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CONTENTS Features

41 Thank you to 2012 RMAG Foundation Donors 42 RMAG 2013 Summit Sponsors 47 RMAG Presents NAPE on the Rocks 49 Submit a Manuscript to The Mountain Geologist

8 Lead Story: RMAG Onthe-Rocks Field Trip

association news 2 7 15 23 24 25

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Call for Papers! VOTE for Your Officers Rockbusters Ball Studies in Geology 65 Pre-Sale Form Thank you, Ron! RMAG Members Well Represented at RMSAAPG Awards Luncheon in Salt Lake City RMAG Awards 20/20 3D Vision Call for Papers Membership Highlights 20th Annual 3D Seismic Symposium Invitation and Speaker Commitment Form Mark Your Calendars! RMAG Geosteering Forum We want you back! We need you!

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COVER PHOTO Almost vertical fold axes in the French Slate phyllite. The pen is positioned parallel to the fold axes defined by the crenulation cleavage. The vertical orientation of the folds indicates a substantial degree (~90°) of post deformational rotation. Photo by Ronald L. Parker.

4 RMAG September Board of Directors Meeting 4 Advertising Rates 6 President's Column 40 New Members 44 RMAG Luncheon Program 45 Note Regarding November Luncheon 46 In the Pipeline 51 Advertisers Index 51 Calendar of Events

37 2013 RMAG Dues Renewal 40 Connect with RMAG Online! Volume 62 • No. 11 • November 2013

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President’s Column By Debra Higley

Happy Thanksgiving! Best wishes to all of you for a warm and cozy Thanksgiving holiday. November is a time for giving thanks and sharing (which doesn’t extend to sharing turkey white meat or drumsticks, of course). RMAG is evolving, and these are necessary changes. Emily Tompkins, Executive Director, Carrie Veatch, Office and Programs Manager, and Carol Dalton, Bookkeeper, inherited and integrated a jigsaw puzzle of more than 2,000 members that range in age from their 20's and 80's and have varied interests; a Board that changes every year (and for whom you provide your knowledge and patience); overseeing more than 20 committees that include Publications and Continuing Education; running the office, which combines communication, financial, legal, and insurance aspects; being the primary contact with RMAG members and other organizations; updating the RMAG website; managing sponsorships, understanding Copyright law, digital publication processes and outside providers such as AAPG Datapages; and the list continues. Emily, Carrie, and Carol, thank you for your excellent skills in organizing and running RMAG. It is a complex set of processes that makes me glad that I am a geologist instead of an administrator. I would like to thank Tricia Beaver and her committee members. Tricia has served for numerous years as chair for the RMAG Professional Awards Committee, which oversees professional awards for RMAG and provides recommendations for AAPG awards. This Outcrop lists this year’s professional award recipients; they have contributed greatly to the scientific community by sharing their time, expertise, and selves with us. Awards will

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be presented at the Rockbusters Ball on November 9th that will be held at The Oxford Hotel in downtown Denver. The years at Columbine Country Club were great fun, but a downtown location is more accessible and provides the option of staying overnight. Thanks also to other RMAG award committees, awards of which are presented at several RMAG lunches: Vito Nuccio heads The Mountain Geologist Best Paper, Dean Dubois is chair of the Luncheon Speaker Awards, Jerry Cuzella chairs the Teacher of the Year Award, Vicki Oulellette chairs the Student Pick Award, and Susan Wager is in charge of the Student Science Fair committee. These are important functions of RMAG and the RMAG Foundation. The RMAG Board voted last year to have The Mountain Geologist as a digital-only publication for members. Reasons for this include (1) cost savings because there are no page or ink charges, (2) that we can publish without charging authors, which is particularly useful when the contributor is a consultant or student, (3) color figures do not result in extra page charges, and (4) yes, I do like to hug trees (although not the ones with lots of splinters). Paul Lillis, chair of the Publications Committee, and committee members have done a great job providing science and information in the RMAG Outcrop newsletter, The Mountain Geologist, and other publications, as well as learning about Copyright law and deciphering Datapages, GeoScienceWorld, and other contracts. 6

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LEAD STORY – RMAG On-the-Rocks Field Trip Medicine Bow Mountains

