2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 131 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 505

T63. Gas Shales of North America

Ibrahim Çemen, James Puckette and Darwin Boardman, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
131-18:00 AM THE ROLE OF GEOCHEMISTRY IN CHARACTERIZATION OF GAS SHALES AND PRODUCED GAS: PHILP, Richard Paul, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, pphilp@ou.edu
131-28:20 AM LITHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS AND GAS PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF WOODFORD SHALE IN THE SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT: COMER, John B., Indiana Geological Survey, 611 N Walnut Grv, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, jcomer@indiana.edu
131-38:35 AM MIDDLE PALEOZOIC, HYDROCARBON-BEARING MUDROCK SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT: RECORD OF CONTINENTAL COLLISION, PLATFORM DROWNING, AND UPWELLING: RUPPEL, Stephen C., Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, The Jackson School of Geoscience, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, Stephen.Ruppel@beg.utexas.edu and LOUCKS, Robert G., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713
131-48:55 AM MIDDLE AND LATE PALEOZOIC ORGANIC-RICH SHALES FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN MIDCONTINENT: BOARDMAN, Darwin R. II, PUCKETTE, James, and CEMEN, Ibrahim, Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Dept. of Geology, Stillwater, OK 74078, darwin.boardman@okstate.edu
131-59:10 AM LITHOLOGIC AND SPECTROMETRIC EVIDENCE FOR THE MISSISSIPPIAN/DEVONIAN BOUNDARY IN THE WOODFORD SHALE: PUCKETTE, James O., School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, jim.puckette@okstate.edu and BOARDMAN, Darwin, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
131-69:25 AM NATURAL FRACTURES IN WOODFORD SHALE, ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS, OKLAHOMA: ÇEMEN, Ibrahim, ATAMAN, Onur, PUCKETTE, James, and BOARDMAN, Darwin, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, icemen@okstate.edu
131-79:40 AM USE OF SPECTRAL GAMMA RAY PROFILES FOR DISCRIMINATING DEPOSITIONAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC SUCCESSIONS IN UPPER DEVONIAN-LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN GAS SHALE INTERVALS, NORTH AMERICA: PAXTON, Stanley T.1, AUFILL, Michael2, CRUSE, Anna M.2, PUCKETTE, James O.2, HURST, Daniel D.2, and SAMSON, Tim3, (1) USGS Oklahoma Water Science Center, 202 NW 66th, Bldg. 7, Oklahoma City, OK 73116, spaxton@usgs.gov, (2) School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, maufill@yahoo.com, (3) EOG Resources, 3817 NW Expressway Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
 10:00 AM Break
131-810:10 AM TRANSITION METALS AND REGIONAL PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVONIAN BLACK SHALE: IMPLICATIONS FOR GAS SOURCE BED PROSPECTIVITY: CRUSE, Anna M.1, AUFILL, Michael1, and PAXTON, Stanley T.2, (1) School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, anna.cruse@okstate.edu, (2) United States Geological Survey, Oklahoma City, OK 73116
131-910:25 AM CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE BARNETT SHALE IN THE LLANO UPLIFT REGION, TEXAS: WARDLAW, Bruce R., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, bwardlaw@usgs.gov and BOARDMAN, Darwin R. II, Department of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078
131-1010:40 AM FABRIC OF THE BARNETT SHALE AND ITS CONCRETIONS; A MULTI-TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS: DAY-STIRRAT, Ruarri J., Jackson School of Geosciences, BEG, University of Texas, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, ruarri.day-stirrat@beg.utexas.edu, LOUCKS, Robert G., Bureau of Economic Geology, Univ of Texas-Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, MILLIKEN, Kitty L., Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, and VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A., Geological Sciences/Environment, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
131-1110:55 AM SEISMIC SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF BARNETT SHALE AT NEWARK EAST FIELD, TEXAS, U.S: BORGES, Gabriel1, SLATT, Roger2, SINGH, Prerna3, PEREZ, Javier2, and ESLINGER, Eric4, (1) School of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Oklahoma, 1900 Pebble Creek, Edmond, OK 73003, gabo1510@hotmail.com, (2) School of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, (3) School of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Suite 810, Norman, OK 73019, (4) School of Math and Science, The College of Saint Rose, 10 Sussex Road, Glenmont, NY 12077
131-1211:10 AM NANOPORES IN THE MISSISSIPPIAN BARNETT SHALE: DISTRIBUTION, MORPHOLOGY, AND POSSIBLE GENESIS: REED, Robert M., Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713-8924, rob@alumni.utexas.net, LOUCKS, Robert G., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, JARVIE, Daniel M., Humble Geochemical Services Inc, P.O. Box 789, Humble, TX 77347, and RUPPEL, Stephen C., Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, The Jackson School of Geoscience, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924
131-1311:25 AM SHALE-GAS POTENTIAL OF CRETACEOUS SHALES IN WYOMING LARAMIDE BASINS: SURDAM, Ronald, JIAO, Zunsheng, BENTLEY, Ramsey, GANSHIN, Yuri, and DEBRUIN, Rodney, Wyoming State Geological Survey, P.O. Box 1347, Laramie, WY 80273, rsurdam@uwyo.edu
131-1411:45 AM ANCIENT MICROBIAL GAS IN THE MILK RIVER FORMATION, ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN: HOW HAS IT STAYED AROUND FOR SO LONG?: FISHMAN, Neil S., US Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, nfishman@usgs.gov and NEASHAM, John W., Poro-Technology, 104 Industrial Blvd., Suite G, Sugar Land, TX 77478

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