GCAGS 2007 Technical Sessions

 

Day/Session	Room Bayview A	Room Bayview C	Room Bayview B	Exhibition Hall B / Posters
Monday AM	Hydrocarbon Habitats I	Environment and Water Resources	—	Stratigraphy, Structure, Science, and Geophysics
Monday PM	The Basics:  Stratigraphy, Structure, and Science	Applications of Geophysical Technologies	Global Climate Change Forum	Hydrocarbon Habitats I, Environment and Water Resources
Tuesday AM	The Basics:  Paleontology and Petrography	Geology without Borders:  Mexico and Texas	Modern & Ancient Depositional Processes	Hydrocarbon Habitats II, Energy Frontiers, and Paleontology I
Tuesday PM	Hydrocarbon Habitats II	Energy Frontiers	—	Geology without Borders, Depositional Processes, Petrography, and Paleontology II

MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22

– Oral Presentations –

Hydrocarbon Habitats I

Chair:  Gloria Sprague

American Bank Center Room Bayview A

8:30         Edward Feragen, Douglas Millman, Howard Feldman, Robert Bierley, and Shirley Perkins:  South Texas Sub-Regional Evaluation:  Area-Wide Integrated Structural and Stratigraphic Framework of the Frio and Vicksburg Yields New Plays and Leads

8:55         Frank G. Cornish and Robert W. Parker:  Southwest Speaks Lower Wilcox Structural Complex, Lavaca County, Texas

9:20         M. E. Lucente:  Anatomy of a New Field Wildcat, N. Los Torritos Field, Hidalgo County, Texas

9:45         Robert M. Rice:  Corpus Christi Bay—Another 3D Success (see also Tues AM Poster Presentation)

10:10       BREAK

10:15       Jeff A. Spencer and Elliot Barrett:  Exploration History of the Northern Mustang Island, Gulf of Mexico, Texas State Waters (see also Mon PM Poster Presentation)

10:40       Ray Govett:  History of the Oil and Gas Industry on the Gulf Coast (Note:  This presentation will be double the normal length.)

 

Environment and Water Resources

Chair:  Mary Barrett

American Bank Center Room Bayview C

8:30         Paul R. Knox, Van C. Kelley, and H. Scott Hamlin:  Creating the Framework for a New Aquifer:  The Yegua-Jackson of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain

8:55         Rosemary M. Wyman and Kelly Cook:  Fire on the Water:  Impacts of Firefighting Activities for the Helotes Mulch Fire on the Edwards Aquifer

9:20         Steven C. Young, Trevor Budge, Neil Deeds, Van Kelley, Paul Knox, Ernie Baker, Geoff Saunders, and John Waugh:  A Texas Central Gulf Coast Groundwater Flow Model Constructed to Incorporate Key Relationships Extracted from a Detailed Site Conceptual Model (see also Mon PM Poster Presentation)

9:45         Henry B. Kerfoot, Warren Brady, Bill Schramm, and Mark A. Allendorf:  Geochemical and Hydrologic Characterization to Identify the Source of Low Level Benzene in the Chicot Aquifer Groundwater

10:10       BREAK

10:15       Katrina B. Simons, Richard Hay, and Egon Weber:  Characterization of Ground Water Flow to a Bacteria Impaired Surface Water Body Using Heat as a Tracer (see also Mon PM Poster Presentation)

10:40       Corinne Wong, Sue Hovorka, and Tip Meckel:  Evaluating the Mobilization of Cations from Aquifer Rocks Exposed to High CO₂ Levels (see also Mon PM Poster Presentation)

11:05       Robert E. Mace and Sarah C. Davidson:  Groundwater Supplies and Availability in Texas:  Results from the 2006 Regional Water Plans and the 2007 State Water Plan (see also Mon PM Poster Presentation)

 

– Poster Presentations –

 

Stratigraphy, Structure, Science, and Geophysics 

Coordinators:  Sara Venable and Leighton Devine

American Bank Center Exhibit Hall B ? 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