Snowy Range, August 17th, 2013: The Time Machine to the Paleoproterozoic Text and photos by Ronald L. Parker, Senior Geologist, Fronterra Geosciences, 700 17th Street, Suite 1700, Denver, Colorado 80202 The RMAG field trip to the Snowy Range in the Dr. Snoke has been teaching field-oriented structural Medicine Bow Mountains of SE Wyoming, August 17th, geology at Wyoming almost since the Paleoproterozoic, 2013, continued a superb string of field trips run under having arrived in Laramie in 1974 after 10 years at the “On-the-Rocks” (OTR) banner. Simply, these are the University of South Carolina. Dr. Snoke has a among the best one-day field trip opportunities to be had wide-ranging interest that is reflected in his numerous in the Rockies, and, they are free. As elucidated in the April publications from many parts of the world (Tobago, 2013 Outcrop “RMAG OTR trips provide participants with Italy, Tunisia, California, Oregon, Nevada, South opportunities to explore Carolina and, of course, site geology, together Wyoming). http://www. with a trip expert and uwyo.edu/geolgeophys/ the camaraderie of those faculty/arthur-snoke. who are willing to share html). We were rewarded geologic knowledge.” by his vast reserve of This summer has been knowledge. On top of it rich with five OTR field all, Professor Snoke is trip offerings and they also a world-class nice have all been resounding guy. successes. Praise is The OTR field trip to due RMAG organizing the Snowy Range of the committee members Medicine Bow Mountains (Catherine Campbell, was a substantial Dan Plazak, Denis Foley, departure from the rest Jeff Glossa, John Ladd, of the RMAG OTR retinue Sandra Mark, Phyllis Professor Art Snoke at the start of the trip pointing out the for the summer in that we Scott and Ron Pritchett) variation of exposures visited rocks from deep and field trip leaders (Jeff in time. The Medicine May, Donna Anderson, Bob Raynolds, Paul Morgan, Art Bow Mountains display the tectonic boundary between Snoke and David Noe) for enriching lucky participants. the Archean Wyoming Province (3.6-3.0 Ga) and the As Don Rasmussen quipped at the conclusion of Bob accreted terranes that added to the southern margin of Raynold’s Eagle Basin trip ,“this was the best field trip I Laurentia (Hoffman, 1988). During the Paleoproterozoic, have been on in years…including my own.” the southern edge of the Wyoming Province was an The Snowy Range field trip was excellent for several Atlantic-style rifted passive margin that consisted reasons. First, it was a scintillating, high pressure, blue of a thick layer (~10 km) of 2.4-2.1 Ga miogeoclinal sky day which made everyone cheerful. Professor Art sediments (Snowy Pass Supergroup) atop 2.7-2.5 Ga Snoke, from the Department of Geology & Geophysics Archean basement (Whitmeyer, 2007). The Snowy Pass at the University of Wyoming, was the perfect leader. Supergroup is comprised of the 3.6 km thick Deep Vol. 62, No. 11

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Lead Story Lake Group (primarily metaconglomerates and quar tzites) overlain by 7.4 km thick Libby Lake Group. The Libby Lake Group is subdividied into a 4.4 thick lower part comprised mostly of quartzites and a 3.0 km thick upper part composed of metadolomite and black phyllite (Sullivan, 2013). The P a l e o p r o t e r o z o i c Bright green coloration of one of the quartzites. According to Professor Snoke, suture (the Cheyenne the color derives from the mineral Belt) developed during Fuchsite, a chromium-bearing muscovite, the Medicine Bow K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2. The most likely Orogeny, (1.78 to 1.74 scenario for chromium introduction is from Ga), which resulted the inclusion of chromite (Fe,Cr)3O4 as a from an oceanic-arc part of the accessory suite in the protolith quartz sandstone. Chromite necessitates terrane collision of with weathering of an ultramafic source. this thick accumulation of passive margin sediments. There is ongoing debate about the polarity of subduction and a recent paper by one of Dr. Snoke’s students (Sullivan, 2013) suggests that the boundary may have been a “subvertical transpressional stretching fault system that simultaneously accommodated sinistral strike-slip motion, penetrative horizontal shortening and, dip-slip motion…” (p. 1319). This fundamental tectonic boundary is presently exposed as a thick (0.7 to 7.0 km thick) suite of mylonite zones that isolate individual tectonic blocks. The present day exposures in the Medicine Bow Mountains reflect rapid (~10 Ma) Laramide crustal uplift of these Paleoproterozoic with subsequent Tertiary unroofing and glacial sculpting during the Pleistocene. The first 4 stops on the field trip visited the metamorphically altered and structurally deformed sediments that developed along the Paleoproterozoic passive margin. The final stop brought us to higher grade metavolcanic rocks of the East Bear Lake block in the middle part of the Cheyenne Belt. The following is a quick synopsis of the stops we visited augmented by photos. Our first stop visited the French Slate near the Nash Fork Campground. This stop is a structural geologist’s dream, with an abundance of deformational features in an upper greenschist facies graphitic phyllite. The French slate is characterized by a NE-striking subvertical foliation that is buckled by kink bands and

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Kneeling,L to R: Amy McKay, Donna Anderson, Pilar Ritcherson, Art Snoke, Ronald Parker. Standing, L to R: Roger Charbonneau, Doug Hurcomb, Ron Pritchett, Joe Kneck, Phil Nelson, Jim Eagan, Janet Marks, Carl Brink, Janis Klein, Nathan Marolf, Ian Hogan, and Janet Pitman.

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Lead Story a pronounced crenulation cleavage (Sullivan, 2013; Snoke 2013). The glacially abraded outcrop cuts across this foliation to display superb examples of isoclinal folds that have been refolded during polyphase deformation. Many of the isoclinal folds display a beautiful axial planar cleavage defined by pressure solution residue. Beds of slightly more quartzo-feldspathic material in the original pelitic mud deform by shortening that yields en echelon shear packets that also display internal

Hiking toward the NE along the Pinedale moraine on the way to our lunch stop at the far end of Lookout Lake (in the middle distance). The moraine is comprised of Medicine Peak Quartzite, as are the cliffs to the left. The dark rock to the right is the mafic Lookout Schist. A dark gabbroic sill is evident about halfway up the slope above the dark lake waters in the distance.

