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SEPM Quantitative Stratigraphy Research Group
3-5 PM, March 5, 1995, Doubletree Hotel
Houston, Texas
On March 5, 1995, the SEPM Research Committee approved the formation
of a Quantitative Stratigraphy Research Group as proposed by H. R.
Lane and R. W. Scott. Scott and Lane were following up on
recommendations derived from participants of the SEPM Research
Conference entitled `Graphic Correlation: The Method and its
Application' held in Houston in November and December of 1994. On its
approval of the new Research Group, the Committee requested that 1)
leadership be expanded beyond biostratigraphy to include other
geoscience disciplines, 2) efforts should be closely coordinated with
other SEPM research groups, such as those for Cyclostratigraphy and
Sequence Stratigraphy and, 3) that since there was an international
working group (IUGS) on Quantitative Stratigraphy, perhaps a
modification of the SEPM's research group name might be good to keep
the two efforts distinct in title, while maintaining and enhancing the
cooperative relations that already exist.
With this charge, the first meeting of the Working Group was held
later in the day with an attendance of 17 geoscientists. Of these, 7
were biostratigraphers, 8 sedimentologists/lithostratigraphers, and 2
mathematical geologists. Organizationally, there were 8 attendees
from industry, 1 from government, 6 from academia, and 2 consultants.
The group was pleased with the mix of specialties and organizations
present at the first meeting. These included:
Dr. Janok P. Bhattacharya, Bureau of Economic Geology, Box X,
University Station, Austin, TX 78756 512-471-1534
Dr. Martin B. Farley, Exxon Production Research, P. O. Box 189,
Houston, TX 77252, 713-965-4033, 713-965-7279 FAX
Dr. Bruce Fouke, De Boelelaan 10851081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
31-20-548-5315 31-20-646-2457 FAX foub@geo.vu.nl
Dr. Howard Harper ARCO (AEPT)2300 W. Plano ParkwayDallas, TX 75075
214-509-4233 214-509-6813FAX hharper1@is.arco.com
Dr. Mark Harris, Department of Geoscience, UWM, P. O. Box 413,
Milwaukee, WI 53201, 414-229-5777, 414-229-5452FAX,
mfharris@csd.uwm.edu
Dr. Christopher G. St. C. Kendall, University of South Carolina
Department of Geology, Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-2410,
803-777-6610 FAX Kendall@scardina.edu
Dr. Dennis Kerr, University of Tulsa, Depatment of Geosciences, Tulsa,
OK 74104 918 631-3020 918-631-3091 FAX
Dr. Elaine Kirova, P. O. Box 441292,Houston, TX 77244
713-531-9849
Dr. John Kocurko Midwestern State University Wichita, KS 76308
817-689-4181 jkocurko@nexus.mwsu.edu
Dr. H. R. Lane Amoco Corporation, P. O. Box 3092, Houston, TX
77253-3092 713-366-4156 713-366-7416 FAX hrlane@amoco.com
Dr. Robert K. Matthews, Brown University, Department of Geological
Sciences, Providence, RI 02912
Dr. Peter P. McLaughlin, Jr., Exxon Exploration Company, P. O. Box
4778, Houston, TX 77210 713-423-5988
Dr. Robert W. Pierce, 23119 Winding Knoll Drive, Katy, TX 77494-2102
713-366-2590 713-366-2949 FAX rwpierce@amoco.com
Dr. David T. Pocknall Amoco Corporation, P. O. Box 3092, Houston, TX
77293-3092
Dr. Charles Ross, GeoBioStrat, 600 Highland Drive, Bellingham, WA
98225 360-734-3040
Dr. Robert W. Scott, Precision Stratigraphic Associates, 3734 S.
Darlington, Tulsa, OK 74135, 918-663-7730 rscott@aip.org
Dr. Mike Simmons BP Exploration, Stockley Park, Oxbridge, OB11 1BP,
U.K. 44-0181-750-0934 44-0181-750-0530 FAX
simmonmd@txpcap.hou.exu.bp.com
Dr.Thomas Yancy, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology &
Geophysics, College Station, TX 77843-3115 409-845-0643
tyancy@tamu.edu
Spirited discussion of the assembled group revolved around several
topics. These included:
1. The need to focus on techniques and tools.
2. The need to develop a short course on quantitative techniques
3. The need to develop a laboratory manual.
4. The need to assemble case studies.
5. The need to develop globally accessible databases.
Interest focused mainly on developing 1) a course on quantitative
stratigraphy, 2) a lab manual and 3) a symposium at a future SEPM
meeting. It was decided that exercises for a course or lab manual
could be developed around, a) Graphic Correlation, b) Composite
Standard, c) RASCing, d) No-Space Graphing, e) Spectral Analysis,
f)Fischer Plots of Parasequence Stacking Patterns, g) Markov Chains,
h)Binary Matching Coefficients, i) Variograms/Geostatistics,
j)Multivariate Methods, k) Geohistory Analysis.
The following list of things to do and responsibilities was agreed to
by the attendees.
1. Establish a membership (Lane, Scott, Fouke, Harris)
a) announcement in the SEPM Newsletter
b) announcement in International Q. S. Newsletter
2. Propose two 1/2 day technical sessions for the 1997 Dallas
AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting as follows; proposal has been submitted to
technical committee:
a) Quantitative Stratigraphic Techniques applied to
Reservoir Characterization.(Lane, Hohn)
b) Quantitative Stratigraphic Techniques applied to
Sequence Stratigraphy. (Scott, Bhattacharya)
3. In one year:
a) A plan for a teaching manual (PM, MH, PS)
b) Present Manual as a short course at 1997 Dallas AAPG/SEPM
Meeting.
4. Long-range Planning
The leadership of the Working Group was expanded to include Mark
Harris, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Bruce Fouke,Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam. The group decided to delay a change in the
name of the group until the next meeting.
For the Research Group,
H. R. Lane
R. W. Scott
M. F. Harris
B. W. Fouke
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