Session: Multidisciplinary Characterization of “Unconventional” Hydrocarbon Resources: Nano- to Basin-Scale Investigations on Resource Occurrence and Potential Environmental Impacts (Posters) (2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver: 125th Anniversary of GSA (27-30 October 2013))

MINERALOGY OF LATE CRETACEOUS METHANE COLD-SEEP CEMENTS OF THE PIERRE SHALE, SOUTH DAKOTA
Abstract ID#: 225846

KRAWCHUK, Alexander, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, akrawchu@hunter.cuny.edu, HANDLE, Kimberly C., Earth & Environmental Sciences, CUNY - Graduate Center & American Museum of Natural History, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, and LANDMAN, Neil H., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192

THE EAGLE FORD IN LOZIER CANYON (WEST TEXAS): WORLD-CLASS EXPOSURES OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL CARBONATE MUDSTONE RESERVOIR
Abstract ID#: 232328

DONOVAN, Arthur D.¹, STAERKER, T. Scott², PRADUDITO, Aris³, GARDNER, Rand², POPE, Michael C.⁴, LOWERY, Christopher M.⁵, CORBETT, Matthew⁶, and MICELI ROMERO, Andrea⁷, (1) Global Unconventionals Exploration/Access, BP, 580 Westlake Park Blvd, WL2 3.242A, Houston, TX 77079, art.donovan@bp.com, (2) Global Unconventionals: Exploration Access, BP, 580 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, (3) GOM Exploration, BP, Westlake 4, Houston, TX 77079, US Virgin Islands, (4) Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (5) Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (6) BP America, 200 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, (7) College of Earth and Energy, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019

CONTROLS ON THE ACCUMULATION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE EAGLE FORD FORMATION IN CENTRAL TEXAS
Abstract ID#: 233126

BOLING, Kenneth S., Department of Geology, Baylor University, 1901 South 4th St, Waco, TX 76706, Ken_Boling@Baylor.edu and DWORKIN, S.I., Geology, Baylor Univ, Department of Geology, PO Box 97354, Waco, TX 70798-7354

FACIES CHARACTERIZATION AND STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE DEVONIAN/MISSISSIPPIAN SAPPINGTON FORMATION (BAKKEN EQUIVALENT STRATA) IN WESTERN MONTANA – AN OUTCROP BASED PERSPECTIVE.
Abstract ID#: 234014

HOFMANN, Michael H.¹, HENDRIX, Marc S.¹, and NAGASE, Tetsuro², (1) Department of Geosciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, michael.hofmann@umontana.edu, (2) Geosciences, The University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296

USING NITROGEN ISOTOPES AS A PROXY FOR DEPOSITIONAL WATER COLUMN REDOX STATE IN HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS: WOODFORD SHALE AS A CASE STUDY
Abstract ID#: 230329

QUAN, Tracy M.¹, RIVERA, Keith¹, ADIGWE, Ekenemolise¹, RIEDINGER, Natascha², and PUCKETTE, James O.¹, (1) Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, tracy.quan@okstate.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521

DIAGENETIC COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF A LATE MISSISSIPPIAN RESERVOIR IN WARREN AND BUTLER COUNTIES, KY
Abstract ID#: 230455

BUTLER, Kort H., Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd. #31066, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066, kortbutler@gmail.com and MAY, Michael T., Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101

POROSITY OF DEVONIAN AND MISSISSIPPIAN NEW ALBANY SHALE ACROSS A MATURATION GRADIENT: INSIGHTS FROM ORGANIC PETROLOGY, GAS ADSORPTION, AND MERCURY INTRUSION
Abstract ID#: 221977

MASTALERZ, Maria¹, SCHIMMELMANN, Arndt², DROBNIAK, Agnieszka³, and CHEN, Yanyan², (1) Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, mmastale@indiana.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, (3) Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405

IS SEQUENTIAL GAUSSIAN SIMULATION (SGS) A CORRECT METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISTRIBUTION OF PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN AN UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR?
Abstract ID#: 226612

MISKOVIC, Ilija and TIWARI, Shashank, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, 135 S 1460 E, WBB Rm. 313, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, ilija.miskovic@utah.edu

VIEWING SHALE RESERVOIRS IN THE MULTI-GIGAPIXEL DIMENSION
Abstract ID#: 227092

SCHIEBER, Juergen¹, SUAREZ-RIVERA, Roberto², and GREEN, Sidney², (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, jschiebe@indiana.edu, (2) Schlumberger Innovation Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84104

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ORDOVICIAN KOPE FORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING A GEOTHERMOMETER AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR UNCONVENTIONAL GAS RESERVOIRS
Abstract ID#: 228364

KREKELER, Mark P.S.¹, CURRIE, Brian², STAKER, Jonathan², MARSH, Jonathan², PECK, Denise¹, JASON, Glenn¹, and BARRETT, Heather², (1) Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011, krekelmp@miamioh.edu, (2) Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056

CLAY MINERALOGY OF THE KOPE AND MARTINSBURG FORMATIONS: EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL USE OF ORDOVICIAN SHALES AS GEOTHERMOMETERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REFERENCE MATERIALS IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
Abstract ID#: 228575

STAKER, Jonathan¹, MARSH, Jonathan¹, KANE, Corey¹, CURRIE, Brian¹, and KREKELER, Mark P.S.², (1) Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, stakerjw@miamioh.edu, (2) Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011

PETROLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE VACA MUERTA FORMATION, NEUQUEN BASIN, ARGENTINA
Abstract ID#: 229425

HERNANDEZ-BILBAO, Eider, Dept. of Geology and Geol. Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, eihernan@mymail.mines.edu, HUMPHREY, John, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, and SONNENBERG, Stephen A., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Dept of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO 80401

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