Daniel D. Schultz-Ela
Professional Summary
May 6, 2004
Business address:
E-mail address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 471-7721
dan.schultzela@beg.utexas.edu
Academic Background
B.A., Magna Cum Laude with Distinction, Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1978
M.S. Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1982
Ph.D. Geology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988
Areas of Expertise
A. Finite-element modeling of deformation in brittle-ductile systems; applications to salt tectonics and
crustal-scale deformation.
B. Cross-section balancing and restoration for extensional terranes.
C. Programming for Macintosh computers using full range of graphical interface features.
D. Quantitative modeling and interpretation of three-dimensional finite-strain patterns and their
relation to tectonic regimes.
E. Application of mathematical finite-strain theory to actual field examples of deformed rock;
computer simulation of cumulative strain histories.
F. Geodynamics problems; analytical and numerical solutions of stress, strain, and heat-flow
distributions.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Research Scientist, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Bureau of Economic
Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (February 1989 - present).
Mathematical modeling and computer simulation of structures and their relation to tectonic
environments. Mechanical and strain analysis of the results of physical models prepared in the
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory.
B. Assistant Professor, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado (September 1986 - August
1988).
Teaching all lectures and labs for Structural Geology, Plate Tectonics, Metamorphic Petrology,
Geomorphology, Introductory Geology, Geology of the Pikes Peak Region, Geology of Utah’s
Canyon Country, NSF Outdoor Seminar in Geology for high school students. Leading week or
longer field trips to Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and West Texas as well as shorter trips in
Colorado.
C. Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (September
1982 - August 1986).
Teaching Physical Geology, Structural Geology, Sedimentology labs and Field Geology course.
Researching strain pattern development, computer simulations, and Archean tectonics.
D. Teaching and Research Assistant, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (September 1980
- August 1982).
Teaching Physical Geology and Structural Geology labs. Researching experimental microfabric
development at high temperatures and pressures and experimental frictional behavior of rocks.
E. Geophysical assistant, Bendix Field Engineering, Grand Junction, Colorado, National Uranium
Resource Evaluation project, U.S. Department of Energy (June 1987 - October 1978).
Geophysical surveys over known uranium deposits to evaluate techniques normally reserved for
other types of economic deposits.
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Awards and Honorary Societies
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1983 - 1984
Lando Fund Fellowship, University of Minnesota, winter and summer, 1983
University Fellowship, Brown University, 1980 - 1981
Fulbright Full Grant for graduate study and research in New Zealand, 1978 - 1980
Duncan Stewart Fellowship, Carleton College, 1977 - 1978
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1978
Undergraduate membership in Sigma Xi, 1978
Publications
Reports, Monographs, Brochures, Pamphlets, Bulletins
Jackson, M. P. A., Schultz-Ela, D., Hudec, M. R., Watson, I. A., and Porter, M. L., 2001, Structure and
evolution of Upheaval Dome: pinched-off salt diapir or meteoritic impact structure?: The University
of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 262, 93 p.
Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Mechanics of active salt diapirism:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 224,
56 p.
Articles
Walsh, P., and Schultz-Ela, D. D., 2003, Mechanics of graben evolution in Canyonlands National
Park, Utah: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, no. 3, p. 259–270.
Wawrzyniec, Tim, Fouad, Khaled, Schultz-Ela, Dan, Ambrose, William, Jennette, David, Sakurai,
Shinichi, Guevara, Edgar, Aranda, Mario, Alvarado, Juan, Hernandez, Ulises, Macias, Eduardo,
Roman, J., Rosas, C., Rosas, K., and Salomon, L. E., 2003, Cenozoic deformational styles of the
Lagua-Madre - Tuxpan Shelf and Mexican ridges fold belt, Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies Transactions, v. 53, p. 843–854
Schultz-Ela, D., 2003, Origin of drag folds bordering salt diapirs: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 87, no. 5, p. 757–780.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Walsh, P., 2002, Modeling of grabens extending above evaporites in
Canyonlands National Park, Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 24, p. 247–275.
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Schultz-Ela, D., 2001, Excursus on gravity gliding and gravity spreading: Journal of Structural
Geology, v. 23, p. 725–731.
