Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin corners
Jackson School of Geosciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
Department of Geological SciencesBureau of Economic GeologyInstitute for Geophysics

JSG is there!

JSG will be at the 2008 AAPG Annual Meeting!

JSG will be represented at AAPG's 2008 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008, by members of its staff, students, and alumni. They will lead field trips, instruct short courses, convene sessions, and present talks and posters.

Field Trips

Leaders

Field Trip

James Gibeaut, Thomas Tremblay, and Tiffany Hepner

"Geo-environments of Mustang and North Padre Islands, Texas: Status, Trends and Environmental Management of a Barrier- Island System."

Stephen Ruppel and Robert Loucks

"Barnett, Woodford and Related Mudrock Successions in Texas Cores and Outcrops."

Chris Zahm

"Fault Zone Deformation Controlled by Mechanical Stratigraphy in Cretaceous Carbonates of Central Texas."

Thomas Ewing, with the assistance of Sigrid Clift

"Basin-margin Bitumen Deposits in the Uvalde Area of Southwest Texas."

Robert Scott, Lowell Waite, and Charlie Kerans

"Comanchean Carbonate Shelf Margin: Unconventional Play Concepts."

Xavier Janson and Steve Bachtel

"Carboniferous Mound Architecture within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: Virgilian Holder Formation and Mississippian Lake Valley Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico."


Short Courses

Instructors

Short Courses

Hannes Leetaru, Ivan Krapac, Sallie Greenberg, John Kaldi, Mark Holtz, Tim Meckel, John Pashin, and Marcia L. Couëslan

"Principles of Geologic Carbon Sequestration."

Ron Steel, Andy Petter*, and Cornel Olariu

"Siliciclastic Shelf Margins Revisited."

Andrew R. Scott, William A. Ambrose, Stephen C. Ruppel, Murray Grigg, Bob Olson, Andrea Marsh, Don Westacott, M. Anna Ilhan, Timothy J. Pratt, and Matt Mavor

"Coalbed Methane and Shale Gas Exploration Strategies: Workshop for Sorbed Gas Reservoir Systems."


Sessions convened by JSG staff

Conveners

Session (Theme)

Steve Ruppel and Robert Loucks

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems (I: Hydrocarbons from Shale and Coal)

Evan Franseen, Charlie Kerans and Ted Playton

Carbonate-Dominated Deep-Water Depositional Systems (II: Deep-water Slope to Basin Systems)

Peter Eichhubl and Scott Wilkins

Recent Advances in Structural Geology (III: Structural Geology)

Mike Hudec and Bill Hart

New Insights in Allochthonous Salt Tectonics(III: Structural Geology)

Julia Gale and John Hooker

Integration of Structural Geology on a Range of Scales (III: Structural Geology)

Steve Laubach and Andy Thomas

Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis (III: Structural Geology)

Ron Steel and Tore Loeseth

Advances in Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Architecture (IV: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy)

Shirley Dutton and Tobi Kosanke

Sandstone Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality (V: Reservoir Characterization and Modeling)

Hongliu Zeng and Dick Fillon

High-Resolution Seismic Imaging Applied to Sequence Stratigraphy (V: Reservoir Characterization and Modeling)

Lesli Wood and Bob Erlich

Regional E&P of Central and South America (VII: New and Expanded Plays in North American and Global Basins)

Sam Limerick and Bill Ambrose

Geospatial Technology – a Map Gallery (VIII: Geospatial Technology and Astrogeology)

Harrison Schmitt and Bill Ambrose

Return to the Moon: Research, Resources, and Rewards (VIII: Geospatial Technology and Astrogeology)

Eric Barron and Charles Groat

Forum: Global Climate Change: Past and Present (IX: Environmental Concerns Related to Resource Development)


Talks and Posters

Authors(s)

Title

Session

Date/Time/Room

Monday Talks

U. Hammes and O. Ogiesoba

Seismic Imaging of Sediment Ridges in Growth-Faulted Subbasins of the Oligocene of the South Texas Gulf Coast—Are They Shale, Salt, or Seismic Artifacts?

