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The 2009 RioMAR Annual reports were submitted in February and loaded on the consortium website (link below)
Short version of the RioMAR3 proposal. A longer version and projects details posted in the Members' Area.
RioMAR presentations at the AAPG 2010 (April 11th-14th) annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana
The Greenhouse and Icehouse Margins and Shelf-Edge Trajectories: Significance for Sediment By-Pass. R. Steel ; A. Petter; C. Carvajal; P. Plink-Bjorklund
Laboratory-Scale Channel Formation by Sheet-Like Density Underflows. A. M. Fernandes ; J. Buttles; D. Mohrig; R. J. Steel; S. Henriksen
Shelf Margin Facies of the Kookfontein Formation: Impact of Process Regime Changes and Delta Position Relative to the Shelf Edge. A. Green ; P. Plink-Björklund
Process and Architectural Evolution During Deltaic Cross-Shelf Transits – Fox Hills Deltas, Washakie Basin, Wyoming . M. I. Olariu ; C. Carvajal; R. J. Steel; C. Olariu
Source-to-Sink: Connecting Hyperpycnal-Flow Deposits to River-Flood Dynamics. M. Lamb ; D. Mohrig; B. McElroy; B. Kopriva; J. Shaw
Determining How Much Topographic Complexity Must Be Incorporated into Models for Depositional Turbidity Currents Filling Sinuous Submarine Channels and Constructing Channel Levees. A. B. Peyret ; D. Mohrig; M. Lamb; B. McElroy
Backwater Implications for Sediment Transport and Channel Morphology in the Lowermost Mississippi River. J. A. Nittrouer ; D. Mohrig; M. Allison; W. Kim; G. Parker
Decoupling Allogenic Forcing from Autogenic Processes: Clastic and Carbonate Experimental Stratigraphy. W. Kim ; A. Petter; B. W. Fouke; T. M. Quinn; C. Kerans; F. Taylor; D. Mohrig; C. Paola
When Does Spatial Variation in Subsidence Rate Influence the Positioning of Channels Within Quaternary Strata of Mississippi River Delta?. D. Mohrig ; K. Straub; A. C. De la Rosa Illescas
Delta Architecture and Process Variability During Cross-Shelf Transits; Autogenic and Allogenic Responses. C. Olariu; R. J. Steel
Source-to-Sink Sediment Volumes Within a Tectono-Stratigraphic Model for a Laramide Shelf-to-Deep-Water Basin. C. Carvajal ; R. J. Steel
Basin-Fill Geometry of Eocene Tyee Basin – From Fluvial Deposits to Extensive Sand-Rich Basin Floor Fans. M. Santra ; R. Steel; M. L. Sweet
Miocene Shelf-Edge Delta Behaviour and Influence on Deepwater Slope Morphology, Northwest Shelf of Australia. C. M. Sanchez ; R. J. Steel; C. S. Fulthorpe; J. A. Austin
Michael Lamb, JSG Post Doc, UT Austin
Presented
Connecting Source to Sink: Dynamics and Deposits of Plunging River Plumes
during Soft Rock Seminar at UT Austin
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Julio Leva López from UT Austin went in the field to study the Twentymile Sandstone outcrops in Sand Wash for his PhD Project
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Andrew Petter, PhD. Candidate presented:
The Castlegate Debate: Was Pinchout of the Lower Castlegate SS Stratigraphic or Structural in Origin? Insights From Integration of Physical/Numerical Models and Paleohydraulics
in 'Technical Sessions' of
Department of Geological Sciences
Allison Green from Colorado School of Mines and
Josh Dixon from University of Texas
are in the field for 6 weeks to collect data on Permian shelf deposits of Tanqua Formation, SW Karoo Basin, South Africa
Talk at 'River to Rock Record' conference in Aberdeen (Jan 14th)
Cretaceous Shoreline-Attached Fluvial Systems within Source-to-Sink Transects
Ron Steel and Carolina Gomez ,University of Texas, Austin
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Talk at the Norwegian Geological Society Annual RESERVOIR SYSTEMS OF THE SHELF & SHELF MARGIN FROM A SOURCE-TO-SINK PERSPECTIVE Ron Steel and Cornel Olariu, University of Texas, Austin |
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Research Article in Journal of Sedimentary Research volume 79: PROCESS REGIME CHANGES ACROSS A REGRESSIVE TO TRANSGRESSIVE TURNAROUND IN A SHELF– SLOPE BASIN, EOCENE CENTRAL BASIN OF SPITSBERGEN by |
Andy Petter presented the talk: Estimating Sediment Flux and Load from Ancient Shelf-margin Successions,
co-authored with Cristian Carvajal, David Mohrig and Ron Steel, at the Jackson School of Geosciences Soft Rock Seminar
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On November 13 th and 14th representatives of RioMAR consortium member companies participated to the annual meeting at the University of Texas |
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It has been published SEPM Special Publication No.90 "Recent Advances in Models of Siliciclastic Shallow-Marine Stratigraphy" |
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Andy Petter presented the poster " Similarity in Fluvial-Channel Dimensions Between Blackhawk Fm (Grassy Member) and Lower Castlegate Ss, Eastern Book Cliffs, Utah" co-authored with Ron Steel and David Mohrig during the annual GSA meeting in Houston.
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Cornel Olariu presented the talk "Location of the Lowstand Depocenters along the Shelf-Edge and Influence on Shelf Margin Stratigraphy" co-authored with Ron Steel during the annual GSA meeting in Houston.
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University of Texas Class Fieldtrip to
20 Mile Sandstone in Colorado
Possible future RioMAR project
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Ron Steel and visited the Karoo shelf margin outcrops together with representatives of University of Liverpool to agree on a colaborative field strategy for RioMAR Karoo shelf margin project. |
David Mohrig and co-workers are working hard to finish the large flume tank at Pickle Research Campus, University of Texas.
Carlos Uroza defended his PhD dissertation "Processes And Architectures Of Deltas In Shelf-Break And
Ramp Platforms: Examples From The Eocene Of West Spitsbergen (Norway), The
Pliocene Paleo-Orinoco Delta (Se Trinidad), and the Cretaceous Western
Interior Seaway (SW Wyoming and NE Utah)". Carlos accepted a position with ConocoPhillips. |
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Andy Petter has been announced in the AAPG Explorer as second price winner for his talk "Small Lowstand Deltas as a Consequence of Sustained Alluvia Aggradation During Relative Sea-Level Fall" presented during the annual AAPG 2008 meeting. |
