Conjugate Margins

Program - Schedule

Friday, August 8, 2008

 

Field Trip #1

 

Tropical to Subtropical Syntectonic Sedimentation in the Permian to Jurassic Fundy Rift Basin, Atlantic Canada, in Relation to the Moroccan Conjugate Margin

•    Field Trip Leaders: Paul E. Olsen, LDEO, Columbia University, Palisades, New York and  Mohammed Et Touhami, LGVBS, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Mohamed Premier, Oujda, Morocco

•    Participants Arrive in Saint John, New Brunswick

•    Duration:  4 days

Sunday, August 10, 2008

 

Continuation of Field Trip #1. No other Conference events.

 

Monday, August 11, 2008

 

Field Trip #3

 

Onshore equivalents of the Cretaceous reservoir rocks of the Scotian Basin: detrital petrology, tectonics and diagenesis

•    Field Trip Leaders: Georgia Pe-Piper, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and

David  Piper, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

•    Departure Time: 0800 in front of Dalhousie Student Union Building, University Avenue

•    Return Time: 1600-1700 in front of Dalhousie Student Union Building, University Avenue

•    Duration:  1 day

 

Short Course #1

 

Practical Salt Tectonics: A 2-day Short Course Emphasizing the Geometry and Evolution of Salt Structures

•    Instructor: Mark G. Rowan, Rowan Consulting, Inc., Boulder, Colorado

•    Duration: 2 days

•    Time:  0900 to 1700

•    Day 1 of 2

•    Location: Dalhousie University (Milligan Room)

 

Short Course #2

 

Petroleum Systems Modelling

•    Instructors: Hans Wielens, Geological Survey of Canada–Atlantic, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia & Marcos Zentilli, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

•    Duration: 2 days

•    Time:  0900 to 1700

•    Day 1 of 2

•    Location: Dalhousie University (GIS Lab)


Tuesday, August 12, 2008

 

0900 to 1700     Registration & Pre-Registration Pick-up, Marion McCain Lobby, University Avenue

 

0900 to 1700     Short Courses

 

1330 to 1700     Poster set-up

 

Short Course #1

 

Practical Salt Tectonics: A 2-day Short Course Emphasizing the Geometry and Evolution of Salt Structures

•    Day 2 of 2

•    Location: Dalhousie University, Milligan Room, LSC8007 (Life Sciences Bldg, 8th floor)

 

Short Course #2

 

Petroleum Systems Modelling

•    Day 2 of 2

•    Location: Dalhousie University, GIS Lab, LSC2012 (Life Sciences Bldg, 2nd floor)

 

Workshop #1

 

Cores of Offshore Nova Scotia Clastic and Carbonate Reservoirs, Facies & Sequences

•    Organizers: Les Eliuk, Geotours / Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and

Andrew MacRae, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

•    Duration: 1 day

•    Time: 0900 – 1600 (Lunch included)

•    Location: CNSOPB Data Management Centre, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

•    Bus departure time 0800 (in front of Dalhousie Student Union Building, University Avenue)

•    Bus return time 1700 (to Dalhousie Student Union Building, University Avenue)


1600 to 1700   Field Trip #1 returns to Dalhousie Student Union Building

 

1700 to 2100   Registration Pick-up.

 

Welcoming Reception & Ice-Breaker

 

1700 to 2100     Dalhousie University – Dalhousie Student Union Building (Dal SUB - 2nd floor)

1700 to 2100     Seismic Data Room and Poster Session open – MacInnes Room - Dal SUB


Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Session 1A - Margin Evolution & Development

Scotiabank Auditorium

 

0730 –              Registration Opens (Dalhousie Student Union Building 2nd Floor Lobby)

 

0800 to 0810     Welcome & Introduction

 

0810 to 0840     Keynote Address

DEPTH-DEPENDENT EXTENSION AND MANTLE EXHUMATION: AN EXTREME PASSIVE MARGIN END-MEMBER OR A NEW PARADIGM?

Karner, Garry D.

 

0840 to 0905     CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP MECHANISM; LESSONS FROM SLOW-, INTERMEDIATE- AND FAST-EXTENSION SETTINGS

NemĨok, Michal; Stuart, C.; Rosendahl, B. R.; Welker, C.; Smith, S.; Sheya, C.; Sinha, S. T.; Choudhuri, M.; Yalamanchili, S. V. ; Allen, R.; Reeves, C.; Sharma, S.; Srivastava, D.; Venkatraman, S. and Sinha, N.

 

0905 to 0930     RIFTED CONTINENTAL-MARGINS, FAILED-BREAKUP BASINS, AND THE OPENING OF THE CENTRAL NORTH ATLANTIC

Hooper, Robert D. and Mann, David E.

 

0930 to 1000    Refreshment Break

Seismic Data Room & Poster Session OPEN

 

1000 to 1025     MESOZOIC SEAFLOOR SPREADING HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN

Bird, Dale E.; Hall, Stuart A.; Burke, Kevin; Casey, John F. and Sawyer, Dale S.

