Transactions

Gulf Coast Association of Geological SocietiesA Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists

and the

Gulf Coast Section of theSociety of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogist

A Section of SEPM, The Society for Sedimentary Geology

Volume Lll2002

Shirley P. Dutton

EditorsStephen C. Ruppel Tucker F. Hentz

Prepared for the

52nd Annual Conventionofthe

Gulf Coast Association of Geological SocietiesAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists Regional Meeting

and the

49th Annual Meetingofthe

Gulf Coast Section oftheSociety of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

inAustin, Texas

October 30-November 1, 2002UB/TIB Hannover123 312 248

Hosted by Austin Geological Society and Austin Chapter of theSociety of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)

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Table of Contents

Credits *~\Dedication, Transactions Volume 52, 2002 F-3

Robert E. Boyer Y~*BirdenaT. Schroeder F"4

Past Honorees of Transactions Dedications, GCAGS F-6Past Special Commendation Award Recipients F~6

Don R. Boyd Medal for Excellence in Gulf Coast Geology, GCAGS, William L. Fisher F-7Past Recipient—Don R. Boyd Medal for Excellence in Gulf Coast Geology, GCAGS F-8Industry Sponsors F-9List of Technical Papers and Abstracts F-11Reports

President ofthe GCAGS, Peter R. Rose F-22President of the GCSSEPM, A. E. (Tony) D'Agostino F-24General Chairman, 52nd Annual Convention, 2002, Doug Ratcliff F-26Technical Program Chairs, 52nd Annual Convention, 2002 F-27Editors, Transactions Volume 52, 2002 F-28

Distinguished Service AwardsRichard A. Edmund, GCAGS F-29Mark J. Gallagher, GCAGS F-30Robert J. Ingram, GCAGS F-31Douglas C. Ratcliff, GCAGS F-32Charles C. Smith, GCAGS F-33Johnnie P. Wanger, GCAGS F-34Michael J. Nault, GCSSEPM F-35Past Recipients—Distinguished Service Award, GCAGS F-36Past Recipient—Special Service Award, GCAGS F-37Past Recipients—Distinguished Service Award, GCSSEPM F-37

Honorary MembershipCharles J. Corona, GCAGS F-38Robert W. Sabate, GCAGS F-39William E. Galloway, GCSSEPM F-40Peter R. Vail, GCSSEPM F-41Past Recipients—Honorary Membership, GCAGS F-42Past Recipient—Distinguished Honorary Membership, GCSSEPM F-42Past Recipients—Honorary Membership, GCSSEPM F-43

Outstanding EducatorsJudith A. Schiebout, GCAGS F-44Barun K. Sen Gupta, GCAGS F-45Past Recipients—Outstanding Educator Award, GCAGS F-46

Outstanding Science TeacherJamie Scott, GCAGS F-47Past Recipients—Outstanding Science Teacher Award, GCAGS F-48

Technical Awards2001 A. I. Levorsen Memorial Award, Kevin B. Hill F-492001 Thomas A. Philpott Excellence of Presentation Award F-50

First Place, Kevin B. Hill F-50Second Place, Robert G. Loucks F-51Third Place, Asif Muzaffar " p-51

Past Recipients—Thomas A. Philpott Excellence of Presentation and A. I. LevorsenMemorial Awards p_52

2001 Gordon I. Atwater Best Poster Award ZZZZZZZZZZZZ'. F-55First Place, Steven P. Tischer, Daniel R. Womochel, and Shea Penland F-55Second Place, Jennifer Koch and Shea Penland .. F-56

Third Place, Walter W. Womardt, Jr F-57Past Recipients—Gordon I. Atwater Best Poster Award F-582001 Graver E. Murray Best Published Paper Award F-59

First Place, Edward M. Norwood and Use Brinton F-59Second Place, Ernest A. Mancini and William C. Parcell F-60Third Place, Ezat Heydari and Roger N. Townsend F-60

Past Recipients—Graver E. Murray Best Published Paper Award F-62Past Recipients—Best Paper Award, GCSSEPM F-63

Officers and CommitteesOfficers and Committees, 52nd Annual Convention, 2002 F-64Board of Directors, GCAGS F-66Representatives from Member Societies, GCAGS F-66Standing Committees, GCAGS F-66Officers of Member Societies, GCAGS F-672002 Executive Council, GCSSEPM F-692001-2002 Student Research Grants, GCAGS F-70Past Officers and Convention Chairmen, GCAGS F-71Past Officers, GCSSEPM F-72

BylawsGCAGS F-73GCSSEPM F-76

Technical Papers and Abstracts—Listed by Senior Author

Effects of Increased Freshwater Inflow on the Emergent Vegetation of a South TexasHypersaline Salt Marsh 1

Alexander, Heather D. and Dunton, Kenneth H.

