Technical Program

All sessions will be held at the American Bank Center.
Poster Sessions: Exhibit Hall (Watergarden A/B)
Oral Sessions: Henry Garrett Ballrooms B, C, and D, and Rooms 225C, 225D/E, and 226
Breakfast/Luncheons: Henry Garrett Ballroom A and Rooms 102 and 103 (Lower Level)

ORAL SESSIONS Monday AM GULF OF MEXICO DEEPWATER PLAYS (Henry Garrett B) Paul Weimer and John Wagner, Session Chairs
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Paul Weimer, Eric Zimmerman, Renaud Bouroullec, Steve Cumella, James Adson, William Gutterman, Travis Payeur, Brandon Snyder, Harrison Hirsh, and Daniel Bettinger: Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Reservoirs, Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
8:55		Paul Weimer, Renaud Bouroullec, Eric Zimmermann, Henry Pettingill, and William Gutterman: Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Traps, Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
9:20		Paul K. Wieg: Large-Scale Depositional Characteristics of the Wilcox Formation, Central Gulf of Mexico Deepwater
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Jason Kegel, Daniel Chaikin, and Brad Torry: New Insights from 3D Data over an Extinct Spreading Ridge and its Implications to Deepwater Offshore Exploration
10:40		Paul Weimer, Renaud Bouroullec, Veit Matt, James Adson, Aaron van den Berg, Todd Lapinski, and John Roesink: Petroleum Geology of the Mississippi Canyon, Atwater Valley, Western DeSoto Canyon, and Western Lloyd Areas, Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Seals, Source Rocks, Generation, and Accumulation
11:05		Eric Zimmermann, Carlos Guzman, Mike Vercher, Stan Hewitt, Anish Kumar, Michael Mahnke, Vinay K. Mishra, Elizabeth Ruiz, and Nellyana Charmelo: Geological Interpretation of Mass-Transport Deposits in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Integrating Borehole Geology, Borehole Geophysics, and Reservoir Engineering
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EAGLE FORD—UNDERSTANDING THE UNCONVENTIONALS (Henry Garrett C) Tucker Hentz and Steven C. Ruppel, Session Chairs
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Ursula Hammes, Raymond Eastwood, Guin McDaid, Emilian Vankov, Jeffrey Yarus, and Amin Gherabati: Regional Assessment of the Eagle Ford Group of South Texas, USA: Insights from Lithology, Pore Volume, Water Saturation, Organic Richness, and Productivity Correlations
8:55		T. Scott Staerker, Jim Pospichal, Bronwyn Moore, Matthew Wehner, Matthew J. Corbett, Christopher M. Lowery, Michael C. Pope, and Arthur D. Donovan: Biostratigraphy for Understanding Stratal Surfaces and Facies Variability in the Eagle Ford Group of South and West Texas
9:20		John D. Pierce, Stephen C. Ruppel, Harry Rowe, and Daniel F. Stockli: U–Pb Geochronology and Sources of Volcanic Ash Beds in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Richard A. Denne and John A. Breyer: Regional Depositional Episodes of the Cenomanian-Turonian Eagle Ford and Woodbine Groups of Texas and their Relationship to Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2)
10:40		Tobi Kosanke: Pore Characterization and Geologic Controls on Matrix Permeability of the Eagle Ford Shale
11:05		Bo Chen, Dhananjay Kumar, Anthony Uerling, Sheryl Land, Omar Aguirre, Tao Jiang, and Setiawardono Sugianto: Using Seismic Inversion and Net Pay to Calibrate Eagle Ford Shale Producible Resources
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GULF OF MEXICO SYSTEMS (Henry Garrett D) Dallas Dunlap, Session Chair
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Andrew S. Pepper: Back to the Rocks: Framework of Depositional Acmes in Source Rocks of the Gulf of Mexico Basin and North Caribbean Margin
8:55		Peter Rose: Late Cretaceous and Tertiary Burial History of Central Texas
9:20		Kyle Gabb and Harry Rowe: Close Proximity High Resolution Chemostratigraphic Profile of the Upper Cretaceous Formations of Central Texas, USA
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Victor Mistretta: Predicting Sedimentary Facies in the Gulf of Mexico Region from the Combination of Bathymetry, Gravity, and Magnetic Data using Fractal Geometry
10:40		Thomas E. Ewing and Juan L. Gonzalez: The Late Quaternary Rio Grande Delta—A Distinctive, Underappreciated Geologic System
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ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS (Room 225C) Selim Shaker and Ed Egger, Session Chairs
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Jerry Kapoor and Denes Vigh: Full Waveform Inversion for Detailed Velocity Analysis
8:55		K. Rene’ Mott, William Keller, and Mike Perz: 5D Interpolation Adds Value at the Drill Bit for a Texas 3D Seismic Survey
9:20		Randy Bissell: The Forgotten Curvature: Applications for the Negative of the Second Derivative to Post-Stack Seismic Reflection Trace Volumes
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Vladimir Rybakov, Irina Mardanova, and Yingwei Yu: Case Study: The Use of Seismic Attributes to Detect Channels and Enhance Stratigraphic Trap Interpretation
10:40		Gary L. Kinsland, Robert Stewart, Li Chang, Doug Temple, and Mark King: High Resolution Surface-Sourced Seismic Experiment to Image Wilcox Group Horizons in Northern Central Louisiana
11:05		Mark C. Robinson and Roger Espinosa: Utilizing 3D Pseudo-Seismic Data Volumes for Stratigraphic Interpretation and Delineation of the Carter Sand Member of the Mississippian Parkwood Formation in the Black Warrior Basin, Alabama
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SALT TECTONICS (Room 225D/E) Carl Fiduk and Rachelle Kernan, Session Chairs
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Jean Pierre Malbrough and Abu Kabir Mostafa Sarwar: Lower Tertiary Intra-Miocene Wedge and Salt Glacier, Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico
8:55		Muhammad Nawaz Bugti and Paul Mann: What is the Limiting Factor for Hydrocarbon Prospects of the Port Isabel Passive Margin Foldbelt, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico?
