pre-convention Field Trip #6
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM/AAPG/Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin)
Barnett, Woodford and Related Mudrock Successions in Texas Cores and Outcrops
- Date:
- Saturday, April 19, 7:30 a.m. – Sunday, April 20, 5:00 p.m. (departs from and returns to Convention Center)
- Leaders:
- Stephen C. Ruppel and Robert G. Loucks (Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX)
- Fee:
- SOLD OUT
- Includes:
- Transportation, one night lodging based on double occupancy, refreshments, one breakfast, two lunches and field guide
- Limit:
- 37 persons
- Content:
- 16 PDH, 1.6 CEU
Shale/Mudrock Outcrop.
Photo courtesy of Steve Ruppel
This two-day trip will examine cores and outcrops of important middle Paleozoic mudrock systems in Texas. Included will be the Devonian Woodford, the Mississippian Barnett and the Pennsylvanian Smithwick formations. On the first day, attendees will examine and discuss representative subsurface cores of each system.
Core discussions will be accompanied by poster and oral presentations for each succession. The second day will be devoted to examining the depositional and stratigraphic character of these and related rocks in key outcrops in the Texas Hill Country. On both days, emphasis will be placed on interpreting and understanding variations in sedimentary structures, depositional setting, mineralogy, organic matter content, pore size and controlling mechanisms.
- Day 1 - Saturday:
- Bus will depart San Antonio at 7:30 a.m. Core and poster presentations will be given at the Bureau of Economic Geology in Austin. Attendees will spend the night in Austin.
- Day 2 - Sunday:
- Bus will pick up participants early Sunday morning and travel to outcrops of Barnett and Smithwick mudrocks and overlying and underlying facies in the northern Texas Hill Country. Buses will return to San Antonio by 5:00 p.m.
There are a limited number of sponsored registrations available for students on a firstcome basis. If you wish to register for one of the sponsored spots, please register online at www.aapg.org/sanantonio/registration.cfm. If sponsored space is no longer available, you can register at the full fee and/or you can place your name on the waiting list for a sponsored space in the field trip.
Important Notes Regarding Field Trips
- Field trip enrollment is limited and reserved on a first-come basis. Registration must be accompanied by full payment.
- If you register only for a field trip, a $30 non-registrant fee will be added to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied toward registration if you decide to attend the convention.
- A wait list is automatically created if a field trip sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available. Undersubscribed field trips will be cancelled.
- Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the trip will take place.
- It is important that you note your gender on your registration form for room assignments.
- Several weeks prior to the trip, participants will receive an itinerary with details of meeting points, transportation during the trip, phone and fax numbers and email addresses of hotels and trip leaders, etc. Please indicate your fax and email on your registration.
- f any field trips meet your needs or the needs of your staff, you are encouraged to register early.
- To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of field trips, please register well before March 20, 2008.
- Neither AAPG or trip leaders maintain insurance covering illness or injury for individuals.
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