Exploration for Gas in Frontier Area, Lamprea-Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Offshore Mexico ... 2Alvarado Vega, Juan M., Pineda, Francisco Gonzalez, Rodriguez F., Dionisio,Macias Z., Eduardo, and Zambrano A., Manuel

Upper Miocene and Pliocene Shallow-Marine and Deepwater, Gas-Producing Systemsin the Macuspana Basin, Southeastern Mexico 3

Ambrose, William A., Jones, Rebecca, Wawrzyniec, Tim, Fouad, Khaled, Dutton, Shirley P.,Jennette, David C, Elshayeb, Tarek, Sanchez-Barreda, Luis, Soli's, Hector, Meneses-Rocha, Javier,Lugo, Jorge, Aguilera, Leonardo, Berlanga, Jose, Miranda, Lino, Ruiz Morales, Jose, and Rojas, Roberto

Sequence Stratigraphy and Seismic Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Sectionin the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico 13

Badali", Marcello

Fluid Flow, Stratigraphy and Structure in the Vicinity ofthe South LibertySalt Dome, Texas 25

Banga, Tat, Capuano, Regina M., and van Nieuwenhuise, Donald S.

Development of a Groundwater Availability Model for the Central Gulf CoastRegion of Texas 37

Barth, Gil and Pickens, John F.

Brackish Water Resources of the Gulf Coast Aquifers in Texas 38Beach, James A., Kreitler, Charles W., and Klemt, William B.

Geodatabase ofthe South Texas Uranium District 39Beaman, Mark and McGee, William Wade

I Would Rather Be Vaguely Right Than Precisely Wrong: A New Approach toEvaluating Oil and Gas Investment Decisions 4 3

Begg, Steve

A Test Case ofthe New Stratigraphies Using Subsurface Data, Wilcox Group(Paleogene), South Texas 4 5

Bellamy, Justin B. and Breyer, J.A.

Gas Market Fundamentals and Commercial Considerations in the E&P Industry 57Bodell, J. Michael

Formation and Characterization of Turbidites: Mathematical Models, Scaling Analysisand Simulation 5 8

Bonnecaze, Roger T.

Geological Reservoir Characteristics of Fine-Grained Turbidite Systems 59Bouma, Arnold H., Sprague, Ronald A., and Khan, Arfan M.

Biostratigraphic Application and Ecology of Agglutinated Foraminifera inGulf of Mexico Basin Cenozoic Exploration 65

Breard, Sylvester Q., Callender, Arden D., and Nault, Michael J.

Practical Stratigraphy for Groundwater Modeling of Lignite Overburden 77Breyer, Roxann H. and Breyer, John A.

Initial Results from a Test ofthe NASA EAARL Lidar in the Tampa Bay Region 89Brock, John C, Wright, C. Wayne, Nayegandhi, Amar, Clayton, Tonya, Hansen, Mark,Longenecker, John, Gesch, Dean, and Crane, Michael

Exploration-Scale Predrill Reservoir-Quality Prediction Strategies for Gulf ofMexico Basin Sandstones and Carbonates 99

Brown, Alton A.

A Preliminary Assessment of Hydrogeologic Suitability for Aquifer StorageRecovery (ASR) in North-Central Texas 111

Chastain-Howley, Andrew and Pyne, R. David G.

Risk Reduction in Estimation of Petrophysical Properties from Seismic Datathrough Well Log Modeling, Seismic Modeling and Rock Properties Estimation 121

Chaveste, Alvaro

Groundwater Flow Modeling to Estimate Fresh and Brackish Water Availabilityin the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas 122

Chowdhury, Ali H. and Mace, Robert E.

A Methodology for Defining the Base and Geometry of Salt Bodies in theDeepwater Gulf of Mexico 123

Coburn, Gary W.

Deepwater Gulf of Mexico—Using Seepage and Oils to Understand the Sourceand Charge Issues 134

Cole, G.A., Yu, A., Peel, F., Brooks, J., Bernard, B., Zumberge, J., and Brown, S.

Geologic Framework ofthe Northern Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas 135Collins, Edward W., Woodruff, C. M., Jr., and Tremblay, Thomas A.

Depositional History and Genetic Sequence Stratigraphic Framework oftheMiddle Miocene Depositional Episode, South Louisiana 139

Combellas-Bigott, Ricardo I. and Galloway, William E.

Origin and Evolution ofthe Middle Miocene Submarine-Fan System,East-Central Gulf of Mexico 151

Combellas-Bigott, Ricardo I. and Galloway, William E.

Water Management Planning in Louisiana 165

Darling, Bruce K., Hamilton, G. B., Stover, Stuart L., Sonnier, Brent, Onebane, Bernard, and Diaz, Torian

Reconciling High-Resolution Reservoir Models to Production Data UsingStreamline Simulation 166

Datta-Gupta, Akhil

Top Seal Potential of Tertiary Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico Shales 167

Dawson, William C. and Almon, William R.

Age Dating of Expected MCSB Seismic Event Suggests That It Is the K/T Boundary 177Dohmen, Ted E.

Sequence Stratigraphy of Shelf to Deep Water Depositional Systems in theTuscaloosa-Woodbine Down-Dip Trend, Louisiana and Texas: Application toExploration for Deep Gas 181

Dubiel, Russell F. and Pitman, Janet K.

Off-Road and Sub-Surface ... Similarities in Virtual Space 182Duncan, Jerry R.

Correlation of Marine Sediments from the Texas-Louisiana Continental Shelf 183

Dunn, Dean A. and Stokes, Traci L.

Convergence between Hydropressured and Geopressured Zones in the Wilcox Group,Central Texas Gulf Coast 197

Dutton, Alan R., Harden, Robert, and Kier, Katherine S.

Effect of Pleistocene Depositional Heterogeneity on Movement of a SubsurfaceCrude-Oil Spill, San Patricio County, South Texas 207

Dutton, Alan R., Hovorka, Susan D., and Bennett, Philip C.

Reservoir Quality of Lower Miocene Sandstones in Lowstand Prograding WedgeSuccessions, Vermilion Block 31, Offshore Louisiana 217

Dutton, Shirley P. and Hentz, Tucker F.

Petrography and Reservoir Quality of Tertiary Deepwater Sandstones in theVeracruz Basin, Mexico 229

Dutton, Shirley P., Jennette, David C, Ambrose, William A., and Martinez, Martin

Evaluation of Jurassic-Cretaceous Cotton Valley-Travis Peak Gas Systems in Gulf CoastRegion for Petroleum Resource Assessment 241

Dyman, T.S., Condon, S.M., and Bartberger, C.E.

The Case for the Regressive Systems Tract with Examples from the Tertiary andPleistocene ofthe Northern Gulf Coast Basin 243

Edwards, Marc B.

Practical Sequence Stratigraphy in Onshore Exploration and Development, withExamples from the Yegua and Cotton Valley Trends 257

Ewing, Thomas E.

Deep-Water Depositional Facies and Reservoir Quality Evaluation Based onFourier Analysis of Gamma-Ray Logs 267

Fillon, Richard H. and Lawless, Paul N.

Sediment-Hosted Contaminants and Distribution Patterns in the Mississippi and AtchafalayaRiver Deltas 277

Flocks, James G., Kindinger, Jack L., Ferina, Nicholas, and Dreher, Chandra

Fluid Prediction from 3-D Seismic Data in Deepwater Sandstone Reservoirs:Applications from Cocuite Gas Field, Veracruz Basin, Southeastern Mexico 291

Fouad, Khaled, Jennette, David C , and Soto-Cuervo, Arturo

Cenozoic Deep-Water Reservoir Systems ofthe Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin 301Galloway, William E.

Complex Geology and Gas Hydrate Dynamics Characterize Mississippi CanyonBlock 798 on the Upper Continental Slope ofthe Northern Gulf of Mexico 309

Geresi, Erika, Lutken, Carol, McGee, Tom, and Lowrie, Allen

Threshold Conditions for Episodic Beach Erosion along the Southeast Texas Coast 323Gibeaut, James C , Gutierrez, Roberto, and Hepner, Tiffany L.

