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AAPG Latin America and Caribbean Region
20th Caribbean Geological Conference
A Collision of Ideas to Uplift our Understanding
May 17-22, 2015, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies

Search and Discovery Article #90238 (2015)
Posted September 28, 2015

Deep South Caspian Petroleum System,
Elmira Aliyeva and Dadash Huseynov

Transition from Subduction to Strike-Slip in the Southeast Caribbean: Effects on Lithospheric Structures and Overlying Basin Evolution,
Tricia Alvarez, Paul Mann, Lesli Wood, Carlos Alberto Vargas, and Joan Latchman

Tectonics, Basin Evolution and Sediment Distribution within the Collision to Subduction Transition of the Southeastern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone in Offshore Trinidad,
Tricia Alvarez, Paul Mann, and Lesli Wood

Along-Strike Sediment Transport is an Underappreciated Control on the Pleistocene Sedimentary Record Offshore East Coast Trinidad,
Tricia Alvarez, Lesli Wood, and Paul Mann

Late Cretaceous Siliceous Deep-Water Formations of the Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica): Age and Relationship of the Loma Chumico and Berrugate Formation and Consequences for the Terrane Stratigraphy,
Goran Andjic and Peter O. Baumgartner

Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of the North Marine Area, Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, Since the Pliocene,
Curtis Archie and Nancy Gallai

Use of Biostratigraphy and 3D Seismic Data to Reinterpret Depositional Environments of the Lower Cruse in the Southern Basin of Trinidad,
Curtis Archie, Christopher Lakhan, and Nancy Gallai-Ragobar

Late Neogene-Recent Evolution of the Northern Range, Trinidad,
Jenny Arkle, Lewis Owen, John Weber, Xavier Moonan, and Eva Enkelmann

A Preliminary Study on the Distribution of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Caroni River,
Kailas Sekhar Banerjee and Lera Jittan

Optimising Reservoir Characterisation Through Seismic Data Conditioning: A Case Study of Block22/NCMA4, Trinidad,
Dale Baptiste, Russ Creath, and Vishal Nagassar

The Role of Short-Lived Late Mesozoic – Tertiary Carbonate Banks Along Convergent Margins, Nicaragua – Costa Rica – Panama – Colombia,
Peter O. Baumgartner, Claudia Baumgartner-Mora, Goran Andjic, Edward A. Salazar Ortiz, and Daniel Rincón Martínez

Larger Benthic Foraminifera of Paleogene Carbonate Banks, Caribbean Colombia – Ages and Paleo-Environmental Implications,
Claudia Baumgartner-Mora, Peter O. Baumgartner, Edward A. Salazar Ortiz, and Daniel Rincón Martínez

Petrogenesis of the Kyanite Quartzites at Bosland, Brokopondo, Suriname,
Ginny Bijnaar

A New Look at the Stratigraphy and Depositional Setting of the Shallow Herrera Sands in Penal-Wilson-Barrackpore Field,
Lennon Blackman

Petrology of Volcanic Rocks from Bequia and St. Vincent,
Michal Camejo, Richard Robertson, Elena Melekhova, Anna Hicks, and Thomas Christopher

Cenozoic History of the Easternmost Eastern Venezuela Foreland Basin and Orinoco Delta System,
Karilys Castillo and Paul Mann

A Preliminary Investigation of Volcanic CO2 and H2O at Sulphur Springs St Lucia, Using a Multicomponent Gas Analyzer System (Multi-GAS),
Thomas E. Christopher, Erouscilla Joseph, and Viveka Jackson

Central Range Continental Transform Fault, Trinidad: Update – New GPS Evidence for Creep, and Geological and Hazard Implications,
Chris Churches, John Weber, Richard Robertson, Pete La Femina, Halldor Geirsson, Kenton Shaw, Machel Higgins, and Keith Miller

Rapid Exhumation of Cretaceous – Arc Rocks Along the Blue Mountain Restraining Bend, Jamaica, Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronometry,
William Cochran, Philip Prince, and James A. Spotila

Subsurface Planning and Outcomes of a Seabed Coring Programme for Petroleum Systems Modelling, Columbus Basin, Trinidad and Tobago,
Ron Daniel

Late Triassic – Late Neocomian Paleogeography and Petroleum Potential of the Florida-Cuba-Bahamas Collision Zone,
Robert Erlich, James Pindell, and Leon Dzou

Stress-Induced Permeability Anisotropy under Upper Crustal Conditions,
D. R. Faulkner and O. O. Blake

