Bruno Claude Vendeville
Professional Summary
February 11, 2005
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
bruno.vendeville@beg.utexas.edu
Academic Background
B.S. Structural geology and tectonics, University of Paris XI, 1983
M.S., Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies, Structural Geology, Tectonophysics, and Geophysics section,
Université d’Orsay (Paris XI), France, July 1984
Ph.D., with high honors, Geology, Université de Rennes, France, July 1987
Areas of Expertise
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Structural geology.
Salt and shale tectonics.
Faulting analysis.
Experimental modeling of tectonic structures.
Rock mechanics.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of
Texas at Austin (October 2001 - present).
Design and management of experimental tectonic modeling laboratory, conducting experiments of
various tectonics processes (salt tectonics, growth faulting, extensional tectonics, magmatic
intrusions, wrench zones, strike-slip duplexes, and fold-and-thrust belts). Interpretation of
experimental results. Integration of experimental, seismic, and field data into conceptual
geometric, dynamic, and evolutionary models for structural interpretation of geologic structures.
Write-up of results in reports to funding agencies and companies and in published articles. Oral
presentations of results at conferences and short courses. Student training and advising.
B. Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (September
1993 - October 2001).
Design and management of an experimental tectonic modeling laboratory. Conduct experiments
of various tectonics processes (salt tectonics, growth faulting, extensional tectonics, magmatic
intrusions, wrench zones, strike-slip duplexes, and fold-and-thrust belts). Interpret experimental
results. Integrate experimental, seismic and field data into conceptual geometric, dynamic, and
evolutionary models for structural interpretation of geologic structures. Write up results in reports
to funding agencies and companies and in published articles. Present results at conferences and
short courses. Train and advise students.
C. Research Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (January
1990 - September 1993).
Design and management of an experimental tectonic modeling laboratory. Conducting
experiments of various tectonics processes (salt tectonics, growth faulting, extensional tectonics,
magmatic intrusions, wrench zones, strike-slip duplexes, and fold-and-thrust belts). Interpretation
of experimental results. Integration of experimental, seismic and field data into conceptual
geometric, dynamic, and evolutionary models for structural interpretation of geologic structures.
Write-up of results in reports to funding agencies and companies and in published articles. Oral
presentations of results at conferences and short courses. Student training and advising.
D. Research Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (January 1989
- December 1989).
Design and management of an experimental tectonic modeling laboratory. Conducting
experiments of various tectonics processes (salt tectonics, growth faulting, extensional tectonics,
magmatic intrusions, wrench zones, strike-slip duplexes, and fold-and-thrust belts). Interpretation
of experimental results. Integration of experimental, seismic and field data into conceptual
geometric, dynamic, and evolutionary models for structural interpretation of geologic structures.
Write-up of results in reports to funding agencies and companies and in published articles. Oral
presentations of results at conferences and short courses. Student training and advising.
E. Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas (September 1987 - December 1988).
Design and construction of an experimental modeling laboratory. Experimental modeling of
transfer zones in rifts and deformation above basement faults.
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Geophysical Union
European Geophysical Society
European Union of Geoscience
Geological Society of America
Awards and Honorary Societies
Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 2001 - 2002
Keynote speaker, Understanding Salt Tectonics session, GeoCanada 2000 meeting Calgary, Canada,
May, 2000
Keynote speaker, Modelling Studies session, Petroleum Group of the Geological Society meeting on
Salt Tectonics, London, U.K., September 14-15, 1994
Honorable mention, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)/American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, co-author (with Martin P. A. Jackson), “Extreme overthrusting and extension above
allochthonous salt sheets emplaced during experimental progradation”, 1993
Certificate of Honorable Mention, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, co-author (with
Martin P. A. Jackson), “The Rise and Fall of Diapirs during Thin-Skinned Extension”, 1990
Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities
Convener, Global Salt Tectonics session (oral), American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, May, 2003
Convener, Comparative Salt Tectonics: Similarities and Differences between Salt Basins session
(oral), American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, May,
2003
Member, Best Paper Award Committee, Geological Society of America Structural Geology and
Tectonics, 2003
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Convener, Forward modeling in structural geology and tectonics, Topical session (poster), Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October, 2002
Convener, Forward modeling in structural geology and tectonics, Topical session (oral), Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October, 2002
Member, White Paper Committee, NSF Tectonics, , 2002 - present
Co-advisor, Laurent Boniface: Senior’s thesis, Université de Perpignan, France: Physical modeling of
strike-slip systems, April-June, , 2000 - 2000
Member, Editorial Committee, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Société Géologique de
France, 1999 - 2001
Chairman, Deepwater Structure II Breakout session, AAPG Hedberg Research Conference on
Integration of Geologic Models for Understanding Risk in the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, Texas,
September 20–24, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1998
Symposium Convener, From the Arctic to the Mediterranean: Salt, Shale, and Igneous Diapirs in and
around Europe, European Geophysical Society XXIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 20–24,
European Geophysical Society, 1998
Judge, Origin and Interpretation of Diapirs and Extensional Structures poster session, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, 1997
Session Convener, Numerical and Physical Structural Modeling poster session, American Association
of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
1997
Session Judge, Origin and Interpretation of Diapirs and Extensional Structures poster session,
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, 1997
Session convener, Exploring and Modeling Complex Structural Regimes poster session, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, San Diego, May 20, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, 1996
Chairman, Geometry and Evolution of Salt Bodies and the Sediment surrounding Them session,
Sixteenth Annual Gulf Coast Section Society of SEPM Foundation Research Conference, Salt,
Sediments and Hydrocarbons, Houston, Texas, December, Gulf Coast Section–Society of Economic
Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1995
Judge, Petroleum Geology of West Africa session, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
International Conference and Exhibition, Nice, France, September 10–13, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, 1995
Program advisory committee co-chair, Salt, Sediments and Hydrocarbons, Sixteenth Annual Gulf
Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation Research
Conference, Houston, Texas, December 3–6, Gulf Coast Section–Society of Economic
Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1995
Chairman, Technical Session on Natural Fracture Systems, First North American Rock Mechanics
Symposium, Austin, Texas, June 1–3, , 1994
Chairman, Salt Tectonics at Continental Margins session, Petroleum Group of the Geological Society
Meeting on Salt Tectonics, London, U.K., September 14–15, , 1994
Chairman, Salt Tectonics and Deposition of Gulf Coast Sediments session, Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies 44th Annual Convention, Austin, Texas, October 5–7, Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies, 1994
Member, Session Development, First North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Austin, Texas,
June 1–3, , 1994
Chairman, Sedimentation Styles session, Gulf Coast SEPM Conference, Rates of Geologic
Processes, Houston, Texas, December 5–8, Gulf Coast Section–Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists, 1993
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Judge, Structural Analysis and Modeling session, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Convention, New Orleans, April 25–28, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1993
Chairman, Fault Mechanics and Structural Development poster session, American Geophysical
Union, Montreal, Canada, spring meeting, May, American Geophysical Union, 1992
Member, Editorial Board, Tectonophysics, 1992 - 1998
Chairman, Structural Geology III session: Fold and Thrust Belts, Geological Society of America
annual meeting, San Diego, California, October, Geological Society of America, 1991
Publications
Books, Manuals
Vendeville, B. C., Mart, Yossi, and Vigneresse, J.-L., eds., 2000, Salt, shale and igneous diapirs in
and around Europe: Geological Society of London, Special Publication No. 174, 207 p.
Vendeville, B. C., ed., 1997, Exploring in complex structural regimes: Special Issue of The Leading
Edge, v. 16, no. 8, 69 p.
Travis, C. J., Vendeville, B. C., Harrison, H., Peel, Frank, Hudec, M. R., and Perkins, B. F., eds.,
1995, Salt, sediment, and hydrocarbons: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
Foundation, Sixteenth Annual Gulf Coast Section Research Conference, 308 p.
Reports, Monographs, Brochures, Pamphlets, Bulletins
Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Exploring in complex regimes: The Leading Edge, Special Issue, Vol. 16, No.
8.
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.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Initiation of salt diapirism by regional extension: global
setting, structural style, and mechanical models: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 215, 39 p.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1992, The rise and fall of diapirs during thin-skinned
extension: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of
Investigations No. 209, 60 p.
Vendeville, B. C., 1987, Champs de failles et tectonique en extension: modélisation expérimentale:
Centre Armoricain d’Etudes Structurales des Socles, Mémoires, No. 15, 392 p.