9:20		C. Evelyn Gannaway, Katherine A. Giles, Mark G. Rowan, Thomas E. Hearon IV, and J. Carl Fiduk: Stratigraphic and Structural Characteristics of a Megaflap Flanking the Witcheline Diapir, Willouran Ranges, Australia
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Rachelle Kernen, Katherine Giles, C. Gannaway, Mark Rowan, and Joseph Fiduk: Understanding the Origin of Deformed Stratigraphic Blocks inside the Neoproterozoic Patawarta Diapir, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
10:40		J. Carl Fiduk, Vivian Robertson, Marianne Clippard, George A. Jamieson, and Sarah Power: Extensional Salt Keels Detached on Eocene-Oligocene Sediments in the Deepwater Northern Gulf of Mexico: Insights into Canopy Advancement, Salt-Sediment Interplay, and Evidence for Unrecognized Mass Sediment Displacement
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RESERVOIR QUALITY AND PREDICTION (Room 226) Maggie Dalthorp, Session Chair
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		John Smythe, Henrik Roende, Brad Torry, and Richard Griffin: Large-Scale Seismic Acquisition in Congested, Shallow Water Areas: Observations from Modern OBN Data in the Gulf of Mexico
8:55		Ajayendra ‘AJ’ Kumar, Zheng Gan, Lucien Morales, Ted Griffin, and John Dacy: Micro-CT Imaging—A Powerful Tool for Screening and Rapid Quantification of Rock Properties
9:20		Withdrawn-Vegar Ravlo, Pradeep Bhattad, Mark Knackstedt, and Lucy Plant: Using Digital Rock Technology for Multi-Scale Reservoir Characterization
9:45		BREAK
10:15		David Carr, Kerstan Wallace, Changbing Yang, and Andrew Nicholson: CO2 Sequestration Capacity Sectors in Miocene Strata of the Offshore Texas State Waters
10:40		HaiHong Wang, Howard Titchmarsh, Kevin Chesser, Jeff Zawila, Samuel Fluckiger, Gary Hughes, Edwin Kerr, Andrew Hennes, and Michael Hofmann: Maximizing Recoverable Reserves in Tight Reservoirs Using Geostatistical Inversion from 3D Seismic Data: A Powder River Basin Case Study
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Monday PM GULF OF MEXICO DEEPWATER PLAYS (Henry Garrett B) Paul Weimer and John Wagner, Session Chairs
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Jeff Kao and John Wagner: Examining Depositional Controls on Deepwater Wilcox Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico Basin
1:55		Paul Weimer, Eric Zimmermann, Renaud Bouroullec, Steve Cumella, James Adson, William Gutterman, Travis Payeur, Brandon Snyder, Harrison Hirsh, and Daniel Bettinger: Litho- and Biostratigraphic Evolution of the Middle Jurassic through Top Cretaceous Strata, Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Preliminary Results
2:20		Paul Weimer, Richard Denne, Eric Zimmermann, Steve Cumella, Brandon Snyder, Harrison Hirsh, Daniel Bettinger, William Gutterman, and Travis Payeur: Variations in Well Log Expression of the KPg Boundary Chicxulub Deposit, Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Preliminary Results
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EAGLE FORD—UNDERSTANDING THE UNCONVENTIONALS (Henry Garrett C) Tucker Hentz and Steven C. Ruppel, Session Chairs
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Lee Billingsley, Bill Layton, and Luke Finger: Geoscience Applications to Economic Development of a Relatively Shallow, Low Gravity, Structurally Complex Eagle Ford Oil Development, Atascosa County, Texas
1:55		Harry Rowe and Stephen Ruppel: Chemofacies and Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Eagle Ford Formation: Sedimentation and Water Mass Evolution in the Maverick Basin, Southwestern Texas
2:20		Greg Frebourg, Stephen Ruppel, Robert Loucks, and Josh Lambert: Depositional Controls on Sediment Body Architecture in the Eagle Ford/ Boquillas System: Insights from Outcrops in West Texas, USA
2:45		BREAK
3:15		Timothy Shane: Geochemical Analysis of Parasequences within the Productive Middle Member of the Eagle Ford Formation at Lozier Canyon Near Del Rio, Texas
3:40		Robert Loucks and Robert Reed: Some Thoughts on the Existence and Importance of Natural Microfractures in Unconventional Shale-Oil and Shale-Gas Systems: Real, Imaginary, Wrongly Defined, or Hypothetical?
