Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin corners
Jackson School of Geosciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
Department of Geological SciencesBureau of Economic GeologyInstitute for Geophysics

JSG will be at the 2004 AAPG Annual Meeting!

JSG will be represented at AAPG's 2004 Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, April 18-21, 2004, by members of its staff, students, and alumni.

Booth and Reception Information

Submitted abstracts with JSG Scientists and Students* as (Co-)Authors

Authors(s)

Title

Session

Date/Time

Blackwood, S., Yoshida, S.*, Steel, R., Dlarymple, R., Martinius, A., and Gawthorpe, R.

Comparative Studies of Modern, Quaternary and Ancient Seaways: Building Depositional Models for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production - A Review

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of Shoreline and Shelf Systems I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Holtz, M., Doughty, C., Yeh, J., and Hovorka, S.D.

Modeling of CO2 Saline Aquifer Sequestration and the Effects of Residual Phase Saturation

CO2 Sequestration (DEG/SEPM/EMD)
Room C144/145

afternoon oral
4:00 p.m.

Muto, T. and Steel, R.

Principles of Autostratigraphic Analysis: Implications from Flume Experiments

New Developments in Stratigraphy: Sequence, Cyclo-, Allo- and Beyond (SEPM)
Room C147/148/154

afternoon oral
4:20 p.m.

Engelder, T., Lash, G, and Loewy, S.

The Catskill Delta Complex: An Ancient Hydrocarbon System with Black Shale Acting as Source, Reservoir, and Seal during Multiple Phases of Pressure Generation

Characterization and Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs (AAPG)
Room C146

morning oral
9:05 a.m.

Finch, E., Gawthorpe, R., Steel, R., and Petersen, S.

Seismic Expression of High-Frequency Shelf-Edge to Basin Floor Depositional Systems and their Sequence Stratigraphic Subdivision: Eocene of Spitsbergen

Evolution of Deep Water Deposits: Refining the Lowstand Model (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4

morning oral
10:20 a.m.

Altobi, Y.K.*, Goldhammer, R.K., and Lehrmann, D.J.

Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Dolomitization, Structural Deformation and Fracture Distribution in Carbonate Strata, the Cupido Formation, Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeast Mexico

New Developments in Stratigraphy: Sequence, Cyclo-, Allo- and Beyond II (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Gomez, L.

Predicting Macrofracture Spacing from Small Rock Samples: Testing New Analytical Techniques Using Microfracture Spacing

Selected Academic Research Topics: Student Presentations (AAPG)
Room C146

morning oral
9:05 a.m.

Uroza, C.A. and Steel, R.

Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Architecture of a Linked Shelf-Edge Delta-Estuary System in the Battfjellet Formation, West Spitsbergen, Norway

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of Shoreline and Shelf Systems I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00

Kerans, C., Loucks, R.G., Janson, X., Marhx, A., and Reyes, C.

Stratigraphic Patterns and Controls on Reservoir Quality of the Giant Poza Rica Field, Albian, Cretaceous, Mexico

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada -Onshore (AAPG)
Room C140/142

Monday morning oral
9:05 a.m.

Loucks, R.G.

Hydrothermal Overprint on a Complex, Coalesced, Collapsed Paleocave System

Hydrothermally Altered Carbonate Reservoirs: Models and Case Studies (SEPM)
Room C144/145

Monday morning oral
8:00 - 11:40 a.m.

Escalona, A. and Mann, P.

Regional Tectonics, Stratigraphy, Reservoir Characterization, and Petroleum Systems in an Eocene Foreland Basin, Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela

Eastern Caribbean and Venezuela (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Mann, P., Wood, L., and Sullivan, S.**

Along-strike Segmentation of Pliocene-Recent Normal Fault Systems, Eastern Offshore Trinidad

Eastern Caribbean and Venezuela (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Sakurai, S., Ambrose, W.A., Jennette, D.C., Holtz, M.H., Dutton, S., Fouad, K., Wawrzyniec, T.F., Dunlap, D., Guevara, E.H., Grimaldo-Suarez, F.M., Aguilera-Gomez, L.E., and Rodriguez-larios, J.A.

