Dr. J.E.A. (Joep) Storms

PhD 2002 | Delft University of Technology (Cum Laude) - Controls on shallow-marine stratigraphy; a process-response approach 

MSc 1996 | Utrecht University (Physical Geography) - Late-Holocene fluvial history of an area south of Donaldsonville in the Lower Mississippi Valley, Louisiana, USA: Reconstruction of the fluvial history 

Area of research

My research focuses on fluvial, deltaic and coastal depositional processes, predominantly on the complex interaction between sediment dynamics, sea level change and preservation potential, which governs the formation of the sedimentary record and potential reservoir characteristics. I favor a combined approach of numerical modeling and sedimentological and geophysical field data analysis, generally from both present-day (e.g. Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Nordfjord, Caspian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Mahakam delta, Golo delta, Rhine-Meuse delta, St. Clair delta, Mississippi delta, ) and ancient depositional systems (Book Cliffs Utah and subsurface). By combining modeling and field research more can be learned from both worlds.

Additional interests: Arctic sedimentology, palaeo climate, ground penetrating radar, OSL and radiocarbon dating, and many more.... see also e.g. here (Groene Amsterdammer) and here (Spiegelzee) for example.

Ongoing projects

-2013 ongoing: Deltares - TUDelft PhD research project: Implementation of numerical outcrops to improve geological fluvio-deltaic reservoir models" (PI)

-2012 ongoing: Statoil PhD project: Physics-based numerical modeling of lacustrine fluvio-deltaic responses in relation to reservoir architecture (PI). PhD Liang Li.

-2010 ongoing: NWO VIDI Personal Grant Project (PhD + PostDoc): Untangling the sediment flux control in sedimentary basin stratigraphy (PI). PhD Andrea Forzoni and PostDoc Gerben de Jager

-2007 ongoing NWO-IPY PhD project: Sediment Supply to the Arctic coastal zone (PI). PhD Ilja de Winter - (see also http://pooljaar.nl/rivieren/  and an article in Intermediair ... sorry, in Dutch)

Finished projects:

-2006-2013 Statoil - TUDelft - Deltares PhD project: On the modelling of river delta formation. PhD Nathanaël Geleynse (PI)

-2011 Statoil - Deltares MSc thesis projects Brent Delta (PI)

-2011 Statoil - Deltares project on improvements of Delft3D (co-PI)

-2005 NWO Talent personal grant (PI)

-2000 Schlumberger research grant (PI)

Teaching

present: Geological Modelling (AES1850), Geological Excursion 1st year BSc (TA1913) 

Past: General Geology (TA1910), Geology for engineers (TA3750), Engineering geological fieldwork, (AES1602), Inleiding Technische Aardwetenschappen (TA1009)

Peer reviewed Journal Publications

[23] Hillen, MM, Geleynse, N, Storms, JEA, Walstra, DJR, and Groenenberg, RM (accepted) Morphodynamic modeling of wave reworking of an alluvial delta and application of results in the standard reservoir modeling workflow. IAS Special Publication.

[22] Forzoni, A, de Jager, G, Storms, JEA (2013) A spatially lumped model to investigate downstream sediment flux propagation within a fluvial catchment. Geomorphology 193, 65-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.003

[21] Storms, JEA, de Winter, IL, Overeem, I, Drijkoningen, GG, Lykke-Andersen, H (2012) The Holocene sedimentary history of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord-valley fill, West Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews 35, 29-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.014 

[20] de Winter, IL, Storms, JEA, Overeem, I (2012) Numerical modeling of glacial sediment production and transport during deglaciation. Geomorphology 167, 102-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.023

[19] Charvin, K, Hampson, GJ, Gallagher, KL, Storms, JEA, Labourdette, R (2011) Characterization of controls on high-resolution stratigraphic architecture in wave-dominated shoreface-shelf parasequences using inverse numerical modelling. Journal of Sedimentary Research 81 (7-8), 562-578. DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.48

[18] Geleynse, N, Storms, JEA, Walstra, DJR, Jagers, HRA, Wang, ZB, Stive, MJF, (2011) Controls on river delta formation; insights from numerical modelling. Earth and planetary Science Letters 302 (1-2), 217-226. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.013

[17] Geleynse, N, Storms, JEA, Stive, MJF, Jagers, HRA, Walstra, DJR (2010) Modeling of a mixed-load fluvio-deltaic system. Geophysical Research Letters 37, L05402, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL04200

[16] Hoogendoorn, RM, Overeem, I and Storms, JEA (2008) Process response modelling of fluvial deltaic stratigraphy. Computers and Geosciences, 34, 1394-1416. DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.006

[15] Storms, JEA, Weltje, GJ, Terra, GJ, Cattaneo, A and Trincardi, F (2008) Comparative sedimentological analysis of two Late Quaternary barrier-lagoon systems and reconstruction of palaeo-environmental conditions at the Northern Adriatic Shelf (Italy).  Quaternary Science Reviews 27 (11-12), 1107-1123. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.009

[14] Törnqvist, TE, Wallace, DJ, Storms, JEA, Wallinga, J, van Dam, RL, Blaauw, M, Derksen, MS, Klerks, CWJ, Meijneken, C and Snijders, EMA (2008) Peat compaction as a premier driver of Mississippi Delta subsidence. Nature Geosciences 1 (3), 173-176. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo129 .

[13] Hampson, GJ, Rodriguez, AB, Storms, JEA, Johnson, HD and Meyer, CT (2008) Geomorphology and high-resolution stratigraphy of wave-dominated shorelline deposits: impact on reservoir-scale facies architecture. In: Hampson, GJ, Steel, RJ, Burgess, PM, and Dalrymple, RA (Eds.), Recent Advances in Shoreline-Shelf Stratigraphy. SEPM Special Publication 90, 117-142.

[12] Sømme, T, Howell JA, Hampson GJ and Storms, JEA (2008) Architecture and genesis of intra-parasequence discontinuity surfaces in the Sunnyside Member, Book Cliffs, Eastern Utah. In: Hampson, GJ, Steel, RJ, Burgess, PM, and Dalrymple, RA (Eds.), Recent Advances in Shoreline-Shelf Stratigraphy. SEPM Special Publication 90, 421-441.

[11] Storms, JEA and Kroonenberg, SB (2007) The impact of rapid Sea level changes on recent Azerbaijan beach ridges. Journal of Coastal Research, 23(2), 521–527.  DOI: 10.2112/05-0622.1

[10] Storms, JEA, Hoogendoorn, RM, Dam, MAC, Hoitink, AJF and Kroonenberg, SB (2005) Late-Holocene evolution of the Mahakam delta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Sedimentary Geology, 180, 149-166. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.08.003

[9] Storms, JEA and Hampson, GJ (2005) Mechanisms for forming discontinuity within shoreface-shelf parasequences: sea-level, sediment supply or wave induced? Journal of Sedimentary Research 75, 68-83. DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.007

[8] Storms, JEA (2003) Event-based stratigraphic simulation of wave-dominated shallow-marine environments. Marine Geology 1999, 83-100. DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00144-0

[7] Hampson, GJ and Storms, JEA (2003) Geomorphological and sequence stratigraphic variability in wave-dominated, shoreface-shelf parasequences. Sedimentology 50, 667-701. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00570.x

[6] Storms, JEA and Swift, DJP (2003) Shallow-marine sequences as the building blocks of stratigraphy: insights from numerical modelling. Basin Research 15, 287-303. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00207.x

[5] Storms, JEA, Weltje, GJ, van Dijke, JJ, Geel, CR and Kroonenberg, SB (2002) Process-response modelling of wave-dominated coastal systems: simulating evolution and stratigraphy on geologic timescales. Journal of Sedimentary Research 72, 226-239. DOI: 10.1306/052501720226

[4] Baas, JH, van Dam, RL and Storms, JEA (2000) Duration of deposition from decelerating high-density turbidity currents. Sedimentary Geology 136, 71-88. DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00088-9

[3] Kroonenberg, SB, Badyukova, EN, Storms, JEA, Ignatov, EI and Kasimov, NS (2000) A full sea-level cycle in sixty-five years: barrier dynamics along Caspian shores. Sedimentary Geology 134, 257-274. DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00048-8

[2] Storms, JEA, Van Dam, RL & Leclair, SF, (1999) Preservation of cross-sets due to migration of current ripples over aggrading and non-aggrading beds: a comparison of experimental data with theory. Sedimentology 46(1), 189-200. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00212.x

[1] Törnqvist, TE, Kidder, TR, Autin, WJ, Van der Borg, K, De Jong, AFM., Klerks, CJW., Snijders, EMA., Storms, JEA, Van Dam, RL and Wiemann, MC (1996) A revised chronology for Mississippi river subdeltas. Science 273, 1693-1696. 

Publications (via Metis):

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