Articles
Vendeville, B. C., and Gaullier, Virginie, 2003, Role of pore-fluid pressure and slope angle in
triggering submarine mass movements: natural examples and pilot experimental models, in Locat,
J., and Mienert, J., eds., Submarine mass movements and their consequences: First International
Symposium: Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 137–144.
Koyi, H. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 2003, The effect of décollement dip on geometry and kinematics of
model accretionary wedges: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 25, p. 1445–1450.
Maillard, Agnès, Gaullier, Virginie, Vendeville, B. C., and Odonne, Francis, 2003, Influence of
differential compaction above basement steps on salt tectonics in the Ligurian-Provençal Basin,
northwest Mediterranean: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 20, p. 13–27.
Willett, Sean, Brandon, M. T., Dorsey, Rebecca, Vendeville, Bruno, and Whipple, Kelin, 2003,
Dynamic interactions between tectonics, climate and Earth surface processes, in Pollard, D. D.,
and others, participants, New departures in structural geology and tectonics: a white paper
resulting from a workshop held at Denver, Colorado, September 22nd and 23rd, sponsored by the
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Tectonics Program, Earth Sciences Division, and National Science Foundation (GEO/EAR), p.
33–42.
Couzens-Schultz, B. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Wiltschko, D. V., 2003, Duplex style and triangle zone
formation: insights from physical modeling: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 25, p. 1623–1644.
Ge, Hongxing, Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 2003, Analytical modeling of controlling
factors for overburden structures in thick-skinned extensional salt tectonics: Acta Petrolei Sinica,
v. 24, no. 5, p. 26–31.
Hooper, R. J., Fitzsimmons, R. J., Grant, N. T., and Vendeville, B. C., 2002, The role of deformation in
controlling depositional patterns in the south-central Niger Delta, West Africa: Journal of Structural
Geology, v. 24, p. 847–859.
Costa, Elizabeth, and Vendeville, B. C., 2002, Experimental insights on the geometry and kinematics
of fold-and-thrust belts above weak, viscous evaporitic décollement: Journal of Structural
Geology, v. 24, p. 1729–1739.
Le Calvez, J. H., and Vendeville, B. C., 2002, Physical modeling of normal faults and graben relays
above salt: a qualitative and quantitative analysis: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. 52, p. 599–606.
Vendeville, B. C., 2002, A new interpretation of Trusheim's classic model of salt-diapir growth: Gulf
Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 943–952.
Le Calvez, J. H., and Vendeville, B. C., 2002, Experimental designs to model along-strike fault
interaction, in Schellart, W. P., and Passchier, C., Analogue modelling of large-scale tectonic
processes: Journal of the Virtual Explorer, v. 7, p. 1–17.
Costa, Elizabetta, and Vendeville, B. C., 2001, Diapirism in convergent settings triggered by
hinterland pinch-out of viscous decollement: a hypothesis from modeling, in Koyi, H. A., and
Mancktelow, N. S., eds., Tectonic modeling: a volume in honor of Hans Ramberg: Geological
Society of America, Memoir 193, p. 123–130.
Muzaffar, A., Kyle, J. R., and Vendeville, B. C., 2001, Relation between sedimentation and diapirism
at the Davis Hill Salt Dome, Liberty Co., Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. L1, p. 249–257.
Gaullier, V., Mart, Yossi, Bellaiche, Gilbert, Vendeville, B. C., Mascle, Jean, and Zitter, Tiphaine,
2000, Salt tectonics in and around the Nile deep-sea fan: insights from the “ PRISMED II ” cruise,
in Vendeville, B. C., Mart, Y., and Vigneresse, J. L., eds., Salt, shale, and igneous diapirs in and
around Europe: Geological Society of London Special Publication 174, p. 111–129.
Hooper, R. J., Vendeville, B. C., Pascoe, R., Bergfjord, E., Evans, N., Colleran, J., and Gunn, C.,
2000, Testing experimentally-derived concepts for the development of salt-related structures, in
Shoup, R., Watkins, J., Karlo, J., and Hall, D., eds., Integration of geologic models for
understanding risk in the Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists/Datapages Discovery Series 1.
Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Remobilization of salt structures by sediment progradation: experimental
models and potential applications to the Gulf of Mexico and other continental margins, in Shoup,
R., Watkins, J., Karlo, J., and Hall, D., eds., Integration of geologic models for understanding risk
in the Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists/Datapages Discovery Series
1.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1999, Isochores and 3-D
visualization of rising and falling salt diapirs: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 16, p. 849–861.
Vendeville, B. C., 1999, Large-scale gravity gliding and spreading above salt or shale, in Hanson, K.
L., Kelson, K. I., Angell, M. A., and Lettis, W. R., eds., Identifying faults and determining their
origins: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR-5503, Appendix A, p. A-207–A-232.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1999, 3-D visualization of
extensional diapirs overprinted by compression: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 84, p. 1095–1108.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Structural evolution of the Wenliu salt
diapir and graben, Bohai Bay: Acta Petrolei Sinica, v. 18, no. 2, p. 35–40.
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Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Kinematics and dynamics of salt
tectonics driven by progradation: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 81,
no. 3, p. 398–423.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., Maler, M. O., and Handschy, J. W., 1997,
Deformation of prograding wedges over a ductile layer—applications of physical models to
geologic examples: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 47, p. 177–
184.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Three-dimensional
visualization of salt walls and associated fault systems: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 81, no. 1, p. 46–61.
Ge, Hongxing, and Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Influence of active subsalt normal faults on the growth and
location of suprasalt structures: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v.
47, p. 169–176.
Vendeville, B. C., 1997, New tools to help delineate complex structures, in Vendeville, B. C., ed.,
Exploration in complex regimes: The Leading Edge: Special Issue, v. 16, no. 8, p. 1124.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1996, Extensional origin of breached paradox
diapirs, Utah and Colorado: field observations and scaled physical models, in Huffman, A. C., Jr.,
Lund, W. R., and Godwin, L. H., eds., Geology and resources of the Paradox Basin: Utah
Geological Association, Guidebook No. 25, p. 285–293.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Vendeville, B. C., and Lin, S. T., 1996, Salt animation [illustration], in Subsalt
‘97 flier: November, p. 2.
Ge, Hongxing, Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1996, Extensional salt tectonics in Dongying
depression, Bohai Bay Basin: Acta Petrolei Sinica, v. 16, p. 44–51.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1995, Rejuvenation and subsidence of salt
diapirs by regional extension: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 45,
p. 211–218.
Ge, Hongxing, Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1995, Extensional salt tectonics in Dongying
depression, Bohai Bay Basin: Acta Petrolei Sinica, v. 16, p. 44–51.
Vendeville, B. C., Ge, Hongxing, and Jackson, M. P. A., 1995, Scale models of salt tectonics during
basement-involved extension: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 1, p. 179–183.
Merle, Olivier, and Vendeville, B. C., 1995, Experimental modeling of thin-skinned shortening around
magmatic intrusions: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 57, p. 33–43.
Nilsen, K. T., Vendeville, B. C., and Johansen, J. T., 1995, Influence of regional tectonics on
halokinesis in the Nordkapp Basin, Barents Sea, in Jackson, M. P. A., Roberts, D. G., and
Snelson, S., eds., Salt tectonics: a global perspective: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, Memoir 65, p. 413–436.
Vendeville, B. C., and Nilsen, K. T., 1995, Episodic growth of salt diapirs driven by horizontal
shortening, in Travis, C. J., Vendeville, B. C., Harrison, H., Peel, F. J., Hudec, M. R., and Perkins,
B. E., eds., Salt, sediment, and hydrocarbons: Gulf Coast Section, Society of Economic
Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, Sixteenth Annual Research Conference, p. 285–
295.
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.
Ge, Hongxing, and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Origin of the Dongzhuang rollover structure—an insight
from scaled physical experiments: Acta Petrolei Sinica, v. 15, p. 17–25.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Regional extension as a geologic trigger for diapirism:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, no. 1, p. 57–73.
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.
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Childs, C., Easton, S. J., Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., Lin, S. T., Walsh, J. J., and Watterson,
J., 1993, Kinematic analysis of an analogue model of synsedimentary faulting above a ductile
layer: Tectonophysics, v. 228, p. 313–329.
Schultz-Ela, D., Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Mechanics of active salt diapirism:
Tectonophysics, v. 228, p. 275–312.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1993, Rates of extension and deposition determine whether
growth faults or salt diapirs form, in Armentrout, J. M., Bloch, Roger, Olson, H. C., and Perkins, B.