4:05		George B. Asquith: ‘Shale Sweet Spots’ Based on Pe Versus RHOb Cross Plots and OGIPscf with and without Using Geochemical Logs, Jurassic Haynesville Shale
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GULF OF MEXICO SYSTEMS (Henry Garrett D) Dallas Dunlap, Session Chair
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Thomas E. Ewing: Pliocene Sub-Willis Unconformity in Southeastern Texas: Forebulge to the Pliocene Mississippi Delta
1:55		Ohood B. AlSalem, Majie Fan, and Xiangyang Xie: Subsidence and Burial Histories of the Fort Worth Basin Reflect Prolonged Ouachita Orogeny during the Mississippian-Permian
2:20		Leipin He and Rex Poling: Post-Jurassic Sedimentary History of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
2:45		BREAK
3:15		Cian O’Reilly, James Keay, Alex Fick, Alex Birch Hawkins, Dario Chisari, Jason Kegel, and Brad Torry: Structural Styles and Regional Play Types in the Mexican Offshore from New Seismic Data
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ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS (Room 225C) Selim Shaker and Ed Egger, Session Chairs
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Louis Berent and Roice Nelson: Lightning Sparks Interest in the Unconventional Mapping of Active Subsurface Faults
1:55		Samuel LeRoy, Oleg Kouznetsov, Yury Lyasch, Igor Chirkin, Evgeny Rizanov, and Achmed Radwan: Seismic Support for Finding and Developing Fractured Oil and Gas Reservoirs: The Russian Experience with 'Side-View' and Microseismic in Imaging Fracture Intensity and Hydrocarbon Saturation
2:20		Chong Zeng, Shuqian Dong, Zhaohong Wu, Jean Ji, Darrell Armentrout, and Bin Wang: Practical Application of Adaptive Least-Squares Reverse Time Migration (LSRTM) to Advance Field Development and Uncover New Reserves in the Subsalt Provinces
2:45		BREAK
3:15		James Brewster, John Mims, and Alan Morgan: Source Body Migration, an Approximate Inversion Method for Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometer Data
3:40		Kathleen S. Haggar, Les R. Denham, and H. Roice Nelson, Jr.: New Lightning Attribute Volumes Compared to the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) Stratton 3D Seismic Survey
4:05		Sharon Cornelius and Pete Emmet: A Geological 3D Velocity Model in Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico
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GULF OF MEXICO FIELD/CASE STUDIES (Room 225D/E) Bill Ambrose and Rick Paige, Session Chairs
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Rick Paige: Chile Vieja Field: 3D Seismic Adds over 70 BCF of Reserves by Revealing that a 'Bald' Structural High is Actually a Small, Shale-Filled Canyon
1:55		William A. Ambrose, Shirley P. Dutton, and Robert G. Loucks: Depositional Systems, Facies Variability, and their Relationship to Reservoir Quality in the Eocene Upper Wilcox Group in Fandango Field, Zapata County, Texas
2:20		Shirley P. Dutton, William A. Ambrose, and Robert G. Loucks: Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Quality in Deep Upper Wilcox Sandstones in the Rio Grande Delta System, South Texas
2:45		BREAK
3:15		Ross Saunders, Ahmed Ammar, Chuck Henry, Tim Wilkinson, Mike Frismanis, Mike Bradshaw, Jeff Codd, and David Kessler: Revitalizing an Old Field—Main Pass 73—Gulf of Mexico Shelf
3:40		Andrew J. Petty and Erin T. Elliott: Hydrocarbons of the Viosca Knoll 204 Field Pensacola Clay, Upper Miocene, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, with Gas Source Implications and Trends
4:05		Jeff A. Spencer: The White Point Gassers, San Patricio County, Texas
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NEW/IMPROVED METHODOLOGIES WITH APPLICATIONS TO PETROLEUM E&P (Room 226) Matt Hammer, Session Chair
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		David Little, Edward Smith, Jason Kegel, and Brad Torry: Understanding the Complex Petroleum Systems of the Greater Gulf of Mexico Using Post Well Analysis in Both U.S. and Mexican Territories
1:55		Gary K. Rice: Integration of Independent Exploration Data
2:20		James A. MacKay and Gary P. Citron: Stress Testing Your Portfolio of Exploration Projects
2:45		BREAK
3:15		James A. MacKay and Gary P. Citron: Utilizing the Kelly Criterion to Select the Best Projects when Capital is Temporarily Constrained
3:40		Arthur Johnson and Michael Max: Low Environmental Risk and Technology Options to Enable Commercial Development Natural Gas Hydrate