isoclinals folding. At this stop we also got a 1st look at the quartzites that abound in the region. A g l a c i a l l y t r a n s p o r te d q u a r t z i te b o u l d e r, which had fragmented on the striated outcrop, revealed internal primary sedimentary structures, including graded bedding and trough crossbedding. Our second stop, at the Medicine Bow Peak Overlook was located on the geologic map at a “nexus of faults.” It provided a spectacular overview of the Snowy Range, dominated Continued on page 12 »

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by 12,013’ tall Medicine Bow Peak, killing all 66 people Peak. The resistant quartzite aboard http://en.wikipedia. ridge, with a prominent mafic org/wiki/United_Airlines_ sill, provided the perfect Flight_409. At the time, this backdrop for a group photo. was the worst airline disaster Nearby, we saw the remains in American aviation history. of the Red Mask mine, a After the Observation failed Au and Ag enterprise. Point, we proceeded to the At this stop we observed a base of Medicine Bow Peak tan weathering outcrop of were we walked along a the steeply dipping Nash Fork quartzite boulder moraine metamorphosed dolostone. paralleling the base of the A block of this dolomarble cliffs. Our destination was near the parking lot attracted Lookout Lake where we a lot of attention because of ate lunch in the midst of a delicate boxwork pattern Art Snoke illustrating the use of a Paleoproterozoic skill breathtaking natural beauty. of healed fractures. Close – drawing the 3D development of a refolded fold using This stop afforded ample inspection revealed the multicolored chalk…upside-down!. opportunity to interrogate presence of malachite and huge blocks of the quartzite opalline silica in fractures. A metal sign, cemented that appeared as both talus blocks and morainal to a large quartzite boulder, informed the group of a debris. The quartzite was remarkable because it was tragic event that occurred on October 6th, 1955 when so uniform, yet still preserving primary structures. The United Airlines Flight 409 crashed into Medicine Bow Continued on page 14 » Vol. 62, No.11

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fragments present schist that contained in the talus and the an abundance moraine displayed of biotite in hand an abundance of sample, suggested planar surfaces, the metamorphic result of penetrative c o n d i t i o n s a b ove fracturing of the rock greenschist facies. mass from ancient This schist, like stress. Cracking apart the French Slate, along these planar displayed a pervasive fractures, many of foliation which was which intersected, sometimes intricately gave the quartzite folded. fragments a uniformly From the Medicine sharp, angular Bow Peak area we appearance. Along Structural geology laboratory in one meter-scale chunk of the Nash Fork drove 2 miles NE to the way, we crossed metadolomite (with schistose interbeds). the Lewis Lake Picnic several outcrops of Ground where the the Lookout Schist, the unit stratigraphically above the group hiked along Medicine Bow Peak Trail No. 295. Medicine Peak Quartzite. This mafic rock is a graphitic We were exposed to sweeping vistas of raw beauty that included a look back toward our previous stop to the SW. There, we were able to see the stratigraphic succession of the Medicine Peak Quartzite, Lookout Schist and younger Sugarloaf Quartzite standing on end. Continuing along the path, Professor Snoke pointed out several occurrences of Medicine Bow Quartzite that were colored a deep green colorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;quite a departure from the normally uniform white of the quartzite. Dr. Snoke explained Quality Mudlogging that this coloration was the result Geologic Interpretation of disseminated crystals of fuchsite, Wellsite Geology | Geo-Steering | Coring Supervision a chromium bearing muscovite. Purportedly, the chromium was Serving the Williston Basin Horizontal Bakken, liberated from chromite that was and Rocky Mountain Mission Canyon, Red River, incorporated into the accessory Region Dupero, Three Forks and mineral suite of the original quartz Ratcliff formations sandstone. This mechanism would Joseph H. Large necessitate exposure and weathering President of ultramafic rocks in the provenance www.rpmconsultinginc.com area of the protolith. 1600 Broadway, Suite 1510, Denver, CO 80202 Perhaps the most exciting part (Office) 303 595 7625 | (Fax) 303 595 7628 of the trip came next. We hiked Continued on page 16 Âť

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Driving to Stop #5 we were lucky to see five Moose hanging out by the side of the road. All 5 are present in this photograph. Can you pick them out?

about a half-mile into the backcountry in order to track down stromatolitic bioherms in the Nash Fork metadolomite. Using a detailed map published by Knight (1968), we found a gigantic domal stromatolite along the edge of Prospector Lake. This one single stromatolite was approximately 30 feet across – by far the largest I have ever seen. Because the Nash Fork is dipping at a steep angle, the almost horizontal surface of the exposure afforded an excellent cross-section of the giant fossil(s). During the Paleoproterozoic, stromatolites were almost the only form of preservable life, due to construction of a hard substrate. Created by a community of benthic microorganisms (a “biofilm cooperative”), chiefly cyanobacteria, these organic structures were built by sediment trapping and binding onto sticky mucilaginous sheaths protecting the prokaryotic microorganisms (Noffke, 2013). Because cyanobacteria are photosynthesizers, they remove CO2 from the water to combine with H20 to make basic sugars. Removing CO2 results in precipitation of CaCO3, essentially creating a cemented and hardened skeletal framework that grows larger over time, perhaps even altering wave and current flow and creating protected leeward environments. Everyone was impressed by the magnitude and the preservation of the domal stromatolites. Many discussions ensued both on top of the beast and on the long walk back to the vehicles. Our last stop of the day was along Barber Lake Road across the boundary of the Cheyenne Belt. We visited one of the tectonic blocks, bounded by mylonite zones that comprise this ancient geosuture. In this case, we stopped to look at high-grade orthogneisses

