Salvatore Mazzullo Ph.D.

Dr. Mazzullo's research focuses on sedimentology and processes and products of dolomitization in the tidal flat and shallow marine sediments of northern offshore Belize; sequence stratigraphy of upper Paleozoic rocks in the southern midcontinent; and petroleum geology of the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico.

• Earth Science and the Environment
  
• Carbonate Sedimentology
  
• Carbonate Diagenesis
  
• Petroleum Geology
  
• Physical Stratigraphy
  
• Advanced Stratigraphy
  
• Geology & Natural History of Tropical Marine Environments

Asterisks (*) denote publications with students

Articles in Refereed Journals

Mazzullo, S.J., 1971, Length of the year during the Silurian and Devonian periods: new values; Geolgical Society of America Bulletin, v. 82, p. 1085-1086.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1971, Storm rollers; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 82, p. 1973-1976.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1973, Sedimentary structures and trace fossils as criteria for distinguishing peritidal deposits: Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian), New York State; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 43, p. 569-572.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1973, Deltaic depositional environments in the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian), southeastern New York; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 43, p. 1061-1071.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.M. Friedman, 1975, Conceptual model of tidally influenced deposition on margins of epeiric seas: Lower Ordovician (Canadian) of eastern New York and southwestern Vermont; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 59, p. 2123-2141.

Fisher, D.W., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1976, Lower Ordovician (Gasconadian) Great Meadows Formation in eastern New York; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 87, p. 1443-1448.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1976, Significance of authigenic K-feldspar in Cambrian-Ordovician carbonate rocks of the Proto-Atlantic shelf in North America: a discussion; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 46, p. 1035-1038.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1977, Shrunken (geopetal) ooids: evidence of origin unrelated to carbonate-evaporite diagenesis; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 47, p. 392-397.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.M. Friedman, 1977, Competitive algal colonization of peritidal flats in a schizohaline environment: the Lower Ordovician of New York; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 47, p. 398-410.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1978, Early Ordovician tidal flat sedimentation, western margin of Proto-Atlantic ocean; ` Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 48, p. 49-62.

*Mazzullo, S.J., P.N. Agostino, J.N. Seitz, and D.W. Fisher, 1978, Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician sequence, Saratoga Springs, New York; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 48, p. 99-116.

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1978, Archaeolithoporella-boundstones and marine cementation, Capitan reef, New Mexico and Texas USA; Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie Abh., v. 10, p. 600-611 (INVITED).

Cys, J.M., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1978, Lithofacies and sedimentation of Lower Permian carbonates of the Leonard Mountain area, Glass Mountains, western Texas: a discussion; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 48, p. 1363-1368 (reprinted in Symposium and Guidebook, Marathon-Marfa Region of West Texas: Permian Basin Section SEPM Publ. No, 81-20, p. 163-168).

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1979, Marine aragonite sea-floor growths and cements in Permian phylloid algal mounds, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 49, p. 917-936.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1980, Calcite pseudospar replacive of marine, acicular cements, and implications for aragonite diagenesis; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 50, p. 409-422.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1981, Facies and burial diagenesis of a carbonate reservoir: Chapman Deep (Atoka) field, Delaware Basin, Texas; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65, p. 850-865 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1982, Stratigraphy and depositional mosaics of Lower Clear Fork and Wichita Groups (Permian), Northern Midland Basin, Texas; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 66, p. 210-226.

*Judice, P.W., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1982, The Gray Sandstones (Jurassic) in Terryville Field, Louisiana: basinal deposition and exploration model; Transactions Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 32, p. 23-43 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1986, Belize, Central America: geologic models for certain Paleozoic reservoirs in the Permian Basin; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 25, no. 6, p. 4-11 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1986, Mississippi Valley-type sulfides in Lower Permian dolomites, Delaware Basin, Texas: implications for basin evolution; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 70, p. 943-952.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1986, Stratigraphic approaches to hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation; Geological Journal, v. 21, p. 265-281 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., A.M. Reid, and J.M. Gregg, 1987, Dolomitization of Holocene Mg-calcite supratidal deposits, Ambergris Cay, Belize; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 98, p. 224-231.

Mazzullo, S.J., A.M. Reid, and L.J. Mazzullo, 1987, Basinal Lower Permian facies, Permian Basin: Part I - Stratigraphy of the Wolfcampian-Leonardian boundary; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 26, no. 7, p. 5-9 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1987, Basinal Lower Permian facies, Permian Basin: Part II - Depositional setting and reservoir facies of Wolfcampian-Leonardian basinal carbonates; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 26, no. 8, p. 5-10 (INVITED).

Reid, A.M., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1988, The Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary in shelf areas of the North Platform of the Midland Basin; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 27, p. 5-8.

Reid, A.M., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1988, Paint Rock and Paint Rock Southwest fields, Concho County, Texas: Strawn analogue of modern shelf island systems; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 27, p. 5-10.

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1988, Sedimentary textures of Recent Belizean peritidal dolomite; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 58, p. 479-488.

*Mazzullo, S.J., and B.A. Birdwell, 1989, Syngenetic formation of grainstones and pisolites from fenestral carbonates in peritidal settings; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 59, p. 605-611.

*Mazzullo, S.J., W.E. Hipke, T.H. Weidemeier, T.P. Wingate, M.G. Gaylord, and A.M. Reid, 1989, Dynamic stratigraphy of the Tubb and Dean Formations (Lower Permian), northern Midland Basin, Texas; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 29, no. 1, p. 5-11.

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Gregg, 1989, Mississippi Valley-type sulfide mineralization and relationships to carbonate diagenesis; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 4, no. 2, p. 131-135 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., and B.A. Birdwell, 1990, Syngenetic formation of grainstones and pisolites from fenestral carbonates in peritidal settings: Reply to V.P. Wright; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 60, p. 311.

Mazzullo, S.J., W.D. Bischoff, and H. Lobitzer, 1990, Diagenesis of radiaxial fibrous calcites in a subunconformity, shallow burial setting: Upper Triassic and Liassic, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria; Sedimentology, v. 37, p. 407-425.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1990, Karst-controlled reservoir heterogeneity in Ellenburger Group carbonates in west Texas: discussion; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 74, p. 1119-1123.

Mazzullo, S.J., and P.M. Harris, 1992, Mesogenetic dissolution: its role in porosity development in carbonate reservoirs; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, p. 607-620.

Mazzullo, S.J., and W.D. Bischoff, 1992, Meteoric calcitization and incipient lithification of high-magnesium calcite muds, Belize; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 62, p. 196-207.

*Burke, C.D., S.J. Mazzullo, W.D. Bischoff, and R.K. Dunn, 1992, Environmental setting of Holocene sabellariid worm reefs, northern Belize; Palaios, v. 7, p. 118-124.