4:05		Kelly Haggar: New Geohazard Tools, Coupled with Lessons Learned in System Safety, Will Improve Infrastructure Safety which Engineering cannot do Alone
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Tuesday AM GULF OF MEXICO DEEPWATER FIELD STUDIES (Henry Garrett B) Paul Weimer and John Wagner, Session Chairs
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Earl Cumming and Eric Zimmermann: Discovery and Development of the Who Dat Field (MC–547), Gulf of Mexico
8:55		Kimberley Kuijper, Owen Stephens, and Krista Aleman: Deepwater Depositional Environments and their Unique Challenges within Gunflint Field, Gulf of Mexico
9:20		Ed Zinni: The Exploration Evolution of Marmalard Field: A Result of Improved Seismic Algorithms and Methods
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Christopher Walker and Glen Anderson: Simple and Efficient Representation of Faults and Fault Transmissibility in a Reservoir Simulator—Case Study from the Mad Dog Field, Gulf of Mexico
10:40		Owen Stephens, Rafael Pinto, Ben Maxey, and Kyle Gray: Big Bend: Rapid Field Development Success through Geoscience Integration in the Gulf of Mexico
11:05		Luke Francis and Leon Dzou: Geochemical Evidence of Secondary Microbial Methane in Atlantis Field, Gulf of Mexico
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ENHANCED, SECONDARY RECOVERY/RESERVOIR PRESSURE PREDICTION (Henry Garrett C) Selim Shaker and Maggie Dalthorp, Session Chairs
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Sean Kimiagar: Using Analogs to Reality-Check Enhanced Oil Recovery Plans
8:55		Margaret Dalthorp and Kevin Beidelman: Geologic Input in the Workover Process Provides Valuable Analysis to Define ‘Sanded Up’
9:20		Selim Simon Shaker: Velocity for Pore Pressure Prediction Modeling and Risk Assessment
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Selim Simon Shaker and Walter Wornardt: Strat-Geopressure Fairways—The Fast Track to Prospect Evaluation: Case History from the Gulf of Mexico
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GEO EDUCATION (Henry Garrett D) Mark Ford, Session Chair
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Rudolph A. Rosen, Erin Scanlon, and Johnnie Smith: Aquatic Science Education Pathway from Headwaters to Ocean is a Model for Place-Based Experiential Learning for Protecting and Stewarding Gulf States’ Freshwater and Marine Resources
8:55		Walter Vernon Kramer: Preparing Del Mar College Geology Majors for a University Program
9:20		Mark T. Ford and Thomas L. McGehee: Expanding Horizons: A Writing Intensive Undergraduate Field Camp to Prepare Students for the Future
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Haibin Su and Brent Hedquist: Developing Pathways to Geospatial Intelligence for South Texas Students: First Year Results
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CHANGING COASTAL LANDSCAPE (Room 225C) Mark Besonen and Brent Hedquist, Session Chairs
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Philippe Tissot and Anthony Reisinger: Spatial Variability of Relative Sea Level Rise in the Texas Coastal Bend
8:55		Johnathan Rice and Alexander Simms: The Holocene History and Facies Architecture of the Nueces Bayhead Delta of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
9:20		Timothy Kearns, Guoquan Wang, Yan Bao, Jiajun Jiang, and Dongje Lee: Subsidence-Groundwater Interaction in the Houston Metropolitan Area (2005–2014)
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Jeffrey Paine and Eddie Collins: Lithological and Morphological Framework of Pleistocene Barrier Islands and Underlying Strata from Surface and Borehole Geophysics and Airborne Lidar in the Matagorda Embayment
10:40		Edwin Jefferson Bomer IV, Samuel J. Bentley, Kehui Xu, and Qin Chen: Sedimentation Dynamics and Stratigraphy of Middle Breton Sound Estuary, Southeastern Louisiana: Spatiotemporal Evidence for Subdeltaic Evolution
11:05		John M. Swartz, John A. Goff, and Sean P. S. Gulick: Depositional Processes and Stratigraphy of Heald Bank on the East Texas Inner Continental Shelf
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PROTECTING AND STEWARDING WATER RESOURCES (Room 225D/E) Dorina Murgulet, Session Chair
8:25		OPENING REMARKS
8:30		Oludamilola Olusesan Alalade: Removal of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids from Petroleum Wastewater Using Sorption Techniques
8:55		Douglas Carlson: Influences on Water Quality of the Wilcox Aquifer in Northwestern Louisiana
9:20		Jihoon Kang and Richard A. McLaughlin: Passive Treatment of Bentonite Slurry Using Coagulants and Flocculants
