The Permian Basin Section SEPM has scheduled its annual field t
rip to the Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico. \; Dr. Xavier Janson, R
eservoir Characterization Research Laboratory, Bureau of Economic Geology,
University of Texas at Austin will lead the trip.
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The participants will leave from the Midland Center, Corner of Wall and M
ain, Midland, Texas, at 12:00 noon CDT on Friday, May 13, 2011, where we w
ill take vans or personal vehicles to Cloudcroft, New Mexico (Please note
that personal vehicles will not be used during the field exercises). \
; There will be an icebreaker (cash bar) starting at 5:30 p.m. MDT at The
Lodge Resort &\; Spa located at 601 Corona Place, Cloudcroft, New Mexic
o, with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. MDT. \; Dr. Janson will provide an
overview of the field trip directly after dinner. \;
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On Saturday, May 14, the stops will be centered around Indian Well,
Alamogordo, Alamo Canyon and Muleshoe. \; At the end of the day, the
vans will return to Cloudcroft. \; \; \; Sunday, May 15, will
be spent in Dry Canyon and the vans will return to Cloudcroft at the end o
f the field trip. \; This two day trip will use the unique suite of ca
rbonate outcrops in Sacramento Mountains to illustrate reservoir-scale str
atal architecture and methodologies for interpreting these carbonate mound
s geometries from contained facies. Two different platform style of mounds
development will be visited. The Mississippian mounds grew on a wide low
angle ramp below wave base and are dominated by aphotic to oligophotic bio
ta, whereas the Virgilian algal mounds are dominated by euphotic biota tha
t depends on light to grow and as a result are controlled not only by the
hydrodynamic regime but also the water depth (accommodation). \; We wi
ll draw comparison with the subsurface data from the Horseshoe Atoll and i
n the Fort Worth Basin where these two types of mounds are present or at l
east suspected whenever possible. We will contrast the two stratigraphic a
rchitectures and discuss the applicability of these outcrop and outcrop-de
rived conceptual model to the isolated platform case in Horseshoe Atoll an
d Forth Worth Basin.
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In addition to the incredible
field trip, the costs include: \; round trip transportation in the va
ns, Friday night&rsquo\;s dinner, two nights lodging, two lunches, beverag
es in the field and the field trip guidebook. \; The trip will begin a
nd end in Midland, Texas. \; Mark your calendars for a fantastic field
trip to visit what may provide insights into your current or future plays
. \; If you are unable to attend but would like a copy of the field gu
ide, PBS-SEPM will make a guidebook available for sale on CD. \; THE TRIP IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 30 REGISTRANTS.
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Click the attachement below for further info a
nd registration. \;