2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 338 Thursday, 9 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 320DE

T29. Recent Advances in Deepwater Sedimentology: Science Driven by the Search for Natural Resources

Stephen M. Hubbard and David R. Pyles, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
338-18:00 AM Geometry, Depositional Processes, and Facies Associations of Basin-Margin Strata, Carboniferous Ross Sandstone (Ireland): Applications to Reservoirs located on the Margins of Structurally Confined Fans: PYLES, David R., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, dpyles@mines.edu and JENNETTE, David, Apache Corporation, 2000 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056
338-28:15 AM An Alternative Model for Producing Levee Topography in Deep-Water Systems Based on Field Studies from the Neoproterozoic Isaac Formation: KHAN, Zishann and ARNOTT, R.W.C., Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Marion Hall, 140 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, zishann@hotmail.com
338-38:30 AM Stratigraphy and Architecture of Distal Basin-Floor Strata, Neoproterozoic Middle Kaza Group, British Columbia, Canada: TERLAKY, Viktor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Marion Hall, 140 Louis Pasteur Pvt, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, vterl078@uottawa.ca and ARNOTT, R.W.C., Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Marion Hall, 140 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
338-48:45 AM Sandstone and Conglomerate Populations from the Late Cretaceous-Eocene Gualala Basin, CA: DOEBBERT, Amalia C., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, doebbera@geology.wisc.edu, CARROLL, Alan, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, and JOHNSON, Clark, Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
338-59:00 AM Supplementing Subsurface Characterization with Insights from Outcrop: Sandstone Distribution in Slope Deposits of the Tres Pasos Formation, Chile: HUBBARD, Stephen M.1, FILDANI, Andrea2, ROMANS, Brian W.2, COVAULT, Jacob A.3, DRINKWATER, Nicholas4, CLARK, Julian2, MCHARGUE, Timothy R.2, SULLIVAN, Morgan4, and POSAMENTIER, Henry4, (1) Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, steve.hubbard@ucalgary.ca, (2) Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, (3) Department of Geological and Env. Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, (4) Chevron ETC, Houston, TX 77002
338-69:15 AM Variations in Depositional Systems on Unstable Continental Slopes: MECKEL, Trey, Science and Technology, Woodside Energy Ltd, Woodside Plaza, 240 St. George's Terrace, Perth 6000 Australia, trey.meckel@woodside.com.au
338-79:30 AM Tertiary Evolution of Upper Slope Canyons, Offshore Equatorial Guinea: Canyon Initiation, Growth and Abandonment Via Knickpoint Migration: JOBE, Zane R., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, zanejobe@stanford.edu
338-89:45 AM Seismic Stratigraphy, Seismic Geomorphology, and Process Sedimentology of Mass Transport and Other Non-Turbiditic Deposits in Deep-Water Environments: POSAMENTIER, Henry W., Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, henry.posamentier@chevron.com
 10:00 AM Break
338-910:15 AM Topography within the Axial Channel of Seven Submarine Canyons off California: PAULL, Charles, CARESS, David, USSLER, William III, LUNDSTEN, Eve, THOMAS, Hans, and ROCK, Steve, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution, Moss Landing, CA 95039, paull@mbari.org
338-1010:30 AM Paper Withdrawn
338-1110:45 AM Carbonate Turbidity Currents: Examining the Effects of Grain Density: HODSON, James M.1, ALEXANDER, Jan1, KENDALL, Alan1, and BEAVINGTON-PENNEY, Simon J.2, (1) School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom, j.hodson@uea.ac.uk, (2) BG Group, 100 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, RG6 1PT, United Kingdom
338-1211:00 AM Comparing Flume and Computer Simulated Turbidite Flows – Implications for Sediment Deposition Patterns and Reservoir Quality: BOND, Clare E.1, BAAS, Jaco H.2, VINNELS, Jamie3, MCCAFFREY, William4, WALTHAM, David5, and MCCLEAN, Stuart1, (1) Midland Valley Exploration, 144 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2HG, United Kingdom, clare@mve.com, (2) School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Menai Bridge, Bangor, LS59 5AB, United Kingdom, (3) School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (4) School of Earth Sciences, Leeds Univ, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (5) Department of Earth Sciences, University of London Royal Holloway, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
338-1311:15 AM Event-Based Modeling – a New Approach to Improve Our Understanding of Deep-Water Sedimentary Systems: FILDANI, Andrea1, PYRCZ, Michael J.2, ROMANS, Brian W.1, MCHARGUE, Tim1, SULLIVAN, Morgan3, CLARK, Julian1, DRINKWATER, Nicholas4, and POSAMENTIER, Henry W.5, (1) Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, AndreaFildani@chevron.com, (2) Chevron, ETC, Houston, TX 77002, (3) Chevron ETC, Houston, TX 77002, (4) ChevronTexaco ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, (5) 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002
338-1411:30 AM Event-Based Forward Modeling – Visualizing and Predicting Turbidite Channel Architectures: MCHARGUE, Tim1, SULLIVAN, Morgan2, CLARK, Julian1, FILDANI, Andrea1, PYRCZ, Michael J.2, LEVY, Marjorie1, POSAMENTIER, Henry2, DRINKWATER, Nicholas2, and ROMANS, Brian1, (1) Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, TimMcHargue@chevron.com, (2) Chevron ETC, Houston, TX 77002
338-1511:45 AM Geometric Modeling of Submarine Channel-Levee Systems: Complex Architecture from Simple Rules: SYLVESTER, Zoltán, Clastic Research Group, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, zoltan.sylvester@shell.com, PIRMEZ, Carlos, Clastic Research Group, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, and CANTELLI, Alessandro, Clastic Research Group, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, 77025

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