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. 290
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T68. Brittle Deformation and Diagenesis as Coupled Processes

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Stephen Laubach and Peter Eichhubl, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
Structural Diagenesis: An integrated investigative approach to coupled chemical and mechanical processes in sedimentary systems
LAUBACH, Stephen E., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, steve.laubach@beg.utexas.edu, steve.laubach@beg.utexas.edu
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8:20 AM
Fluid Inclusion Evidence of Overpressure throughout a ~42 M.Y. History of Fracture Opening In the Travis Peak Formation, East Texas Basin
BECKER, S.P.1, EICHHUBL, P.1, LAUBACH, S.E.1 and BODNAR, R.J.2, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, stephen.becker@beg.utexas.edu, stephen.becker@beg.utexas.edu
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8:35 AM
Paleomagnetic Dating of Brecciated Veins in Durness Group Carbonates, NW Scotland
ELMORE, R. Douglas1, BURR, Rika Renee1, ENGEL, Michael H.2, ELMORE, Mat3, ENGEL, Daniel2 and PARNELL, John4, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-1009, (2)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (3)Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (4)Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Ab24 3UE, United Kingdom, delmore@ou.edu, delmore@ou.edu
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8:50 AM
Quartz Cementation Modeling to Elucidate the Timing of Deformation along the Pine Mountain Overthrust, Eastern Kentucky
MILLIKEN, Kitty L., Bureau of Economic Geology, The Univ of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, MAKOWITZ, Astrid, British Petroleum, Houston, TX 77079 and LANDER, Robert H., Geocosm, Austin, TX 78738, kittym@mail.utexas.edu, kittym@mail.utexas.edu
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9:05 AM
The Influence of Clay Authigenesis on the Mechanical and Hydrological Properties of the Moab Fault, Utah
SOLUM, John G., Bellaire Technology Center, Shell International Exploration and Production, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, DAVATZES, Nicholas C., Department of Geology, Temple University, Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and LOCKNER, David A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, davatzes@temple.edu, davatzes@temple.edu
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9:20 AM
The Effect of Progressive Cementation on the Mechanical Properties of a Quartz Arenite
COOK, Jennie1, GOODWIN, Laurel1, BUCHHEIT, Thomas2, BOUTT, David F.3 and PLOURDE, Kathleen4, (1)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amerst, MA 01003, jcook@geology.wisc.edu, jcook@geology.wisc.edu
 
9:35 AM
Break
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9:50 AM
The Effect of Diagenesis on Fracture Aperture Development
OLSON, Jon E., Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton St., Stop C0300, Austin, TX 78712, jolson@austin.utexas.edu, jolson@austin.utexas.edu
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10:05 AM
Fracture Pattern Prediction Using Geomechanical Models Incorporating Diagenesis, with Comparison to Outcrop Data (Cambrian Eriboll Group sandstones, Northwestern Scotland)
PINZON, Edgar A., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and LAUBACH, Stephen E., Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, P.O. Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, edgar.pinzon@mail.utexas.edu, edgar.pinzon@mail.utexas.edu
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10:20 AM
Modeling Deep-Seated Reactive Fluid Flow within Active Hawaiian Volcanoes
GARVEN, Grant, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, 105 Lane Hall, 2 North Hill Rd., Medford, MA 02155 and MORGAN, Julia K., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, Grant.Garven@tufts.edu, Grant.Garven@tufts.edu
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10:35 AM
Role of Fluid Composition in the Evolution of Porosity: Examples from Fault Zones in the Central Appalachian Foreland
ONASCH, Charles, Dept. of Geology, Bowling Green St. Univ, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, DUNNE, William, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37996 and FARVER, John R., Dept of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, conasch@bgsu.edu, conasch@bgsu.edu
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10:50 AM
Formation of Authigenic and Detrital Clay Gouges –Examples from the US Cordillera and Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains, East African Rift
HAINES, Samuel Hackstaff1, VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A.1 and KOEHN, Daniel2, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C. C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Becherweg 21, Mainz, 55099, Germany, shhaines@umich.edu, shhaines@umich.edu
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11:05 AM
Geohydrology of Faults & Petroleum Migration, Los Angeles Basin, California
JUNG, Byeongju, Geology, Tufts University, 2 North Hill Rd, Medford, MA 02155, GARVEN, Grant, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, 105 Lane Hall, 2 North Hill Rd., Medford, MA 02155 and BOLES, James, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, byeongju.jung@tufts.edu, byeongju.jung@tufts.edu
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11:20 AM
Syntectonic Fluid Flux during Rift Deformation: Record from the MIS Core, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica
MILLAN, Cristina, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, WILSON, Terry J., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43081 and PAULSEN, Tim, Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901, millan.2@osu.edu, millan.2@osu.edu
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11:35 AM
Evaluating Structural Diagenesis with Imaging Spectroscopy: Examples from the Jurassic ‎Navajo Sandstone
BELL, Julianne and BOWEN, Brenda Beitler, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, jhbell@purdue.edu, jhbell@purdue.edu
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