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ABSTRACTS
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AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting
Denver Colorado, July 24-27, 2022

Search and Discovery Article #91201 (2022)
Posted September 15, 2022

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Stratigraphic Framework of the Deadwood Formation of North Dakota,
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      E. M. Bergin, M Jin, Y Liu, J Wu, and F Liu

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      Justin E. Birdwell, Jason A. Flaum, and Stanley T. Paxton

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      Mike Blum, Caroline Nazworth Doerger, and Abdullah Wahbi

The Sage Breaks Scour Event and its Influence on Layer-Bound Normal Faulting Within the Niobrara and Turner Formations, Southern Powder River Basin, Wyoming,
      Kyle A. Bracken and Jessica Vahling

Strain Segregation between Ductile and Brittle Stratigraphy–Characterizing the Sand Wash Fault System, Uinta Basin, Utah,
      Riley Brinkerhoff, John McBride, Sam Hudson, Douglas A. Sprinkel, Ron Harris, Kevin Re2, and Eric Tingey

Using Pore System Characterization to Subdivide the Burgeoning Uteland Butte Play, Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah,
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Pitfalls of Model-Driven Unconventional Development – The Stratigraphic Trends that Drive Oil & Gas Productivity in Divide County, North Dakota,
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The Offshore Mancos Play in the San Juan Basin: Productive Carrier Beds within the Mancos Total Petroleum System,
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Organic Petrography of the Ordovician Red River Kukersite Tight Oil and Gas Play, Williston Basin, North Dakota, U.S.A.,
      Wayne K. Camp, Juergen Schieber, Maria Mastslerz, and Timothy O. Nesheim

History of Petroleum Development in Utah,
      Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr.

Using Seismic Characterization to Support a New Horizontal Program at Jonah Field, WY,
      Cory H. Christie, William R. Drake, Greg Gromadzki, and John Hoopes

Codell Continuous Oil Accumulation in the Northern Denver Basin as Defined by Resistivity, Density, and SP Logs,
      Stephen P. Cumella

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Field-Based Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide from Carbon Dioxide and Natural Gas Sample Streams without Geochemical Alteration,
      Douglas B. Decker, Michael Dolan, and Patrick Travers

100 Years! Celebrating RMAG's Past, Present & Future,
      Robin P. Diedrich

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      N. M. Dusak, Eric Peavey, Michael Pope, Art Donovan, and Juan Carlos Laya

State of Stress in Southeastern Utah,
      No'am Z. Dvory, Carlos Vega-Ortiz, John McLennan, and Brian McPherson

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Modeling of Channel Stacking Patterns Controlled by NearWellbore Modeling,
      Luis C. Escobar Arenas, Patrick Ronnau, Lisa Stright, Steve Hubbard, and Brian Romans

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Characterization of an Unconventional Resource, Uteland Butte Member, Lower Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah,
      Lucas J. Fidler, Joshua T. Sigler, and Matthew A. Jones

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Outcrop Characterization and Depositional Model of the Uteland Butte Member, Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah,
      Ryan D. Gall, Riley Brinkerhoff, Justin E. Birdwell, and Michael Vanden Berg

Fracture Characterization of the Cane Creek Play, Paradox Formation, Southeastern Utah: A Multi- Scale Approach Incorporating the Geology and Petrology of Core and Well Cuttings,
      Patrick N. Gathogo, Lauren Birgenheier, Elliot Jagniecki, Raul Ochoa, and Michael Vanden Berg

Geothermal Resource and Synthetic Geothermal Reservoir Feasibility Study of Wyoming,
      Emilie N. Gentry, Joseph Batir, Kevin Kitz, and Hamed Soroush

Ninetta Alia Davis: First Female President of RMAG,
      Robbie R. Gries

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Advancement of Geothermal Resources and Research in Utah, USA,
      Christian L. Hardwick, William Hurlbut, Kayla Smith, Eugene Szymanski, and Stefan Kirby

Paleoseismites in San Juan Basin Fluvial Sedimentary Rocks Indicate Syndepositional Seismicity in the Paleocene and Eocene,
      Kevin M. Hobbs and Jacob O. Thacker

Methodology to Estimate Thermal Maturity from Petrophysical Calculations of Gas/Oil Ratios,
      Michael Holmes, Antony M. Holmes, and Dominic I. Holmes

New Horizontal Play Targeting Fluvial Sandstones in a Basin-Centered Gas System around Jonah Field, WY,
      John C. Hoopes, Cory Christie, William R. Drake, and Greg Gromadzki

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Sedimentology and Reservoir Characterization of the Emerging Cane Creek Play, Paradox Formation, Northern Paradox Basin, Southeastern Utah,
      Elliot A. Jagniecki, Michael Vanden Berg, Raul Ochoa, and Lauren P. Birgenheier

Influences on Mechanical Properties of the UpperWolfcamp (XY) of the Delaware Basin, West Texas, and their Relationship with Facies and Facies Architecture,
      Israel A. Jaramillo, Leslie Wood, and Zane Jobe

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Depositional Architecture of a Turbiditic Sandstone Complex, Lower Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah,
      Matthew A. Jones, Joshua T. Sigler, Lucas J. Fidler, Tanner A. Posey, and Dusty L. Parker

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New USGS Assessment of Continuous Oil Resources of the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in the Williston Basin (North Dakota and Montana, USA),
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Geological Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Storage in Osage County, Oklahoma,
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The Best Strategies for Effective Cross-Over Training for Geoscientists Seeking to Diversify,
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