Structure and Sedimentation Associated with Mobile Substrates

Monday
08:25
212

W. A. Ambrose; T. F. Hentz; F. P. Wang; F. Bonnaffe; R. G. Loucks; L. F. Brown

Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Complex Reservoir Architecture in Fluvial-Dominated Deltaic and Lowstand Valley-Fill Deposits in the Woodbine Group, East Texas Field

Reservoir Characterization for EOR/IOR and Bypassed Pay: Case Studies

Monday
08:45
217 D

C. Uroza***; R. J. Steel

Upper-slope sand aprons and a wave-dominated shelf edge: ?indicators of limited deepwater sand accumulation, Mayaro Formation, SE Trinidad

From Shelf to Basin: Slope Dynamics and Evolution of Siliciclastic-Dominated Depositional Systems I

Monday
09:25
217 B/C

M.P. Jackson; M.R. Hudec; T. Heyn

How and Where is the Sigsbee Escarpment Advancing?

New Insights in Allochthonous Salt Tectonics

Monday
10:10
212

M.R. Hudec

Episodic Advance of the Sigsbee Salt Canopy, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

New Insights in Allochthonous Salt Tectonics

Monday
10:30
212

L. Wood, L. Moscardelli; J. Bermudez; C. Caraveo, W. A. Ambrose; G. López-Leyva

Source-to-Sink Linkages between Clinoform Architecture and Deepwater Deposits, Eastern Mexico Margin, Southern Gulf of Mexico

From Shelf to Basin: Slope Dynamics and Evolution of Siliciclastic-Dominated Depositional Systems I

Monday
10:45
217 B/C

W. A. Ambrose; H. H. Schmitt

Energy Minerals in the Solar System: Resources for the 21st Century

Astrogeology: a Far-Sighted Look at Unconventional Resources

Monday
01:20
214 C/D

S.P. Dutton and R. G. Loucks

Extending Diagenetic Trends in the Eocene Wilcox Formation with Data from Deep to Ultradeep Sandstones of the Northern Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast

Sandstone Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality

Monday
01:40
210

T. P. Dooley; M.P. Jackson; J.A. Cartwright; M.R. Hudec

Modeling of Strain Partitioning during Gravity-driven Deformation of Multilayered Evaporites and Overburden

Salt Tectonics at Passive and Active Margins

Monday
01:40
212

T. Hedayati; L. Wood

Reservoir Trends and Exploration Potential of the El Vado Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale, Northwestern New Mexico

Regional E&P of North America

Monday
04:00
214 A/B

Monday Posters

D. Contreras**, Paul Mann, A. Escalona, and M. Nunez

Structural and stratigraphic correlations across the Burro Negro fault zone, northeastern margin of the Maracaibo supergiant basin

Selected Academic Research Topics: AAPG Student Presentations

Monday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

C.A. Gomez-Veroiza; R. J. Steel

The Iles Clastic Wedge in the Sand Wash Basin: high-frequency sequences and shoreline processes within the wedge

Advances in Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Architecture I

Monday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

S. P. Becker, S. E. Laubach, P. Eichhubl, R. M. Reed, R. H. Lander

Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Opening History of Fractures in Tight Gas Sandstone Reservoirs

Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis (poster)

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

J. L. Clayton

Sequence Stratigraphic Setting and Reservoir Compartmentalization of Leonardian Oolitic Basin-Floor Fan Complexes, Midland Basin, TX

Carbonate-Dominated Deep-Water Depositional Systems

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

Gale, J.F., Cameron, M.S., R. M. Reed

Fracture Enhanced Permeability within a Crystalline Porous Dolostone Matrix: A Reservoir Model in the Knox Formation, Maben Gas Field, Mississippi

Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis (Poster)

