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Salt Delineation Using Vector Offset Output (VOO) of Full Azimuth Data
Yogesh Agnihotri, Qiaofeng Wu and Dekang Xu
Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion Modeling of the Crust and Upper Mantle beneath the Texas Gulf Coast
Mohit Agrawal, Jay Pulliam, Mrinal Sen and Harold Gurrola
Delineation of Surficial Karst Manifestations using LiDAR and Pictometry in Ordovician Carbonates, Central Texas
Kyle Altimore and 
Kevin
Stafford
Sequence-Stratigraphic and Depositional Controls on Reservoir Quality in Lowstand Incised-Valley Fill and Highstand Shallow-Marine Systems in the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Tuscaloosa Formation, Louisiana, U.S.A.
William A. Ambrose, Robert G. Loucks and Shirley P. Dutton
An Angular Unconformity between the Woodbine and Eagle Ford Formations in Delta, Hunt, and Hopkins Counties of the East Texas Basin
Adewale Amosu and Matthew Wehner
Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Upper Miocene Carbonate-Evaporite Sequence of the Wadi Yunis Member, Al-Khums Formation, Sirt Basin, Libya
Khaled S. Amrouni and Ahmed S. El-Hawat
Sequence Stratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy, and Diagenesis of the Cyrenaican Miocene Carbonate-Evaporite Successions, NE Libya
Khaled S. Amrouni and Michael C. Pope
Case Study: Woodford Shale Source Rock Characterization by Geochemical and SEM Evaluation in a Horizontal Well
Tom Arnold, Andrew Sneddon, Sheng Wu, Andrei Deev and Yongchun Tang
Geochemical Analysis of Stanley Shale Concretions in Southern Oklahoma
Kyle Ayers and Larell Nielson
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Fault Plane Geomorphology and Structural Analysis of a Middle Eastern Giant Carbonate Oil Field
William Bailey and John Pigott
Relatively Large Mid-Ramp, Highstand, Microbialite Patch and Fringing Reefs: A New Exploration Play for Southern Alabama
Lawrence R. Baria and Ezat Heydari
Historic Oilfield Arsenic Usage and Pit Groundwater Models: An Example from Lake St. John Field, Louisiana
Mary L. Barrett
Chemostratigraphic-Based Age Model for the Black Peaks Formation: Implications for Early Paleogene Paleoclimate in Sub-Tropical North America
Clement Bataille, Gabriel Bowen and Dylana Watford
Evidence of Precambrian Organic-Rich Shales in a Granitic Pegmatite, Llano County, Texas
Sarah Beers and Mark Ford
Quantitative Characterization of Shale Drapes within the Tidally-Influenced Fluvial Valley-Fill Deposits of the Ferron Sandstone, Utah—Implications for Subsurface Exploration
Kivanc Biber, Shuhab Khan and Janok Bhattacharya
Implications of Source Overcharge for Prospect Assessment
Richard Bishop
From Moratorium to 10 Rigs—BP in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2010 to 2015
Cynthia Blankenship and Pinky Vinson
Tracing Suspended Sediment in the Subsurface Using Beryllium-7 Isotope
Caroline Broderick and Carol Wicks
Defining a Steeply-Dipping Salt Flank in Mississippi with a New High-Certainty 3D Method
Nicholas Brooks, Pat Donais, Werner Heigl, Jakob Haldorsen and Fred Li
Laramide Deformation along the Southern Rocky Mountain Front: Provenance Record from the Raton and Galisteo-El Rito Basins of Colorado and New Mexico
Meredith Bush and Brian Horton
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Redefining Geological Evaluation in Deepwater Using New High-Resolution Borehole Imaging Technology
Wesley Cantwell, Robert Loronga, Donald Slottke and Anish Kumar
Shoreface Sedimentation along a Transgressive Barrier Island: Understanding the Interplay between Short-Term Events and Long-Term Sea Level Rise in Shaping these Dynamic Coastal Environments
Joseph A. Carlin and Timothy M. Dellapenna
