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| October, 2005 |
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Meeting Aim |
With the increasing use of climate and other Earth System models in frontier exploration (specifically for the prediction of source, reservoir and seal facies), the aim of this meeting is to bring together all of the principle experts in the various fields involved (from both academia and Industry: limited to a maximum of about 100) to facilitate discussion in order to move our understanding forward.
The key areas we wish to cover include the following:
i. To understand, define and model the processes responsible for source, reservoir and seal facies;
ii. To quantify modelling uncertainties;
iii. To provide practical examples of how models have been applied to frontier exploration;
iv. To facilitate discussion and the exchange of ideas;
We intend that this meeting will give rise to a comprehensive publication.
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Contact Details and Further Information |
Further information about this conference can be found on the SEPM website: http://www.sepm.org/events/researchconferences/rconferencehome.htm
If you would be interested in attending this meeting and wish to be included on the mailing list then do please contact me, or one of my co-convenors:
Paul Markwick: pjm@getech.leeds.ac.uk
Joe Curiale: jcuriale@chevron.com
John Suter: john.r.suter@conocophillips.com
Further information about the Snowbird venue can be found at: http://www.snowbird.com/meetings/
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This is the first of two related meetings |
This is the first of two SEPM/GSL research conferences dealing with the issues associated with modelling in exploration; the second conference is titled "Tectonics, Palaeogeography and Palaeoclimate" and is scheduled for September, 2007 at St. Johns College, Cambridge, U.K. This is being organised by myself, Roy Livermore (BAS) and Matthew Huber (Purdue University). If you would like to be included on the mailing list for this second meeting then do please let me know: pjm@getech.leeds.ac.uk
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| April, 2005 |
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Late Cretaceous - Recent Palaeogeographies (1996-1997) are now available |
Medium resolution jpeg versions of my 1996-1997 palaeogeographies are now available on this site for general use (see Markwick et al 2000). This follows numerous requests, especially for polar views.
These maps do not differentiate the palaeobathymetry, which is partly why some of the 'land' bridges in the southern hemisphere do not show up, and were compiled on low resolution base maps (see the palaeogeography FAQ for details); this is why there are some descrepanices between the maps and the detailed rotated coastline and country files shown on the maps. A more detailed set of GIS-based maps spanning the Jurassic - Recent (and including palaeobathymetry and environments) is in progress using these higher resolution bases, which build on the lessons learned from these earlier versions. These maps are being developed within a GIS framework that also provides the functionality to include comprehensive attribution for each of the features shown. Further information about these maps is available in the Palaeogeography section; researchers are also directed to Markwick and Valdes (2004) for a description of some of the methodologies used.
If you use these maps do please cite me. Higher resolution versions of the polar view jpegs are available (300 dpi, 1MB) and will be added to the site if there is a great demand for this (website size restrictions not withstanding).
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