Gregg, J.M., S.A. Howard, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1992, Early diagenetic recrystallization of Holocene (<3000 years old) peritidal dolomites, Ambergris Cay, Belize; Sedimentology, v. 39, p. 143-160.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1992, Geochemical and neomorphic alteration of dolomite: a review; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 7, p. 21-37 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., K.E. Anderson-Underwood, C.D. Burke, and W.D. Bischoff, 1992, Holocene coral patch reef ecology and sedimentary architecture, northern Belize, Central America; Palaios, v. 7, p. 591-601.

Noe, S.U., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1992, Upper Tansill patch reef facies, Sheep Draw Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 32, p. 5-11.

*Dunn, R.K., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1993, Holocene paleocoastal reconstruction and its relationship to Marco Gonzalez, Ambergris Cay, Belize; Journal of Field Archaeology, v. 20, p. 121-131.

*Ye, Q., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1993, Dolomitization of Lower Permian platform facies, Wichita Formation, North Platform, Midland Basin, Texas; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 8, p. 55-70.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1993, Tribute to Professor George V. Chilingar; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 8, p. 50-54 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., C.D. Burke, T. McHenry, and W.D. Bischoff, 1993, Reply: Holocene coral patch reef ecology and sedimentary architecture, northern Belize, Central America; Palaios, v. 8, p. 503-506.
Mazzullo, S.J., and G.V. Chilingar, 1993, A tribute to Dr. Gerald M. Friedman on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 10, p. 73-74 (INVITED).

Noe, S.U., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1994, Patch reef-dominated outer shelf facies along a non-rimmed platform, middle to upper Tansill Formation, northern Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 33, no. 5, p. 5-11.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1994, Dolomitization of periplatform carbonates (Lower Permian, Leonardian), Midland Basin, Texas; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 9, p. 95-112.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1994. Models of porosity evolution in Permian periplatform carbonate reservoirs (debris-flows and turbidites) in the Permian Basin; West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 34, no. 1, p. 5-12.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1994. Diagenesis in a sequence stratigraphic setting: porosity evolution in periplatform carbonate reservoirs, Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico; Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 11, p. 311-322 (INVITED)

Mazzullo, S.J., 1994, Lithification and porosity evolution in Permian periplatform limestones, Midland Basin, Texas; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 9, p. 151-171.

*Mazzullo, S.J., C.S. Teal, and E. Graham, 1994, Mineralogic and crystallographic evidence of lime processing, Santa Cruz Maya Site (Classic to Postclassic), Ambergris Caye, Belize; Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 21, p. 785-795.

*Mazzullo, S.J., W.D. Bischoff, and C.S. Teal, 1995, Holocene shallow-subtidal dolomitization by near- normal seawater, northern Belize; Geology, v. 23, p. 341-344.

*Mazzullo, S.J., W.D. Bischoff, and C.S. Teal 1996, Dolomitization of shallow subtidal sediments by normal seawater in the Holocene Cangrejo shoals mudbank, Belize; Bulletin West Texas Geological Society, v. 35, no. 5, p. 5-13.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1996, Belize carbonates, in P.A. Scholle and N.P. James, eds., Caribbean Carbonates: Belize, Mexico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Bonaire, Barbados, and Bermuda; SEPM Photo CD-8 (a CD inventory of slides, and accompanying explanatory text)(INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.C. Chamberlain, 1997, Citation: Gerald M. Friedman, W.H. Twenhofel Medalist for Excellence in Sedimentary Geology, SEPM (1997 Awards Ceremony, Dallas, Texas); Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 67, p.1105 and 1108. (INVITED) .

Mazzullo, S.J., 1997, Permian "Wolfcamp" limestone reservoirs: Powell Ranch field, eastern Midland Basin: Discussion; AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, p. 1750-1753.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1998, Stratigraphic architecture of Lower Permian, cyclic carbonate reservoirs (Chase Group) in the mid-continent USA, based on outcrop studies; AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, p. 464-483.

*Burke, C.D., McHenry, T.M., Bischoff, W.D., and Mazzullo, S.J., 1998, Coral diversity and mode of growth of lateral expansion patch reefs at Mexico Rock, northern Belize shelf, Central America; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 13, p. 32-42.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2000, Organogenic dolomitization in peritidal to deep-sea sediments; Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, p. 10-23.

*Teal, C.S., Mazzullo, S.J., and Bischoff, W.D., 2000, Dolomitization of Holocene shallow-marine deposits mediated by sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in normal-salinity seawater, northern Belize; Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, p. 649-663.

Mazzullo, S.J., Teal, C.S., Bischoff, W.D., Dimmick-Wells, K., and Wilhite, B.W., 2003, Sedimentary architecture and genesis of Holocene shallow-water mud-mounds, northern Belize; Sedimentology, v. 50, p. 743-770.

Yang, W., Mazzullo, S.J., and Teal, C. S., 2004, Sediments, facies tracts, and variations in sedimentation rates of Holocene platform carbonate sediments and associated deposits, northern Belize – implications for “representative” sedimentation rates; Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 74, p. 498-512.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2004, Overview of porosity evolution in carbonate reservoirs; published in two parts in Kansas Geological Society Bulletin – v. 79 no. 1, p. 22-28 (part 1) and v. 79 no. 2, p. 22-27 (part 2). Reprinted 2004 as paper #40134 in AAPG’s on-line journal “Search and Discovery” by invitation of editor Ted Beaumont.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2005, Classification of carbonate rocks in well cuttings and cores: a directed approach toward recognition and correlation of carbonate reservoirs based on depositional and diagenetic attributes; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 80, no. 1, p. 16-19.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2005 Subunconformity plays in Mississippian strata in Kansas; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 80, no. 3, p. 12-17.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2005, Outcrop of the Indian Cave Sandstone (Lower Permian) in Greenwood County, Kansas; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 80, no. 4, p. 12-20.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2005, Relating the sequence stratigraphy of basal Cherokee strata (based on two cores from Barber County) to the exploration for Cherokee sandstone reservoirs in Kansas; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 80, no. 5, p. 12-20.

*Wilhite, B.W., Dimmick-Wells, K. and Mazzullo, S.J., 2005, Modern carbonate depositional settings in Belize, Central America: analogs for modeling and exploring for stratigraphic traps in Lansing-Kansas City reservoirs; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 80, no. 6, p. 12-22.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2006, Late Pliocene to Holocene platform evolution in northern Belize, and comparison with coeval deposits in southern Belize and the Bahamas; Sedimentology, v. 53, p. 1015-1047.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2006, Geo-Scenes: modern river sands and ancient soils & transgressive marine surfaces; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 81 no. 6, p. 11-12.

*Mazzullo, S. J., Boardman, D., Grossman, E.L., and Dimmick-Wells, K., 2007, Oxygen-carbon isotope stratigraphy of Upper Carboniferous to Lower Permian marine deposits in Midcontinent U.S.A. (Kansas and NE Oklahoma): implications for seawater chemistry and depositional cyclicity; Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 22, p. 55-72.