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Hoffman, Paul Fl, 1988, The United Plates of America, the Birth of a Craton: The Early Proterozoic Assembly and Growth of Laurentia, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 16:543-603. Knight, S. H., 1968, Precambrian Stromatolite, Bioherms and Reefs in the Lower Half of the Nash Formation, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming, University of Wyoming Contributions to Geology, 7(2): 75-116. Noffke, N. and S. M. Awramik, 2013, Stromatolites and MISS – Differences Between Relatives, GSA Today, 23(9):4-9. Snoke, Arthur , 2013, RMAG Snowy Range, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming Field Trip, unpublished field trip handout. Sullivan, W.A. and R. J. Beane, 2013, A New View of an Old Suture Zone: Evidence for Sinistral Transpression in the Cheyenne Belt. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 125(7/8): 1319-1337. Whitmeyer, Steven J. and Karl E. Karlstrom, 2007, Tectonic Model for the Proterozoic Growth of North America, Geosphere, 3(4): 220-259.

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and amphibolites of the East Bear Lake Block that were characterized by intensely transposed isoclinal folds, fold interference patterns, sheared mafic layers and late stage injection of cross-cutting granitic rocks. By this time, the sun was beginning to sink low in the sky. We headed back to the meeting point (the Friendly Store in Centennial, Wyoming). Some of us met at the restaurant next door for a barley pop and a hamburger before heading to our respective homes. The Snowy Range – Medicine Bow Field Trip was an excellent experience, on a remarkable day with an affable and entertaining guide and a jovial and highly engaged assemblage of participants. RMAG OTR Field Trips continue to be impressive opportunities for learning about the highly varied complexity of the Rocky Mountains. Make certain you go on one soon!

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At the last stop along Barber Lake Road, Professor Snoke shows us some of the highly transposed granitic orthogneisses within a pod of rock surrounded by mylonitic shear zones. This highly deformed rock was injected by later granitic dikes. This outcrop displayed numerous isoclinal folds.

As we perched upon the Nash Fork metadolomite , there ensued a lively discussion about the nature of the prokaryotic cyanobacteria that were capable of creating such large domal stromatolite bioherms during the Paleoproterozoic.

(Photo below) Stop 2: Medicine Bow Peak Observation Point The Snowy Range is so named because it is comprised of the white-colored Medicine Peak Quartzite that looks to be mantled in snow even when it is not. This 1000’ ridge of steeply dipping Paleoproterozoic quartzite (Lower Libby Creek Group) is highly resistant and has been carved by glaciation. A mafic intrusion cuts the quartzite at the left third of the photo and a mafic dike is evident just below the ridgeline heading toward the maximum elevation of 12,013’ at Medicine Bow Peak.

Giant stromatolites are always great icebreakers. Here Amy McKay (left) meets Joyce Trygstad Nelson (right).

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Roger Charbonneau scaling the French Slate at Stop 1. This rock, actually a phyllite, is the youngest (Upper part) of the Libby Creek Group, which is the younger part of the Snowy Pass Supergroup. The French Slate displays a range of features recording polyphase deformation. Among these features is a penetrative crenulation cleavage that deforms an earlier foliation. The best part?...The axes of the crenulation folds are almost vertical. The fragmented glacial erratic atop the French Slate is the Medicine Peak Quartzite, an older part of the Libby Creek Group. Graded quartz pebbles and concave trough cross-beds exposed on the flat fracture face to the right indicate that the boulder is “upside down.”

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View from Medicine bow Peak Trail no. 295 looking to the west. The high, rounded ridge in the far distance are comprised of Medicine Peak Quartzite. The conical peak in the left middle distance is Sugarloaf Peak, comprised of Sugarloaf Quartzite. In the saddle between the resistant quartzites is a darker mafic rock, the Lookout Schist. The rocks are younger to the left. Continued on page 20 »

(Photo below) Following Professor Snoke as we hike back to the cars after lunch. Note the dark-colored gabbroic (or diabase) intrusion to the right of the prominent peak in the right middle distance. Art had been in Nevada the previous week and had injured his ankle. In spite of this injury, he often outpaced the entire group.

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Probably the most exciting part of the field trip was experiencing the massive size of this giant domal stromatolite bioherm from the Nash Fork metadolomite. Bedding in the Nash Fork is steeply dipping, facilitating the crosssectional view of this truly massive fossil. Here the giant colonial organism is scaled by Laura Nelson, a graduate Student in the Botany Department at the University of Wyoming. The internal lamination and vertical microstructure of the stromatolite are evident in the inset photo. It is remarkable that this fabric survived marble recrystallization of the dolomite.

