Peer-reviewed papers (06/2019):

• *Kutovaya, A., Kroeger, K., Seebeck, H., Back, S. & Littke, R. 2019. Thermal effects of magmatism on surrounding sediments and petroleum systems in the northern offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: a numerical basin modelling study. Geosciences, 9(7), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9070288
• *Carboni, F., Brozetti, F., Mirabella, F., Cruciani, F., Porreca, M., Ercoli, M., Back, S. & Barchi, M.R. 2019. Geological and geophysical study of a thin-skinned tectonic wedge formed in an early collisional stage: The Trasimeno Tectonic Wedge (Northern Apennines, Italy). Geological Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681900061X
• *Franzel, M. & Back, S. 2019. Correction to: Three-dimensional seismic sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of prograding clinoforms, central Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 108, 497-499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-018-1671-1
• *Franzel, M. & Back, S. 2019. Three-dimensional seismic sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of prograding clinoforms, central Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 108, 475-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-018-1663-1
• *Carboni, F., Back, S. & Barchi, M.R. 2018. Application of the ADS method to predict a “hidden” basal detachment: NW Borneo fold-and-thrust belt. Journal of Structural Geology. v. 118, p. 210-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.10.011
• *Neumaier, M., Littke, R., Back, S., Kukla, P., Schnabel, M. & Reichert, C. 2018. Hydrocarbon charge assessment of frontier basins – A case study of the oceanic crust of the Moroccan Atlantic margin. Petroleum Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2017-109
• *Rinke-Hardekopf, L., Reuning, L., Bourget, J. & Back, S. 2018. Syn-sedimentary deformation as a mechanism for the initiation of submarine gullies on a carbonate platform to slope transition, Browse Basin, Australian North West Shelf. Marine & Petroleum Geology, v. 91, p. 622-630. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.marpetgeo.2017.12.034
• Strozyk, F., Reuning, L., Back, S. & Kukla, P.A. 2018. Giant pockmark formation from Cretaceous hydrocarbon expulsion in the western Lower Saxony Basin, Netherlands. Geological Society Special Publication, v. 469, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.6
• *Belde, J., Back, S. & Reuning, L. 2017. Journal of Sedimentary Research
• *Belde, J., Reuning, L. & Back, S. 2017. Sediment waves imaged on seismic reflection data from the high-energy carbonate ramp of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf Australia. Journal of Continental Shelf Research, v. 138, p. 142-153.
• Strozyk, F., Back, S., Kukla, P.A. 2016. Comparison of the rift and post-rift architecture of conjugated salt and salt-free basins offshore Brazil and Angola/Namibia, South Atlantic. Tectonophysics. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.012
• *Fazlikhani, H., Back, S. Interaction between gravity-driven listric normal fault linkage and their hanging wall rollover development: a case study from western Niger Delta, Nigeria. Geological Society Special Publication, v. 439, 17 p., https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.20.
• Back, S. & Morley, C.K. 2016. Growth faults above shale – seismic-scale outcrop analogues from the Makran foreland, SW Pakistan. Marine & Petroleum Geology, v. 70, p. 144-162.
• *Neumaier, M., Back, S., Littke, R., Kukla, P., Schnabel, M. & Reichert, C. 2016. Late Cretaceous to Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Atlantic margin offshore Essaouira (Morocco). Basin Research, v. 28, p. 712-730.
• *Rosleff-Soerensen, B., Reuning, L., Back, S. & Kukla, P.A. 2016. The response of a basin-scale Miocene barrier reef system to rapid subsidence on a passive continental margin, Barcoo Sub-basin, Australian North West Shelf. Basin Research, v. 28, p. 103-123.
• *Belde, J., Back, S. & Reuning, L. 2015. 3D seismic analysis of sediment-waves and related geomorphological features on a shelf influenced by large amplitude internal waves, Browse Basin region, Australia. Sedimentology, v. 62, p. 87-109.
• *Fazli Khani, H. & Back, S. 2015b. The influence of pre-existing structure on the growth of syn-sedimentary normal faults in a deltaic setting, Niger Delta. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 73, p. 18-32.
