June, 1999 HGS Seminars, Courses and Field Trips

June, 1999Seminars, Short Courses, and Field Trips

Tomball College's Rocky Mountain National Park Expedition

TRANSPORTATION: Two days transportation to and from Colorado on a 47-passenger luxury coach is included in the cost of the trip.
COST: Total cost including transportation, lodging, and meals for the seven-day expedition is $799.00.
DATES: The trip is scheduled to leave Houston on Saturday, June 5, and return on Sunday, June 13, 1999.
ORIENTATION: A mandatory orientation and briefing session is required for all participants. A $250 deposit will be required at this time from those registering for the expedition. The session will be held on Saturday,
MORE INFORMATION:Contact Community and Economic Development at 281-351-3320.
Description:

There is nothing like sitting around a campfire with friends and family, roasting marshmallows, singing songs, and telling stories. These memories and more can be yours to experience for a lifetime when you participate in Tomball College's geological expedition to Colorado's scenic Rocky Mountains.
Experience seven fun filled days at YMCA Estes Park Resort situated just three miles from the east entrance to the famed Rocky Mountain National Park.
The tour guide, Tom Browder, adjunct professor of Geology at Tomball College, will present informal lectures on the diverse geology of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain National Park.
Planned activities include: family hayride, summerfest, storytelling, flyfishing, beaverwalk, museum tours, tennis, scavenger hunt, nature hikes, and daily visits by tour bus to the National Park.

North American Explorationists Group
Clastic Depositional Systems Symposium"From Alluvium to the Abyss"
with featured papers and posters presenting the latest concepts in the application of clastic depositional models to hydrocarbon exploration and production

Date: Monday, June 7, 1999
Place: at the Westchase Hilton Hotel, 9999 Westheimer, Houston
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
Cost: $ 40.00 (included lunch)
Contact: Carl Steffensen, Vastar Resources, Inc., Chairman, North American Exploration Committee, 281-584-3691, csteffe@vastar.com
Note:

1. Please contact the HGS office to make reservations

2. Please make your reservations early; the class is filling fast. If you have reservations, you may pay at the door. However, we cannot guarantee space if you arrive without reservations.
   

Agenda:

• 9:00-9:05Carl Steffensen Welcome

• 9:05-9:30 George D. Klein, "Clastic Depositional Systems, Where do we go from here?"

• 9:30-10:10M. L. Sweet, "Eolian Oil and Gas Reservoirs - The Answers are Blowing in the Wind?"

• 10:10-10:25Break w/ coffee

• 10:25-11:05L. Faulkenberry, "Alluvial Architecture of the Nonmarine Gila Group, Mimbres Basin, New Mexico"

• 11:05-11:45Robert Tye, "Interpreting Subsurface Channel-bar, Channel, and Channel-belt Dimensions using Wireline Log, Core, and Modern Analog Data"

• 11:45-12:30Lunch (Tortilla soup, Chicken Caesar Salad, Iced tea)

• 12:30-1:20Larry Meckel, "Comparing Our Traditional High-Stand Delta Models to New Information on Low-Stand Shelf-Margin Deltas"

• 1:20-2:10 John Anderson, " Quaternary Clastic Depositional Systems of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf"

• 2:10-2:25 Break w/ soft drinks and coffee

• 2:25-3:15 Shan Shanmugam, "Fifty Years of the Turbidite Paradigm (1948-1998): Deep- Water Processes and Facies Models A Critical Perspective"

• 3:15-3:55Rick Beaubouef, "Reconstructing Slope to Basin Floor Depositional Systems from Outcrop and Subsurface data Sets: Examples of Sand- rich, Canyon-fed Submarine Fan Complexes"

• 3:55-4:00Carl Steffensen, Closing

Posters:
Fred Stricklin "The Woodbine Turbidite Fan at Double A Wells Field, Polk County, Texas: A Rich Gas Find in Lower Cretaceous Sandstones of a Submarine Canyon"

USGS Symposium Natural Resources and Hazards:Challenges for the Twenty-First Century
A symposium in recognition of the many contributions to the earth sciences made by Michel T. Halbouty

Date: Friday, June 18, 1999
Time: 1:30 p.m
Place: National Academy of Sciences Building, 21st and Constitution, Washington D.C.
Sponsors: USGS, NAS/NRC, CPCContact: ninety@usgs.gov
Description:

1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.Charles G. Groat, Director, U. S. Geological Survey; Lack Little, President and CEO, Shell Oil Co.Welcome and Introduction
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.M. Gordon Wolman, Professor, Johns Hopkins University"Water: Facts and Futures"
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.John E. Estes, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara"Global Mapping in the Next Millennium"
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Lloyd Cluff, Manager of Geosciences, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Commissioner, California Seismic Safety Commission"Geologic Hazards: Challenges for the 21st Century"
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.Milton H. Ward, President and CEO, Cyprus Amax Minerals Company"Mineral Resources into the 21st Century"
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.William L. Fisher, Professor, University of Texas, Austin"Energy Resources into the 21st Century"
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Michel T. HalboutyConcluding Remarks
Reception to follow presentations

RMAG Conference: The Future of Coal Bed Methane in the Rocky Mountains

Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Place: Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California Street 303-297-1300 Contact: www.rmag.org , or phone Sandi Pellissier at RMAG: 303-573-8621, or call Ray Gorka at IPAMS, 303-623-0987 Note: We are seeking sponsors to help underwrite expenses, call Bruce Kelso, 303-925-9254Description:

The Conference Will Cover a Wide Range of Topics
RMAG/PTTC

• Powder River Basin—An Evolving Success
  
• San Juan Basin—A Mature Case History
  
• Raton Basin
  
• Piceance Basin—A Sleeping Giant
  
• Uinta Basin—Drunkards' Wash
  
• Recent Advancements in Engineering Practices
  
• Technological Advancements
  
• An Overview of CBM Activity in the Rocky Mountain Region
  
• Review of Rocky Mountain Coal and CBM Reserves— Where is the Next PRB ?
  
• Legal Issues and Recent Litigation
  
• Environmental Issues
  
• Geochemistry of Gases and Water