ABSTRACTS
(By Author)

1993 Rocky Mountain Section Meeting
September 12-15, 1993, Salt Lake City, Utah

Search and Discovery Article #90993 (1993)
Posted November 12, 2009

Select letter corresponding to author's last name.

Exploration Targets in the Great Basin of Utah,
M. L. Allison and T. C. Chidsey, Jr.

Stratigraphic and Sedimentologic Characteristics of the Lower Portion of the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale Along a Portion of Muddy Creek, Emery County, Utah,
P. B. Anderson

Hydrocarbon-Associated, Sediment-Hosted Gold Deposits: A Genetic Model,
J. M. Ballantyne

Stratigraphic Controls on Permeability Variation Within Distributary Channel Sandstones, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah,
M. D. Barton and N. Tyler

Determination of Depth Models Through Self-Consistent Structural Modeling to Help Delineate Hydrocarbon Traps,
A. K. Benson

Enhanced Fracture Permeability and Unconventional Production Potential Along the Duchesne Fault Zone, Uinta Basin, Utah,
S. R. Bereskin, D. E. Taff, and R. L. Ballou

Geological Methods for Demonstration of No Migration of Hazardous Waste in Class 1 Underground Disposal Wells,
J. Bergosh, T. Toronto, and K. Keckler

Geology and Methane Content of the Book Cliffs Coal Field,
C. E. Bishop

An Overview of the Tar Sand Resources of Utah,
C. E. Bishop and B. T. Tripp

Geothermal Potential of Southwest Utah,
R. E. Blackett and H. P. Ross

A New, Calibrated Thermal Model for the Idaho-Wyoming Thrust Belt,
R. L. Burtner and A. Nigrini

Evidence for Large-Magnitude Cretaceous or Early Tertiary Extension in the Pequop Mountains, Nevada: Implications for the Early Tertiary Unconformity in Northeast Nevada,
P. A. Camilleri

A Lodgepole Play in North Dakota,
C. G. Carlson

Tidal Deposits of the Precambrian Big Cottonwood Formation, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Central Utah,
M. A. Chan

The United States Uranium Industry, 1993,
W. L. Chenoweth

The Utah Oil Sample Bank,
T. C. Chidsey, Jr., C. D. Morgan, and C. M. Olsen

Pitfalls and Considerations in Obtaining State Commission Approval for Injection Projects,
T. W. Clawson

Organic Geochemistry of Black Shale and Associated Oils of the Pennsylvanian Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado,
J. L. Clayton and C. Jianyu

Hydrogeology of Saline Springs Along the Southeastern Margin of the San Juan Basin, Northwestern New Mexico,
S. D. Craigg

Pliocene-Pleistocene Lake Beds in the Sevier Basin, Utah,
F. D. Davis and C. G. Oviatt

New Database for Selected Natural Gas Reservoirs in Wyoming,
R. H. De Bruin and A. J. Ver Ploeg

Differential Subsidence in the Sevier Foreland Basin and its Control on Deposition of the Middle to Late Turonian Ferron Sandstone of the Henry Basin and Wasatch Plateau, South-Central Utah,
J. E. Deibert

The Extent of Reservoir Homogeneity and Continuity of Mouth-Bar Sandstones: Colton Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah,
J. A. Dewey, Jr. and T. H. Morris

Correlation Chart of Lower and Lower-Upper Cretaceous Blackleaf Formation, Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Southwestern Montana, to Drummond, Central-Western Montana,
T. S. Dyman, R. G. Tysdal, C. A. Wallace, and S. E. Lewis

Composition of Seismically Identified Satellite Mounds Surrounding Greater Aneth Field, Southeast Utah,
D. E. Eby, W. G. Groen, and J. F. Johnson

Sandstone Mineralogy and Permeability in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: The Ferron Sandstone (Cretaceous), Central Utah,
R. S. Fisher

An Integrated Approach for Characterizing Reservoir-Scale Heterogeneity Using Micro- and Macroscale Petrophysical Data: Implications for Ferron Sandstone Studies,
C. Forster, K. Hestir, M. Chan, and J. Koebbe

Proximal and Distal Facies of Clastic-Dominated Pennsylvanian Strata Along the Eastern Margin of the Paradox Basin, Colorado,
K. J. Franczyk, J. K. Pitman, and D. C. Brew

Debris Slides of the Railroad Valley Area, Nye County, Nevada: Yet Another Interpretation of Grant Canyon and Bacon Flat Fields,
D. E. French

Origin and Nature of the Hydrocarbon Seal in Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada,
D. E. French and J. B. Hulen

Preliminary Analysis of the Architecture, Lithology, and Permeability Structure of a Ferron Sandstone Sequence 2 Distributary-Channel Belt, Willow Springs Wash, Emery County, Utah,
J. R. Garrison, Jr. and L. D. Smallwood

