Master Classes Archive
Research Seminar on Structural Diagenesis consists of a writing workshop, critical review of literature,
discussion of current research topics and
reports on graduate student research in quantitative structural geology, geomechanics and structural diagenesis.
Spring 2009 |
Fall 2008 |
Fall 2007 |
Spring 2007 |
Fall 2006 |
Fall 2005 |
2009 Spring Master Class Schedule
In Spring 2009 the Structural Diagenesis Master Class (SDMC) met on a reduced schedule, in view of the
group member’s participation in Randy Marrett’s Tuesday evening seminar.
SDMC sessions were set for January 23rd,
February 6th, March 13th and April 10. Aysen Ozkan’s tech talk is April 9, and Juan Inigo, Magdalena Ellis,
Brandon Barber and Pete Hargrove were to present their thesis research on April 18th.
2008 Fall Master Class Schedule
| Date | Time |
Place | Topic |
Reading |
| Sep 9 | 9 am | BEG | Progress review: Scotland field work | Marrett et al m.s. |
| Sep 16 | 9 am | BEG | Formulating a hypothesis | Selected journal articles |
| Sep 26 | 5 pm | Pemberton | The last draft | Becker et al. submitted |
| Oct 10 | 4 pm | Pemberton | Writing a dissertation proposal | Various historical thesis drafts tbd |
| Nov 1 | Held in conjunction with JSG Master's Meeting | Austin | Presenting research findings | tbd |
| Nov 10 | Held in conjunction with FRAC Meeting | Santa Barbara, CA | Presenting research findings | Reading |
| Nov 21 | 5 pm | Pemberton | Writing as thinking | Structural diagenesis ms |
| Dec 12 | Reception: 5 pm | Pemberton | Preparing a proposal | Recent proposals |
2007 Fall Master Class Schedule
| Date | Time |
Place | Topic |
Reading |
| Sep 14 | 5 pm |
5810 Misty Hill Cove | Essentials of the technical paper |
TLE Marrett et al., 2007 |
| Sep 28 | 4 pm |
Pemberton | Writing a proposal |
RPSEA draft |
| Oct 15-17 | |
Class meeting held in Nevada | Conducting a Research Meeting |
|
| Nov 2 | 4 pm |
Pemberton | What to expect writing a thesis |
Various historical thesis drafts tbd |
| Nov 16 | 5 pm |
Pemberton | Writing as thinking. Class will review results of BEG publication retreat. |
Structural diagenesis ms |
| Nov 17 | Held in conjuction with JSG meeting |
JSG Master's Meeting | Presenting research findings |
|
| Dec 7 | 5 pm |
Pemberton | Preparing a proposal |
Recent proposals |
2007 Spring Master Class Schedule
| Date | Time |
Place | Topic |
Reading |
| 27 Jan. | 2 pm | Pemberton | Seminar logistics and Piceance Basin studies status | Eichhubl, Laubach |
| 10 Feb. | 3 pm | Blue Water | Crack seal process | Background: Ramsey |
| 24 Feb. | 3:00 pm | Pemberton | Cement precipitation in fractures | Background: Hilgers and Urai |
| 10 Mar. | 3:00 pm | Blue Water | EBSD and quartz cementation | Background: Haddad et al |
| 24 Mar. | 3:00 pm | Pemberton | New research directions | Background: Proposal JSG structural
diagenesis proposal and current BES research proposal |
| 7 Apr. | 2-5 pm: Concurrent with JSG seed grant workshop | Barrow Conference Room, DGS | Structures within sedimentary grains | Background: JSG Seed Grant Proposal |
| 21 Apr. | 8:30 am | Bureau of Economic Geology | Lecture by J. Hooker: Microfracture classification. Summer 2006 field program final planning session (Follows Hooker Lecture) | Background: Laubach, 1997 |
| 5 May | 3:00 pm | Bureau Conference room | Fracture length & effective permeability evolution | Background: Dahi dissertation proposal; Pinzon dissertation proposal |
2006 Fall Master Class Schedule
| Date | Topic |
Reading |
| August 25 | Role of observation and theory in scientific progress |
Laubach: Research culture policy paper |
| September 8 | If I hadn't believed it I wouldn't have seen it: Theory, perception and the discovery of unexpected phenomena |
Hooker et al.: Microfracture scaling |
| September 22 | Mechanics and joints at Stanford: Recollections of two who were there --- Meeting Postponed |
