Wayne R. Wright
Professional Summary
February 15, 2010
Business address:
E-mail address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 471-0257
wayne.wright@beg.utexas.edu
Academic Background
B.Sc. Geology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1992
M.S. Geology, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1997
Ph.D. Geology, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2001
Areas of Expertise
A. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and isotope geochemistry.
B. Dolomitization, carbonate geochemistry, and fluid flow modeling.
C. Sequence stratigraphy, facies interpretation, and core description.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Research Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of
Texas at Austin(January 2006 - Present).
Co-PI, Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Barremian-Aptian and Abian Carbonate
Reservoirs, Campos-Brazil—A joint training-research program, Petrobras and Jackson
School of Geosciences:
Phase 1 (June 06–January 07), Regional Sequence
Stratigraphic Analysis; Phase 2 (January 07–Current), Integrated Reservoir Analysis;
Permian Basin synthesis―Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) and Mississippian Barnett
focus. (January 06—June 07).
B. Consultant Geologist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at
Austin(July 2005 - January 2006).
Regional synthesis of the Permian Basin.
C. Sedimentologist, Fugro/Robertson Research International Ltd.(2001 - 2005).
Integrated reservoir studies-sedimentology-sequence-stratigraphy-biostratigraphy-basic
seismic interpretation-geochemical analysis and modeling; regional basin evaluation-play
fairway mapping and economics; course instructor and developer in (1) techniques and
applications of fluid inclusion analysis in petroleum systems; and (2) techniques and
applications of cathodoluminescence in cathodoluminescence, carbonate petrography;
study of dolomitization, carbonate geochemistry, and and fluid flow modeling carbonate
core logging; project design, marketing and management. Reservoir experience: Middle
East, India, Pakistan, South America, North Africa.
D. Geological Consultant(1999 - 2000).
Petrographic and geochemical studies to delineate fluid flow vectors and sites of mineral
deposition.
E. Geologist, BHP Copper, San Manuel, Arizona(June 1996 - August 1996).
Predictive and retrospective metallurgy using petrographic and geochemical techniques.
Professional Societies
International Association of Sedimentologists
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Awards and Honorary Societies
SEPM Best Poster Award, Annual AAPG/SEPM Convention, Paleogeography and
Depositional Geometries of the Pennsylvanian/Late Carboniferous Succession of the
Greater Permian Basin Region, Texas and New Mexico, 2007
Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities
Editor, SEPM Sedimentary Record, 2009 - 2012
Reviewer, Journal of Petroleum Geology, 2006
Session Judge, SEPM, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention,
Houston, Texas, 2006
Publications
Guidebooks
Wright, Wayne, Loucks, Bob, Gale, Julia, Kane, Jeff, and McDonnell, Angela, 2007, Paleozoic
reservoir systems: Texas Hill Country—stratigraphy to petrophysics: a field trip for the
Annual Meeting of the Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Field-Trip Guidebook, 77 p.
Ruppel, Stephen, Wright, Wayne, Loucks, Robert, and Gale, Julia, 2007, Outcrop analogs for
Paleozoic reservoir systems: examples from the Texas Hill Country: a fieldtrip for the
Annual Meeting of the Permian Basin Geological Synthesis Program: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Guidebook , 83 p.
Articles
Peer Reviewed
Johnson, A. W., Shelton, K. L., Gregg, J. M., Somerville, I. D., Wright, W. R., and Nagy, Z. R.,
2009, Regional studies of dolomites and their included fluids: recognizing multiple
chemically distinct fluids during the complex diagenetic history of Lower Carboniferous
(Mississippian) rocks of the Irish Zn-Pb ore field: Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 96, p. 1–
18.
Wright, W. R., Somerville, I. D., Gregg, J. M., Johnson, A. W., and Shelton, K. L., 2004, Irish
lower Carboniferous replacement dolomite: isotopic modeling evidence for a diagenetic
origin involving low-temperature modified seawater, in Braithwaite, C. J. R., Rizzi, G., and
Darke, G., eds., The geometry and petrogenesis of dolomite hydrocarbon reservoirs:
Geological Society, London, Special Publication 235, p. 75–97.