F., eds., Rates of geologic processes: tectonics, sedimentation, eustasy and climate: implications
for hydrocarbon exploration: Gulf Coast Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists Foundation, fourteenth annual research conference, program with papers, p. 263–
268.
Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Weijermars, Ruud, 1993, Rates of salt flow in passive diapirs
and their source layers, in Armentrout, J. M., Bloch, Roger, Olson, H. C., and Perkins, B. F., eds.,
Rates of geologic processes: tectonics, sedimentation, eustasy and climate: implications for
hydrocarbon exploration: Gulf Coast Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists Foundation, fourteenth annual research conference, program with papers, p. 269–
276.
Weijermars, Ruud, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Rheological and tectonic modeling
of salt provinces: Tectonophysics, v. 217, p. 143–174.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1992, The fall of diapirs during thin-skinned extension:
Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 9, p. 354–371.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1992, The rise of diapirs during thin-skinned extension:
Marine and Petroleum Geology: v. 9, p. 331–353.
Laubach, S. E., Vendeville, B. C., and Reynolds, S. J., 1992, Patterns in the development of
extensional fault-block shape from comparison of outcrop-scale faults and experimental physical
models, in Larsen, R. M., ed., Structural and tectonic modeling and its application to petroleum
geology: Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publication, p. 95–102.
Merle, Olivier, and Vendeville, B. C., 1992, Modélisation analogique de chevauchements induits par
des intrusions magmatiques, in Comptes Rendus: Académie des Sciences de Paris, série II, v.
315, p. 1541–1547.
Vendeville, B. C., 1991, Mechanisms generating normal fault curvature: a review illustrated by
physical models, in Roberts, A. M., Yielding, G., and Freeman, B., eds., The geometry of normal
faults: London, Geological Society, Special Publication No. 56, p. 241–249.
Collins, E. W., Laubach, S. E., and Vendeville, B. C., 1990, Faults and fractures in the Balcones Fault
Zone, Austin Region, Central Texas, in Collins, E. W., and Laubach, S. E., coordinators, Faults
and fractures in the Balcones Fault Zone, Austin Region, Central Texas: Austin Geological
Society, Guidebook 13, p. 1–28.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1990, Modes of salt diapirism through brittle overburden, in
Proceeding of symposium on diapirism, with special reference to Iran, v. 2: Bandarabbas, Iran,
Ministry of Mines and Metals, Tehran University, and Governery of Hormozgan, p. 519–523.
Cobbold, P. R., Rossello, Eduardo, and Vendeville, B. C., 1989, Some experiments on interacting
sedimentation and deformation above salt horizons: Société Geologique de France, 8th sér,
Bulletin, v. 5, no. 3, p. 453–460.
Vendeville, B. C., 1988, Scale-models of basement-induced extension, in Comptes Rendus:
Académie des Sciences de Paris, série II,t. 307, p. 1013–1019.
Vendeville, B. C., and Cobbold, P. R., 1988, How normal faulting and sedimentation interact to
produce listric fault profiles and stratigraphic wedges: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 10, no. 7,
p. 649–659.
Vendeville, B. C., and Cobbold, P. R., 1987, Synsedimentary gravitational sliding and listric normal
growth faults: insights from scaled physical models, in Comptes Rendus: Académie des Sciences
de Paris, série II,t. 305, p. 1313–1319.
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Vendeville, B. C., Cobbold, P. R., Davy, P., Brun, J. P., and Choukroune, P., 1987, Physical models of
extensional tectonics at various scales, in Coward, M. P., Dewey, J. F., and Hancock, P. L., eds.,
Continental extensional tectonics: Geological Society of London, Special Publication 28, p. 95–
107.
Internet/Web Sites/Modules
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1996, Salt walls and associated
fault systems: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, hypertext
multimedia publication at http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/agl/vis/exp50saltSample.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., Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1996, 3-D visualization of salt walls
and associated fault systems: high-resolution digital images and animations: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, http://www.uts.cc.utexas.edu/~agl/guest.
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., 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
Treviño, R. H., Vendeville, B. C., Loucks, R. G., Brown, L. F., Jr., Hammes, Ursula, Montoya, Patricia,
and Remington, R. L., 2004, An example of slope-parallel shale ridge triggered by thin-skinned
lateral extension, South Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A140.
Vendeville, B. C., and Fox, C. R., 2004, Role of curved detachment pinch-outs on the formation of
arcuate fold-and-thrust belts (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A143.
Ambrose, William, Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Vendeville, B. C., and Meneses-Rocha, Javier,
2003, The Macuspana Basin, South Gulf of Mexico: impact of shale tectonics and late contraction
of an extensional basin on hydrocarbon accumulation (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 12, p. A6.
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Gaullier, Virginie, Vendeville, Bruno, Loncke, Lies, Maillard, Agnes, and Mascle, Jean, 2003, Role of
basement architecture during salt tectonics in the northwest and southeast Mediterranean:
comparison between the Rhone and Nile deep-sea fans (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 12, p. A60–A61.
Vendeville, B. C., 2003, Similarities and differences between salt and shale tectonics (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 12, p. A175–A176.
Vendeville, B. C., Gaullier, Virginie, Loncke, Lies, and Mascle, Jean, 2003, Contrasts in style of
minibasin evolution in the Sigsbee area (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) and the Nile deep-sea fan (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 12, p.
A176.
Maillard, A., Gaullier, V., and Vendeville, B. C., 2003, Influence of differential compaction above
basement steps on salt tectonics in the Ligurian-Provencal basin, northwest Mediterranean (abs.),
in First International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences:
EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 6–11: Geophysical Research Abstracts,
Volume 5, ISSN : 1029-7006, Abstract Number: EAE03-A-03782, CD-ROM.
Vendeville, B. C., and Gaullier, V., 2003, Role of pore-fluid pressure and slope angle in triggering
submarine mass movements: natural examples and pilot experimental models (abs.), in First
International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: EGS-AGUEUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 6–11: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 5, ISSN
: 1029-7006, Abstract Number: EAE03-A-09682, CD-ROM.
Le Calvez, J. H., Vendeville, B. C., and Hudec, M. R., 2002, 3-D visualization and fault-slip analysis of
physical models of normal-fault relays above evaporites (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A101.
Loncke, Lies, Vendeville, B. C., Gaullier, V., and Mascle, Jean, 2002, Contribution of physical
modeling to understanding salt tectonics in the eastern Nile deep-sea fan (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A105.
Vendeville, B. C., and Rowan, M. G., 2002, 3-D kinematics of minibasins and salt ridges remobilized
by late contraction: physical models and seismic examples (southeast Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of
Mexico) (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official
Program, v. 11, p. A182–A183.
Gaullier, V., Loncke, Lies, Mascle, Jean, Vendeville, B. C., and Maillard, A., 2002, Salt tectonics in the
Nile and Rhône deep-sea fans: comparison on the basis of seismic data and physical modeling
(abs.), in CIESM Workshop, Mediterranean and Black Seas deep sea fans: Bucarest, Romania,
unpaginated.
Gaullier, V., Loncke, Lies, Vendeville, B. C., Mascle, Jean, & les équipes scientifiques Prismed II
etfanil, 2002, La tectonique salifère au sein du delta sous-marin profond du Nil (Salt tectonics in
the Nile deep-sea fan) (abs.), in Réunion GDR Marges, February 12–14, Rueil-Malmaison,
France, unpaginated.
Loncke, Lies, Gaullier, V., Mascle, Jean, Vendeville, B. C., & les équipes scientifiques Prismed II
etfanil, 2002, Morphostructure du delta sous-marin du Nil: implications sur la dispersion
sédimentaire et la distribution des remontées de fluides (Morphostructure of the Nile deep-sea
fan: implications on sediment dispersion and fluid mobilization) (abs.), in Réunion GDR Marges,
February 12–14, Rueil-Malmaison, France, unpaginated.
Loncke, Lies, Mascle, Jean, Gaullier, V., and Vendeville, B. C., 2002, Shallow structure of the Nile
deep-sea fan: implications on sedimentary dispersal (abs.), in CIESM Workshop, Mediterranean
and Black Seas deep sea fans: Bucarest, Romania.
Gaullier, V., Loncke, Lies, Mascle, Jean, Vendeville, B. C., and Maillard, A., 2002, Salt tectonics in the
Nile and Rhône deep-sea fans: comparison on the basis of seismic data and physical modeling
(exp. abs.), in International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea,
Bucarest, Romania, unpaginated.