P1            Scott G. Comegys, Gary L. Kinsland, and F. Clayton Breland, Jr.:  Stratigraphic and Structural Study of Paleogene Wilcox Strata in East-Central Louisiana:  Implications for Coalbed Natural Gas Exploration (see also Mon PM Oral Presentation)

P2            Seiichi Nagihara and Michael A. Smith:  Thermal Gradients in the Texas Continental Shelf (see also Mon PM Oral Presentation)

P3            Barbara J. Radovich, Jerry Moon, Chris D. Connors, and Dale Bird:  Insights into Structure and Stratigraphy of the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2D Pre-Stack Depth Migration Imaging of Mega-Regional Onshore to Deep Water, Long-Offset Seismic Data (see also Mon PM Oral Presentation)

P4            Dale E. Bird, Barbara J. Radovich, and Jerry Moon:  Integrated Seismic and Gravity Data Modeling:  Basement Structure in the Gulf of Mexico (see also Mon PM Oral Presentation)

P5            Egon T. Weber, Richard Hay, and James R. Garrison, Jr.:  Magnetotelluric Investigation of a Pleistocene Nueces River Valley, Mustang Island, Texas (see also Mon PM Oral Presentation)                                              

P6            Anish Kumar, Brian Briscoe, George R. Kear, Terry D. Keegan, Paul N. Lawless, Jonathan W. Malone, James P. Stoyanoff, and Elizabeth Zobell:  Integration of Wireline Borehole Image and Seismic Data:  Structural and Stratigraphic Study of the N-Sand in the Helis East Black Bay Field Extension (see also Mon PM Oral Presentation)                            

P7            Joe H. Smith:  A Method for Calculating Pseudo Sonics from E-Logs in a Clastic Geologic Setting

P8            Morenike O. Coker, Janok P. Bhattacharya, and Kurt J. Marfurt:  Fracture Patterns within Mudstones on the Flanks of a Salt Dome:  Syneresis or Slumping?                                                           

P9            Yanina Narváez-Rodríguez, Javier Helenes, Carlos Jaramillo, José M. Del Moral, Víctor M. Martínez, Consuelo Macias, Olga G. Castillejos, Jorge E. Lugo, Olga Granados, Corazón Olivera, Maria A. Sánchez, Patricia Padilla, Monica Ayala and Aaron Del Valle:  Graphic Correlation and Sequence Stratigraphy in the Neogene of Macuspana Basin, Southern Gulf of Mexico                                                     

P10          K. T. Milliken, J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez:  Incised-Valley Fill of the Sabine and Calcasieu Fluvial Systems (Texas and Louisiana):  A Comparison of Sediment Flux During Sea-Level Rise                                                             

P11          Ramon H. Trevino, Robert G. Loucks, Julia F. W. Gale, and Abdelmoniem K. Abdelmoniem:  Extending Facies Interpretations by Integrating Core, Image-Log, and Wireline-Log Data in the Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation of South Texas                                                              

P12          Matthew W. Totten, Sr., Sheri Simpson, Elizabeth Powers, and Iris M. Totten:  The Occurrence and Distribution of Sedimentary Zeolites in the Main Pass Area, Gulf of Mexico Basin (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

 

MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 22

– Oral Presentations –

 

The Basics:  Stratigraphy, Structure, and Science

Chair:  Arnold Bouma 

American Bank Center Room Bayview A

1:30        Rebecca Barber:  What they don’t Teach Geologists on Campus

1:55         Arnold H. Bouma, Daniel J. Rozman, Donald E. Rehmer, and Samuel K. Huisman:  Characteristic Geometries of Distal Fine-Grained Fans Based on Mississippi Fan, Jackfork and South Africa Studies