Sedimentation and Subsidence in the Pennsylvanian and Permian Oquirrh-Wood River Basin,
J. K. Geslin, J. B. Mahoney, and B. R. Burton

Coal-bed Methane Exploration and Development in Utah,
R. W. Gloyn, R. L. Bon, and S. N. Sommer

Hydrothermal Speleogenesis in the Eastern Basin and Range Province-Implications for Petroleum and Precious-Metal Exploration,
D. J. Green and J. B. Hulen

The Cane Creek Clastic Interval of the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation-An Exciting New Horizontal Target Part II: Horizontal Drilling Technology: A Case Study,
K. W. Grove, R. M. Bayne, and C. C. Horgan

Exploiting the Self-Sourcing Cane Creek Zone of the Paradox Formation with Horizontal Wells,
M. Grummon

Facies Architectural Analysis of Progradational Parasequence Sets, Upper Coal-Bearing Ferron Sandstone, Central Utah: Implications for Reservoir Description,
E. R. Gustason

Saline Waters Produced from Oil Fields in the Uinta and Paradox Basins, Utah,
J. W. Gwynn

Genetic Stratigraphy of the Williams Fork Formation, Sand Wash Basin, Colorado and Wyoming,
D. S. Hamilton

Nevada's Little Smoky Valley: A High-Potential Valley in the Paleozoic Fairway,
M. W. Hansen

Madden Deep Unit of the Wind River Basin: A New Frontier Formation Play?,
C. M. Hawkins, S. R. Bereskin, and G. D. Lord

Emplacement and Diagenesis of Exotic Megabreccia Blocks Within an Extensional Tectonic Province: Eastern Basin and Range, Utah,
G. F. Hebertson

Application of Horizontal Well Completions to Gas-Productive Formations,
R. E. Hill, R. E. Peterson, M. L. Middlebrook, and J. K. Aslakson

Cleat and Joint Patterns in Some Cretaceous Coal Sequences in Utah and Their Regional Implications,
B. Hucka

Retention of Methane in Utah Coals,
V. J. Hucka and D. M. Bodily

Hydrothermal Systematics, Alteration, and Mineralization in the Grant Canyon, Bacon Flat, and Blackburn Oil Fields, Nevada-Intriguing Parallels with Carlin-Type Gold Deposits,
J. B. Hulen and D. L. Nielson

A New Look at Grant Canyon and Bacon Flat Fields with Integrated Seismic and Well Data,
E. H. Johnson

Seismic Structure and Seismic Stratigraphy of the Giant Aneth Field and Its Satellite Fields of Southeast Utah,
J. F. Johnson and W. G. Groen

Wheat Draw Field: Exploration for Small Dunal Stratigraphic Traps in the Permian Upper Minnelusa Formation, Northeast, Wyoming,
C. F. Kendell and G. Bechtold

Downdip Water Incursion and Gas Trapping Styles Along the Southwest Flank of the Piceance Basin,
G. C. Kukal

Alluvial Architecture Within a Tectonically-Controlled Sequence, Upper Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Kaiparowits Plateau, South-Central Utah,
W. W. Little

Groundwater and Soil Remediation at a Timber Products Facility in Northwestern Montana,
L. Lottman-Craigg and K. A. Wallace

Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of a Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Shelf Environment: The Triassic Moenkopi Formation in Central Utah,
S. J. Lutz

Utilizing Orientation Data from Formation Imaging Logs: Examples from the Fluvial-Deltaic Ferron Sandstone of Utah,
S. J. Lutz, D. L. Nielson, and D. Thorn

Ichnofabrics and Ichnofacies: Stratigraphic Analysis of the Lower Cambrian Great Basin,
J. P. A. Magwood and A. A. Ekdale

Stratigraphic and Depositional Setting of Fort Union Formation on the Northeast Flank of the Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming,
P. S. Maywood

Elongate Concretions in Sandstone: Evidence of Ancient Flow Directions in Groundwater,
E. F. McBride, M. D. Picard, and R. L. Folk

The Search for Oil and Gas in Idaho,
J. D. McLeod

The Transition Between the Low-Rate and the High-Rate Producing Areas of the Fruitland Coal, San Juan Basin, New Mexico,
R. H. Meek and P. D. Bowser

Diagnostic Expert Systems: Encoding Geological Knowledge for an Exploration Play Analysis,
B. M. Miller

Origin of Fractured Cretaceous Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs, Southern Powder River Basin, Wyoming,
G. C. Mitchell and M. H. Rogers

Salt Wash Field, Grand County, Utah,
C. D. Morgan

The Thrust Belts of Western North America,
F. C. Moulton

Using Geochemical Techniques to Identify Salinity Sources in the Freshwater Navajo Aquifer, Aneth Oil Field, Utah,
D. L. Nafiz and L. E. Spangler