• *Fazli Khani, H. & Back, S. 2015a. The influence of differential sedimentary loading on rollover and accommodation creation in deltas. Marine & Petroleum Geology, v. 59, p. 136-149.
• *Masoumi, S., Reuning, L., Back, S., Sandrin, A. & Kukla, P. 2014. Buried pockmarks on the Top Chalk Surface of the Danish North Sea and their potential significance for interpreting palaeocirculation patterns. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 103, p. 563-578.
• *Vackiner, A.A., Antrett, P., Strozyk, F., Back, S., Stollhofen, H., & Kukla, P. 2013. Salt kinematics and regional tectonics across a Permian gas field: a case study from East Frisia, NW Germany. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 102, p. 1701-1716.
• *Antrett, P., Vackiner, A.A., Kukla, P., Back, S. & Stollhofen, H. 2012. Controls on reservoir compartmentalization of an Upper Permian tight gas field in Germany and links to a modern analogue in the Western US. Petroleum Geoscience, v. 18, p. 289-304.
• *Vackiner, A.A., Antrett, P., Strozyk, F., Stollhofen, H., Kukla, P. & Back, S. 2012. Reconstructing the Upper Permian sedimentary facies distribution of a tight gas field in Central Europe on the basis of a modern analog field study in the Panamint Valley, Western U.S. Geosphere, v. 8, p. 1129-1145.
• *Fazli Khani, H. & Back, S. 2012. Temporal and lateral variation in the development of growth faults and growth strata in the western Niger Delta, Nigeria. AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, p. 595-614.
• *Müther, D., Back, S., Reuning, L., Kukla, P. & Lehmkuhl, F. 2012. Middle Pleistocene landforms in the Danish Sector of the southern North Sea: Tunnel valley to fluvial system transition imaged on 3D seismic data. In: Huuse, M. (ed), Glaciogenic Reservoirs. Geological Society Special Publication, v. 368, p. 111-127.
• *Rosleff-Soerensen, B., Reuning, L., Back, S. & Kukla, P.A. 2012. Seismic geomorphology and growth architecture of a Miocene barrier reef, Browse Basin, NW- Australia. Marine & Petroleum Geology, v. 29, p. 233-254.
• *Vackiner, A.A., Antrett, P., Stollhofen, H., Back, S., Kukla, P. & Bärle, C. 2011. Syndepositional tectonic controls and palaeo-topography of a Permian tight gas reservoir in NW Germany. Journal of Petroleum Geology, v. 34, p. 411-428.
• Back, S. , van Gent, H., Reuning, L., Grötsch, J., Niederau, J. & Kukla, P.A. 2011. 3D seismic geomorphology and sedimentology of the Chalk Group, southern Danish North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 168, p. 393-405.
• *Hesse, S., Back, S. & Franke, D. 2010. Deepwater folding and thrusting offshore NW Borneo, SE Asia. In: Goffey, G. P., Craig, J., Needham, T. & Scott, R. (eds), Hydrocarbons in contractional belts, Geological Society Special Publication, v. 348, p. 169 – 185.
• *Van Gent, H.W., Back, S., Urai, J.L. & Kukla, P.A. 2010. Small-scale faulting in the Upper Cretaceous of the Groningen Block (The Netherlands): 3D seismic interpretation, fault plane analysis and regional paleostress. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, p. 537-553.
• *Hesse, S., Back, S. & Franke, D. 2010. The structural evolution of folds in a deepwater fold and thrust belt - a case study from the Sabah continental margin offshore NW Borneo, SE Asia. Marine & Petroleum Geology, v. 27, p. 442-454.
• *Van Gent, H.W., Back, S., Urai, J.L., Kukla, P.A. & Reicherter, K. 2009. Paleostresses of the Groningen area, the Netherlands - results of a seismic based structural reconstruction. Tectonophysics, v. 470, p. 147-161.
• *Hesse, S., Back, S. & Franke, D. 2009. The deepwater fold-thrust belt offshore NW Borneo: gravity-driven versus basement-driven shortening. GSA Bulletin, v. 121, p. 939-953.