Laubach, S. E., Schultz-Ela, D., and Tyler, Roger, 2000, Differential compaction of interbedded
sandstone and coal, in Cosgrove, J. W., and Ameen, M. S., eds., Forced folds and fractures:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 169, p. 51–60.
Hardage, B. A., Pendleton, V. M., Major, R. P., Asquith, G. B., Schultz-Ela, D., and Lancaster, D. E.,
1999, Case history: using petrophysics and cross-section balancing to interpret complex structure
in a limited-quality 3-D seismic image: Geophysics, v. 64, no. 6, p. 1760–1773.
Jackson, M. P. A., Schultz-Ela, D., Hudec, M. R., Watson, I. A., and Porter, M. L., 1998, Structure and
evolution of Upheaval Dome: a pinched-off salt diapir: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.
110, no. 12, p. 1547–1573.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1996, Relation of subsalt structures to suprasalt structures
during extension: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 80, no. 12, p. 1896–
1924.
Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1994, Structural dynamics of salt systems:
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 22, p. 93–117.
Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1994, Salt-related structures in the Gulf of
Mexico: a field guide for geophysicists: Geophysics, The Leading Edge of Exploration, August, p.
837–842.
Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Mechanics of active salt diapirism:
Tectonophysics, v. 228, p. 275–312.
Laubach, S. E., Schultz-Ela, D., and Tyler, Roger, 1993, Analysis of compaction effects on coal
fracture patterns, Upper Cretaceous Rock Springs Formation, southwestern Wyoming: The
Mountain Geologist, v. 30, no. 3, p. 95–110.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1992, Restoration of cross sections to constrain deformation processes of extensional
terranes: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 9, p. 372–388.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Yeh, J. S., 1992, Predicting fracture permeability from bed curvature, in Tillerson,
J. R., and Wawersik, W. R., eds., Rock mechanics: Proceedings, 33rd U.S. symposium:
Rotterdam, Balkema, p. 579–589.
Milling, M. E., Jackson, M. P. A., Kerans, Charles, and Schultz-Ela, D., 1991, Advanced geoscience
technology can optimize hydrocarbon exploration and recovery efficiency: Geotimes, v. 36, no. 3,
p. 20–22.
Milling, M. E., Jackson, M. P. A., Kerans, Charles, and Schultz-Ela, D., 1991, Advanced geoscience
technology can optimize hydrocarbon exploration and recovery efficiency: Houston Geological
Society Bulletin, v. 34, no. 1, p. 52–55.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1991, Practical restoration of extensional cross sections: Geobyte, v. 6, no. 6, p. 14–
23.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Hudleston, P. J., 1991, Strain in an Archean greenstone belt of Minnesota:
Tectonophysics, v. 190, p. 233–268.
Yeh, J. S., Schultz-Ela, D., and Laubach, S. E., 1991, Predicting fracture permeability from bed
curvature, in Ayers, W. B., Jr., Kaiser, W. R., Laubach, S. E., Ambrose, W. A., Baumgardner, R.
W., Jr., Scott, A. R., Tyler, Roger, Yeh, J. S., Hawkins, G. J., Swartz, T. E., Schultz-Ela, D. D.,
Zellers, S. D., Tremain, C. M., and Whitehead, N. H., III, eds., Geologic and hydrologic controls
on the occurrence and producibility of coalbed methane, Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the
Gas Research Institute under contract no. 5087-214-1544, p. 181–192.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1990, A method for estimating errors in calculated strains: Journal of Structural
Geology, v. 12, no. 7, p. 939–943.
Hudleston, P. J., Schultz-Ela, D., and Southwick, D., 1988, Transpression in an Archean greenstone
belt of northern Minnesota: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 25, p. 1060–1068.
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Schultz-Ela, D., 1988, Application of a three-dimensional finite-element method to strain field
analyses: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 10, no. 3, p. 263–272.