Comparative Geochemistry of Jasperoids from Carlin-Type Gold Deposits of the Western United States,
C. E. Nelson

Mercury Contamination in the Oil and Gas Industry,
W. Oberle, L. Warfield, and J. Manship

Early Mesozoic History and Petroleum Potential of Formations in Wyoming and Northern Utah,
M. D. Picard

Results of Deep Exploratory Drilling Between Long and Newark Valleys, White Pine County, Nevada-Implications for Oil Migration in the Nearby Yankee Gold Mine Paleohydrothermal System,
M. L. Pinnell, J. B. Hulen, and J. W. Cox

Relation of Transitional-Facies Woodruff Formation to Late Devonian Continental Margin in Nevada,
F. G. Poole and C. A. Sandberg

Sequence Boundaries and Other Surfaces in Lower and Lower-Upper Cretaceous Rocks of Central and Southwestern Montana,
K. W. Porter, T. S. Dyman, and R. G. Tysdal

Improved Procedures for Collection and Interpretation of Coal-Gas Reservoir Gas Content and Natural Fracture Geometry Data,
T. J. Pratt and J. C. Close

The Association of Gold and Hydrocarbons in Sediment-Hosted Disseminated Gold Deposits,
R. Presnell

The Cane Creek Clastic Interval of the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation-An Exciting New Horizontal Target; Part I: Regional Geology,
D. M. Rawlins

The Upper Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone of Central Utah: An Overview,
T. A. Ryer

Relation of Early Mississippian Outer Joana Bank to Antler Flysch Trough, Eastern Nevada,
C. A. Sandberg and F. G. Poole

Contamination of Shallow Aquifers in Utah,
J. D. Smith

Coal-bed methane in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming: Resources, Reserves, and Production,
S. N. Sommer, R. H. DeBruin, C. M. Tremain, and N. H. Whitehead III

Structural Styles of the Paradox Basin: Something to Consider in a Basin Dominated by Stratigraphic Traps,
G. M. Stevenson

Stratal Geometries in the Powder River Basin: Depositional, Erosional, or Combinations Thereof?,
U. Strecker, A. D. Thompson, G. E. Christiansen, and R. S. Martinsen

A New Regional Appraisal of the Coal Resources of the Henry Mountains Coal Field, Emery, Wayne, and Garfield Counties, Utah,
D. E. Tabet

Use of Electromagnetic Geophysical Techniques and Auger Drilling to Delineate Saline-Water Plumes in the East Poplar Oil Field, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Northeastern Montana,
J. N. Thamke, S. D. Craigg, and T. M. Mendes

Low-BTU Gas in the Rocky Mountain Region-Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Utah,
C. M. Tremain, R. E. Broadhead, T. C. Chidsey, Jr., M. Doelger, and C. D. Morgan

A Hydrocarbon Exploration Model for the Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale and the Dakota Group in the Wasatch Plateau and Castle Valley of East-Central Utah, with Emphasis on Post-1980 Data,
C. N. Tripp

A Hydrocarbon Exploration Model for the Beta Member of the Permian Kaibab Formation, with Emphasis on the Potential for Hydrodynamically Displaced Oil, in East-Central Utah,
C. N. Tripp

Clay-Mineral Transformation as an Indicator of Depositional and Diagenetic Conditions in Pennsylvanian Black Shales, Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation, Utah and Colorado,
D. E. Tromp and G. Whitney

Geochemical Processes Controlling Sulfur, Carbon, and Metals in Pennsylvanian Source Rocks of the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado,
M. L. Tuttle, T. R. Klett, and M. Richardson

Stratigraphy, Coal Occurrence, and Depositional History of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation, Sand Wash Basin, Northwestern Colorado,
R. Tyler

Physical Significance of Interfaces on Fracture Growth,
J-J. Wang and Q. Guo

Utility of Sequence Stratigraphy in Reservoir Characterization Studies: Case Study Using the McElmo Creek Unit, Greater Aneth Field, SE Utah,
L. J. Weber, L. P. Harman, J. B. Vanderhill, and E. Shaw

Late Jurassic Ductile Shearing and Tectonic Breccias in the Eastern Great Basin of Nevada and Utah,
J. E. Welsh

Fluids in the Cretaceous System of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and Colorado,
N. H. Whitehead, III

Play Analysis and Stratigraphic Position of Uinta Basin Tertiary-Age Oil and Gas Fields,
R. A. Williams

Results of Detailed Mapping in the Northern Paradox Basin and Southeastern Uinta Basin Energy and Metal Resource Area, Grand and Uintah Counties, Utah,
G. C. Willis, M. L. Ross, and H. H. Doelling