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2000 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 50th Annual Convention
October 25-27, 2000, Houston, Texas

Search and Discovery Article #90908 (2000)
Posted March 20, 2009

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Adapting Probabilistic Methods to Confirm to Regulatory Guidelines,
H. G. Acuna and R. D. Harrell

Three Dimensional Seismic Inversion and Neural Net Impedance Facies Map in Reservoir Interpretation,
S. K. Addy and J. Hallin

Crossplots of Nuclear Logging Relationships Aid in Estimating Sizes and Shapes of Sands in Order to Improve Maps,
R. L. Allen

Differences in Late Quaternary Highstand, Lowstand and Transgressive Fluvial Channels of the East Texas Shelf: Implications for Shelf-Upper Slope Reservoir Models,
J. Anderson and A. Rodriguez

The Sihil Field Another Giant below Cantarell, Offshore Campeche, Mexico,
J. A. L. Aquino, J. M. Ruiz, M. A. F. Flores, and J. H.Garcia

Using A Risk Based Approach and Integrated Remedial Technologies to Close a Chlorinated DNAPL Site in under a Decade: A Timeline of Events,
F. E. Bains, R. Sturdivant, and W. H. Schramm

Two New Stratigraphic Field Discoveries in a Mature Area of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana,
D. E. Ballentine, T. S. Martinsen, C. Ousley, and W. R. Turner, Jr.

Petroleum Plays in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin,
B. L. Bearden, E. A. Mancini, T. M. Puckett, and B. J. Panetta

Record of Event Sedimentation in Mississippi Sound,
S. J. Bentley, Sr., Y. Furukawa, and C. W. Vaughan

Geologic Overview of the NE Mississippi Fan and Shelf to West Florida Terrace Region, Offshore Gulf of Mexico,
N. Biles, A. E. Hannah, G. A. Jamieson, and J. E. Bain

The Sub-Salt Play Moves Onshore,
R. N. Blackhall and J. B. Jackson

Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Petroleum Seeps, Green Canyon and Ewing Bank, Northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Petroleum Migration,
G. Bolchert, P. Weimer, and B. McBride

Regional Petroleum Geoscience Knowledge: Essential to Successful Exploration Strategy in the Gulf of Mexico Basin,
J. W. Brame

Taxonomic Uniformitarianism in Gulf of Mexico Basin Cenozoic Foraminiferal Paleoecology: Is the Present Always the Key to the Past?,
S. Q. Breard, A. D. Callender, R. A. Denne, and M. J. Nault

Ramos, St. Mary, and Assumption Parishes, Louisiana Significant Reserves Added to a Forty-Two Year Old Field,
B. R. Broekstra and D. R. Anderson

Massive Bed-Forms, Mega-Furrows, on the Continental Rise at the Base the Sigsbee Escarpment, Northwest Gulf of Mexico,
W. Bryant, D. Bean, T. Dellapenna, W. Dunlap, and A. Silva

Hickory Field: Integrated Technologies Revitalize a Sub-salt Prospect,
S. Bugosh, T. Fowler, and B. Golding

Best Technology Practices To Reactivate Macuspana Gas Province, Southern Mexico,
Q. Cardenas and P. C. Gullermo

Middle Holocene Sea-Level Highstand at 2m and Evolution of the Texas Coast,
A. E. Carter and M. D. Blum

Challenges Associated with Amplitude-Bearing, Multiple-Zone Prospects,
G. P. Citron and P. R. Rose

Shale Morphology and Seal Characterization of the Lower Atoka Formation Deepwater Deposits, Jacksonville, Arkansas,
C. J. Clark, A. H. Bouma, and B. A. Samuel

The Petroleum Plays of Southwestern Gulf of Mexico,
J. Cuevas-Leree

Shale Microfacies-Eagle Ford Group (Cenomanian-Turonian) North-Central Texas Outcrops and Subsurface Equivalents,
W. C. Dawson

Play Opportunities for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico,
H. E. Denman and J. A. Adamick

Identification of Hydrocarbon Seeps by Remote Sensing,
W. S. Duncan

Rotated Blocks and Other Features of Retrograde Gulf Coast Tertiary Shelf Margins,
M. B. Edwards

Palynomorph Assemblage Zones in the Context of Changing Paleoclimate, Middle Eocene to Lower Oligocene of East Texas,
W. C. Elsik and T. E. Yancey

Lower Miocene-Early Pliocene Deposystems in the Gulf of Mexico: Regional Reservoir System Architecture,
R. H. Fillon and P. N. Lawless

Petrography and Depositional Environments of the Upper Buckner Formation, Smith County, Mississippi,
W. Z. Fleming and M. A. Meylan

Hydrocarbon Identification through Temperature Anomaly Mapping,
L. Fons and J. Donovan

The Offshore Golden Lane: Now Outline of Opportunities from the Integration of Geological and Geophysical Data,
J. Galicia

Paleoenvironments and Early Diagenesis of Paleocene Wilcox Tew Lake Marker Beds,
L. N. Glawe and A. M. Bailey

New Pays in an Old Play: 3D AVO Successes in the Vicksburg of South Texas,
M. E. Gregg and C. T. Bukowski, Jr.