Hudleston, P. J., Schultz-Ela, D., Bauer, R. L., and Southwick, D., 1986, Transpression as the main
deformational event in an Archean greenstone belt, northeastern Minnesota, in deWit, M. J., and
Ashwal, L. D., eds., Workshop on tectonic evolution of greenstone belts: Houston, Texas, Lunar
and Planetary Institute, Technical Report 86-10, p. 124–126.
Internet/Web Sites/Modules
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1996, Raft tectonics in the Kwanza
Basin: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, hypertext multimedia
publication at http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/agl/vis/knzaraftSample.html.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1996, Digital
section of progress reports for AGL’s Industrial Associates: October 1995: The University of
Texas
at
Austin,
Bureau
of
Economic
Geology,
hypertext
publication
at
http://www.uts.cc.utexas.edu/~agl/ia/october95.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1996, Digital
section of progress reports for AGL’s Industrial Associates: October 1996: The University of
Texas
at
Austin,
Bureau
of
Economic
Geology,
hypertext
publication
at
http://www.uts.cc.utexas.edu/~agl/ia/october96.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1996, Digital
section of progress reports for AGL’s Industrial Associates: March 1996: The University of Texas
at
Austin,
Bureau
of
Economic
Geology,
hypertext
publication
at
http://www.uts.cc.utexas.edu/~agl/ia/march96.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Hossack, J., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1996,
Allochthonous salt sheets: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
hypertext
multimedia
publication
at
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/agl/vis/breakoutSample.html.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1996, Raft tectonics in the Kwanza
Basin,
Angola:
the
animations:
BEG
hypertext
multimedia
publication,
http://www.utexas.edu/research/beg/multimedia/agl96-MM-003.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1995, Rising and
falling salt diapirs: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, hypertext
multimedia publication at http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/agl/vis/sagSample.html.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1995, Digital
section of progress reports for AGL’s Industrial Associates: March 1995: The University of Texas
at
Austin,
Bureau
of
Economic
Geology,
hypertext
publication
at
http://www.uts.cc.utexas.edu/~agl/ia/march95.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1995, AGL’s
password-protected Web site: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
hypertext publication at http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/agl/private/index.htm.
Abstracts
Schultz-Ela, D., 2002, Modeling of “drag” folds bordering salt diapirs (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A158.
Schultz-Ela, D., 2002, Origin of "drag" folds bordering salt diapirs (abs.): Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 250.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Schultz-Ela, D., 2000, Why roho, why counterregional? (abs.), in American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention Official Program, p. A73.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1999, Initiation of spaced grabens above a viscous substrate: dependence on elastic
moduli explicated by numerical models (abs.): Eos Supplement, v. 80, no. 46, p. F961.
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Schultz-Ela, D., and Mann, R. J., 1999, Numerical models of salt sheet deformation driven by various
rates and patterns of sedimentation (abs.), in AAPG Annual Convention official program:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. A125–A126.
Walsh, P., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1999, Numerical models demonstrate effects of flexure and
subsidence on graben faulting in Canyonlands National Park, Utah (abs.): Eos Supplement, v. 80,
no. 46, p. F642.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1998, Numerical models of detachment folds show changing mechanics and constant
detachment depth (abs.): American Geophysical Union Transactions, Eos Supplement, v. 79, no.
45, p. F724–F725.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1998, Sliding on a slippery slope: numerical modeling of the grabens in Canyonlands
National Park, Utah (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 7,
p. A-43.
Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., Schultz-Ela, D., Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., and Ge, Hongxing,
1997, Extensional fault systems generated by salt tectonics: a mechanical modeling medley
(abs.), in Higgs, William, and Kluth, Charles, conveners, eds., AAPG Hedberg Research
Conference: reservoir scale deformation: characterization and prediction: American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, p. 59–60.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1997, Numerical models of plastic folding above a viscous detachment (abs.):
American Geophysical Union Transactions, Eos Supplement, v. 78, no. 46, p. F681.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1997, Active diapirism affected by extension, contraction, or interlayer slip: results
from finite-element modeling (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Official Program, p. A104.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1997, Sedimentary loading of salt sheets with and without subsalt extension: results
from finite-element modeling (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Official Program, p. A104.