9:45		BREAK
10:15		Dorina Murgulet, Valeriu Murgulet, Richard Hay, and Alberto Mestas-Nuñez: Relationships between Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and South Texas Precipitation and Streamflow Variability
10:40		Riaz Hossain Khan, Jennifer Smith-Engle, Philippe Tissot, and Dorina Murgulet: Temporal Spatial and Depth Variations of Ground Water Chemistry: An Indicator of Hydro-Geochemical Evolution in Shallow Coastal Aquifers, South Texas
11:05		Nicholas Spalt, Dorina Murgulet, and Audrey Douglas: Variation in Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) among Semi-Arid Depositional Environments
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Tuesday PM PLATE TECTONIC STUDIES (Henry Garrett B) Tom McGehee and Mark Ford, Session Chairs
1:50		OPENING REMARKS
1:55		Paul Mann and Andrew Steier: Tweaking Pangea’s Breakup: Triassic to Present Plate Tectonic Reconstructions Integrating Recent Geologic, Geophysical, and Hydrocarbon Data from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Conjugate Margins
2:20		G. Randy Keller, Jay Pulliam, Harold Gurrola, and Kevin Mickus: An Overview of the Structure and Tectonic Evolution of the Gulf Coast Region of Texas and Louisiana
2:45		BREAK
3:15		Harold Gurolla, Jay Pulliam, Randy Keller, and Kevin Mickus: A Summary of New Observations of the Lower Crust and Upper Mantle Structure beneath the Gulf Coastal Plain from Passive and Active Source Seismic Data
3:40		Luan Nguyen and Paul Mann: Mesozoic Stretching Amounts of the Continental Margins of the Gulf of Mexico Basin Derived from 3D Gravity Inversion and Depth to Basement Mapping
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CONVENTIONAL CLASTICS AND CARBONATES (Henry Garrett C) Bill Ambrose and Mike Bergsma, Session Chairs
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Douglas W. Haywick, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, and Richard Keyes: Petrographic and Faunal Characterization of Monteagle and Hartselle-Equivalent Strata in Northeastern Alabama
1:55		Xiaodong Zhang and Michael C. Pope: Surface to Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Buda Formation in West Texas
2:20		Khaled S. Amrouni, Michael C. Pope, Ahmed S. El-Hawat, Adel A. Obeidi, Aimen Amer, Essa A. Elbileikia, Hassan S. El-Bargathi, Mohamed SH. Abdalla El-Jahmi, Khalid A. M. Mustafa, and Ahmed M. A. Al-Alwani: Distribution of Fault Controlled, Wave-Tide Dominated, Prograding Oolitic Shoals of the Miocene Carbonate-Evaporite Successions of the Ar-Rajmah Group, Al-Jabal Al-Khdar Uplift and Soluq Trough, Cyrenaica, NE Libya
2:45		BREAK
3:15		Will Johnston: 3D Seismic Interpretation of Polygonal Faulting in Upper Cretaceous Sediments, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
3:40		Jean Pierre Malbrough and Abu Kabir Mostafa Sarwar: Lower Tertiary Wilcox Play with Prospective Wells, Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico
4:05		Khaled S. Amrouni, Michael C. Pope, Ahmed S. El-Hawat, Adel A. Obeidi, Aimen Amer, Hassan S. El-Bargathi, Mohamed SH. Abdalla El-Jahmi, Ahmed M. A. Al-Alwani, Essa A. Elbileikia, and Khalid A. M. Mustafa: Paleoshoreline and Prograding Clinoforms of Oolitic Grainstones of the Miocene Carbonate-Evaporitic Sequences of the Ar-Rajmah Group, Al-Jabal Al-Khdar Uplift and Soluq Trough, Cyrenaica, NE Libya
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URANIUM RESOURCES (Henry Garrett D) Mike Maxson and Peter Luthiger, Session Chairs
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Brent A. Elliott, Mark J. Mihalasky, and Susan M. Hall: An Assessment of Undiscovered Uranium Resources in the Texas Gulf Coast: Part 1—Geologic Context
1:55		Mark J. Mihalasky, Brent A. Elliott, and Susan M. Hall: An Assessment of Undiscovered Uranium Resources in the Texas Gulf Coast: Part 2—Assessment Approach and Results
2:20		Lewis Haynes and Lee Clapp: Assessment of Downhole Membrane-Diffused Hydrogen for Stimulating Uranium Reduction and Immobilization
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CHANGING COASTAL LANDSCAPE (Room 225C) Mark Besonen and Brent Hedquist, Session Chairs
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Withdrawn-Aubrey Hepler and Shuhab Khan: Imaging the Internal Movements of Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula with Ground Penetrating Radar
1:55		Kelly Haggar: Legal Aspects of Coastal Change: Geology is about ‘What’s a Fact?’ while Law is about ‘Which Facts Matter?’