Nagy, Z. R., Gregg, J. M., Becker, S. P., Shelton, K. L., Johnson, A. W., Somerville, I. D., and
Wright, W. R., 2004, Early dolomitisation and fluid migration through the Lower
Carboniferous carbonate platform in the southeast Irish Midlands: Implications for
reservoir attributes, in Rizzi, G., Darke, G, and Braithwaite, C. eds., The geometry and
petrogenesis of dolomite hydrocarbon reservoirs: London, Geological Society Special
Publication 235, p. 367–392.
Wright, W. R., Somerville, I. D., Gregg, J. M., Johnson, A. W., and Shelton, K. L., 2003,
Dolomitization and neomorphism of Irish lower Carboniferous (Early Mississippian)
limestones: evidence from petrographic and isotopic data, in Ahr, W., Harris, A. P.,
Morgan, W. A., and Somerville, I. D., eds., Permo-Carboniferous carbonate platforms and
reefs: Society for Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication 78 and
AAPG Memoir 83, p. 395–408.
Johnson, A. W., Shelton, K. L., Gregg, J. M., Somerville, I. D., and Wright, W. R., 2001, Fluid
inclusion evidence for the presence of multiple fluids in the Zn-Pb hosting Carboniferous
carbonate rocks in the Irish Midlands: with emphasis on type—type base metal and
carbonatite-related ore deposits, in Hagni, D., ed., Studies on ore deposits, mineral
economics and applied mineralogy: with emphasis on Mississippi valley-type base metal
and carbonatite-related ore deposits: Rolla, Missouri, University of Missouri-Rolla Press,
p. 1–17.
Wright, W. R., Mariano, A. N., and Hagni, R. D., 2001, Petrology and geochemistry of the
Eldor carbonatite complex, Labrador Trough, Quebec, Canada, in Hagne, D., ed., Studies
on ore deposits, mineral economics and applied mineralogy: with emphasis on Mississippi
valley-type base metal and carbonatite-related ore deposits: Rolla, Missouri, University of
Missouri-Rolla Press.
Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., Johnson, A. W., Somerville, I. D., and Wright, W. R., 2001,
Dolomitization of the Waulsortian Limestone (lower Carboniferous) in the Irish Midlands:
Sedimentology, v. 48, no. 4, p. 745–766.
Wright, W. R., Johnson, A. W., Shelton, K. L., Somerville, I. D., and Gregg, J. M., 2000, Fluid
migration and rock interactions during dolomitization of the Dinantian Irish Midlands and
Dublin Basin: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 69-70, p. 159–164.
Non-Peer-Reviewed
Wright, W. R., 2009, Brazil, in Laubach, S. E., and Tinker, S. W., eds., 2009, Earth’s art:
celebrating the Centennial of the Bureau of Economic Geology, 1909–2009: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, p. 58–59.
Wright, W. R., Gale, J., Ruppel, S. C., and Loucks, R. G., 2007, Stop 1: Bend section,
Colorado River, San Saba, Texas: Lower Pennsylvanian (Atokan) Upper Marble Falls
Formation carbonates and Smithwick Formation mudrocks: stratigraphy, ecology, facies,
structure, and mineralogy: their influence on lateral and vertical variations in reservoir
quality, in Wright, Wayne, Loucks, Bob, Gale, Julia, Kane, Jeff, and McDonnell, Angela,
field-trip leaders, Paleozoic reservoir systems: Texas Hill Country—stratigraphy to
petrophysics: a field trip for the Annual Meeting of the Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts, p. 5–36.
Ruppel, S. C., Gale, J., Loucks, R. G., and Wright, W. R., 2007, Stop 2: Chappel type section
and quarry, San Saba, Texas: Mississippian Barnett Formation mudrocks: stratigraphy,
facies, mineralogy, and chemistry, in Wright, Wayne, Loucks, Bob, Gale, Julia, Kane, Jeff,
and McDonnell, Angela, field-trip leaders, Paleozoic reservoir systems: Texas Hill
Country—stratigraphy to petrophysics: a field trip for the Annual Meeting of the
Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, p. 37–58.
Wright, W. R., 2007, Stop 3: Hoover Point, Kingsland, Texas: Upper Cambrian Moore Hollow
Group (Riley and Wilberns Formations): lithologic, lateral, and vertical variability, in
Wright, Wayne, Loucks, Bob, Gale, Julia, Kane, Jeff, and McDonnell, Angela, field-trip
leaders, Paleozoic reservoir systems: Texas Hill Country—stratigraphy to petrophysics: a
field trip for the Annual Meeting of the Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, p. 59–68.