Origin of Petroleum in the Mexican Gulf Coast Basin,
M. A. Guzman-Vega

A Method for Predicting Sand Thickness from 3-D Seismic, Upper Jurassic Frisco City Sand, Monroe County, Alabama,
G. J. Halvatzis and K. B. Hill

Petroleum Geology of Big Escambia Creek Field, Escambia County, Alabama,
G. J. Halvatzis

Seismic Data Response Comparison of Deepwater Producing Fields in the Gulf of Mexico with Offshore Brazil,
A. E. Hannan, D. L. Shelander, R. Fainstein, and G. A. Jamieson

Multi-Model Data Investigation--Adding Touch and Sound to Geoscientific Visualization,
C. Harding, B. Loftin, and F. Casey

Regional Stratigraphy and Subdivision, Lower Part of Upper Wilcox, Duval Delta Area, South Texas,
R. N. Hargis

Geology of the Mississippi Valley Gas #1 Terry Bell, Washington County, Mississippi,
D. W. Harrelson and S. L. Ingram, Sr.

Geovolume Visualization and Interpretation Techniques from Rank Exploration to Secondary Recovery,
E. L. Harvey, T. M. Sheffield, D. E. Meyer, B. A. Payne, J. A. Less, and M. J. Zeitlin

Smackover Reservoir Diagenesis in the Appleton Oilfield, Escambia County, Alabama,
D. W. Haywick, M. B. Hall-Brown, and L. Pfeiffer

Sedimentologic Characteristics of Upper Cretaceous Selma Chalk in Mississippi,
E. Heydari

Three-Dimensional Calculation and Visualization of Fault Gauge Ratio,
K. Hoffman and J. Neave

Restoration through the Clemente-Tomas/Corsair/Wanda Fault Systems Using Rules-based Algorithms,
J. H. Howard

Field Studies of Breton Sound, Offshore Louisiana,
C. J. John, B. L. Jones, B. J. Harder, R. P. McCulloh, and R. J. Bourgeois

P- and S-wave Velocity Structures of the Sigsbee Plain of the Gulf of Mexico from Ocean Bottom Seismometer Data,
S. Kim, S. Nagihara, and Y. Nakamura

Subsurface Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Eocene-Lower Oligocene of Alabama,
A. C. Klein, G. R. Baum, P. R. Vail, and P. R. Thompson

Prospectivity of the Deepwater Clastic and Carbonate Play, Eastern Gulf Sale 181 Area. Play Concepts and Trap Types,
R. F. Kukowski

The Integrated Study: A Postmortem on a Failed Methodology. Why has Integration Failed and Can it be Rescued?,
R. B. Lieber

Workstation Visualization Techniques that Empower the Geologist: Examples from the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico,
L. M. Liro, K. Cline, M. Lahr, M. Kadri, and H. Gerke

Lower Tertiary Wilcox and Midway Sequences in the Subsurface, Down Dip Rio Grande Embayment South Texas,
R. D. Liska

Geologic Mapping of Salt Mines in Salt Diapirs; Approaches and Examples from South Louisiana,
B. E. Lock

Geologic and Microstructural Evidence of Differential Salt Movement at Weeks Island Salt Dome, Iberia Parish, Louisiana,
K. M. Looff

Process Hierarchies along the Northern Gulf of Mexico,
A. Lowrie and S. Moffett

Using Portfolio Models to Optimise and Communicate Strategy,
J. Lund

Sequence Stratigraphic Framework and Depositional Variations of Miocene Lowstand Systems Tracts, South Louisiana,
B. A. Luneau, J. A. May, J. J. Garbee, and C. Hinson

Accurate Depth Conversions Reduce Risk,
L. C. Luton and C. Prieto

Discovery of Ring Faults Associated with Salt Withdrawal Basins of Lower Cretaceous Age in the East Texas Basin,
S. J. Maione

Sequence Stratigraphy and Chronostratigraphy of Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain Eocene-Oligocene Strata,
E. A. Mancini

Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Potential of Lower Cretaceous Strata, Mississippi Interior Salt Basin,
E. A. Mancini and T. M. Puckett

Otoliths of the Late Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama,
R. L. Martin and D. A. Dunn

Modeling the Influence of Bottom Water Temperature on Shallow Gas Hydrate Stability, Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope,
A. V. Milkov, R. Sassen, I. Novikova, and E. Mikhailov

Exploration Trends in Louisiana,
M. B. Miller

Anatomy of a Nearshore Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Deposit, the Miami Limestone of Southeastern Broward County, Florida,
T. M. Missimer, R. G. Maliva, C. W. Walker, and E. Owosina

Petrology of a Fractured and Faulted Carbonate Reservoir: Myrtle Springs Field, Van Zandt County, Texas,
H. J. Mitchell-Tapping

Evidence of Volcanic Activity during the Late Cretaceous Sunniland Formation of Southwestern Florida: A New Oil Exploration Play,
H. J. Mitchell-Tapping

Seagrass Sediment Particle-Size and Content in Estero Bay, Southwestern Florida,
H. J. Mitchell-Tapping and J. P. Mellon