Changes of Global Sea-Level Rise and Relative Sea-Level Rise in Coastal Louisiana in the 21st Century
Douglas Carlson
The Environmental Impact of No-Till Farming on Lower Mississippi River Quality
Douglas Carlson
Western Caribbean Structural Provinces Based on 2D Kinematic Restorations of the Lower Nicaraguan Rise and Colombia Basin
Luis Carlos Carvajal
The Norphlet Desert and its Sand Dunes: In a Sub-Aerial Environment, but below Sea Level
Martin Cassidy
Along Strike Structural Variations in the Frontal Ouachitas-Arkoma Foreland Basin Transition Zone
Ibrahim Cemen, Donald Yezerski and Surinder Sahai
Post Well Analysis of Gulf of Mexico: A Multidisciplinary Approach for a More Confident Understanding of this Complex Petroleum System
Alessio Checconi, Peter Conn and James Stockley
Foreland Deformation Related to Precambrian Features of the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico
Alexander Cheney
Springfield Spring, Drought Stress, and Aquifer Recovery—A Central Texas Case Study with Implications for Small Town Water Future
H. C. Clark
Saratoga Resources, Pine Brook Partners, Carlyle Group, Van Operating and Quantum Energy Partner, Nautilus Energy
Andy Clifford, Dick Stoneburner, Tom Wilker, Jeff Jones and Stuart Burbach
Facies Distribution and Halokinetic Sequence Stratigraphy of Lower Cambrian Carbonate Strata adjacent to Wirrealpa Diapir, a Secondary Salt Diapir in the Central Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Aubrey J. Collie
The Sulfur to Nitrogen Ratio as an Aid in Mapping the Petroleum Producing Trends of the Contiguous U.S. 48 States Using the USGS Database
Paul Comet
Dynamic Datasets Using Forward Modeling to Reduce Uncertainty and Improve Recovery
Chip Corbett, Nejma Djabelkhir, Theresa Hartman, Geoff Mills, Jennie Graham, Margaret Leathard, Stephen McHugo and Horacio Trajtenberg
Extraction of Seismic Attributes for Reservoir Characterization in Subsalt Environments, Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge Areas, Gulf of Mexico
Sharon Cornelius
The Chicontepec Formation, Onshore Eastern Mexico: Compelling Evidence for the Eocene Gulf of Mexico Drawdown Theory
Stephen Cossey, Don Van Nieuwenhuise and Joe Davis
Reservoir Architecture and Stratigraphic Evolution of Channelized Deepwater Depositional Systems
Jacob Covault, Andrew Madof and Zoltan Sylvester
The Role of Seismic Technology to Unravel the Hydrocarbon Potential of Mexican Basins
Guillermo Perez Cruz
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Using pXRF to Identify Pay Zones in Hydrocarbon-Rich Shales: A Litho-Geochemical Analysis of the Eagle Ford Shale
John Dabney, Mark Ford, David Wood and Jake Ewing
Trace Fossil Origin for Pervasive Pyritized Films in the Estuarine Ingersoll Shale, Cretaceous Eutaw Formation, Eastern Alabama
Drew Daymond and Charles Savrda
Depositional Facies and Geometry of an Exposed Megaflap: Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation, Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado
Kyle Deatrick, Katherine Giles, Richard Langford, Mark Rowan and Thomas Hearon
Geoscience Based Management of Soil during Oil and Gas Development: A Study Conducted in the Eagle Ford Oil and Gas Development Area
Robert E. Dedoes
Chronostratigraphic Relationships of the Woodbine and Eagle Ford Groups across Texas
Arthur D. Donovan, Rand D. Gardner, Aris Pramudito, T. Scott Staerker, Matthew Wehner, Matthew J. Corbett, Jason J. Lundquist, Andrea M. Romero, Lindsey C. Henry, Jon R. Rotzien and Kenneth S. Boling
Reservoir Characteristics of Turbidite Depositional Facies and Key Risks for Basin Floor Fan Turbidite Reservoirs
John Dribus
A Success Case of Revival of an 80 Year Old Oilfield through New 3D Seismic Interpretation and Reservoir Modeling, Lak Ranch, Weston County, Wyoming, USA
