Curriculum Vitae

 

G. Michael Grammer, Ph.D.

ChevronTexaco Exploration and Production Technology

  3901 Briarpark, Houston, TX  77042

e-mail: grammgm@texaco.com

ph. (713) 954-6139    

 

 

Education

Ph.D. Marine Geology/Carbonate Sedimentology                                                       1991

            University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Dissertation:  Formation and Evolution of Quaternary Carbonate Foreslopes, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas                                                               Advisor: Robert N. Ginsburg

 

M.S. Geology/Sedimentology                                                                         1983

            Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Thesis:  Depositional History and Diagenesis of the Viola Limestone (Ordovician), Southeastern Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma                   Advisor: Robert L. Laury

 

B.A. Geology                                                                                                              1980

            University of South Florida, Tampa, FL                                  Advisor: Richard A. Davis Jr.

 

 

Major Research Interests

••Integration of sedimentology, diagenesis, and high-resolution sequence stratigraphy to evaluate the effects of variable sea level change on the depositional record of carbonate and mixed carbonate/siliciclastic depositional systems.

            ••3-D characterization and modeling of depositional systems through the integration of        high-resolution outcrop and subsurface data combined with comparative sedimentology         from modern environments.

            ••Interplay of diagenesis and petrophysics of carbonates in a sequence framework.

 

 

Honors and Awards

2002/2003           AAPG Distinguished Lecturer

2000                     Elected to the Texaco Fellows Mentoring Excellence in Technology Program  (top 1% of technology leaders selection criteria)

1998                     Outstanding Instructor Award - Texaco Upstream Technology (UT)

1998                     General Manager's Outstanding Individual Contributor Award - Texaco UT

1998-01               AAPG Visiting Professional Geologist - University Outreach

1998                     Texaco Star Ambassador Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions

1998                     Outstanding Contributor Award - Texaco North American Producing

1997                    Junior Faculty Development Award, University of Miami/RSMAS

1996                    Elected to University of Miami Graduate School Faculty, University of Miami

1996                    Research Council Award, University of Miami

1994                    Keynote Presenter, AAPG Internat'l. Hedberg Conference, Paris, France

Honors and Awards (cont.)                                                                                                     G. M. Grammer p. 2/10

1993                    Best Poster Award, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

1992                    1st runner-up, for the University of Miami Smith Prize, awarded for the most original doctoral dissertation in marine and atmospheric science

1987-1990           Doctoral Fellowship, University of Miami/RSMAS

1983                    Outstanding Masters Thesis, Institute for the Study of Earth and Man, Southern Methodist University

1983                    First Place, Graduate Student Paper Contest, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting

1981                    Scholarship, Mobil Foundation Geology Field Course Scholarship

 

 

Funding History

1997-99           High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and 3-D Characterization of the Mississippian Madison Formation through the Integration of Outcrop and Subsurface Data, Madden Deep Field, Wind River Basin, Wyoming, P.I., Industrial Consortium, $155,000.

1995-98           High Resolution Stable Isotopic Fluctuations in Tropical Marine Waters Determined from Inorganic Aragonite Cements: Implications to the Younger Dryas and other High-Frequency Climatic Events, P.I. (with co-P.I.'s D. F. McNeill and P. K. Swart), National Science Foundation (Earth Science) - Global Change Program.  $194,138. Supplemental Grant (1997) of $14,317 awarded.

1997-98           A Field-Emission Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope: New Frontiers in the Electron Imaging for Biological and Geological Research, co-P.I. with R. P. Reid, P. L. Blackwelder, E. C. McKinney, and P. J. Walsh, National Science Foundation, MRI Program/OSTI, $460,000.

1997-98           Software grant for geophysical and geological reservoir characterization from Landmark Graphics Corporation, Global University Grant Program, co-P.I. with C. A. Scholz and G. P. Eberli, value approx. $400,000.

1994-97           Industrial Associates Program of the Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory: applied sedimentology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, and geophysics for petroleum exploration and production, co-P.I. with G.P. Eberli, D. F. McNeill, and P. K. Swart.  $168,000/year.