Measuring Shoreline Change along Bays and Oceans Using Historical AerialPhotography and Airborne Topographic LIDAR Surveys 336

Gibeaut, James C , White, William A., Gutierrez, Roberto, Waldinger, Rachel, Andrews, John R.,Hepner, Tiffany L., Smyth, Rebecca C , and Tremblay, Thomas A.

Dominant Structural and Stratigraphic Characteristics Influencing HydrocarbonProduction Distribution in Louisiana's Livingston Field 337

Goddard, Donald A., Zimmerman, Ronald K., White, Christopher D., and Birdwell, Maurice N.

Potential Gas Resources Under the West Florida Shelf and Slope andTheir Development 351

Gohrbandt, Klaus H.

Paleogeographic and Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for Mesozoic CarbonateExploration on the Northwest Gulf of Mexico (NW GOM) Rim 361

Goldhammer, R.K.

Second-Order Accommodation Cycles and Points of "Stratigraphic Turnaround":Implications for Carbonate Buildup Reservoirs in Mesozoic Carbonate Systems ofthe East Texas Salt Basin and South Texas 362

Goldhammer, R.K.

Enhancing Analysis of 4C Data in the Gulf of Mexico from Results of 9C Data Onshore . 363Gumble, Jason, E. and Tatham, Robert H.

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The Origin of Oil in the Mexican Coast Basins in the GOM 364Guzman-Vega, Mario A., Castro Ortiz, Lilia, Canipa Morales, Nora, Roman Ramos, Juan R.,Medrano Morales, Luis, Valdez, Clara, Vazquez Covarruvias, Emilio, and Ziga, Genaro

An Evaluation of Hydrogeologic Parameters on Natural Attenuation of Explosives 365Harrelson, Danny W., Zakikhani, Mansour, and Pennington, Judy C.

Groundwater Tracing ofthe Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer, Travis and HaysCounties, Texas 377

Hauwert, Nico M., Johns, David A., Sansom, James W., and Aley, Thomas J.

Late Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy, Main Pass Area, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico 385He, Leipin, Buffler, Richard T., and Fulthorpe, Craig C.

Sedimentology, Ichnology and Depositional Environment ofthe Woodbine Sandstone(Cretaceous) Exposed along the Shores of Lake Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas 395

Henk, Bo, Breyer, John A., and Scheihing, Mark

Reservoir Geology of the Subclarksville 'A' Sandstone in the BSR Field, East Texas,Through an Integrated Sedimentology, Ichnology, Petrography and ReservoirProperties Data Analysis 396

Henk, Bo, Shaver, Scott O., Pemberton, S. George, and Hickey, James J.

Northern Gulf of Mexico Bathymetry and Feature Names 397Holcombe, Troy L., Bryant, William R., Bouma, Arnold H., Taylor, Lisa A., and Liu, Jia Y.

Production and Pressure Characteristics of Gas Reservoirs, Veracruz Basin, Mexico .... 407Holtz, Mark H., Garcia, Javier, Sakurai, Shinichi, Wawrzyniec, Timothy F., Jennette, David C,and Bolanos, Juan Jose

Timing of Faults and Extension Fractures in the Sierra Madre Oriental,Northeastern Mexico 421

Hooker, John N., Marrett, Randall A., and Laubach, Stephen E.

Late Jurassic Source Rock Distribution and Quality in the Gulf of Mexico:Inferences from Plate Tectonic Modelling 429

Jacques, John M. and Clegg, Heather

Play-Element Characterization of the Miocene and Pliocene Veracruz Basin,Southeastern Mexico 441

Jennette, David C, Wawrzyniec, Timothy F., Fouad, Khaled, Meneses-Rocha, Javier, Holtz, Mark H.,Sakurai, Shinichi, Talukdar, Suhas, Grimaldo, Francisco, Mufioz, Rafael, Lugo, Jorge E., Barrera, David,Williams, Carlos, Escamilla, Arturo, Dutton, Shirley P., Ambrose, William A., Dunlap, Dallas B.,Bellian, Jerome A., and Guevara, Edgar H.

Northern Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Texas: Groundwater Availability Modeling ...455Jones, Ian C.