Laubach, S. E., Schultz-Ela, D., and Tyler, Roger, 1996, Differential compaction of interbedded
sandstones and coal (abs.), in Cosgrove, J. W., and Ameen, M. S., convenors, Forced (drape)
folds and associated fractures: The Geological Society of London, unpaginated.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1996, Effects of interlayer slip during deformation: results from numerical modeling
(abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. A-240.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1996, Influence of area balance on extensional faulting partially coupled across a
viscous layer (abs.): Eos, Fall Meeting Supplement, v. 77, no. 46, p. F702.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., Schultz-Ela, D., and Vendeville, B. C., 1995, Computer
animations of salt tectonics to visualize potential traps for hydrocarbons (abs.), in Fifth Archie
Conference: visualization technologies to find more oil and gas, Houston, May 14–18,
unpaginated.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1995, Inferring subsalt structures from suprasalt structures: results from numerical
modeling of extension around salt sheets (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Convention Official Program, p. 86A.
Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., Hudec, M. R., Fletcher, R. C., Porter, M. L., and Watson, I. A.,
1994, Constraints on the origin of Upheaval Dome, Paradox Basin, Utah (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geoloists Annual Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 253.
Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., Hudec, M. R., Fletcher, R. C., Porter, M. L., and Watson, I. A.,
1994, Structures formed by radial contraction at Upheaval Dome, Utah (abs.): Geological Society
of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. A-72.
Laubach, S. E., Schultz-Ela, D., and Tyler, Roger, 1994, Differential compaction and shifts in coal
fracture patterns: field example and finite element model (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 193–194.
Laubach, S. E., Tyler, Roger, Schultz-Ela, D., and Tremain, C. M., 1994, Tectonic analysis of weakly
deformed foreland areas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 194.
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Schultz-Ela, D., 1994, Overburden structures related to extensional faulting beneath an intervening
viscous layer (abs.): Eos (Supplement), v. 75, no. 44, p. 678.
Tyler, Roger, Laubach, S. E., Schultz-Ela, D., and Tremain, C. M., 1994, Variations in Cretaceous and
Tertiary coal fracture patterns, Rocky Mountain Foreland, western United States (abs.):
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. A-209.
Duval, Bernard, Cramez, Carlos, Schultz-Ela, D., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1993, Extension, reactive
diapirism, salt welding, and contraction at Cegonha, Kwanza Basin, Angola (ext. abs.), in
Jackson, M. P. A., Roberts, David, and Snelson, Sig, co-conveners, AAPG International Hedberg
Research Conference on Salt Tectonics: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 41–
43.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., Mosher, S., Schultz-Ela, D., and Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Extension
origin of salt “anticlines” in the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists 1993 Annual Convention Program, p. 107–108.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1993, Active diapirism: insights from finite-element modeling
(ext. abs.), in Jackson, M. P. A., Roberts, David, and Snelson, Sig, co-conveners, AAPG
International Hedberg Research Conference on Salt Tectonics: American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, p. 151–153.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1993, Evolution of extensional fault systems linked with salt
diapirism modeled with finite elements (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
1993 Annual Convention Program, p. 179.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1993, Causes of asymmetric extension of a brittle layer on a ductile substratum
(abs.): Eos, v. 74, no. 43, p. 613.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Bobineau, J.-P., 1992, Extension of a brittle layer over a ductile substratum
(abs.): Eos (Supplement), v. 73, no. 43, p. 561.
Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1992, Strain in tectonic models of rollover deformation (abs.):
Eos (Supplement), v. 73, no. 14, p. 311.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Vendeville, B. C., 1991, Active diapir piercement through brittle overburden
(abs.): Eos, v. 72, no. 44, p. 485.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1990, Cross section balancing from terranes of growth faulting and salt tectonics
(abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A105.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1990, Reconstructions of growth faults and rollover anticlines above a ductile
substratum (abs.): Eos, v. 71, no. 43, p. 1635.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1987, Strain measurement, strain patterns, and models for strain development in an
Archean greenstone belt (abs.): Eos, v. 68, no. 44, p. 1511.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1987, Strain modification along the northern boundary of the Vermilion District,
Minnesota (abs.): Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 19, no. 4, p. 243.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1986, Strain models for the evolution of a northern Minnesota greenstone belt (abs.):
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 6, abstract no. 103769.
