Carla Sanchez Phelps, Ph.D.

Dr. Carla Sanchez Phelps
Affiliate Research Professor
Geological Sciences
NSB 109
csphelps@alaska.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2011
  • M.S., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
  • B.E., Geophysics, Universidad Sim贸n Bol铆var, 2001

Research Interests

The primary focus of my research is the spatial and temporal variability in the stratigraphic architecture of sedimentary basins. My main expertise is in the integration of subsurface data (seismic and wells), which provides an understanding of three dimensional stratigraphic architectures at scales ranging from tens to thousands of feet. I combine seismic stratigraphic analysis and seismic geomorphology techniques (slicing, seismic attributes, and spectral decomposition) with stratigraphic well log interpretation. At present, my research is centered on the Cretaceous sedimentary fill of the Colville Basin (木瓜直播 North Slope).

Grants, Awards and Recognition

  • *2025  Eliis In-kind PaleoScan Software Donation- UAA (Co PI with Dr. Aschoff)
  • 2014 ConocoPhillips, Special Recognition Awards: prospect maturation team (2014); farm-in evaluation 
  • 2012 ConocoPhillips integrated study for appraisal program (2012)
  • 2010 The University of Texas, UTIG Gale White Fellowship
  • 2008 Basin Research, Studentship Prize. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • 2006, 2008 American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Grants-in-Aid

Publications


  • Sanchez, C. M., Fulthorpe, C. S., & Steel, R. J. (2016). Influence of Bathymetry and the proto-Leeuwin Current on development of Plio-Pleistocene tropical carbonates platforms: Northern Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Shelf of Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, volume 77, 942-953.
  • Sanchez, C.M., C. S. Fulthorpe, and R. Steel (2012). Middle Miocene-Pliocene Siliciclastic Influx Across a Carbonate Shelf and Influence of Deltaic Sedimentation on Shelf Construction, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Shelf of Australia. Basin Research, volume 24 (6), 664-682.
  • Sanchez, C.M., C. S. Fulthorpe, and R. Steel (2012). Miocene Shelf-Edge Deltas and their Impact on Deepwater Slope Progradation and Morphology, Northwest Shelf of Australia. Basin Research, volume 24 (6), 683-698.
Geology