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
• 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
• Departure Location: In front of
• Return Time: 1600-1700 in front of Dalhousie Student Union Building (SUB),
• Return Location: In front of Dalhousie Student Union Building (SUB),
• 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.,
• Duration: 2 days
• Time: 0900 to 1700
• Day 1 of 2
• Location:
Short Course #2
Petroleum Systems Modelling - Instructors: Hans Wielens, Geological Survey of
• Duration: 2 days
• Time: 0900 to 1700
• Day 1 of 2
Locations:
LECTURES-
DEMOS - Dalhousie University - GIS Teaching Lab Rm. 2012- 2nd Floor Biology/Earth Sciences Wing- Life Sciences Center
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
1330 to 1700
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:
Short Course #2
Petroleum Systems Modelling
• Day 2 of 2
Locations:
LECTURES-
DEMOS - Dalhousie University - GIS Teaching Lab Rm. 2012- 2nd Floor Biology/Earth Sciences Wing- Life Sciences Center
Workshop #1
Cores of Offshore
• Organizers: Les Eliuk, Geotours /
Andrew MacRae, Saint Mary’s University,
• Duration: 1 day
• Time: 0900 – 1600 (Lunch included)
• Location: CNSOPB Data Management Centre,
• Bus departure time 0800
• Bus Departure Location: In front of Dalhousie Student Union Building (SUB),
• Bus Return Time: 1700
• Bus Return Location: In front of Dalhousie Student Union Building (SUB),
1600 to 1700 Field Trip #1 returns to
1700 to 2100
1700 to 2100 Seismic Data Room and Poster Session open – McInnes Room - Dal SUB
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Session 1A - Margin Evolution & Development
Scotiabank Auditorium
0730 –
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 - Nemčok, 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
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
1050 to 1115 NEW PROFILE MODELS OVER THE
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 (
Session 1B - Margin Evolution & Development
Scotiabank Auditorium
1330 to 1400 Keynote Address - THE MESOZOIC ATLANTIC
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 WITHDRAWN
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 Geoscience Research Centre Facility Tour and Reception + Core Display
1730 – Buses depart for CNSOPB Geoscience Research Centre,
1800 to 2030 – Reception, Buffet & Core Display: Offshore
2030 – Buses return to Dalhousie Student Union Building
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Session 1C - Margin Evolution & Development
Scotiabank Auditorium
0730 –
0800 to 0810 Welcome & Introduction
0810 to 0840 Keynote Address - SLOPES, BASIN FLOORS, DIAPIRS, AND CANOPIES: REGIONAL-SCALE SALT-SEDIMENT INTERACTION IN THE
0840 to 0905 SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY, SALT STRUCTURES AND THERMAL AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS MODELS ACROSS THE
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;
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 WITHDRAWN
1115 to 1140 THE EVOLUTION OF THE PERDIDO FOLD BELT IN THE CONTEXT OF SALT TECTONICS OF THE NORTHWESTERN MARGIN OF THE
1140 to 1205 SEDIMENTARY BASINS IN THE CENTRAL AND
1205 to 1330 LUNCH (
Session 2A - Petroleum Systems
Scotiabank Auditorium
1330 to 1400 Keynote Address - PETROLEUM SYSTEMS OF THE
1400 to 1425 UNUSUAL JURASSIC CONDENSATE OF THE HUDSON CANYON AREA, U.S. ATLANTIC - Sassen, Roger; and
1425 to 1450
1450 to 1515 PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION OF THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OFF NOVA
Seismic Data Room & Poster Session OPEN
1545 to 1610 THE
1610 to 1635 GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF THE
1635 to 1700 REVISITING THE EAST GEORGES BANK BASIN, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA - WHAT THE EXPLORATIONISTS SAW TWO DECADES AGO - Koning, Tako
1700 – 1730 Buses depart for downtown
1730 to 1900
2230 to 2300 Buses return to Dalhousie Student Union Building
Friday, August 15, 2008
Session 2B - Petroleum Systems
Scotiabank Auditorium
0730 –
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
Seismic Data Room & Poster Session OPEN
1000 to 1025 REGIONAL SETTING OF THE LATE JURASSIC DEEP PANUKE FIELD, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - CUTTINGS-BASED SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITIONAL FACIES ASSOCIATIONS ABENAKI FORMATION CARBONATE MARGIN - Eliuk, Leslie
1025 to 1050 LITHOLOGY-BASED, HIGH-RESOLUTION SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF LOWER CRETACEOUS, MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS, ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, EASTERN UNITED STATES - Sunde, Richard A.; and Coffey, Brian P.
1050 to 1115 DISTRIBUTION OF DIAGENETIC MINERALS IN LOWER CRETACEOUS SANDSTONES WITHIN A DEPOSITIONAL FACIES AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK: GLENELG, THEBAUD, AND CHEBUCTO FIELDS, OFFSHORE
1115 to 1140 HYPERPYCNAL RIVER FLOODS AND THE DEPOSITION OF LOWER CRETACEOUS SANDS, SCOTIAN BASIN - Piper, David J.W.; Karim, Atika; Pratt, Heidi; Noftall, Ryan; Gould, Kathleen; Foley, James and Pe-Piper, Georgia
1140 to 1205 RIVER SOURCE AND DISPERSION OF LOWER CRETACEOUS SANDS, SCOTIAN BASIN - Pe-Piper, Georgia; Triantafyllidis, Stavros and Piper, David J.W.
1205 to 1330 LUNCH (
Session 2C - Petroleum Systems
Scotiabank Auditorium
1330 to 1400 Keynote Address - PETROLEUM SYSTEMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE NW
1400 to 1425 CONTROLS ON FACIES DISTRIBUTION AND RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT OF UPPER TRIASSIC RIFT CONTINENTAL SYSTEMS IN INTERMONTANE RIFT SETTINGS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EXTENSIVE OUTCROPS IN SW MOROCCO - Redfern, Jonathan; Mader, Nadine; Fabuel Perez, Ivan; Hodgetts, David and El Ouataoui, Abedelmajid
1425 to 1450 FUTURE PROSPECTS OF OIL AND GAS WITHIN SELECTED TARGET AREAS OF SCOTIAN SHELF AND SLOPE, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA,
1450 to 1515
1515 to 1545 Refreshment Break
Seismic Data Room & Poster Session OPEN
1545 to 1610 PERMO-TRIASSIC BASINS FROM
1610 to 1635 EARLY INFILL OF THE TRIASSIC FUNDY BASIN: ARCHITECTURE OF THE WOLFVILLE FORMATION AND FLUVIAL EVOLUTION - Leleu, Sophie; Hartley, Adrian J.; Jolley, David W. and Williams, Brian P.J.
1635 to 1700 RESERVOIR QUALITY, DIAGENETIC HISTORY AND PROVENANCE OF THE LATE TRIASSIC SANDSTONES OF THE WOLFVILLE FORMATION, BAY OF FUNDY, NOVA
Farewell Gathering & Reception
1700 to 1900 Farewell Gathering – McInnes Room (Dal SUB
1700 to 1900 Seismic Data Room and Poster Session open – McInnes Room (Dal SUB)
1900 to 1930 Poster Breakdown