Grossman, E.L., Yancey, T.E., Jones, T.E., Bruckshein, P., Chuvashov, B., Mazzullo, S.J., and Mii, H.,
Glaciation, aridification, and carbon sequestration in the Permo-Carboniferous: the isotopic record of low latitudes; submitted to Palaeo III.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2007, Geo-Scenes: Burrow porosity in limestones and surface structures; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 82 no.1, p. 11.

Mazzullo, S. J., 2007, Geo-Scenes: The great unconformity and sinkholes in sandstones; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 82 no. 2, p. 11.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2007, Geo-Scenes: Karst features of carbonate rocks - relating the surface to the subsurface; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 82, no. 3, p. 10-11.

Mazzullo, S.J. and Wilhite, B. W., 2007, Mississippian rocks in Missouri; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 82 no. 4, p. 10-11.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2007, Geoscenes: Transgression and unconformities; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 82, no. 5, p. 10-11.

Articles and/or Chapters in Books

Mazzullo, S.J., 1977, Synsedimentary diagenesis of reefs, in M.E.Hileman and S.J. Mazzullo, eds., Upper Guadalupian Facies, Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and West Texas; Permian Basin Section SEPM Publication No. 77-16, p. 323-354.

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1977, Submarine cements in Permian boundstones and reef-associated rocks, Guadalupe Mountains, west Texas and southeastern New Mexico; IBID, p. 151-200.

Cys, J.M., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1977, Biohermal submarine cements, Laborcita Formation (Permian), northern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, in J. Butler, ed., Guidebook, Sacramento Mountains Field Trip; West Texas Geological Society Publication, Midland, TX, p. 39-51 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and L.J. Mazzullo, 1982, Palo Pinto (Canyon) paleofacies, Higgins Ranch field, Coke County, Texas, in R.L. Shaw et al., eds., Permian Basin Section SEPM Core Workshop No. 1, Midland, TX, p. 69-81 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1983, Unusual algal-crystalline carbonate coated grains from the Capitan Reef (Permian, Guadalupian), New Mexico, USA, in T. Peryt, ed., Coated Grains; Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 599-608 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and L.J. Mazzullo, 1983, Atoll reservoir facies in Pennsylvanian limestone, Higgins Ranch field, Coke County, Texas, in P.M. Harris, ed., Carbonate Buildups - A Core Workshop; SEPM, Tulsa, p. 223-243.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1983, Lower Strawn reservoir, Seminole SE field, Midland Basin, Texas, in R.L. Shaw and B.J. Pollan, eds., Permian Basin Section SEPM Core Workshop No. 2, Midland, TX, p. 69-93.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1983, Atoll carbonate reservoir facies, Higgins Ranch (Canyon) field, Coke County, Texas, in Exploration in a Mature Area; Southwest Section AAPG Annual Meeting, Abilene Geological Society, Abilene, TX, p. 88-116.

*Mazzullo, J., M. Williams, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1984, The Queen Formation of Millard field, Pecos County, Texas: its lithologic characteristics, environment of deposition, and reservoir petrophysics; Transactions of the Southwest Section AAPG, West Texas Geological Society Publication No. 84-78, p. 103-109.

Mazzullo, S.J., and C.L. Hedrick, 1985, Day 1 Road log and locality guide: lithofacies, stratigraphy and depositional models of the back-reef Guadalupian section (Queen, Seven Rivers, Yates and Tansill Formations); Permian Basin Section SEPM Annual Field Trip Guidebook, Publication No. 85-24, Midland, TX, p. 2-19 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1985, Pennsylvanian facies-diagenetic reservoir, Lower Strawn formation, Seminole Southeast field, Midland Basin, west Texas, in P.O. Roehl and P.W. Choquette, eds., Carbonate Reservoirs Casebook; Springer-Verlag, NY, p. 227-238 (INVITED).

Cys, J.M., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1985, Depositional and diagenetic history of a Lower Permian (Wolfcamp) phylloid-algal reservoir, Hueco Formation, Morton field, southeastern New Mexico; IBID, p.277-288 (INVITED).

Reid, A., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1987, Strawn biostratigraphy and lithofacies: what is the Caddo?; Transactions with Abstracts, Southwest Section AAPG, Dallas, TX, p. 100-105.

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1988, Stratigraphic architecture of Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian facies, northern Midland Basin, Texas, in B.K. Cunningham, ed., Permian and Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy, Midland Basin, West Texas: Studies to Aid Hydrocarbon Exploration; Permian Basin Section SEPM Publication No. 88-28, p. 1-6 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1988, Depositional and diagenetic fabrics in marine-cemented phylloid algal reefs, Laborcita Formation (Wolfcampian, Permian), northern Sacramento Mountains. New Mexico, in S.R. Robichaud and C.M. Gallick, eds., Basin-to-Shelf Transition of the Wolfcampian Stratigraphy of the OroGrande Basin; Permian Basin Section SEPM 1988 Annual Field Seminar Guidebook, Publication No. 88-28, p. 107-112 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1989, Lower Permian platform and basin depositional systems, Northern Midland Basin, Texas, in P.D. Crevello et al., eds., Controls on Carbonate Platform and Basin Development; SEPM Special Publication No. 44, p. 305-320 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., W.D. Bischoff, and C.L. Hedrick, 1989, Stacked island facies in Tansill outer-shelf platform, Dark Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, in P.M. Harris and G.A. Grover, eds., Subsurface and Outcrop Examination of the Capitan Shelf Margin, Northern Delaware Basin; SEPM Core Workshop No. 13, p.287-293 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1989, Formational and zonal subdivisions of the Ellenburger Group (Lower Ordovician), southern Midland Basin, Texas, in B.K. Cunningham and D.W. Cromwell, eds., The Lower Paleozoic of West Texas and Southern New Mexico - Modern Exploration Concepts; Permian Basin Section SEPM Publication No. 89-31, p. 113-121.

Mazzullo, L.J., S.J. Mazzullo, and T.E. Durham, 1989, Geologic controls on reservoir development in Silurian and Devonian carbonates, northern Midland Basin, Texas; IBID, p. 209-218.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1989, Subtle traps in Ordovician to Permian carbonate petroleum reservoirs, Permian Basin: an overview, in J.E. Flis, R.C. Price, and J.F. Sarg, eds., Search for the Subtle Trap, Hydrocarbon Exploration in Mature Basins; West Texas Geological Society Publication No. 89-85, p. 155-180 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1989, Depositional-sequence analysis of Lower Permian progradational systems, Midland Basin, Texas, in E. Franseen and W.L. Watney, eds., Sedimentary Modeling: Computer Simulation of Depositional Sequences; Subsurface Geology Series No. 12, Kansas Geological Survey, p. 47-50 (INVITED).