Wright, W. R., Gale, J. F. W., Ruppel, S. C., and Loucks, R. G., 2007, Stop 1: Bend Section,
Colorado River, San Saba, TX: Lower Pennsylvanian (Atokan) Upper Marble Falls Fm
carbonates and Smithwick Fm mudrocks: stratigraphy, ecology, facies structure, and
mineralogy; their influence on lateral and vertical variations in reservoir quality, in Outcrop
analogs for Paleozoic reservoir systems: examples from the Texas Hill Country: a fieldtrip
for the Annual Meeting of the Permian Basin Geological Synthesis Program: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Guidebook, p. 5–30.
Wright, W. R., and Ruppel, S. C., 2007, Stop 2: Simpson Creek, San Saba TX: Lower
Pennsylvanian (Atokan) Upper Marble Falls Fm lateral and vertical variations in carbonate
facies and reservoir quality, in Outcrop analogs for Paleozoic reservoir systems:
examples from the Texas Hill Country: a fieldtrip for the Annual Meeting of the Permian
Basin Geological Synthesis Program: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, Guidebook, p. 31–44.
Ruppel, S. C., Gale, J. F. W., Loucks, R. G., and Wright, W. R., 2007, Stop 3: Chappel type
section and quarry, San Saba, TX: Mississippian Barnett Fm mudrocks: stratigraphy,
facies, mineralogy, and chemistry, in Outcrop analogs for Paleozoic reservoir systems:
examples from the Texas Hill Country: a fieldtrip for the Annual Meeting of the Permian
Basin Geological Synthesis Program: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, Guidebook, p. 45–64.
Ruppel, S. C., Wright, W. R., and Loucks, R. G., 2007, Stop 4: JG Ranch, Cherokee, TX:
nature and significance of Barnett (Mississippian)–Marble Falls (Pennsylvanian) contact,
in Outcrop analogs for Paleozoic reservoir systems: examples from the Texas Hill
Country: a fieldtrip for the Annual Meeting of the Permian Basin Geological Synthesis
Program: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Guidebook, p.
65–74.
Wright, W. R., Somerville, I. D., Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., and Johnson, A. W., 2001,
Application of regional dolomite cement CL (cathodoluminescence) microstratigraphy to
the genesis of the Zn-Pb mineralization of the lower Carboniferous rocks, Ireland:
similarities to the Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn District? in Hagni, D., ed., Studies on ore
deposits, mineral economics and applied mineralogy: with emphasis on Mississippi
valley-type base metal and carbonatite-related ore deposits: Rolla, Missouri, University of
Missouri-Rolla Press, p. 18–30.
Wright, W. R., Somerville, I. D., Gregg, J. M., and Shelton, K. L., 1999, Dolomite CL and
δ18O, δ13C data from the Irish Midlands and Dublin Basin, Carboniferous, in Stanley, C.
J., and others, eds., Mineral deposits: processes to processing: proceedings of the fifth
biennial SGA Meeting and the tenth quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, London: Rotterdam,
Balkema, v. 2, p. 913–917.
Wright, Wayne R., Mariano, A. N., and Hagni, R. D., 1998, Pyrochlore mineralization and
glimmerite formation in the Eldor (Lake LeMoyne) carbonate complex, Labrador Trough,
Quebec, Canada, in Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Canadian Institute of
Mining, Special Volume 50, p. 205–213.
Abstracts
Tomasso, M., Wright, W. R., Costa, F. O., Sant'Anna, M. V., Machado, E. C. V., Hudec, M.
R., Jackson, M. P. A., and Kerans, C., 2010, Linking halokinetic structure to the preevaporite structural regime, evaporite facies and the Albian carbonate platform
succession-Campos Basin, Brazil (abs.): Salt Tectonics, Sediments and Prospectivity,
The Geological Society, London, January.
Wright, W. R., Tomasso, Mark, Kerans, Charles, Sant'Anna, M., Machado, E. C. V., Costa, F.
O., and Araujo, M. B., 2009, Evolution of the pre-, syn-, and post-halokinetic lower to
middle Albian carbonate platform succession, Campos Basin-Brazil (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, v. 18, p. 230.