Sharma Dronamraju
Factors Controlling Permeability Variation in Onshore, Deep Paleogene Wilcox Sandstones in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin: Targeting High-Quality Reservoirs
Shirley P. Dutton, Robert G. Loucks and William A. Ambrose
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Analysis of the Goose Point area near Lacombe, Louisiana, Validates New Geophysical Data Type—Natural Sourced Electromagnetism (NSEM)—for Detection of Lineaments Associated with Faults and Sedimentary Features
Kathleen S. Haggar, Les R. Denham and Louis J. Berent
Legal Aspects of Coastal Change
Kelly M. Haggar
Onshore Florida Interpretation Utilizing Composited PSDM Seismic Data Integrated with a Mega-Regional Basinwide Gulf of Mexico PSDM Seismic Program
Ed Haire, Jon Gross and James Pindell
Using Electric Logs to Estimate Groundwater Salinity and Map Brackish Groundwater Resources in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in South Texas
H. Scott Hamlin and Luciana de la Rocha
Evolution of Challenges to the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
Gary Hanson
Detrital History of the Conglomerate Measures of the Pottsville Formation in the Cahaba Synclinorium, Southern Appalachians, Alabama
Ziaul Haque, Ashraf Uddin, Willis Hames and Jack Pashin
Evaluation of Groundwater Quality in Paleozoic Aquifers Using GIS Techniques, Central Texas
Garrett Harris and Kevin Stafford
The Greenhorn Cyclothem of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Lithology Trends, Stacking Patterns, Log Signatures, and Application to the Eagle Ford of West Texas
Bruce S. Hart
Paleoecology of Cretaceous Foraminifera: Examples from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Region
Malcolm B. Hart and Eduardo A. M. Koutsoukos
Study of Producing Ramsey Sandstones in the Bell Canyon Formation of the Delaware Basin: Paduca Field, Lea County, New Mexico
Shazia Irum Hart
Late Quaternary Stratigraphic Evolution of the Southwestern Louisiana Inner Continental Shelf: Paleo-Landscape Preservation Potential and Implications for Offshore Sand Resources
Paul Heinrich, Michael Miner, Robert Paulsell and Richard McCulloh
Salt Tectonic Controls on Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Triassic Chinle Formation, Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Colorado
Elizabeth Heness and Richard Langford
Variations in Shallow Groundwater Composition in Hinds and Madison Counties, Mississippi
Ezat Heydari, Oliver Wu and Ngoc-Lan Nguyen
Regional Mapping across the Entire Gulf of Mexico Basin—New Plays and New Perspectives
Brian Horn, Ed Haire, James Pindell and Barbara Radovich
Seismic Profiles in Downtown Houston for an Integrated Approach to Identify Faults and Hazards
Jingqiu Huang, Don Van Nieuwenhuise and Shuhab D. Khan
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The Interplay between Deformation, Erosion, and Sedimentation in the Deepwater Mexican Ridges Fold Belt, Western Gulf of Mexico Basin
Usama Yarbuh L. and Juan Contreras
The Interplay between Deformation, Erosion, and Sedimentation in the Deepwater Mexican Ridges Fold Belt, Western Gulf of Mexico Basin
Usama Yarbuh L. and Juan Contreras
Understanding Deepwater Transport Systems through Processing and Interpreting Seismic Data in Color
Andreas Laake
Importance of Translation Services in the Energy Sector
Thomas Lacombe
Model the Rock! Using Diagenesis Simulation for Rock Property Prediction
Rob H. Lander
Karst Development within the Salado Creek Watershed, Williamson and Bell Counties, Central Texas
Ashley Landers, Jessica Shields and Kevin Stafford
University of Houston, Houston, Texas
David Lankford-Bravo
Reservoir Characterization and Petrofacies Model for the Devonian Grosmont and Upper Ireton Formations, Northeastern Alberta, Canada