1996-97           Cyclostratigraphic Correlation and Facies Partitioning of Shoreface Sands in a Cretaceous Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic Depositional System, Offshore Angola, P.I. (with co-P.I. G. P. Eberli), Chevron Overseas Petroleum, $25,000.

1996-97           High Resolution Lateral Variability in a Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic Sedimentary System - Applications to Natural Resource Development, P.I., University of Miami, Research Council Award, $4,930.

1995-97           Acquisition of South Florida Holocene Facies Cores for Educational Materials, P.I., Exxon Production Research, $7300.

1995-96           Lateral and Vertical Distribution of Marine Cements along the Margins of Carbonate Platforms: Implications for Reservoir Modeling - A Pilot Study, P.I.,

                        Shell Research (The Netherlands), $8000.

1995-96           Intra-annual, Inter-annual, Decadal and Centennial Climate Variations as Recorded in the Skeletons of Sclerosponges in the Eastern Bahamas and Caribbean, (co-P.I. with D. F. McNeill and P. K. Swart), NOAA National

Funding History (cont.)                                                                                                          G.M. Grammer p. 3/10

                        Undersea Research Program, $20,302.

1995                Workshop on the Application of High-Resolution Outcrop to Subsurface Sequence Stratigraphy to Exploration and Production Problems, (co-P.I. with G. P. Eberli), Elf Aquitaine, Paris and Pau, France, $23,000.

1995                Proposal and Pilot Study for Developing an Integrated Multidisciplinary Reservoir Characterization Model of Gas-Prone, Cyclic Carbonate Reservoirs, P.I., (with co-P.I., Gregor Eberli), Intera Information Technologies, $5000.

1993-94           Influence of Rapid Cementation and Sea Level Change on Windward Platform Margins, Great Bahama Bank, (co-P.I. with D. F. McNeill and R. N. Ginsburg), NOAA National Undersea Research Program, $15,000.

1992                Characterization of Sedimentary Processes along an Open Windward Margin, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, (co-P.I. with R.N. Ginsburg and D.F. McNeill), NOAA National Undersea Research Program (NURP), $11,500.

1990                Post-Glacial Evolution of Leeward Platform Margins, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, with R.N. Ginsburg (P.I.), NOAA/NURP, $48,000.

 

 

Professional and Teaching Experience

1997-present   Senior Research Associate and Technical Advisor, Reservoir Characterization Group, Texaco and ChevronTexaco Upstream Technology; provide consultation, technical support, mentoring and leadership for Texaco and ChevronTexaco carbonate operations worldwide.  Specialize in the application of integrated sedimentology and stratigraphy to the 3-D modeling of carbonate systems by combining modern and ancient analogs with sequence stratigraphy for better reservoir characterization.  Currently working in the Pre-Caspian Basin of Kazakhstan.  Other recent areas of activity include the Permian Basin, E. Texas Basin, Paradox Basin (Utah), Gulf of Mexico, offshore West Africa, and the Middle East.

                        Instructor – Texaco and ChevronTexaco Upstream Technology; instructor for in-house courses on: 1) carbonate sequence stratigraphy and seismic sequence stratigraphy; 2) carbonate depositional environments; 3) reservoir management; 4) field courses to modern and ancient carbonate and mixed carbonate/siliciclastic depositional environments; and 5) Co-leader for AAPG Modern Carbonates Field Seminar (Bahamas) - "Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Distribution in a Modern Carbonate Platform".

 

2000-present   Adjunct Associate Professor, Univ. of Miami, Div. Marine Geology/Geophysics

 

1995-00           Research Assistant Professor, Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory,

('97-'00            Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami, RSMAS on LOA)        

  *Funded research projects included: 1) integrated high-resolution sequence stratigraphy using outcrop and subsurface data for regional stratigraphy, basin analysis, and 3-D characterization of carbonate and mixed carbonate/siliciclastic depositional systems (two projects: Paradox Basin and Wind River Basin); 2) experimental determination of the growth rates of marine carbonate cements; and 3) use of stable isotopes (C and O) in Pleistocene marine carbonate cements to correlate with the deep sea skeletal record of high frequency climatic events in the tropical oceans.

                       

                        *Instructor and co-leader (1987-97) for field workshops and seminars for industry and academic geologists to South Florida, the Bahamas, Belize, and the Paradox Basin region (1992-present) of southwestern USA.