Petrophysical Evaluation of Miocene-Pliocene Gas Reservoirs: Veracruz and Macuspana Basins, Mexico

Application of Novel Logging Techniques I (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Trevino, R.H., Vendeville, B., Loucks, R.G., Brown, L.F., Hammes, U., Montoya, P., and Remington, R.

An Example of Slope-Parallel Shale Ridge Triggered by Thin-Skinned Lateral Extension, South Texas

Extension and Gravity Flow: Processes and Provinces (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Wawrzyniec, T.F., Swenson, J., Ambrose, W.A., Fouad, K., Aranda, M., Zamora, E.M. and Sanchez-Barreda, L.

Late Cenozoic Intrabasinal Deformation in Offshore Laguna Madre-Tuxpan Continental Ahelf and Related Deepwater Mexican Ridges Fold Belt

Extension and Gravity Flow: Processes and Provinces (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Clift, S.J.

Developing Effective Programs for Enhancing Geoscience Education: The Role of the State Geological Survey

Forum: Teaching Earth Sciences K-12 and Public Outreach (AAPG)
Room C146

Monday afternoon oral
1:25 - 5:00 p.m.

Murray, P.E., Backus, M., DeAngelo, M.V., Fomel, S., Graebner, R., Hardage, B., and Wood, L.

Evaluating Marine Gas Hydrates with 4-C OBC Seismic Data

Gas Hydrate Exploitation, Sediment Strength, and Slope Instability Along Continental Margins II (EMD/SEPM)
Room C147/148/154

Monday afternoon oral
1:25-5:00 p.m.

Broadhead, R.F., Raatz, W.D., Dutton, S., and Kim, E.M.

Play Analysis and Digital Portfolio of Major Oil Reservoirs in the Permian Basin: New Mexico

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada - Onshore I (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Dutton, S., Kim, E.M., Breton, C.L., Broadhead, R.F., and Raatz, W.D.

Digital Play Portfolio of a Major U.S. Oil Province: The Permian Basin

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada - Onshore I (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Davis, M.H.** and Goldhammer, R.K.

A Field Study of Rift through Passive Margin Development and Laramide Deformation in Triassic and Jurassic Strata of the Sierra Madre Oriental, NE Mexico

Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Ambrose, W.A., Wawrzyniec, T.F., Fouad, K., Brown, L.F., Jr., Sakurai, S., Jennette, D.C., Guevara, E.H., Garcia, M.A., Romano, U.H., Hernandez, R.C., Zamora, E.M., and Talukdar, S.C.

Geologic Controls on Neogene Deep-Water and Shelf Gas Plays, Laguna Madre-Tuxpan Continental Shelf, Eastern Mexico

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada - Offshore (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30-5:00 p.m.

Guevara, E.H., Ruiz-Ruiz, H.F., Ambrose, W.A., Martinez-Garcia, J., Rico-Perez, J., Wawrzyniec, T.F., Aranda-Garcia, M., Fouad, K., Sakurai, S., and Sanchez-Barreda, L.

Use of Biostratigraphic Data in The Definition of The Geological Framework of The Neogene in The Southern Laguna Madre-Tuxpan Continental Shelf, Eastern Mexico

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada - Offshore (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30-5:00 p.m.

Hentz, T.F., DeAngelo, M.V., Wawrzyniec, T.W., Brown, L.F., Jr., Sakurai, S., Ambrose, W.A., Cuevas, A., and Mendoza, J.J.H.

Miocene Depositional and Chronostratigraphic Framework: Relation to Potential Gas Exploration in the Burgos Basin, Northeastern Mexico

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada - Offshore (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30-5:00 p.m.

Wawrzyniec, T.F., Hentz, T., De Angelo, M., Cuevas, A., Mendoza, J.J.H., and Sanchez-Barreda, L.

Termination of the Offshore Northern Gulf of Mexico Structural Style, Burgos Basin, Mexico

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada - Offshore (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30-5:00 p.m.