2:20         Scott G. Comegys, Gary L. Kinsland, and F. Clayton Breland, Jr.:  Stratigraphic and Structural Study of Paleogene Wilcox Strata in East-Central Louisiana:  Implications for Coalbed Natural Gas Exploration (see also Mon AM Poster Presentation)

2:45         Lowell E. Waite, Robert W. Scott, and Charles Kerans:  Middle Albian Age of the Regional Dense Marker Bed of the Edwards Group, Pawnee Field, South-Central Texas

3:10         BREAK

3:15         Brian E. Lock, Fleur S. Bases, and Robert A. Glaser:  The Cenomanian Sequence Stratigraphy of Central to West Texas

3:40         Dengliang Gao and Jeff Milliken:  Gravity-Induced Transfer Faults on the Lower Congo Basin Slope, Offshore Angola (West Africa):  Implications for Deep-Marine Hydrocarbon Exploration on Passive Continental Margins

4:05         Robert G. Loucks, Ramón H. Treviño, L. Frank Brown, Jr., and Ursula Hammes:  Site-Specific Sequence Stratigraphic Sections (S⁵ Benchmark Charts); Practical Tool for Correlating Chronostratigraphic Units in the Texas Gulf Coast Tertiary Section

4:30         Seiichi Nagihara and Michael A. Smith:  Thermal Gradients in the Texas Continental Shelf (see also Mon AM Poster Presentation)

 

Applications of Geophysical Technologies 

Chair:  TBA

American Bank Center Room Bayview C

1:30         Barbara J. Radovich, Jerry Moon, Chris D. Connors, and Dale Bird:  Insights into Structure and Stratigraphy of the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2D Pre-Stack Depth Migration Imaging of Mega-Regional Onshore to Deep Water, Long-Offset Seismic Data (see also Mon AM Poster Presentation)

1:55         Dale E. Bird, Barbara J. Radovich, and Jerry Moon:  Integrated Seismic and Gravity Data Modeling:  Basement Structure in the Gulf of Mexico (see also Mon AM Poster Presentation)

2:20         Egon T. Weber, Richard Hay, and James R. Garrison, Jr.:  Magnetotelluric Investigation of a Pleistocene Nueces River Valley, Mustang Island, Texas (see also Mon AM Poster Presentation)

2:45         Ian R. MacDonald:  Compiling Regional Inventory of Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Seeps

3:10         BREAK

3:15         Gary L. Kinsland, Christoph W. Borst, Christopher M. Best, and Vijay Baiyya:  Geomorphology and Holocene Fluvial Depositional History in the Mississippi River Valley near Lafayette, Louisiana:  Interpretations of LIDAR Data Performed in 3D Virtual Reality

3:40         Anish Kumar, Brian Briscoe, George R. Kear, Terry D. Keegan, Paul N. Lawless,  Jonathan W. Malone, James P. Stoyanoff, and Elizabeth Zobell:  Integration of Wireline Borehole Image and Seismic Data:  Structural and Stratigraphic Study of the N-Sand in the Helis East Black Bay Field Extension (see also Mon AM Poster Presentation)

4:05         John Johns and Paul A. Babasick:  “Gotcha Deep” Project:  Complex Formation Evaluation Using LWD and Electric Line to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Risk

4:30         Peter Weinheber, John Johns, Paul Babasick:  “Gotcha Deep” Project:  PVT Quality Fluid Samples Using New MDT Sampling Probes Lead to More Accurate Reservoir Answers in Less Time

 

– Poster Presentations –

 

Hydrocarbon Habitats I, Environment, and Water Resources 

Coordinators:  Sara Venable and Leighton Devine   

American Bank Center Exhibit Hall B ? 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

P1            Jeff A. Spencer and Elliot Barrett:  Exploration History of the Northern Mustang Island, Gulf of Mexico, Texas State Waters (see also Mon AM Oral Presentation)

P2            Steven C. Young, Trevor Budge, Neil Deeds, Van Kelley, Paul Knox, Ernie Baker, Geoff Saunders, and John Waugh:  A Groundwater Flow Model of the Texas Central Coast Constructed from a Detailed Site Conceptual Model (see also Mon AM Oral Presentation)

