GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 16
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 307/308 (Washington State Convention Center)

T90. Advancing Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy: Insights from Testing the Fundamentals

GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Andrew Madof, Ashley D. Harris and Fabien J. Laugier, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM
40 YEARS OF CHANGING VIEWS ON THE SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC PARADIGM
HOLBROOK, John, School of Geology, Energy and the Environment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, john.holbrook@tcu.edu
8:25 AM
BACK TO BASICS OF SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: EARLY MIOCENE AND MID-CRETACEOUS EXAMPLES FROM THE NEW JERSEY PALEOSHELF
MILLER, Kenneth G., BROWNING, James V., SCHMELZ, W. John, GALLEGOS, Gabriel E., MOUNTAIN, Gregory S. and BALDWIN, Kimberly E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
8:40 AM
SEQUENCE BOUNDARY DEVELOPMENT: FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS AND TESTS, WITH AN EXAMPLE FROM THE LATE OLIGOCENE–MIDDLE MIOCENE OF THE GULF OF SUEZ, EGYPT (Invited Presentation)
CHRISTIE-BLICK, Nicholas1, BADR, Raed2, EL-BARKOOKY, Ahmed N.2, GOLDSTEIN, Steven L.1 and CAI, Yue3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, ncb@ldeo.columbia.edu
9:00 AM
ACCOMMODATION – NOT A SIGNIFICANT CONTROL ON RIVERINE STRATIGRAPHY? (Invited Presentation)
PLINK-BJORKLUND, Piret, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and JONES, Evan, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, pplink@mines.edu
9:20 AM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CRETACEOUS STRATA IN THE SOUTHERN BALTIMORE CANYON TROUGH: AN INTEGRATION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA
SCHMELZ, W. John, MILLER, Kenneth G., MOUNTAIN, Gregory S. and BROWNING, James V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, wjs107@eps.rutgers.edu
9:35 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT, AND IMPLICATIONS OF MIOCENE INTRASHELF BOTTOMSET DEPOSITS, OFFSHORE NEW JERSEY
HODGSON, David M.1, BROWNING, James V.2, MILLER, Kenneth G.2, HESSELBO, Stephen P.3, POYATOS-MORE, Miquel4, MOUNTAIN, Gregory S.2 and PROUST, Jean-Noel5, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Camborne School of Mines and Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0371, Norway, (5)UPR Cnrs 4661, CNRS/Universite de Rennes, Géosciences Rennes, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France, jvb@rci.rutgers.edu
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:05 AM
GEOCHRONOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NEOGENE SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENTS FROM THE KOCHKOR BASIN, KYRGYZSTAN
MCLAUGHLIN, Win N.F.1, HOPKINS, Samantha S.B.2 and WELDON II, Ray J.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, (2)Clark Honors College and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, win@uoregon.edu
10:20 AM
CONTROLS ON SEISMIC-SCALE SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF TRIASSIC MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC SYSTEMS: NANPANJIANG BASIN, SOUTH CHINA
MINZONI, Marcello, Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 1038 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, LEHRMANN, Daniel J., Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, ENOS, Paul, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, WEI, Jiayong, Guizhou Regional Mapping Team, Guizhou Geological Survey, Bagongli, Guiyang, 550005, China, YU, Meiyi, Geosciences, Guizhou University, Caijiaguan, Guiyang, 550003, China, PAYNE, Jonathan L., Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, KELLEY, Brian M., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 22777 Springwood Village Parkway, Houston, TX 77389 and LI, Xiaowei, Earth Science, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, mminzoni@ua.edu
10:35 AM
EXTRACTING WATER DEPTH CHANGE FROM CARBONATE STRATIGRAPHY WITH HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS
DYER, Blake1, MALOOF, Adam C.2, PURKIS, Sam J.3 and HARRIS, Paul M.3, (1)Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Rte. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964; Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (3)CSL – Centre for Carbonate Research, Department of Marine Geosciences, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, bdyer@ldeo.columbia.edu
10:55 AM
TESTING SEISMIC SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY ASSUMPTIONS USING COMPUTATIONAL STRATIGRAPHY MODELS
GOGGIN, Lisa Renee'1, SUN, Tao2, AMARU, Maisha1 and HARRIS, Ashley D.2, (1)Chevron Corporation, Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, (2)Energy Technology Company, Chevron Corporation USA, 1500 Louisiana St., Houston, TX 77002, Lisa.Goggin@chevron.com
11:10 AM
EQUIFINALITY IN DEEP-WATER SAND DELIVERY: INSIGHTS FROM 3-D STRATIGRAPHIC FORWARD MODELS
HARRIS, Ashley1, COVAULT, Jacob A.2, MADOF, Andrew1, BAUMGARDNER, Sarah3, SUN, Tao3, SYLVESTER, Zoltán2 and GRANJEON, Didier4, (1)Chevron, Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, (2)Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, (3)Energy Technology Company, Chevron Corporation USA, 1500 Louisiana St., Houston, TX 77002, (4)Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil Malmaison, 92506, AshleyHarris@chevron.com
11:25 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC ALIASING AND THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF DEPOSITIONAL CYCLICTY: DOES THE DEEP-WATER SEQUENCE MODEL NEED REVISION?
MADOF, Andrew1, HARRIS, Ashley1, CHRISTIE-BLICK, Nicholas2 and LAUGIER, Fabien J.1, (1)Chevron, Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, andrew.madof@chevron.com
 
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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