Refolded fold in the French Slate. Note how the axial planar cleavage from the 1st folding episode is bent in the middle by a second generation of folding (with an axial plane oriented top to bottom across the photo). The folded whitish bands are quartzo-feldspathic horizons that displayed a different rheologic behavior to shear than the pelitic material of the slate. These quartzose layers display internal shear that has separated them material into microlithons separated by pressure solved residual material. Individual microlithons are themselves isoclinally folded (inset). Vol. 62, No.11

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Application of Structural Methods to Rocky Mountain Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development

Edited by: Constance N. Knight, Jerome J. Cuzella, Leland D. Cress Co-published by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists With increasing industry emphasis on developing “unconventional” tight reservoirs and on enhancing recovery from existing fields, geologists are facing new challenges. Identifying fracture characteristics within petroleum systems is essential. Understanding the timing of tectonics and the formation of structures is important, as these factors strongly influence hydrocarbon generation, migration, entrapment, and preservation. The purpose in publishing this collection of key papers is to aid future works in addressing complex interrelationships between structural geology and hydrocarbon exploration and development. The first four chapters of this book focus on structural concepts and techniques. The second part of this book is a collection of Rocky Mountain fault and fracture studies. These well-documented studies are valuable reference materials for all petroleum geologists. I agree to pay the RMAG:

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RMAG Members Well Represented at RMS-AAPG Awards Luncheon in Salt Lake City The contributions and accomplishments of several RMAG members were recognized at the 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting’s All-Convention Luncheon in Salt Lake City on September 24th. Receiving the section’s highest award, the Lifetime Contribution Award, was Dr. Robert Weimer, professor emeritus at Colorado School of Mines. His citation, prepared and read by former RMAG President John Robinson, covered Bob’s many activities as a geoscientist including his consulting work, teaching, and numerous publications over a period spanning more than 50 years. As John so succinctly summarized Bob’s accomplishments, “hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students at CSM and industry professionals have benefited from the courses he taught in stratigraphy, sedimentology, and petroleum geology” during his years as a professor

at CSM from 1957 to his “retirement” in 1983. As a further tribute to Bob, going forward this annual award will be called the Robert J. Weimer Lifetime Contribution Award. For the first time, the RMS-AAPG also offered its “Rocky Mountain Landmark Publication Award” given to recognize authors or editors of a book, guidebook, or other publication over the past decade or so that has had exceptional impact on developing new hydrocarbon plays or improving fundamental understanding of the geology of the Rocky Mountain region. This year’s award went to Susan Landon, Mark Longman, and Barbara Luneau for their papers on the sedimentology and hydrocarbon source rock potential of the Niobrara Formation published in The Mountain Geologist in 1998 and 2001. The citation on their award reads in part: “These two papers established the stratigraphic and organic geochemical framework of the Niobrara Formation at a regional scale. That framework drew attention to the potential of the Niobrara as a potential shale oil resource play across many Rocky Mountain basins. It just took more than half a decade for the technology of drilling and completing horizontal wells to catch up with the resource play so well outlined in these papers.” Other RMAG awardees were Edmund “Gus” Gustason and Matthew Pranter who received the Steve Champlin Memorial Award sponsored by the Wyoming Geological Association. This award, created in 1986, is presented to the author(s) of the best poster presentation at the preceding year’s RMS-AAPG Meeting. Gus and Matt won for their poster entitled: “Integrated characterization and modeling of reservoir lithofacies and reserves of the Sussex Sandstone, House Creek North area, Powder River Basin, Wyoming.” Next year’s RMS-AAPG meeting will be held in Denver at the Colorado Convention Center from July 20 to 22nd. The General Chair for this meeting is Peter Bucknam. Mark your calendars early and plan to attend this special annual event.

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The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists is honored to present the 2013 Distinguished Public Service to Earth Science Award to Kendall (Ken) Kittleson in appreciation of his contributions in promoting earth science to the general public. Ken began volunteering with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) in May 2004 when he joined the Denver Basin research project team, sharing his geologic expertise supporting Museum scientists working to understand ancient Colorado environments through study of the fossil record. From 2006 through 2008, Ken served as a tour facilitator, leading groups and families through Prehistoric Denver, the Museum’s world-famous diorama halls, until that program was discontinued. In addition, he led schoolchildren through the gems and minerals exhibit and the fossil laboratory. Since 2009, Ken has exclusively focused his DMNS volunteer efforts on the WEBS/Adventures in Nature program. This program is conducted in partnership with the Denver Public Schools’ Balarat Outdoor Education Center. Balarat provides field trip transportation for 3rd grade students and the Museum provides a trained crew of volunteers to facilitate the full-day field trips. Half of the field trip is a nature hike in Genesee Mountain Park balanced with the Museum, examining and touching authentic specimens from its collections and supported diorama exploring time. Ken’s science background, love of the outdoors, and passion for inspiring young minds makes him a perfect fit for leading the nature hikes. Ken gives of himself without a thought about recognition. His reward is in the ‘ah-ha’ moments he creates when a child begins to understand, realizes she/he has what it takes to be a scientist, and experiences the joy of exploring and discovering the world around her/him. Ken knows how to connect with kids, how to bring out their

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The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists is pleased to present to Ira Pasternack the 2013 Honorary Membership Award. Ira is being awarded this honor for his service to RMAG and his 36 years in the oil and gas industry as a whole. Ira has been a member of the RMAG and AAPG since 1977. He has been active as a leader in the RMAG starting as Treasurer in 2002 and Secretary in 2005. He was awarded RMAGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luncheon Speaker of the Year in 2005 and was awarded the AAPG A.I. Levorsen Award for co-authoring the best paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Section in 2010. He served as 1st Vice President in 2008, Publications Committee Chairman in 2009, President-Elect in 2010 and President in 2011. As President, Ira guided the Association through the difficult transition of key office staff. Ira has been the author or contributing author for 16 articles on Cretaceous geology of the Rocky Mountains and Alaska. He has written other papers on topics such as horizontal drilling, carbonate reservoir characterization, natural fracturing effects on gas production, sequence stratigraphy and online geological resources.