Reid, A.M., S.T. Reid, S.J. Mazzullo, and S.C. Robbins, 1989, Revised fusulinid biostratigraphic zonation of Wolfcampian and Lower Leonardian strata in the Permian Basin, in D. Lindsay, R. Ross, and B. Swartz, eds., Transactions Southwest Section AAPG, p. 83-87.

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1989, Geologic evolution of the San Simon Channel area, northern Midland Basin, Texas; IBID, p. 55-66.

*Wingate, T.P., S.J. Mazzullo, and A.M. Reid, 1989, Geologic setting, stratigraphy, facies, and depositional-diagenetic history of Ropes West and Y.O.C. (Pennsylvanian) fields, Hockley County, Texas; IBID, p. 147-155.

Lobitzer, H., G.W. Mandl, S.J. Mazzullo, and J. Mello, 1990, Comparative study of Wetterstein carbonate platforms of the easternmost Northern Calcareous Alps and West Carpathian Mountains: preliminary results, in D. Minarikova and H. Lobitzer, eds., Festive Volume, Thirty Years of Geological Cooperation Between Austria and Czechoslovakia; Federal Geological Survey (Vienna) and Geological Survey (Prague), p. 136-158.

Mazzullo, S.J., and P.M. Harris, 1991, An overview of dissolution porosity development in the deep-burial environment, with examples from carbonate reservoirs in the Permian Basin, in M. Candelaria, ed., Permian Basin Plays, Tomorrow's Technology Today; West Texas Geological Society Publication No. 91-89, p. 125-138 (INVITED).

*Wingate, T.P., S.J. Mazzullo, and A.M. Reid, 1991, Depositional and diagenetic history of an upper Pennsylvanian (Virgilian to Missourian) fore-shelf platform, Ropes West and YOC.fields, Hockley County, Texas; IBID, p. 93-100.

Hanson, B.M., B. Powers, C. Garrett, D. McGookey, E. McGlasson, R. Horak, S.J. Mazzullo, et al., 1991, The Permian Basin, in H.J. Gluskoter et al., eds., The Geology of North America, Volume P-2, Economic Geology U.S.; Geological Society of America, Decade of North American Geology, p. 339-356.

Chilingarian, G.V., S.J. Mazzullo, and H.H. Rieke, 1992, Introduction (chapter 1), in G.V. Chilingarian, S.J. Mazzullo, and H.H. Rieke, eds., Carbonate Reservoir Characterization -- A Geologic-Engineering Analysis, Part I; Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 1-58.

Mazzullo, S.J., G.V. Chilingarian, and H.J. Bissell, 1992, Carbonate rock classification (chapter 2); IBID, p. 59-108.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.V. Chilingarian, 1992, Depositional models of carbonate reservoirs (chapter 3); IBID, p. 109-198.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.V. Chilingarian, 1992, Diagenesis and origin of porosity (chapter 4): IBID, p. 199-270.

Chilingarian, G.V., J. Torabzadeh, H.H. Rieke, M. Metghalchi, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1992, Interrelationships among surface area, permeability, porosity, pore size, and residual water saturation (chapter 7); IBID, p. 379-397.

Honarpour, M.M., G.V. Chilingarian, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1992, Permeability and relative permeability of carbonate reservoirs (chapter 8); IBID, p. 399-416.

Chilingarian, G.V., J. Torabzadeh, J.O. Robertson, H.H. Rieke, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1992, Compressibility (chapter 9); IBID, p.417-438.

Mazzullo, S.J., and L.J. Mazzullo, 1992, Paleokarst and karst-associated hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Fusselman Formation, west Texas, Permian Basin, in M.P. Candelaria and C.L. Reed, eds., Paleokarst, Karst Related Diagenesis and Reservoir Development: Examples from Ordovician-Devonian Age Strata of West Texas and the Mid-Continent; Permian Basin Section SEPM Publication No. 92-33, p. 110-120.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1993, Outcrop and subsurface evidence for karsted reservoirs in the Fusselman Formation (Silurian), Permian Basin, Texas, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Hunton Group Core Workshop and Field Trip; Oklahoma Geological Survey, Special Publication No. 93-4, p. 53-59 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1994, Porosity in carbonate slope and basin facies (Permian): can it be predicted?, in J.F. Gibbs, ed., Synergy Equals Energy - Teams, Tools, and Techniques; West Texas Geological Society Symposium, Publication 94-94, p. 133-145 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., and C.S. Teal, 1994, Road log and locality guide for Day 1: A new look at old rocks: stratigraphy, sedimentology, and structure of the Chase Group (Permian, Wolfcampian), south-central Kansas; The Chase Group Facies of Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma, Kansas Geological Society 1994 Field Trip Guidebook, p. 1-60 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1995, Permian stratigraphy and facies, Permian Basin (Texas-New Mexico) and adjoining areas in the Midcontinent United States, in P.A. Scholle, T.M. Peryt, and D.S. Ulmer-Scholle, eds., The Permian of Northern Pangea; Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 41-60 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1995, Oil and gas resources in Permian rocks of North America, in P.A. Scholle, T.M. Peryt, and D.S. Ulmer-Scholle, eds., The Permian of Northern Pangea; Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 259-272 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., C.S. Teal, and C.A. Burtnett, 1995, Wolfcampian cyclothems and sequences in Kansas: an analysis of some Permian Basin correlatives, in P.H. Pause and M.P. Candelaria, eds., Carbonate Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy: Practical Applications of Carbonate Models; Permian Basin Section SEPM Publ. No. 95-36 & Permian Basin Graduate Center Publ. No. 5-95, p. 217-244.

*Mazzullo, S.J., C.S. Teal and C.A. Burtnett, 1995, Facies and stratigraphic analysis of cyclothemic strata in the Chase Group (Permian, Wolfcampian), south-central Kansas, in N.J. Hyne, ed., Sequence Stratigraphy of the Midcontinent: Tulsa Geological Society, Special Publication 4, p. 217-248

Chilingarian, G.V., H.H. Rieke, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1996, Introduction, chapter 1 in G.V. Chilingarian, S.J. Mazzullo, and H.H. Rieke, eds., Carbonate Reservoir Characterization: A Geologic-Engineering Analysis, part II; Elsevier Publ. Co., p. 1-57.

Rieke, H.H., G.V. Chilingarian, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1996, Performance and classification of carbonate reservoirs, chapter 5 in IBID, p. 231-548.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.V. Chilingarian, 1996, Hydrocarbon reservoirs in karsted carbonate rocks, chapter 9 in IBID, p. 797-865.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.V. Chilingarian, 1996, Glossary of selected geologic terms, Appendix A in IBID, p. 905- 919.

Robertson, J.O., G.V. Chilingarian, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1996, Petroleum engineering glossary, Appendix B in IBID, p. 921-937.

Chilingarian, G.V., J.O. Robertson, G.L. Langnes, and S.J. Mazzullo, S.J., 1996, Fundamentals of surface and capillary forces, Appendix C in IBID, p. 939-949.

