April 2013 - Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
April 2013 - Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
April 2013 - Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
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Coming Early<br />
<strong>2013</strong>...<br />
Studies in Geology 65<br />
Application <strong>of</strong> Structural Methods to <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development<br />
Edited by C. Knight, J. Cuzella, & L. Cress<br />
Co-published by<br />
Tulsa, OK and Denver, CO<br />
www.aapg.org/www.rmag.org<br />
The American <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Petroleum <strong>Geologists</strong><br />
With increasing industry emphasis on developing<br />
“unconventional” tight reservoirs and on enhancing<br />
recovery from existing fields, geologists are facing new<br />
challenges. Identifying fracture characteristics within<br />
petroleum systems is essential. Understanding the<br />
timing <strong>of</strong> tectonics and the formation <strong>of</strong> structures is<br />
The <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Geologists</strong><br />
important, as these factors strongly influence hydrocarbon<br />
generation, migration, entrapment, and preservation.<br />
As a means <strong>of</strong> addressing complex interrelationships<br />
between structural geology and hydrocarbon exploration<br />
and development, the editors are pleased to present this<br />
compilation <strong>of</strong> key papers.<br />
• Using Free-hand 3-D Drawings<br />
to Clarify and Verify Subsurface<br />
Structural Interpretations — D.<br />
Stone<br />
• Introduction to Low-temperature<br />
Thermochronologic Techniques,<br />
Methodology, and Applications —<br />
S. L. Peyton & B. Carrapa<br />
• Overview <strong>of</strong> Low-temperature<br />
Thermochronology in the <strong>Rocky</strong><br />
<strong>Mountain</strong>s and its Application to<br />
Petroleum System Analysis — S. L.<br />
Peyton & B. Carrapa<br />
• Using Detrital Zircon<br />
Geochronology to Solve Complex<br />
Structural Problems: Application<br />
with Pitfalls in the Helena Salient<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Montana Disturbed Belt,<br />
West Central Montana — P. T.<br />
Doughty, K. R. Chamberlain, & M.<br />
C. Pope<br />
Studies in Geology 65<br />
Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
• Regional and Local Fractures <strong>of</strong><br />
the Bakken Petroleum System,<br />
Williston Basin: Integrating Field<br />
Studies and 3-D Seismic Analysis<br />
— S. Angster & F. Sarg<br />
• Role <strong>of</strong> Wrench Faults and<br />
Fractures in Creating “Sweet<br />
Spots” in Tight Gas Exploration<br />
and Production at Rulison Field<br />
Colorado — T. L. Davis & R. D.<br />
Benson<br />
• Fracture Control <strong>of</strong> P-wave<br />
Azimuthal Anisotrophy in a<br />
Laramide Basement-cored<br />
Anticline at Casper Arch,<br />
Wyoming: Insights from<br />
Correlations with Surface<br />
Analogs and Curvature Analyses<br />
— R. D. Cooley & E. Erslev<br />
• Natural Fractures and Strain<br />
Accommodation in the Tensleep<br />
Formation at Beer Mug Anticline<br />
— S. P. Cooper<br />
• Natural Fracture Patterns in<br />
Folded Tensleep Reservoirs,<br />
Wyoming — S. P. Cooper & J. C.<br />
Lorenz<br />
• Fractures, Hydraulic Injections,<br />
and Strain Accommodation in<br />
the Tensleep Formation at Flat<br />
Top Anticline, Carbon County,<br />
Wyoming — J. C. Lorenz<br />
• Beaver Creek Detachment<br />
System: Syn-Laramide Gravity<br />
Detachment and Folding Oblique<br />
to Regional Compression — S.<br />
Smaltz & E. Erslev<br />
OUTCROP<br />
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