Caitlin Leslie, Hunter Harlow, Stacy Atchley, Gabriella Carrelli, Jessica Beal and Warren Bindon
Petroleum Systems of the Tayrona-Rancheria Basin, Offshore Guajira Peninsula, Colombia
Stephen Leslie and Paul Mann
Reducing Uncertainties and Risks in Exploration and Development in the Gulf of Mexico Basin—Insights Gained from Analysis of over 100 Reservoir Analogs
Yangyang Li and Jianhong Xu
Sediment Flux through the Indus Submarine Canyon, Arabian Sea
Yuting Li, Peter Clift and Philipp Boening
Monsoon Intensity and its Impact on the Chemical Weathering during Glacial Cycle in the South China Sea
Chang Liu and Peter Clift
Slab Tearing Triggered the Cretaceous Igneous Activity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Region
Yiduo Liu, Michael Murphy, Jolante van Wijk and Jonathan Snow
Analysis of Pore Networks and Reservoir Quality of the Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Sandstone in the High-Recovery-Efficiency, Giant East Texas Field
Robert G. Loucks, Robert M. Reed and William A. Ambrose
Hydrocarbon Potential of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico Based on Combining Depth to Basement and Maturity Information from Previous Wells
Patrick Loureiro, Travis Tillman and Paul Mann
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Comparing the Results of the Kelly Criterion and Risk Aversion: Quick Look Practical Alternatives to Portfolio Optimization
James A. MacKay
Seismic Source Characterization of Small-Scale Contained Explosions Utilizing Near Source Empirical Data
Mason MacPhail and Brian Stump
New Insights into the Mesozoic Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Basin from Gravity and Deep-Penetration Seismic Reflection Data
Paul Mann
Structural Characterization of the Eagle Ford Formation, Val Verde County, Texas
Shanna Mason and Raphael Gottardi
Petrographic, Halokinetic, and Structural Analysis of Permian-Age Carbonate Caprock at Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado
Allison Mast, Katherine Giles and Kyle Deatrick
Permeability Anisotropy Study of the Bluejacket Sandstone at OK-20 Roadcuts in Eastern Mayes County, Oklahoma
Matthew McCarter and Dennis Kerr
Structural and Stratigraphic Development of a Salt-Diapir Shoulder, Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado
Joshua McFarland, Katherine Giles, Richard Langford and Mark Rowan
The Effects of Cave Ventilation on Stalagmite Deposition and Paleoclimate Records—A Case Study from Cathedral Caverns, Alabama
Katie McKay and W. Joe Lambert
Visual Rock Characterization can Benefit Reservoir Analysis
Robert K. Merrill
Low Methane Concentrations in Sediment along the Siberian Slope: Inference from Pore Water Geochemistry
Clint Miller
Controls of Shapes and Evolution of Salt Diapirs: Experimental Studies
Shankar Mitra and Pierre Karam
Deepwater Subsalt-Suprasalt Middle-Lower Slope Sands and Reservoirs of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: The Evolution of an Exciting Giant Field Concept
Clint Moore, Bill Lefler, Tom Uphoff and Mike Neese
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Wavelet Transformation as a Reservoir Characterization Tool in Shale Plays
Samiha Naseem and Carol Wicks
Streamlined Modeling and Simulation Approach to Evaluating Waterflood Potential in Ursa Princess Field, Mars Basin, U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Vasilisa Nekhorosheva, Amanda Ardill, M. Prudhomme, S. Galley, B. Hughes, O. Houtzager and F. Van Der Vlugt
Comparison of Permeability Calculated from Geophysical Logs, Aquifer Tests, and Grain-Size Distribution at SAWS Aquifer Storage and Recovery Site, Bexar County, Texas
Brady Nock
Ps Receiver Function Imaging of the Northeast Caribbean Plate Boundary
