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. 220 Monday, 6 October 2008
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 351AD

T171. The Gulf of Mexico as a Geologic Laboratory: Making New Links in Depositional Systems from the Coastal Plain to Deep Water (GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Russell F. Dubiel and Angela McDonnell, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
220-11:30 PM Gulf of Mexico Record of North American Tectonism and Landscape Evolution: GALLOWAY, W.E., Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758-4445, galloway@mail.utexas.edu
220-21:50 PM New Insights into Structure and Stratigraphy of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: RADOVICH, Barbara J.1, CONNORS, Christopher D.2, and MOON, Jerry1, (1) ION, 2101 City West Blvd., Building III, Suite 900, Houston, TX 77042, barbara-radovich@comcast.net, (2) Geology, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington Street St, Lexington, VA 24450
220-32:10 PM Wilcox Depositional Systems: Shelf, Slope, and Basin Floor: ZARRA, Larry, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company, 1500 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, lzarra@chevron.com
220-42:30 PM Variation in Detrital Mineralogy Caused by Provenance and Depositional Setting: Linking Tertiary Sandstones from the Upper Texas Coastal Plain to the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: DUTTON, Shirley P. and LOUCKS, Robert G., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713, shirley.dutton@beg.utexas.edu
220-52:45 PM Paleocene to Eocene Deepwater Slope Canyons, Western Gulf of Mexico: Further Insights for Provenance of Deep Offshore Wilcox Plays: MCDONNELL, Angela, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, angela.mcdonnell@beg.utexas.edu, GALLOWAY, William E., Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, ROC-196, Austin, TX 78758-4445, and LOUCKS, Robert G., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713
220-63:00 PM Petroleum Source-Rock Potential of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Wilcox and Claiborne Group Strata Determined by Geophysical Well-Log Analysis: Zapata County, Texas: KELLER, Margaret A., USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS-969, Menlo Park, CA 94025, mkeller@usgs.gov
220-73:15 PM A Geologic-Based Evaluation of the Potential for Undiscovered Oil and Gas Accumulations in Paleogene Strata of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain and State Waters: WARWICK, Peter D., US Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, pwarwick@usgs.gov, COLEMAN, James L. Jr, U. S. Geol Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, HACKLEY, Paul C., US Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, HAYBA, Daniel O., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, American Samoa, KARLSEN, Alexander W., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, ROWAN, Elisabeth L., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., M.S. 956, Reston, VA 20192, and SWANSON, Sharon M., U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192
 3:30 PM Break
220-83:45 PM Early Paleogene Isolation of the Gulf of Mexico from the World's Oceans; Drawdown and Refill: ROSENFELD, Joshua H.1, BERMAN, Arthur E.2, BLICKWEDE, Jon F.3, and CHABOUDY, Louis R.3, (1) 7302 Ravenswood Rd, Granbury, TX 76049, jrosenfeld@charter.net, (2) Sugarland, TX 77479, (3) Houston, TX 77001
220-94:00 PM Elevated Sediment Temperatures along Growth Faults in the Texas Continental Shelf: NAGIHARA, Seiichi, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, seiichi.nagihara@ttu.edu
220-104:15 PM Geologic Controls on the Distribution of Oil and Gas Fields In Neogene Strata of the Gulf Coast, U.S.A: DUBIEL, Russell F., PITMAN, Janet K., and PEARSON, Ofori N., Central Region Energy Team, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 939 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, rdubiel@usgs.gov
220-114:30 PM Potential for Undiscovered Hydrocarbon Accumulations in Southern Louisiana – Insights from the Structural Interpretation and Restoration of 2D Seismic Lines: PEARSON, Ofori N., PITMAN, Janet K., and DUBIEL, Russell F., Energy Resources Team, United States Geological Society, MS 939 Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, opearson@usgs.gov
220-124:45 PM Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterization of Cranfield Field, Mississippi—An Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Sequestration Study: TREVIÑO, Ramón H., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, PO Box X, Austin, TX 78713, ramon.trevino@beg.utexas.edu, HOVORKA, Susan D., Gulf Coast Carbon Center, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, AMBROSE, William A., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, and MECKEL, Timothy A., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ Texas at Austin, University Station, PO Box X, Austin, TX 78713
220-135:00 PM Petrologic and Petrophysical Differences Between Sandstones In the Middle and Lower Parts of the Upper Jurassic Bossier Formation, East Texas Basin, Texas: Implications for the Source of Produced Gas: FISHMAN, Neil S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, nfishman@usgs.gov, HALL, Donald L., Fluid Inclusion Technologies, Inc, 2217 North Yellowood Ave, Broken Arrow, OK 74102, and NEASHAM, John W., Poro-Technology, 104 Industrial Blvd., Suite G, Sugar Land, TX 77478
 5:15 PM Concluding Remarks

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