Loncke, Lies, Gaullier, V., Mascle, Jean, and Vendeville, B. C., 2002, Shallow structure of the Nile
deep-sea fan: interactions between structural heritage and salt tectonic, consequences on
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sedimentary dispersal (exp. abs.), in International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the
Mediterranean Sea, Bucarest, Romania, unpaginated.
Le Calvez, J. H., and Vendeville, B. C., 2002, Simulating along-strike interaction between laterally
offset faults: a new physical modeling approach (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 251.
Vendeville, B. C., and Boniface, L. P., 2002, Physical models of intracontinental wrench zones (abs.):
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 252.
Moore, Vernon, Vendeville, B. C., and Wiltschko, D. V., 2002, Mechanics of lithospheric delamination
from physical models (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6,
p. 326.
Vendeville, B. C., Loncke, Lies, Gaullier, Virginie, and Mascle, Jean, 2002, Physical modeling of salt
tectonics in the eastern Nile deep-sea fan (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
International
Conference
and
Exhibition:
Cairo,
Egypt,
October
27–30,
http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/cairo2002/techprogram/paper_63894.htm.
Hooper, R. J., Fitzsimmons, R. J., Grant, N. T., and Vendeville, B. C., 2001, Linked extensional and
contractional structures in the Niger Delta (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Convention Official Program, v. 10, p. A91–A92.
Le Calvez, J. H., Vendeville, B. C., Walsh, Patrick, and Marrett, R. A., 2001, Processes leading to
formation of arcuate grabens and faults above salt (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 10, p. A114.
Rowan, M. G., Peel, Frank, and Vendeville, B. C., 2001, Gravity-driven foldbelts on passive margins
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 10,
p. A174.
Vendeville, B. C., Gaullier, V., and Mascle, Jean, 2001, 3-D geometry and kinematics of polygonal
minibasins and associated salt ridges during radial spreading of sediment lobes above salt (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 10, p.
A208.
Gaullier, V., Loncke, Lies, Mascle, Jean, Bellaiche, Gilbert, Vendeville, B. C., Courp, T., Moreau, A.,
Radan, S., and Sardou, O., 2001, Combined thin-skinned and thick-skinned Tectonics in the
Eastern Nile deep-sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean: results from the recent “FANIL” survey (abs.):
European Union of Geosciences XI, Strasbourg, France, April, p. 517.
Vendeville, B. C., and Boniface, L. P., 2001, Kinematic and mechanical controls on the formation and
evolution of large intracontinental wrench zones in physical models (abs.): European Union of
Geosciences XI, Strasbourg, France, unpaginated.
Vendeville, B. C., Gaullier, V., Loncke, Lies, and Mascle, Jean, 2000, Gravity-driven tectonics in salt
provinces with implications for thin-skinned vs. thick-skinned deformation in the Mediterranean
(abs.): Supplement to Eos, v. 81, no. 48, p. F1224.
Boniface, L. P., and Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Kinematic and mechanical controls on the formation and
evolution of large intracontinental wrench zones in physical models (abs.): Eos, Transactions,
American Geophysical Union, v. 81, no. 48, p. F1234.
Fox, C. R., and Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Geometric reasoning and experimental modeling of the
formation of arcuate fold belts with application to the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico (abs.):
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, November, p. A-233.
Gaullier, V., Vendeville, B. C., and Mascle, Jean, 2000, 3-D kinematic evolution of delta lobes
spreading above salt: inferences from experimental models and natural examples (abs.):
European Geophysical Society General Assembly, Nice, France, April, Geophysical Research
Abstracts (CD-Rom), 2, ISSN, p.1029–7006.
Le Calvez, J. H., and Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Physical models of fault interaction in graben relays
detached in salt (abs.): Geological Society of America South-Central Section 34th Annual
Meeting, Fayetteville, April.
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Le Calvez, J. H., and Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Physical models of graben formation and fault
interaction above a ductile layer (abs.): GeoCanada 2000 meeting, “Understanding Salt
Tectonics” session, Calgary, Canada, May, p. 729.
Le Calvez, J. H., and Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Processes leading to formation of arcuate grabens and
faults above salt (abs.): Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, November.
Gaullier, V., and Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Experimental models of 3-D kinematic evolution of delta
lobes spreading above salt (abs.): Geoscience 2000, meeting organized by the Geological
Society of London, Manchester, UK, April 2000.
Vendeville, B. C., 2000, A new, model-based interpretation of Trusheim’s classic growth history of
salt-diapirs (abs.): Geoscience 2000, meeting organized by the Geological Society of London,
Manchester, UK, April 2000.
Vendeville, B. C., 2000, Sediment progradation as a tectonic process in salt-bearing continental
margins (abs.): GeoCanada 2000 meeting, “Understanding Salt Tectonics” session (keynote
lecture), Calgary, Canada, May, p. A728.
Le Calvez, J. H., Vendeville, B. C., and Marrett, Randall, 1999, Physical models of fault interaction in
graben relays detached in salt (abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.
32, no. 3, p. A-33.
Costa, Elizabetta, and Vendeville, B. C., 1999, Fold style, diapirism, and kinematics during
experimental shortening above a viscous décollement (abs.), in Thrust Tectonics Conference,
London, April 26–29: unpaginated.
Costa, Elizabetta, and Vendeville, B. C., 1999, Influence of backstop geometry on fold style and salt
response during experimental shortening (abs.), in EUG: European Union of Geosciences
Abstracts, 10, p. 602.
Couzens, B. A., Wiltschko, D. V., and Vendeville, B. C., 1999, Experiments on formation of duplex
and triangle-zone deformation (abs.), in Thrust Tectonics Conference, London: April 26–29,
unpaginated.
Le Calvez, J. H., and Vendeville, B. C., 1999, X-ray tomographic analysis of a physical experiment of
salt tongue remobilization during sedimentation (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, Annual Convention official program, p. A78.
Vendeville, B. C., 1999, Critical evaluation of tectonic model designs (abs.), in EUG: European Union
of Geosciences Abstracts, 10, p. 602.
Vendeville, B. C., 1999, Salt complexity out of repeated simplicity (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention official program, p. A142.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1998, 3-D visualization of
extensional diapirs modified by later compression (ext. abs.), in Mello, M. R., and Yilmaz, P. O.,
eds., Extended abstracts volume: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition: Rio de Janeiro:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 868.
Guerin, G., Vendeville, B. C., and Raillard, S., 1998, Triassic structural distribution of the Zechstein
salt in southern North Sea and consequences for further tectonic history (abs.), in Annales
Geophysicae: supplement I, v. 16, p. C 76.
Hooper, R. J., Vendeville, B. C., Bergfjord, E., Evans, N., Colleran, J., and Gunn, C., 1998, Diapir
rejuvenation by contraction (abs.), in Annales Geophysicae: supplement I, v. 16, p. C 77.
Hooper, R. J., Vendeville, B. C., Pascoe, R., Bergfjord, E., Evans, N., Colleran, J., and Gunn, C.,
1998, Testing experimentally-derived concepts for the development of salt-related structures
(abs.), in AAPG Hedberg Conference on Integration of Geologic Models for Understanding Risk in
the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, unpaginated.
Spencer, Jeff, Jeronimo, Paulino, Tari, Gabor, and Vendeville, B. C., 1998, Protracted salt
deformation history of the lower Congo and Kwanza Basins of offshore Angola (abs.), in Bridges
to discovery: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention, volume 2, p.
A629.
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Spencer, P., Vendeville, B. C., Nilsen, K. T., Whitaker, M., Jahre, H., and Robak, H., 1998, Dynamic
sequence stratigraphic prediction and thin-skinned extension: examples from the Varg Trend,
Norwegian North Sea (abs.), in Annales Geophysicae: supplement I, v. 16, p. C 78.
Vendeville, B. C., 1998, Tectonics vs. buoyancy as the drive for active diapiric growth (abs.), in
Annales Geophysicae: supplement I, v. 16, p. C 79.
Vendeville, B. C., 1998, Remobilization of salt structures by sediment progradation: experimental
models and potential applications to the Gulf of Mexico and other continental margins (abs.), in
Shoup, Robert, Watkins, Joel, Karlo, John, and Hall, David, eds., AAPG Hedberg Research
Conference: Integration of geologic models for understanding risk in the Gulf of Mexico: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, unpaginated.