 

                        *Guest lecturer (1991-97) for UM graduate courses: topics included general sedimentology, mechanics of mass flow deposits, and carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis.

 

                        *Developed and taught workshop for graduate students on "How to Successfully

                        Prepare for and Present Professional Papers at Scientific Meetings".

 

                        *Participant in the University of Miami's High School Teacher Outreach Program.

 

                        *Senior thesis advisor; participant in University of Miami's Undergraduate Mentor Program; and member of 3 Ph.D. dissertation committees.

 

1996                Lecturer, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL

                        Taught upper level course in "Coastal and Marine Science and Management" for

Geology and Marine Science majors with "excellent" student evaluations.

 

1994-97           Consulting Specialist, Elf Aquitaine (Field and Short Courses); Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc. (Angola); Shell International Exploration and Production B. V. (Field Courses); Texaco Central Exploration Division, Denver; (Paradox Basin, U.S.A.).

 

April 1994-     Senior Research Associate, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics,

May 1995        University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

 

1992-               Post-Doctoral Fellow (University of Miami/RSMAS)

1994                Sequence stratigraphic analysis of a Pennsylvanian mixed carbonate/siliciclastic system through the integration of outcrop and subsurface data, Paradox Basin,

                        Utah (with G. P. Eberli).

 

9/87-12/91      Doctoral Fellow (University of Miami/RSMAS)

 

1984-1987       Sedimentologist, Applied Geological Laboratory, Texaco Inc., Denver, CO

                        1. Sedimentologic and diagenetic interpretation and evaluation of carbonate and clay-rich siliciclastic reservoirs.   Author of over 60 in-house technical reports.

                        2. Technical liaison between geologic and engineering staff for the evaluation of microporosity on wireline log signatures and reservoir deliverability.

                        3. Instructor for Central Exploration Division Well-Site Geology School.  Specialized in the evaluation of reservoir quality, identification of type and amount of hydrocarbons present and geophysical logging techniques.

                        4. Instructor for Texaco Inc. school on Formation Damage specializing in the analysis of porosity and permeability in reservoir rocks and the effects of various introduced fluids in enhancing or reducing reservoir deliverability.

 

1983-1984       Texaco USA, Denver, CO

                        1. Development Geologist responsible for the geologic development of several oil and gas fields in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent regions.

                        2. Initiated and moderated weekly meetings for geologists and engineers to discuss various topics of interest to petroleum and production geology.

 

1982-1983       Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University

                        Head Teaching Assistant responsible for the coordination of Physical Geology laboratories being taught by myself and eight other teaching assistants.

 

1981-1982       Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University

                        Teaching Assistant responsible for teaching 3-4 Physical Geology laboratories per week.

 

1980                Department of Geology, University of South Florida

                        Research Assistant (undergraduate) for R. A. Davis Jr. working on the stratigraphy and morphologic development of Holocene barrier islands.

 

1979-1980       United States Geological Survey, Tampa, FL, Hydrogeologist (Cooperative Education Program)

 

1978-1979       Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission, Tampa, FL, Environmental Scientist (Cooperative Education Program)

 

Marine and Shipboard Experience

1993-95           Geologist/Sedimentologist, Influence of Rapid Cementation and Sea Level Change on Windward Carbonate Platform Margins, submersible operations, Exuma Sound, 25 days.

1992                Geologist/Sedimentologist, Quaternary High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of the Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic Margin of Belize, C.A. (joint project between the University of Miami and Rice University combining single-channel seismic acquisition with piston coring and vibra-coring), 24 days.

1990                Chief Scientist, Evolution of Bahamian Foreslopes, submersible operations, NOAA Nat'l. Undersea Research Program, 9 days.

1990                Geologist, Bahamas Deep-Drilling Project, core analysis, 15 days.

1989                Scientific Advisor, NOAA Field Test of Harbor Branch SCOOP ROV, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas, 4 days.

1988                           Scientist, Interdisciplinary Research on Slope Processes, Bahamas, submersible operations, NOAA National Undersea Research Program, 8 days.

 

 

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Key Publications

Special publication (editor) and manuscripts in review, accepted, and in prep.

Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G. P., editors (in review), Integration of Outcrop and Modern Analogs in Reservoir Modeling, AAPG Memoir (Special Publication).

 

Westphal, H., Eberli, G. P., Smith, L. B., and Grammer, G. M., (accepted), Reservoir Characterization in the Mississippian Madison Formation, Wind River Basin, Wyoming, submitted to AAPG Bulletin.

 

Eberli, G.P., Schwab, A.M., Grammer, G.M., and J.L. Masaferro, (in review), The seismic architecture of Pennsylvanian algal mounds in the Paradox Basin, U.S.A., in Eberli et al., eds., Seismic Imaging of Carbonate Reservoirs and Systems, AAPG Memoir.

 

Swart, P.K., Thorrold, S., Rubenstone, J., Rosenheim, B., Harrison, C.G.A., Grammer, G.M., and McNeill, D.F., (in review), Intra-annual variation in the stable oxygen and carbon isotope and trace element composition of sclerosponges, submitted to Paleoceanography.

 

Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G. P., (in prep.), Integration of modern and outcrop analogs for reservoir modeling – overview and examples, in Grammer et. al. (eds.), Integration of Outcrop and Modern Analogs in Reservoir Modeling, AAPG Memoir.

 

Pfeffer, D. N., Grammer, G. M., and D. Prezbindowski, (in prep.), Integrating sequence stratigraphy and 3-D geostatistical modeling techniques for enhanced reservoir prediction and management, in Grammer et. al. (eds.), Integration of Outcrop and Modern Analogs in Reservoir Modeling, AAPG Memoir.

 

 

(published manuscripts)

Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G. P., (2001), Carbonate platforms: exploration and production scale insight from modern analogs in the Bahamas, invited paper, The Leading Edge (Society of Economic Geophysicists), vol. 20, p. 252-261.

 

Grammer, G. M., Eberli, G. P.,  Van Buchem, F. S. P., Stevenson, G. M., and Homewood, P. W., (2000), Application of High-resolution Sequence Stratigraphy in Developing an Exploration and Production Strategy for a Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic system (Carboniferous), Paradox Basin, U.S.A., in P.W. Homewood and G. P. Eberli, eds., Genetic Stratigraphy on the Exploration and Production Scales: Case Studies from the Pennsylvanian of the Paradox Basin and the Upper Devonian of Alberta, Elf Aquitaine Memoir 24, p. 29-69.

 

Eberli, G. P., Schwab, A. M., and Grammer, G. M., (2000), Anatomy of Ismay algal mound fields - a comparison of outcrop and 3-D seismic data, Paradox Basin, U.S.A., in P.W. Homewood and G. P. Eberli, eds., Genetic Stratigraphy on the Exploration and Production Scales: Case Studies from the Pennsylvanian of the Paradox Basin and the Upper Devonian of Alberta, Elf Aquitaine Memoir 24, p. 93-107.

 

Grammer, G. M., Crescini, C. M., and McNeill, D. F., and Taylor, L. H., 1999, Quantifying rates of syndepositional marine cementation in deeper platform environments - new insight into a fundamental process, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 69, p. 214-219.

 

McNeill, D. F., Grammer, G. M., and Williams, S. C., 1998, A 5my chronology of carbonate platform margin aggradation, southwestern Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 68, p. 603-614.

 

Grammer, G. M., Eberli, G. P., Van Buchem, F. S. P., Stevenson, G. M., and Homewood, P., 1996, Application of High-resolution Sequence Stratigraphy to Evaluate Lateral Variability in Outcrop and Subsurface - Desert Creek and Ismay intervals (Pennsylvanian), Paradox Basin, in M. Sonnenfeld and M. Longman, eds., Paleozoic Systems of the Rocky Mountain Region, RMS-Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication, p. 235-266.

 

Grammer, G. M., Ginsburg, R. N., Swart, P. K., McNeill, D. F., Jull, A. J. T., and Prezbindowski, D. R., 1993, Rapid Growth Rates of Syndepositional Marine Aragonite Cements in Steep Marginal Slope Deposits, Bahamas and Belize, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 63, p. 983-989.

