and Barker, S.P., 2018, Detailed characterisation of thin-beds in Pennsylvanian-aged submarine slope and basin-floor fan deposits, Co Clare, western Ireland. [Poster Presentation], Irish Geological Research Meeting 2018, University College Cork, 23-Feb-18 – 25-Feb-18.
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., and Shannon, P.M., 2018, Detailed characterisation of thin beds associated with submarine channels in Pennsylvanian Ross Sandstone Formation, Co Clare, western Ireland. [Poster Presentation], Atlantic Ireland 2017, Clayton Hotel Dublin, 30-Oct-18 – 31-Oct-18
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Pierce, C., Shannon, P.M., Lacchia, A., Hussain, A., Pulham, A., Martinsen, O.J. and Barker, S. 2018, Sedimentological character of thin-beds in behind-outcrop cores from the Pennsylvanian Ross Sandstone and Gull Island formations, Co Clare, western Ireland. [Poster and Core Exhibition], Atlantic Ireland 2017, Clayton Hotel Dublin, 30-Oct-18 – 31-Oct-18
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Pierce, C., Lopez-Cabrera, J. and Shannon, P.M., 2018, Characterisation of thin-beds associated with submarine channels in Pennsylvanian Ross Sandstone Formation, Co Clare, western Ireland. [Oral Presentation], BSRG Annual General Meeting 2017, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, 17-Dec-18 – 19-Dec-18.
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Lopez-Cabrera, J., Shannon, P.M. and Pierce, C.S., 2019, The character of thin-bedded deposits associated with submarine channels: examples from the Ross Sandstone Formation, Co Clare. [Oral Presentation], Irish Geological Research Meeting 2019, University College Dublin, 01-Mar-19-03-Mar-19.
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Shannon, P.M., Pierce, C., Pulham, A., Martinsen, O.J., and Barker, S.P., 2019, Origin and significance of thin-bedded packets interleaved in sandy deep-sea fan successions. [Poster Presentation], AAPG ACE 2019, San Antonio, Texas, 19-May-19 – 22-May-19.
Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W., Shannon, P.M., Pierce, C., Pulham, A., Martinsen, O.J., and Barker, S.P., 2019, Character and significance of thin beds associated with channels in sandy deep-sea fan successions. [Oral Presentation], IAS ROMA 2019: 34th IAS meeting of sedimentology, Rome, Italy, 10-Sept-19 – 14-Sept-19.
Wallace, E.C., Morris, E.A., Blowick, A., McNamara, M., 2019, Girls into Geoscience Ireland [Poster Presentation], AGU, San Francisco, USA, 9-Dec-19 – 13-Dec-19.
Wallace, E.C., Lacchia, A., Harrington, E., McAuliffe, F., Morris, E.A., Haughton, P.D.W.H., 2019, A Feat of Clay: Palaeontology Engagement through Art [Poster Presentation], The Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, Valencia, Spain, 15-Dec-19 – 21-Dec-19.
Wallace, E.C., Morris, E.A., Blowick, A., McNamara, M., 2019, Girls into Geoscience Ireland [Poster Presentation], EGU, Vienna, Austria, 3-May-20 – 8-May-20.
Johnson, K., Schueth, J., Wroblewski, A.F.-J. and Morris, E., 2022, Depositional environments and the evolution of the Jurassic Western Interior Seaway around the contested Jurassic J5 unconformity of the Sundance Formation, WY. [Poster Presentation], GSA Connects, Denver, United States of America, 9-Oct-22 – 12-Oct-22, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 54, no. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-378566
Schueth, J., Wroblewski, A., Morris, E. and Johnson, K., 2022, The role of climate and paleoceanography in dead zone development of the Jurassic Sundance Sea, [Oral Presentation], GSA Connects, Denver, United States of America, 9-Oct-22 – 12-Oct-22, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol 54, no. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-377154
Wroblewski, A., Schueth, J., Basso, M., Connely, M., Johnson, K., Krejci, M. and Morris, E., 2022, Regional variability of a mixed clastic-carbonate, forced regressive, tidal system: The Windy Hill Sandstone and Upper Sundance Formation, Wyoming, USA [Oral Presentation], GSA Connects, Denver, United States of America, 9-Oct-22 – 12-Oct-22, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 54, no. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-377151
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