Ruarri James Day-Stirrat
Postdoctoral Fellow

 Research Interests

Maturity Modeling using Genesis 4.8

High-Resolution X-ray Texture Goniometry (HRXTG)

SEM (including backscattered mode, EDX)

TEM (including EDX for chemistry)

XRD (of shales, muds, and clays oriented and random preparations)

Porosimetry and pore-size distribution

Sedigraph for grain-size distribution
 

 

 

Education

B.Sc. With Honors Geology, Cardiff University, Wales, September 2001

Ph.D. Geology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 2006
 

Professional History

Consultant, Shell, BP, ChevronTexaco, and universities (April 2003 - September 2006).

Instructor, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (September 2004 - September 2006).

Insurance Technician, Capita London Market Services, Gloucester, England (May 2002 - September 2002)
 

Selected Publications

Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Andrew C. Aplin, Jan Srodon and Ben A. van der Pluijm
Diagenetic Reorientation of Phyllosilicate Minerals in Palaeogene Mudstones of the Podhale Basin, Southern Poland.  (Submitted to Clays and Clay Minerals)
 
Abstracts

Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Robert G. Loucks, Kitty L. Milliken, Ben A. van der Pluijm, 2007.  Fabric of the Barnett Shale and its concretions; a multi-technique analysis.  2007 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Denver Colorado (Submitted)

Day-Stirrat, R. J., Aplin, A. C., Van der Pluijm, B. E., and Sroden, J, 2007, Reorientation mechanisms of phyllosilicate minerals in mudstones: Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, and Podhale Basin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 16, p. 32.

Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Kitty L. Milliken, Robert G. Loucks, and Ben E. van der Pluijm, Jun 2007,  Characterization of clay mineral assemblages in the Barnett Shale; its diversity explored.  44th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Santa Fe New Mexico, Program and Abstracts, P. 74

Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Andrew C. Aplin, Kuncho D. Kurtev and Andrew P. Brown, Jun 2007, Iron expulsion from the octahedral sheet of I/S material: A transmission electron microscopy study on well characterized samples from the Podhale Basin, Poland.  44th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Santa Fe New Mexico, Program and Abstracts, P. 75

Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat, Andrew C. Aplin, Jan Srodon and Ben van der Pluijm, 2005. Diagenetic reorientation of phyllosilicate minerals in the Palaeogene Flysch of the Podhale Basin, Poland.  Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 03586, 2005
 

Contact

Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
E-mail:
Telephone: 512-471-7313

 

Professional Summary (Word)

February 2006