P3            Katrina B. Simons, Richard Hay, and Egon Weber:  Characterization of Ground Water Flow to a Bacteria Impaired Surface Water Body Using Heat as a Tracer (see also Mon AM Oral Presentation)

P4            Corinne Wong, Sue Hovorka, and Tip Meckel:  Evaluating the Mobilization of Cations from Aquifer Rocks Exposed to High CO₂ Levels (see also Mon AM Oral Presentation)

P5            Randy Bissell:  20/20 Hindsight:  A Retrospective Well Tie Analysis of a Wilcox Dry Hole, Cottonmouth Field, Wharton County, Texas

P6            Alex S. Broun, Doug Wierman, Andrew H. Backus, and Brian Hunt:  Geological Analysis of the Trinity Group Aquifers in Western Hays County, Texas, with Focus on Implications to Groundwater Availability

P7            Brian J. Harder, Chacko J. John, and Reed J. Bourgeois :  The Eco-Rig Concept:  Converting Decommissioned Offshore Platforms for Energy Production

P8            Thomas P. Van Biersel:  Development of Empirical Formation Factors to Estimate Water Quality from Electrical Logs for the Southern Hills Aquifer System of Southeastern Louisiana

P9            John E. Johnston, III:  Geologic Review

P10          Robert E. Mace and Sarah C. Davidson:  Groundwater Supplies and Availability in Texas:  Results from the 2006 Regional Water Plans and the 2007 State Water Plan (see also Mon AM Oral Presentation)

P11          Douglas A. Carlson:  Estimate of Vertical Anisotropy of Hydraulic Conductivity for Western Louisiana Aquifers from Grain-Size Data

 

TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23

– Oral Presentations –

 

The Basics:  Paleontology and Petrography

Chair:  Kenneth Nemeth

American Bank Center Room Bayview A

8:30         Jon A. Baskin and Ronny G. Thomas:  South Texas and the Great American Interchange

8:55         James R. Garrison, Jr., Bo Henk, and Rachael Creel:  Neoichnology of the Micro-Tidal Gulf Coast of Texas: Implications for Paleoecological and Paleoenvironmental Interpretations of Ancient Micro-Tidal Clastic Shoreline Systems (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

9:20         James R. Garrison, Jr., and Sara Smelley:  Recovery of Infaunal Crustacean Colonies Following a Period of Rapid Sedimentation and Defaunation:  A Neoichnological Examination Following Beach Rejuvenation on the South Side of Packery Channel, North Padre Island, Texas (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

9:45         Matthew W. Totten, Sr., Sheri Simpson, Elizabeth Powers, and Iris M. Totten:  The Occurrence and Distribution of Sedimentary Zeolites in the Main Pass Area, Gulf of Mexico Basin (see also Mon AM Poster Presentation)CANCELLED

10:10       BREAK

10:15       Matthew W. Totten, Sr., Joniell Borges, and Iris M. Totten:  The Effect of Provenance on Clay Mineral Diagenesis in Gulf of Mexico Shales (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)  CANCELLED

10:40       Donald S. Van Nieuwenhuise:  Ostracode Biomarkers in the Paleogene of the Gulf of Mexico (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

11:05       John N. Hooker and Stephen E. Laubach:  The Geologic History of Quartz Grains, as Revealed by Color SEM-CL (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

11:30       Maria Lidia De La Huerta Cobos, Iván Tapia Uresti, and Luz Angélica Tristán González:  Petrophysical Characterization of Offshore Golden Lane Carbonate Rocks CANCELLED

 

Geology without Borders:  Mexico and Texas

Chair:  Juan Cabasos  

American Bank Center Room Bayview C

8:30         Miguel Varela-Santamaría and Santosh K. Ghosh:  The Isla del Carmen Barrier Island Complex:  An Analog of a Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Depositional System, Campeche, Mexico

