Deposits, Architecture and Controls of Carbonate Margin, Slope and Basinal Settings

s Open: December 1, 2015 • Deadline: February 15, 2016 https://www.sepm. org/MudstoneConference Registration Opens: June, 2016 Conveners: Wayne Camp, Neil Fishman, Paul Hackley, Kitty Milliken and Joe Macquaker FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS Mesozoic of the Gulf Rim and Beyond: New Progress in Science and Exploration of the Gulf of Mexico Basin 35th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Perkins-Rosen Research Conference DECEMBER 4-6, 2016 • OMNI HOUSTON WESTSIDE • HOUSTON, TEXAS The 2016 Perkins-Rosen Research Conference will focus upon the Mesozoic of the Gulf Basin, from mountain source terrain to deepwater abyssal plain. A significant portion of the program will be devoted to the Mesozoic of Mexico and its potential for international exploration. A highlight will be a special SEPM-sponsored research symposium on Mesozoic source to sink: provenance and process led by Mike Blum (U. Kansas). Other Topical sessions • Mesozoic depositional models, onshore to offshore • Pre-salt basin paleogeographic reconstruction • Emerging Mesozoic Plays in USA and Mexico • The KPg impact event and sedimentary effects • Mexico’s Mesozoic reservoirs and future potential Field Trip to the Eagle Ford Outcrops of West Texas, Friday Dec. 2 – Sunday Dec. 4 Optional Core Workshop, December 7th, 2016 Technical Program Committee Leaders: John W. Snedden, UT-Austin; Mike Blum, U. Kansas, Chris Lowery, UT-Austin 2000-character abstract due January 15, 2016 • Full papers and extended abstracts due May 15, 2016 Send to cmlowery@utexas.edu “Mudstone Diagenesis” Conference (with AAPG) set for October 16-19, 2016 in Santa Fe, NM. This conference is focusing on fine grained rocks and their properties. Conveners: Wayne Camp, Neil Fishman, Paul Hackley, Kitty Milliken and Joe Macquaker. ABSTRACTS OPEN https://www.sepm. org/MudstoneConference “Oceanic Anoxic Events” Conference is being planned for November 2-7, 2016 in Austin, TX. Examining the features and resources of OAE’s. Conveners: Rob Forkner, Charles Kerans, Benjamin Gill and Gianluca Frijia. 35th Bob F. Perkins Conference “Mesozoic of the Gulf Rim and Beyond: New Progress in Science and Exploration of the Gulf of Mexico Basin”, to be held in Houston, TX, USA, December 4-6, 2016. Technical Program Leaders: John Snedden, Mike Blum and Chris Lowery. (see details on page 15). Mountjoy II “Characterization and Modeling of Carbonate Pore Systems “ to be held in Austin, TX, USA ~ Summer, 2017 (TBD). This is an SEPM-CSPG conference as the next planned Mountjoy event, which will after 2017 be on a 4-year cycle. Organizing Committee: Mitch (Paul) Harris, Don McNeill, Gene Rankey, Jean Hsieh, and Astrid Arts. “Multi-scale analysis of deep-water depositional systems; insights from bathymetric, shallow seismic and outcrop data” to be held in the Karoo Basin area of South Africa in Spring, 2017, in Cape Town area, South Africa. Conveners: David Hodgson, Stephen Flint, Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson, Bradford Prather, and Emmanuelle Ducassou. “Propagation of Environmental Signals within Source-to-Sink Stratigraphy” to be held in Ainsa, Spain. Looking at the propagation of sediment-flux signals in the stratigraphic record of correlative segments of source-to-sink sedimentary systems. Conveners: Sébastien Castelltort (University of Geneva), Cai Puigdefabregas (University of Barcelona), Julian Clark (Statoil) and Andrea Fildani (Statoil). If you are considering a research conference within the realm of sedimentary geology be sure to consider working or partnering with SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. U P C O M I N G S E P M R E S E A R C H C O N F E R E N C E S