Reading |
| October 6 | The role of new instruments in scientific discovery: History of UT CL research |
Eichhubl ms: D-bands |
| October 13-14 | Fracture research meeting, Wyoming. Progress in fracture and structural diagenesis research |
Olson et al. field guide |
| October 27 | Formation of the Landian diagenesis paradigm: An eye witness history |
Diaz-Tushman ms: Fractured sandstone |
| November 17 | Crossdisciplinary reading and suspension of disbelief as a route to scientific discovery |
Ward thesis |
| December 1 | Advent of the Norwegian/Austin School of sandstone diagenesis by two participants |
Lander et al. to be submitted to Nature |
| December 9 | Student event & picnic |
Reading |
| December 15 | The Highlands controversy as a mirror for modern JSG research. Field trip planning session |
TBD |
2005 Fall Master Class Schedule
| Date | Time |
Place | Topic |
Reading |
| 2 Sept. | 2 pm | Bureau | Seminar logistics and review of field studies status | Diaz, Tushman, Pinzon, Laubach |
| 16 Sept. | 3 pm | Pemberton | Insights into fracture timing from structural diagenesis | Background: Engelder, 1985, JSG. Research report: Field studies in Scotland (Diaz-Tushman);
Presented document: Opening fractures in NE Mexico (Ward). Discussion: Fluid inclusions (Eichhubl),
diagenetic sequence in burial history context (Bonnell), and punctuated diagenesis (Lander, Milliken)
and fracture (Olson, Marrett, Laubach). |
| 7 Oct. | 8:30 am | Main BEG conference Room, PRC, Bld 130, 10100 Burnet Road. | Bureau Seminar Series:
Regional study of subthrust fractures, Kira Diaz Tushman | Presented document: JSG Seed Grant proposal (Hooker). Discussion:Structural diagenesis initiatives
and presentation at AAPG Paris (Milliken); Piceance basin data set; fractured carbonate research (Gale). |
| 14 Oct. | 3 pm | Pemberton | Fractures as probes of diagenetic processes [Also: FRAC Nov 5 event planning] | Background: Laubach, Lander et al. diagenesis model section BES proposal. Presented documents:
Mechanics of fracture in context of diagenesis (paper section, Olson); Fractured dolostone/section (Gale).
Discussion: tbd |
| 4 Nov. Note: this is the Friday before the 2005 FRAC Student Event | 3 pm | Pemberton | Evolution of fracture size from structural and diagenetic perspective | Background: Olson 2003 & 2005. Presented document: Issues in fracture length research (Pinzon). Aspects of fracture
spatial scaling (Gomez). Discussion: Challenges of measuring fracture length in outcrop (Marrett);
Problems in unraveling compatible fracture length data from mechanical models (Olson). Applying fracture
length data to flow simulation. Reservoir applications in fold/thrust setting (reservoir example) |
| 18 Nov. | 12-2 pm | Pemberton | Pore pressure and deep basin fracture processes | Leader, Olson, Milliken. Presented document: Fracture arrays in Cambrian
Eriboll Gp sandstones/paper section (Diaz Tushman). Discussion:Unraveling pore pressure effects in
fracture pattern development. Background reading: Implications of fracture opening rate information
derived from linked mechanical and diagenesis principles and bridge structure observations for global
fracture growth models (BES proposal text). Pore pressure hypothesis for sandstone fractures in Rockies
(Cumella/Scheevel manuscript and references therein). |
| 9 Dec. | 3 pm | Pemberton. Reception to follow meeting. | Rates of mechanical and chemical processes
and their interaction: Emphasis on carbonate rocks | Leader, Marrett. Presented document: Growth and sealing of opening-mode fractures in dolostones of the
Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Group, West Texas: Implications for modeling fracture systems (Gale).
Discussion:Research on carbonate rocks. Background: Cupido dolostone spatial scaling and diagenesis
document (Gomez) |