8:55         Hugo Avalos Torres, Victor Manuel Alvarez Maya, Mariano H. Téllez Aviles, Manuel Morales Leal, and José Bernal Monjaras:  Advances, Results, and Perspectives of the Shallowest Reservoirs in Burgos Basin, México (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

9:20         Ursula Hammes, Hongliu Zeng, Robert Loucks, and Frank Brown, Jr.:  All Fill—No Spill:  Slope-Fan Sand Bodies in Growth-Faulted Subbasins:  Oligocene Frio Formation, South Texas Gulf Coast

9:45         Martínez Medrano, M., S. Rivera Cruz, N. Loyo Hernández, and M. Rodriguez:  Papán Field Reservoir Rock in the Veracruz Tertiary Basin:  Stacked Channel and Dike Complexes

10:10       BREAK

10:15       Angela McDonnell, Mike Hudec, and Martin P. A. Jackson:  Importance of Allochthonous Salt in Texas State Waters:  Paleo-Canopy Presence and New Exploration Paradigms

10:40       Silvestre Carlos Rodríguez Díaz, Chamaly Revelez Ramirez, and María del Carmen Hernández Hernández:  Petrophysical Characterization of the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian for a High Permeability Well at Dos Bocas Area

11:05       Thomas E. Ewing:  Fairways in the Downdip and Middip Yegua Trend—A Review of 25 Years of Exploration

11:30       Elia Pliego-Vidal, Roberto Rojas-Rosas, Arturo Escamilla-Herrera, José Robles-Nolasco, José Vicente Ortega-González, and Hilarión Sánchez-Hernández:  Tertiary Deep Water Systems in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

 

Modern & Ancient Depositional Processes

Chair:  James R. Garrison, Jr.

American Bank Center Room Bayview B

8:30         Jennifer M. Smith-Engle, Richard Hay, and Deidre Williams:  Models for Beach Renourishment of a Back-Barrier Shoreline, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas

8:55         James R. Garrison, Jr., and Bobby McCoy:  The Nueces Incised Valley Revisited:  A Reinterpretation of the Sedimentology and Depositional Sequence Stratigraphy of Preserved Pleistocene and Holocene Valley-Fill Sediments (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

9:20         Sherwood M. Gagliano and Ethan Allen:  Evidence of a Large Paleo-Seismic Event in Southeast Texas – Southwest Louisiana Circa 20,000 Years Ago (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

9:45         Angelina M. Freeman, Harry H. Roberts, and Patrick D. Banks:  Hurricane Impact Analysis of a Louisiana Shallow Coastal Bay Bottom and Its Shallow Subsurface Geology (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

10:10       BREAK

10:15       David T. King, Jr., and Lucille W. Petruny:  Impact Structures and Craters of the U.S. Gulf Coastal States (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

10:40       Hongliu Zeng and Robert G. Loucks:  Seismic Sedimentological Expression of Higher-Order Lowstand Slope Fans and Prograding Deltas in the Frio Formation, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation)

11:05       J. A. Lopez:  Re-assessment of the Mississippi River Delta Model Curve

11:30       Rob Conti:  When Dunes Walk Over Dune Walkovers (see also Tues PM Poster Presentation) 

 

– Poster Presentations –

 

Hydrocarbon Habitats II, Energy Frontiers, and Paleontology I  

Coordinators:  Sara Venable and Leighton Devine

American Bank Center Exhibit Hall B ? 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

P1            Christopher A. Guidry, Gary L. Kinsland, and F. Clayton Breland:  A Regional Subsurface Geological Investigation of Lower Wilcox Group Coalbed Natural Gas Potential in Northeastern Louisiana (see also Tues PM Oral Presentation)

P2            Richard A. Esposito, Jack C. Pashin, and Peter M. Walsh:  Citronelle Dome:  A Giant Opportunity for Multi-Zone Carbon Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin of Alabama (see also Tues PM Oral Presentation)