Wright, W. R., Tomasso, Mark, Kerans, Charles, Sant́ Anna, M. V., Machado, E. C. V., Costa,
F. O., and Araújo, A. D., 2008, Depositional and architectural models for the development
of the lower to middle Albian carbonate succession, Campos Basin-Brazil (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual International Conference and
Exhibition Abstracts Volume.
Tomasso, Mark, Wright, W. R., Costa, F. O., Araújo, A. D., Sant́ Anna, M. V., Machado, E. C.
V., Hudec, M. R., and Jackson, M. P. A., 2008, Diversity in salt-tectonic structures and
their relationships to evaporite facies and pre-evaporite depositional and structural
regimes in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual International Conference and Exhibition Abstracts Volume.
Ruppel, S. C., Loucks, R. G., Wright, W. R., Kane, J. A., and Wang, F. P., 2007, Similarities
and contrasts among major Paleozoic shale gas reservoir plays in Texas and New
Mexico (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention
Abstracts Volume, v. 16, p. 120.
Wright, Wayne R., 2007, Paleogeography and depositional geometries of the
Pennsylvanian/upper Carboniferous succession of the greater Permian Basin region,
Texas and New Mexico (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 16, p. 152.
Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., Somerville, I. D., Wright, W. R., Johnson, A. W., Zsolt, R. N., and
Becker, S. P., 2006, Diagenesis to discovery, elucidating the key factors in a geologically
complex region—lower Carboniferous of the Southern Irish Midlands (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, v. 15.
Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., Somerville, I. D., Wright, W. R., Johnson, A. W., Nagy, Z. R., and
Becker, S. P., 2006, Carbonate diagenesis in a geologically complex region – Lower
Carboniferous of the Southern Irish Midlands (abs), in Annual Meeting Expanded
Abstracts, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 15, p. 40.
Wright, W. R., Strohmenger, W. R., Ali, S., El-Agrab, A., and Rosell, R. M., 2006, Strontium
(Sr0) isotope stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Arab and Asab Formations, U.A.E. (abs.),
in Geo2006, Manama, Bahrain.
Wright, W. R., Bishop, S. N., Strohmenger, W. R., Ali, S., El-Agrab, A., Rosell, R. M., and
Khouri, A. M., 2006, Dolomitization and reservoir quality in the Arab and Asab Formations
(Upper Jurassic), Abu Dhabi (abs.), in Geo2006, Manama, Bahrain.
Johnson, A. W., Shelton, K. L., Gregg, J. M., Somerville, I. D., Nagy, Z. R., and Wright, W. R.,
2003, Recognizing ore-related hydrothermal fluids outside of mineralized areas; a
regional study of fluid inclusion microthermometry-halogen geochemistry of dolomitizing
fluids in the Irish Zn-Pb ore field (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 35, no. 2, p. 11–12.
Becker, S. P., Nagy, Z. R., Johnson, A. W., Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., Somerville, I. D., and
Wright, W. R., 2002, Relationship of evaporites to brine migration and carbonate hosted
Zn-Pb mineralization in the lower Carboniferous of Southeastern Ireland (abs.):
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 338.
Nagy, Z. R., Becker, S. P., Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., Johnson, A. W., Somerville, I. D., and
Wright, W. R., 2002, Early dolomitisation, brine migration and hydrothermal dolomite in
the Lower Carboniferous platform carbonates of the southeast Irish Midlands (abs.), in
The Geometry and Petrogenesis of Dolomite Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, London, UK, p. 9.
Becker, S. P., Nagy, Z. R., Johnson, A. W., Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., Somerville, I. D., and
Wright, W. R., 2002, Relationship of evaporites to brine migration and carbonate hosted
Zn-Pb mineralization in the Lower Carboniferous of southeastern Ireland (abs.):
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 338.
Johnson, A. W., Shelton, K. L., Gregg, J. M., Nagy, Z. R., Becker, S. P., Shelton, K. L.,
Somerville, I. D., and Wright, W. R., 2002, The role of evaporites in brine evolution in
Lower Carboniferous carbonates of Ireland; implications for dolomitization and Zn-Pb ore
deposition (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 2, p.
114.
Nagy, Z. R., Somerville, I. D., Becker, S. P., Gregg, J. M., Wright, W. R., and Shelton, K. L.,
2001, Petrology and biostratigraphy of carbonate rocks from the ?lower to upper Visean
(Lower Carboniferous) Milford Formation, County Carlow, Ireland (abs.): Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. 443.