Chilingarian, G.V., J.O. Robertson, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1996, Sample questions and problems, Appendix D in IBID, p. 951-957.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1997, Stratigraphic exploration plays in Ordovician to Lower Permian strata in the Midland Basin and on the Eastern Shelf, in W.D. DeMis, ed., Permian Basin Oil and Gas Fields: Turning Ideas into Production; West Texas Geological Society, Publ. 97-102, p. 1-37 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., Teal, C.S., and Bischoff, W.D., 1997, Subtidal dolomitization model as a possible analog for the formation of some Siluro-Devonian dolomite reservoirs in the Permian Basin, in B. Swartz, ed., Transactions SWS-AAPG, p. 99-110 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1998, Depositional-diagenetic facies in a Laborcita bioherm ("Scorpion mound"), northern Sacramento Mountains, in D.M. Cox, ed., Upper Pennsylvanian and Wolfcampian Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Systems, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico; West Texas Geological Society Publication No. 98-104, p. 47-54 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1998, Lithology, depositional facies, and diagenesis of a Lower Leonardian periplatform limestone: Indian Wells #17-4 Schlinke, Irion County, Texas, in K. Winfree, ed., Cored Reservoir Examples from Upper Pennsylvanian & Lower Permian Carbonate Margins, Slopes and Basinal Sandstones; West Texas Geological Society Publication No. 98-103, p. 40-60 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1998, Styles of dolomitization along a Lower Permian platform-to-basin profile, Midland Basin, Texas, in W.D. DeMis and M.K. Nelis, eds., The Search Continues into the 21st Century; West Texas Geological Society Publication 98-105, p. 41-57 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., Teal, C.S., Wilhite, B.W., and Bischoff, W.D., 1999, Holocene subtidal dolomitization in Belize: a new paradigm for dolomites and syndepositional dolomitization in some Permian Basin hydrocarbon reservoirs, in D.T. Grace and G.D. Hinterlong, eds., The Permian Basin: Providing Energy for America; West Texas Geological Society Publ. No. 99-106, p. 63-69 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1999, Paleoenvironments, cyclicity, and diagenesis in the outer shelf Tansill Formation in the Carlsbad Embayment (Dark Canyon), northern Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, in A.H. Saller, P.M. Harris, B. Kirkland, and S.J. Mazzullo, eds., Geologic Framework of the Capitan Reef; SEPM Special Publication 65, p. 107-128 (INVITED).

Saller, A.H., Harris, P.M., Kirkland, B., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1999, Geologic framework of the Capitan depositional system - previous studies, controversies and contents of this special publication; IBID, p. 1-13.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1999, Eustatic and tectonic controls on cyclic deposition in Lower Permian ramp facies (Chase Group and basal Wellington Formation) in the U.S. Midcontinent, in P.M. Harris, A.H. Saller, and J.A. Simo, eds., Advances in Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy: Application to Reservoirs, Outcrops, and Models; SEPM Special Publication No. 63, p. 151-168 (INVITED).

*Wilhite, B.W., and S.J. Mazzullo, 2000, Facies architecture and diagenesis of Holocene carbonate sands in an inner-platform environment: analog of some ancient carbonate reservoirs, in S.T. Reid, ed., Transaction SWS-AAPG, Publ. SWS 2000-107, p. 67-79.

Mazzullo, S.J., 2000, Models of porosity evolution in Pennsylvanian lowstand carbonates (now in slope-to-basinal settings) and in Lower Permian highstand-resedimented basinal carbonates, in S.T. Reid, ed., Transaction SWS-AAPG, Publ. SWS 2000-107, p. 130-138.

Books

Hileman, M.E., and S.J. Mazzullo, eds., 1977, Upper Guadalupian Facies, Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and West Texas; Permian Basin Section SEPM Publication No. 77-16, 508 p.

Mazzullo, S.J., ed., 1978, Tectonics and Paleozoic Facies of the Marathon Geosyncline; Permian Basin Section SEPM Publication No. 78-17, 271 p.

Cys, J.M., and S.J. Mazzullo, eds., 1979, Depositional Processes in Ancient Carbonates; SEPM Reprint Series No. 7, 235 p.

Mazzullo, S.J., ed., 1980, Stratigraphic Traps in Carbonate Rocks; AAPG Reprint Series No. 23, 217 p.
Zenger, D.H., and S.J. Mazzullo, eds., 1982, Dolomitization; Benchmark Papers in Geology, v. 65, Hutchinson & Ross Publishers, 426 p.

Chilingar, G.V., S.J. Mazzullo, and H.H. Rieke, eds., 1992, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization: A Geologic-Engineering Analysis, Part I; Elsevier Publishing Co., 639 p.

Chilingar, G.V., S.J. Mazzullo, and H.H. Rieke, eds., 1996, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization: A Geologic-Engineering Analysis, Part II; Elsevier Publishing Co., 994 p.

*Mazzullo, S.J., C.S. Teal, and C.A. Burtnett, 1996, Chase Group Strata in North-Central Kansas and Nebraska: Outcrop Analogs of Stratigraphic-Trap Reservoirs; Field Trip Guidebook, Kansas Geological Society, 91 p.

*Mazzullo, S.J., C.S. Teal, and C.A. Burtnett, 1997, Outcrop Stratigraphy and Depositional Facies of the Chase Group (Permian, Wolfcampian) in Kansas and Nebraska; Kansas Geological Survey, Technical Series 6, 210 p.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1999, Road log and locality guide: The Chase Group in Southern Kansas - Lithostratigraphy, facies, and sequence stratigraphic architecture; SIPES (Society Independent Earth Scientists) Foundation, Wichita, 38 p (INVITED).

Saller, A.H., P.M. Harris, B.L. Kirkland, and S.J. Mazzullo, eds., 1999, Geologic Framework of the Capitan Reef; SEPM Special Publication No. 65, 224 p.

Articles in Non-Refereed Journals

Mazzullo, S.J., 1982, Types and controls of Permo-Pennsylvanian carbonate stratigraphic traps of shallow-marine origin in Permian Basin: exploration models; Oil & Gas Journal, Oct. 4, p. 124-141 (INVITED).

*Judice, P.W., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1983, Gray Sandstones (Jurassic) in Terryville field - basinal deposition and exploration model; Oil & Gas Journal, p. 191-206 (INVITED).

*Mazzullo, S.J., W.D. Bischoff, and C.S. Teal, 1995, Holocene subtidal dolomitization in Belize: a new piece in the dolomite puzzle; published in two separate parts of the Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 71, no. 3, p. 15-18 (part 1) and v. 71 no. 4, p. 12-15 (part 2).

*Lowe, D.B., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1996, Holocene mixed carbonate-siliciclastic facies, northern Belize: exploration analog to some Pennsylvanian hydrocarbon reservoirs, parts 1 and 2; Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 71, no. 8, p. 12-15 and 24 (part 1), and v. 71, no. 9, p. 12-15 (part 2).

