Ursula Hammes
Research Associate

 

 Research Interests

Clastic and carbonate sequence and seismic stratigraphic analyses

Carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis

Electrical image analyses

 

 

Education

Ph.D., Geology, University of Colorado, 1992

Diploma (M.S.), Geology, Geologisches/Paläontologisches Institut, Universität Erlangen, Germany, 1987

 

Professional History

Exploration Geologist, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1997-2001

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1995-1997

Environmental Scientist/Geologist, IT Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1994-1995

Geologic Consultant, Marathon Oil Company, PTC, Littleton, Colorado, 1992-1994

 

Selected Publications

Brown, L. F., Jr., Loucks, R. G., Treviño, R. H., and Hammes, Ursula, 2006, Understanding growth-faulted, intraslope subbasins by applying sequence-stratigraphic principles: examples from the south Texas Oligocene Frio Formation: Reply: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 90, no. 5, p. 799–805.

Hammes, Ursula, Zeng, Hongliu, Brown, L. F., Jr., Loucks, R. G., and Montoya, Patricia, 2005, Seismic geomorphology of Oligocene Frio lowstand slope and basin-floor sedimentary bodies in growth-faulted subbasins in South Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 55, p. 278–282.

Hammes, Ursula, Loucks, R. G., Brown, L. F., Treviño, R. H., Remington, R. L., and Montoya, Patricia, 2004, Structural setting and sequence architecture of a growth-faulted lowstand subbasin, Frio Formation, South Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 54, p. 237–246.

Budd, D.A., Hammes., U., and Ward, W. B., 2000, Cathodoluminescence in calcite cements: new insights on Pb and Zn sensitizing, Mn activation, and Fe quenching at low trace-element concentrations: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, no. 1, p. 217–226.

 

Contact

Ursula Hammes, Ph.D.
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
E-mail:
Telephone: 512-471-1891
Fax: 512-471-0140

 

Professional Summary (Word format)

June 2006