Nagy, Z. R., Somerville, I. D., Becker, S. P., Gregg, J. M., Wright, W. R., and Shelton, K. L.,
2001, Petrology and biostratigraphy of carbonate rocks from the lower to upper Visean
(Lower Carboniferous) Milford Formation, County Carlow, Ireland (abs.): Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p.443.
Johnson, A. W., Shelton, K. L., Gregg, J. M., Somerville, I. D., Wright, W. R., and Glascock,
M., 2001, Geochemistry of inclusion fluids in the Waulsortian of the Irish Midlands;
reconstructing multiple-fluid interactions during dolomitization and base-metal ore
formation (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 4, p.
47.
Johnson, A. W., Wright, W. R., Somerville, I. D., Shelton, K. L., and Gregg, J. M., 2000, Fluid
history of multiple dolomitization events in the Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian) rocks of
the Irish Midlands; relation to sulfide mineral deposits (abs.): Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 84.
Gregg, J. M., Shelton, K. L., Johnson, A. W., Somerville, I. D., and Wright, W. R., 1999,
Diagenetic and hydrothermal dolomitization of the Waulsortian limestone (Carboniferous)
in the Irish Midlands (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31,
no. 7, p. 457.
Wright, W. R., Mariano, A. N., and Hagni, R. D., 1998, Pyrochlore, mineralization and
glimmerite formation in the Eldor (Lake LeMoyne) carbonatite complex, Labrador Trough,
Quebec, Canada (ext. abs.), in Proceedings of the 33rd forum on the Geology of
industrial minerals—Actes du 33 e forum sur la Geologie des mineraux industriels,
Special Volume: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, v. 50, p. 205–213.
Wright, W. R., Mariano, A. N., and Hagni, R. D., 1997, Petrology and geochemistry of the
Eldor carbonatite complex, Labrador Trough, Quebec, Canada (abs.): Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 4, p. 79-80.
Wright, W. R., Mariano, A. N., and Hagni, R. D., 1997, Cathodoluminescence microscopy and
geochemistry of the Eldor Carbonatite, Labrador Trough, Quebec (abs.): Transactions of
the Missouri Academy of Science, v. 31, p. 75.
Wright, W. R., Mariano, A. N., and Hagni, R. D., 1996, The mineralogy of the Eldor
Carbonatite, Labrador Trough, Quebec; preliminary results (abs.): Transactions of the
Missouri Academy of Science, v. 30, p. 107.
Wright, W. R., 1995, The geology, petrology, and geochemistry, of the western flank of Mt.
McLoughlin, High Cascade southern Oregon (abs.): Transactions of the Missouri
Academy of Science, v. 29, p. 83.
Contract Reports
Wright, W. R., Wang, F. P., Zahm, L., Fu, Q., and Ogiesoba, O. C., 2008, Reservoir
characterization, Albian carbonate succession, Pampo field: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, phase 2 summary report prepared for Petrobras,
179 p.
Wright, W. R., Tomasso, Mark, Kerans, Charles, Sant́ Anna, M. V., Machado, E. C. V., Costa,
F. O., Araújo, A. D., Nance, H. S., Reis, H. C., Quintaes, C. M., Nunes, M. C. V., Cunha,
R. C., Hudec, M. R., and Jackson, M. P. A., 2008, Phase 1 summary report—Sequence
stratigraphic analysis of Barremian-Aptian and Albian reservoirs, Campos Basin—a joint
training-research program, Petrobras and the Jackson School of Geosciences: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, summary report prepared for
Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 203 p.
Course Notes
Loucks, Robert, Ruppel, Stephen, Gale, Julia, Jarvie, Dan, Kane, Jeff, McDonnell, Angela,
Potter, Eric, Reed, Robert, Wang, Fred, Wright, Wayne, and Zeng, Hongliu, 2007, Barnett
Shale-Gas Play of the Fort Worth Basin: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, 151p.
Workshop Workbooks
Loucks, R. G., Ruppel, S. C., Gale, Julia, Jarvie, Dan, Kane, Jeff, McDonnell, Angela, Potter,
Eric, Reed, Robert, Wang, Fred, Wright, Wayne, and Zeng, Hongliu, 2006, Barnett ShaleGas Play of the Fort Worth Basin: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, Publication SW0016, 177 p.
Thesis
The Mineralogy, petrology, petrogenesis and geochemistry of the Eldor carbonatite complex,
Labrador Trough, Quebec.
