Florence Bonnaffé
Professional Summary
May 2, 2014
Business address:
E-mail address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 472-2336
florence.bonnaffe@beg.utexas.edu
Academic Background
B.A. Geology, Grenoble University, Grenoble, France, 1995
M.A. Applied Geophysics, Pierre et Marie Curie, University of Paris, Paris, France, 1996
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Research Scientist Associate I, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of
Texas at Austin (December 2002 - Present).
B. Research Assistant and Graphic Assistant, University of Miami (August 1999 - April 2002).
C. Quality Control, Petrosystems CGG (1998 - 1999).
Quality control of seismic processing software Geovecteur+.
D. Intern, Elf Exploration Production Pau (1998).
4-month internship—ARTEP Project: Seismic Characterization of reservoir bodies, seismic
interpretation using seismic attributes.
E. Intern, U.N.E.P.I.E., Paris (1997).
3-month internship—Bibliography for « Industry and environment » journal and « mineral
resources forum » web site.
F. Intern, Geoterrex, Australia (1996).
3-month internship—Geophysical prospecting: EM-37 (Geonics) for Sulfur ore bodies.
G. Intern, Goldfield of South Africa (1994).
3-month internship—Sinkholes risk mapping using aerial photo, gravimetric and magnetic map
and field mapping.
Awards and Honorary Societies
Wallace E. Pratt Award for best AAPG Bulletin article published in calendar year 2009, 2010
First Place, Thomas A. Philpott Excellence of Presentation Award, Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies (GCAGS), 59th Annual Convention, Shreveport, Louisiana, 2009
Publications
Articles
Peer Reviewed
Janson, X., Eberli, G. P., Lomando, A. J., and Bonnaffe, F., 2011, Seismic characterization of largescale platform-margin collapse along the Zhujiang carbonate platform (Miocene) of the South
China Sea, based on Miocene outcrop analogs from Mut Basin, Turkey: SEPM (Society for
Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication No. 95, p. 79‒98.
Hentz, T. F., and Bonnaffe, Florence, 2010, Sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous
(Cenomanian) Woodbine Group: chronostratigraphic integration of the East Texas Basin and East
Texas field, in Hentz, T. F., ed., Sequence stratigraphy, depositional facies, and reservoir
attributes of the Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Group, East Texas field: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 274, p. 1–16.
Janson, X., Van Buchem, F., Dromart, G., Eichenseer, H. T., Boichard, R., Dellamonica, X., Bonnaffe,
F., and Eberli, G., 2010, Architecture and facies differentiation within a middle Miocene platform,
Ermenek, Mut Basin, southern Turkey, in Van Buchem, F. S. P., Gerdes, K., and Esteban, M.,
eds., Mesozoic and Cenozoic carbonate systems of the Mediterranean and the Middle East:
stratigraphic and diagenetic reference models: Geological Society, London, Special Publications,
329, p. 265–290.
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Bonnaffe, F., Loucks, R. G., Brown, L. F., Jr., and Wang, F. P., 2009,
Sequence stratigraphic controls on complex reservoir architecture of highstand fluvial-dominated
deltaic and lowstand valley-fill deposits in the Woodbine Group, East Texas field: regional and
local perspectives: AAPG Bulletin, v. 93, p. 231–269.
Janson, X., Eberli, G., Bonnaffe, Florence, Gaumet, F., and De Casanove, V., 2007, Seismic
expression of a Miocene prograding carbonate margin, Mut Basin, Turkey: AAPG Bulletin, v. 91,
no. 5, p. 685–713.
Bonnaffe, Florence, Jennette, Dave, and Andrews, John, 2007, A method for acquiring and
processing ground-based lidar data in difficult-to-access outcrops for use in three-dimensional,
virtual-reality models: Geosphere, v. 3, no. 6, p. 501–510.
Non-Peer-Reviewed
Bonnaffe, Florence, 2009, West Texas mountains, in Laubach, S. E., and Tinker, S. W., eds., 2009,
Earth’s art: celebrating the Centennial of the Bureau of Economic Geology, 1909–2009: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, p. 14–15.
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Bonnaffe, Florence, Loucks, R. G., and Wang, D. L., 2009, Strategies
for optimized oil recovery in fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoirs in the lower Woodbine Group,
East Texas field: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 59, p. 35–47.
Bonnaffe, Florence, Hammes, Ursula, Carr, D. L., and Brown, L. F., Jr., 2008, High-resolution
sequence stratigraphic correlations of the Oligocene Frio Formation in south Texas, in Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 58, p. 125–142.