 

Grammer, G. M., Ginsburg, R. N., and Harris, P. M., 1993, Timing of Deposition and Failure of Steep Carbonate Slopes in Response to a High-Amplitude/High-Frequency Fluctuation in Sea

Level, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, in R. Loucks and R. Sarg (eds.), AAPG Memoir 57, Recent advances and applications of carbonate sequence stratigraphy, p. 107-131.

 

Grammer, G. M., and Ginsburg, R.N., 1992, Highstand vs. Lowstand Deposition along Carbonate Platform Margins: Insight from Quaternary Foreslopes in the Bahamas, Marine Geology, vol. 103, p. 125-136.

 

 

Recent Abstracts and Presentations – Key Papers

Grammer, G. M., 2001, Formation and evolution of steep carbonate platform margins – lessons learned from the modern, invited abstract for presentation at 2001 GSA in Boston.

 

Harris, P. M., Grammer, G. M., and G. P. Eberli, 2001, Comparative sedimentology of carbonate platforms – Lessons learned from the Bahamas, abstract presented at 2001 GSA in Boston.

 

Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G. P., 2000, Modern analogs for carbonate reservoirs - Great Bahama bank revisited, invited presentation, 2000 AAPG mtg., New Orleans.

 

Pfeffer, D. N., Grammer, G. M., and Prezbindowski, C. R., 2000, Integrating sequence stratigraphy and 3-D geostatistical modeling techniques for enhanced reservoir prediction and management, presentation at 2000 AAPG meeting in New Orleans.

 

Eberli, G. P., Grammer, G. M., and Harris, P. M., 2000, Integration of petrophysical-based outcrop data for reservoir modeling and development,  2000 AAPG mtg., New Orleans.

 

Bliefnick, D., Hendry, J., Wright, P., Racey, A., Viaggi, M., Giovanelli, A., Grammer, M., Longacre, S., O'Hearn, T., and Yugai, T., 2000, Visean-Artinskian sedimentology, paleoenvironments, and development of the Karachaganak Platform, North Caspian Basin, Kazakhstan, presented at IAS/SEPM meeting, El Paso, TX.

 

Eberli, G. P. and Grammer, G. M., 1999, Unfilled accommodation space - a fundamental problem for Cyclostratigraphy, abstract presented at AAPG Annual Mtg., San Antonio, TX.

 

Westphal, H., Eberli, G. P., Grammer, G. M., 1999, Reservoir compartmentalization as a result of facies-sensitive dolomitization - the Mississippian Madison Fm., Wind River Basin, WY, presented at AAPG Annual Mtg., San Antonio, TX.

 

Westphal, H., Eberli, G. P., and Grammer, G. M., 1999, Outcrop Cyclostratigraphy as an analogue for the Mississippian Madden Deep Gas Reservoir, Wind River Basin, WY, abstract presented at AAPG Annual Mtg., San Antonio, TX.

 

Grammer, G. M., 1998, Formation and evolution of steep marginal slope deposits in the Bahamas: Insight into the reservoir potential and distribution of slope deposits in the Permian Basin, WTGS Fall Symposium, Midland, TX, Oct. 29-30.

 

Healy, G., Newell, V., and Grammer, G. M., 1998, Integrating scientific research with K-12 education, AAPG Ext. Abstracts, vol. 1, p. A283.

 

 

Invited Presentations

            Formation and Evolution of Steep Carbonate Platform Margins – Lessons learned from the Modern, invited paper for special session on Carbonate Platform margins at GSA, Boston.

            Comparative sedimentology in the new millenium: Recent advances and future directions, University of Texas at Austin, April 2000.

            Geology and Petroleum: Applications of Earth Science in the Oil and Gas Industry, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, Sept. 1999, AAPG - VPG Program.

            Geology and Petroleum: Applications of Earth Science in the Oil and Gas Industry, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA, Nov. 1998, AAPG - VPG Program.

            Application of Integrated Reservoir Characterization for Enhancing the Predictability of Carbonate Reservoirs, KIO/KOS, Aksai, Kazakhstan, Feb. 1998

            Application of  Comparative Sedimentology to Enhance the Understanding of Subsurface Hydrogeological Problems, Association of Women Geoscientists, Nov. 1996, Tampa, FL.