Variable Lowstand Deposition and Tectonic Implications along the Louisiana Continental Margin during Quaternary Neogene,
S. Moffett, A. Lowrie, and J. Milliman

The Past and Future of the Gulf of Mexico Shelf,
R. Nehring

Geologic Information and Seismic Data-How Much Do We Need?,
N. Neidell and R. Mullin

Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal Maturation Modeling in the Northern Gulf Basin,
E. J. Nelson, M. D. Lewan, and P. Weimer

Timing of Source Rock Maturation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin: Results from Thermal Modeling of a Regional Profile,
E. J. Nelson, P. Weimer, J. Caldaro-Baird, and B. McBride

The Impending Obsolescence of Maps,
H. R. Nelson

An Update on Sale 181,
C. C. Oynes

3D Computer Simulation of Carbonate Depositional Facies Distribution and Productivity Rates Using Continuous Set Theory to Mimic Geologists' Reasoning,
W. C. Parcell

The Petroleum System and the Exploratory Reactivation of the Offshore Tuxpan Platform, Eastern Mexico,
J. Patino-Ruiz and J. R. Roman-Ramos

Managing Exploration Risk: Learning from the Past, Applied to the Future,
J. Pritchett

Microfossil Characteristics of Systems Tracts in theUpper Cretaceous Deposits of Mississippi and Alabama,
T. M. Puckett and E. A. Mancini

A Re-Evaluation of the Hackberry--New Life for a Comatose Trend,
M. C. Puzio

The Smackover Salt Wall Play Located along Intermediate and Large RidgesCentral Mississippi Salt Basin,
J. S. Requarth, J. J. Morris, and M. A. Brandon

A Comparison of Two Late Pleistocene Shelf Edge Deltas (Indonesia and Gulf of Mexico)-- Stratigraphic Architecture, Systems Tracts, Bounding Surfaces, and Reservoir Potential,
H. H. Roberts, J. Sydow, J. Robalin, and R. Fillon

Surface Amplitude Mapping of 3D-Seismic for Improved Interpretations of Seafloor Geology and Biology from Remotely Sensed Data,
H. H. Roberts, J. M. Coleman, J. L. Hunt, Jr., and W. W. Shedd

Evolution of Holocene Bay Complexes in the Trinity Incised Valley, Texas,
A. B. Rodriguez and J. B. Anderson

Integrated Characterization of Clastic Reservoirs: A Case Study from Novillero Field, Veracruz, Mexico,
K. Rodriguez, E. Berendson, A. Chaveste, B. E. Hill, J. Chen, N. L. Engelhardt-Moore, S. Shenawi, M. Quesada, F. J. Leon, and P. Vela

Revitalized Tithonian-Cretaceous Petroleum System (!) Offshore Campeche, Mexico,
M. A. Romero I, J. Ruiz M., Luis Medrano M., J. Duran G., R. Rojas R., I. Gutierrez M., and O. Baltazar Ch.

The Explorationist's Dilemma: The Prospector Myth vs. Systematic Management of Prospect Portfolios,
P. R. Rose

Examining AVO Crossplots with Visualization Tools,
C. P. Ross and M. A. Spalin

Evaluating Coalbed Methane Potential in Texas,
A. R. Scott and R. Tyler

Reservoir Characterization using 3D AVO and 3D Net Sand Prediction,
C. M. Skidmore

Upper Jurassic Cotton Valley Reef Types and Porosity Distribution, East Texas Basin,
J. M. Spaw, J. Balderas, and D. Ziegler

Norphlet Geology and 3-D Geophysics of Fairway Field Mobile Bay, Alabama,
C. Story

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Fredericksburg Group, Central and North Texas,
S. J. Talbert and S. C. Atchley

Depositional Setting of the Arcola Limestone Member (Campanian) of the Mooreville Chalk, Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: Assessment of the Pelagic and Benthonic Depositional Models,
B. H. Tew

Sedimentological Nature of the Bryant Canyon Area, Northwest Gulf of Mexico,
E. Tripsanas, W. Bryant, D. Berti, and A. Silva

Characterization of Mature Gulf Coast Gas Fields Using Advanced 3-D Visualization Technologies,
N. Tyler, D. S. Hamilton, R. Tyler, and S. D. RODGERS

Lower Claiborne Regional Stratigraphic Architecture: Southeast Texas to East-Central Louisiana,
F. S. Vincent and T. E. Ewing

Sequence Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Depositional Environments and Reservoir Compartmentalization of the mid-Miocene Queen Bess Field, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana,
G. T. Wach, R. Lyton, D. McCarthy, L. Korn, and S. Moate

Post Drilling Evaluation of Amplitude Supported Prospects, Offshore Louisiana,
O. H. Walter

Use of Gravity Data to Enhance Seismic Depth Migration,
M. E. Weber, B. S. Anderson, and B. C. Wiggins

Facies Assemblages of the Tidally-Influenced Deltaic System of the Maastrichtian Muerto Formation, La Popa Basin, Mexico: An Analogue for the Gulf of Mexico Subsurface,
A. L. Weislogel and T. F. Lawton