Kolla, V., Posamentier, H., Fachmi, M., and Wood, L.

Modes of Evolution of Deep-water and Fluvial Channels

Numerical Modeling and Seismic Imaging of Channelized Systems: Comparing Fluvial and Deep Water (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Mize, K.L.**, Wood, L., and Mann, P.

Controls on the Morphology and Development of Deep-Marine Channels, Eastern Offshore Trinidad and Venezuela

Numerical Modeling and Seismic Imaging of Channelized Systems: Comparing Fluvial and Deep Water (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Monday afternoon poster
1:30 to 5:00 p.m.

DeJarnett, B.B. and Zahm, L.C.

Cores and Cuttings - An Extraordinary Resource

Cores and More: A Look at the Reservoir (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Hammes, U. and Lakings, J.

Solving the St. Louis Formation Reservoir Puzzle in Kansas: Application of a Regional Carbonate Cyclostratigraphic and Diagenetic Reservoir Model for Exploring in Mature Areas

Cores and More: A Look at the Reservoir (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Zahm, L.C. and DeJarnett, B.B.

Dramatic Carbonate Reservoir Facies Illustrated in Cores from the Teaching Collection of the Bureau of Economic Geology

Cores and More: A Look at the Reservoir (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Hovorka, S.D.

Developing a Business Plan for Carbon Sequestration in the Gulf Coast

CO2 Sequestration (DEG/SEPM/EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Janson, X., Kerans, C., Bellian, J.A., Playton, T., and Fitchen, W.M.

Outcrop-Based 3D Synthetic Seismic of Early Permian Deep Water Carbonate Deposits, Victorio Canyon, West Texas

Use of Outcrop Analogs in Reservoir Characterization and Modeling (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C155/156

Tuesday morning oral
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Loucks, R.G., Kerans, C., Janson, X., Marhx, A., and Reyes, C.

Depositional Facies and Reservoir Quality of the Deep-Water, Lower Cretaceous Tamabra Carbonate Slope Reservoir in the Poza Rica Field, Mexico

Deep-Water Carbonates: Reservoirs and Potential (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday afternoon poster
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Bellian, J.A., Kerans, C., Playton, T., Janson, X., Jennings, J., Jr., and Dunn, P.

3D Cretaceous Rudist Reef Reservoir Model; Integration of GPR, RTK GPS, and LiDAR

Use of Outcrop Analogs in Reservoir Characterization and Modeling I (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday afternoon poster
1:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Zeng, H., Kerans, C., Ruppel, S.

Integrating Detailed Stratigraphic Architecture with 3D Seismic for High-resolution Reservoir Modeling

Use of Outcrop Analogs in Reservoir Characterization and Modeling I (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday afternoon poster
1:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Fisher, W.L.

Decarbonization: Impact on Economy and Environment

Forum: The Future of Global Energy: Technical, Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues (DEG/SEPM/EMD)
Room Blrm C1/C2

Tuesday afternoon oral
1:50 p.m.

Friedmann, S.J. and Hovorka, S.D.

Just Do It! Large-Scale Storage of Greenhouse Gas in the United States and Abroad

Forum: The Future of Global Energy: Technical, Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues (DEG/SEPM/EMD)
Room Blrm C1/C2

Tuesday afternoon oral
1:25 - 3:10 p.m.

Gale, J., Gomez, L., Marrett, R., Olson, J.E., Laubach, S.E., Holder, J., Rijken, P., and Cumella, S.P.

Natural Fracture and Diagenetic Controls on Producibility of Low Permeability,Upper Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation and Cozzette Sandstones, Piceance Basin, Colorado

Characterization and Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

afternoon poster
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Marrett, R., Gale, J., Gomez, L.

New Techniques for Characterizing Fracture Spacing: Examples from Northeastern Mexico and Central Texas

Characterization and Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday afternoon poster
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Moscardelli, L., Wood, L., and Mann, P.

Debris Flow Distribution and Controls on Slope to Basin Deposition, Offshore Trinidad

Evolution of Deep Water Deposits: Refining the Lowstand Model (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday afternoon poster
1:30-5:00 p.m.

