Session: The Geology of the GOM Coastal Plain: Insights into Offshore GOM Exploration (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 320ABC

Presiding:

Ernest A. Mancini and Dave Cooke

8:00 AM

Impact Stratigraphy of the U.S. Gulf Coast States
David T. King Jr, Auburn Univ; Lucille W. Petruny, Astra-Terra Research

8:15 AM

Shale Layers in the Alabama Smackover Formation and Their Implications for the Relative Sea-Level Change and Regional Correlation
Lawrence R. Baria; Ezat Heydari, Jackson State University; Bradley G. Winton, Millsaps College

8:30 AM

8:45 AM

Hydrocarbon Generating Potential: Jurassic Cotton Valley - Bossier Group, North Louisiana Salt Basin
Donald A. Goddard, Louisiana State University; Ernest A. Mancini, University of Alabama; Marty R. Horn, Louisiana State University; Suhas C. Talukdar, Baseline Resolution Inc

9:00 AM

9:15 AM

9:30 AM

9:45 AM

Production History, Depositional Environments and Future Hydrocarbon Potential for Main Pass Blocks 4, 10, and 49 in Louisiana State Waters
Chacko J. John, Louisiana State University; Bobby L. Jones, Louisiana State University; Brian J. Harder, Louisiana State University; Reed J. Bourgeois, Louisiana State University

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