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ABSTRACTS
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2008 AAPG/SEG Student Expo
October 8-9, Houston, Texas*

Search and Discovery Article #90087 (2009)
Posted January 9, 2009

*Special appreciation is expressed to Mike Mlynek, Assistant Manager, AAPG Member Services-Student Focus, for providing these abstracts for posting on Search and Discovery.

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Contrasting Sulfur Isotope and Iron Speciation Measurements Across Paleoenvironmental Gradients During the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE2),
      Derek D. Adams, Matthew T. Hurtgen, Bradley B. Sageman, and Jason A. Flaum

The Implications of Overlooked Early E-W Neoproterozoic Structures on Gold Mineralization in Northern Ethiopia,
      Y. Admassu, D. Holm, and L. Friberg

Dissolve Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Stable Carbon Isotope Evolution in a Tailings Pile,
      Hendratta Ali and Eliot Atekwana

Palinspastic Restoration of the Eastern Laurentian Margin on the St. Lawrence Promontory, Western Newfoundland: Preliminary Results,
      John S. Allen and William A. Thomas

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Ferry Lake Anhydrite Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Hydrocarbon Potential,
      Faith O. Amadi

Seafloor Deformation in the South Caspian Sea: A Potential Proxy for Gas Hydrate Dissociation and Climate Change,
      Christopher C. Amos, Camelia C. Knapp, and James H. Knapp

Quantified Strains and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) on Quartz Fabrics in the Seine Metaconglomerates,
      T. N. Anderson and D. M. Czeck

Sources of Clay in Fault Rock and Implications for Permeability Inferred from XRF and Field Mapping,
      N. A. Anyamele, N. C. Davatzes, and J. G. Solum

B

Study of Geomorphic Environment on Fractal Characteristics -A Case Study on the Continental Divide of Australia,
      Aneesha Balakrishnan and Scott Rice-Snow

Depositional and Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Quality and Their Petrophysical Predictors in the Upper Cretaceous Doe Creek Member at Valhalla Field, Northwest Alberta,
      N. H. Ball and S. C. Atchley

Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Study of the Iron Ore Group (IOG): Constraints on Fluid-Rock Interaction,
      Sandeep Banerjee, Robert T. Gregory, Asish R. Basu

The Effect of Machine Grinding to the X-ray Diffraction Pattern of Clay Size Particles,
      Hitoshi Banno

Black Lake Reaction to Red River Course Changes,
      Julia H. Battle

Chemical Fixation of Trace Elements in Coal Fly Ash Using Ferrous Sulfate Treatment,
      Sidhartha Bhattacharyya and Rona J. Donahoe

Methods and Procedures for Evaluation of XRD and Micro-Raman Peak Broadening in Shock-Metamorphosed Carbonates from Carbonate-Target Bolide Impact Structures,
      Kean M. Bliss and Jared R. Morrow

High Frequency Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Stratal Architecture of an Upper Pennsylvanian “Regressive Limestone” (Bethany Falls Limestone), Midcontinent, USA,
      Graham J. Butler

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Multiple Prediction and Subtraction from the Slowness Relations,
      J. Cao and G. A. McMechan

Paleolimnologic Study of Redpath Lake, North Island, New Zealand,
      Joseph E. Carrasco Jr., Kathleen M. Marsaglia, Mike Marden, Matthew E. Kirby, and Wayne G. Henderson

Study of Carbonate Cement in Lower Cherry Canyon Formation, East Ford, Geraldine Ford and Marsh South Fields, Delaware Basin, West Texas,
      Saswati Chakraborty and Robert Trentham

The Provenance of Eocene Tuff Beds in the Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation, Wyoming: Relation to the Absaroka and Challis Volcanic Fields,
      M. R. Chandler, E. H. Christiansen, B. J. Kowallis, M. Dorais, A. Aase, and B. Singer

Seismic Reflection and Drill Hole Study of the Herald-Phillipstown Fault in the Wabash Valley,
      S. Chatterjee and J. L. Sexton

InSAR Observation of the Strike Slip Faults in the NW Himalayan Frontal Thrust System,
      Lize Chen and Shuhab D. Khan

Abundance and Character of Organic Carbon in Cretaceous Rocks of Central Texas,
      S. M. Clark and S. I. Dworkin

Modal Analysis of Sand from the Nankai Accretionary Prism,
      Emily E. Comer

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Experimental Modeling of Salt Tectonics During Rifting and Inversion,
      M. A. Durcanin

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Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Goodland Formation, Southeastern Oklahoma,
      W. B. Edwards and R. W. Scott

Sequence Stratigraphy of Cambrian-Ordovician Units in Illinois Basin,
      E. I. Egbobawaye