Vendeville, B. C., and Guerin, G., 1998, Structural decoupling by the Zechstein salt during multiphase
tectonics in the southern Norwegian North Sea (ext. abs.), in Mello, M. R., and Yilmaz, P. O.,
eds., Extended abstracts volume: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG
International Conference & Exhibition: Rio de Janeiro, p. 972–973.
Jackson, M. P. A., Ge, Hongxing, and Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Multiple breakout of experimental salt
sheets and related 3-D fault systems (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Convention Official Program, v. 6, p. A54.
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.
Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Interaction between sedimentation and deformation during the structural
evolution of salt-bearing divergent continental margins (abs.), in 5th International Congress of the
Brazilian Geophysical Society: Sao Paulo, Brazil: September 28–October 2, unpaginated.
Couzens, B. A., Wiltschko, D. V., and Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Experimental investigation of duplex
and triangle-zone development (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Official Program, v. 6, p. A23.
Guerin, G., and Vendeville, B. C., 1997, Structural decoupling by the Zechstein salt during multiphase
tectonics in the southern Norwegian North Sea (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 6, p. A44.
Hooper, R. J., Vendeville, B. C., Bergfjord, E., Colleran, J., Gunn, C., and Evans, N., 1997, Testing
the concept of contractional rejuvenation of diapirs (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, p. A52.
Raillard, S., Vendeville, B. C., Guerin, G., and Mauduit, T., 1997, Causes and structural
characteristics of thin-skinned inversion during gravity gliding or spreading above salt or shale
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention Official Program, v. 6,
p. A95.
Vendeville, B. C., and Ge, Hongxing, 1997, Can basement faults propagate through salt? An
analytical solution (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention
Official Program, v. 6, p. A120.
Ge, Hongxing, Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1996, Physical models of caldera-collapse
structures (abs.), in 30th International Geological Congress Abstracts, v. 2, p. 282.
Ge, Hongxing, Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1996, Salt tectonics in the Dongying and
Dongpu depressions, Bohai Bay Basin, China—a new interpretation based on physical modeling
results (abs.), in 30th International Geological Congress Abstracts, v. 2, p. 288.
Guglielmo, Giovanni, Jr., Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1996, 3-D modeled reservoir
compartments near salt walls and associated fault systems (abs.), in Longacre, Susan, Katz,
Barry, Slatt, Roger, and Bowman, Michael, co-conveners, AAPG/EAGE Research Symposium:
compartmentalized reservoirs: their detection, characterization and management: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists/European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers,
unpaginated [2 p.].
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Vendeville, B. C., and Le Calvez, J. H., 1996, 3-D fault interaction in experimental models of normalfault replays (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Program and
Abstracts, v. 28, no. 1, p. 49.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1995, Rejuvenation of salt diapirs by regional
extension (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 79, no. 10, p. 1558–
1559.
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.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1995, Origin of minibasins by multidirectional extension
above a spreading lobe of allochthonous salt (abs.), in 1995 AAPG International Conference and
Exhibition Official Program: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 33A.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1995, Origin of minibasins by multidirectional extension
above a spreading lobe of allochthonous salt (abs.), in Travis, C. J., Vendeville, B. C., Harrison,
H., Peel, F. J., Hudec, M. R., and Perkins, B. E., eds., Salt, sediment, and hydrocarbons: Gulf
Coast Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, Sixteenth
Annual Research Conference, p. 135.
Couzens, B. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Wiltschko, D. V., 1995, Control of stratigraphy on thrust
vergence and formation of triangle zones within thrustbelts (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, International Conference and Exhibition program, p. 15A.
Vendeville, B. C., and Dickerson, P. W., 1995, Integrated field and experimental investigation of an
extensional strike-slip duplex: Tascotal Mesa fault zone, Big Bend (W. Texas) segment of Rio
Grande rift (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-384.
Vendeville, B. C., and Le Calvez, J. H., 1995, Physical models of normal-fault relays between variable
offset grabens (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, International Conference
and Exhibition program, p. 63A–64A.
Vendeville, B. C., Nilsen, K. T., and Johansen, J. T., 1995, Experimental and geologic evidence for
rejuvenation of salt diapirs by horizontal contraction (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, International Conference and Exhibition program, p. 63A.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Experimental initiation of salt structures
and emplacement of salt sheets by prograding sediment wedges (abs.), in Salt tectonics:
Petroleum and Tectonics Groups of the Geological Society, London, programme and abstracts, p.
51–52.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Hudec, M. R., 1994, Initiation and early
growth of salt structures in the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado: insights from dynamically
scaled physical experiments (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 154.
Ge, Hongxing, Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Physical modeling of salt withdrawal
and dissolution structures (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 154.
Ge, Hongxing, Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Hudec, M. R., 1994, Laramide passive roof
duplex along the Uncompahgre front, eastern Paradox Basin (abs.): Geological Society of
America, Rocky Mountain Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 6, p. 13.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Ten lessons in salt tectonics from the Gulf of Mexico
(abs.), in Salt tectonics: Petroleum and Tectonics Groups of the Geological Society, London,
programme and abstracts, p. 19.
Vendeville, B. C., Ge, Hongxing, and Jackson, M. P. A., 1994, Experimental deformation of
prograding sedimentary wedges above a viscous source layer (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 276.
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Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Sattar, Asad, 1994, Synthetic seismic reflection profiles of
experimental salt structures (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 276.
Couzens, B. A., Wiltschko, D. V., and Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Mechanical stratigraphy and the
formation of triangle zones (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26,
no. 7, p. A-184.
Vendeville, B. C., Nilsen, K. T., and Johansen, J. T., 1994, An example of salt tectonics controlled by
regional tectonics: the Nordkapp Basin, Norway (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 225.
Nilsen, K. T., Vendeville, B. C., and Johansen, J. T., 1994, Salt tectonics in the Nordkapp Basin,
Norway (abs.), in Salt tectonics: Petroleum and Tectonics Groups of the Geological Society,
London, programme and abstracts, p. 22–23.
Vendeville, B. C., 1994, Scaling, techniques, and limitations of salt tectonics experimental modelling
(abs.), in Salt tectonics: Petroleum and Tectonics Groups of the Geological Society, London,
programme and abstracts, p. 42–43.
Vendeville, B. C., Nilsen, K. T., and Johansen, J. T., 1994, Using concepts derived from tectonic
experiments to improve the structural interpretation of salt structures: the Nordkapp Basin as an
example (abs.), in Modern developments in structural interpretation, validation, and modelling—
highlights meeting: London, The Petroleum Group of The Geological Society, May 24 and 25,
unpaginated.
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.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Extreme overthrusting and extension above
allochthonous salt sheets emplaced during experimental progradation (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists 1993 Annual Convention Program, p. 122–123.
Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., Cramez, Carlos, and Duval, Bernard, 1993, Accommodation
space, extension, and salt withdrawal: examples from the North Sea (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. 95–97.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1993, Some dogmas in salt tectonics challenged by
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. 162–164.
Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Ge, Hongxing, 1993, Detached salt tectonics during
basement-involved extension (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1993 Annual
Convention Program, p. 195.
Burn, M. J., and Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Linked diapir and growth fault kinematics: outcrop and
experimental results (ext. abs.), in Jackson, M. P. A., Roberts, David, and Snelson, Sig, coconveners, AAPG International Hedberg Research Conference on Salt Tectonics: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 19–21.
Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Thin-skinned inversion tectonics of salt diapirs (abs.): Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. A-408.
Vendeville, B. C., 1993, Scaled tectonic experiments as a reliable approach to estimate strains and
strain rates in salt structures (ext. abs.), in Analogue modelling and structural interpretation of
seismic data: 55th Meeting of the European Association of Exploration Geophysicists, Special
Workshop, Stavanger, Norway, variously paginated.
Vendeville, B. C., and Merle, Olivier, 1993, Experiments on gravitational spreading of magmatic
intrusions (abs.): Eos: v. 74, no. 43, p. 647.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1992, Initiation of diapirism by regional extension (abs.):
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A279–A280.
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Lin, S. T., Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1992, Experimental modeling of extensional salt
tectonics during gravity spreading (abs.), in 29th International Geological Congress, abstracts, p.
132.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1992, Critical roof thickness of active diapirs (abs.): Eos
(Supplement), v. 73, no. 7, p. 572.
Vendeville, B. C., Jackson, M. P. A., and Weijermars, Ruud, 1992, Can salt diapirs rise that fast? (and
why) (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A145.
Ge, Hongxing, Vendeville, B. C., and Xue, Liangqing, 1992, A rollover origin for the Dongzhuang
structure, Henan Province, central China (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A182.