 

1025 to 1050     VARIATIONS IN CRUSTAL THICKNESS AND EXTENSIONAL STYLE ALONG THE SCOTIAN MARGIN, ATLANTIC CANADA: CONSTRAINTS FROM SEISMIC DATA AND 3D GRAVITY INVERSION

Dehler, Sonya A. and Welford, J. Kim

 

1050 to 1115     NEW PROFILE MODELS OVER THE U.S. EAST COAST CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Odegard, Mark; Post, Paul J. and Dickson, William

 

1115 to 1140     SYSTEMATIC VARIATIONS IN BASEMENT MORPHOLOGY AND RIFTING GEOMETRY ALONG THE NOVA SCOTIA AND MOROCCO CONJUGATE MARGINS

Wu, Yue; Louden, Keith and Tari, Gabor

 

1140 to 1205     THE POST-RIFT EVOLUTION OF THE ATLANTIC MARGIN OF NW AFRICA: A NOT-SO-QUIET PERIOD OF EXHUMATION AND EROSION

Bertotti, Giovanni; Andriessen, Paul; Barrie, Ibrahim; Beunk, Frank; Ghorbal, Badr and Wijbrans, Jan

 

 

1205 to 1330    LUNCH (Dalhousie University Club)

 

 

 

Session 1B - Margin Evolution & Development

Scotiabank Auditorium

 

1330 to 1400     Keynote Address

THE MESOZOIC ATLANTIC CANADA OFFSHORE MARGIN: HISTORY OF EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION AND FUTURE EXPLORATION POTENTIAL

Hogg, John R. and Enachescu, Michael E.

 

1400 to 1425     LOW-T THERMOCHRONOLOGY PROVIDES NEW INSIGHTS IN THE MESOZOIC TO PRESENT

Ghorbal, Badr; Bertotti, Giovanni ; Foeken , Jurgen; Stuart, Fin and Andriessen, Paul

 

1425 to 1450     GEOTECTONIC SCENARIOS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BRAZILIAN MARGIN: LEFT-LATERAL LOWER CRETACEOUS OBLIQUE RIFTING FOLLOWED BY UPPER CRETACEOUS TO PRESENT ONGOING COMPRESSION

De Lima, Claudio Coelho; Lopes, Marcos Fetter; Gontijo, Rogerio and Pessoa Neto, Otaviano Da Cruz

 

1450 to 1515     REVISITING CRETACEOUS TECTONISM AND VOLCANISM IN THE LAURENTIAN SUB-BASIN AND ORPHEUS GRABEN, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA

Bowman, Sarah; Pe-Piper, Georgia and Piper, David J.W.

 

1515 to 1545    Refreshment Break

                        Seismic Data Room & Poster Session OPEN

 

1545 to 1610     40AR-39AR STUDY OF THE FREETOWN LAYERED IGNEOUS COMPLEX (FLIC), FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIAL BREAK-UP OF PANGAEA TO FORM THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN

Barrie, Ibrahim Jorgor; Wijbrans, Jan R.; Beunk, Frank F.; Bertotti, Giovanni; Andriessen, Paul A.M.; Strasser-King, Victor E.H. and Fode, Daniel V.A.

 

1610 to 1635     THE INS AND OUTS OF BUTTRESS FOLDS: EXAMPLES FROM THE INVERTED FUNDY RIFT BASIN, NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA

Baum, Mark S.; Withjack, Martha Oliver and Schlische, Roy W.

 

1635 to 1700     SECOND-ORDER SEQUENCES AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR EXPLORATION IN THE DEEP-WATER SCOTIAN SLOPE

Davies, Andrew; Etienne, James L.; Simmons, Mike D.; Davies, Roger B.; Sharland, Peter R.; and Sutcliffe, Owen E.

 

CNSOPB Data Management Centre Reception, Dinner Buffet & Core Display

 

1730 – Buses depart for CNSOPB Data Management Centre, Dartmouth, N.S.

 

1800 to 2100 – Reception, Buffet & Core Display: Offshore Nova Scotia Clastic & Carbonate Reservoirs, Facies & Sequences

 

2100 – Buses return to Dalhousie Student Union Building


Thursday, August 14, 2008

Session 1C - Margin Evolution & Development

Scotiabank Auditorium

 

0730 –              Registration Opens (Dal SUB - 2nd Floor Lobby)

 

0800 to 0810     Welcome & Introduction

 

0810 to 0840     Keynote Address

SLOPES, BASIN FLOORS, DIAPIRS, AND CANOPIES: REGIONAL-SCALE SALT-SEDIMENT INTERACTION IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SCOTIAN OFFSHORE

Rowan, Mark G.

