South-Central Section - 51st Annual Meeting - 2017

Session No. 27
Tuesday, 14 March 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Grand Ballroom A (Omni Colonnade San Antonio)

T4. The Impact of Oceanographic Conditions, Oaes, and Volcanism on an Unconventional Reservoir System: The Late Cretaceous Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk Groups of the Gulf Coast

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Alexis Godet, Michael Pope, Robert J. Stern, Jonathan E. Snow and Steve Bergman, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL CONTROLS ON ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE EAGLE FORD, MAVERICK BASIN, TX, USA
ELDRETT, James, Shell International Exploration and Production, Kesslerpark 1, Rijswijk, 2288 GS, Netherlands, BERGMAN, Steve, Shell International Exploration and Production (Houston), Houston, TX and MINISINI, Daniel, Shell Exploration R&D, 3333 Highway 6 South, Houston, TX 77082, james.eldrett@shell.com, james.eldrett@shell.com
1:55 PM
EAGLE FORD GROUP DEPOSITION AND CORRELATION IN SOUTH AND WEST TEXAS, INSIGHTS FROM OUTCROPS AND CORES
POPE, Michael C.1, DONOVAN, Arthur D.1, MILLER, Brent V.2, TICE, Michael M.3, CONTE, Roy3, PEAVEY, Eric James4 and WEHNER, Matthew4, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, (3)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMUS, College Station, TX 77843, (4)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 778433115, mcpope@geo.tamu.edu, mcpope@geo.tamu.edu
2:15 PM
GROUND-BASED HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING OF THE EAGLE FORD FORMATION
SUN, Lei, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 and KHAN, Shuhab, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, lsun10@uh.edu, lsun10@uh.edu
2:35 PM
CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION OF EAGLE FORD GROUP-EQUIVALENT STRATIGRAPHY ACROSS WEST TEXAS
PEAVEY, Eric J.1, BORREMANS, Sean C.1, BONNETTE, Grant J.1, PACHUCA, Fernando1, MERRILL, Clayton W.1, PURWAMASKA, Ivanakbar1, DELUCA, Michael J.2 and MOORE, Bronwyn3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 778433115, (2)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Repsol Oil and Gas Canada, Inc., Repsol, 888-3rd St. SW, Suite 2000, Calgary, AB T2P 5C5, Canada, eric_peavey@tamu.edu, eric_peavey@tamu.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
U-PB AGES AND HF-ISOTOPES OF ZIRCONS IN ASH BEDS AND RE-OS ISOTOPES OF THE EAGLE FORD FORMATION OF SOUTH TEXAS
BASU, Asish R., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St, 107 Geoscience Building, Arlington, TX 76019 and CHAKRABARTY, Puloma, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St., Geoscience Bldg, Room 107, Arlington, TX 76019, abasu@uta.edu, abasu@uta.edu
3:30 PM
CONTINUOUS VOLCANISM THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSITION OF THE SOUTH TEXAN EAGLE FORD FORMATION AT THE CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN (93-93.5 MA) BOUNDARY: EVIDENCE FROM LA-ICPMS ZIRCON AGE AND XRD ANALYSIS OF EXPANDABLE CLAYS
CHAKRABARTY, Puloma1, BASU, Asish R.2 and FREYMUTH, Bryan2, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St., Geoscience Bldg, Room 107, Arlington, TX 76019, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St, 107 Geoscience Building, Arlington, TX 76019, puloma.chakrabarty@mavs.uta.edu, puloma.chakrabarty@mavs.uta.edu
3:50 PM
CHARACTERIZING THE NATURAL FRACTURE SYSTEM OF THE EAGLE FORD FORMATION
GOTTARDI, Raphaël and MASON, Shanna, School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley Street, Hamilton Hall, Lafayette, LA 70504, gottardi@louisiana.edu, gottardi@louisiana.edu
4:10 PM
POROSITY EVALUATION IN THE LOWER EAGLE FORD FORMATION, ATASCOSA COUNTY, SOUTH TEXAS
FINGER, Luke Joseph, Geology, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, GODET, Alexis, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249 and BILLINGSLEY, Lee T., Windridge Oil & Gas LP, 518 N Main St, Boerne, TX 78006, lfinger@abraxaspetroleum.com, lfinger@abraxaspetroleum.com
4:30 PM
THE IMPACT OF TECTONIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ON DEPOSITIONAL GEOMETRIES OF THE AUSTIN CHALK GROUP IN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS
COOPER, John R.1, GODET, Alexis1, KELLEY, Jeremy A.1, HARDWICK, Jeffrey W.2 and SPANGENBERG, Jorge3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, (2)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, RM 710, Norman, OK 73019, (3)Idyst, University of Lausanne, UNIL-Mouline, Bâtiment Géopolis, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, john.cooper@my.utsa.edu, john.cooper@my.utsa.edu
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