Bonnaffe, Florence, Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Wang, F. P., and Loucks, R. G., 2008, Threedimensional architecture of lowstand incised-valley deposits in the Woodbine Group, northern
East Texas Field: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 58, p. 135–141.
Wang, F. P., Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Bonnaffe, Florence, and Loucks, R. G., 2008, Engineering
and geological characterization of giant East Texas oil field: north and south pilot studies: Society
of Petroleum Engineers, Paper No. 115683-PP, 15 p.
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Wang, F. P., Bonnaffe, Florence, Loucks, R. G., and Potter, E. C.,
2007, Core Workshop: Woodbine Group, East Texas Field, in Ambrose, W. A., and others, Pilot
Study of East Texas Field: Geology, Engineering, and Potential Exploitation Workshop: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, State of Texas Advanced Resource
Recovery and Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop No. SW0017, 21 p.
Tomasso, Mark, Bonnaffe, Florence, Bouroullec, Renaud, Pyles, D. R., and Jennette, David, 2006,
Outcrop versus seismic architecture of deep-water deposits: use of lidar along a slope-to-basin
transect of the Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas, in Reservoir characterization: integrating
technology: Proceedings of the 26th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research
Conference, p. 755–770.
Internet/Web Sites/Modules
Pyles, D. R., Tomasso, M., Jennette, D., Beaubouef, R. T., Rossen, C., and Bonnaffé, F., 2006,
Three-Dimensional Stratigaphy of a Sinuous Slope Channel Exposure: Outcrop Characterization
of the Beacon Channel, Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas: The University of Texas at
Austin,
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/lasr/private/lasrweb/Brushy/outcrops/Beacon_Channel/index
_beacon_channel.htm.
Tomasso, M., and Bonnaffé, F., 2006, Colleen Canyon, Lower Brushy Canyon Formation: The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin,
Bureau
of
Economic
Geology,
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/lasr/private/lasrweb/Brushy/outcrops/colleen_canyon/index_
colleen.htm.
Tomasso, M., and Bonnaffé, F., 2006, Cordoniz Canyon, Lower Brushy Canyon Formation: The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin,
Bureau
of
Economic
Geology,
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/lasr/private/lasrweb/Brushy/outcrops/cordoniz_canyon/index
_cordoniz.htm.
Tomasso, M., Pyles, D. R., and Bonnaffé, F., 2006, Lower Brushy Mesa, Lower Brushy Canyon
Formation:
The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin,
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/lasr/private/lasrweb/Brushy/outcrops/brushy_mesa/index_br
ushy_mesa.htm.
Tomasso, M., Pyles, D. R., Bonnaffé, F., and Jennette, D., 2006, Buena Vista, Upper Brushy Canyon
Formation:
The
University
of
Texas
at
Austin,
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/lasr/private/lasrweb/Brushy/buena_vista/index_buena_vista.
htm.
Bouroullec, R., Pyles, D. R., Tomasso, M., and Bonnaffé, F., 2005, Laser-Assisted Analogs of
Siliciclastic Reservoirs 2005 results: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/lasr/private/lasrweb/index.htm.
Jennette, D., Pyles, D. R., Tomasso, M., and Bonnaffé, F., 2005, Laser-Assisted Analogs of
Siliciclastic Reservoirs 2004 Results: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, http://www.beg.utexas.edu/indassoc/lasr/private/lasrweb/index.htm.
Abstracts
Janson, Xavier, Zeng, Hongliu, Wright, Wayne R., Loucks, R. G., Bonnaffe, Florence, Wang, Q., Xia,
X., Wang, C., Li, S., and Yang, T., 2011, Digital outcrop analogues model of Ordovician
paleokarst in North-Central Tarim Basin, China (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition Abstracts Volume, v. 20, p. 92.
Mousavi, M., Hammes, U., Bonnaffe, F., and Granjeon, D., 2011, Stratigraphic-forward modeling of a
growth-faulted subbasin, Frio Formation, Corpus Christi area, South Texas Gulf Coast (abs.), in
GSA Annual Meeting, October 9–12, Minneapolis, Paper No. 122-12.
Smyth, R. C., and Bonnaffe, Florence, 2009, Complexity of the Dockum aquifer in Scurry County,
Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v.
41, no. 2, p. 6.
