GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 231
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom 6C (Washington State Convention Center)

T88. Mudstone Facts: Deposition, Diagenesis, and Source of Basin Fluids

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division
Neil Fishman, Sven Egenhoff and Dario Harazim, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
DIAGNOSING MECHANISMS OF OFFSHORE DEPOSITION IN THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: A DEPOSITIONAL MODEL FOR THE LOWER BLUE GATE MEMBER, MANCOS SHALE, UINTA BASIN, UTAH (Invited Presentation)
BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P., Geology and Geophysics Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102, HORTON, Brendan, Mid Continent Business Unit, Chevron Corporation, 1500 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, MCCAULEY, Andrew, Apache Corporation, Houston, TX 77056, JOHNSON, Cari, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and KENNEDY, Angela, EP Energy, Houston, TX 77002, Lauren.Birgenheier@utah.edu
1:50 PM
MUDSTONE DEPOSITION IN AN INTERIOR BASIN DURING THE LATE DEVONIAN – THE LOWER BAKKEN SHALE MEMBER IN THE WILLISTON BASIN, NORTH DAKOTA, USA
EGENHOFF, Sven O. and ALBERT, Stacie, Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, Sven.Egenhoff@colostate.edu
2:05 PM
DEPOSITION AND DIAGENETIC ALTERATION OF MUDDY SEDIMENTS ACROSS AN EARLY ORDOVICIAN CLINOTHEM: THE POWER STEPS FORMATION, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA
DENOMMEE, Kathryn C., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, HARAZIM, Dario, Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue, LA 70803, BENTLEY, Samuel J., Geology and Geophysics, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and MACQUAKER, Joe, ExxonMobil URC, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, harazimdario@gmail.com
2:20 PM
WAVES AND SAND AND . . . MUD? SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT OF AN EXPOSURE OF THE PLACID SHALE AND RANGER LIMESTONE, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
JUNTUNEN, Kristopher Lee, Department of Chemistry, Geosciences, and Physics, Tarleton State University, 1318 Kilgore Lane, Waco, TX 76705, SCOTT, Ashley Brooke, Department of Chemistry, Geosciences, and Physics, Tarleton State University, Box T-05040, Stephenville, TX 76402 and MORGAN, Ryan F., Department of Chemistry, Geosciences, and Physics, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, kristopher.juntunen@go.tarleton.edu
2:35 PM
DEPOSITION ALONG A SHALE-CARBONATE FACIES TRANSITION ON THE SCANDINAVIAN ORDOVICIAN SHELF – THE ARNESTAD FORMATION, SANDBIAN, SOUTHERN NORWAY
SCHULLER, Kathryn, Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and EGENHOFF, Sven O., Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, kathryn.schuller@gmail.com
2:50 PM
A NEW RAPID SCANNING, DECIMETER SCALE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING STATION AT THE STANFORD SYNCHROTRON RADIATION LIGHTSOURCE (CA, USA)
EDWARDS, Nicholas P.1, WEBB, Samuel M.2, MANNING, Phillip L.3, WOGELIUS, Roy A.4, KREST, Courtney M.2 and BERGMANN, Uwe5, (1)Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom; Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 66 Goerge Street, Charleston, SC 29424, (4)School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom, (5)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Linac Coherent Light Source, 2575 Sandhill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, phil.manning@manchester.ac.uk
 
3:05 PM
Break
3:20 PM
DIAGENESIS IN MUDSTONES: FRIEND OR FOE FOR STRATIGRAPHERS? (Invited Presentation)
MACQUAKER, Joe, ExxonMobil URC, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, JMacquaker@mac.com
3:35 PM
REDOX CONDITIONS DURING DEPOSITION OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN POINT PLEASANT LIMESTONE, APPALACHIAN BASIN, USA: CONTROLS ON THE ACCUMULATION OF ORGANIC CARBON (Invited Presentation)
BLOOD, David R.1, DATTILO, Benjamin F.2 and SONG, Liaosha1, (1)EQT Production, 625 Liberty Ave, Ste 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (2)Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, Rblood@eqt.com
3:50 PM
HERE’S THE ‘BEEF’—TIMING OF OVERPRESSURING IN THE CAMBRIAN ALUM SHALE, SOUTHERN SWEDEN
FISHMAN, Neil S., 2135 King Ave, Boulder, CO 80302, EGENHOFF, Sven O., Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, LOWERS, Heather, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and SCHLAEGLE, Steven, RJ Lee Group, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, nsftjb@comcst.net
4:05 PM
CARBONATE MUD, GLORIOUS MUD FROM THE SHALLOW COOL-WATER MARINE REALM, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
O'CONNELL, Laura G., Geology, Southern Illinois University, Parkinson Lab Mailcode 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901 and JAMES, Noel P., Department of Geological Science and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, lauragoconnell@gmail.com
4:20 PM
A NEW CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK FOR EXPLORING LATERAL VARIABILITY AND DIACHRONEITY OF EAGLE FORD- AND AUSTIN CHALK-EQUIVALENT STRATA IN WEST TEXAS
PEAVEY, Eric J.1, POPE, Michael C.2, LUNDQUIST, Jason J.2, DONOVAN, Art D.2, WEHNER, Matthew2, DELUCA, Michael J.3, MILLER, Brent V.2, MOORE, Bronwyn4 and STAERKER, T. Scott5, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 778433115, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 778433115, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)Repsol Oil and Gas Canada, Inc., Repsol, 888-3rd St. SW, Suite 2000, Calgary, AB T2P 5C5, Canada, (5)Atlantes Geoconsulting, LLC., P.O. Box 34, Barker, TX 77143, eric.j.peavey@gmail.com
4:35 PM
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PALEOCLIMATE, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, DEPOSITION, AND EOGENESIS IN THE PHOSPHORIA ROCK COMPLEX OF THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
MATHESON, Edward J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 126 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588 and FRANK, Tracy D., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, matheson.edward@huskers.unl.edu
 
4:50 PM
Discussion
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