Bureau of Economic Geology Presentations 2012

February 12, 2013

BEG Seminar Series: Spring 2012
BEG seminars are held each Friday (unless otherwise noted) at 9:00 a.m. in the Main Conference Room. Refreshments are served. Hosted by David Chapman Research Associate Bureau of Economic Geology Jackson School of Geosciences, 512-284-2118 , david.chapman@beg.utexas.edu
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Date	Presenter	Subject/Title (click for abstract)
Jan 20	Dr. Scott Tinker Dr. Scott Tinker Director, BEG	The Annual State of the Bureau Address
Jan 27	Dr. Christopher Swezey Dr. Christopher Swezey U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA	Stratigraphic settings and gas resources of organic-rich shale in the eastern United States
Feb 3	Tim Dixon Tim Dixon Manager CCS and Regulatory Affairs IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG) Cheltenham, England	Energy and the Environment: the Intersection of Science, Technology and International Climate Policy in Carbon Capture and Storage
Feb 10	Dr. J-P Nicot Dr. Jean-Philippe Nicot Research Scientist, BEG	Water Needs of the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry in Texas and Impact on Aquifers
Feb 17	Dr. Toti Larson	Experimental results showing carbon isotope fractionation during gas-phase transport of CO2. A useful process tracer for diffusion and adsorption?
Feb 24	Dr. Bill X. Hu Dr. Bill X. Hu Florida State University	Simulating groundwater flow and solute transport in karst aquifers with conduits
Mar 2	Dr. Bridget Scanlon Dr. Bridget Scanlon Senior Research Scientist, BEG	Groundwater Depletion and Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture in the High Plains and Central Valley
Mar 9	Dr. Chris Zahm Dr. Christopher Zahm Research Associate, BEG	Use of Stratigraphy, Rock Properties, Seismic Attributes and Geomechanics for Improved Fracture Reservoir Modeling and Characterization
Mar 16	Holiday - no seminar	Spring Break!
Mar 23	John Hooker John Hooker Research Associate, BEG	Estimating subsurface fracture spacing using microscopic fractures
Mar 30	Christopher Macon	Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL): Advancing coastal remote sensing
Apr 6	Dr. Todd Caldwell Dr. Todd Caldwell Research Professor Desert Research Institute	Soil Heterogeneity and its Linkage to Ecosystems, Landscape Dynamics and Geologic Hazards
Apr 6 10:00 AM	Dr. Kitty Milliken Dr. Kitty Milliken Senior Research Scientist, BEG	Quantitative Assessment of Organic Matter-Hosted Pores, Marcellus Formation (Devonian), Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 13	Dr. Bruce Buffett Dr. Bruce Buffett Professor Dept of Earth & Planetary Science University of California, Berkeley	Methane hydrates: Origin, evolution and implications for climate change
Apr 20	Dr. Michael Young Dr. Michael Young Associate Director, BEG	Field-Scale Monitoring of Pharmaceutical Compounds Applied to Active Golf Courses by Recycled Water
Apr 27	Dr. Jeff Paine Jeff Paine Research Scientist	EM Investigations to Assess Near-Surface Effects of Hydrofracturing on Water Quality
May 4	Dr. Markus Berli Markus Berli Desert Research Institute	Deformation and hydraulic conductivity of aggregated soft earth materials