
Tim McHargue
Adjunct Professor
Geological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
The architecture of turbidite depositional systems and implications for petroleum reservoir performance through the study of 3D reflection seismic volumes, outcrops, and modern deep marine systems. Research includes rules based forward modeling, controls on architectural variation, and clastic sequence stratigraphy.
2020-21 Courses
- Architecture of Turbidite Depositional Systems
GEOLSCI 247 (Aut) - Clastic Sequence Stratigraphy
GEOLSCI 257 (Spr) - Stratigraphic Architecture
GEOLSCI 259 (Spr) -
Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Stratigraphic Architecture
GEOLSCI 259 (Aut)
2018-19 Courses
- Clastic Sequence Stratigraphy
GEOLSCI 257 (Spr) - Stratigraphic Architecture
GEOLSCI 259 (Aut, Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Architecture of Turbidite Depositional Systems
GS 247 (Spr) - Stratigraphic Architecture
GS 259 (Aut, Spr)
- Stratigraphic Architecture
All Publications
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Transversely-sourced mass-transport deposits and stratigraphic evolution of a foreland submarine channel system: Deep-water tertiary strata of the Austrian Molasse Basin
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
2018; 92: 1–19
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.01.035
View details for Web of Science ID 000432760400001
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Interplay between an axial channel belt, slope gullies and overbank deposition in the Puchkirchen Formation in the Molasse Basin, Austria
SEDIMENTOLOGY
2015; 62 (6): 1717-1748
View details for DOI 10.1111/sed.12201
View details for Web of Science ID 000362555200008
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Simulating depth-averaged, one-dimensional turbidity current dynamics using natural topographies
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
2015; 120 (8): 1485-1500
View details for DOI 10.1002/2015JF003638
View details for Web of Science ID 000363464000003
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Deep-sea channel evolution and stratigraphic architecture from inception to abandonment from high-resolution Autonomous Underwater Vehicle surveys offshore central California
SEDIMENTOLOGY
2013; 60 (4): 935-960
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01371.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000319068300003
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PUNCTUATED DEEP-WATER CHANNEL MIGRATION: HIGH-RESOLUTION SUBSURFACE DATA FROM THE LUCIA CHICA CHANNEL SYSTEM, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA, USA-REPLY
JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH
2013; 83 (1-2): 65-67
View details for DOI 10.2110/jsr.2013.6
View details for Web of Science ID 000317703200006
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Postavulsion channel evolution: Niger Delta continental slope
AAPG BULLETIN
2012; 96 (5): 823-843
View details for DOI 10.1306/09131110189
View details for Web of Science ID 000303642900003
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The sensitivity of turbidity currents to mass and momentum exchanges between these underflows and their surroundings
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
2012; 117
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JF001990
View details for Web of Science ID 000299704000001
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PUNCTUATED DEEP-WATER CHANNEL MIGRATION: HIGH-RESOLUTION SUBSURFACE THE LUCIA CHICA CHANNEL SYSTEM, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA, USA
JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH
2012; 82 (1-2): 1-8
View details for DOI 10.2110/jsr.2012.10
View details for Web of Science ID 000300962300001
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The elusive character of discontinuous deep-water channels: New insights from Lucia Chica channel system, offshore California
GEOLOGY
2011; 39 (4): 327-330
View details for DOI 10.1130/G31589.1
View details for Web of Science ID 000288507300010
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Architecture of turbidite channel systems on the continental slope: Patterns and predictions
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
2011; 28 (3): 728-743
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.07.008
View details for Web of Science ID 000287895800008
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EVENT-BASED MODELING OF TURBIDITE CHANNEL FILL, CHANNEL STACKING PATTERN, AND NET SAND VOLUME
SEPM Research Conference on Outcrops Revitalized - Tools, Techniques and Application
S E P M - SOC SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. 2011: 163–73
View details for Web of Science ID 000309691300011
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Characteristics of migrating submarine canyons from the middle Miocene to present: Implications for paleoceanographic circulation, northern South China Sea
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
2010; 27 (1): 307-319
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.05.005
View details for Web of Science ID 000272308200023
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The Red River Fault zone in the Yinggehai Basin, South China Sea
TECTONOPHYSICS
2009; 476 (3-4): 397-417
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.015
View details for Web of Science ID 000271712700002
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U-Pb zircon ages from the southwestern Karoo Basin, South Africa-Implications for the Permian-Triassic boundary
GEOLOGY
2009; 37 (8): 719-722
View details for DOI 10.1130/G25685A.1
View details for Web of Science ID 000268498600012
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Age controls on the Tanqua and Laingsburg deep-water systems: New insights on the evolution and sedimentary fill of the Karoo basin, South Africa
JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH
2007; 77 (11-12): 901-908
View details for DOI 10.2110/jsr.2007.088
View details for Web of Science ID 000250884900003
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Transient fan architecture and depositional controls from near-surface 3-D seismic date, Niger Delta continental slope
AAPG BULLETIN
2005; 89 (5): 627-643
View details for DOI 10.1306/11200404025
View details for Web of Science ID 000228716300005