            Distribution and Geometries of Platform-Carbonate Reservoirs - Insight from Modern Counterparts in the Bahamas, with co-author R. N. Ginsburg, Oklahoma Geol. Survey and DOE sponsored Workshop on Platform Carbonates in the Southern Midcontinent,  March 1996. Application of High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy in Developing an Exploration and Production Strategy for a Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic System (Carboniferous), Paradox Basin, U.S.A., Tour Elf, La Defense, Paris and Elf Research Center, November, 1995, Pau, France.

            Understanding the Distribution and Architecture of Algal Mound Reservoirs through Outcrop based High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy: An Example from the Paradox Basin, USA, 1995 AAPG International Conference, Sept. 1995, Nice, France.

            Correlation of the d18O Composition of Marine Aragonite Cements to the Skeletal Record during the Latest Deglaciation, 1st SEPM Congress on Sedimentary Geology, Aug. 1995, St. Petersburg, FL

            Laterally Discontinuous Reservoir Facies Controlled by Multiple Orders of Sea Level Change, Paradox Basin, Utah, U.S.A., Keynote paper presented at the AAPG Hedberg Conference, Sept. 1994, Paris, France.

            Timing of Deposition and Failure of Steep Carbonate Slopes, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, presented in SEPM session on Carbonate Slope Failure and Depositional Processes at

1991 AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention.

            Evolution of Bahamian Foreslopes: Highstand vs. Lowstand Deposition, University of

Vermont Lecture Series in Geology, March 1991.

            Evolution of Quaternary Carbonate Foreslopes, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, Miami Geological Society, September, 1990.

            Depositional History and Diagenesis of the Viola Limestone (Ordovician), Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, Dallas Geological Society, 1983.

 

 

Manuscripts and Proposals Reviewed for:

Manuscripts Reviewed for: Journal of Sedimentary Research, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Geology, Marine Geology, Coral Reefs

Research Proposals Reviewed for:

National Science Foundation, NOAA National Undersea Research Program, Petroleum Research Fund (American Chemical Society)

 

 

Student Committees

            Senior Thesis co-Advisor: Chris M. Crescini, Experimental Determination of the Growth Rates of Carbonate Cement in a Marginal Slope Environment, Exuma Sound, Bahamas

            Mr. Crescini was the recipient of the University of Miami's 1995 Sigma Xi, Best Poster Award for the presentation of his Senior Thesis research.  He was also named the 1995 University of Miami Geology Student of the Year by the Miami Geological Society.

 

            Ph.D. Dissertation Committees:

            Laura Guertin (graduated 1997), Late Cenozoic Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic Systems, Southeastern Florida: an Investigation into the Lithostratigraphic, Chronostratigraphic, and Sea Level Record

            Michael L. Incze (graduated 1998), Petrophysical Properties and Acoustic Velocities of Shallow Water Carbonates in Modern Depositional Environments

            Karin H. Bernet (graduated 1999), The Record of Hierarchies of Sea-Level Fluctuations in Cores, Logs, and Seismic Data along the Great Bahamas Bank Transect.

 

 

Professional Service/Committees

Co-leader, (1998-2002)  AAPG Field School, "Sequence stratigraphy and reservoir distribution in a modern carbonate platform, Bahamas", with G. P. Eberli and P. M. Harris.

 

Field Trip co-leader, Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterization of a Carboniferous Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic System, Paradox Basin, Utah, 2001 (and 2003) AAPG Meeting, with G. P. Eberli, L. J. Weber, and J. F. Sarg.

 

AAPG Grant's-in-Aid committee member

 

AAPG Visiting Professional Geologist Program - University Outreach (1-2 campus visits/yr.)

 

Technical Session co-chair, "Use of Recent Analogs for Effective Reservoir Modeling and Management", 2000 AAPG Annual Mtg., with G. P. Eberli and P. M. Harris.

 

Advisory Committee member and participant in the on-line "E-mail Expert" list for GSA's

Partners in Education Program (PEP)

 

Technical Session co-Chair, "Ancient Carbonate Processes, Dolomites, Cements, and Diagenetic Models", 1996 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

 

 

Professional Memberships

                        American Association of Petroleum Geologists

            American Geophysical Union

            Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

            Geological Society of America

            National Association of Geology Teachers

            State of Florida Professional Geologist No. 412