2:20		Douglas Carlson: Global Climate Change Depends on More than Combustion of Fossil Fuels
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PROTECTING AND STEWARDING WATER RESOURCES (Room 225D/E) Dorina Murgulet, Session Chair
1:25		OPENING REMARKS
1:30		Brian B. Hunt, Alex S. Broun, Douglas A. Wierman, David A. Johns, and Brian A. Smith: Surface and Groundwater Interaction along Onion Creek, Central Texas
1:55		Valeriu Murgulet, Dorina Murgulet, Audrey Douglas, and Nicholas Spalt: Impact of Freshwater Environmental Flow Releases on River-Groundwater Exchange and Water Quality in a Semiarid Area: Nueces River, Texas
2:20		Audrey Douglas, Dorina Murgulet, and Nicholas Spalt: Effects of Naturally Occurring Radium Activity and Activity Ratio Heterogeneity on Derived Water Mass Ages and SGD: Lessons Learned from Nueces Bay, Texas
2:45		BREAK
3:15		Chu-Lin Cheng: A Preliminary Groundwater Conceptual Model for South Texas Sand Sheet
3:40		Melinda Faulkner, Kevin Stafford, and Matthew McBroom: The Hydromorphic Evolution of the Owl Mountain and Nolan Creek Provinces, Fort Hood Military Installation, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas
4:05		Nima Ghahremani and Lee Clapp: Assessment of Brackish Groundwater Desalination Concentrate as Potential Source Water for Hydraulic Fracturing Operations in the Eagle Ford Shale
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POSTER SESSIONS Poster Sessions will be All Day Monday (8:30 AM), Monday (1:30 PM) and Tuesday Morning (8:30 AM) in the Exhibit Hall. SEPTEMBER 19–20 Monday, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM (Session 1) (Exhibit Hall, Watergarden A/B) Allen Lassiter, Session Chair
ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
P1		Kyle Altimore and Kevin W. Stafford: Delineation of Surficial Karst Manifestations using Photogrammetry (Lidar) in Ordovician Carbonates of Colorado Bend State Park, Central Texas
P2		Adam Majzoub and Kevin W Stafford: Characterization and Delineation of Karst Geohazards along RM652 Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Culberson County, Texas
P3		Julie Willmore, Brad Torry, Henrik Roende, Chris Egger, and Adriana Thames: Consideration to Data Driven Solutions for the Acquisition of New Marine 3D Seismic Data
CHANGING COASTAL LANDSCAPE
P4		John R. Andrews, Jeffrey G. Paine, Caudle L. Tiffany, and Kutalmis Saylam: Topographic and Bathymetric Lidar Applications in Coastal Research at the Bureau of Economic Geology
P5		Robert M. Ivy and Gary L. Kinsland: Regional Subsurface Investigation of the Uppermost Cretaceous of Northern Louisiana
P6		Lisa A. McLaughlin, Jonathan Sulaica, and Michael Parker: Quantifying Material Removed as a Result of 2002 Flood at Canyon Lake: A GIS Analysis
GEO EDUCATION
P7		Anita Chavez and Juan L. González: Constraining the Thickness and Volume of the South Texas Sand Sheet
P8		Sarah M. Dillon, Adolfo Enciso, and Mark T. Ford: pXRF analysis of Heterogeneous Rocks with Respect to Sample Preparation: Applications to Mafic Igneous Rocks
P9		Preston W. McLaughlin: Analysis, Prediction, and Impacts of Shoreline Change Rates along the Eastern Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
GULF OF MEXICO SYSTEMS
P10		Shelby L. Davis, Shweta Mohandas, Ghervy G. Nzoumba, and Thomas E. Yancey: Diatomite in Upper Eocene Jackson Group, Fayette County, Texas
P11		Erik S. Heider and David T. King, Jr.: Early Modification Stage Dynamics of Shallow Crater-Filling Units, Wetumpka Impact Structure, Alabama
P12		Celeste D. Lohr, Paul C. Hackley, Brett J. Valentine, and Catherine B. Enomoto: Thermal Gradient Trends in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Play Area: Preliminary Results from Studies to Support Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessments
P13		Sridharan Vallabhaneni, Thomas D. Olszewski, Michael C. Pope, and Zoya Heidari: Facies and Stratigraphic Interpretation of the Eaglebine Play in Central Texas
MEXICO, LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN
P14		Jason D. Fisher and David T. King, Jr.: Lower Tertiary Submarine Fan Deposits in Southern Belize
P15		David Lankford-Bravo and Paul Mann: Improved Mapping of the Subsalt, Continent-Ocean Boundary in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Implications for the Structural Relief for Overlying Folds of the Passive Margin Fold-Thrust Belt
OTHER GULF COAST STUDIES
P16		Frank G. Cornish: Hydrocarbon Traps Associated with Upper Wilcox Canyons and Seismic Response, Mid Gulf Coast, Texas
P17		S. Mohsen Kariminia, Nancy L. Engelhardt-Moore, and Russell E. Hinote: Modification of the Acetic Acid Methodology for Improved Microfossil Extraction to Meet Requirements of the Oil and Gas Industry
PROTECTING AND STEWARDING WATER RESOURCES
