"[Compilation of presentations made to the] SEPM Annual Research Conference, which was held at the April 2006 AAPG Annual Convention."--P. 2. Convention held April 9-12, 2006, in Houston, Texas. Title from disc label: Mass-transit deposits in deepwater settings. Complete contents on CD-ROM only. "April 2011." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Overviews: Mass-transport deposits in deepwater settings : an introduction / R. Craig Shipp, Paul Weimer, and Henry W. Posamentier. The character and genesis of submarine mass-transport deposits : insights from outcrop and 3D seismic data / Henry W. Posamentier, and Ole J. Martinsen. Interplay of mass-transport and turbidite-system deposits in different active tectonic and passive continental margin settings : external and local controlling factors / C. Hans Nelson ... [et al.] -- Seafloor and near-subsurface studies: Algerian margin sedimentation patterns (Algiers area, southwestern Mediterranean) / Gabriela Dan-Unterseh ... [et al.]. Upper Quaternary seafloor mass-transport deposits at the base of slope, offshore Niger Delta, deepwater Nigeria / Jason P. Sutton, and Robert M. Mitchum, Jr. Characterization of mass-transport deposits on a Pliocene siliciclastic continental slope, northwestern South China Sea / Mangzheng Zhu, Stephan Graham, and Tim Mchargue. 3-D seismic stratigraphic interpretation of Quaternary mass-transport deposits in the Mensa and Thunder Horse intraslope basins, Mississippi Canyon, northern deep Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. / Jorge Diaz ... [et al.]. The Barrington submarine mass-transport deposit, western Scotian slope, Canada / David C. Mosher, and D. Calvin Campbell. Late Neogene to recent seafloor instability on the deep Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula / Valentina Volpi ... [et al.] -- Geohazards studies: Processes of submarine slope failure and fluid migration on the Ebro Continental Margin : implications for offshore exploration and development / Jose Frey-Martínez ... [et al.]. Impact of a large mass-transport deposit on a field development in the upper slope of southwestern Sabah, Malaysia, offshore northwest Borneo / Hongbo Lu, and R. Craig Shipp. Descriptive outcrop studies: Stratal architecture and temporal evolution of a passive margin mass-transport deposit, Neoproterozoic Isaac Formation, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia, Canada / R.W.C. Arnott, K. Wallace, and J. Laurin. Submarine mass-transport deposits of the Permian Cutoff Formation, West Texas, U.S.A. : internal architecture and controls on overlying reservoir sand deposition / Robert Amerman ... [et al.]. Mass-transport deposits in the upper Paleocene Chicontepec Formation, Mexico / Stephen P.J. Cossey. Heterogeneity of internal structures in a mass-transport deposit, Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene Akkeshi Formation, Hokkaido Island, northern Japan / Hajime Naruse, and Makoto Otsubo. Integrated outcrops and subsurface studies: Mass-transport deposits : combining outcrop studies and seismic forward modeling to understand lithofacies distributions, deformation, and their seismic stratigraphic expression / Mason Dykstra ... [et al.]. Outcrop and seismic examples of mass-transport deposits from a Late Miocene deep-water succession, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand / Peter R. King ... [et al.]. Reservoir studies: Mass-transport deposits of the deepwater northwestern Borneo margin (Malaysia) : characterization from Seismic-reflection, borehole, and core data with implications for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation / Sam Algar ... [et al.]. Lithofacies analysis and stratigraphic architecture of a deep-water carbonate debris apron : Lower Cretaceous (latest Aptian to latest Albian) Tamabra Formation, Poza Rica Field Area, Mexico / Robert G. Loucks ... [et al.]. Reservoir characterization of sand-prone mass-transport deposits within slope canyons / Lawrence D. Meckel, III ... [et al.]. Reservoir characteristics and classification of sand-prone submarine mass-transport deposits / Lawrence D. Meckel, III. Topical Studies: Deformation versus deposition of sediment waves in the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea / Gary Hoffmann ... [et al.]. Biostratigraphy of an upper Miocene mass-transport deposit on Demerara Rise, northern South American margin / Wesley C. Ingram, David C. Mosher, and Sherwood W. Wise, Jr. Properties of mass-transport deposits as inferred from dynamic modeling of subaqueous mass wasting : a short review / Fabio V. De Blasio, and Anders Elverhøi. Hinlopen-Yermak Landslide, Arctic Ocean : geomorphology, landslide dynamics, and tsunami simulations / Maarten Vanneste ... [et al.].
Summary:
Historically, submarine-mass failures or mass-transport deposits have been a focus of increasingly intense investigation by academic institutions particularly during the last decade, though they received much less attention by geoscientists in the energy industry. With recent interest in expanding petroleum exploration and production into deeper water-depths globally and more widespread availability of high-quality data sets, mass-transport deposits are now recognized as a major component of most deep-water settings. This recognition has lead to the realization that many aspects of these deposits are still unknown or poorly understood. This volume contains twenty-three papers that address a number of topics critical to further understanding mass-transport deposits. These topics include general overviews of these deposits, depositional settings on the seafloor and in the near-subsurface interval, geohazard concerns, descriptive outcrops, integrated outcrop and seismic data/seismic forward modeling, petroleum reservoirs, and case studies on several associated topics. This volume will appeal to a broad cross section of geoscientists and geotechnical engineers, who are interested in this rapidly expanding field. The selection of papers in this volume reflects a growing trend towards a more diverse blend of disciplines and topics, covered in the study of mass-transport deposits.
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