Koyi, H., Vendeville, B. C., and Mulugeta, Genene, 1992, Dissimilar growth of accretionary wedges;
examples from sand experiments (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
v. 24, no. 7, p. A245.
Vendeville, B. C., and Ge, Hongxing, 1992, Faulting and diapirism above basement normal faults
(abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A145.
Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 1992, Strain in tectonic models of rollover deformation (abs.):
Eos (Supplement), v. 73, no. 14, p. 311.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1991, Declin et subsidence des diapirs saliferes en regime
extensif (abs.), in Reunion specialisee sur l’halocinese: Societé Geologique de France, abstract
volume, p. 2.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1991, Deposition, extension, and the shape of downbuilding
salt diapirs (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, no. 3, p. 687–
688.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1991, Naissance et developpement des diapirs saliferes en
regime extensif (abs.), in Reunion specialisee sur l’halocinese: Societé Geologique de France,
abstract volume, p. 1.
Lin, S. T., and Vendeville, B. C., 1991, Experimental study of syndepositional and postdepositional
gravity spreading above a viscous substratum (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 23, no. 4, p. 42.
Merle, Olivier, and Vendeville, B. C., 1991, Folds and thrusts at the toe of magmatic intrusions (abs.):
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 5, p. A175.
Schultz-Ela, D., and Vendeville, B. C., 1991, Active diapir piercement through brittle overburden
(abs.): Eos, v. 72, no. 44, p. 485.
Vendeville, B. C., 1991, Thin-skinned compressional structures above frictional-plastic and viscous
decollement layers (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 5, p.
A423.
Jackson, M. P. A., and Vendeville, B. C., 1990, The rise and fall of diapirs during thin-skinned
extension (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 74, no. 5, p. 683.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1990, Modes of diapiric piercement through brittle
overburden (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A104.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1990, Physical modeling of the growth of extensional and
contractional salt tongues on continental slopes (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 74, no. 5, p. 784.
Laubach, S. E., Vendeville, B. C., and Reynolds, S. J., 1990, Downward-steepening normal faults
(abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A114–A115.
Vendeville, B. C., and Withjack, M. O., 1990, Deformation patterns above normal faults (abs.):
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A273.
Vendeville, B. C., 1989, Scaled experiments on the interaction between salt flow and overburden
faulting during syndepositional extension (ext. abs.), in Gulf of Mexico salt tectonics, associated
processes and exploration potential: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Gulf
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Coast Section, 10th Annual Research Conference Program and Extended and Illustrated
Abstracts, p. 131–136.
Vendeville, B. C., 1988, An experimental investigation on listric faulting related to synsedimentary
gravitational gliding: kinematics and 3-D geometry of normal growth-faults (abs.): Eos, v. 69, p.
493.
Vendeville, B. C., 1988, Fault geometries and location in sedimentary cover during basementcontrolled deformation: an experimental investigation (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 72, p. 1029.
Vendeville, B. C., Chermette, J. C., Colletta, B., and Cobbold, P. R., 1988, Scaled sandbox models of
growth-faulting processes: mechanisms, evolution, and 3-D geometry of listric normal growthfaults (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 72, p. 1029.
Vendeville, B. C., 1987, Growth faulting in deltas: seismic and experimental insights (abs.): Terra
Cognita, v. 7, no. 2/3, p. 198.
Vendeville, B. C., 1987, Listric normal growth faults: a mechanical or a kinematic control of fault
curvature? (abs.): Terra Cognita, v. 7, no. 2/3, p. 198.
Vendeville, B. C., and Colletta, B., 1987, Scaled models of basement-induced faulting under various
conditions of rheology and boundary motion: a peculiar association of reverse and normal faulting
(abs.) Terra Cognita, v. 7, no. 2/3, p. 124.
Balé, P., Vendeville, B. C., and Cobbold, P. R., 1986, Experiments on deep-seated wrench zones that
converge or diverge (abs.): Geological Society Newsletters, v. 15, no. 5, p. 24.
Proceedings Volumes
Travis, C. J., Vendeville, B. C., Harrison, H., Peel, Frank, Hudec, M. R., and Perkins, B. F., eds.,
1995, Salt, sediment, and hydrocarbons, Gulf Coast Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists Foundation, Sixteenth Annual Research Conference, 308 p.
Contract Reports
Hudec, M. R., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., and Schultz-Ela, D., 2004, Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory annual progress report to Industrial Associates for 2003: slide set 22: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, contract report prepared for Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, BHP Billiton, BP Production, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, ENI, EnCana,
ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil Company, Petrobras, Repsol, Total, Unocal, and Woodside, CD-ROM.
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
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.
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
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(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
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,
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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
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.,
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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.
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.
Vendeville, B. C., and Jackson, M. P. A., 1990, Applied Geodynamics Laboratory semiannual
progress report to industrial associates for 1990, Part II: Captions for experimental models in slide
set number 3: 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,
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Inc., Elf Aquitaine Petroleum, EXXON Production 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 40 transparencies.
Vendeville, B. C., 1988, Physical modeling of rollover deformation above a listric normal fault, 3D
geometry of rift-transform-rift zones, interaction between tear-faults and normal or reverse faults
during basement-controlled deformation: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, research project prepared for Amoco Production Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Vendeville, B. C., 1987, Physical modeling of crustal extension, basement-controlled extension, and
listric normal faulting during synsedimentary gravitational gliding: research project prepared for
Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil-Malmaison, France.
Vendeville, B. C., 1987, Physical modelling of uniform extension, oblique rifting, growth faulting, and
transtensional flower structures: research project prepared for Total Compagnie Française des
Pétroles, Paris, France.
Vendeville, B. C., 1986, Modélisation analogique de systèmes en extension: Extension non uniforme,
glissement gravitaire sur niveau de décollement, extension synsédimentaire sur pente inclinée,
glissement gravitaire synsédimentaire (Analog modeling of extensional systems: nonuniform
extension, gravity gliding above a décollement layer on a basal slope, synsedimentary gravity
gliding): report prepared for the Institut Français du Pétrole, 16 p.
Vendeville, B. C., 1985, Modélisation analogique de systèmes en extension: extension oblique, failles
listriques synsédimentaires, et glissement gravitaire (Analog modeling of extensional systems:
oblique extension, listric growth faults, and gravity gliding): report prepared for Total Compagnie
Française des Pétroles, 34 p.
Cobbold, P. R., and Vendeville, B. C., 1985, Analyse dimensionnelle et choix des matériaux;
problèmes en cours d’étude et expériences réalisées (Scaling analysis and choice of
experimental materials; problems currently investigated and experiments): report prepared for the
Institut Français du Pétrole, 23 p.
Course Notes
Eisenstadt, G., Vendeville, B. C., and Withjack, M. O., 1997, Experimental modeling of tectonic
processes: AAPG Student Chapter, Course Notes No. 19, unpaginated.
Eisenstadt, G., Vendeville, B. C., and Withjack, M. O., 1995, Introduction to experimental modeling of
tectonic processes: Geological Society of America, Continuing Education Course Notes,
unpaginated.
Dissertation
Champs de failles et tectonique en extension: modélisation expérimentale.
Lecturing
BEG Colloquia
Examples of late shortening of minibasins and salt in the Gulf of Mexico (SE Mississippi Canyon) and
in experiments: presented at Bureau of Economic Geology Colloquium, Austin, Texas, April 5, 2002.
Sediment progradation as a tectonic process in salt basins: presented at Bureau of Economic
Geology Research Seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, January 2000.
A hands-on crash course in tectonic modeling: presented at Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar,
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 1996.
Salt tectonics in the Nordkapp Basin, southern Barents Sea, Norway: presented at the Bureau of
Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, September 1994.
Growth rates of salt structures in nature and experiments: presented at the Bureau of Economic
Geology Colloquium, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, March 1993.
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Deposition, extension, and the shape of downbuilding diapirs: presented at Bureau of Economic
Geology Seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 1990.
Scaled tectonic modeling: the basic method and some examples with interacting rock flow and rock
faulting: presented at Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, October 1989.
Workshops
Salt tectonics: presented to PanCanadian, Calgary, Canada, May 2000.
Salt tectonics: presented to Anadarko, February 1999.
Workshop on salt tectonics: presented to Statoil, June 1996.
Workshop on salt tectonics: presented to Conoco, June 1996.
Workshop on salt tectonics: presented to the PLO 44-PL 114 License Partners (Statoil, Deminex,
Fina, and Agip Norsk), July 1994.
