GCAGS Journal, Volume 3 (2014)

GCAGS J03. GCAGS Journal, Volume 3 (2014). A Publication of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies. T. F. Hentz, editor; J. J. Willis, managing editor. Howard Creasey, T. E. Ewing, A. M. Goodliffe, B. J. Katz, R. P. Major, M. J. Nault, and J-P Nicot, associate editors. Hardbound, color, 134 p., 2014. GCAGS J03, $25.00.

 
About This Publication
This annual, peer-reviewed publication by the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies contains 10 peer-reviewed articles on various aspects of Texas and U.S. Gulf Coast geology. ISBN 987-0-9883883-3-8.


Contents

Preface

Facies Variability and Reservoir Quality in the Shelf-to-Slope Transition, Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Woodbine Group, Northern Tyler and Southeastern Polk Counties, Texas, U.S.A.
William A. Ambrose, Tucker F. Hentz, and David Smith


Origin, Transportation, and Deformation of Mesozoic Carbonate Rafts in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
J. Carl Fiduk, Marianne Clippard, Sarah Power, Vivian Robertson, Lynn Rodriguez, Omoyele Ajose, Dan Fernandez, and Daniel Smith


Reservoir Quality and Porosity-Permeability Trends in Onshore Wilcox Sandstones, Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast:  Application to Deep Wilcox Plays, Offshore Gulf of Mexico
Shirley P. Dutton and Robert G. Loucks               


Impact on Sedimentation into the North-Central Deepwater Gulf of Mexico as a Result of the Chixculub Event
Erik Scott, Richard Denne, James Kaiser, and David Eickhoff      


Scanning-Electron-Microscope Petrographic Evidence for Distinguishing Organic-Matter Pores Associated with Depositional Organic Matter versus Migrated Organic Matter in Mudrock 
Robert G. Loucks and Robert M. Reed  


A Laboratory Microcosm Study of Macondo Oil Degradation in a Coastal Salt Marsh Daniel J. Fields, YueHan Lu, and Rona J. Donahoe


Predicting Potential Unconventional Production in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Play Using Thermal Modeling and Log Overlay Analysis
Hunter Berch and Jeffrey A. Nunn         


Examination of Deltaic Processes of Mississippi River Outlets—Caernarvon Delta and Bohemia Spillway in Southeastern Louisiana John A. Lopez, Theryn K. Henkel, Andreas M. Moshogianis, Andy D. Baker, Ezra C. Boyd, Eva R. Hillmann, Paul F. Connor, and David B. Baker           


Coastal Studies Institute:  A History of Science Contributions for 60 Years
Harry H. Roberts, James M. Coleman, and H. Jesse Walker            


Application of Production Decline Curve Analysis to Clastic Reservoir Facies Characterization within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework:  Example—Frio Formation, South Texas
John D. Pigott and Bryant W. Bradley