Delineation and Analysis of Upper Miocene and Pliocene Gas Plays in theMacuspana Basin, Southeastern Mexico 469

Jones, Rebecca H., Ambrose, William A., Holtz, Mark H., Jennette, David C, Solis, Hector, Meneses-Rocha, Javier, Lugo, Jorge, Aguilera, Leonardo, Berlanga, Jose, Miranda, Lino, and Rojas, Roberto

Using GIS for Development and Processing of Surface-Water Data for theTWDB GAM Models 479

Jordan, David L., PE

Hydrogeology and Simulation of Ground-Water Flow and Land-Surface Subsidencein the Chicot and Evangeline Aquifers, Houston Area, Texas 489

Kasmarek, Mark C. and Strom, Eric W.

Challenges and Approaches for Groundwater Availability Modeling of theCarrizo-Wilcox Aquifer of Texas 5 0 0

Kelley, Van A., Senger, Rainer K., Deeds, Neil E., and Fryar, Dennis G.

Styles of Rudist Buildup Development along the Northern Margin of the Maverick Basin,Pecos River Canyon, Southwest Texas 501

Kerans, Charles

Stratigraphic Setting and Controls on Occurrence of High-Energy Carbonate BeachDeposits: Lower Cretaceous ofthe Gulf of Mexico 517

Kerans, Charles and Loucks, Robert G.

Natural Gas Resource Characterization ofthe Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico:Data Analysis of Key Sand-Reservoir Attributes for Future Exploration andDevelopment Opportunities 527

Kim, Eugene M.

Sand Resources, Regional Geology, and Coastal Processes for Shoreline Restoration:Case Study of Barataria Shoreline, Louisiana 537

Kindinger, Jack L., Flocks, James G., Kulp, Mark, Penland, Shea, and Britsch, Louis D.

An Analysis ofthe Interaction of Waterflood and Reservoir Heterogeneity 549King, Michael J. and Jennings, James W., Jr.

Sequence and Seismic Stratigraphy ofthe Bossier Formation (Tithonian), Western EastTexas Basin 551

Klein, George D. and Chaivre, Kenneth R.

Using Multicomponent OBC Seismic Data for the Evaluation of Deep Gas Prospectson the Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico 562

Knapp, Steven

Potential New Uses for Old Gas Fields: Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide 563Knox, Paul R., Hovorka, Susan D., and Oldenburg, Curtis M.

Latest Quaternary Stratigraphic Framework ofthe Mississippi River Delta Region 573Kulp, Mark, Howell, Paul, Adiau, Sandra, Penland, Shea, Kindinger, Jack, and Williams, S. Jeffress

Florida Gulf Coast Marsh Response to Sea Level Rise 583Ladner, Lucien, Hoenstine, Ron, and Cross, Brian

Fracture Characterization Based on Microfracture Surrogates, PottsviMe Sandstone,Black Warrior Basin, Alabama 585

Laubach, Stephen E., Reed, Robert M., Gale, Julia F.W., Ortega, Orlando J., and Doherty, Eloise H.

A Methodology for Assessing Monitoring-Well Networks Designed to Protect Wetlandand Lake Water Levels 597

Lavenue, Marsh A.

Physical Modeling of Normal Faults and Graben Relays above Salt:A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis 599

Le Calvez, Joel H. and Vendeville, Bruno C.

New Insights on Timing of Oil and Gas Generation in the Central Gulf Coast InteriorZone based on Hydrous-Pyrolysis Kinetic Parameters 607

Lewan, Michael D.

Comparison of Allochthonous Salt Deformation and Sub-Salt Structural Styles,Perdido and Mississippi Fan Foldbelts, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 621

Lira, Louis M.

Diagenetic History of the Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation and Its Effects onReservoir Properties: Vocation Field, Manila Sub-Basin, Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain 631

Llinas, Juan Carlos

Sabkhas Ancient and Modern 645Lock, Brian E.

Controls on Reservoir Quality in Platform-Interior Limestones Around the Gulf of Mexico:Example from the Lower Cretaceous Pearsall Formation in South Texas 659

Loucks, Robert G.

Estimating Permeability from Porosity in Alabama Ferry Field:the Rock-Fabric Approach 673

Lucia, F. Jerry

Groundwater Supplies and Availability in Texas: Results from Regional Water Planning 681Mace, Robert E., Mullican, William F., Ill, and Williams, Charles R.