Workshop on salt tectonics: presented to the PL 202 License Partners (Statoil, Amerada Hess, Fina,
and Saga Petroleum), July 1994.
Workshop on salt tectonics: presented to Mobil North Sea Limited, May 1994.
Workshop on salt tectonics: presented to British Gas Exploration & Production, February 1994.
Salt tectonics and growth faulting: presented to Norsk Hydro A.S., June 1993.
Salt tectonics: presented to Statoil, June 1993.
Lectures and Addresses
Deformation associated with fluid overpressure: theoretical considerations and experimental
examples: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates Meeting, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 2002.
Influence of salt tectonics on sediment and channel distribution: presented at the Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates Meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, November 2002.
Preview of new technologies for model analysis: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates Meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 2002.
Role of dormant basement faults during salt tectonics: examples from the Rhone deep-sea fan and
experiments: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates Meeting, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 2002.
Strain and 3-D fault patterns above inflating diapir overhangs: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates Meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November
2002.
Physical modeling of normal faults and graben relays above salt: a qualitative and quantitative
analysis: presented at the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 52nd Annual Convention,
Austin, Texas, October 2002.
A new interpretation of Trusheim's classic model of salt-diapir growth: presented at the Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies 52nd Annual Convention, Austin, Texas, October 2002.
Mechanics of lithospheric delamination from physical models: presented at Geological Society of
America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 2002.
Physical modeling of intracontinental wrench zones: presented at Geological Society of America
Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 2002.
3-D kinematics of minibasins and salt ridges remobilized by late contraction: physical models and
seismic examples (SE Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico): presented at American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 2002.
The weird tectonics of play-sand and silly putty: presented to the Austin Geological Society, Austin,
Texas, December 2001.
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Remobilization of minibasins in strike-slip regimes: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
Insights on the evolution of normal-fault relays: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
Thin-skinned extension above a basement step: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
Unfolding of turtle structures: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates
meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
3-D geometry of detached growth folds: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2001.
Introduction to salt tectonics: presented to Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, San Ramon,
California, December 2000.
Gravity-driven foldbelts on passive margins: presented at Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2000.
3-D evolution of sediment lobes above preexisting dormant or active subsalt relief: presented at
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, October 2000.
Physical modeling of initiation and evolution of wrench zones: presented at Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October
2000.
Salt tectonics: presented during Solution Mining Research Institute (SMRI) annual meeting field trip,
Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas, October 2000.
Processes leading to formation of arcuate foldbelts above salt: presented at Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October
2000.
Back-and-forth propagation of folds and thrusts above salt: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November
1999.
Structural evolution of delta lobes and channels above salt: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November
1999.
Revisiting Trusheim’s classic concept of salt-diapir evolution: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November
1999.
Formation of salt canopies during coeval contraction and extension of minibasins: presented at the
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, November 1999.
Salt tectonics (3 classes): presented to the UT Department of Geological Sciences, as part of Course
391 (Brittle structures), March 1999.
Experimental tectonic modeling and its applications to understanding salt structures: presented to the
Geology Department, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, January 1999.
3-D evolution of reactivated minibasins: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 1998.
Reactivation of salt ridges around minibasins during progradation and margin uplift: presented at the
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, October 1998.
Geological background and rationale for 1998 experiments: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October
1998.
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Subsalt faulting and thin-skinned extension of preexisting depocenters: presented at the Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, October 1998.
Remobilization of salt structures by sediment progradation: physical models and potential applications
to salt-bearing passive margins: presented to Shell E&P Technology Company, Houston, Texas,
September 1998.
Dynamically scaled modeling of geologic deformation: applications to understanding salt structures:
presented at the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, Texas, September 1998.
Research results of the AGL for 1996–1997: presented to Mobil Exploration and Producing Services,
Dallas, Texas, December 1997.
Introduction to salt tectonics: presented at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, The University
of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 1997.
New technology in experimental modeling: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 1997.
Progradation and resulting deformation of a divergent margin: examples: presented at the Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, October 1997.
Formation of a counterregional “growth fault”: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 1997.
Progradation and resulting deformation of a divergent margin: concepts: presented at the Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, October 1997.
Salt tectonics: how it works: presented at the Department of Geology, The University of Texas at El
Paso, El Paso, Texas, September 1997.
Salt tectonics: how it works: presented at the Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, September 1997.
Salt stories: presented to Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France, December 1996.
3-D geometry of salt-stock clusters and associated strike-slip, normal, and reverse faults generated by
gravity gliding: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October 1996.
Growth and closure of salt tongues by combined downbuilding and lateral shortening at the base of
the continental slope: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates
meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October 1996.
Geometry and evolution of salt-wall relays: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October 1996.
Quantitative prediction of structural coupling between extending basement, salt, and overburden:
presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October 1996.
Salt stories: How our understanding of salt tectonics has changed:: presented to Chevron, La Habra,
U.S.A., August 1996.
New concepts in salt tectonics: presented to Elf Norge, Stavanger, Norway, June 1996.
Rejuvenation of salt diapirs by lateral shortening: presented at Texaco Salt Forum, Houston, Texas,
October 1995.
Do turtle structures need to stretch?: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October 1995.
Late extension superposed on salt-based contraction: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October
1995.
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3D differential loading of a salt tongue: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October 1995.
Regional extension of an elliptical salt tongue: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., October 1995.
Late extension superposed onto older compressional structures above salt: presented at Texaco Salt
Forum, Houston, Texas, October 1995.
Physical models of normal fault relays: presented at ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Plano, Texas,
August 1995.
Experimental and geologic evidence for rejuvenation of salt diapirs by horizontal contraction:
presented at Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Dallas, Texas, February, February 1995.
Dynamic constraints on the evolution of salt structures: presented at the Texaco 1994 Structural
Interpretation Conference, Houston, U.S.A., November 1994.
Salt-related structures: a guide for geophysicists: presented at the 14th Information Transfer Meeting,
Mineral Management Service, New Orleans, U.S.A., November 1994.
Reactivation of early diapirs by late shortening: presented at the Texaco 1994 Structural Interpretation
Conference, Houston, U.S.A., November 1994.
Normal-fault relays over thin salt: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., November 1994.
3-D faulting and minibasin growth during progradation: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A.,
November 1994.
Diapiric reactivation by horizontal contraction: models: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A.,
November 1994.
Diapiric reactivation by horizontal contraction: Nordkapp Basin: presented at the Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
U.S.A., November 1994.
Mechanical effects of progradation on structural style: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A.,
November 1993.
Synthetic seismograms from physical models: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., November 1993.
Superposed contraction of extensional diapirs: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., November 1993.
Deformation above transtensional basement graben: presented at the Applied Geodynamics
Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A.,
November 1993.
Some dogmas in salt tectonics challenged by modeling: presented at the Institut Français du Pétrole,
Rueil-Malmaison, France, September 1993.
Reactive, active, and passive growth of salt diapirs: presented to the Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate, Stavanger, Norway, June 1993.
Diapirism, thin-skinned extension, salt tectonics: physical modeling (sand-silicone) and natural
examples: presented at Elf-Aquitaine Research Center, Pau, France, June 1993.
The rise and fall of diapirs during thin-skinned extension: presented to Georecon A.S., Oslo, Norway,
June 1993.
Introduction to salt tectonics and experimental modeling: presented to Georecon A.S., Oslo, Norway,
June 1993.
Experimental modeling of salt tectonics: presented to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate,
Stavanger, Norway, June 1993.
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Mechanics of salt flow during basement faulting: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, November 1992.
Control of welding and rates of passive diapirism: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, November 1992.
Kinematic analysis of listric normal faults: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, November 1992.
Critical roof thickness over active diapirs: presented at the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, November 1992.
Five short stories about experimental salt tectonics: presented at Shell Offshore, Inc., New Orleans,
Louisiana, April 1992.
The rise and fall of diapirs during thin-skinned extension: presented at the Center for Tectonophysics,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, March 1992.
Kinematics and dynamics of extensional salt diapirs: presented at the Gulf of Mexico Structural and
Stratigraphic Synthesis Project, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, February 1992.
Mechanics of extensional diapirism: presented at Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Industrial
Associates meeting, November 1991.
Active piercement of pluglike and sheetlike intrusions: presented at Applied Geodynamics Laboratory,
Industrial Associates meeting, November 1991.
New experimental techniques: presented at Applied Geodynamics Laboratory, Industrial Associates
meeting, November 1991.