Abstracts - Refereed
AAPG = American Association of Petroleum Geologists
SEPM = Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (nowknown as the Society for Sedimentary Geology)
GSA = Geological Society of America

Mazzullo, S.J., 1970, Fossil invertebrate growth as a geochronological tool, in W.G. Heaslip, ed., New York State Geological Association Annual Meeting and Field Trip Guidebook, p. TS-2 to TS-3.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.M. Friedman, 1974, Peritidal sequences marginal to the Proto-Atlantic Ocean: the Beekmantown Group (Lower Ordovician) of eastern New York State; Abstracts with Program, v. 5, GSA Northeastern Section Annual Meeting, p. 53.

Mazzullo, S.J., and G.M. Friedman, 1975, Developing algal mounds in competitive restricting environments of an Ordovician shelf; AAPG-SEPM Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 47.

Mazzullo, S.J., D.W. Fisher, and G.M. Friedman, 1975, Early Ordovician shelf development in eastern New York and adjacent Vermont: Cutting and Fort Ann Formations (Canadian); Abstracts with Program, GSA Northeastern Section Annual Meeting, p. 94.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1977, Diagenesis of the Skinner Ranch Formation (Permian), Glass Mts; Abstracts with Program, GSA South-central Section Annual Meeting, p. 63.

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1977, Submarine cements in Permian boundstones and reef-associated rocks, Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas and southeastern New Mexico; Abstracts with Program, Symposium on the Ochoan and Guadalupian Rocks of Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas, published by New Mexico Geological Society, Permian Basin Section SEPM, and New Mexico Bureau Mines and Mineral Resources, p. 17.

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1978, Submarine cements and fabric-retentive diagenesis, Capitan Reef (Permian), Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico; AAPG Bulletin, v. 62, p. 541 (and in Abstracts with Program, AAPG-SEPM Annual Meeting, p. 92).

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1978, In-situ formation of botryoidal aragonite on Permian sea floor; Abstracts with Program, AAPG-SEPM Annual Meeting, p. 129 (and in AAPG Bulletin, v. 63, p. 493).

Mazzullo, S.J., and R.P. Karpovich, 1980, Jurassic geology and hydrocarbon potential of southwestern Alabama; AAPG Bulletin, v. 64, p. 1561 (and in Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, v. 30, p. 143).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1981, A comparison of eogenetic and mesogenetic porosity-diagenetic trends in a deeply-buried limestone reservoir in west Texas; AAPG Bulletin, v. 65, p. 955.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1981, Facies-stratigraphic framework of Lower Clear Fork and Wichita Group, northern Midland Basin; Abstracts, Southwest Section AAPG and Permian Basin Section SEPM Annual Meeting, p. 23-24.

*Hedrick, C.L., M.W. Gray, and S.J. Mazzullo, 1981, Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Lower Wolfcamp, northern Midland Basin; IBID, p. 18.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1982, Types and controls of facies-stratigraphic traps in Permo-Pennsylvanian carbonates in the Permian Basin: exploration models; AAPG Bulletin, v. 66, p. 246 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., and J.M. Cys, 1982, Extensive coniatolite-pelagosite sedimentation in marine limestones, Tansill Formation (Permian), New Mexico; AAPG Bulletin, v. 66, p. 602.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1983, Atoll reservoir facies, Higgins Ranch field (Canyon), Coke County, Texas; Abstracts with Program, Southwest Section AAPG Annual Meeting, p. 17 (PRESENTED THE 1983 A.I. LEVORSEN BEST PAPER AWARD).

Mazzullo, S.J., 1984, Foreshelf carbonate facies mosaics, Permian, Midland Basin, Texas; Abstracts, v. I, SEPM First Annual Midyear Meeting, p. 52 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., J. Mazzullo, and P.M. Harris, 1985, Significance of eolian quartzose sheet sands on emergent carbonate shelves: Permian of west Texas-New Mexico; AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 284.

Mazzullo, S.J., J. Mazzullo, and P.M. Harris, 1985, Eolian origin of sheet sands in Permian shelf facies, Guadalupe Mountains; Abstracts, Permian Basin Section SEPM Symposium, Midland, TX, p. 3.

Mazzullo, S.J., and A.M. Reid, 1985, Complex mixing dolomitization of supratidal deposits, Ambergris Cay, Belize, Central America; AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 285.

Mazzullo, S.J., and C.L. Hedrick, 1985, Autocycles, events and systems: the dynamic stratigraphy of the Permian shelf complex, New Mexico-Texas; Abstracts, SEPM Second Annual Midyear Meeting, v. II, p. 61.
Mazzullo, S.J., 1986, Mississippi Valley-type sulfide mineralization, Sheffield Channel, and implications for Delaware Basin evolution; AAPG Bulletin, v. 70, p. 346 (INVITED).

Mazzullo, S.J., A.M. Reid, and S.T. Reid, 1986, Evolution of Permian carbonate shelf and foreshelf detrital systems, Midland Basin, Texas; AAPG Bulletin, v. 70, p. 347 (PRESENTED THE A.I. LEVORSEN BEST PAPER AWARD FOR 1986).

Schaefer, W., and S.J. Mazzullo, 1986, Lower Pennsylvanian reef facies development, northern Delaware Basin; AAPG Bulletin, v. 70, p. 348.

Mazzullo, S.J., 1986, MVT sulfide mineralization, carbonate diagenesis, and possible relations to hydrodynamic evolution of Delaware Basin, Texas; AAPG Bulletin, v. 70, p. 617

Academic

• Part-time instructor, Dept. of Geology, Brooklyn College (1969-71); Dept. of Science, Richmond Co. Community College (1970); Schenectady Co. Community College (1973-74)
• Instructor, Dept. of Geology, Brooklyn College (1971-72)
• Graduate TA, Dept. of Geology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1972-74)
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Earth Science, University of Texas-Permian Basin, Odessa, TX (1975-78)
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Geology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS (1987-1990); Professor (1990-present)

Industrial

• Consultant for Dunn Geoscience Corp., Latham, NY (1974) on genesis of carbonate facies and associated lead-zinc deposits, Mohawk Valley, NY
• Senior Research Geologist, Texaco Research & Technical Dept., Houston, TX (1975)
• Petroleum geological consultant while at the University of Texas-Permian Basin (1975-78)
• Senior Staff Stratigrapher (1978-79) and Manager of Stratigraphic Exploration, Union Texas Petroleum Corp., Midland and Houston, TX (1978-81); manager staff of 5 geologists, support staff of 2 technicians-secretaries
• President, S.J. Mazzullo, PhD, Inc., Petroleum Geological Consultants (1981-1987)
• Consultant exploration geologist (in Kansas) for Palomino Petroleum (2001-2002)
• Consultant petroleum geologist for Nat-Gas, LLC (2005-present)
• Consultant petroleum geologist for Gas-Pro, LLC (2005-present)
• Consultant petroleum geologist for Woolsey Exploration (2004-present)
• Consultant petroleum geologist for Mid-America Resources LLC (2003-present)
• Consultant to EcoWorks Ltd (a Belizean company) for geological site evaluation on Ambergris Caye (since 2000)

