Salt Tectonics, Sediments and Prospectivity
Posted by The Geological Society on Thursday, April 30, 2009
Start Date Wednesday, January 20, 2010
End Date Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Location
The Geological Society (Burlington House), London
Full Details
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - to be submitted by 30 June 2009
This international conference aims to bring together academic and industrial geoscientists to review recent advances in our understanding of halokinetic processes and to explore the links between salt tectonics and sediments. Contributions are invited that address key technical issues that include:
* How does salt tectonics manifest itself in sedimentary basins?
* Comparisons of subsidence rates between tectonically generated basins and salt withdrawal minibasins?
* Prediction of reservoir presence and quality and new generation facies models
* What traps hydrocarbons in salt flank structures - salt side seal or sand pinch out?
* Salt as a trapping and breaching mechanism - are salt welds sealing or leaky?
* To what extent does salt suppress hydrocarbon maturation?
* What role does salt play in sandstone diagenesis?
* Sub-salt imaging - how far have we come, new approaches / techniques to make further improvements?
Papers are welcomed from a wide range of sub-disciplines including, earth surface processes and landforms, outcrop or mining data, subsurface seismic, well and core data, potential fields and physical and numerical modeling.
Abstracts or sponsorship enquiries should be sent to s.archer@abdn.ac.uk
For further information about this conference, please contact:
Steve Whalley, Event Co-ordinator: +44 (0)20 7432 0980 or email: steve.whalley@geolsoc.org.uk
Convenor contact details:
Name: Stuart Archer
Address: University of Aberdeen
Postcode: AB24 3FX
Country: United Kingdom
E-Mail: s.archer@abdn.ac.uk
Category
Events