Stratigraphic Units in the North Marine Area: How Are They Defined and What is the Nature of the Contacts Between Them?,
Nancy Gallai and Curtis Archie

Anthropogenic Controls on the Lower-Suriname River, Suriname,
Kathleen S. Gersie

Hydrocarbon Exploration for Large 'Overpressure-Enhanced' Oil and Gaspools in Large Cenozoic Sand/Shale Depositional Systems,
Steven L. Getz

Structural Framework and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Inner Forearc Deformation Belt, Tobago Forearc Basin- Barbados Accretionary Prism Transition Zone,
Shenelle Gomez

What Drives Micro-Plate Motion and Deformation in the Northeastern Caribbean Plate Boundary Region?,
Rob Govers, Steven van Benthem, and Rinus Wortel

Deformation, Mud Diapirism, and Petroleum Systems in the Barbados/Trinidad Prism and Forearc Basin,
Rod Graham, Jim Pindell, and Kyle Reuber

A Multi-Faceted Approach to Risk Reduction Using Public Education in the Eastern Caribbean,
Omari Graham, Alia Juman, Clevon Ash, Stacey Edwards, and Richard Robertson

Evidence for a Jurassic Source Rock in the Guyana – Suriname Basin,
Clyde Griffith and Anthony Richardson

Regional Fault Kinematics, Propagation, Growth and its Impact on Accommodation Space Distribution in the Columbus Basin, Trinidad,
Tracy Gunness, Katrina Packer, and Randy Partap

Lithological Columns,
Justo Manuel Herrera Nápoles, Oscar Sosa Simoneau, and Letty Damecq Galano

Developing a Regional Stratigraphic Framework for the Late Miocene to Middle Pleistocene, NCMA, Trinidad & Tobago,
Nick Holmes, Roger Kimber, and Xavier Moonan

Access and Exploration Opportunities – A View of The Potential in Frontier and Mature Basins,
Brian W. Horn

The Identification of Lithology in Channel Bodies Using Differential Compaction in Blocks 25a & 25b, Columbus Basin, East Coast, Trinidad,
Chantelle Hughes

Determining Oil and Gas Maturity and Mapping their "Deep" Stratigraphic Sources, South Caspian Basin: Possible Applications to SE Caribbean Basins,
Dadash Huseynov and Elmira Aliyeva

Development, Testing, and Application of a Low-Cost Technology Sulphur Dioxide Monitor as a Tool for Use in a Volcanic Emissions Monitoring Network,
Viveka Jackson, Erouscilla Joseph, Denise M. Beckles, and Thomas E. Christopher

Geology without Limits' Investigation of Lithosphere Deep Structure of the Caribbean by Seismic Methods,
K. H. James, N. Amelin, and L. Miles

Deposition Architecture of a Fluvio-Delatic to Reef Crest Succession, Port Morant Formation, Jamaica,
Sherene A. James-Williamson and Simon F. Mitchell

Early Pliocene Shoreface Sedimentation in Response to Intra-Shelf Tectonic Instability, North Coast Marine Area, Trinidad & Tobago,
Roger Kimber, Xavier Moonan, and Andrew Thurlow

Exploring the Geological Conditions of Gold Mineralization In Suriname: An Example of the Rosebel Area, Suriname,
Nicole Kioe-A-Sen

From Interpretation to Modeling: The application of Sequence Stratigraphy and Genetic Inversion in the Columbus Basin,
Gabriella Kokaram, Arnulfo Briceno, Luis Roncero, and Jean Gérard

Is there Hydrocarbon Potential in the Oceanic Crust Basins Offshore Suriname?,
Sharon Kuhn

Unravelling the Structural and Stratigraphic Nature of the Late Miocene Cruse Reservoirs Along the Vance River/Boodoosingh Anticlines Within the Southern Sub-Basin, Trinidad,
Rajiv Lochan

Re-Defining the Active Fault Boundaries and Kinematics of the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Microplate,
Patrick Loureiro and Paul Mann

Vulnerability of Commonwealth Caribbean Islands Economies to Large Earthquakes: A Trinidad and Tobago Case Study,
Lloyd Lynch, Joan L. Latchman, and Richard E. A. Robertson

A Multi-disciplinary Approach for Planning a Horizontal Well in an Enhanced Oil Recovery Field, Forest Reserve, Trinidad,
Reshma D. Maharaj, Therese A. Steele, and Michael Budri

Captivating But Hazardous Geological Phenomena Named Argillaceous Diapir Folds, Domes, Bulges, Feathers and Mud Volcanoes: Far from Rhetoric, Closer to the Reality,
H. Martinez-Sacristan