P3            Ettore Marcucci and Joseph Forrest:  Potential Extent and Thickness of Gas Hydrates in the Deep Water of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (see also Tues PM Oral)

P4            Harry H. Roberts, Chuck R. Fisher, Jim M. Brooks, Bernie Bernard, Robert S. Carney, Erik Cordes, William Shedd, Jesse Hunt, Jr., Samantha Joye, Ian R. MacDonald, and Cheryl Morrison:  Exploration of the Deep Gulf of Mexico Slope using DSV Alvin:  Site Selection and Geologic Character (see also Tues PM Oral)

P5            William A. Ambrose:  Depositional Systems of Uranium in South Texas (see also Tues PM Oral Presentation)

P6            Riley Milner and Chad Fisher:  New Folio by the Louisiana Geological Survey of Maps and Cross Sections of the Chicot Aquifer, Southwest Louisiana

P7            Aaron J. Adams and Wayne M. Ahr:  Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Using Pore-Scale Measurements and NMR:  A New Approach to Lowering Risk in Carbonate Field Development

P8            L. F. Brown, Jr. and R. G. Loucks:  Chronostratigraphic (Wheeler) Chart of the Texas Gulf Coast Tertiary System

P9            Jeffrey D. Rowe and Corine Prieto:  A New Frontier:  Deep Gas Exploration Offshore South Texas, USA—An Assessment Tool

P10          Robert M. Rice:  Corpus Christi Bay—Another 3D Success (see also Mon AM Oral Presentation)

P11          Thomas H. Naehr, Ian R. MacDonald, Gerhard Bohrmann, and Elva Escobar Briones:  Biogeochemistry of Hydrocarbon Seeps on the Campeche Escarpment, Southern Gulf of Mexico (see also Tues PM Oral Presentation)

 

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23

– Oral Presentations –

 

Hydrocarbon Habitats II

Chair:  Harry Roberts

American Bank Center Room Bayview A

1:30         Ronald B. Martin, Zhong He, Keith W. Owen, Li Fan, W. Keith Atwood, Ayati Ghosh, and John Hebert:  Geostatistical Modeling of Lower Cotton Valley Sands in the Carthage Field, Panola County, Texas, Optimizes Placement of Horizontal Wells

1:55         Ernest A. Mancini, Donald A. Goddard, Peng Li, and Victor Ramirez:  Gas Potential of Deeply Buried Mesozoic Facies and Reservoirs in the Onshore Interior Salt Basins, North-Central and Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

2:20         Christopher A. Guidry, Gary L. Kinsland, and F. Clayton Breland:  A Regional Subsurface Geological Investigation of Lower Wilcox Group Coalbed Natural Gas Potential in Northeastern Louisiana (see also Tues AM Poster Presentation)

2:45         Richard A. Esposito, Jack C. Pashin, and Peter M. Walsh:  Citronelle Dome:  A Giant Opportunity for Multi-Zone Carbon Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin of Alabama (see also Tues AM Poster Presentation)

3:10         BREAK

3:15         Robert J. Bunge:  Woodbine Formation Sandstone Reservoir Prediction and Variability, Polk and Tyler Counties, Texas

3:40         Thomas H. Naehr, Ian R. MacDonald, Gerhard Bohrmann, and Elva Escobar Briones:  Biogeochemistry of Hydrocarbon Seeps on the Campeche Escarpment, Southern Gulf of Mexico (see also Tues AM Poster Presentation)

4:05         Ettore Marcucci and Joseph Forrest:  Potential Extent and Thickness of Gas Hydrates in the Deep Water of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (see also Tues AM Poster Presentation)

4:30         Harry H. Roberts, Chuck R. Fisher, Jim M. Brooks, Bernie Bernard, Robert S. Carney, Erik Cordes, William Shedd, Jesse Hunt, Jr., Samantha Joye, Ian R. MacDonald, and Cheryl Morrison:  Exploration of the Deep Gulf of Mexico Slope using DSV Alvin:  Site Selection and Geologic Character (see also Tues AM Poster Presentation)

