GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 125
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)

T16. Mudstone Evolution: From Deposition through Diagenesis

GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Sven Egenhoff and Neil Fishman, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
HYDRAULIC SORTING AND SOURCE MIXING OF MUD ALONG THE ONSHORE-OFFSHORE DISPERSAL PATH: ORIGIN OF FACIES DIVERSITY IN THE EARLY PALEOZOIC BELL ISLAND GROUP, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA (Invited Presentation)
HARAZIM, Dario, Department of Geosciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue, LA 70803 and DENOMMEE, Kathryn C., Upstream Research Company, ExxonMobil, 22777 Springwoods Village Pkwy, Spring, TX 77389, harazimdario@gmail.com
1:50 PM
EVENT DEPOSITION IN SHALES – WOODFORD SHALE, OKLAHOMA, USA, AND BJøRKåSHOLMEN FORMATION, SWEDEN
EGENHOFF, Sven, Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, FISHMAN, Neil, Hess Corporation, 1501 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010, AHLBERG, Per, Lund University, Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden, MALETZ, Jörg, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteser Str. 74-100, Haus B, Raum 105, Berlin, D-12249, Germany and PAXTON, Stanley T., Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 939, P.O. Box 25046, DFC, Denver, CO 80225-0046, Sven.Egenhoff@colostate.edu
2:05 PM
AN ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC-RICH STRATA IN THE TRIASSIC ARCTIC ALASKA BASIN
WHIDDEN, Katherine, United States Geological Survey, MS 939 Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and DUMOULIN, Julie A., U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, kwhidden@usgs.gov
2:20 PM
LIMESTONE FORMATION IN THE ORGANIC-RICH MARLS OF THE CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN EAGLE FORD GROUP OF SOUTH TEXAS
DENNE, Richard A., School of Geology, Energy, and the Environment, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 298830, Fort Worth, TX 76129, KOSANKE, Tobi H., ALS Oil and Gas, 6510 Guhn Road, Houston, TX 77040 and BREYER, John A., Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, r.denne@tcu.edu
2:35 PM
INTEGRATED ORGANIC/INORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY, PETROLOGY AND PALYNOLOGY FOR INTERPRETATION OF DEPOSITIONAL CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC RICH MUDSTONES OF THE TURONIAN - CENOMANIAN SECOND WHITE SPECKS FORMATION, SK AND MB CANADA (Invited Presentation)
HOSSEININEJAD, Somayeh, Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB t2n 1n4, Canada, PEDERSEN, Per K., Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, SPENCER, Ronald J., Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and SANEI, Hamed, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, 3303-33rd Street N.W, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, pkpeders@ucalgary.ca
2:50 PM
BASIN SCALE PATTERNS OF ORGANIC MATTER ENRICHMENT IN LACUSTRINE MUDROCKS, EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, WYOMING (Invited Presentation)
CARROLL, Alan R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 and TOFTE, Marshal, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706, carroll@geology.wisc.edu
3:05 PM
EARLY POST-DEPOSITIONAL BEDDING-PLANE-PARALLEL MELANGES CREATED BY SHEAR AND LIQUEFACTION: A COMMON BUT LARGELY MISINTERPRETED ORGANIC-RICH MUDROCK FACIES
OLSEN, Paul E. and KINNEY, Sean T., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
PROCESS ICHNOLOGY IN FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENTARY STRATA
GINGRAS, Murray, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and HARRIS, Nicholas, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G2E3, Canada, mgingras@ualberta.ca
3:50 PM
ADDING SOME SPICE TO THE LATE CAMBRIAN SPICE EVENT: PYRITIZATION HISTORY IN THE ALUM SHALE, ANDRARUM CORE, SWEDEN
FISHMAN, Neil, Hess Corporation, 1501 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010, EGENHOFF, Sven, Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 and LOWERS, Heather A., United States Geol Survey, Box 25046 DFC, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, nfishman@hess.com
4:05 PM
ORGANIC-MATTER PORES – NEW FINDINGS FROM MUDROCKS AT LOWER THERMAL MATURITY (RO <0.7%)
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
4:20 PM
ORGANIC-HOSTED PORE SYSTEM IN THE CRETACEOUS MOWRY FORMATION, WYOMING, USA
OLSON, Terrilyn M.1, CARNERUP, Anna2, FOGDEN, Andrew2 and MILLIKEN, Kitty3, (1)Digital Rock Petrophysics, 2416 Fossil Trace Dr., Golden, CO 80401, (2)FEI, Canberra, 2600, Australia, (3)Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713-9824, tmolson8550@gmail.com
4:35 PM
DIAGENESIS OF PROMINENT NORTH AMERICAN MUDROCKS DOCUMENTED BY PALEOMAGNETISM, MAGNETIC FABRICS AND PARAGENESIS
HEIJ, Gerhard1, ELMORE, R. Douglas1, WICKARD, Alyssa K.1, STEULLET, Alex2, ROBERTS, Jennifer M.1, ROSE, Dustin1, DENNIE, Devin3, BENTON, Alex4 and MANNING, Earl B.5, (1)ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, SEC 710, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Noble Energy, Houston, TX 77070, (3)Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, (4)Devon Energy Corporation, 333 W Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, (5)Shell Exploration and Production Company, Houston, TX 70002, gheij@ou.edu
4:50 PM
A GEOCHEMICAL AND CLAY MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BUTTER SHALES FROM THE WAYNESVILLE FORMATION (UPPER ORDOVICIAN) IN THE CINCINNATI ARCH
COHEN, Hanna Fay, Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, WITTMER, Jacalyn M., Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 605 E. Springfield St, Champaign, IL 61820, BUTLER, Shane K., Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Natural Resources Building, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and YOUNG, Jordan M., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, hannafcohen@gmail.com
5:05 PM
HIGH-EFFICIENCY GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MUDROCKS
BOEHLKE, Adam R., U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survery, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 977, Denver, CO 80225; U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survery, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 977, Denver, CO 80225, BIRDWELL, Justin E., U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survery, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 977, Denver, CO 80225 and MURPHY, Christopher, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survery, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, aboehlke@usgs.gov
 
5:20 PM
Discussion
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