During his career as a geologist, Ira received several performance awards from his former employer Amoco. These include mentoring and hiring new staff, evaluation of 900 undrilled locations in the San Juan Basin and completing the first Thrust Belt horizontal well (1987), and several horizontal wells in the San Juan Basin (1994). His efforts in the San Juan Basin, Moxa Arch, Anadarko Basin, Wyoming Overthrust, Pinedale and Jonah fields, and Montana have led to hundreds of new wells being drilled by Amoco, Kestrel Energy, Encana, Comet Ridge Resources and other operators. In addition to RMAG, Ira has memberships with AAPG and SPWLA. He has also been a member of the Potential Gas Committee Technical Advisory Board in the Green River Basin. Due to his accomplishments both within the RMAG and in the oil and gas industry, the Association is proud to bestow RMAG Honorary Membership to Ira Pasternack. His outstanding service to geology and to the RMAG make him a deserving recipient of this award.

Membership Highlights Jacinda Nettik Brown and her husband Kevin Brown welcomed their first child, a boy, Merit Andrus Brown on June 26th. He weighed in at 7lbs 2oz. Merit is one happy and easy going baby. In this photo he is 3 months old and sporting his new favorite hat. Congratulations to Jacinda and Kevin!

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RMAG Outstanding Scientist Award 2013 Harvey R. DuChene

Distinguished Service to RMAG 2013 David Scolman

The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists is pleased to recognize the scientific contributions Harvey R. DuChene has made in his widespread work in the field of speleology. Harvey’s extraordinary exploratory spirit arose during the late 1960s and early 1970s when he was exposed in Carlsbad Caverns to the “darndest things I ever saw” (Lindop, 2004). Harvey had developed a keen interest in geological exploration, and in caves, by 1973, when he earned his M.S. at the University of New Mexico. Harvey is known for his ground-breaking work as a member of the team that explored and mapped Lechuguilla Cave in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico. Because it had been recently discovered, Lechuguilla offered unique scientific value in that it was geologically “fresh.” This work was reported in numerous papers published from 1989-2000, many of them authored or co-authored by Harvey. His work at Lechuguilla reflects Har vey’s characteristically thorough approach to his geologic and scientific contributions. Principally it is his work that supports the concept that caves can be formed by dissolution by sulfuric acid. This concept was proposed in the early 1970s and Harvey has been a leading participant in the development and support of this hypothesis. In addition, he is credited with the idea of significant porosity development in carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs generated by sulfuric acid dissolution. These concepts have been extended to other “sulfur cave” systems worldwide resulting in Harvey’s authorship of more than sixty widely referenced papers on the subject, and he spends much of his time organizing symposia on caves. Coinciding with his cave exploration and studies, Harvey has had a long and successful career in the oil and gas business, playing a significant part in the discovery and development of several oil and gas fields. Harvey DuChene is an accomplished professional geologist and the Association is proud to grant him the 2013 RMAG Outstanding Scientist Award.

The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists is pleased to present its Distinguished Service to RMAG award to David Scolman. David is being recognized for years of service to RMAG and the professional community through his efforts on the 3D Symposium Committee. David has served on the 3D Symposium Committee for over 12 years and has been Co-Chair of that extremely important group for at least 4 years. The 3D Symposium, year after year, has been one of RMAG’s most popular and successful ventures. It is a joint event with the Denver Geophysical Society (DGS) and provides the community with a robust educational and networking opportunity as well as providing RMAG with a significant source of income. The symposium committee works with the societies as well as the rest of the professional community to ensure the topics continue to be relevant and that the event functions smoothly. The committee chair sets the tone and expectations for the committee, bringing experience and wisdom in coordinating with the two societies. Dave has filled several roles on the committee over the years. His first responsibility was as Fundraising Coordinator which is a key role. He later has been Co-Chair or Lead Chair. His service helped the symposium successfully navigate beyond the early guidance under Randy Ray and Bill Pearson and into a new era with leadership under a different set of eyes and minds. Dave has helped maintain the 3D Symposium “brand” and is now considered the “wise old man” on the committee. There has been a tendency over the years in the broader professional community to undervalue the role that RMAG plays in this event as compared to DGS. Dave appreciates the essential nature of RMAG’s role in this important symposium, and emphasizes those contributions of others as part of his role on this RMAG committee. Dave is a geophysicist with a successful and diverse consulting business. He has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, has earned a very good technical reputation and is considered by his peers as a consummate professional. In recognition of his long and valuable service to RMAG and to the greater professional community through his work on the 3D Symposium Committee, the RMAG proudly presents David Scolman the 2013 Distinguished Service to RMAG Award. Continued on page 30 »