Zeng, H., Brown, F., Loucks, R.G., Trevino, R.H., Hammes, U., and Remington, R.

Using Seismic Geomorphology to Characterize Depositional Systems in Oligocene Growth-Faulted Intraslope Subbasins, Offshore South Texas

Evolution of Deep Water Deposits: Refining the Lowstand Model (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Tuesday afternoon poster
1:30-5:00 p.m.

Yoshida, S.*, Steel, R., Dalrymple, R., and MacEachern, J.

Architectural Element Analysis of Regressive vs. Transgressive Tidal Sandstone Outcrops: Upper Cretaceous Sego Sandstone, Book Cliffs, Utah

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of Shoreline and Shelf Systems I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Wednesday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Forkner, R.

Stratigraphic Packaging and Syndepositional Extensional Tectonism: A Preliminary study of the Dolomia Principale, the Dolomites, N. Italy

New Developments in Stratigraphy: Sequence, Cyclo-, Allo- and Beyond I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Wednesday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Janson, X., Loucks, R.G., Kerans, C., Marhx, A., and Reyes, C.

Karstification of the Lower Cretaceous Tuxpan Detached Platform, Golden Lane, Mexico

New Developments in Stratigraphy: Sequence, Cyclo-, Allo- and Beyond I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall

Wednesday morning poster
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Guevara, E.H., Aslan, A., White, W.A., Raney, J.A., and Gibeaut, J.C.

The Orinoco Delta, Venezuela: Sedimentation Near an Active Plate Margin

Deltas Revisited (SEPM)
Room C147/148/154

Wednesday morning oral
8:05 a.m.

Hudec, M.R., Jackson, M., and Jennette, D.

Influence of Precursor Salt Structures on Thrust Faulting, Deep-water Lower Congo Basin, Gabon

Exploration Above, Below, and Adjacent to Salt (AAPG)
Room C144/145

Wednesday morning oral
8:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Lucia, F.J., Jones, R.H., and Jennings, J.W., Jr.

Poikilotopic Anhydrite Enhances Reservoir Quality

Carbonate Diagenesis: Old Foundations and New Paradigms (SEPM)
Room C155/156

Wednesday morning oral
8:00 - 11:40 a.m.

Vendeville, B. and Fox, C.R.**

Role of Curved Detachment Pinch-Outs on the Formation of Arcuate Fold-and-Thrust Belts

Re-Examining Structural Models: Geometric, Kinematic, and Mechanical (AAPG)
Room C140/142

Wednesday afternoon oral
1:50 p.m.

Steel, R., Crabaugh, J., Dalrymple, B., Martinsen, R., Porebski, S., and Yoshida, S.*

Isolated Basinal Sandbodies of the Western Interior Basin Revisited

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of Shoreline and Shelf Systems (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4

Wednesday afternoon oral
4:40 p.m.

Brown, F., Loucks, R.G., Trevino, R.H., and Hammes, U.

Role of Lowstand Deposition in Mobilizing Shale Ridges that Established Successive Shelf Edges, Oligocene Frio Formation (32-23.6 Ma), Gulf of Mexico Basin, South Texas

Exploration in Mobile Shale Basins (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C144/145

Wednesday afternoon oral
1:20-3:10 p.m.

Hammes, U., Brown, F., Trevino, R.H., Remington, R., Loucks, R.G. and Montoya, P.

Gas Reservoir Compartmentalization in Lowstand Prograding-Wedge Deltaic Systems: Oligocene Upper Lower Frio Formation, South Texas

Exploration in Mobile Shale Basins (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C144/145

Wednesday afternoon oral
1:20-3:10 p.m.

Wu, X.* and Galloway, W.E.

Deepwater Depositional Style of the Upper Miocene Depositional Episode, East-Central Gulf of Mexico

Deep- and Ultra-Deepwater Provinces (SEPM/AAPG)
Room Blrm C1/C2

Wednesday afternoon oral
1:30 to 5:00 p.m.

* UT PhD student
** UT MS student
*** UT undergraduate geology student