Gift Ntuli, Jay Pulliam and Mohit Agrawal
Spatial Variations in Pore Water Salinity: Implications for Fluid Pathways and Compartmentalization in a Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Field
Jeffrey Nunn and William Daugherty
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The Lower Mesozoic Rocks of Mexico Revisited
Ricardo Padilla y Sanchez
Discriminating Quaternary Depositional Units on the Texas Coastal Plain Using Airborne Lidar and Near-Surface Geophysics
Jeffrey G. Paine, Edward W. Collins and Lucie Costard
Examination of the Generation of Overpressure in the Eagle Ford
Manas Pathak, Milind Deo and Raymond Levey
Structure Maps of the Top-Rift Unconformity/Oceanic Crust and Top Cretaceous Surfaces, and the Oxfordian Rift-Drift Reconstruction, Gulf of Mexico
James Pindell, Barbara Radovich, Ed Haire, Don Howard, Antara Goswami, Gulce Dinc and Brian Horn
Role of Caribbean Tectonics in the Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of Southern Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico
James Pindell
Salt-Sediment Interaction and Passive Diapirism: A Field-Based Story of La Popa Salt Diapir Rise Coeval with Deposition of Viento Formation, La Popa Basin, NE Mexico
Constantin Platon and Amy Weislogel
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Correlation of Events for the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Margin Using Mega-Regional Onshore/Offshore-Composited PSDM Seismic Grid
Barbara Radovich, Don Howard and Ed Haire
Assessing the Radiocarbon Landscape Reservoir Effect of Gastropods from Central Texas to Increase the Accuracy and the Precision of Radiocarbon Dating of Past River Systems
Ashley Ramsey
Energy Reform in Mexico
Edgar Rangel-German
Correlation of Earthquakes with Seismogenic Faults, Central Oklahoma
Brandon Rasaka
Low-Thermal-Maturity (<0.7% VR) Mudrock Pore Systems: Mississippian Barnett Shale, Southern Fort Worth Basin
Robert M. Reed and Robert G. Loucks
The Vertical Migration Model and Recent Advances in Geochemical Exploration
Gary K. Rice
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Diagenesis of Ordovician Carbonates in Maury County, Tennessee
Michelle Rimmell and Kevin Stafford
The Road to Shell's Appomattox Discovery
Pilar Rojas
Late Cretaceous and Tertiary Geologic History, Edwards Plateau, Llano Uplift, and Hill Country, Texas
Peter Rose
Chemostratigraphic Applications of Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence to Mudrock Plays: Methods, Pitfalls, Limitations, Aspirations, and Good Examples
Harry Rowe
Gulf of Mexico Inboard Lower Tertiary and Cretaceous: Plays and Potential
Tim Rynott
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Geological Interpretation Using Pattern Recognition from Self-Organizing Maps and Principal Component Analysis
Deborah Sacrey and Rocky Roden
Cenozoic Structural, Deformational, and Erosional Events Observed Along a 400-km Long, Onshore-to-Offshore Regional Transect Across Northwestern South America
Carlos Sanchez, Paul Mann and Rocio Bernal
Improving Petroleum System Identification in Offshore Salt Environments: Gulf of Mexico and Red Sea Case Studies
Rick Schrynemeeckers
Optimizing Lateral Placement and Production while Minimizing Completion Costs: An Eagle Ford Case Study
Rick Schrynemeeckers
Controls of Salt Tectonics and Shortening on Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in Passive Margin Fold Belts of Offshore Gabon
Derek Scott
Integration of Well, Core, and Seismic Data for 3D Depositional Environment and Reservoir Architecture Interpretation—Example from Offshore Vietnam
Erik Scott and Mark Radomski
Strategy for Developing and Calibrating Shale and Mudstone Chemostratigraphies Using Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Units and Its Use on an Automated Core Scanner