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science. As the show’s paleontologic consultant, Scott contributes tremendous educational value on modern concepts and paleontological research. Dr. Scott Sampson is a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and educator who serves as Vice President of Research and Collections & Chief Curator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Focuses of his research are the ecology and evolution of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs, with fieldwork in Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Dr. Sampson is currently serving as the lead researcher on a large project in Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument in southern Utah that has yielded abundant remains of a previously unknown assemblage of dinosaurs. In addition to contributions and achievements mentioned above, he has published numerous scientific and popular articles as well as lectured extensively to audiences of all ages on many topics, including dinosaurs, evolution, and connecting people with nature. Dr. Sampson is serving the geologic profession by bridging the gap between science and the public in an engaging manner and thus deserves the 2013 RMAG Journalism Award.

The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists is pleased to present to Dr. Scott Sampson its Journalism Award for 2013 in recognition of his contributions as primary scientific consultant and on-air host of the four-part Discovery Channel series Dinosaur Planet, as Dr. Scott the Paleontologist, in the PBS children’s series Dinosaur Train, as well as for his book, Dinosaur Odyssey: Fossil Threads in the Web of Life (University of California Press, 2009). Dinosaur Odyssey is the first comprehensive review of dinosaur paleontology for a general audience in more than two decades. As host of Dinosaur Planet, Dr. Scott Sampson adds tremendous educational value to the series with periodic segments that explain the scientific evidence related to the storyline, much of which is based on new information. Dinosaur Train episodes combine an animated story followed by a live action segment by Dr. Sampson, who interacts with the children to explain the science behind the stories as he demonstrates the details. The Dinosaur Train series encourages scientific thinking and teaches about natural

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were very concerned that their memberships had lapsed. Every RMAG member is being requested to keep his/ her online membership profile information up to date. We need your help to resolve this problem. If (after reading the profile article of this issue) you require assistance using the online RMAG website and database, please contact the RMAG office.

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Authors and Editors Needed: RMAG Oil & Gas Fields of Colorado! RMAG is working toward the publication of a guidebook dedicated to short field studies of a set of selected oil and gas fields in Colorado. In large part the format will be similar to earlier publications of this type: a several page article that will include a one page summary with a small set of maps and cross-sections adequate to give the reader a lot of information in a short amount of time. The RMAG committee working on this publication has selected 85 fields for review. In addition, we expect to have extended discussion around several large â&#x20AC;&#x153;resource playâ&#x20AC;? areas such as the Piceance Basin or the Greater Wattenberg complex including the recent horizontal Niobrara play. The committee is currently looking for authors to do field studies and to put together material for publication. Each author may contribute one or multiple field studies. We will also need a group of editors for both technical and copy (grammatical and graphical) review.

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THANK YOU TO 2012 RMAG FOUNDATION DONORS The Trustees of the RMAG Foundation wish to acknowledge the generous support of the Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s donors in 2012. Approximately $35,000 was raised for student scholarships and the general fund which supports geologic endeavors within the geologic community at large. The Foundation, a tax-exempt organization under section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code (Tax ID # 84-0730294), relies on these donations for its ongoing contributions which are made each year from the interest accrued by the fund. In addition to the individuals, companies, and corporations on the facing page who gave in 2012, the Foundation would like to recognize a major gift to the scholarship funds by the RMAG Golf Tournament contributors. Thank you to all who organized and played in that tournament! If any donor has failed to be thanked individually by letter, please contact: RMAG Foundation, #165 Independence Plaza 1001 16th Street, B-180 Denver, CO 80265

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Using PSDM Seismic Volumetric Curvature Attributes in Paleokarst Reservoir Characterization Studies: Results from an Arbuckle Extended-Reach Lateral By Jason Rush and John Doveton, Kansas Geological Survey, Energy Research Section, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, November 6

Mud losses were unexpectedly minor (i.e., from seepage), which provided excellent hole conditions for the logging program.

This DOE-funded project evaluates the utility of seismic volumetric curvature (VC) attributes for predicting stratal and structural architecture diagnostic of paleokarst reservoirs. VC has been championed for identifying faults that cannot be imaged by conventional 3-D seismic attributes such as coherence. The objective of this research is to prove-up PSDM VC-techniques for reducing uncertainties in reservoir compartmentalization studies and seal risk assessments. A 2,000-ft horizontal lateral was purposefully drilled across VC-imaged radial lineaments — interpreted to record a fault-bounded collapsed paleocavern — to confirm their presence by evaluating triple combo, full-wave sonic, and image logs. The 15-mi2 study area is located in southeastern Bemis-Shutts Field and is situated along the crest of the Central Kansas Uplift (CKU) in Ellis County, Kansas. Here, the uppermost Arbuckle (Early Ordovician) records extensive paleokarst features including collapsed paleocaverns and dolines related to exceedingly prolonged pre-Simpson (Sauk–Tippecanoe) and/or pre-Pennsylvanian subaerial exposure. A horizontal lateral was successfully drilled across the full extent of a VC-inferred paleokarst doline. Mud losses were unexpectedly minor (i.e., from seepage), which provided excellent hole conditions for the logging program. Results from the formation evaluation reveal breccias (e.g., crackle, mosaic, chaotic), fractures, solution-enlarged

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Luncheon will be held at the Marriott City Center at California and 17th St. Please check the event listing in the lobby for the room. Check-in/walk-in registration begins at 11:30 a.m., lunch is served at 12:00 noon, and the talk begins at 12:20 p.m. The luncheon price is $30.00. To listen only to the talk, walkin price is $10.00. If you make a reservation and do not attend the luncheon, you will be billed for the luncheon. Online registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the luncheon. Cancellations are not guaranteed after that time.