Quantitative Measurement of Brittle Deformation in Burial Compaction, Frio Formation,Gulf of Mexico Basin 695

Makowitz, Astrid and Milliken, Kitty

Reservoir Characterization and Modeling of Upper Jurassic Smackover Carbonate ShoalComplex Reservoirs, Womack Hill Field, Choctaw and Clarke Counties, Alabama 707

Mancini, Ernest A. and Panetta, Brian J.

The 3-D Seismic Exploration Wheel and Treatments for Economic Pain along theLearning Curve 717

Marlin, Donald J.

Contrasting Structural Styles ofthe Macuspana and Veracruz Basins, Mexico 723Meneses-Rocha, J., Wawrzyniec, T.F., Fouad, Khaled, Guevara, E.H., Ambrose, W.A., Jennette, D.C.,Sanchez-Barreda, Luis, and Lugo, J.E.

Water Supply and Subsidence in the Greater Houston Area 724Michel, Thomas A.

Internal Structure of Deformation Bands as Revealed by Cathodoluminescence Imaging,Hickory Sandstone (Cambrian), Central Texas 725

Milliken, K. L. and Reed, R. M.

Reservoir Characterization ofthe Chicot Aquifer in Acadia Parish, Louisiana 737Milner, Riley

Late Oligocene Sequence Stratigraphy (lower Arcadia Formation) of Southwest Florida 739Missimer, Thomas M.

Exploration Analysis of Basin Maturity in the South Florida Sub-Basin 753Mitchell-Tapping, H.J.

Hunting for Elephants: Exploration and Appraisal Learnings from the Western AtwaterFoldbelt of the Ultra Deep Water Gulf of Mexico 7 6 5

Moore, Michael G.

Subsurface Controls on Historical Subsidence Rates and Associated Wetland Loss inSouthcentral Louisiana 7 6 7

Morton, Robert A., Buster, Noreen A., and Krohn, M. Dennis

E & P Drilling Fluid Disposal Facilities in Texas and Louisiana: Analogs forEnvironmental Assessments of Abandoned Sites 779

Nance, H. S. and Dutton, Alan R.

Coastal Change Analysis Program Implemented in Louisiana 789Nelson, Gene, Ramsey, Elijah, III, and Sapkota, Sijan

Recent Sedimentation in St. Louis Bay, Mississippi 790Odaffer, Jay C.

Long Offset AVO in a Midcontinent Tight Gas Sand Reservoir 791Pankhurst, Duane, Marfurt, Kurt, and Sullivan, Charlotte

Lithostratigraphic and Paleogeographic Comparisons ofthe Jurassic Section in the GulfCoastal Plain to the Jurassic Ellis Group in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming . 795

Parcell, W.C.

The Geometry and Emplacement History of the Major Allochthonous Salt Sheets in theCentral US Gulf of Mexico Slope: A Regional Review 796

Peel, Frank J.

Implications of Megasequence Stratigraphy for the Petroleum System of the Ultra DeepWater Gulf of Mexico 797

Peel, Frank J., Cole, Gary A., Apps, Gillian M., and Moore, Michael G.

Geologic Classification of Coastal Land Loss between 1932 and 1990 in theMississippi River Delta Plain, Southeastern Louisiana 799

Penland, Shea, Beall, Andrew D., Britsch, Louis D., Ill, and Williams, S. Jeffress

World-Wide Deepwater Exploration and Production: Past, Present and Future 809Pettingill, Henry S. and Weimer, Paul

New Interaction Concepts and Real-Time Algorithms for the Exploration ofGeological Data in Virtual Environments 810

Plate, John, Froehlich, Bernd, and Goebel, Martin

Slope and Toe-of-Slope Deposits Shed from a Late Wolfcampian Tectonically ActiveCarbonate Ramp Margin

Playton, Ted E. and Kerans, Charles

Morphology of a Marsh-Dominated Coast as Determined from Airborne Laser inEastern Gulf of Mexico 321

Raabe, E.A., Harris, M.S., Shrestha, R.L., and Carter, W.E.

Water Depth, Seagrass, Algae, and Bottom Type Mapped with Airborne Multi-spectralImagery in Tampa Bay 322

Raabe, E.A. and Kovach, C.W.