Bonnaffe, Florence, and Hammes, Ursula, 2009, Volumetric partitioning of growth-faulted subbasins
and high-resolution sequence stratigraphic architecture of the Oligocene Frio Formation in the
Corpus Christi area of South Texas
Bonnaffe, Florence, Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Wang, F. P., and Loucks, R. G., 2008, Threedimensional architecture of lowstand incised-valley deposits in the Woodbine Group, northern
East Texas Field (abs.), in Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies.
Bonnaffe, Florence, Hammes, Ursula, Carr, D. L., and Brown, L. F., Jr., 2008, High-resolution
sequence stratigraphic correlations of the Oligocene Frio Formation in south Texas (abs.), in Gulf
Coast Association of Geological Societies.
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Wang, F. P., Bonnaffe, Florence, Loucks, R. G., and Brown, L. F., Jr.,
2008, Sequence stratigraphic controls from complex reservoir architecture in fluvial-dominated
deltaic and lowstand valley-fill deposits in the Woodbine Group, East Texas field (abs.): AAPG
2008 Annual Convention and Exhibition Abstracts Volume, v. 17, p. 7.
Bouroullec, R., Pyles, D. R., Tomasso, M., Jennette, D. C., Lee, K., and Bonnaffe, F. L., 2007, Use of
ground-based lidar technology for quantitative stratigraphic analysis (abs.), in From outcrop to
asset: recent advances in digital outcrop data collection and modelling techniques, abstract
volume: London, The Geological Society, p. 9.
Bouroullec, Renaud, Pyles, D. R., Schwartz, D. E., Jennette, D. C., and Bonnaffe, Florence, 2007,
Impact of local accommodation of the architecture and stacking patterns of three Capistrano
Formation slope channel outcrops: San Clemente, Dana Point Harbor, and Point Fermin,
California (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts
Volume, v. 16, p. 15.
Tomasso, Mark, Pyles, D. R., Bonnaffe, Florence, and Jennette, D. C., 2007, 3D geological and
seismic forward modeling of a sinuous slope channel complex, Brushy Canyon Formation, West
Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts
Volume, v. 16, p. 140.
Bonnaffé, F., Jennette, D., Andrews, J. R., Pyles, D. R., Bouroullec, R., and Tomasso, M., 2006, A
method for acquiring and processing ground-based lidar data in difficult to access outcrops for
use in 3-D virtual-reality models (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention, v. 15, p. 12.
Tomasso, M., Bonnaffé, F., Pyles, D. R., Janson, X., Bouroullec, R., Jennette, D., Bellian, J. A., and
Kerans, C., 2006, Application of seismic forward modeling of detailed outcrop data in improving
sub-surface interpretation (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention, v. 15, p. 107.
Tomasso, M., Bonnaffe, F. L., Pyles, D. R., Bouroullec, R., and Jennette, D. C., 2006, Outcrop versus
seismic architecture of deep-water deposits: a comparison along a slope-to-basin transect of the
Brushy Canyon Formation, west Texas (abs.), in Resource plays in the Permian Basin—resource
to reserves: 2006 Symposium, West Texas Geological Society abstracts volume.
Tomasso, M., Pyles, D. R., Bonnaffe, F. L., and Jennette, D. C., 2006, Using lidar data to enhance 3D
geological and seismic forward modeling: example of a sinuous slope channel complex, Brushy
Canyon Formation, west Texas (abs.), in Unlocking 3D Earth systems—harnessing new digital
technologies to revolutionize multiscale geologic models: Penrose Meeting, Durham: Geological
Society of America abstracts volume.
Tomasso, Mark, Bonnaffe, F. L., Bouroullec, Renaud, Pyles, D. R., and Jennette, D. C., 2006,
Outcrop versus seismic architecture of deep-water deposits: use of lidar along a slope-to-basin
transect of the Brushy Canyon Formation, west Texas (abs.), in Slatt, R. M., Rosen, N. C.,
Bowman, Michael, Castagna, John, Good, Timothy, Loucks, Robert, Latimer, Rebecca,
Scheihing, Mark, and Smith, Ru, eds., Reservoir characterization: integrating technology:
Proceedings of the 26th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, p.
23.
Jennette, D. C., Bonnaffé, F., Pyles, D., Bouroullec, R., and Tomasso, M., 2005, Taking turbidite
outcrops to the next level: 3-D visualization, characterization, and interpretation of analogs using
lidar technology (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention
abstracts volume, v. 14, p. A68.