RMAG Luncheon faults, touching vugs, well-rounded pebbles, and unaffected host strata. VCinferred lineaments coincide with 20–80-ft wide intervals of high GR values (100+ API), matrix-rich breccias, and faults. Interpretations of the PSDM volume, 3-D VC-attributes, and drill pipeconveyed logs provide an integrative assessment of paleokarst architecture and karst geomorphology. Cycle-scale, strata-bound breccias observed in flat-lying host strata are interpreted to record evaporite karst. The upper Arbuckle in northwest Bemis-Shutts is characterized by large dolines (>1000-ft wide) that coincide with radiating lineaments as imaged by the VC-attributes. In contrast, the Arbuckle in southeast Bemis-Shutts forms a gently sloping peneplain. We propose that collapsed paleocaverns promoted the formation of dolines, which then functioned as small basins characterized by interior drainage. Surface water runoff would have been focused into the dolines along channels preferentially formed along radial fractures associated with brittle failure of paleocavern roofs. We believe that a karsted plateau developed where runoff was diverted into a groundwater system via dolines (i.e., disappearing streams), moved laterally along an aquitard, and emerged as spring-fed streams at the base of an escarpment. »

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In the Pipeline November 6, 2013 RMAG Monthly Luncheon. Speaker Jason Rush. “Using PSDM Seismic Volumetric Curvature Attributes in Paleokarst Reservoir Characterization Studies: Results from an Arbuckle Extended-Reach Lateral” Denver City Center Marriott. See page 44 for more information.

Conducting More Rigorous Reservoir Studies.” Instructor Bill Savage of NITEC. Denver Athletic Club. November 8, 2013 DIPS Luncheon. Speaker Jim Granath.” Billions and Billions of Barrels. What is Going on in Kurdistan?” November 9, 2013 RMAG Rockbusters Ball. Oxford Hotel.

November 7, 2013 PTTC Course. “COZ-New Reservoir Simulation Software Designed to Aid Smaller Operators in

November 12, 2013 Desk and Derrick Luncheon. For reservations, please contact RSVP@deskandderrick.org

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November 14, 2013 RMS/AAPG. Young Professionals Happy Hour. Paramount Café 4:30-6:30 p.m. Continued on page 48 »

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November 15, 2013 RMS-AAPG Young Professionals Dine & Discuss. Speaker Katie Kocman. “X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis, Williston Basin.” November 19, 2013 DWLS Luncheon. November 26. 2013 » RMS-SEPM Luncheon. Speaker Juergen Schieber. “Depositional Process-Fabric-Pore: Conceptualizing the Connection Between Depositional Regime, Pore Types, and Porosity in Mudstones.” November 27, 2013 Oilfield Christian Fellowship Luncheon. To RSVP call Barb Burrell at 303-675-2602 or e-mail OCFDenverChapter@pxd.com. » If you have any events that you would like to post in this column, please submit via email to Holly Sell at holly.sell@yahoo.com or to the RMAG office at rmagdenver@ aol.com for consideration.

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Rocky Mtn. PTTC Workshops COZ- New Reservoir Simulation Software Designed to Aid Smaller Operators in Conducting More Rigorous Reservoir Studies

Thursday, November 7, 8:30 am – 2:00 pm Fee: $130, Denver Athletic Club, includes lunch, workbook, and PDH certificate. Instructor: Bill Savage, NITEC

DOE-NETL has recently funded development of a new PC-based reservoir simulator by Denver based reservoir engineering firm, NITEC LLC. The user focus was on small to mid-size operators who may have limited simulation expertise in-house or who may not wish to deal with the cost of commercial simulation software. The simulator was to also focus on application to CO2-EOR field problems in a timely manner. The software (COZ) was released to the public, free of charge in February 2013 and can be downloaded from NITEC’s website (www.nitecllc.com). This workshop will lead the attendees through the process of building a simulation model, submitting prediction cases and evaluating the simulation results. While there are many features to ease the process of simulating CO2-EOR, the finite difference, 4-component, compositional simulator can also handle more conventional reservoir exploitation process – primary depletion, water injection, and hydrocarbon gas injection at the well, pattern or field levels. The software has been validated against other commercial compositional simulation software. The user interface, complete with graphical plots and 3D displays, is focused on setting up the prediction cases. Build and view structure model interactively

GeoGraphix Training: An Overview and Refresher Course Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall Rm. 201 Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Instructor: Fred Poland, Littleton, CO

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center Ballroom A Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Instructor: Talib Syed, PE

Carbonate Depositional Systems and Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy Tuesday-Wednesday, January 21-22, 2014, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center Ballroom E Fee: $500, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Instructors: Dr. John Humphrey and Dr. Joseph Richard Sarg

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Desk & Derrick Luncheon

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