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Researchers in sequence stratigraphy include a diverse group
including Diane Kamola and Steve Hasiotis who work in clastic sequence stratigraphy,
Bob Goldstein, Paul Enos and Evan Franseen who work in carbonate sequence stratigraphy,
and Tim Carr and Lynn Watney who specialize in subsurface sequence stratigraphy and
sedimentary modeling. The program in sequence stratigraphy has been very active in
recent years, hosting several international conferences.
Recent major books on sequence stratigraphy written
or edited by the group from KU include:
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Bob Goldstein - Bob's work in sequence stratigraphy concentrates on the Miocene rocks of
Spain and Pennsylvanian-Permian rocks of North America, where he and Evan Franseen have been
working on quantification of relative sea level history, sequence stratigraphy of temperate
climate carbonates, and the influence of paleotopography on sediment dispersal. Other recent
work concentrates on how paleotopography, climate and sea level interact to control architecture
of Pennsylvanian and Permian depositional sequences.
Paul Enos - Paul's current projects in sequence stratigraphy involve the evolution of
Permian and Triassic carbonate platforms in south China and the development of the Triassic
Lofer cyclothems in the Alps.
Evan Franseen - Evan’s research in sequence stratigraphy has concentrated on Miocene
strata in the western Mediterranean, primarily in Spain, where he and Bob Goldstein have been
quantifying relative sea-level history, documenting influence of paleotopography on sediment
dispersal, and evaluating other local, regional, and global controls on temperate-to-tropical
carbonate sequences. Previous work has involved Permian strata and ongoing studies are evaluating
paleotopographic, sea level, and climate controls on sequence architecture in Pennsylvanian
and Mississippian strata.
Lynn Watney - Lynn's efforts contribute toward better understanding the relationships
among structural reactivation, sediment supply, and eustacy through shallow coring and seismic
acquisition along sites of marked change along carbonate shelves in Kansas. New digital logging
tools permit gathering the latest petrophysical information with the core. Another activity,
primarily with Ricardo Olea at the KGS, uses high-resolution, computer-assisted imaging and
correlation of wireline logs to examine large-scale (hundreds of meters vertical and 10's to
100's of km lateral) cross sections. A team effort to quantitatively classify spatial stratal
information and correlate to basement composition and structure continues with a number of
colleagues in Kansas, Idaho, and Germany. The common goal is to resolve consistent 3-D patterns
and trends in stratal geometries and related attributes calibrated to rock and seismic
information. Efforts, in general, include: 1) ascertain role of tectonics on sedimentation
and , 2) assist in analysis of growing base of 3-D seismic data, 3) improve parameters for basin
simulation models, and 4) build and refine quantitative 3-D sequence stratigraphic models.
Efforts proceed with the international simulation modeling community through symposia, workshops,
and publications to: 1) better integrate large digital data sets, 2) design and evaluate
inversion and forward modeling methodologies, and 3) issues and opportunities in building
community-based, full process, 3-D basin simulations.
Tim Carr - Tim is currently working on Morrow sequence stratigraphy in southwest
Kansas using electric log, seismic and core data.
Diane Kamola - Diane has an active research program in sequence stratigraphic
interpretation of clastic successions. Her work is concentrated in the classic Book Cliffs
area of eastern Utah where she studies sequence and parasequence architecture, and the expression
of sequence boundaries and the anatomy of incised valleys in the rock record.
Steve Hasiotis - Steve is involved in evaluating the variables that control sequence
architecture in the continental realm. He concentrates on integrating sedimentology, ichnology,
paleopedology and sequence stratigraphy.
Recent major books on sequence stratigraphy written or edited by
the group from KU include:
Kamola, D., and others (in revision) Methodology of sequence
stratigraphic analysis: a case study from the Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Book Cliffs,
AAPG Studies in Geology Series
Harbaugh, J, Watney, L, Rankey, E., Slingerland, R., Goldstein, R, and Franseen, E.
(eds.), 1999. Numerical Experiments in Stratigraphy: Recent Advances in Stratigraphic
and Sedimentologic Computer Simulations: SEPM Special Publication #62, 362 pp and CD-ROM
Franseen, E.K., Watney, W. L., Kendall, C. G. St. C., and Ross, W. (eds) 1991,
Sedimentary Modeling: Computer Simulations and Methods for Improved Parameter Definition,
Kansas Geological Survey Publication Bulletin #233, 524 pp.
Examples of recent publications
Hasiotis, S. T., Dubiel, R. F., and Franczyk, K. J. (in review). Lacustrine ichnofossils from the Late Eocene Uinta Formation, Uinta Basin, northeastern Utah. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Paleoecology, 30 p.
Carlson, R.R., Goldstein, R.H., and Enos, Paul. in press, Integrating diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy in the Lisburne Group: effect of paleotopography on meteoric diagenesis: AAPG-SEPM Spec. Pub.
McKirahan, J.R., and Goldstein, R.H., and Franseen, E. K. (in press) Build-and-fill sequences: How subtle paleotopography affects 3-D heterogeneity of potential reservoir facies: W. Ahr, ed., Permo-Carboniferous Platforms and Reefs, SEPM-AAPG Special Publication #
Mallarino, G., Goldstein, R.H., and Di Stefano, P. 2002. New Approach for quantifying water depth applied to the enigma of drowning of carbonate platforms: Geology, v. 30, p. 783-786.
Montgomery, P., Farr, M.R., Franseen, E.K., and Goldstein, R.H. 2001. Constraining controls on carbonate sequences with high resolution chronostratigraphy: Upper Miocene, Cabo de Gata region, SE Spain: Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 2693, p. 1-35
Franseen, E.K, Goldstein, R.H., and Esteban, Mateu. 2001. Miocene strata of southeastern Spain, sequence development, predictability and porosity distribution, AAPG Field Seminar Guidebook, 168 pp.
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