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338 Recent Advances in Deepwater Sedimentology: Science Driven by the Search for Natural Resources

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Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 320DE

Presiding:
Stephen M. Hubbard and David R. Pyles
8:00 AM
338-1
Geometry, Depositional Processes, and Facies Associations of Basin-Margin Strata, Carboniferous Ross Sandstone (Ireland): Applications to Reservoirs located on the Margins of Structurally Confined Fans
David R. Pyles, Colorado School of Mines; David Jennette
8:15 AM
338-2
An Alternative Model for Producing Levee Topography in Deep-Water Systems Based on Field Studies from the Neoproterozoic Isaac Formation
Zishann Khan, University of Ottawa; R.W.C. Arnott, University of Ottawa
8:30 AM
338-3
Stratigraphy and Architecture of Distal Basin-Floor Strata, Neoproterozoic Middle Kaza Group, British Columbia, Canada
Viktor Terlaky, University of Ottawa; R.W.C. Arnott, University of Ottawa
8:45 AM
338-4
Sandstone and Conglomerate Populations from the Late Cretaceous-Eocene Gualala Basin, CA
Amalia C. Doebbert, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Alan Carroll, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clark Johnson, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
9:00 AM
338-5
Supplementing Subsurface Characterization with Insights from Outcrop: Sandstone Distribution in Slope Deposits of the Tres Pasos Formation, Chile
Stephen M. Hubbard, University of Calgary; Andrea Fildani, Chevron ETC; Brian W. Romans, Chevron ETC; Jacob A. Covault, Stanford Univ; Nicholas Drinkwater, Chevron ETC; Julian Clark, Chevron ETC; Timothy R. McHargue, Chevron ETC; Morgan Sullivan, Chevron ETC; Henry Posamentier, Chevron ETC
9:15 AM
338-6
Variations in Depositional Systems on Unstable Continental Slopes
Trey Meckel, Woodside Energy Ltd
9:30 AM
338-7
Tertiary Evolution of Upper Slope Canyons, Offshore Equatorial Guinea: Canyon Initiation, Growth and Abandonment Via Knickpoint Migration
Zane R. Jobe, Stanford University
9:45 AM
338-8
Seismic Stratigraphy, Seismic Geomorphology, and Process Sedimentology of Mass Transport and Other Non-Turbiditic Deposits in Deep-Water Environments
Henry W. Posamentier, Chevron Energy Technology Company
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
338-9
Topography within the Axial Channel of Seven Submarine Canyons off California
Charles Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; David Caress, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; William Ussler III, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; Eve Lundsten, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution; Hans Thomas; Steve Rock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institution
10:30 AM
338-11
Carbonate Turbidity Currents: Examining the Effects of Grain Density
James M. Hodson, University of East Anglia; Jan Alexander, University of East Anglia; Alan Kendall, University of East Anglia; Simon J. Beavington-Penney, BG Group
10:45 AM
338-12
Comparing Flume and Computer Simulated Turbidite Flows – Implications for Sediment Deposition Patterns and Reservoir Quality
Clare E. Bond, Midland Valley Exploration; Jaco H. Baas, University of Wales Bangor; Jamie Vinnels, University of Leeds; William McCaffrey, Leeds Univ; David Waltham, University of London Royal Holloway; Stuart McClean, Midland Valley Exploration
11:00 AM
338-13
Event-Based Modeling – a New Approach to Improve Our Understanding of Deep-Water Sedimentary Systems
Andrea Fildani, Chevron ETC; Michael J. Pyrcz, ETC; Brian W. Romans, Chevron ETC; Tim McHargue, Chevron ETC; Morgan Sullivan, Chevron ETC; Julian Clark, Chevron ETC; Nicholas Drinkwater, ChevronTexaco ETC; Henry W. Posamentier
11:15 AM
338-14
Event-Based Forward Modeling – Visualizing and Predicting Turbidite Channel Architectures
Tim McHargue, Chevron ETC; Morgan Sullivan, Chevron ETC; Julian Clark, Chevron ETC; Andrea Fildani, Chevron ETC; Michael J. Pyrcz, Chevron ETC; Marjorie Levy, Chevron ETC; Henry Posamentier, Chevron ETC; Nicholas Drinkwater, Chevron ETC; Brian Romans, Chevron ETC
11:30 AM
338-15
Geometric Modeling of Submarine Channel-Levee Systems: Complex Architecture from Simple Rules
Zoltán Sylvester, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc; Carlos Pirmez, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc; Alessandro Cantelli, Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc
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