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Petrogenesis of Silicic Ignimbrites and Banded Tephra Shards in the Afro-Arabian Flood Volcanic Province in Yemen,
      L. B. Falkena, D. W. Peate, and I. U. Peate

Microstratigraphic Response of Molluscan Death Assemblages to Environmental Change,
      C. A. Ferguson

Seismogenic Delaminated Continental Lithosphere Under the Eastern Carpathian Bend Zone, Romania,
      M. A. Fillerup, J. H. Knapp, and C. C. Knapp

Foraminiferal Paleoecology and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Pachuta and Shubuta Members of the Yazoo Clay (Eocene; Priabonian), Wayne County, Mississippi,
      R. H. Fluegeman, S. R. Robinson, M. L. Banser, M. L. Foye, R. E. Grande, C. T. Horner, and K. D. McKinney

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Geomechanics In Reservoir Modeling,
      A. Garg

Paleoecology of Pleistocene Gastropods in Glacial Lake Deposits in Southern Illinois/Missouri,
      E. C. Geiger, S. E. Ishman, and D. A. Grimley

Quantifying Pore Scale Distribution of Light, Medium, and Heavy Crude Oil Fractions in a Homogeneous Porous Medium,
      J. Ghosh and G. R. Tick

Holocene Slip-Rate Along the Central Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China,
      R. D. Gold and E. Cowgill

Integration of Hinterland Low-Temperature Thermochronology with Flexural Modeling: A New Tool for Foreland Basin Analysis,
      D. J. Gombosi and D. L. Barbeau

Recurrent Mesozoic and Cenozoic Faulting Along the Southern Margin of the North American Craton,
      J. A. Gordon and R. T. Cox

Joint Time-Frequency Analysis of Ground Penetrating Radar Signals Over Sedimentary Deposits,
      S. Guha

Diagenesis in the AND-2A Core, Andrill Southern McMudo Sound Project, Antarctica,
      Z. Gui and T. D. Frank

Salinity Transport and Fluid Flow Modeling in the Alberta Basin, Canada,
      I. Gupta and A. Wilson

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The Upper Mantle Seismic Structure of Northeastern North America,
      J. T. Hertzog and J. E. Ebel

Overpressure in a Compressional Tectonic Setting: The Eastern Bengal Basin,
      M. S. Hossain, A. Uddin, M-K. Lee, C. E. Savrda, W. E. Hames, and B. Imam

The Role of Fluids in Triggering the 2005 Nias Earthquake Induced by the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake,
      K. L. H. Hughes and T. Masterlark

Sequence Stratigraphic and Depositional Controls on Reservoir Continuity for the Cretaceous Doe Creek Member of the Kaskapau Formation, Valhalla Field, Alberta, Canada,
      L. E. Hunt and S. C. Atchley

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Subsurface Characterization and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Mississippian Pride Mountain/Hartselle Clastic Tongue, Bangor Limestone Carbonate Ramp, and Neal Black Shale in the Black Warrior Foreland Basin, Alabama and Mississippi,
      Carrie A. Kidd

Identifying Microbial Reef Fabric Types and Their Digenetic Properties at Little Cedar Creek Field, Conecuh County, Alabama,
      Ganganath Koralegedara and William C. Parcell

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Estimating Fault Permeability in Leach Hot Springs, Basin and Range Province, Nevada,
      Chayan Lahiri and Jerry P. Fairley

Cyclic Sedimentation in the Mississippian Pride Shale: Quantitative Geochemical Analysis of Tidal Rhythmites Using X-Ray Fluorescence Scanning and Advanced Spectral Methods,
      Kristin H. Larkins, Stephen R. Meyers, and Louis R. Bartek

Sea Level and Climate Controls on Lithofacies of the Bead Mountain Sequence,
      Ryan Lellis

Rates and Mechanisms of Radionuclide Fixation by Organo-Polyphosphates,
      C. R. Lemons

Incised Valleys and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Ferron Sandstone, Notom Delta, Capital Reef, Utah,
      Weiguo Li, Chris Campbell, and Janok P. Bhattacharya

Magmatic Interactions on Short Time Scales: Magma Mixing During the Kalama Eruptive Period at Mount St. Helens, Washington,
      A. E. Lieuallen, F. J. Tepley III, and M. Clynne

A 3-D Receiver Function Study of the Western United States,
      Christopher Lindsey

Seismic Modeling of Poroelasticity Using Asymptotic Formula of Biot,
      Yangjun Liu

Using Digital Imagery of Modern Isolated Carbonate Platforms to Create a Reservoir Model to Obtain More Efficient Recovery Methods; Belize and Mexico,
      J. J. Lodge