Dissertation
Dolomitization, fluid flow and mineralization of the Lower Carboniferous rocks of the Irish
Midlands and Dublin Basin region.
Research Support
Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator, and Project Manager: Funding at Fugro-Robertson
Ltd., (2001-2005, $3,000,000).
Lecturing
BEG Colloquia
Slovakia: it’s not just for breakfast anymore: Bureau of Economic Geology Summer Informal
Lecture, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, July 2006.
Workshops
Core introduction (with Bob Loucks): presented to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log
Analysts, Austin, Texas, June 3, 2007.
Regional distribution and stratigraphic architecture of the Barnett Formation, Greater Fort
Worth Basin: presented to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, Austin, Texas,
June 3, 2007.
Stratigraphic architecture of the Barnett Formation in the greater Fort Worth Basin: presented
at STARR/PTTC Seminar, Houston, Texas, November 14, 2006.
Stratigraphic architecture of the Barnett Formation in the greater Fort Worth Basin: presented
at STARR/PTTC Seminar, Midland, Texas, November 8, 2006.
Lectures and Addresses
Summary Report—Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of Barremian-Aptian and Albian
Reservoirs, Campos Basin—A Joint Training-Research Program, Petrobras and the Jackson
School of Geosciences (JSG): presented to Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 12, 2008.
Reservoir quality control in the Arab and Asab Formations U.A.E.: Invited talk presented to
Anadarko, Houston, Texas, February 16, 2006.
Dolomitization and neomorphism of Irish lower Carboniferous (Early Mississippian)
limestones: evidence from petrographic and isotopic data: presented to Geological Society of
London, London, U.K., December 2002.
From regional to micro-scale: keys to interpreting the genesis of the Irish lower Carboniferous
dolomite and Zn-Pb mineralization: presented to Geological Society of America, Boston,
Massachusetts, 2001.
Fluid migration and rock interactions during dolomitisation of the Dinantian Irish Midlands and
Dublin Basin: poster presented at Geofluids III: Third International Conference on Fluid
Evolution, Migration, and Interaction in Sedimentary Basins and Orogenic Belts, Barcelona,
Spain, June 2000.
Dolomitization and neomorphism of Irish lower Carboniferous (Early Mississippian)
limestones:evidence from petrographic and isotopic data: presented at SEPM-IAS PermoCarboniferous Carbonate Platforms and Reefs Research Conference, El Paso, Texas, May
2000.
Multicomponent hybrid model of fluid-flow associated with dolomitization and Zn-Pb
mineralization in Dinantian carbonate rocks of the Irish Midlands and Dublin Basin: presented
at International Association of Sedimentologists Regional Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 2000.
Dolomite CL and δ18O δ13C data from Irish Midlands and Dublin Basin, Carboniferous:
presented at Joint Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium,
London, U.K., 1999.
Mineralization of the Irish Midlands lower Carboniferous rocks: cathololuminescence (CL)
evidence for a regional dolomite: presented at 37th Annual British Sedimentological Research
Group Meeting, London, U.K., 1998.
Characterization of Irish Midlands Dinantian dolomites: results from fluid-flow modeling:
presented at 43rd Annual Irish Geological Research Meeting, University College Cork, Cork,
Ireland, 1998.
Short Courses
Carbonate core logging and evaluation: presented to Sonatrack, , Algeria, 2004.
Applied CL microscopy to carbonate and siliciclastic petrography: presented to Fugro
Robertson Ltd. and Saudi Aramco, Houston, Texas, 2004.
Application and use of fluid-inclusions in petroleum systems: presented to Fugro Robertson
Ltd, Houston, Texas, 2004.
Public Outreach
Morrow and Atokan-age limestones at Pedernales Falls State Park: co-led field trip with
Charles Kerans for U.T. Department of Geological Sciences, Pedernales Falls State Park,
Texas, April 30, 2006.
Field Trips
Co-Leader, Paleozoic reservoir systems: Texas Hill Country—stratigraphy to petrophysics:
sponsored by ConocoPhillips and Core Laboratories, Austin, Texas, June 2007.
Co-leader, Pennsylvania succession and Barnett in the Hill Country—focused on the Morrow
and Atokan-age limestones at Pedernales Falls State Park: Shell, Pedernales Falls, Texas,
November 2005.