1. Provenance of Sandstones

	Shanmugam, G., 1985, Types of porosity in sandstones and their significance in interpreting provenance, in G. G. Zuffa (ed.), Provenance of Arenites: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Holland, pp. 115-137.
	Shanmugam, G., 1985, Significance of secondary porosity in interpreting sandstone composition: AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, pp. 378-384.

2. Porosity Development in Sandstones

	Shanmugam, G., 1989, Porosity development in sandstones beneath erosional unconformities, in Flis, J.E., Price, R.C., and Sarg, J.F., eds., Search for the subtle trap hydrocarbon exploration in mature basins: West Texas Geological Society Publication 89-85, p. 269-281.
	Shanmugam, G., and Higgins, J. B., 1988, Porosity enhancement from chert dissolution beneath Neocomian unconformity: Ivishak formation, North Slope, Alaska: AAPG Bulletin, v. 72, pp. 523-535.
	Shanmugam, G., 1990, Porosity prediction in sandstones using erosional unconformities, in I.D. Meshri and P.J. Ortoleva, eds., Prediction of reservoir quality through chemical modeling: AAPG Memoir 49, p. 1-23.

3. Unconformities in Basin Analysis

Shanmugam, G., 1988, Origin, recognition and importance of erosional unconformities in sedimentary basins, in K.L. Kleinspehn and C. Paola, eds., New perspectives in basin analysis: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 83-108.

4. Oil from Coal

Shanmugam, G., 1985, Significance of coniferous rain forests and related Organic matter in generating commercial quantities of oil, Gippsland basin, Australia: AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, pp. 1241-1254.

5. Manganese in Carbonates

Shanmugam, G., and Benedict, G. L., III, 1983, Manganese distribution in the carbonate fraction of shallow and deep marine lithofacies, Middle Ordovician, eastern Tennessee: Sedimentary Geology, v. 35, pp. 159-175.

6. Flume Experiments on Erosion and Sedimentation

	Karcz, I., and Shanmugam, G., 1974, Decrease in scour rate of fresh deposited muds: Proc. American Society of Civil Engineers, Jour. of the Hydraulics Division, v. 100, No. HY 11, pp. 1735-1738.
	Marr, J. D. G., Harff, P. A., Shanmugam, G., and Parker, G., 2000, Experiments on subaqueous sandy debris flows: The role of clay and water content in flow dynamics and depositional structures: GSA Bulletin (in press).

7. Tectonics and Sedimentation

	Shanmugam, G., and Walker, K. R., 1978, Tectonic significance of distal turbidites in the Middle Ordovician Blockhouse and lower Sevier formations in east Tennessee: American Journal of Science, v. 278, pp. 551- 578.
	Shanmugam, G., and Walker, K. R., 1980, Sedimentation, subsidence, and evolution of a foredeep basin in the Middle Ordovician, Southern Appalachians: American Journal of Science, v. 280, pp. 479-496.
	Shanmugam, G., and Lash, G. G., 1982, Analogous tectonic evolution of the Ordovician foredeeps, southern and central Appalachians: Geology, v. 10, pp. 562-566.
	Shanmugam, G., 1985, Ophiolite source rocks for Taconic-age flysch: Trace- element evidence: Discussion: GSA Bulletin, v. 96, pp. 1221-1222.

8. Carbonate to Clastic Sedimentation

Walker, K. R., Shanmugam, G., and Ruppel, S. C., 1983, A model for carbonate to terrigenous clastic sequences: GSA Bulletin. v. 94, pp. 700-712.

9. Shale Basin Sedimentation

Shanmugam, G., and Walker, K. R., 1983, Anatomy of the Middle Ordovician Sevier Shale basin, eastern Tennessee: Sedimentary Geology, v. 34, pp. 315-337.

10. Coarse-Grained Deltaic Sedimentation

	McPherson, J. G., Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R. J., 1987, Fan deltas and braid deltas: Varieties of coarse-grained deltas: GSA Bulletin, v. 99, pp. 331-340.
	McPherson, J. G., Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R. J., 1988, Fan deltas and braid deltas: Conceptual Problems, in Nemec, W., and Steel, R. J., eds., Fan deltas and related systems: Sedimentology and tectonic settings: U. K., Blackie Publishing Group, pp. 14-22.

11. Tide-Dominated Estuarine Sedimentation

Shanmugam, G., Poffenberger, M., and Toro Alava, J., 2000, Tide-dominated estuarine facies in the Hollin and Napo ("T" and "U") Formations (Cretaceous), Sacha Field, Oriente Basin, Ecuador: AAPG Bulletin, v. 84 (May issue, in press).