The Geological Evaluation of the Middle Miocene Herrera Deepwater Turbidite Sandstones within the Overthrust Limb of the WSW Plunging Penal/Barrackpore Anticline, Southern Sub-Basin Trinidad,
Josanne Mc. Millan

Paleo Residual Gas in Columbus Basin: TSP Examples,
Giovanni Medouri, Reece Ramsingh, Candido Gomez, Javier Oviedo, and Luis Roncero

Late Cretaceous to Early Paleocene Geological Evolution of Jamaica,
Simon F. Mitchell, Alan Hastie, and Rick N. Abbott Jr.

Rudist Bivalves from the Lower Cretaceous of Trinidad,
Simon F. Mitchell and Richard Coutou

Structural Restoration of the Jasmine Complex and Implications for Pleistocene Depositional Environment within the Paria Sub-Basin,
Xavier Moonan, Mikhail Ramadhar, and Dr. Tim Needham

Structurally Controlled Stratigraphic Traps within the HGOR Area, Palo Seco, Southern Basin, Trinidad,
Karuna Moonan

Assessing the Structural and Stratigraphic Framework of A/B 0001 Reservoir of Páez-Mingo Field as a Step to Building an Enhance Oil Recovery Plan,
Xiolexis Navarro, Lissette Useche, and Carlos Brett

The Metallogenic Evolution of the Greater Antilles,
Carl E. Nelson

Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the Nicaraguan Rise Based on Integration of 2D Seismic and Potential Fields Data: New Constraints on Caribbean Plate History and Petroleum Exploration,
Bryan Ott and Paul Mann

Improved Imaging of a Fold and Thrust Belt Regime, Onshore Trinidad, by Means of the Common Reflection Surface (CRS) Method,
Dennis Otto, Philip Schlueter, Terrell Dhanpaul, Samuel Ragbir, Curtis Archie, and Nancy Gallai-Ragobar

Caribbean Plate Evolution: Intra Plate Model Observations and Interpretations,
Randy Partap and Jaime Martinez

Columbus Basin Linked Structural Assemblages,
Randy Partap, Ramiz Israel, Nadeer Khan, Tracy Gunness, Katrina Packer, Antonio Hospedales, Adrian Tuitt, Doug Tasker, and Patricia Nicholas

Foraminiferal Assemblages and Palaeoenvironmental Inferences of the Lowermost Colon Formation (Late Campanian), Catatumbo Basin, Colombia,
German David Patarroyo Camargo

Geochemical Analyses of Oils in Goudron Field,
Krishna M. Persad, Suhas Talukdar, and Neil Ritson

Overview of the Petroleum Geochemistry of Trinidad and Tobago,
Krishna M. Persad and Suhas Talukdar

Learnings from Shallow Water and Deep Water Exploration, East Venezuelan Basin, Trinidad and Tobago,
Deborah S. Pfeiffer, David O. Widdoes, and Terry W. Gebhardt

Caribbean Evolution from Pangea to the Present: Framework for Basin Evaluation,
Jim Pindell

Sediment Accretion and Orogenesis in the Southeastern Caribbean: One Prism or Two?,
Jim Pindell, Rod Graham, and Kyle Reuber

Groundwater Stresses on the Coastal Aquifers in Suriname: A Preliminary Study on the Vulnerability of the Drinking Water Quantity and Quality,
Ewald Poetisi and Anthony Druiventak

Pioneers of Caribbean Sea Exploration,
Sally Radford

Enhanced Oil Recovery: Investigating the Viability of a Reversed Well-Pair Configuration to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and its Applicability to Heavy Oil Reservoirs in Trinidad,
Rashad Raeid Ramjohn

Geochemistry and Geochronology from Palaeogene Conglomerate Rocks from the San Jacinto Fold Belt: Insights to the Tectonic Evolution of the Colombian Caribbean Region,
Daniel A. Rincón, Luis C. F. Mantilla, Carlos M. Acuña, Eduardo López, Pedro D. Gómez, and Víctor Valencia

Gas-Liquid Interactions in Natural Geothermal Conduits: Implications for Artificial Gas-Lift Applications,
D. Robertson, E. Joseph, N. Fournier, and F. Witham

High Resolution Benthic Foraminiferal Ecostratigraphy of the Cipero Formation, Trinidad,
Sadie Samsoondar, Jenai Valadere, Brent Wilson, Karuna Moonan, and Xavier Moonan