• Back, S. , Strozyk, F., Kukla, P.A. & Lambiase, J.J. 2008. 3D restoration of original sedimentary geometries in deformed basin fill, onshore Brunei Darussalam, NW Borneo. Basin Research, v. 20, p. 99-117.
• Morley, C.K. & Back, S. 2008. Estimating hinterland exhumation from late orogenic basin volume, NW Borneo. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 165, p. 353-364.
• Brandes, C., Astorga, A., Back, S., Littke, R. & Winsemann, J. 2007. Deformation style and basin-fill architecture of the offshore Limón back-arc basin (Costa Rica). Marine & Petroleum Geology, v. 24, 277-287.
• Brandes, C., Astorga, A., Back, S., Littke, R. & Winsemann, J. 2007. Fault control on sediment distribution patterns, Limón Basin, Costa Rica. Journal of Petroleum Geology, v. 30, p. 1-16.
• Back, S. , Brundiers, M.B., Höcker, C. & Kukla, P.A. 2006. 3D-seismic coherency signature of Niger Delta growth faults: integrating sedimentology and tectonics. Basin Research, v. 18, p. 323-337.
• *Admasu, F., Back, S. & Tönnies, K. 2006. Auto-tracking of faults on 3D seismic data. Geophysics, v. 71, p. 49-53.
• Back, S. , Tioe Hak Jing, Tran Xuan Thang & Morley, C.K. 2005. Stratigraphic development of synkinematic deposits in a large growth-fault system, onshore Brunei Darussalam. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 162, p. 243-258.
• Morley, C.K., Back, S., Van Rensbergen, P., Crevello, P. & Lambiase, J.J.2003. Characteristics of repeated, detached, Miocene–Pliocene tectonic inversion events, in a large delta province on an active margin, Brunei Darussalam, Borneo. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 25, p. 1147-1169.
• *William, A.G., Lambiase, J.J., Back, S. & Jamiran, M.K. 2003. Sedimentology of the Jalan Salaiman and Bukit Melisung outcrops, western Sabah: Is the Crocker Formation an analogue for Neogene turbidites offshore? Geological Society Malaysia Bulletin, v. 47, p. 63-75.
• Back, S. , Morley, C.K., Simmons, M.D. & Lambiase, J.J. 2001. Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of Miocene deltaic cycles exposed along the Jerudong anticline, Brunei Darussalam. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 71, p. 913-921.
• Back, S. , De Batist, M., Strecker, M. R. & Vanhauwaert, P. 2000. Comment: Tectonic and sediment supply control on deep rift lake turbidite systems: Lake Baikal, Russia. Geology, v. 28, p. 189.
• Back, S. , Strecker, M.R. & De Batist, M. 2000. Glacial sediment supply control on lacustrine delta and fan architecture in northern Lake Baikal, Siberia. Terra Nostra, 2000/9, p. 131-139.
• Back, S. , De Batist, M., Strecker, M. R. & Vanhauwaert, P. 1999. Quaternary depositional systems in northern Lake Baikal, Siberia. The Journal of Geology, v. 107, p. 1-12.
• Back, S. , De Batist, M., Kirillov, P., Strecker, M. R. & Vanhauwaert, P. 1998. The Frolikha Fan: A large Pleistocene glacio-lacustrine outwash-fan in northern Lake Baikal, Siberia. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 68, p. 841-849.
• Back, S. & Strecker, M. R. 1998. Asymmetric late Pleistocene glaciations in the North Basin of the Baikal Rift, Russia. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 155, p. 61-70.
• Damblon, F., Gerienne, Ph., D’Outrelepont, H., Delvaux, D., Beeckman, H. & Back, S. 1998. Identification of a fossil wood specimen in the Red Sandstone Group of southwestern Tanzania: stratigraphical and tectonic implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 26, p. 387-396.
• De Batist, M., Van Rensbergen, P., Back, S. & Klerkx, J. 1996. Structural framework, sequence stratigraphy, and lake-level variations in the Livingstone Basin (northern Lake Malawi): First results of a high-resolution reflection seismic study. In: Johnson, T. & Odada, E. (eds.), Limnology, climatology, and paleoclimatology of the East African lakes. Gordon & Breach Publishers, Newark, p. 509-521.

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