12. Deep-Water Sedimentation: Eustatic Control

	Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R. J., 1982a, Eustatic control of turbidites and winnowed turbidites: Geology, v. 10, pp. 231-235.
	Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R. J., 1982b, Prediction of deep-sea reservoir facies: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 32, pp. 275-281.
	Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R. J., 1984, Eustatic control of calciclastic turbidites: Marine Geology, v. 56, pp. 273-278.
	Shanmugam, G., et al., 1985, Eustatic control of submarine fan development, in A. H. Bouma et al. (eds.), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems: Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 24-28.

13. Deep-Water Sedimentation: Submarine Canyons

Shanmugam, G., 1992, Submarine canyons: 7th Edition of Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, p. 548-552.

14. Deep-Water Sedimentation: Turbidites and Submarine Fans

	Stow, D. A. V., and Shanmugam, G., 1980, Sequence of structures in fine-grained turbidites: Comparison of recent deep-sea and ancient flysch sediments: Sedimentary Geology, v. 25, pp. 23-42.
	Shanmugam, G., 1980, Rhythms in deep sea, fine-grained turbidite and debris-flow sequences, Middle Ordovician, eastern Tennessee: Sedimentology, v. 27, pp. 419-432.
	Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R.J., 1988, Submarine fans: Characteristics, models, classification, and reservoir potential: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 24, p. 383-428.
	Shanmugam, G., et al., 1988, Comparison of turbidite facies associations in modern passive-margin Mississippi fan with ancient active-margin fans: Sedimentary Geology, v. 58, pp. 63-67.
	Shanmugam, G., 1990, Deep-marine facies models and the interrelationship of depositional components in time and space, in G. C. Brown, D.S. Gorsline, and W. J. Schweller, eds., Deep-Marine Sedimentation: Depositional Models and Case Histories in Hydrocarbon Exploration & Development: The Pacific Section SEPM Short Course, San Francisco, p. 199-246.
	Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R. J., 1991, Submarine fan lobes: models and implications: AAPG Bulletin, v. 75, p. 156-179.

15. Deep-Water Sedimentation: Debris Flows and Mass Movements

	Shanmugam, G., and Benedict, G. L., 1978, Fine-grained carbonate debris flow, Ordovician basin margin, Southern Appalachians: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 48, pp. 1233-1240.
	Shanmugam, G., et al., 1988, Duplex-like structures in submarine fan channels, Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas: Geology, v. 16, pp. 229-232.
	Shanmugam, G., L.R. Lehtonen, T. Straume, S.E. Syevertsen, R.J. Hodgkinson, and M. Skibeli, 1994, Slump and debris flow dominated upper slope facies in the Cretaceous of the Norwegian and Northern North Seas (61-67o): Implications for sand distribution: AAPG Bulletin, v. 78, P. 910-937.

16. Deep-Water Sedimentation: Bottom Currents

	Shanmugam, G., Spalding, T.D., and Rofheart, D.H., 1993a, Process sedimentology and reservoir quality of deep-marine bottom-current reworked sands (sandy contourites): An example from the Gulf of Mexico: AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, 1241-1259.
	Shanmugam, G., Spalding, T.D., and Rofheart, D.H., 1993b, Traction structures in deep-marine bottom-current reworked sands in the Pliocene and Pleistocene, Gulf of Mexico: Geology, v. 21, p. 929-932.
	Shanmugam, G., Spalding, T.D., and Rofheart, D.H., 1995, Deep-marine bottom-current reworked sand (Pliocene-Pleistocene) Ewing Bank 826 Field, Gulf of Mexico, in R.D. Winn, Jr., and J.M. Armentrout, eds., Turbidites and associted deep-water facies: SEPM Core workshop No. 20, Houston, Texas, p. 25-54.

17. Deep-Water Sedimentation: Sequence Stratigraphy

Shanmugam, G., R.B. Bloch, S.M. Mitchell, G.W.J. Beamish, R.J. Hodgkinson, J.E. Damuth, T. Straume, S.E. Syvertsen, and K.E. Shields, 1995, Basin-floor fans in the North Sea: Sequence stratigraphic models vs. sedimentary facies: AAPG Bulletin, v. 79, p. 447-512

Shanmugam, G., R.B. Bloch, S.M. Mitchell, G.W.J. Beamish, R.J. Hodgkinson, J.E. Damuth, T. Straume, S.E. Syvertsen, and K.E. Shields, 1996, Slump and debris-flow dominated basin-floor fans in the North Sea: An evaluation of conceptual sequence-stratigraphical models based on conventional core data, in S.P. Hesselbo, and D.N. Parkinson, eds., Sequence Stratigraphy in British Geology: London, Geological Society Special Publication No. 103, p. 145-175.

