5 Reefs and Reef-Like Buildups of North America: Modern and Deep-Time Biological and Climate Records and Exploration Potential

Thursday, 4 April 2013
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Classroom 201

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  ARCHITECTURE AND SCALING OF UPPER CAMBRIAN LARGE MICROBIAL REEF COMPLEXES (MASON COUNTY, CENTRAL TEXAS, LLANO UPLIFT): OUTCROP ANALOGUES FOR BRAZILIAN PRE-SALT RESERVOIRS
  André W. Droxler, Rice University, Houston, N/A and Daniel Lehrmann, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
  217842 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  MICROBIALITES AND CEMENTSTONES IN DOWNSLOPE MOUNDS OF THE HOLDER FORMATION (UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN, VIRGILIAN), SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO LATE PALEOZOIC REEF EVOLUTION
  Gregory P. Wahlman, Wahlman Geological Services, LLC, Austin, TX and Xavier Janson, University of Texas, Austin, TX
  217004 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  EARLY ORDOVICIAN STROMATOLITE MOUND AND REEF INTERVALS IN THE IBEX AREA OF WEST-CENTRAL UTAH
  James Sprinkle, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Thomas E. Guensburg, Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL
  217852 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  UPPER ALBIAN RUDIST BUILDUPS OF THE EDWARDS FORMATION, CENTRAL TEXAS
  Damayanti Banerji, University of Houston, Houston, TX and E. Charlotte Sullivan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA and Shuhab Khan, Univ of Houston, Houston, TX and Essam Heggy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
  217774 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  RUDIST REEFS AS NATURAL GAS RESERVOIRS: THE LOWER CRETACEOUS STUART CITY TREND, SOUTH TEXAS
  Lowell Waite, Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving, TX and Ryan M. Phelps, ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX and Charles Kerans, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Robert Loucks, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  217235 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  MIDDLE CRETACEOUS CARIBBEAN CARBONATE SHELF CRISES REVISITED
  Robert W. Scott, Precision Stratigraphy Associates & The University of Tulsa, Cleveland, OK
  217229 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  DETAILED BATHYMETRIC SURVEY OF UPPERMOST PLEISTOCENE DROWNED BANKS ALONG THE SOUTH TEXAS SHELF EDGE: A GLIMPSE AT THEIR GROWTH AND DEMISE DURING LAST DEGLACIATION
  Pankaj Khanna, Rice University, Houston, TX and André W. Droxler, Rice University, Houston, N/A and Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Rice University, Houston, TX and Wes Tunnell, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX and Thomas Shirley, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX and Harriet L. Nash, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Corpus Christi, TX
  217694 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF GEOLOGIC FEATURES SHEDS LIGHT ON BIOTIC ZONATION OF THE SOUTH TEXAS BANKS
  Harriet L. Nash, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Corpus Christi, TX and Frank J. Kelly, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
  217652 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  CORAL RESILIENCY IN BONAIRE NATIONAL MARINE PARK
  Claudia Johnson, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  217549 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  RECONSTRUCTING REEFS FROM REPOSITORIES: TRACKING THE REEF BUILDERS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE
  Ann Molineux, New York, NY and Louis G. Zachos, University of Mississippi, University, MS
  217725 (Theme Sessions)