Professional Memberships

•  Fellow (1990), Geological Society of America
• Honorary Life Member (1991), Permian Basin Section SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
• International Association of Sedimentologists
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (national, Southwest Section, and Midcontinent Section)
• SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) - national
• West Texas Geological Society
• Kansas Geological Society
• Honorary Founding Member, Andrews Geological Society

• Outstanding Young Men of America (1978)
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Dept. of Geology, Brooklyn College (1981)
• A.I. Levorsen Best Paper Awards, Southwest Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1983, 1986, 1994)
• Diploma of Honor from Pepperdine University (1985)
• Diploma of Honor from Pi Epsilon Tau (National Petroleum Engineering Honor Society (1987)
• Inducted into Phi Kappa Sigma (1988)
• Monroe Cheney Science Award from Southwest Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists (for contributions to the petroleum geology of the southwest region)(1989)
• Distinguished Service Award from the Republic of Honduras for outstanding contributions to the international community (1989)
• Doctor of Science honoris causa from Pacific Western University, Los Angeles (1989)
• Best Speaker Award from Permian Basin Section SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)(1989)
• Elected to Fellow in the Geological Society of America (1990)
• Honorary Life Member of Permian Basin Section SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)(1991)
• Best Paper Award from West Texas Geological Society (1994)
• Gold Medal of Honor (Kapitsa Medal) from Russian Academy of Science (1995)
• Distinguished Service Award from Kansas Geological Society (1996)
• Recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award from Brooklyn College (June, 1998)
• Distinguished Educator Award from Southwest Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2002)
• Distinguished Service Award from Kansas Geological Society (2004, 2005)
• Honorable Mention for best paper in 2004 Journal of Sedimentary Research (Yang, W., Mazzullo, S.J.,
  and Teal, C.S., 2004, Sediments, facies tracts, and variations in sedimentation rates of Holocene platform carbonate sediments and associated deposits, northern Belize – implications for “representative” sedimentation rates; Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 74, p. 498-512)
• Best poster presentation at Mid-Continent Section AAPG in Wichita, KS (9/’07), co-authored with B. Wilhite et al

SPECIAL AWARDS TO MY STUDENTS (AT WSU)

• Cynthia Burtnett, recipient of the Geology Dept. Merriam Award for best student thesis proposal for 1998
• Chellie S. Teal, recipient of the Dora Wallace Hodgson Outstanding Masters Thesis Award for 1998 at WSU
• Brian Wilhite, recipient of Best Student Presentation Award at annual meeting of Midcontinent Section AAPG held in Wichita, KS, 1999
• Kimberly Wells, recipient of second place best poster-session award at AAPG Convention in Houston, Texas (March 2002)
• Renee Boyer, recipient of the L. Austin Weeks scholarship from AAPG ($500, with matching $500 to WSU AAPG student chapter) (2005)

SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Invited keynote speaker at University of Heidelberg, Germany (1985) at ceremony commemorating the 600th year of existence of the university
• Elected Councilor for Research Activities of national SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (1992-94)
• Appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Sedimentary Research (formerly the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology), by two consecutive editors (since 1993)
• Invited keynote speaker at awards ceremony for Prof. G.M. Friedman at Brooklyn College, commemorating his receipt of the Twenhofel Award, the highest honor bestowed by SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)(1997)
• Invited citationist for Prof. G.M. Friedman upon his receipt of the Twenhofel Award at the national AAPG-SEPM Convention, Dallas, TX (1997) (Mazzullo, S.J., and J.C. Chamberlain, 1997, Citation: Gerald M. Friedman, W.H. Twenhofel Medalist for Excellence in Sedimentary Geology; SEPM 1997 President's Reception and Awards Ceremony, Dallas, Texas, p. 12-13; also published in Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 67 [1997], p.1105 and 1108. (INVITED
• Elected Secretary-Treasurer of national SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)(2000-2002)
• Invited participant in numerous symposia (see AINVITED@ under Publications - Refereed Abstracts, below), and invited to submit papers in many refereed journals and books (see AINVITED@, below, under these categories)
• Initially organized the modern carbonates research program and the WSU geology field course that goes to Belize every spring semester since 1991; assisted Dr. Clayton Robarchek in organizing the WSU Anthropology field course that also goes to Belize every spring (began in 1999)
• Maintain joint research programs with other scientists outside of WSU; for example, with Dr. Darwin Boardman (Oklahoma State University) on Permian sequence stratigraphy in the midcontinent, Dr. P.M. Harris (Chevron) and Dr. A.M. Reid (consultant, Midland TX C now deceased) on Permian Basin petroleum reservoirs, Dr. Ethan Grossman (Texas A&M University) on analysis of Permian paleoclimates, Dr. Sibylle Noe (University of Colonne, Germany) on Guadalupian facies in Texas-New Mexico, Dr. Jay Gregg (University of Missouri - Rolla, now head of geology dept at Oklahoma State Univ.) on dolomitization, Dr. Liz Graham (York University, Canada) on geoarchaeology in Belize
• Special Consultant to EcoWorks, Ltd (a Belizean company) for geological site evaluation, Ambergris Caye

Conventional Sources (competitive): all as PI unless otherwise indicated

• Geological Society of America Penrose Bequest in support of dissertation research (1973-74), $4000
• Society of Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid-of-Research for dissertation research (1973-1974), $300
• Project Director, American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Foundation Type B Grant for study of modern continental playas (1977-78), $11000
• Project Director, Instructional Scientific Equipment Grant, National Science Foundation (1976-78) at University of Texas-Permian Basin, $12000
• Co-investigator on Texas A&M University faculty grant for studies of Upper Permian sandstone-carbonate deposition in Permian Basin (J.M. Mazzullo, PI: 1985), $11000
• From Wichita State University, University Research Fund, for the study "Diagenesis of Carbonate Platform, Reef and Fore-Reef Facies, Triassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria" (1987-88), $4910
• From Wichita State University, University Research Fund, for research on peritidal deposits, Guadalupe Mts., TX and NM (1992), $3500
• From Petroleum Research Fund-American Chemical Society, $49,521 for research on origin of Holocene dolomite in Belize (1996-1998); W.D. Bischoff, co-investigator
• From Wichita State University, University Research Fund, for research on Early Permian paleoclimates in Kansas (1997-1998), $4300
• From Petroleum Research Fund-American Chemical Society, $60,000 for continuing research on Holocene dolomitization in Belize (1999-2001); W.D. Bischoff co-investigator