P18		Melinda S. Faulkner, Kevin W. Stafford, and Matthew W. McBroom: The Hydromorphic Evolution of the Owl Mountain and Nolan Creek Provinces within the Fort Hood Military Installation, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas
RESERVOIR QUALITY AND PREDICTION
P19		Khaled S. Amrouni, Ahmed S. El-Hawat, Michael C. Pope, Aimen Amer, Adel A. Obeidi, Hassan S. El-Bargathi, Ahmed M. A. Al-Alwani, Mohamed SH. Abdalla El-Jahmi, Khalid A. M. Mustafa, and Essa A. Elbileikia: Paleogeographic Reconstruction of the Upper Miocene Sequences of the Wadi Yunis Member of the Al Khums Formation, Sirt Basin, Central Libya
RESERVOIR PRESSURE PREDICTION
P20		Feng Chen and Gary L. Kinsland: Study of Channel Morphology and Infill Lithology in the Wilcox Group in Central Louisiana Using Seismic Attribute Analysis
URANIUM RESOURCES
P21		Nima Ghahremani, Yaneth Gamboa, Lucy Camacho, and Lee Clapp: Measurement of Rare Earth Element Concentrations in Produced Water from the Eagle Ford Shale
ESTUARINE SEDIMENTATION
P21		Melissa Pena, Symphony Ovalles, and Paul Montagna: Sediment Composition in Texas Bays Related to Inflow Gradients
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Monday, 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Session 2) (Exhibit Hall, Watergarden A/B) Allen Lassiter, Session Chair ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
P1		Aaron A. Eaves and Kevin W. Stafford: Delineation of Karst Geohazards along Highway 652 through the Use of Ground Penetrating Radar, Culberson County, Texas
P2		Yi-An Lin and Guoquan Wang: Ground Motions along the Long-Point Fault Derived from Continuous GPS Observations (2013–2015)
P3		Francis C. Okocha and Wesley A. Brown: Gravitational Study of the Hastings Salt Dome and Associated Faults in Brazoria and Galveston Counties, Texas
CHANGING COASTAL LANDSCAPE
P4		Juhi Aggarwal: Application of Geophysical Techniques to Study the Texas Coast: Internal Architecture of Beach-Dune Morphology along the Lower Texas Barrier Islands
P5		Withdrawn-Jacob Byerly, Brent C. Hedquist, and Haibin Su: Utilizing Satellite Imagery to Analyze the Relationship between Surface Temperature and Recent Land Use/Cover Change in San Antonio, Texas
P6		Douglas Carlson: Subsidence Rate in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dependence on Location and Time
CONVENTIONAL CARBONATES & CLASTICS
P7		John Cooper, Jeffrey Hardwick, and Alexis Godet: Integrated Stratigraphy of the Austin Chalk Group across the San Marcos Arch, Bexar County, Texas
P8		Gary L. Kinsland and John W. Snedden: Comparison of a Portion of the K/Pg Boundary Deposits in Two Locations: Webb County, Texas and LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
GULF OF MEXICO FIELD/CASE STUDIES
P9		Kody Kramer, Thomas W. Bjerstedt, and William W. Shedd: 3D Visualization and Characterization of a Mississippi River-Scale Deepwater Channel-Levee System on the Basin Plain, Gulf of Mexico
GEO EDUCATION
P10		Pawan Kakarla and Wesley A. Brown: Geotechnical Properties of the Rodessa Formation in East Texas: A Compressive and Tensile Strength Analysis Using Artificial Neural Network Methodology
P11		Subbarao Yelisetti, Thomas L. McGehee, and Lionel Hewett: Overview of Proposed Geophysics/Petrophysics Programs at Texas A&M University–Kingsville
GULF OF MEXICO SYSTEMS
P12		David Lankford-Bravo, Muhammad Nawaz Bugti, Sharon L. Cornelius, and Paul Mann: Documentation of Isolated Lenses of High-Velocity, Eocene to Miocene Limestone within Clastic Rocks above and below Allochthonous Salt Bodies, North-Central Gulf of Mexico
P13		Zachary Wilson and Seiichi Nagihara: Characterization of Geothermal Anomalies in the Louisiana Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Using Corrected Bottom-Hole Temperatures
MEXICO, LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN
P14		Jonathan Sulaica, Juan Carlos Laya, Michael C. Pope, and Niall Slowey: Facies Distribution and Paleogeographic Evolution of Pleistocene Carbonates in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
OTHER GULF COAST STUDIES
P15		Billy Hales, Ruben Cano, and Thomas L. McGehee: Bridging Students’ Knowledge Gaps through Research: A Case Using Synthetic Hydrogeologic Models
P16		Allen Lowrie: Regional Bathymetric Maps of the Iranian Makran Margin, a Subduction Zone, and the Northern Gulf of Mexico, a Passive Margin, are Similar from Differing Origins
PROTECTING AND STEWARDING WATER RESOURCES
P17		Sergio Mireles, Yongsik Ok, Chu-Lin Cheng, and Jihoon Kang: Removal of Zinc from Stormwater Runoff using Charcoal Based Adsorbents
RESERVOIR QUALITY AND PREDICTION
P18		Liang Xiao and Xiu-Hong Xie: A New Method of Evaluating Tight Gas Sands Pore Structure from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Logs
RESERVOIR PRESSURE PREDICTION
P19		Kenneth L. Stover and Wesley A. Brown: Seismic Interpretation and Analysis of the Etouffee Reservoir Sand and the Surrounding Area in Terrebonne Parish, Southeast Louisiana