Schultz-Ela, D., 1985, Strain pattern analysis using a three-dimensional finite element method (abs.):
Eos, v. 66, no. 46, p. 1095.
Computer Programs/Data Bases
Schultz-Ela, D., and Duncan, Ken, 1991, Restore© user’s manual and software: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, 75 p., 1 disk.
Contract Reports
Hudec, M. R., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., Schultz-Ela, D. D., and Jennette, D. C., 2003,
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory annual progress report to Industrial Associates for 2002: Slide
Set 21: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress report
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prepared for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BHP Petroleum (Americas), BP Production,
Burlington Resources, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, ENI, EnCana, ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil
Company, Petroleo Brasileiro, Shell Oil, TotalFinaElf, and Woodside, 634 slides, 15 animations.
Ambrose, W. A., Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Sakurai, Shinichi, Talukdar, Suhas, Guevara, E.
H., Brown, L. F., Jr., Dunlap, D. B., Jennette, D. C., Schultz-Ela, D. D., Sánchez-Barreda, Luis,
Remington, R. L., Aranda-García, Mario, Alvarado Vega, Juan, Macias Zamora, Eduardo,
Hernández-Romano, Ulises, Cárdenas-Hernández, Ramón, Ruiz-Ruiz, Héctor, SarmientoAltamirano, Santiago, López-Leyva, Gerardo, Aguilar-Hernández, Angélica, Martínez Garcia,
Julieta, Maldonado-Lezama, Juan, Velásquez, Carlos, and Trujillo, Alfonso, 2003, Definition of the
geological framework of the Neogene in the southern Laguna Madre-Tuxpan continental shelf of
eastern Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report
prepared for PEMEX Exploración y Producción, variously paginated, 7 volumes.
Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., Hudec, M. R., Schultz-Ela, D. D., Le Calvez, J. H., Peel, Frank,
Loncke, Lies, Gaullier, V., Atchley, S., Nordt, L., Boucher, T., and Prochnow, S., 2002, Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory annual progress report to Industrial Associates for 2001: Slide Set 20:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress report prepared
for Amerada Hess Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BHP Petroleum (Americas)
Inc., BP Amoco Production, Burlington Resources, Chevron USA Production, Conoco, ENI-AGIP,
Enterprise Oil, ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil Company, PanCanadian Petroleum, Petroleo Brasileiro
S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, TotalFinaElf, and Woodside Energy, 537 slides, 7 animations.
Vendeville, B. C., Hudec, M. R., Jackson, M. P. A., Schultz-Ela, D., Boniface, L. P., Fox, C. R.,
Gaullier, V., Le Calvez, J. H., Loncke, Lies, Peel, Frank, Rowan, M. G., and Walsh, P., 2001,
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory annual progress report to Industrial Associates for 2000: Slide
Set 19: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress report
prepared for Amerada Hess Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BHP Petroleum
(Americas) Inc., BP Amoco Exploration, Chevron Petroleum Technology Co., ENI-AGIP,
Enterprise Oil, EXXON Mobil, Marathon Oil Company, PanCanadian Petroleum, Petroleo
Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Oil Company, Texaco Exploration and
Production Inc., TotalFinaElf, Unocal-Spirit 76, and Vastar Resources Inc., 543 slides, 12
animations, chart, reprint.
Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., Gaullier, V., Schultz-Ela, D., Hudec, M. R., Le Calvez, J. H.,
Remington, R. L., Fox, C. R., and Walsh, P., 2000, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory annual
progress report to Industrial Associates for 1999: slide set 18: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress report prepared for Amerada-Hess Corporation,
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BHP Petroleum (Americas), BP Amoco Exploration, Chevron
Petroleum Technology Company, ENI-Agip, Exxon Mobil, Marathon Oil Company, PanCanadian
Petroleum, Petroleo Brasileiro, Phillips Petroleum company, Saga, Shell Oil Company, Texaco
Exploration and Production, TotalFinaElf, Unocal-Spirit 76, and Vastar Resources, 706 slides, 18
animations, CD and binder.
Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., Schultz-Ela, D., and Le Calvez, J. H., 1999, Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory annual progress report to Industrial Associates for 1998/slide set
number 17: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress
report prepared for Amerada Hess Corporation, Amoco Production Company, Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation, BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc., BP Exploration and Oil Inc., Chevron
Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco Inc., Elf–Norge ASA, ENI–AGIP, EXXON Production
Research Corporation, Marathon Oil Company, Mobil, Nordsk Hydro, PanCanadian Petroleum
Ltd., Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Saga Petroleum ASA, Shell Oil
Company, Statoil, Texaco Exploration and Production Inc., Total S.A., and Vastar Resources Inc.,
357 p. + 714 slides and 6 animations.
Schultz-Ela, D., Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Mann, R. J., and Le
Calvez, J. H., 1998, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory second annual progress report to Industrial
Associates for 1997/captions for physical and mathematical models in slide set number 16: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, second annual progress report
prepared for Agip Petroleum Company Inc., Amoco Production Company, Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, ARCO Exploration and Production Technology, BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc., BP
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International Ltd., Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco Inc., EXXON Production
Research Company, The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, Marathon Oil Company, Pan
Canadian Petroleum Ltd., Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Saga Petroleum
ASA, Shell Oil Company, Statoil, Texaco Exploration and Production Inc., Total Minatome
Corporation, and Vastar Resources Inc., 183 p. plus 283 transparencies and 9 animations.
Vendeville, B. C., Couzens, B. A., Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Schultz-Ela, D.,
1997, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory second semiannual progress report to Industrial
Associates for 1996/captions for physical and mathematical models in slide set number 15: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, semiannual progress report prepared
for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, ARCO
Exploration and Production Technology, BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc., BP Exploration Inc.,
Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco Inc., EXXON Production Research Company,
The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, Marathon Oil Company, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.,
Phillips Petroleum Company, Statoil, Texaco Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 51 p. + 127
transparencies and 4 animations.
Vendeville, B. C., Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., and Schultz-Ela, D.,
1996, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory second semiannual progress report to industrial
associates for 1995: Part 1: captions for physical and mathematical models in slide set number
13; Part 2: animations: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
semiannual progress report prepared for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc., BP
Exploration Inc., Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco Inc., EXXON Production
Research Company, Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, Marathon Oil Company, Mobil
Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company,
Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine Production, STATOIL, Texaco Inc., and Total Minatome
Corporation, 82 p. plus 162 transparencies and 4 animations.
Vendeville, B. C., Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., and Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., 1996, Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory first semiannual progress report to industrial associates for 1996:
captions for physical and mathematical models and geologic analyses in slide set number 14: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, semiannual progress report prepared
for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, ARCO
Exploration and Production Technology/Vastar Resources Inc., BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.,
BP Exploration Inc., Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco Inc., EXXON Production
Research Company, Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, Marathon Oil Company, Petroleo
Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, STATOIL, Texaco Inc., and Total Minatome
Corporation, 73 p. plus 162 transparencies and 4 animations.
Schultz-Ela, D., Vendeville, B. C., Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Ge, Hongxing,
1995, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory annual progress report to industrial associates for 1995:
captions for physical and mathematical models in slide set number 12: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress report prepared for Agip S.p.A., Amoco
Production Company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, BHP
Petroleum (Americas) Inc., BP Exploration Inc., Chevron Petroleum Technology Company,
Conoco Inc., EXXON Production Research Company, Louisiana Land and Exploration Company,
Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.,
Phillips Petroleum Company, Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine Production, STATOIL, Texaco Inc.,
and Total Minatome Corporation, 104 p. plus 158 transparencies and 4 animations.
Schultz-Ela, D., Vendeville, B. C., Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Ge, Hongxing,
1995, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory annual progress report to industrial associates for
1994/captions for physical and mathematical models in slide set number 11, part 2: animations:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress report prepared
for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, ARCO Oil and
Gas Company, BP Exploration Inc., Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco Inc.,
EXXON Production Research Company, Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, Marathon Oil
Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips
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Petroleum Company, Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine Production, Statoil, Texaco Inc., and Total
Minatome Corporation, 93 p. plus 146 transparencies and 4 animations.
