Room 325, Brooks Hall
Faculty Host: Tim Carr
Student Hosts: Beau Downing, Maggie Gill

Which comes First: Science or Energy Policy?

A Chicken and Egg Question

Allyson K. Anderson

Staff Member US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Allyson Anderson a professional Staff member on Chairman Jeff Bingaman's Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Allyson came to the hill as the 2006-2007 American Geological Institute Congressional Science Fellow. She has worked for the Energy Committee on several issues, including carbon sequestration and geothermal energy resources. She continues to maintain the same portfolio in addition to other fossil energy research and development policy areas.

Start Time: 4:00pm

The ties that bind Source to Sink: within and between New Guinea and New Zealand

Dr. Charles A. Nittrouer

School of Oceanograhy, University of Washington

Chuck Nittrouer has investigated continental-margin sedimentation in many settings around the world, where significant amounts of sediment are being supplied from rivers and glaciers. His focus has been on the processes related to sediment accumulation on time scales of decades, and has used a diverse range of tools (especially short-lived radioisotopes) to quantify the mechanisms of strata formation. Much of his research has involved collaborations with scientists is associated disciplines, in order to expand the relevance of the results.

National Science Foundation MARGINS Program, 2007-2008 Distinguished Lectureship Program

Start Time: 4:00pm

Room 325, Brooks Hall
Faculty Host: D. Vesper
Student Hosts: Ryan O'Connell, Mike Coghlin

Biogenesis of Modern Marine Stromatolites at Highborne Cay, Bahamas

Dr. John Stolz
Duquesne University, Biological Sciences Dept.
Start Time: 4:00pm

Room 325, Brooks Hall
Faculty Host: Tom Wilson
Student Hosts: Jamie Moore, Kory Konsoer 

Fractured Reservoir Characterization: From Diagenesis and Fracture Mechanics to Reservoir Permeability

Dr. Jon Olsen

University of Texas, Austin

 

This talk describes how core-based diagenetic observations and mechanical properties measurements can be used to constrain natural fracture network geometry and flow properties in clastic rocks. A methodology is described that starts with optical microscopy and SEM-based cathode luminescence, relating pore-space diagenesis to fracture-filling cements.

 

Geomechanical modeling of fracture pattern development and opening rate is constrained by anisotropic strain boundary conditions, mechanical layer thickness, and core-based fracture mechanics property measurements. Permeability calculations are made on a wide variety of fracture pattern geometries, including the effects of fracture pattern connectivity, heterogeneous aperture distributions, and the degree of aperture occlusion by mineralization. It is demonstrated that fractured rock permeability assessment can be improved with quantifiable geologic fracture attributes.

 

AAPG Distinguished Lecture Series
Start Time: 4:00pm

Room 325, Brooks Hall
Faculty Host: J. Toro
Student Hosts: Brad Hega, Matt Boyce

Heresy in Cambridge: History of Paleomag before Vine and Matthews

Dr. Greg Good
WVU, Department of History
Start Time: 4:00pm

Room 325, Brooks Hall
Host: J. Toro and T. Carr

 Imperial Barrel presentation

WVU Imperial Barrel Team
WVU, Geology Program
Start Time: 4:00pm

A group of Geology students will compete in the Imperial Barrel Award Progam of AAPG this Spring. They will carry out an evaluation of geological, seismic, and well data from a basin in Northern Australia and present it at the Spring AAPG meeting before an industry panel. This is your chance to give the hell!

Room 325, Brooks Hall
Faculty Host: D. Vesper
Student Hosts: John Tudek, Maria Boki

Thermal Springs and Their Deposits--A Window to the Role of Ground Water in Deep Crustal Geologic Processes

 

Dr. J. Van Brahana
University of Arkansas
Start Time: 4:00pm

 

Also, on Friday March 14, Dr. Van Brahana, will give and informal presentation on the Savoy Experimental Watershed. Contact Dorothy Vesper (djvesper@mail.wvu.edu) for details.

Room 325, Brooks Hall
Faculty Host: J. Toro
Student Hosts: John Tellers, Julia Mcconnell

Geology of naturally occurring gas hydrate systems: Examples from recent international field studies

Kelly Rose
Dept. of Energy, NETL Morgantown
Start Time: 4:00pm

Room 325, Brooks Hall
Faculty Host: Tom Kammer
Student Hosts: Beth Rhenberg, Vince Morgan 

Crinoid Macroevolution Through the End-Ordovician Extinctions

Dr. Bill Ausich
Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences
Start Time: 4:00pm