SALT TECTONICS
P20		Matthew R. Worrell and Wesley A. Brown: Structural, Stratigraphic, and Geomorphologic Reconstruction of an Early Stage Pliocene Raft in Viosca Knoll–Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, Using 3D Seismic Data
EAGLE FORD—UNDERSTANDING THE UNCONVENTIONALS
P21		Peng Li, Michael E. Ratchford, Marc W. Charette, Bradley J. Walls, and Richard P. Philp: Unconventional Reservoir Characterization of the Brown Dense Mudstone (Lower Smackover Formation), Gulf Coastal Plain, South Arkansas
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Tuesday, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM (Session 3) (Exhibit Hall, Watergarden A/B) Allen Lassiter, Session Chair ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
P1		Louis Berent and Roice Nelson: Lightning Sparks Interest in the Unconventional Mapping of Active Subsurface Faults
P2		Leah J. Hogarth, Conrad Kolb, and Joël Le Calvez: Using Crosswell Measurements to Enhance Velocity Model Calibration for Real-Time Microseismic Monitoring
CONVENTIONAL CARBONATES & CLASTICS
P3		Khaled S. Amrouni, Michael C. Pope, Ahmed S. El-Hawat, Aimen Amer, Essa A. Elbileikia, Hassan S. El-Bargathi, Adel A. Obeidi, Osama Rahil Shaltami, Khalid A. M. Mustafa, Ahmed M. A. Al-Alwani, Mohamed SH. Abdalla El-Jahmi, Salah S. Abdelsalam El-Ekhfifi, and Matthew P. Wehner: Silicification in the Cyrenaican Miocene Carbonate-Evaporite Sequence, NE Libya: Origin, Occurrence, Facies, and Sea Level Relationship
P4		Randy Bissell: Evolving Models for Eocene Deepwater Channel Complexes and Fan Systems, Scotland District, Barbados
P5		Xiaodong Zhang and Michael Pope: Surface to Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Buda Formation in West Texas
GEO EDUCATION
P6		Monica M. Estrada, Scott S. Fenner, and Mark T. Ford: Using pXRF to Assess Heterogeneous Sample Preparation Methods: Applications to Coarse-Grained Felsic Rocks
P7		Martial J. Morrison, Juan M. Lorenzo, Peter D. Clift, and Kory M. Konsoer: Analysis of a Discontinuity Surface within Point Bar Deposits of False River, Louisiana
GULF OF MEXICO SYSTEMS
P8		Thomas W. Bjerstedt, Kody Kramer, and William W. Shedd: Latest Pleistocene 'Blue Unit' of the Mississippi Fan System, Gulf of Mexico
P9		Jay K. Mishra and Yogesh Agnihotri: New Insights into Basement Tectonics and its Control on Salt and Sediment Structural Styles in Northern Gulf of Mexico
MEXICO, LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN
P10		Sergio Perez Rodriguez: GIS and Statistics Applied to the Analysis of the Distribution of Hydrocarbon Reserves by Fields and Formations in the Sureste Basin, Mexico
OTHER GULF COAST STUDIES
P11		Randolph G. De La Garza and Juan L. Gonzalez: A Rancholabrean Community of Giant Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus hexagontus) within Willacy County, Texas
P12		Allen Lowrie: Contemporaneous and Mesozoic Low Gradient Shelf Deposition across Wide Continental Shelves
PROTECTING AND STEWARDING WATER RESOURCES
P13		Ingrid Eckhoff: Structural Controls on Fluid Migration in Cretaceous Strata, Central Texas
P14		Rohan Jayasuriya, Lucy Camacho, and Lee Clapp: Seasonal Monitoring of Water Quality and Wastewater Effluent Discharges along the Lower Rio Grande, Texas
RESERVOIR QUALITY AND PREDICTION
P15		Lisa A. McLaughlin and Juan Carlos Laya: Characterization of Porosity Systems Based on Diagenetic Models and its Effect on Petrophysical Analysis in Permian Carbonates
RESERVOIR PRESSURE PREDICTION
P16		Qilong Fu, William Ambrose, and Jim Barton: Lithofacies, Diagenesis, and Pore Network of the Pennsylvanian Caddo Limestone in Stephens County, Texas
P17		Robert G. Loucks and Qilong Fu: Origin and Characterization of the Lithofacies and Dual Micropore/Macrospore Network in Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Caddo Shelf-Buildup Complexes, Stephens County, North-Central Texas
SALT TECTONICS
P18		Pin Lin and Paul Mann: Kinematics of Jurassic Rifting and Oceanic Spreading between the Continental Blocks of Western Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula
EAGLE FORD—UNDERSTANDING THE UNCONVENTIONALS
P19		Justin Mauck and Gregory Frébourg: Rafted Wood in the Bouldin Member of the Eagle Ford Formation, Walnut Creek, Travis County, Texas
P20		Timothy Shane: Geochemical Analysis of Parasequences within the Productive Middle Member of the Eagle Ford Formation at Lozier Canyon near Del Rio, Texas
P21		J. Jonathan Tuck, Burabari Kponi, Thomas L. McGehee, and Mark T. Ford: Optimization of pXRF Sampling Methods in Analyzing Hydrocarbon-Rich Zones in the Eagle Ford Shale
URANIUM RESOURCES
P22		Nebechi Osia, Dorina Murgulet, and Lee Clapp: Microcosm Study to Evaluate Alternative Reduced Sulfur Compounds for Stimulating In-Situ Microbial Reduction and Immobilization of Uranium
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