Schultz-Ela, D., Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Ge, Hongxing, and
Burn, M. J., 1994, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory second semiannual progress report to
industrial associates for 1993/captions for physical and mathematical models in slide set number
10: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, semiannual progress report
prepared for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, ARCO
Oil and Gas Company, BP Exploration Inc., Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco
Inc., EXXON Production Research Company, Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and
Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Société
Nationale Elf Aquitaine Production, Texaco Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 37 p. plus 94
transparencies.
Vendeville, B. C., Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., and Ge, Hongxing, 1993, Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory first semiannual progress report to industrial associates for 1993/captions for physical
and mathematical models in slide set number 9: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, semiannual progress report prepared for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production
Company, ARCO Exploration and Production Technology, BP Exploration Inc., Chevron
Petroleum Technology Company, Conoco Inc., EXXON Production Research Company,
Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.,
Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Development Company, Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine
Production, Texaco Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 46 p. plus 107 transparencies.
Vendeville, B. C., Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., and Ge, Hongxing, 1993, Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory second semiannual progress report to industrial associates for 1992/captions for
physical and mathematical models in slide set number 8: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, second semiannual progress report prepared for Agip S.p.A.,
Amoco Production Company, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, BP Exploration Inc., Chevron O.F.R.
Company and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Conoco Inc., EUROSIM Sarl, EXXON Production Research
Co., Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro
S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Development Company, Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine
Production, Texaco Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 46 p. plus 88 transparencies.
Schultz-Ela, D., Bobineau, J.-P., Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Koyi, H., 1992, Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory first semiannual progress report to industrial associates for
1992/captions for physical and mathematical models in slide set number 7: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, semiannual progress report prepared for Agip
S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, BP Exploration, Inc., Chevron
O.F.R. Company and Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Conoco, Inc., EUROSIM Sarl, EXXON Production
Research Co., Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo
Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Development Company, Société Nationale Elf
Aquitaine Production, Texaco, Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 44 p. plus 74
transparencies.
Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1992, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
second semiannual progress report to industrial associates for 1991/captions for physical and
mathematical models in slide set number 6: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, second semiannual progress report prepared for Agip S.p.A., Amoco
Production Company, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, BP Exploration, Inc., Chevron O.F.R.
Company and Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Conoco, Inc., Elf Exploration, Inc., EXXON Production
Research Co. and EXXON U.S.A., Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and Development
Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Development Company,
Texaco, Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 49 p. plus 94 transparencies.
Ayers, W. B., Jr., Kaiser, W. R., Laubach, S. E., Ambrose, W. A., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., Scott, A.
R., Tyler, Roger, Yeh, J. S., Hawkins, G. J., Swartz, T. E., Schultz-Ela, D., Zellers, S. D., Tremain,
C. M., and Whitehead, N. H., III, 1991, Geologic and hydrologic controls on the occurrence and
producibility of coalbed methane, Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the Gas Research Institute,
under contract no. 5087-214-1544, 314 p.
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Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1991, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory first
semiannual progress report to industrial associates for 1991/captions for experimental models in
slide set number 5: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, first
semiannual progress report prepared for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, ARCO Oil
and Gas Company, BP Exploration, Inc., Chevron O. F. R. Company and Chevron U.S.A., Inc.,
Conoco, Inc., Elf Aquitaine Petroleum, EXXON Production and Research Company, Marathon Oil
Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips
Petroleum Company, Texaco, Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 13 p. plus 60
transparencies.
Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1991, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
second semiannual progress report to industrial associates for 1990/captions for experimental
models and cross-section restoration in slide set number 4: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, second semiannual progress report prepared for Agip S.p.A.,
Amoco Production Company, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, BP Exploration, Inc., Chevron O. F.
R. Company and Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Conoco, Inc., Elf Aquitaine Petroleum, EXXON Production
and Research Company, Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation,
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Phillips Petroleum Company, Texaco, Inc., and Total Minatome
Corporation, 20 p. plus 64 transparencies.
Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1990, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
1989 annual report to industrial associates: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, annual report prepared for Agip S.p.A., Amoco Production Company, ARCO
Oil and Gas Company, BP Exploration, Inc., Chevron O. F. R. Company and Chevron U.S.A.,
Inc., Conoco, Inc., Elf Aquitaine Petroleum, EXXON Production and Research Company,
Marathon Oil Company, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.,
Phillips Petroleum Company, Texaco, Inc., and Total Minatome Corporation, 21 p. plus 80
transparencies.
Dissertation
Strain patterns and deformation history of the Vermilion district, Minnesota: Minneapolis, University of
Minnesota, Ph.D. dissertation, 1988.
Research Support
Principal Investigator: Numerical models of brittle grabens forming above ductile rock in Canyonlands
National Park, Advanced Research Program (1998-1999, $74,906).
Principal Investigator: Computer Modeling of Hydrocarbon Traps Formed around Deformed Salt
Sheets in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Advanced Technology Program (1996–1997, $89,938).
Principal Investigator: Faculty Computer Development Grant, Colorado College (1988, $500).
Co-Principal Investigator: Young Scholars Program—Summer Field Geology Seminar, National
Science Foundation (1988, $66,770).
Lecturing
BEG Colloquia
Sliding on a slippery slope: models of graben formation in Canyonlands National Park: presented at
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar, Austin, Texas, November 1999.
Origin of Upheaval Dome, Utah: presented at Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar, Austin, Texas,
November 1996.
Lectures and Addresses
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Fold patterns from contraction over offset 3D salt pillows: presented at Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates Meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November
2002.
How pinched-off diapirs naturally evolve: effects of changing sediment load, source-layer thickness,
and diapir size: presented at Applied Geodnamics Laboratory Industrial Associates Meeting, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 2002.
How can minibasins sink when their sediments are less dense than salt?: presented at Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates Meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, November 2002.
Origin of "drag" folds bordering salt diapirs: presented at Geological Society of America Annual
Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 2002.
Modeling of "drag" folds bordering salt diapirs: presented at American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Houston, Texas, March 12, 2002.
Upheaval Dome in Utah’s Canyonlands: result of a sudden smack or a slow squeeze?; Sliding on a
slippery slope: numerical modeling and salt tectonics applied to The Grabens in Canyonlands
National Park: presented at Southern Methodist University, January 1999.
Evolution of the grabens in Canyonlands National Park based on finite-element modeling and
concepts from salt tectonics: presented at Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 1998.
Numerical modeling of the geologic evolution of salt-related structures: interactions of brittle and
ductile rocks: presented at Centric Engineering Systems, Sunnyvale, California, August 1997.
Controls on structural style of thin-skinned contraction above salt; Variations on sedimentary loading
of salt sheets: initial results; and Requirements for subsalt basal shear: initial simulations: presented
to The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Industrial Associates of the
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Austin, Texas, October 1996.
Inferring structures beneath salt sheets: numerical models of coupling between subsalt and suprasalt
deformation: presented at Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 1996.
Salt diapirism dogmas debunked: a resistible force meets a movable object: presented to Colorado
College, Colorado Springs, May 1996.
Inferring subsalt structures from suprasalt structures: results from numerical modeling of extension
around salt sheets: presented to Tulsa Geological Society, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, April 1995.
Salt tectonics above basement faults: presented to The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, Industrial Associates of the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Austin, Texas,
November 1994.
Inferring subsalt structures from suprasalt structures: presented to The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, Industrial Associates of the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Austin,
Texas, November 1994.
Effect of salt budget on overburden deformation: presented to The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, Industrial Associates of the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Austin,
Texas, November 1994.
Miscellaneous Activities of a Professional Nature
Reviewer of grant proposals for National Science Foundation
Peer reviewer for Tectonophysics
Peer reviewer for Society of Petroleum Engineers
Peer reviewer for Geological Society of America Bulletin
Peer reviewer for American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin
Peer reviewer for Journal of Structural Geology
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