Fold-and-thrust detachments with and without salt: presented at Applied Geodynamics Laboratory,
Industrial Associates meeting, November 1991.
Experimental Tectonic Models: Valid Data or Just Pretty Pictures?: presented to Austin Geological
Society, Austin, Texas, October 1991.
Modeling of salt diapirs: presented at EIROSIM, Les Ulis, France, July 1991.
Modeling of Gulf of Mexico Structures: presented to ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Research Center,
Plano, Texas, July 1991.
Physical Modeling of Salt Tectonics: presented to Exxon Onshore Division, Houston, Texas, February
1991.
Physical Modeling of Salt Tectonics: presented to Exxon Offshore Alaska Division, Houston, Texas,
January 1991.
Simple Mechanical Considerations on Diapirism through Brittle Rock: presented at Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, November 1990.
The Rise of Diapirs during Thin-Skinned Extension: presented at Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, November 1990.
Effects of Basement Faults on Diapirism and Overburden Extension: presented at Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial Associates meeting, November 1990.
Compression and Salt Withdrawal Structures: presented at Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Industrial Associates meeting, November 1990.
Modeling of Normal Faulting: presented to geology class, The University of Texas at Austin,
Department of Geological Sciences, October 1990.
Modes of Diapirism through Brittle Overburden: presented to ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Plano,
Texas, May 1990.
Results of the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Program for 1989: presented to Mobil Research &
Development Company, Dallas, Texas, January 1990.
Results of the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Program for 1989: presented to TOTAL Compagnie
Francaise des Petroles, Paris, France, December 1989.
Experimental Models of Salt Tectonics: presented to Chevron, New Orleans, Louisiana, November
1989.
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Experiments on Basement-Controlled Faulting in Layers with Different Rheological Properties:
presented at Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics meeting, Leeds, England, March
1989.
Physical Modeling of Structural Problems in Petroleum Exploration: presented at Special Meeting of
Institut Français du Pétrole, Bordeaux, France, November 1988.
Experimental models of rift-transform-rift systems and basement-controlled deformation: Amoco
Production Company, Houston, U.S.A., October 1988.
Scaled Sandbox Models of Growth-Faulting Processes: Mechanisms, Evolution, and 3-D Geometry of
Listric Normal Growth-Faults: presented to American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Mediterranean Basins conference, Nice, France, September 1988.
An Experimental Investigation on Listric Faulting Related to Synsedimentary Gravitational Gliding:
Kinematics and 3-D Geometry of Normal Growth-Faults: presented to American Geophysical Union,
Baltimore, Maryland, March 1988.
Modeling of Extension, Gravity Gliding, and Basement-Controlled Faulting: presented to ARCO Oil
and Gas Company, Research Center, Plano, Texas, 1988.
Scaling Consideration in Physical Modeling: presented at Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, 1988.
Scaled Models of Extensional Tectonics at Various Scales: presented at University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988.
Intéraction entre Sédimentation et Déformation: Modles Réduits et Exemples Naturels: presented to
Société Géologique de France, Special meeting Bassins en extension: Structure et modélisation,
Paris, France, December 1987.
Basement-Induced Faulting in Ductile-Brittle Sedimentary Cover during Extension: Insights from
Scaled Physical Experiments: presented at Geological Kinematics and Dynamics Meeting, Uppsala,
Sweden, April 1987.
Interaction Between Faulting with Buoyancy, Sedimentation and Erosion in Scale-Models: presented
at Geological Kinematics and Dynamics Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, April 1987.
Plastic Deformation in an Extensional Regime: the Suez Rift Example: presented at Detachment and
Shear Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, March 1987.
An Experimental Approach to Deltaic Growth Faulting Induced by Gravitational Gliding: presented at
Detachment and Shear Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, March 1987.
Modéles Expérimentaux de Glissement Gravitaire Synsédimentaires: presented at Workshop of the
Groupe D’ Etudes Tectoniques, Université de Rennes, France, 1987.
Scale-Modeling: Technique and Examples: presented at Amoco Production Company, Research
Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1987.
Some Examples of Scaled Analog Experiments: presented at Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, 1987.
Physical Modeling of Extensional Tectonics: presented to Koninklijke Shell Exploratie en Produktie
Laboratorium, Rijswijk, The Netherlands, 1987.
Modélisation Expérimentale de Tectonique en Extension: presented to TOTAL Compagnie Française
des Pétroles, Paris, France, 1987.
Indicators of Sense of Wrenching in Crustal Flower Structures: presented at Shear Criteria Meeting,
London, U.K., May 1986.
Fault Vergence and Orientation in Models with Mixed Conditions of Stress and Displacement:
presented at Shear Criteria Meeting, London, England, May 1986.
Le Développement Préférentiel de Failles Ductiles ou Fragiles en Famille Unique: Problme
Cinématique ou Mécanique?: presented at 11me Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, ClermontFerrand, France, March 1986.
Relations constrainte-deformation en milieu fragile: application au glissement gravitaire: presented at
11me Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1986.
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Short Courses
Introduction to salt tectonics: presented to Amoco Exploration and Production, November 1998.
Salt tectonics: presented as a pre-conference short course for the 5th International Congress of the
Brazilian Geophysical Society, September 1997.
Salt tectonics: presented to American Association of Petroleum Geologists Students Chapter Course,
April 1997.
Salt tectonics: presented to Saga Petroleum ASA, March 1997.
Introduction to experimental modeling of tectonic processes: presented as a Continuing Education
Course for the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, November 1995.
Introduction to Salt Tectonics: presented to Occidental International Exploration and Production
Company, March 1995.
Miscellaneous Activities of a Professional Nature
Student Advisor, Ching-Weei Lin, Ph.D. degree, Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M University:
Influence of Structural stratigraphy in multilayer wrench-fault models, 1998
Student Advisor, Shing-Tzong Lin, Master's degree, Department of Geology, The University of Texas
at Austin: Experimental study of syndepositional gravity spreading of a brittle overburden and viscous
substratum, 1989–1993.
Reviews of Articles, Abstracts, and Research Proposals
European Geophysical Society XXIII General Assembly (Abstracts), 1998
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual convention (Abstracts), 1997
First North American Rock Mechanics Symposium (Abstracts), 1996
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual convention (Abstracts), 1996
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 1996
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, Coalbed Methane, 1996
American Chemical Society (The Petroleum Research Fund), 1996
Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1996
Société Géologique de France Bulletin, 1996
l’Académie des Sciences de Paris Comptes Rendus, 1996
Geological Society of London Special Publication, 1996
Gulf Coast Section of the SEPM Research conference (Abstracts), 1995
Gulf Coast Section of the SEPM Research conference (Abstracts), 1995
First North American Rock Mechanics Symposium (Abstracts), 1994
Israel Science Foundation, 1994
Geological Society of London Journal, 1994
Geophysical Research Journal, 1994
Structural Geology Journal, 1994
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 1994
Geodynamic Evolution of Sedimentary Basins Conference, Moscow, May 18-23 Proceedings, 1994
Tectonophysics, 1992
Tectonics, 1992
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Graduate Student Committee Participation
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Joël Le Calvez, Modeling of normal-fault relays: The University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, graduated, 2002
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Ricardo Combellas-Bigott, Depositional history and sequence
stratigraphic framework of the middle Miocene depositional episode eastern-central Gulf of Mexico:
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, ongoing, 2002
M.S. Thesis Committee, Vernon Moore, Lithospheric delamination during continental collision: Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas, graduated, June, 2002
M.S. Thesis Committee, Asif Muzaffar, Analysis of the cap rock of the Davis-Hill salt dome, Liberty
County, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, graduated, December, 2001
M.S. Thesis Committee, Christine R. Fox, Experimental modeling of the formation of arcuate foldbelts,
with application to the Monterrey Salient, Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas,
ongoing, 2001
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Lies Loncke, Structural and depositional processes along the Nile
deep-sea fan: Université de Nice, Nice, France, ongoing, 2001
B.S. Thesis Committee, Joël Le Calvez, Experimental modeling of normal-fault relays: Université de
Nice Sofia-Antipolis, Nice, France, 1997
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Brent Couzens, Formation of triangle zones and passive-roof duplexes
in fold-and-thrust belts: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Hong-Xing Ge, Experimental and field investigation on salt anticlines:
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1996
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Patricia Wood Dickerson, Tectonic, magmatic and geomorphic
evolution of the Tacostal Mesa fault zone, Presidio and Brewster counties, Texas: The University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1995
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