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Re-Preserving the Past Again: Developing GIS Compatible Biogeographic Fossil Datasets from Multiple Sources,
      R. A. Mackenzie III and M. M. Yacobucci

Geomorphic Mapping and Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of the Western Segment of the Agua Blanca Fault, Baja California, Mexico,
      S. R. Madsen and H. Alsleben

Subsurface and Reservoir Analysis of the Upper Devonian Fourth Sand in Taylor County, West Virginia,
      J. D. McConnell

CO2 Injection and Reservoir Characterization: An Integrated Petrographic and Geochemical Study of the Frio Formation, Texas,
      K. A. McGuire and J. D. Grigsby

Stratigraphic investigation of the North Westside Basin, San Francisco, California,
      T. M. McGuire and K. Grove

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Establishing a Tephrochronologic Framework for the Middle Permian (Guadalupian) Type Area and Adjacent Portions of the Delaware Basin, West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico,
      B. L. Nicklen

The History of Glacial Retreat in a Temperate Paraglacial Turbid Outwash Fjord: Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska,
      J. C. Noll and T. M. Dellapenna

New Zealand Miocene Tubular Carbonate Concretions as Evidence of Methane Hydrate Dissociation: A Schematic Model for the Subsurface Plumbing System of Hydrocarbon Seeps,
      S. L. Nyman, C. S. Nelson, and K. A. Campbell

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Non-Invasive Monitoring of Salt Intrusion in a Coastal Barrier Environment Using Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI),
      M. G. Oduwole and L. D. Slater

Depositional and Tectonic Evolution of the Late Cenozoic Alasehir Supradetachment Basin, Western Anatolia (Turkey),
      Z. Öner and Y. Dilek

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Scaled Experimental Modeling of Gravitational Collapse Structures,
      E. R. Poorvin

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Study of Active Surface Faults in Fort Bend County, Texas, USA,
     

Surficial Geology of Parts of the Forsyth, Argenta, Long Creek, and Decatur 7.5 Minute Quadrangles, Macon County, IL,
      E. K. Roche, D. Malone, and A. Stumpf

Global Positioning System (GPS) Determination of Motions, Neotectonics, and Seismic Risk in Trinidad,
      A. B. Rodriguez, J. C. Weber, and G. M. Schmalzle

Storms as Potential Change Agents on the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta: Coevolving Clinoform and Canyon Morphology,
      K. G. Rogers, S. L. Goodbred, and S. R. Khan

The Deforming Philippines Orogen: Detail of Long Term Strain-Rate and Seismicity Calculations from Neotectonic Kinematic Analysis,
      W. K. Rucker and P. Bird

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Meander Loops and Point Bar Sequences: Evidence of a Stable Delta Plain Environment in Jezero Crater, Mars,
      S. C. Schon, C. I. Fassett, and J. W. Head

Osmium Isotope Systematics of Pyroxenite Xenoliths from Hawaii: Implication on Age, and Origin of the Xenolith,
      I. Sen, M. Bizimis, and G. Sen

Petrofacies Evolution and Sedimentation History of the Gondwana Sequences in Nepal (a Comparison with Peninsular India),
      R. P. Sitaula, A. Uddin, and B. N. Upreti

Magnetics and Electromagnetics on Monks Mound at the Cahokia World Heritage Site near St. Louis, Missouri,
      D. J. Smith and J. L. Sexton

Lithification of 65-Year-Old Carbonate Spoils Piles,
      N. M. Snyder

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Systematics of Crustal Radioactivity Distribution and Implication for Mantle Thermal Evolution Through Time,
      Mahesh Thakur and David D. Blackwell

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Historical and Seasonal Trends in Flood Conveyance, Tisza River, Hungary,
      R. A. Venczel and N. Pinter

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Thermodynamics of Dehydration and Rehydration of Zeolites for Energy Storage and Heat Pump Applications,
      J. Wang and P. S. Neuhoff

Testing the Late Cretaceous Kaiparowits-Mesaverde Fluvial Connection: A Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronologic and Petrographic Provenance Approach,
      B. A. Welle

Evaluation of High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Creating Inundation Maps,
      M. A. Wonkovich

Origin of Esker and Tunnel Valley Assemblages in the Saginaw Lobe, Barry County, Michigan,
      C. J. Woolever, A. E. Kehew, W. A. Sauck, and A. L. Kozlowski

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Contact Metamorphosed Coal and Global Warming: No Evidence for the Large-Scale Release of 13C-Depleted Methane,
      L. E. Yoksoulian, S. M. Rimmer, H. D. Rowe, and D. R. Gröcke