Xavier Janson
Mailcode: E0630
Areas of Expertise
Carbonates sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, petrophysics of carbonate, seismic signature of carbonate rock, seismic modeling, carbonate modern depositional environment
Research Locations
Current Research Programs & Projects
Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory (RCRL) ( view )Select Past Research
ExxonMobil 3D Lidar Modeling
Digital Outcrop Modeling and Seismic Characterization of a Paleokarst Carbonate System-Tarim Basin China
Carbonate Slopes Atlas
Seismic Response of Permian Khuff Formation
SEPM Best Poster Award, Annual AAPG/SEPM Convention - SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (2007)
Associate editor, Sedimentology, IAS (2009 - 2011)
Editor, The Sedimentary Record, SEPM (2009)
Member, Honorary Member Comittee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (2008 - 2010)
Session Co-Chairman, Seismic Imaging of Carbonates, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Houston, Texas (2006)
Member, Nomination comittee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (2006 - 2007)
Session Co-Chairman, Deep Water Carbonates: Reservoirs and Potential, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas (2004)
Graduate Students
Junwen Peng
, Ph.D., expected 2021
(Supervisor)
1. Shale sedimentology: transportation and deposition processes and mechanisms of the mudrock system.
2. Shale petrography: textural variation, mineral composition, grain assemblages composition, pore types, and diagenetic features.
3. Sedimentary geochemistry: trace metals used as proxies for paleoenvironmental and paleomarine system reconstructions (e.g., hydrographic circulation, seawater chemistry, productivity, and redox conditions).
4. Unconventional hydrocarbon resources: mechanisms of organic...
Reynaldy Fifariz
, Ph.D., expected 2018
(Supervisor)
Carbonate Sedimentology & Sequence Stratigraphy, Seismic Geomorphology, Geo-cellular Modelling.
Yaser A Alzayer
, Ph.D., expected 2018
(Committee Member)
I am interested in understanding the spatial distribution of natural fractures in carbonate depositional systems and the effect of the stratigraphy and lithology on fracture intensity and geometry. I take a process-based approach to understand early fracture development with a focus on carbonate mounds/build-ups. This is accomplished by geomechanical forward models that takes into account variable mechanical properties, differential compaction,...
Wentao Wang , B.E., expected 2016 (Supervisor)
Colton S Spears (Co-supervisor)
Randy Caber, M.S., 2009 (Supervisor)
Darrin Madriz, M.S., 2009 (Supervisor)
Greg Hurd (Supervisor)
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2017 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |