Dr. Ryan Ramsook

Research Fellow

ryan.ramsook@uwimona.edu.jm

Current Research

• Geology; Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Plate Tectonics

Selected Publications

• Chapters in Books

  • Ramsook. R . (2007). Geology of the Blue and John Crow Mountains , eastern Jamaica. Guide to the Blue and John Crow Mountains . Natural History Society of Jamaica . Ian Randle Publishers, Miami .
• Published Papers
  • Mitchell, S.F., Gunter, G.C and Ramsook . R . (2007) Paleoecology of the rudist Biradiolites in the Maastrichtian of Jamaica. SEPM Special Publication No.87 .
  • Mitchell, S.F., and Ramsook, R . (accepted, 2007). Rudist bivalve assemblages from the Back Rio Grande Formation (Campanian, Cretaceous) of Jamaica and their stratigraphical significance . Cretaceous Research.
  • Ramsook. R. (accepted, 2007). The Paleocene larger foraminifer, Ranikothalia catenula, within limestone units of the Southern Wagwater Belt , Eastern Jamaica . - Caribbean Journal of Earth Science .
• Papers Presented at Academic Conferences and Seminars
  • The Seventeenth Caribbean Geological Conference San Juan , Puerto Rico (July 2005). Geological Evolution of the NE, Blue Mountains, Eastern Jamaica . Ramsook
  • The Seventh Conference of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of the West Indies , Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica . (May 2005). Geology and Sedimentology of the Rio Grande Valley , eastern Jamaica . Ramsook
  • The Geological Society of Jamaica 50 th Anniversary Conference, University of the West Indies , Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica . (December 2005). Ichnology and Sedimentology of the late Cretaceous-Paleocene Succession, NE, Blue Mountains, Jamaica .
  • The 18va Conferencia Geologica del Caribe Santo Domingo, Rebública Dominicana (2008):
  • Sedimentology and Ichnology of a deep-water Paleocene rift sequence, Blue Mountains , eastern Jamaica . Ramsook and Mitchell.
  • St. Ann's Great River Inlier, Jamaica : a standard section for the Santonian Campanian Stages (Cretaceous) of the Antillean Region. Mitchell, Ramsook et al .
  • Cretaceous evolution of Jamaican terrains and their relation to the evolution of the Caribbean plate. Mitchell, Ramsook , James and Brown.
  • The 50 th Anniversary of the Department of Geography and Geology, UWI, Mona, Conference (2008): Comparative study of the Sedimentology and Paleogeography of the late Cretaceous Cross Pass Formation and the Paleocene Moore Town Formation Blue Mountain Inlier , Jamaica , Ramsook et al.
• Special Presentation and Invited Lectures
  • Source Rock Potential of the Moore Town Formation, eastern Jamaica . Ramsook R. Special technical session; “Oil and Gas Potential of Jamaica-Possible Plays”- Hosted by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica and Jebco Seismic (UK) Ltd (October, 2005).
• Reports
• Identification and Provenance of coal contaminants; Coal shipment load stock from South America, October 2003, Caribbean Cement, Rockfort, Kingston, Jamaica.

Professional Membership

• Geological Society of Jamaica- Executive Council Member (2003-present)
• Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago : Professional Member (2003-present)
• Geological Society of America (GSA): Professional Member (2006-present)

Research Grants

• Source: Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ).

Project Title: Rift Basins in Jamaica : Sedimentary Architecture, Basin Development and Economic Importance Date: October, 2007 Details: Corresponding Senior Researcher of Project, Professor Simon Mitchell

Source: Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (GSTT) Project Title: Rift Basins in Jamaica : Sedimentary Architecture, Basin Development and Economic Importance Date: November, 2008 Details: Corresponding Senior Researcher of Project, Professor Simon Mitchell.