Industry Sources (competitive contracts, donations): all as PI

• From Texaco, Inc., to study diagenesis of basinal carbonate reservoirs, Midland Basin, TX (1987-90): $48000 plus $12000 in isotopic analyses
• From Conoco, Ponca City, OK, donation of an ISI Super III-A scanning electron microscope (1989), value $56000
• From Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX, for research on reservoir development in the northern Midland Basin (1993), $20000
• From Paladin Exploration Corp., Dallas, TX, to study reservoir development in Pennsylvanian carbonates, NM (1993), $8000
• From Paladin Exploration Corp., Dallas, TX, to study porosity formation in Lower Permian basinal carbonate reservoirs in the Permian Basin (1994), $1800
• From Paladin Exploration Corp., Dallas, TX, to study reservoir potential in Pennsylvanian and Permian carbonates in New Mexico (1994), $20900
• From GEOGRAPHIX Corp., state-of-the-art computer software for geoscience education, valued at $36,000 (1996)
• From Watkins Petroleum, $650 for research on Cretaceous reservoirs, Mississippi (1996)
• From Palomino Petroleum, $5000 for research on Mississippian reservoirs in Kansas (2001)
• From Woolsey Petroleum, Wichita, $4000 for research on Mississippian reservoirs in Rhodes Field, Barber Co., KS (2003-2004)
• From Woolsey Petroleum, Wichita, $5000 for research on Mississippian reservoirs in Oakes Field, Barber Co., KS (2005-2006)
  Industry Sources (non-competitive contracts, donations)
• From Permian Exploration Corp., Roswell, NM, to support modern carbonate research in Belize (1987- 88), $2000
• From Amerind Oil Corp., Midland, TX, to support modern carbonate research in Belize (1987-88), $250
• From Dr. A.M. Reid, Geological Consultant, Midland, TX, to support modern carbonate research in Belize (1988), $300
• From Meridian Oil Corp., Midland, TX, for research on sedimentology and diagenesis of Permian reef reservoirs, Permian Basin (1988), $8000
• From Core Laboratories, Dallas, TX, to study diagenesis of basinal carbonate reservoirs in the Permian Basin (1988), $2000 for kerogen and vitrinite reflectance analyses of shale
• From Nearburg Prod. Co., Dallas, TX, to study micrite diagenesis in Belize (1989), $900
• From Meridian Oil Co., Houston, TX, for research on stratigraphy of Pennsylvanian, coal-bearing strata in Alabama (1989), $10000
• From various petroleum company sources for support of modern carbonate research in Belize: 1991-92, $750; 1992-93,$300; 1993-94, $1400; 1995, $650; 1996, $1000; 1997, $300; 1998, $300
• From the Center for Improvement of Human Functioning, Wichita, KS for support of the SEM (1994), $1500
• From the Orthopedics Research Institute, Inc., Wichita, for support of the SEM: 1994, $2000; 1995, $2000; 1996, $1500; 1998, $1500; 1999, $1500; 2000, $1500
• Estacado Oil Co., Lubbock, TX: $300 for support of Permian Basin research (1995)
• $2000 worth of Landsat images from Belize and Yucatan coast of Mexico in support of research in Belize, from Chevron Oil Co. (1995)
• From Paladin Exploration, $5000 for personal computer upgrade (1995)
• From petroleum company sources for support of modern carbonate research in Belize (1995-1996), $450
• From SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), 5 CD diskettes for educational purposes, valued at $310 (1996)
• From Permian Basin Section SEPM for support of student participation in field trips, $720 (1998)
• From EcoWorks, Ltd (a Belizean company) for geologial site evaluations on Ambergris Caye, $1500 (2000, 2005) in support of students in 2000

Grants to Students with My Sponsorship/Supervision (competitive)

Outside-WSU:

• To Glenn Curry and Brenda Cunningham, University of Texas-Permian Basin, Odessa, TX: $300 from the Permian Basin Section-SEPM for study of continental playas

At WSU:

• To Mark Gaylord: $845 from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for support of MS thesis research in Austria (1988); and $200 from the Delano Maggard Foundation for same (1989)
• To Rick Dunn: $1800 worth of radiocarbon dates of Belize MS thesis research samples from Geochron Laboratory (1989); and $986 from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for MS thesis research in Belize (1989); and $950 from the Geological Society of America for same (1989)
• To K. Elizabeth Anderson: $650 from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for MS thesis research in Belize (1989)
• To Thomas P. Wingate: $1500 in fusulinid identifications from Dr. A.M. Reid, Midland, TX, in support of MS thesis research
• To James A. Rough: $1700 from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for MS thesis research in Belize (1991)
• To Ye Qiucheng: $2000 in isotopic analyses for support of MS thesis research from Texaco (1991)
• To Chellie S. Teal: $300 from the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America in support of undergraduate research in Belize (1992); and $1000 from the Kansas Geological Foundation in support of same (1993 and 1994); and $4000 from Paladin Exploration Corp., Dallas, Texas, in support of an undergraduate scholarship to study petroleum geology in the Permian Basin, New Mexico (1994); and $1000 from the SIPES Foundation for thesis research on the Cangrejo Shoals mudbank in Belize
• To Cynthia Burtnett: $300 from the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America in support of undergraduate research in Belize (1994); and $500 from the Kansas Geological Foundation for same (1994)
• To David B. Lowe: $1000 from the Geological Society of America to support MS thesis research in Belize (1994); and $2000 from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for same (1994); and $60 from the Delano Maggard Foundation for same (1994)
• To Michael Montgomery: $500 from the Kansas Geological Foundation for support of undergraduate research on paleosols in Kansas (1997)
• To Cynthia Burtnett: $2000 for support of thesis research on Lower Permian stratigraphy in Kansas from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1997)
• To Brian Wilhite: $1500 for support of thesis research on sedimentation and diagenesis of modern foram sand shoals in Belize from the Geological Society of America (1998); $1000 for same from Society of Independent Earth Scientists (1998); $300 from Delano Maggard program for same (1998)
• To Kimberly Dimmick: $500 for support of McNair undergraduate research on marine dolomitization in Belize from South-Central Section Geological Society of America (1998)
• To Krysti Weed: $500 for support of thesis research on Pleistocene facies in Belize from Kansas Geological Society Foundation (1998); $750 for same from Sigma Xi (1999); $1000 for same from SIPES
• To Marjorie Crane: $500 for support of research on Belize peritidal dolomites from American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2002)
• To Marjorie Crane: $600 for support of thesis research on Mississippian rocks in Kansas from Kansas Geological Foundation (2003)
• To Joseph Hall: $600 and $400 for support of thesis research on the Carlton Dolomite (Permian) in Kansas from Kansas Geological foundation (2 separate grants, 2003 and 2004)
• To Daryl Lederhos: $500 in support of thesis research on subsurface Mississippian carbonates, SE Kansas, from Kansas Academy of Science (2005); $1000 for same from Kansas Geological Society Foundation (in 2006); and $1250 from SIPES for same (in 2006)
• To Loveness Mpange: $1250 for support of thesis research from AAPG student grants program