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

C. Kerans; T. E. Playton; X. Janson

Outcrop and Subsurface Models of Permian Slope and Basin Floor Carbonates

Carbonate-Dominated Deep-Water Depositional Systems

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

B. Kiel; L. Wood

Three-Dimensional Nature of Channelforms in recent sequences of the Sunda Shelf, Indonesia

Recent Advances in Non-Marine, Shallow Marine and Shelf Siliciclastic Facies Models I

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

S. Laubach, K. Milliken, P. Eichhubl, R. Lander, L. Bonnell, J. Olson, A. Thomas

Structural Diagenesis: The Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis

Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis (poster)

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

B. McElroy*, D. Mohrig, J. Buttles

Experiments on Substrate Erosion via Subcritical Turbidity Currents

From Shelf to Basin: Slope Dynamics and Evolution of Siliciclastic-Dominated Depositional Systems

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

Tim Meckel and N. Kalyanaraman**

Optimizing CO2 injections for both seal integrity and economic return

CO2 Sequestration: Geologic Challenges and Successes

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

K. Diaz Tushman, S. E. Laubach

Fracture Pattern Evolution During Diagenesis: Fracture History of Cambrian Eriboll Group, Northwestern Scotland

Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis (poster)

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

T. E. Playton; X. Janson; C. Kerans

Characterization, Variations, and Controls of Reefal Carbonate Foreslopes

Carbonate-Dominated Deep-Water Depositional Systems

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

M. Playton, S. E. Laubach, R. H. Lander

Mapped Quartz Cement Growth History in Opening-Mode Fractures from the La Boca Formation, Northeast Mexico

Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis (poster)

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

W. Solano Acosta; A.R. Thomas; R. H. Lander, R. M. Reed; M. Kacewicz

Quartz cementation along cataclastic fault zones: quantitative modeling and exploration implications for hydrocarbon recovery

Integration of Structural Geology and Diagenesis (Poster)

Monday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

Tuesday Talks

W. A. Ambrose

Lunar Oddities: Asymmetric, Non-main-sequence Craters as Indirect Indicators of Basin-scale Impacts

Return to the Moon: Research, Resources and Rewards

Tuesday
09:25
212

S. C. Ruppel; R. G. Loucks

The Devonian Woodford Fm of the Permian Basin: Complex Depositional and Temporal Variations Across an Anaerobic Marine Basin

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems

Tuesday
09:25
214 A/B

Sullivan, S.M.; L. Wood

Gas hydrate distribution at mud volcanoes from offshore Trinidad

Geology of Gas Hydrate Deposits

Tuesday
09:25
214 C/D

R. G. Loucks; S. C. Ruppel

The Barnett Shale of the Southern Fort Worth Basin; Comparison of Depositional Setting, Lithofacies, and Mineralogy with Equivalent Deposits in the Northern Basin

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems

Tuesday
10:45
214 A/B

R. M. Reed; R. G. Loucks; D. M. Jarvie; S. C. Ruppel

Morphology, Distribution, and Genesis of Nanometer-Scale Pores in the Mississippian Barnett Shale

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems

Tuesday
11:05
214 A/B

Gale, J.F. and J. Holder

Natural fractures in shales: origins, characteristics and relevance for hydraulic fracture treatments

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems

Tuesday
11:25
214 A/B

Zeng, H.

Understanding seismic detection and resolution of high-frequency sequences and systems tracts

High-Resolution Seismic Imaging Applied to Sequence Stratigraphy

Tuesday
1:40
213

Paul Mann, Mike Horn, Lisa Bingham, and Lisa Gahagan

Reconstructing the paleopositions of 27 giant oil and gas clusters through geologic time

Source Rocks in the Stratigraphic Record: Paleogeographic and Paleoclimatic Approaches

Tuesday
2:00
210

R.H. Fillon and Zeng, H.