The National Vegetation Classification Standard Applied to the Remote SensingClassification of Two Semiarid Environments 823

Ramsey, Elijah, III, Nelson, Gene, Echols, Darrell, and Sapkota, Sijan

Assessment of Production Predictability of Fourth-Order Systems Tracts in the Miocene,Offshore Louisiana 825

Rassi, Claudia

Marsh Survival in the Subsiding Mississippi Delta Plain: A Ten-Year Record ofMarsh Surface Elevation Change 835

Reed, Denise J. and Boumans, Roelof M. J.

The Upper Jurassic Bossier Sandstone Play of the East Texas Basin 836Ridgley, Jennie L.

Predicting Fracture Attributes in the Travis Peak Formation Using QuantitativeMechanical Modeling and Structural Diagenesis 837

Rijken, Peggy, Holder, Jon, Olson, Jon E., and Laubach, Stephen E.

Geological Framework and Sedimentology of Recent Mud Deposition on the EasternChenier Plain Coast and Adjacent Inner Shelf, Western Louisiana 849

Roberts, H. H., Bentley, S., Coleman, J. M., Hsu, S. A., Huh, O. K., Rotondo, K., Inoue, M., Rouse, L. J.,Jr., Sheremet, A., Stone, G., Walker, N., Welsh, S., and Wiseman, W. J., Jr.

Gas Hydrate Deposits in a Complex Geologic Setting, Northern Gulf of Mexico Slope .... 860Roberts, H. H., Coleman, J. M., Hunt, J. L., Shedd, W. W., Sassen, R., and Milkov, A.

Salt-Related Accommodation in the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater: Withdrawal or Inflation,Autochthonous or Allochthonous? 861

Rowan, Mark G.

Estimate of Lithology and Net Gas Sand from Wireline Logs: Veracruz and MacuspanaBasins, Mexico 871

Sakurai, Shinichi, Grimaldo-Suarez, F. M., Aguilera-Gomez, L. E., and Rodriguez-Larios, J. A.

Impacts of Sand and Gravel Mining on Physical Habitat of the Colorado River andTributaries, Central Texas 883

Saunders, Geoffrey P.

Environmental Assessment of an Abandoned Saltwater Disposal Site in Manvel, Texas 891Scheerhorn, Jeffrey, D., Baker, Noreen A., and Cravens, Paul B.

Remediation and Re-Vegetation of Brine Impacted Soil: A Case Study 892Sewell, H. James, Hamilton, Wayne A., Farrish, Kenneth W., Deuel, Lloyd E., Jr., and Moore, Don

Geopressure Progression-Regression: An Effective Risk Assessment Tool inGulf of Mexico Deep Water 893

Shaker, Selim S.

The Influence of Fine-Grained Sediments on Wave Propagation, West Louisiana Coast . 899Sheremet, A., Stone, G. W., Walker, N. D., Roberts, H. H., Huh, O. K., Hsu, S. A., Inoue, M., Rouse, L.,Welsh, S., and Bentley, S.

Forensic Hydrogeology Applied to a Half-Century-Old Crude Oil Seep, Colorado River,Wharton County, Texas 907

Smyth, Rebecca C, Dutton, Alan R., and Gutierrez, Roberto

Local Biostratigraphic Markers ofthe Frio (Oligocene), Northern Mustang Island,Texas State Waters 9 1 9

Spencer, Jeff, Barrett, Elliott, and Breard, S.Q.

Evolution and High Dissolution Porosity of Woodbine Sandstones in a SlopeSubmarine Fan, Double A Wells Field, Polk County, Texas—A Deep WaterGulf of Mexico Model Onshore 923

Stricklin, Fred L., Jr.

Hydrocarbon Source and Charge in the Neogene in the Macuspana andVeracruz Basins, Mexico 925

Talukdar, S. C , Guevara. E. H., Jones, R. H., Galindo, Agustin, Romero, M. A., Wawrzyniec, T. F.,Villanueva, Laura, Fouad, Khaled, Ambrose, W. A., Jennette, D. C , Dunlap, D. B., Meneses-Rocha, J. J.,Sanchez-Barreda, Luis, and Lugo, J. E.

Petrology and Geochemistry of Calcite Precipitates and Water from Surface andSpelean Environments, Central Texas: Analogs for Non-Marine Carbonate Cements 935

Taylor, Penny M. and Chafetz, Henry S.