 

0840 to 0905     SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY, SALT STRUCTURES AND THERMAL AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS MODELS ACROSS THE CENTRAL NOVA SCOTIA SLOPE BASIN

Louden, Keith; Mukhopadhyay, P.K.; Wu, Yu; Negulic, Eric and Nedimovic, Mladen

 

0905 to 0930     BASIN-SCALE SALT TECTONIC PROCESSES AND SEDIMENT PROGRADATION IN THE SLOPE AND DEEPWATER BASIN OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL SCOTIAN MARGIN

Adam, Jürgen; Kreszek, Csaba; MacDonald, Cody; Campbell, Clarke; Cribb, Jonathan; Nedimovic, Mladen; Louden, Keith and Grujic, Djordje

 

0930 to 1000    Refreshment Break

Seismic Data Room & Poster Session OPEN

 

1000 to 1025     4D PHYSICAL MODELLING OF SALT TECTONICS IN SABLE SUB-BASIN, SCOTIAN MARGIN

MacDonald, Cody; Campbell, Clarke; Cribb, Jonathan; Adam, Juergen; Nedimovic, Mladen; Louden, Keith and Kreszek, Csaba

 

1025 to 1050     THERMAL EFFECTS OF SALT ON THE PETROLEUM SYSTEM: EVIDENCE FROM FISSION TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY, FLUID INCLUSIONS AND BASIN MODELLING

Zentilli, M.; Wielens, H.; Grist, A.M.; Kettanah,Yawooz.; Negulic, E. and Brown, Evan T.

 

1050 to 1115     PREDICTIVE TRENDS IN SALT MORPHOLOGY DERIVED FROM SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF MERGED 3D SEISMIC COVERAGE OVER ENTIRE BASINS

Bird, Tim John; Johnstone, David and Martin, Mark

 

1115 to 1140     U.S. EAST COAST: CONTINENTAL MARGIN EVALUATION WITH NEW TOOLS, DATA AND TECHNIQUES

Dickson, William; Odegard, Mark; and Post, Paul J.

 

1140 to 1205     SEDIMENTARY BASINS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ATLANTIC CONJUGATE MARGINS:  DEEP STRUCTURES AND SALT TECTONICS

Mohriak, Webster Ueipass; Brown, David E and Tari, Gabor

 

1205 to 1330    LUNCH (Dalhousie University Club)

 

Session 2A - Petroleum Systems

Scotiabank Auditorium

 

1330 to 1400     Keynote Address

PETROLEUM SYSTEMS OF THE U.S. CENTRAL ATLANTIC MARGIN

Post, Paul J. and Sassen, Roger

 

1400 to 1425     UNUSUAL JURASSIC CONDENSATE OF THE HUDSON CANYON AREA, U.S. ATLANTIC

Sassen, Roger; and Post, Paul J.

 

1425 to 1450     BALTIMORE CANYON UNTESTED GAS POTENTIAL

Epstein, Samuel Abraham; and Clark, Donald

 

1450 to 1515     PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION OF THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OFF NOVA SCOTIA

Jansa, Luba F.

 

1515 to 1545    Refreshment Break

                        Seismic Data Room & Poster Session OPEN

 

1545 to 1610     THE PENICHE BASIN: TECNO-SEDIMENTATION AND EXPLORATORY ASPECTS

França, Almério Barros; Gontijo, Rogério Cardoso and Bueno, Gilmar Vital

 

1610 to 1635     GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF THE HATTON BASIN (UK SECTOR), NE ATLANTIC OCEAN

McInroy, David and Hitchen, Kenneth

 

1635 to 1700     REVISITING THE EAST GEORGES BANK BASIN, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA - WHAT THE EXPLORATIONISTS SAW TWO DECADES AGO

Koning, Tako

 

Halifax Harbour Boat Tour & Lobster Banquet

 

1730 –              Buses depart for downtown Halifax

 

1800 to 1930     Halifax Harbour Boat Tour

 

1930 to 2230     Lobster Banquet in the Halifax Ball room at the Marriott Harbourfront

(1919 Upper Water Street, Haifax)

 

2230 to 2300     Buses return to Dalhousie Student Union Building


Friday, August 15, 2008

Session 2B - Petroleum Systems

Scotiabank Auditorium

 

0730 –              Registration Opens (Dal SUB - 2nd Floor Lobby)

 

0800 to 0810     Welcome & Introduction

 

0810 to 0840     Keynote Address

GEOLOGY AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF THE NW AFRICAN ATLANTIC MARGIN

Davison, Ian

 

0840 to 0905     MID TO LATE CRETACEOUS STRUCTURAL AND SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE AT THE TERRA NOVA OILFIELD, OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND - IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC

Sinclair, Iain K.; and Withjack, Martha O.

 

0905 to 0930     RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS, HYDROCARBON DISTRIBUTION, RESOURCE POTENTIAL & PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASTIC PLAYS OF THE SABLE SUBBASIN, SCOTIAN SHELF

Richards, Bill; Fairchild, Lee H.; Vrolijk, Peter J.; and Hippler, Susan J

 

0930 to 1000    Refreshment Break

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