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287 Exploring the Role of Endobenthic Organisms in Enhancing Porosity and Permeability of Sedimentary Aquifers and Reservoirs

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Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 320F

Presiding:
Kevin J. Cunningham and H. Allen Curran
8:00 AM
287-1
The Role of Endobenthic Organisms In Enhancing Porosity and Permeability of Sedimentary Aquifers and Reservoirs
H. Allen Curran, Smith College; Kevin J. Cunningham, U.S. Geological Survey
8:15 AM
287-2
The Influences of Bioturbation on Reservoir Facies Quality
Murray K. Gingras, University of Alberta; Carl A. Mendoza, Univ of Alberta; S. George Pemberton, University of Alberta
8:30 AM
287-3
Prominence of Ichnologically-Influenced Macroporosity In the Karst Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida: Stratiform “Super-K” Zones
Kevin J. Cunningham; Mike Sukop, Florida International University; H. Allen Curran, Smith College
8:45 AM
287-4
Field and Laboratory Studies on the Effects of Bioturbation on Porosity and Permeability In the Vadose Zone In Continental Settings: How Ichnopedologic Fabric Shapes and Modifies Aquitards, Aquicludes, Aquifers, and Tomorrow's Reservoirs and Seals
Stephen T. Hasiotis, University of Kansas; Justin Fairchild, University of Kansas; Travis Wallace, University of Kansas; John W. Counts, University of Kansas; J.F. Devlin, University of Kansas; Daniel I. Hembree, Ohio University; Jon J. Smith, Kansas Geological Survey
9:00 AM
287-5
High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography of Macroporous Karst for Permeability Measurement and Non-Darcian Flow Via Lattice Boltzmann Models
Mike Sukop, Florida International University; Haibo Huang, University of Science and Technology of China; Kevin J. Cunningham, U.S. Geological Survey; Pedro F. Alvarez, Florida International University
9:15 AM
287-6
Lattice Boltzmann Methods Applied to 3-D Virtual Cores Constructed from Digital Optical Borehole Images of a Karst Carbonate Aquifer
Mike Sukop, Florida International University; Kevin J. Cunningham, U.S. Geological Survey
9:30 AM
287-7
Reduction In Reservoir Potential by Cryptobioturbation. A Case Study In Upper Paleozoic Shallow-Marine Sandstones (Rio Bonito/Palermo sedimentary succession, Paraná Basin, south Brazil)
Renata Guimarães Netto, UNISINOS; Francisco M.W. Tognoli, 2Universidade Estadual Paulista; Luis Alberto Buatois, University of Saskatchewan; Maria Gabriela Mangano, University of Saskatchewan
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
287-8
Ichnofabric and Enhanced Reservoir Quality in the Cretaceous Ben Nevis Formation, Jeanne D¢ Arc Basin, Newfoundland, Canada
Nicola S. Tonkin, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Duncan McIlroy, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Rudi Meyer, University of Calgary; Allison Turpin, Memorial University of Newfoundland
10:15 AM
287-9
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hydrologic Phenomena In Ichnologically-Related Macropores
Stephen A. Altobelli, New Mexico Resonance; Lee J. Florea, U.S. Geological Survey; Kevin J. Cunningham, U.S. Geological Survey
10:30 AM
287-10
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Groundwater Flow within the Matrix Porosity of the Biscayne Aquifer of Southeast Florida
Lee J. Florea, U.S. Geological Survey; Kevin J. Cunningham, U.S. Geological Survey; Stephen A. Altobelli, New Mexico Resonance
10:45 AM
287-11
Semi-Quantitative Analysis of Bioturbation – Implications for Core Studies
Andrew D. La Croix, University of Alberta; Murray Gingras, University of Alberta; S. George Pemberton, University of Alberta
11:00 AM
287-12
The Potential for Gas Storage in Bioturbated Media in the Upper Cretaceous Alderson Member – Hatton Gas Pool, SW-Saskatchewan Canada
Ryan Thomas Lemiski, University of Alberta; Murray Gingras, University of Alberta; Jussi Hovikoski, University of Turku; S. George Pemberton, University of Alberta
11:15 AM
287-13
Effects of Turbulent Groundwater Flow on Hydraulic Heads and Parameter Sensitivities In Preferential Groundwater Flow Layers Dominated by Biogenic Macroporosity In the Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida
W. Barclay Shoemaker, U.S. Geological Survey; Eve L. Kuniansky, U.S. Geological Survey; Kevin J. Cunningham, U.S. Geological Survey; Joann F. Dixon, U.S. Geological Survey
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