Alexander Seyfarth and Harry Rowe
Prediction of Seal Failure and Reservoir Breaching in Deep Water
Selim Simon Shaker
A New Approach to Pore Pressure Predictions: Generation, Expulsion, and Retention Trio—Case Histories from the Gulf of Mexico
Selim Simon Shaker
A New Perspective to Shallow Water Flow (SWF) and Sinking Well-Head Preventions in Deep Water
Selim Simon Shaker
Exploring the Missing Blind Zone in the Gulf of Mexico Shelf
Selim Simon Shaker, Dave Reynolds and Walter W. Wornardt
Geodetic Constraints on Deformation and Earthquake Focal Mechanisms in the Dominican Republic
Kenton Shaw and Carlos Rodriguez
Paleostratigraphic Biofacies and Lithofacies of the Owl Mountain Province, Fort Hood Military Installation, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas
Mindy Shaw-Faulkner and Kevin Stafford
Understanding Well Performance by Using Elemental Ratios in the Wolfcamp Formation, Midland Basin
Mike Sheahan, Joe Eidson, Jacob Lansdale and Ali Somarin
Upper Cretaceous Formation Lithostratigraphic Correlation Study for Madison and Leon Counties, East Texas Basin
Ahmed Shehata, Ahmed Hussein and Art Donovan
The Geologic History of Submarine Fans in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Mesozoic to Modern
John W. Snedden, William E. Galloway, Patricia Ganey-Curry and Mike D. Blum
Chemostratigraphy and Identification of Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks Using Portable XRF
Ali Somarin
Fracture and Pore Network Connectivity in Shales Related to Increased Hydrocarbon Production
Joseph Sortore and Qinhong (Max) Hu
The 40th Anniversary of South Louisiana's Lower Tuscaloosa Trend—Recollections and Early Media Coverage
Jeff A. Spencer
Observing Oil Surface Area Due to Seepage in Lake Maracaibo
Maria Squier, Josh Bridges, Jarret Garber, Whitney Warneke and Shuhab Khan
Educational/Leadership Forum 2.0—Foundational Talks for the Gulf of Mexico
Charles Sternbach
The Discovery, Reservoir Attributes, and Significance of the Hawkville Field and the Eagle Ford Trend: Implications for Future Development
Richard K. Stoneburner
Megaporosity Development within the Central Tennessee Basin: A Comparative Study of Karst in Middle-Upper Ordovician Strata
Derek Sullivan and Kevin Stafford
Ground-Based Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Laser Scanning of the Eagle Ford Formation
Lei Sun and Shuhab Khan
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Compartmentalization between the GC0738_1 Mad Dog North Wellbores—Evidence for Post-Depositional Slumping in the Lower Miocene Reservoirs of the Deepwater Southern Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico
Christopher D. Walker, Glen A. Anderson, Paul G. Belvedere, Alison T. Henning, Francis O. Rollins, Eric Soza and Shalina Warrior
A Geology-Based, Non-Seismic Attribute Method to Generate Facies, Lithology, and Petrophysical Parameters in the Chinook and Cascade Fields, Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, USA
Elizabeth Ann Watkins, Julio Tamashiro, Marcelo Cristian Torrez Canaviri, Nicolas Martin, Eldar Guliyev, Renato Leite, Nhom (Vince) Nguyen, Abayomi Aina and Mauro R. Becker
Shallow Hazard and Gas Escape Systems Modelling from 3D Seismic Data
Tom Wooltorton
Spatial Delineation and Classification of Surficial Karst Manifestations Utilizing LiDAR, Fort Hood Military Installation, Central Texas
Kevin Worley, Mindy Shaw-Faulkner and Kevin
Stafford
Seismic Reconstruction and Petroleum System Analysis of the Norphlet Formation in the Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, Using 3D Seismic Data
Matt Worrell and Wesley Brown
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