Session: Recent Advances in Deepwater Sedimentology: Science Driven by the Search for Natural Resources ( 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)

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8:00 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--Chevron Center of Research Excellence, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401 and JENNETTE, David, Apache Corporation, 2000 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056, dpyles@mines.edu, dpyles@mines.edu

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8:15 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, zishann@hotmail.com

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8:30 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 and ARNOTT, R.W.C., Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Marion Hall, 140 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, vterl078@uottawa.ca, vterl078@uottawa.ca

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8:45 AM

Sandstone and Conglomerate Populations from the Late Cretaceous-Eocene Gualala Basin, CA

DOEBBERT, Amalia C., 1015 Aurora Street, Houston, TX 77009, CARROLL, Alan, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and JOHNSON, Clark, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, acdoebbert@gmail.com, acdoebbert@gmail.com

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9:00 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, Julian⁵, MCHARGUE, Timothy R.², SULLIVAN, Morgan⁶ and POSAMENTIER, Henry⁶, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (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, (5)Chevron ETC, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583, (6)Chevron ETC, 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, shubbard@ucalgary.ca, shubbard@ucalgary.ca

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9:15 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, trey.meckel@woodside.com.au

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9:30 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, zanejobe@stanford.edu

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9:45 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, henry.posamentier@chevron.com

10:00 AM

Break

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10:15 AM

Topography within the Axial Channel of Seven Submarine Canyons off California

PAULL, Charles¹, CARESS, David¹, USSLER III, William¹, LUNDSTEN, Eve¹, THOMAS, Hans² and ROCK, Steve¹, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution, Moss Landing, CA 95039, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, paull@mbari.org, paull@mbari.org

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10:30 AM

Withdrawn

11

10:45 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, (2)BG Group, 100 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, RG6 1PT, United Kingdom, j.hodson@uea.ac.uk, j.hodson@uea.ac.uk

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11:00 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, (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, clare@mve.com, clare@mve.com

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11:15 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, Julian⁴, DRINKWATER, Nicholas⁵ and POSAMENTIER, Henry W.⁶, (1)Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, (2)Chevron, ETC, Houston, TX 77002, (3)Chevron ETC, 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, (4)Chevron ETC, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583, (5)ChevronTexaco ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, (6)1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, AndreaFildani@chevron.com, AndreaFildani@chevron.com

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11:30 AM

Event-Based Forward Modeling – Visualizing and Predicting Turbidite Channel Architectures

MCHARGUE, Tim¹, SULLIVAN, Morgan², CLARK, Julian³, FILDANI, Andrea¹, PYRCZ, Michael J.², LEVY, Marjorie³, POSAMENTIER, Henry², DRINKWATER, Nicholas⁴ and ROMANS, Brian¹, (1)Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, (2)Chevron ETC, 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, (3)Chevron ETC, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583, (4)Chevron ETC, Houston, TX 77002, TimMcHargue@chevron.com, TimMcHargue@chevron.com

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11:45 AM

Geometric Modeling of Submarine Channel-Levee Systems: Complex Architecture from Simple Rules

SYLVESTER, Zoltán¹, PIRMEZ, Carlos¹ and CANTELLI, Alessandro², (1)Clastic Research Group, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, (2)Clastic Research Group, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, 77025, zoltan.sylvester@shell.com, zoltan.sylvester@shell.com

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

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