Geomorphic Responses to Relative Sea Level Change Above a Developing Salt Dome Resolved with Seismic Stratal Slices

High-Resolution Seismic Imaging Applied to Sequence Stratigraphy

Tuesday
2:20
213

Dunlap, D.; L. Wood, L. Moscardelli

Mass Transport Deposits in Offshore Morocco, Safi Haute Mer Area

High-Resolution Seismic Imaging Applied to Sequence Stratigraphy

Tuesday
03:20
213

T. Alvarez; L. Wood

Tectonic geomorphology of the eastern Trinidad shelf, implications for influence of structure on reservoir distribution and nature in older basin fill

High-Resolution Seismic Imaging Applied to Sequence Stratigraphy

Tuesday
03:20
213

L. Wood, D. Pinkston, T. Hedayati, B. Kiel

Seismic Geomorphology of Shelf Sand

Recent Advances in Non-Marine, Shallow Marine and Shelf Siliciclastic Facies Models II

Tuesday
03:20
217 D

E. S. Aconcha; C. Kerans; H. Zeng

Integrating Core, Well Logs and Seismic Interpretation to Improve Understanding of Albian Patch Reefs, Maverick Basin, SW Texas

High-Resolution Seismic Imaging Applied to Sequence Stratigraphy

Tuesday
03:40
213

Tuesday Posters

C.L. Breton; S.P. Dutton and R.F. Broadhead

Digital Oil-play Maps of the Permian Basin

Geospatial Technology - a Map Gallery

Tuesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

B. Garcia-Fresca; J. Lucia; C. Kerans

Numerical Model of Reflux Circulation during the Deposition of the Permian San Andres Formation, Guadalupe Mountains and Algerita Escarpment

Recent Advances in Carbonate Diagenesis

Tuesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

X. Jiang, P. Mann, A. Escalona

Structure and stratigraphy of the Tobago-Barbados Ridge and its implications for hydrocarbons in the Barbados offshore area

Regional E&P of Central and South America - Poster

Tuesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

V. Maharaj; L. Wood

Seismic Geomorphology and Architecture of the Atoka Interval Channels, Fort Worth Basin, Texas, U.S.A.

Regional E&P of North America II

Tuesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

C. M. Sanchez*, C. S. Fulthorpe, J. A. Austin

Neogene Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Systems on the Northwest Shelf of Australia: Influences of Siliciclastics Distribution on Shallow-Water Carbonate Sedimentation

Mixed Carbonate Siliciclastic Margins: Short- and Long-Time-Scale Evolution

Tuesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

E. M. Vence*, P. Mann, A. Escalona

Tectonic controls on Middle Eocene to recent stratigraphic sequences along the Guajira margin of northern Colombia

Regional E&P of Central and South America

Tuesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

T. Whiteaker and P. Ganey-Curry

GIS for Depositional Synthesis, Analysis, and Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico

Geospatial Technology - a Map Gallery (Poster)

Tuesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

C. W. Bohn, M. Reilly, J. Valenti, D. Seren, P. Flemings, and T. Ertekin

Fill to Bypass in the N and O Sands, Auger Basin, GOM

Understanding Reservoir Connectivity in Deep-Water Systems

Tuesday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

T. P. Dooley; M.R. Hudec; M.P. Jackson

Dismembered Sutures Formed during Asymmetric Salt-sheet Collision

New Insights in Allochthonous Salt Tectonics

Tuesday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

T. P. Dooley; M.P. Jackson; M.R. Hudec

Superposed Deformation and Structural Control of Salt Breakout in Radially Expanding Canopies

New Insights in Allochthonous Salt Tectonics

Tuesday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

M.R. Hudec

Diachronous Growth of Fold Limbs on the Mad Dog Anticline: Implications for Base-Salt Deformation in the Atwater Fold Belt

Subsalt Plays of the World (Poster)

Tuesday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

T. Heyn; M.P. Jackson; M.R. Hudec; B. H. Hart; R. L. Propes; M. D. Reasnor; H. L. Harrison; G. Vinson; W. D. Bunting

Accretionary-wedge Shortening Ccaused by Advance of the Sigsbee Escarpment, Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico

New Insights in Allochthonous Salt Tectonics

Tuesday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

McDonnell, A.; M.P. Jackson

Geometry, Origin and ignSificance of Coast-perpendicular anticlines in a Growth-faulted Setting

Structure and Sedimentation Associated with Mobile Substrates (Poster)

Tuesday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

C. Olariu; R. J. Steel; R. W. Dalrymple; M. K. Gingras; J. Rubino

Tidal Dunes of the Eocene Baronia Sandstone, Ager Basin, Spain: Distinguishing Tidal Dunes from Tidal Bars; why bother?