Jennette, D., Bonnaffe, F., Bouroullec, R., and Kilic, C., 2004, Application of lasers to build models of
deepwater reservoirs: insights from the Solitary Channel, Tabernas Basin, Southern Spain (ext.
abs.), in EAGE 66th Conference and Exhibition, Paris, June 7–10, No. A-030, 5 p.
Jennette, D. C., Willson, J. J., Bonnaffe, Florence, and Bellian, J. A., 2003, Application of laserscanned outcrop data to build models of deepwater systems: examples from the Tabernas and
Ainsa Basins, northern and southern Spain (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
International Conference Official Program, p. A46.
Jennette, David, Willson, J. J., Bonnaffe, Florence, and Bellian, Jerome, 2003, 3-D digital
characterization and visualization of the solitary channel complex, Tabernas Basin, southern
Spain (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference Official
Program, p. A46.
Janson, Xavier, Eberli, G., Lomando, A. J., and Bonnaffe, F., 2003, Seismic acquisition and attribute
analysis in carbonate systems as viewed through the sedimentologist's eyes from an outcrop
perspective (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference
Official Program, p. A45.
Contract Reports
Pyles, D. R., Bouroullec, R., Tomasso, M., and Bonnaffé, F., 2006, Laser-Assisted Analogs of
Siliciclastic Reservoirs 2005 Annual Meeting: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, annual report prepared for Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, Encana, Exxon-Mobil,
Marathon, Norsk Hydro, Petrobras, Shell, and Statoil, 16 digital presentations on 1 CD.
Jennette, D., Pyles, D. R., Tomasso, M., Bouroullec, R., and Bonnaffé, F., 2004, Laser-Assisted
Analogs of Siliciclastic Reservoirs 2004 Annual Meeting: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips,
Encana, Exxon-Mobil, Petrobras, and Statoil, 8 presentations on 1 CD.
Janson, Xavier, Eberli, G., and Bonnaffe, Florence, 1999, Impedance model of an Oxfordian platform
(Swiss Jura): Elf Exploration Production, final report, 75 p.
Bonnaffe, Florence, 1998, Seismic characterization of reservoir bodies, seismic interpretation using
seismic attributes: Elf Exploration Production, final report, 35 p.
Course Notes
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Bonnaffe, F., Loucks, R. G., and Potter, E. C., 2008, Core workshop:
Woodbine Group–East Texas and Double A Wells fields, in Ambrose, W. A., and others,
Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Systems of the Woodbine Group in East Texas Field:
Core Workshop, PTTC Texas/Southern New Mexico Region Workshop, Sequence Stratigraphy
and Depositional Systems of the Woodbine Group in East Texas Field: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Workshop Workbook No. SW0018, 24 p.
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Wang, F. P., Bonnaffe, Florence, Loucks, R. G., and Potter, E. C.,
2007, Core workshop: Woodbine Group, East Texas field, in Ambrose, W. A., and others, Pilot
study of East Texas field: geology, engineering, and potential exploitation workshop: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, State of Texas Advanced Resource
and Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop No. SW0017, 21 p.
Workshop Workbooks
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Bonnaffe, F., Loucks, R. G., Potter, E. C., and Clift, S. J., 2008,
Sequence stratigraphy and depositional systems of the Woodbine Group in East Texas field:
PTTC Texas/Southern New Mexico Region Workshop, Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional
Systems of the Woodbine Group in East Texas Field: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau
of Economic Geology, Workshop Workbook, No. SW0018, variously paginated.
Ambrose, W. A., Hentz, T. F., Wang, F. P., Bonnaffe, Florence, Loucks, R. G., Potter, E., and Clift, S.
J., 2007, Pilot Study of East Texas Field: Geology, Engineering, and Potential Exploitation
Workshop, held October 30 in Kilgore, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, Workshop Workbook, No. SW0017, variously paginated.
Thesis
DESS de géophysique Appliquée.
Research Support
Author: A Method for Acquiring and Processing Ground-Based Lidar Data, BEG Grants and Awards
Committee (for publication support) (2007, $2900).
Lecturing
Workshops
Pilot study of East Texas field: geology, engineering, and potential exploitation workshop: BEG-PTTC
Workshop No. SW0017, Kilgore, Texas, October 30, 2007.
Lectures and Addresses
Developments in ground-based lidar data acquisition, processing, and visualization: presented at
LASR Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 2006.
Architecture of a Miocene carbonate platform system (Ermenek Turkey)—implications for subsurface
data interpretation: presented at American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting,
Denver, Colorado, June 2001.