18. Deep-Water Sedimentation: Controversy

	Shanmugam, G., et al., 1985, Is the turbidite facies association scheme valid for interpreting ancient submarine fan environments?: Geology, v. 13, pp. 234-237.
	Shanmugam, G., and Moiola, R. J., 1985, Submarine fan models: Problems and solutions, in A. H. Bouma et al. (eds.), Submarine fans and related turbidite systems: Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 29-34.
	Shanmugam, G., and R.J. Moiola, 1994, An unconventional model for the deep-water sandstones of the Jackfork Group (Pennsylvanian), Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas and Oklahoma, in eds., P. Weimer, A.H. Bouma and R. F. Perkins, Submarine fans and turbidite systems: Gulf Coast Section of SEPM 15th Annual Research Conference, p. 311-326.
	Shanmugam, G., and R.J. Moiola, 1995, Reinterpretation of depositional processes in a classic flysch sequence in the Pennsylvanian Jackfork Group, Ouachita Mountains: AAPG Bulletin, v. 79, p. 672-695.
	Shanmugam, G., 1996, High-density turbidity currents: Are they sandy debris flows? : Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 66, p. 2-10.
	Shanmugam, G., 1996, Perception vs. Reality in deep-water exploration: World Oil, v. 217, p. 37-41.
	Shanmugam, G., and R.J. Moiola, 1997, Reinterpretation of depositional processes in a classic flysch sequence in the Pennsylvanian Jackfork Group, Ouachita Mountains: Reply: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, p. 476-491.
	Shanmugam, G., R.B. Bloch, J.E. Damuth, and R.J. Hodgkinson, 1997, Basin-floor fans in the North Sea: Sequence stratigraphic models vs. sedimentary facies: Reply: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, p. 666-672.
	Shanmugam, G., 1997, Slope turbidite packets in a fore-arc basin fill sequence of the Plio-Pleistocene Kakegawa Group: their formation and sea-level changes - discussion: Sedimentary Geology, v. 112, p. 297-300.
	Shanmugam, G., 1997, Deepwater exploration: Conceptual models and their uncertainties: NAPE Bulletin v. 22, p. 11-28).
	Shanmugam, G., 1997, The Bouma Sequence and the turbidite mind set: Earth-Science Reviews, V. 42, p. 201-229.

19. Deep-Water Sedimentation: A Book on Dimensions and Geometries

Shanmugam, G., 1998, Dimensions and Geometries of the Components of Deep-Water Systems: Mobil Technology Company Special Publication, Dallas, 110 p.

20. Deep-Water Sedimentation: A Critical Review

Shanmugam, G., 2000, 50 Years of the Turbidite paradigm (1950s-1990s): Deep-Water Processes and Facies Models-A Critical Perspective: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 17, p. 285-342.

	Shanmugam, G., 1981, Basin plain turbidites, Spain: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 51, p. 1400. Shanmugam, G., 1982, Convolute division of a turbidite bed, Spain: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 52, p. 298. Shanmugam, G., 1982, Channel-margin turbidite facies, Spain: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 52, p. 382.
	Shanmugam, G., and Porter, J. J., 1983, Growth of halite crystals: Geology cover photo, v. 11, No. 1.
	Shanmugam, G., 1985, Basin plain turbidites, Spain: Geology cover photo, v. 13, No. 4.
	Shanmugam, G., 1988, Karst topography in southern China: AAPG Bulletin cover photo, v. 72, No. 5.
	Shanmugam, G., 1988, Basin plain turbidites, Spain: Earth-Science Reviews cover photo, v. 25, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
	Shanmugam, G., 1988, Zumaya Flysch, Spain, in Moores, E. M., and Michael Wahl, F., eds., The Art of Geology: GSA Special Paper 225, p. 23.
	Shanmugam, G., 1988, Tower Karst, China, in Moores, E. M., and Michael Wahl, F., eds., The Art of Geology: GSA Special Paper 225, pp. 83-84.
	Shanmugam, G., 1989, Zumaya Flysch, Spain: Geotimes cover photo, v. 34, No. 4.
	Shanmugam, G., and Stephens, C.F., 1991, Core photo of slumps, North Sea: AAPG Bulletin cover photo, v. 75, No. 1
	Shanmugam, G., 1993, Granitic monolith, south India, AAPG Bulletin cover photo, v. 77, No. 7
	Shanmugam, G., 1995, Pulpit Rock and fjord in Norway, and core photo of floating clasts in a deep-water sand from the North Sea, AAPG Bulletin cover photo, v. 79, No. 4.
	Shanmugam, G., 1998, Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador, AAPG Bulletin cover photo, v. 82, No. 3.
	Shanmugam, G., 2000, Gravel bars in a braided contributory to the Ganges River, Lower Himalayas, India, AAPG Bulletin cover photo, v. 84, No. 5.

Note: Shan Shanmugam has authored or co-authored a total of 305 items from 1978 to 2000, which include Mobil internal publications, field guide books, book reviews, and abstracts.