Outcrop Analogs in Reservoir Characterization I

Tuesday
01:15
Exhibition Hall

Wednesday Talks

U. Hammes; D. L. Carr; R. G. Loucks; F. L. Brown

New Insights into Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Correlations of the Oligocene Frio Formation in South Texas

Advances in Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Architecture

Wednesday
08:45
214 A/B

A. Escalona, P. Mann, L. Bingham

Hydrocarbon Exploration Plays in the Greater Caribbean Region and Neighboring Provinces

Regional E&P of Central and South America

Wednesday
08:05
212

B. K. Horton, M. Parra, and A. Mora

A Comparison of Orogenic Architecture and Foreland Basin Evolution in Colombia (Northern Andes) and Bolivia (Central Andes)

Regional E&P of Central and South America

Wednesday
10:05
212

C. Olariu; R. J. Steel

River Delta Behavior during Cross-Shelf Transits: A Step Forward Toward Understanding Three-Dimension Architecture of the Continental Margin

Advances in Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Architecture

Wednesday
10:25
214 A/B

X. Xie, P. Mann, A. Escalona

Paleogene Deep-water Sandstone Provenance and Reservoir Quality of Offshore Areas of Northern South America

Regional E&P of Central and South America

Wednesday
10:45
212

A.L.. Petter***; T. Muto; R. J. Steel

Small Lowstand Deltas as a Consequence of Sustained Alluvial Aggradation During Relative Sea-Level Fall

Numerical and Physical Modeling of Sedimentological Processes and Stratigraphic Architecture

Wednesday
02:40
212

F.J. Lucia and S.C. Ruppel

Burial Dissolution of Anhydrite in Permian Reservoirs, Origin and Petrophysics

Recent Advances in Carbonate Diagenesis

Wednesday
04:40
217D

Wednesday Posters

R. J. Day-Stirrat; R. G. Loucks; K. L. Milliken; B. A. van der Pluijm

Mississippian Barnett Shale: Characterization and Concretions

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems (Poster)

Wednesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

P. D. Duff; C. G. Kendall; C. Kerans; A. S. Alsharhan

Use of a Second and Third Order Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Arabian Plate As a Tool For Understanding the Current Distribution of Hydrocarbon Reserves and Predicting Future Plays

Carbonate Facies Models and Sequence Stratigraphy I

Wednesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

R. G. Loucks; S. C. Ruppel

Shell and Grain Layers in the Barnett Shale; Event Deposition or In Situ Accumulations?

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems (Poster)

Wednesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

L. Moscardelli; L. Wood; R. Torres-Vargas; J. Bermudez; G. López-Leyva

Processes of Late Tertiary-Age Mass Transport and Associated Deposits along the Eastern Mexico Margin, Southern Gulf of Mexico

From Shelf to Basin: Slope Dynamics and Evolution of Siliciclastic-Dominated Depositional Systems II

Wednesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

H. Rowe; R. Loucks; S. Ruppel; S. Rimmer

Mississippian Barnett Formation: Bulk geochemical constraints on the severity of hydrographic restriction and the biogeochemical cycling and fate of iron

Geology of Shale/Mudrock Reservoir Systems (Poster)

Wednesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

M. Santra***; R. J. Steel; M. Sweet

Slope Channels and Fan Channels from Eocene Tyee Formation, Oregon

From Shelf to Basin: Slope Dynamics and Evolution of Siliciclastic-Dominated Depositional Systems II

Wednesday
08:30
Exhibition Hall

* PhD Student
** Master's Student
*** Undergraduate Student