807 The Geology of the GOM Coastal Plain: Insights into Offshore GOM Exploration

Oral Session
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
8:45 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
9:45 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