post-convention Field Trip #12
CANCELLED
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)/Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Carboniferous Mound Architecture within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: Virgilian Holder Formation and Mississippian Lake Valley Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
- Date:
- Thursday, April 24, 7:30 a.m. – Saturday, April 26, 6:00 p.m. (departs from and returns to El Paso Airport, El Paso, TX)
- Leaders:
- Xavier Janson (Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX) and Steve Bachtel(ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX)
- Fee:
- Professional: $600
- Student: $100 (limited number available)
- Includes:
- Field transportation, two nights lodging, field refreshments, two breakfasts, three lunches, two dinners and field guide. Participants must pay their own transportation to and from El Paso. Do not make these reservations prior to confirming that the trip will take place as scheduled. SEPM, AAPG and JSG will not be responsible for refunds of this segment of the trip.
- Limit:
- 25 persons
- Content:
- 24 PDH, 2.4 CEU
Carboniferous mound outcrops
Photo courtesy of Xavier Janson
The eastern escarpment of the Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico offers extensive multidimensional outcrops of Carboniferous strata. During this three-day trip, we will examine two stratigraphic intervals that have mound development. During the first two days, we will review in detail the stratigraphic framework of the Pennsylvanian Holder Formation (Virgilian/Gzhelian) in the Beeman-Dry-Yucca Canyon area, where phylloid algal mounds and mixed carbonate-siliciclastic stratigraphic architecture are exposed in 3-D.
On the third day, we will examine and compare deeper water mud mounds and crinoidal turbidites in the Mississippian Lake Valley Formation (Osagean/Tournaisian). This trip will show participants the various intrinsic and extrinsic parameters that control the stratigraphic architecture of these two systems, with particular emphasis on the relationships among accommodation space, mound growth potential and hydrodynamic energy in controlling mound architecture and distribution. During this three-day trip, we will have the opportunity to discuss and criticize a 3-D geo-cellular model built from these outcrops and our ability to adequately model the various key stratigraphic architecture and sedimentary bodies. The main goals of the trip are to:
- Observe phylloid algal mounds and mud mounds
- Examine high-frequency mixed carbonate-siliciclastic stratigraphy
- Compare vertical and lateral facies
- Observe the influence of syn-depositional anticlinal growth and antecedent topography
- Discuss the updip-downdip changes
- Discuss the optimum strategies for 3-D reservoir model construction
- Day 1:
- Participants will meet in the El Paso Airport Hilton Parking lot for vehicle assignments and travel to the field.
- Days 2 and 3:
- Field and return to El Paso Airport.
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.
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- Field trip enrollment is limited and reserved on a first-come basis. Registration must be accompanied by full payment.
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