 

Energy Frontiers 

Co-Chairs:  Bill Ambrose/Mike Campbell

Sponsored by AAPG Energy Minerals Division (EMD)

American Bank Center Room Bayview C

1:30         William A. Ambrose:  Depositional Systems of Uranium in South Texas (see also Tues AM Poster Presentation)

1:55         Michael D. Campbell, Henry M. Wise, and Ruffin I. Rackley:  Uranium In Situ Leach (Recovery) Development and Associated Environmental Issues

2:20         Mark S. Pelizza:  Modern In Situ Uranium Recovery Technology Assures No Adverse Impact on Adjacent Aquifer Uses

2:45         Richard J. Erdlac, Jr.:  A New Future for Deep Depleted Wells—Geothermal Energy from Sedimentary Basins

3:10         BREAK

3:15         Richard J. Erdlac, Jr., Linda Armour, Robert Lee, Susan Snyder, Mike Sorensen, Mike Matteucci, and Jordan Horton:  Resource Assessment Status Report on Geothermal Energy within Deep Sedimentary Basins in Texas

 

– Poster Presentations –

 

Geology without Borders, Depositional Processes, Petrography, and Paleontology II

Coordinators:  Sara Venable and Leighton Devine

American Bank Center Location TBA ? 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

P1            Hugo Avalos Torres, Victor Manuel Alvarez Maya, Mariano H. Téllez Aviles, Manuel Morales Leal, and José Bernal Monjaras:  Advances, Results, and Perspectives of the Shallowest Reservoirs in Burgos Basin, México (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P2            James R. Garrison, Jr., and Bobby McCoy:  The Nueces Incised Valley Revisited:  A Reinterpretation of the Sedimentology and Depositional Sequence Stratigraphy of Preserved Pleistocene and Holocene Valley-Fill Sediments (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P3            Sherwood M. Gagliano and Ethan Allen:  Evidence of a Large Paleo-Seismic Event in Southeast Texas – Southwest Louisiana Circa 20,000 Years Ago (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P4            Angelina M. Freeman, Harry H. Roberts, and Patrick D. Banks:  Hurricane Impact Analysis of a Louisiana Shallow Coastal Bay Bottom and Its Shallow Subsurface Geology (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P5            David T. King, Jr., and Lucille W. Petruny:  Impact Structures and Craters of the U.S. Gulf Coastal States (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P6            Hongliu Zeng and Robert G. Loucks:  Seismic Sedimentological Expression of Higher-Order Lowstand Slope Fans and Prograding Deltas in the Frio Formation, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P7            Rob Conti:  When Dunes Walk Over Dune Walkovers (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P8            James R. Garrison, Jr., Bo Henk, and Rachael Creel:  Neoichnology of the Micro-Tidal Gulf Coast of Texas: Implications for Paleoecological and Paleoenvironmental Interpretations of Ancient Micro-Tidal Clastic Shoreline Systems  (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P9            James R. Garrison, Jr., and Sara Smelley:  Recovery of Infaunal Crustacean Colonies Following a Period of Rapid Sedimentation and Defaunation:  A Neoichnological Examination Following Beach Rejuvenation on the South Side of Packery Channel, North Padre Island, Texas (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P10          Matthew W. Totten, Sr., Joniell Borges, and Iris M. Totten:  The Effect of Provenance on Clay Mineral Diagenesis in Gulf of Mexico Shales (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P11          Donald S. Van Nieuwenhuise:  Ostracode Biomarkers in the Paleogene of the Gulf of Mexico (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)

P12          John N. Hooker and Stephen E. Laubach:  The Geologic History of Quartz Grains, as Revealed by Color SEM-CL (see also Tues AM Oral Presentation)