The Gas Potential ofthe Wilcox and Queen City Plays in the Western BurgosBasin, Mexico 941

Tellez, Mariano H., Espiricueto, Antonio, Marino, Alberto, de Leon, Jesus, and Hernandez, Alcides

Quantitative Measurement of Porosity Reduction Around Deformation Bands in aPorous and Permeable Sandstone 942

Thompson, Laird B., Evans, James P., and Wallace, James P.

A New Interpretation of Trusheim's Classic Model of Salt-Diapir Growth 943Vendeville, Bruno C.

McAllen Ranch Field—A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Casing Failure 953Wach, Grant D., Kuhfal, Dennis L, Nemec, Tom S., McCarty, Douglas K., and Hugele, Michael

Satellite-Based Assessment of Sediment Transport, Distribution and ResuspensionAssociated with the Atchafalaya River Discharge Plume 967

Walker, Nan, Roberts, Harry, Stone, Gregory, Bentley, Samuel, Huh, Oscar, Sheremet, Alexandru,Rouse, Larry, Inoue, Masamichi, Welsh, Susan, Hsu, S. A., and Myint, Soe

Effect of Hydrocarbon Production and Reservoir Depressurization on Subsidence:Port Neches Field Area, Southeast Texas 975

Wang, Fred P. and Nance, H. Seay

Regulatory Changes for Commercial E&P Waste Facilities in Louisiana 985Wascom, Carroll and Snellgrove, Gary

Neotectonic Deformation of Alluvial Valleys in Southern Arkansas andNorthern Louisiana

Washington, Paul A.

Integrated Modeling of Salt Features in a GIS Environment: Examples from theGulf of Mexico and Kazakhstan 1003

Weber, R.W. and Odegard, M.E.

Dual Gradient Drilling Technology 1004Weinstock, Charles W.

Photo Analysis of Marsh Changes Associated with Delta Sedimentation andFaulting near the Mouth ofthe Colorado River, Texas Gulf Coast 1005

White, William A., Tremblay, Thomas A., and Calnan, Thomas R.

Paleodepositional Facies, Lower Cretaceous Cow Creek Member, Texas Hill Country .. 1009Wilson, William Feathergail

Diachronous Erosion Surfaces and Sequence Stratigraphic Practice 1017Winker, Charles D.

Exploring Nontraditional Hydrocarbon Traps for Gas Resource Additions in theShallow Gulf of Mexico Shelf, U.S.A 1018

Wood, L.J., DeAngelo, M., Zeng, H., Hentz, T., Holtz, M., Kim, E., and Bergquist, B.

Upper Miocene Depositional History of the Central Gulf of Mexico Basin 1019Wu, Xinxia and Galloway, William E.

Siltstone Symposium Papers

Accumulation Rates and Stratigraphic Character ofthe Modern AtchafalayaRiver Prodelta, Louisiana 1031

Allison, Mead A. and Neill, Ciara F.

Sequence Stratigraphy, Facies Variation and Petrophysical Properties in DeepwaterShales, Upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale, South-Central Wyoming 1041

Almon, William R., Dawson, William C, Sutton, Sally J., Ethridge, Frank G., and Castelblanco, Bellatrix

Mega-Furrows of the Continental Rise Seaward of the Sigsbee Escarpment,Northwest Gulf of Mexico 1054

Bean, Daniel A.

Dispersal of Fine Sediments from River to Shelf: Process and Product 1055Bentley, Samuel J., Sr.

Permeability of Clays, Silty-Clays and Clayey-Silts 1069Bryant, William R.

Gas Production from Shale 1079Davies, David K. and Vessell, Richard K.

Cretaceous Fine-Grained Mudstones ofthe Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela 1093Goddard, Donald A. and Talukdar, Suhas C.

The Role of Argillaceous Rock Fabric in Primary Migration of Oil 1103O'Brien, Neal R., Cremer, Marie D., and Canales, Dylan G.

Characteristics of Permian Tanqua Karoo Deepwater Mudstones 1113Samuel, Bruce M. and Bouma, Arnold H.

Depositional Processes and Characteristics of Siltstones, Mudstones and Shales 1115Scott, Erik, Bouma, Arnold H., and Bryant, William R.

Significance of Shales and Mudrocks in Oil and Gas Exploration andReservoir Development 1119

Slatt, Roger M.

Author Index 1131