Session: Special Session: Cutting Edge Applied Geoscience in Exploration: The Best of AAPG (2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver: 125th Anniversary of GSA (27-30 October 2013))

TEMPLATE MATCHING TO BUILD A HIGH QUALITY EARTHQUAKE CATALOG OF THE 2011 YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO SEISMIC SEQUENCE AND TEST ITS RELATION TO A LOCAL WASTEWATER INJECTION WELL
Abstract ID#: 226799

HOLTKAMP, Stephen, CURRIE, Brian, and BRUDZINSKI, Michael, Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, stephen.holtkamp@gmail.com

EXPLORING FOR PERMIAN TRAPS USING SEISMIC VOLUMES CONDITIONED WITH WELL DATA, NORTHWEST SHELF TEXAS
Abstract ID#: 229093

WALKER, Dale A.¹, WEBER, Galina¹, KALYANARAMAN, Nishanth¹, RUSSELL, Judy¹, CHATTLE, Glenn¹, and WILLIAMS, Leon², (1) Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation, 5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110, Houston, TX 77046, dale_walker@oxy.com, (2) Encana Oil and Gas, 5851 Legacy Circle, Plano, TX 75024

ASPERITY AND JOINT FAILURES, OVERALL SURFACE RUPTURES, IDENTIFICATION OF AND ROLE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORKS
Abstract ID#: 230739

URBANCIC, Ted, BAIG, Adam, KARIMI, Sepideh, and VIEGAS FERNANDES, Gisela, ESG, 20 hyperion court, Kingston, ON k7k7k2, Canada, urbancic@esg.ca

HALOKINETIC DRAPE-FOLD MODEL FOR CAPROCK IN DIAPIR-FLANKING AND SUBSALT POSITIONS
Abstract ID#: 222771

GILES, Katherine, Geology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, kagiles@utep.edu, LAWTON, Timothy L., Geological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, SHOCK, Austin L., Occidental Petroleum Corporation, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, KERNEN, Rachelle K., Shell Oil Company, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, HEARON, Thomas E. IV, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, and ROWAN, Mark G., Rowan Consulting Inc, 850 8th St, Boulder, CO 80302

EROSION – BASED PARASEQUENCES AND PARASEQUENCE AMALGAMATION IN MIXED SANDSTONE – DOLOSTONE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS, LOWER GRAYBURG FORMATION (PERMIAN), GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Abstract ID#: 223051

HOLTERHOFF, Peter F., Hess Corporation, 1501 McKinney, Houston, TX 77010, pholterhoff@hess.com, OJEDA, Sergio, Concho Resources, 550 W. Texas Avenue, Midland, TX 79701, and NAGIHARA, Seiichi, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409

SHALE-GAS-RESERVOIR FAMILIES: THEIR COMMON CHARACTERISTICS AND GENETICS, ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES, AND RECOGNITION CRITERIA
Abstract ID#: 223560

BOHACS, Kevin M.¹, LAZAR, Remus¹, OTTMANN, Jeffry D.², POTMA, Ken³, and DEMKO, Tim¹, (1) ExxonMobil Upstream Rsch Co, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77096, Kevin.M.Bohacs@exxonmobil.com, (2) ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 3312 Benmar St, Houston, TX 77066, (3) Imperial Oil Resources, 237 4th Avenue, Calgary, AB T2V 1V5, Canada

THE FINAL NORTH AMERICA CONVENTIONAL OIL FRONTIER: THE INTRACRATONIC HUDSON BAY BAIN IN NORTHERN CANADA
Abstract ID#: 223755

LAVOIE, Denis¹, PINET, Nicolas¹, DIETRICH, James R.², HU, Kezhen², ZHANG, Shunxin³, CHEN, Zhuoheng², DECKER, Vincent⁴, ARMSTRONG, Derek⁵, NICOLAS, Michelle⁶, and DUCHESNE, Mathieu J.¹, (1) Quebec Division, Geological Survey of Canada, 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, denis.lavoie@NRCan.gc.ca, (2) Geol Survey of Canada, 3303 33 Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, (3) Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0, Canada, (4) Canadian Center for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada, 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y7, Canada, (5) Ontario Geological Survey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, Canada, (6) Manitoba Geological Survey, 360-1395 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R2G 3P2

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF RECORDING GEOMETRY ON MICROSEISMIC DATA: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MARCELLUS
Abstract ID#: 223853

HNAT, James S.¹, REYNOLDS, Andrea¹, LANGIN, William¹, LE CALVEZ, Joel H.², and TAN, Jeff³, (1) Shell Exploration & Production, Warrendale, PA 15086, j.hnat@shell.com, (2) Schlumberger, 1600 Eldridge Parkway #606, Houston, TX 77077, (3) Shell Canada Limited, Calgary, T2P 2H5, Canada

SEDIMENTATION IN AN ACTIVE FOLD AND THRUST BELT, SANTA BARBARA BASIN, CALIFORNIA: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTATION FROM 1 MA TO PRESENT
Abstract ID#: 224242

MARSHALL, Courtney J., Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, Courtney_Marshall@oxy.com, BEHL, Richard J., Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Department of Geological Sciences; PH1-104, Long Beach, CA 90840, SORLIEN, Christopher C., Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, and NICHOLSON, Craig, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150

DE-RISKING FOLD AND THRUST BELT HYDROCARBON PLAYS WITH STRUCTURAL MODELING
Abstract ID#: 224677

BRANDENBURG, J.P., MORA-GLUKSTAD, Miguel, and NARUK, S.J., Shell International Exploration and Production, 3333 Highway 6 South, Houston, TX 77082, j.p.brandenburg@shell.com

A COMPARISON OF UPPER CRETACEOUS DEEPWATER DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS IN THE DEEP IVORIAN BASIN. INFLUENCES OF A RIFT DOMINATED VERSUS SHEAR DOMINATED MARGIN
Abstract ID#: 221290

TOWLE, Philip J., ADDIS, Danny, BROWN, Allen, and LAYMAN, John, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 1201 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380, philip.towle@anadarko.com

IDENTIFYING THE AMOUNT AND TIMING OF LAYER PARALLEL SHORTENING IN COMPRESSIVE REGIONS USING THIN-SECTIONS AND ANALOG MODEL
Abstract ID#: 221599

BURBERRY, Caroline M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 206 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0340, cburberry2@unl.edu

DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORKS AND GEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IN UPPER DEVONIAN CARBONATES USING INTEGRATED CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY, CANNING BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract ID#: 221818

PLAYTON, Ted E.¹, KATZ, David A.², HILLBUN, Kelly³, TOHVER, Eric⁴, HOCKING, Roger⁵, HAINES, Peter⁶, TRINAJSTIC, Kate⁷, MONTGOMERY, P.⁸, HANSMA, Jeroen³, and PISAREVSKY, Sergei A.⁹, (1) Chevron ETC, Houston, TX 77002, tedplay@chevron.com, (2) Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, (3) Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195, (4) School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia, (5) Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, 6004, Australia, (6) Geological Society of Western Australia, Pert, 6004, Australia, (7) Curtin University, Perth, 6000, Australia, (8) Chevron ETC, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (9) School of Earth and Environment (M004), University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia