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HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Jim 0 . Lewis CA 7-2060 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Vice President Fred M . Schall, Jr CA 2-948 1

2nd Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . Martin M . Cassidy . . . . . . . . . . CA 7 4 3 7 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary Robert L . Musslewhite . . . . . . . . CA 5-088 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Robert R . Roady CA 2-0376

EXECUTIVE COMMlllEEMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George E . Carver. Jr CA 5-55 11

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fbyd B . Wilcox CA 7-5261 RobyH.Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA8-0541

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George E . Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . NA 3-3761 Arthur Christensen . . . . . . . . . . . RI 8-2800 Barkky Souders . . . . . . . . . . . . 524-7471 Clyde G . Beckwith . . . . . . . . . . CA 5-1 51 1 E . Alan Lohse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7486600

Special Commiitees Academic Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . A1 C . k s c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 1-4922 Oceanographic Liaison . . . . . . . Harold Geis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 5-1396 Advisor to Museum of

Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . Edd R . Turner. Jr . . . . . . . . . . . CA 8-936 1 Special Publications for

Geology of Deltas . . . . . . . . . . Martha Shirley Broussard . . . . J A 8 4 14 1 AAPG Continuing Education

Co-ordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWitt C . Van Siclen . . . . . . . . . 748-6600

REPRESENTATIVES G.C.A.G.S. Representative . . . . . Harold E . Voigt . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 4-51 11

Alternate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth R . Johnson . . . . . . . . . CA 7-7792

A.A.P.G. Group Insurance . . . . . John Bremsteller . . . . . . . . . . . . PR 4-3 188 General Chairman of 1971

A.A.P.G. Convention . . . . . . . Edd R . Turner . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . CA 8-9361

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Volume 11

MEETING NOTICE

Number 9

There will be two meetings of the Houston Geological Society in the month of May.

REGULAR NIGHT MEETING

Monday evening, May 12th, is student award night and we shall have a s our speaker , Dr. Pe t e r Lehner, Shell Development Company, Houston.

Date : Monday, May 12, 1969 Place : Houston Club - 10th Floor Time : Cocktails 5:00 t o 6:00 P. M.

Dinner 6:00 t o 7:00 P.M. Cost: Dinner $5.38 - Drinks $1.00 Program: Dr. Pe t e r Lehner, Shell Development Company.

''Salt Tectonics and Pleistocene Stratigraphy on the Continental Slope of the N o r t h e r n Gulf of Mexico. ' I

SPECIAL NOON MEETING

Wednesday, May Z l s t , is a noon meeting a t the Rice Hotel and we will have Dr. M. G. Frey , Chevron Oil Company, New Orleans.

Date: Wednesday, May 21st, NOON Place : Rice Hotel Grand Ballroom Cost: $3.00 Program: Dr. M. G. Frey, Chevron Oil Company. ''Bay

Marchand - Timbalier Bay - Caillou Island Salt Complex.

T H E P R E S I D E N T ' S C O R N E R

The 1969 AAPG C o n v e n t i o n in Dallas i s now a matter of record. Attendance this year was the largest in several years. Whether this i s an indication of a renewed interest in the geology presented at the convention or the 1 o c a t i o n would be difficult to prove. There is one thing that cer - tainly goes without question. The Dallas G e o 1 o g i c a 1 Society members performed perfectly. The o r g a n i z a t i on evident will give the Houston Geological Society members a difficult goal to exceed in 1971.

The tremendous job of "putting on a convention" cannot be appreciated without some personal knowledge of the amount of detail planning entailed in every phase of the convention. On several occasions I came in contact with the Dallas members at work at their chosen jobs for the AAPG con- ,vention. I have never seen a more dedicated group. Enoughpraiseworthy words do not exist to express my congratulations and appreciation for a !!job well done. 'I

The a t t e n d a n c e at all functions was to the point of capacity. The "Ice Breaker I t welcoming party was a roaring success. I do not believe that any convention would seem complete without this opening affair. The technical sessions were extremely valuable in the amount of ngeological information" passed out. The Exhibit Hall was filled with "idea genera- ting" displays. The only e x p r e e s l o n of concern heard was that it was impossible to attend all of the presentations.

Edd Turner, Getty Oil, i s the general chairman of the 1971 AAPG Convention to be held in Houston. Most of the key positions of responsibility have been filled. Many i m p o r t a n t jobs have yet to be filled. Any HGS member that would care to be a part of a successful Houston Geological Society sponsored AAPG Convention should get in touch with Edd Turner. A tremendous amount of work will have to be done by the members of the HGS in order to host anAAPG Convention exceeding the success of the one just past in Dallas. It will be difficult to equal their achievement.

- - Jim 0. Lewis

OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS

Five students from area universities will receive the Houston

Geological Society's Annual Outstanding Student Awards at the May 12thmeeting. These students, c h 0 sen. by the faculties of their schools, willreceive a war d s of $100 each. Summaries of their accomplishments arepresented below.

THOMAS DEWITT ALTMAN

University of Houston

Tom began his university study in 1956,He was a full-time student during his fresh-man year, after that he worked and went toschool at night. He r e c e i v e d his B. S. in1964 and expects to receive his M.S. inAugust of this year. While attending schoolhe was employed by Shell Development Co.from 1961 to 1967, first as assistant to Dr.Al T r a v e r s e and then u nd e r Dr. B. F.Perkins. Since 1967, Tom has been a petro-logist and x-ray diffraction mineralogist atGulf Research and Development

For his mas t e r 's thesis Tom has bee n studying a microsyeniteintrusion in Brewster County, Texas under the direction of Dr. MaxCarmen. He is attempting to delineate, by means of x-ray diffraction andoptical mineralogy, the chemical and structural variations of the alkalifeldspars within the intrusion.

Tom is married to the former Patricia Lee Jones and they have threedaughters -- Mary Kay, age 9; Julie Annette, age 6; and Sally Roxanne,age 3.

STEPHEN E. DELONGUniversity of Texas at Austin

A native of Indiana, Stephen was born inEvansville on September 22, 1943. He re-ceived his A. B. in G e 0 log y from OberlinCollege in 1965 before enrolling in the graduate school at The University of Texas atAustin. At Texas Stephen held an N. S. F.Traineeship for two years and then wasa war d e d a two year N. S. F. Fellowship inthe nationwide competition.

Stephen received his M. A. in January ofthis year. His thesis topic was a "Lead

Isotope Model with Geologic Constraints." Cur r e n t 1 Y for his doctoraldissertation he is studying the distribution of alkalies, alkaline earths,

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and strontium isotopes in igneous rocks of the Western Aleutian Islands

under the supervision of Dr. Leon E. Long. Stephen's general geologicinterests are the chemical and physical properties and evolution of themantle-crust system with the specific research topics of the distribution

of radiogenic daughter isotopes (Sr, Pb) of the long-lived heat-producingelements (Rb, U, Th) in volcanic rocks, particularly oceanic and in allaspects of igneous petrology.

Science published a paper ("Isotopic Co mp 0 sit ion of Strontium inVolcanic Rocks from Oahu") which he co-authored with J. L. Powell ofOb e r lin College in 1966. As e c ond paper has been submitted to Geo-chimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Stephen co-authored with L. P. Cook,H. A. Illich, and M. A. Jordan a paper ("Granitic Rocks of the CassadayQuarry, Llano Uplift, Texas ") which was presented at the 1968 meeting ofthe South Central Section of the Geological Society of America.

DONALD D. REITZLamar State College of Technology

Donald was born in Dodge City, Kansasin 1945. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson

High School in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1963.Since then, he has attended Lamar Tech on

several occasions and has worked for Texaco,

Inc. at the Port Arthur plant. A year ago-hereceived a leave of absence from Texaco to

complete his Bachelor's degree in Geologyand to go on to graduate school. He has beenaccepted by the Graduate School of Louisiana

State University and has received a student

assistantship there to begin in Sept., 1969.

Dr. H. E. Eveland, Head of the Department, says that Donald "hasbeen one of our most effective Laboratory Teaching Assistants. II He is a

leader in the Lamar Tech Geological Society. Last year he representedthe Society at the School Leadership Conference. This year he serves asits vice president.

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WILLIAM C. WARDRice University

Bill currently is completing work on his

Ph. D. program at Rice University. His dis-

sertation work has been a study of Pleisto-cene and Recent carbonates of the shallow

shelf of north-easternmost Yucatan.

A native Texan, Bill was born in Waco

and attended public schools in San Antonio.

He received both his B. S. and M. A. degrees

in Geology from The University of Texas in

1955 and 1957, respectively. In 1957 Bill

was employed by the Humble Oil and Refg.

Co. His work in that company involved surface, subsurface, and produc-

tion geology, mainly in East Texas. In 1966 he entered Rice University to

study under the supervision of Dr. James Lee Wilson.

While at Rice he has publishedthe article"ShelfIslandsof North-east QuintanaRoo, Mexico" (New Orleans GeologicalSociety,1967 FieldTrip to Pennisu1a ofYucatan Guidebook, p. 124-136). Bill also presenteda paper, co-authoredwithRobertL. Folk and James Lee Wilson, at the1969 S. E. P. M. meeting in Dallas. That talk, "Superficial Alteration ofPleistocene Limestone Adjacent to Saline Lakes, Isla Mujeres, QuintanaRoo, Mexico"was basedon a paper presently in preparation.

Cathy, Bill's wife, also receivedher B. A. from the Geology Depart-ment of The University of Texas. They have three children -- Laura,age 10'; Bruce, age8; andDiane, age 5.

RAYMOND CARL WILSON, JR.Texas A & M University

Ray was b 0 r n in Bay C it y, Texas onOctober 31, 1943. He receivedhis B. A. andM. A. degrees from Rice University in 1965and 1966, respectively. While at Rice hestudiedthestructuralgeologyof the ShadowMountains area in San Bernadino County,California, under the direction of Dr. B. C.Burchfiel.

After leaving Rice Ray had a year ofgraduate study at Yale University. Then heentered Texas A&M University to study under

Drs. John Handin and Me1 Friedman in the newly organized Center for

Tectonophysics. His doctoraldissertationis entitled, "The Mechanical

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Proper t ies of the Shear Zone of the Lewis Overthrust, Glacier National Park . Montana. ' I

Ray has two publications - "Gravity T e c t o n i c s of the S h a d o w Mountains Area, San Bernadino County, California" in the Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (1968) and "The Cottrell Viscous Adhesion Cell, A Microrheological Model for Clay" in the Texas Journal af Science (1968).

N E W S OF MEMBERS

V. C. Scott is re t i r ing f r o m Texaco a f t e r 40 y e a r s se rv ice . His new home a d d r e s s i s S t a r Rt. A. , Box 7646 , Austin, Texas 787 10.

Anthony Reso, staff r e s e a r c h geologist f o r Tenneco Oil Co . , ad - d r e s s e d the West Texas Geological Society a t the i r d inner meet ing March 13, 1969. Dr . R e s o ' s subject was "The Worldwide Mid-Cretaceous S t r a - t ig raph ic Break and i t s Influence on Accumulation of P e t r o l e u m Resources . "

W a r r e n M. T r i m m h a s left Atlantic Richfield t o join Tenneco i n Lafayette, Louisiana.

George N. Johnson, f o r m e r m e m b e r of HGS died recent ly in Junction, Texas of a h e a r t at tack.

Clifford R. McTee has r e s igned f r o m Internat ional Nuclear Corpora - t ion to become a n Independent Geologist .

J a c k L a r s e n is leaving Houston t o join Mesa P e t r o l e u m in Amari l lo , Texas . J a c k was f o r m e r l y Manager of Explorat ion f o r Southern Natural Gas h e r e in Houston.

Phi l ip Oxley i s leaving Signal Oil in Los Angeles to join T e x a s Crude Oil Company i n Houston.

Will iam G. Pi t tman, San Antonio Independent Geologist , immedia te pas t P res iden t of the San Antonio Geological Society and m e m b e r of the HGS is moving to Houston. He expects to be located h e r e in e a r l y s u m m e r .

C. W. Sanders h a s been appointed Genera l Manager of the new McKnight P e t r o l e u m T r u s t , which will use the shor t name "MACPET. " This organizat ion i s a consolidation of Mendota, LaGorce , Arrowhead, and Dellwood oil companies , with operating headquar te r s a t 3700 G r e e n - way P l a z a Drive , Houston.

H a r r y M. P e r r y , f o r m e r l y with Apache Corp . , h a s been named Ass i s t an t Genera l Manager of MACPET.

Belco Pe t ro leum Corporation announces that Claude H. Roberts , J r . and D. Charles Menut have joined i ts Houston exploration staff. M r . Roberts , a graduate of Louisiana State University in 1950 with a B. S. in Geology, was previously with Texaco Inc. He will be A r e a Geologist for South L.ouisiana. Mr . Menut, a graduate of Texas Chris t ian University in 1957 with an M.A. in Geology, was associated with Sun Oil Company a s Senior Geologist. He will be A r e a Geologist for offshore exploration in the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Bill Tidwell fo rmer ly with Aus t ra l has joined the Superior Oil Co. a s Senior Geological Engineer.

Dalton Null resigned f r o m Superior Oil to join Ashland Oil and Refining Company.

Keith T. Webb f o r m e r l y with F o r e s t Oil Corp. h a s joined Imperia l American Management Company. His new address i s 777 Main Building.

Burton Hartley, 79, of Houston, passed away January 15, 1969 in a Kerrvi l le hospital . Native of Philadelphia, P a . , Houston res ident since ea r ly 1920's. He was a n independent geologist and a m e m b e r of HGS.

GEOCOM, Inc . , geophysical data p r o c e s s o r s with cen te r s in New Orleans and Houston, announces that Kindel McNeill i s now a Vice P r e s i - dent. Mr. McNeill r es ides in New Orleans, Louisiana.

C. W. Byron has a new office and telephone. He can now be contacted a t Room No. 3, 1973 West G r a y Avenue, 77019 - phone 522-1656.

Burt E. Hamr ic h a s resigned f r o m his position a s Staff Geologist with Continental Oil Company and has joined Royal Resources Corpora- tion. New address i s 700 The Main Building, Houston, 77002. Phone - 222-9951.

THE SOCIETY WELCOMES THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS

J a m e s P . Blackstone Dean L. Callender Byr l D. Carey, J r . William E. Gipson J a m e s F. Hofmann

King Resources Company Rauscuen-P ie rce Securi t ies Corp.

Tenneco Oil Company Pennzoil- United, Inc.

Texaco, Inc.

Ray J. Holasek J a m e s R. Jackson Will iam A. Johnson P e t e r Lehner John E. Lieft inck Susan Ann Long a c r e L a r r y K. Lukavsky Char les J . McGinnis Jeff rey C. Nuttall Maur ice D. P e r r y John W. Picker ing F. Lee Ra the r t Claude H. Rober t s , J r . Glenwood W. Specht James G. Thompson Donald J . Timko T o m Warmack Rober t L. Woodard

Marathon Oil Company Humble Oil & Ref. Company

Texaco, Inc. Shell Oil Company Getty Oil Company Getty Oil Company

Texaco, Inc. Chevron Oil Company

Texaco, Inc. Humble Oil & Ref. Company H ~ m b l e Oil & Ref. Company

Milchem, Inc . Belco P e t r o l e u m Corp.

Humble Oil & Ref. Company Humble Oil & Ref. Company

Continental Oil Company King Resources

Standard Oil Co. of Texas

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Space for Professional Cards of Members

JOSEPH L. ADLER Geologist & Geophysicist

Tennessee Building CA 2-7925

Houston, Texas 77002

R. P. AKKERMAN Geologist EXPLORATION Engineer

Review of Subsurface Data

3425 Bradford Place M O 8-4327

Houston, Texas 77025 - -

ALLEN & GILKISON Oi l and Gas Consultants

Harris H. Allen and D. C. Gilkison

963 San Jacinto Bldg. CA 8-9329


JOY J. ANNELER Consulting Geophysicist

and Geologist 7 15 Rusk - Room 200

222-0865 Houston, Texas 77002

A. I. BARTOW

Geophysical Consultant

23 15 Watts Road

Phone: M O 8-3306

BELL AND MURPHY Consulting Geophysicists

Houston Dallas CA 7-57 16 RI 2-31 96

JOHN L. BIBLE BIBLE GEOPHYSICAL CO., INC.

Gravity-Magnetic Surveys Interpretations

236 Esperson Bldg. CA 2-6266 Houston, Texas 77002

LESLIE BOWLING

Oi l and Gas Consultant

316CaliforniaBldg. JA2-0432

New Orleans, Louisiana

WAYNE F. BOWMAN Independent Geologist

13 14 Niels Esperson Bldg. CA 2-0279


ORVAL L. BRACE

Geologist

2206 South Coast Bldg. CA 8-5404


BREWER AND COMPANY

Consultants

EVARD P. ELLISON Geologist

1214 Americana Building CA 5-6285



CHARLES JACOBUS Drafting and Lettering

Home, 622-2628 U of H, Ext 1568

GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

404 First City National Bank CA 3-1 187

Houston, Texas

JACK COLLE & ASSOCIATES Consulting Geologists

and Paleontologists 81 7 C 8, I Building

Houston, Texas 77002 CA 7-6266 SU 2-4555

MORGAN J. DAVIS Petroleum Consultant

Suite 709 Capital National Bank Bldg.

CA 7-7209 Houston, Texas 77002

ERNEST A. ELWOOD, JR.

Prudential Drill ing Company

141 8 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

CA 4-774 1 /Houston, Texas 77002

PAUL FARREN


Geodata Building M O 7-33 17

5603 S. Rice Ave. (77036)

MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Consulting Geologist Petroleum Engineer

Independent Producer and Operator The Michel T. Halbouty Bldg.

51 1 1 Westheimer N A 2-1 130 Houston, Texas 77027

THOMAS 0. HALL


N A 2-8680 Office

N A 1 - 1 870 Residence

HILLORD HINSON Consulting Geologist

CA 8-9455 21 38 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


KEPLINGER AND ASSOCIATES Petroleum Engineers and Geologists

1436 Americono Bldg. Houston. Texas 77002

CA 7-3 1 27 229 Kennedy Bldg.

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 LU 7-5591

GENTRY KlDD and

SHIRLEY L. MASON Geologists

81 3 Esperson Bldg. CA 7-8231

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L. A. KlMES Exploration Consultant

91 83 Katy Road

Geology Geophysics


ORVILLE G. LUNDSTROM Nutter & Lundstrom

Geologists 899 Houston Club Building

Houston, Texas 77002lCA 7-60 15

JOHN D. MARR Petroleum Exploration Consultant

Geophysics, Geology Seismic Data: Acquisition, Processing

and Interpretation

739-B Tennessee Bldg. 225-4922

GEORGE N. MAY & ASSOCIATE5 Consulting Geologists ond Poleontologists

Building 36, Heymann O i l Center

P. 0. Box 5 1858 O i l Center Station

Lafayette, Louisiana 7050 1 CE 4-3379

W. B. McCARTER C. E. McCARTER

Independents 2522 Hazard JA 3-5733

JA 9-1881 Houston, Texas 770 19

GEORGE I. McFERRON

Consulting Geologist

Room 5, 1973 W. Gray JA 2-2627

Houston, Texas

HENRY G. GUEST Consu I ting Geologist

Review of Sub-surface Data Gas-Oi 1-Ground Water

2214 Swift 77025 MO 5-5157

R. B. MITCHELL Geologist

2801 First City National Bank Bldg.


JOHN C. MYERS Consultant in Oil, Gas and Sulphur

1207 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

CA 5-4 133 and CA 5-4559


KENNETH DALE OWEN

Geologist

Esperson Building


ROLAND B. PAXSON Consulting Geologist

O i l and Sulphur 3524 Sunset Blvd. M O 8-9196


WALLACE E. PRATT

Geologist

2820 N. Torino Tucson, Arizona 8571 6

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RAYMOND D. REYNOLDS Geologist

436 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. Houston, Texas 77001

CA 7-7633


A. L. SELlG Geologist

1907 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 4-9774


FRED L. SMITH, JR. Consulting Geologist

Paleontologist 532 Main Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002 HO 8-7300 CA 5-5757

CARLETON D. SPEED, JR.

Geologist - Oil Producer

71 1 Houston Club Bldg. CA 4-2523


H. C. SPOOR, JR. HARRY KlLlAN

Geologists

2130 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002 224-0588

D. C. STALLWORTH, INC. Engineering and Geological Drahing

Surveying and Mapping

Planimetering and Acreage Calculations

1210 Bankof the Southwest Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002 CA 3-7343

CRAMON STANTON Geologist

2229 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

Houston. Texas 77002

CA 4-2759

S. BROOKS STEWART Geophysical Consultant

320 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. CA 2-77 18


HAROLD VANCE Petroleum Investment Counselor Petroleum Evaluation Engineer

CApitol 7-3949 1 1 19 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


GENE VAN DYKE

Van Dyke O i l Company

Southwest Tower

CA 8-8 1 74

MERLIN J. VERRET Geologist

Route 2, Box 109 Lake Charles, Louisiana

Phone: 477- 1477-8

LAWRENCE J. VITTRUP Petroleum Geologist

Representing Goodale, Bertman & Co., Inc.

'1 925 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 3-1 191 Houston, Texas

J. C. WALTER, JR. Geologist and Petroleum Engineer

3055 Humble Bldg. CA 7- 1246


Home Phone: HO 5-9773

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Space for Professional Cards o f Members

JAMES A. WHEELER Geologist

C.P.G. No. 109 926 Americana Bldg./CA 3-1 61 8


JAMES M. WILSON


246 Main Bldg.

CA 5-2145

JOSEPH N. GRAGNON Consulting Geophysicist

438 Wycliffe


HO 8-4795

NEIL E. HANSON O i l & G a s Exploration Americana Building 81 1 Dallas Avenue


WOODHAM CONSULTING CO. Geological-Geophysical Consultants

Bill Woodham - H. R. Warren

1200 C & I Building

CA 7-41 38

ROLLA T. WADE Petroleum Engineer & Consulting Geologist

5202 Woodway


N A 2-8895

SAM E. DUNNAM Oil & Gas Consultant

representing THE THORNWELL CORPORATION

Exploration-Development-Acquisition Texas-Louisiana-Mississippi

2006 Bank of the Southwest Building Houston, Texas 77002 - 225-0593 -

SALT TECTONICS AND PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY ON THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OF

THE NORTHERN GULF O F MEXICO

By P e t e r Lehner

A B S T R A C T

During a s p a r k e r and core d r i l l p r o g r a m conducted by Shell, sa l t

was cored on ten prominent s t ruc tures on the continental slope. Combined

with se i smic data, r esu l t s of this study confi rm previous views that the

Gulf Coast sa l t basin extends into the Sigsbee deep. Broad sa l t swells and

pillows a r e typical s t ruc tu res of the continental slope. The Sigsbee s c a r p

appears to be the surface expression of a sa l t wall. A zone of active

down-to-the-ocean faults follows the Texas shelf edge. They appear to be

re la ted to the flow of sa l t a t depth away f r o m the advancing clas t ic wedge.

Upper Cretaceous through Holocene deep-water sediments were

cored on the continental slope. E a s t of Brownsville the sa l t i s over la in by

red beds of unknown age. Core holes a t the shelf edge encountered deltaic

and shorel ine deposits of the Pleis tocene low-sea- level s tages . Sub-

mar ine s l ides and turbidity c u r r e n t s c a r r i e d sediments down the slope and

filled deep synclinal basins between the sa l t uplifts.

BAY MARCHAND - TIMBALIER BAY - CAILLOU ISLAND SALT COMPLEX

By Gordon F r e y

A B S T R A C T

This sa l t complex, m o r e than 28 mi les long and up t o 12 mi les wide,

m a y be p a r t of a much longer sa l t feature that extends both toward the e a s t

and west. The mother sa l t bed, of probable Late T r i a s s i c - E a r l y J u r a s s i c

age, i s present ly buried to depths of 40, 000 t o 50,000 feet, whereas the

tops of the individual domes along the t r e n d r i s e to within 2 , 000 t o 3,000

feet of the surface.

Production t o date on this three-f ie ld complex has been in excess of

0 .7 billion b a r r e l s of oil. Oil r e s e r v e s a r e es t imated t o range f r o m

another 0 75 billion to 1 billion b a r r e l s . In addition, significant gas

r e s e r v e s a r e p resen t .

Hydrocarbon accumulation occurs in sands of Pleis tocene through

La te Miocene age and ranges in depth f r o m 1,000 feet t o below 20,000

feet. A wide variety of t r a p s i s found, including supradomal arching,

shale and sa l t t runcat ions , s t ra t igraphic t r a p s , and those resulting f r o m

faults .

Product ion was es tabl ished on this complex i n 1933. The tota l

hydrocarbon production f o r 1967 was approximately 97 million b a r r e l s .

COMMITTEE REPORTS -

STRATIGRAPHIC STUDY GROUP

The Stratigraphy study group i s proceeding slowly. Two of the dip sections a r e in very good shape and a r e near drafting s ta tus . All of our work a t the p resen t has been using f i lm and duplicating by ozalid p rocess . We a r e going to need drafting ass i s tance if we a r e to publish.

Mr. Pau l N e 1 s o n has r e s i g n e d f r o m the leadership of our m o s t eas te r ly sect ion and a t present , Mr. H. T. Brundage i s i n charge of this section.

As you know, we have contacted s e v e r a l c o m p a n i e s active in the offshore fo r pe rmiss ion to use well information. We have received mixed response.

No publishing date has been s e t a s of th is t ime. I do expect that by this t ime next y e a r we can s e t a definite date. At the p resen t , p r o g r e s s dates a r e being s e t and I expect that rough working s e c t i o n s should be ready by the 26th of May. I expect to mee t with each group a t l eas t once before that date.

- - C. M. Quigley, J r .

MUSEUM NEWS

The Houston Museum of Natural Science has announced i t s s u m m e r schedule of c l a s s e s fo r children of m e m b e r s . Age 5 through teenage a r e eligible to attend one c l a s s a week on subjects varying f r o m Meteori tes and Comets to Dinosaurs, Birds , Fungus Plants and Indians of the South- west.

These c l a s s e s a r e usually fi l led well before J m e , s o if you a r e interes ted better cal l the Museum and join ($10 p e r y e a r p e r family) and reg i s te r your child o r children. Membership a l so includes a subscription to the monthly Museum News, f r e e admission to t r a v e l and adventure movie s e r i e s , and a 10 percent discount on al l i t e m s purchased in the Museum Shop.

- - Edd Turner

HGS CHARTER FLIGHT

Do not forget the HGS Char te r Flight meeting at 3:00 P. M . , Sunday, May 11th. S i r Lancelot Room, Royal Coach Inn, Southwest Freeway. Selection of sea t s fo r the flight will be made a t th i s t ime.

- - F r e d Schall

NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OF OTHER SOCIETIES

SEPM - GULF COAST SECTION

Mark your calendar now fo r another p leasan t and informat ive evening with the GCS-SEPM on May 14th (Wednesday) a t 6 P . M . That i s the date and t i m e for M r . Ed Marks t o d e s c r i b e motion p ic tu re coverage of "Marine Sampling i n the Gulf of Mexico and Dril l ing Operat ions Using M a r i n e r I. I ' The place i s Wyat t ' s Cafe te r i a in the Sharpstown Shopping Cen te r , Southwest F r e e w a y a t Be l l a i r e Avenue i n Sharpstown.

Meetings of the GCS-SEPM a r e open t o all . The Society encourages anyone in te res ted i n s t r a t ig raphy , sed imenta ry p r o c e s s e s and paleontology- paleoecology t o attend th is and a l l fu ture gather ings . To become a m e m b e r of th i s f r iendly group, m e r e l y send a pa l t ry $1. 00 f o r annual dues to : M r . Edgar B. O'Quinn, Humble Oil and Refining Company, P. 0. Box 61812, New Or leans , Louis iana 70 160.

R e m e m b e r , May 14, 6 P M a t Wyat t ' s Cafe te r i a in Sharpstown t o h e a r Mr . Ed Marks of the Union of Cal i fornia Oil Company. See you t h e r e !

MONTANA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The MontanaGeological Society will p r e s e n t a Sympsoium in October 1969, on "Economic Geology of E a s t e r n Montana and Adjacent A r e a s . I '

More than 30 technical p a p e r s will be p resen ted a t th i s meet ing. Topics . will include d i scuss ions on economic aspec t s of explora t ion and field development in th i s a r e a . The p r o g r a m will a l s o include s t r a t ig raph ic s tudies and d i scuss ions of o ther potential f o s s i l fuel r e s o u r c e s in e a s t e r n Montana, t h r e e adjacent producing s t a t e s and Canadian provinces . A f o r m a l announcement will be s e n t t o your organizat ion a t a l a t e r date.

AAPG - NEW OFFICERS A N D REPRESENTATIVES

Kenneth H. Crandal l , unti l recent ly a m a j o r oil company executive f r o m San F r a n c i s c o , i s the 1969-70pres ident of The A m e r i c a n Associa t ion of P e t r o l e u m Geologis ts , the incumbent p res iden t Dr . F r a n k B. Conselman of Abilene, Texas , announced th i s month.

Other off icers for the coming y e a r e lected by the 15,000 AAPG m e m b e r s a r e Dr. Will is G. Meyer of Dal las , vice p res iden t ; Dr. J a m e s M. Forgotson, J r . , of Denver , r e - e l e c t e d s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r ; and Dr . John D. Haun of Denver , r e - e l e c t e d edi tor of the AAPG Bulletin.

All a s s u m e t h e i r pos t s a s off icers of the wor ld ' s l a r g e s t geological a s soc ia t ion on July 1. D r . Conselman will s e r v e on the Execut ive Com- m i t t e e a s pas t p res iden t with the new off icers .

M r . Crandal l , recent ly r e t i r e d , i s f o r m e r vice p res iden t and d i r e c t o r of Standard Oil Company of Cal i fornia and c h a i r m a n of the board

of Chevron Explora t ion Co. of San F r a n c i s c o , and i s a ve te ran of 44 y e a r s in the oil indust ry . He i s f o r m e r p res iden t of Cal i fornia Company of New Or leans , a d i r e c t o r of the Standard Oil Co. of Texas , and vice c h a i r m a n of the Cal i fornia Standard Company. He became vice p res iden t of Standard of Cal i fornia i n 1950, and a d i r e c t o r i n 1962. He was e l ec ted Chevron c h a i r m a n i n 1951. He s e r v e s on the Advisory Commit tee i n the School of E a r t h Sciences of Stanford Universi ty, h i s a l m a m a t e r . He i s c h a i r m a n th i s y e a r of the AAPG's Indus t r i a l Advisory Commit tee . L a s t y e a r , h e was a m e m b e r of the Nominating Commit tee , and in 1967 was a n a s s o c i a t e ed i to r of the AAPG Bulletin.

D r . Meyer i s a consult ing geologist i n Dal las . He rece ived his b a c h e l o r ' s d e g r e e in 1930 f r o m the Univers i ty of Nebraska , and h i s doc - t o r a t e f r o m t h e Univers i ty of Cincinnati i n 1941. He began h i s c a r e e r a s a geologis t with Arnerada P e t r o l e u m Corp. in 1934. In 1938, h e joined DeGolyer and MacNaughton a s a geologist and l a t e r a s a p a r t n e r . In 1947, he became p a r t n e r in Meyer and Achtschin and f r o m 1958 t o 1961, he ope ra ted t h e consult ing f i r m of Meyer and Assoc ia t e s . Since then, h e has been a n independent consultant . He i s a m e m b e r of t h e AAPG Con- vention Coordinating Commi t t ee and h a s s e r v e d on t h e Bus iness Commi t t ee and a s C h a i r m a n of the Medal Award Commi t t ee and the Ad Hoc Com- mi t t ee on Es t ima t ion of Oil and Gas R e s e r v e s .

D r . Forgotson, e lec ted to h i s second t e r m a s AAPG s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r , w a s a r e s e a r c h engineer and r e s e a r c h g roup s u p e r v i s o r f o r P a n A m e r i c a n P e t r o l e u m f r o m 19 56 unti l joining P e t r o l e u m Information, Inc.., e a r l i e r th i s y e a r . He rece ived bache lo r ' s d e g r e e s f r o m Washington Univers i ty and the Univers i ty of Texas in geology and p e t r o l e u m engin- ee r ing , and h e r ece ived h i s doctora te f r o m Northwestern Univers i ty i n 1956. He rece ived the AAPG P r e s i d e n t ' s Award i n 1963, and s e r v e d t h e organizat ion on the Matson Award, S t r a t ig raph ic Cor re l a t ion , and R e s e a r c h Commi t t ees and a s C h a i r m a n of the E lec t ron ic Data P r o c e s s i n g Advisory Commit tee . He a l so was a l e c t u r e r f o r the AAPG Continuing Educat ion p r o g r a m .

D r . Haun, ed i to r of t h e Bullet in of the AAPG s ince 1967, r ece ived a B. A. d e g r e e in 1948 f r o m B e r e a College and h i s doc to ra te in 1953 f r o m the Univers i ty of Wyoming. He joined P a n A m e r i c a n (then Stanolind) i n 1950, and i n 1952 became vice p res iden t of P e t r o l e u m R e s e a r c h Corp. He joined t h e Colorado School of Mines faculty i n 1955 and o rgan ized Bar low and Haun, Inc . , i n 1957. He h a s s e r v e d on t h e AAPG's F ie ld T r i p R e s e a r c h and Coordination Commi t t ee ; h a s s e r v e d a s Cha i rman of t h e Bus iness Commit tee , and a s a m e m b e r of the R e s e a r c h Commit tee . He h a s been a l e c t u r e r s ince 1966 fo r t h e Continuing Educat ion p r o g r a m .

Also e lec ted Dis t r i c t Represen ta t ives t o AAPG f r o m Houston t o s e r v e two-year t e r m s s t a r t ing July 1, 1969, w e r e the following:

Douglas E. Bacon J a m e s D. Bar te l l Roger W. Bryan Cyrus D. Cantre l l , Jr. George H. G o r e Rober t C. Mason Royce E . Schneider Char les E . Trowbr idge

Consultant Consultant Independent Consultant Texas G a s Explorat ion Co. Phi l l ips P e t r o l e u m Company Super io r Oil Company Consultant

AAPG NEWS RELEASE

Dr . F r a n k B. Conselman, AAPG pres iden t , r ecen t ly announced the following appointments t o the P ro fess iona l Division of The Amer ican Associa t ion of P e t r o l e u m Geologis ts : pres iden t , Dr . George R. Bigson, geological consultant, Midland, T e x a s ; vice p res iden t , Dr . John T . Rouse, regional geologis t f o r Mobil Oil C o r p . , Houston, T e x a s ; and s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r , Ted L. Bear , consult ing geologist with B e a r and Kis t l e r , Los Angeles , Cal i fornia .

The Profess iona l Division of AAPG cons i s t s of pe t ro leum geologis ts who have been cer t i f ied by a f ive -man board appointed by the Pro fess iona l Division p res iden t . T h e purpose of the division, a s s t a t ed i n i t s by-laws, is t o s t r eng then the p ro fess iona l s t a t u s of pe t ro leum geologis ts ; encour - a g e high p ro fess iona l q u a l i f i c a t i o n s ; and r e q u i r e high s t a n d a r d s of competence i n the p ro fess ion .

GEOLOGICAL HIGHWAY MAP

Geological Highway Map No. 3 - of the Pac i f i c Southwest Region - i s now on sa le . Th i s new m a p c a n be purchased f r o m AAPG T u l s a head- q u a r t e r s , P. 0. Box 979, Tu l sa , Oklahoma 74101 o r a t t h e Dal las m e e t - ing. Because of i n c r e a s e d cos t s , t he p r i c e of a l l m a p s is n o w $ l . 50 folded and $1.7 5 r o 11 e d . Map No. 4 of the Mid-Atlantic R e g i o n , wholly s u b - s id ized by a $30, 000 g r a n t f r o m the Benedum Foundation, i s scheduled f o r d is t r ibut ion by y e a r ' s end.

GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON

Admira l 0. D. W a t e r s J r . , Oceanographer of the Navy, will be speaking t o the Geophysical Society of Houston on May 7 (Wednesday) a t a noon luncheon meet ing, in the Grand Ba l l room of the Rice Hotel. "Mission Oceanography" i s the t i t l e of h i s paper , and of a movie , which is included in the p r o g r a m . P l a n t o attend th i s l a s t f o r m a l meet ing of the y e a r .

D A T E BOOK

May 1 - 3 , 1969, 26th Annual Field Tr ip , Shreveport, Louisiana, "Coman- chean Stratigraphy of the F o r t Worth-Waco-Belton Area , Texas.

May 9, 1969, Houston Geological Society Annual Golf Tournament, Sharps - town Country Club.

May 11, 1969, H. G. S. Char te r Flight Meeting, 3:00 p . m . (Sunday) S i r Lancelot Room, Royal Coach Inn, Southwest Freeway.

May 12, 1969, Houston Geological Society, 5:00 p. m. , Houston Club, 10th F loor , Subject: "Salt Tectonics and Pleis tocene Stra t igraphy on the Continental Slope of Northern Gulf of Mexico. " Speaker: Dr. P e t e r Lehne r .

May 18-21, 1969, F i r s t Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston Texas. Albert Thomas Convention and Exhibit Center.

May 21, 1969, Houston Geological Society, 12:OO noon, Grand Ballroom, Rice Hotel. Subject; "Bay Marchand-Timbal ier Bay - Caillou Island Salt Complex." Speaker: Dr . M. G. F r e y .

June 2 - 13, 1969, "New Exploration Concepts Course , "University of Tulsa, Tulsa , Oklahoma.

June 13, 1969, Departure of HoustonGeological Society sponsored Char te r Flight for Amsterdam-London for the joint meeting in Brighton, England.

October 29 - Nov. 1, 1969, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting, Miami Beach Flor ida, Caril lon and Deauville Hotels.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

DISTAFF SIDE

Due to i l lness in the family of Dorothy Roberts, the Distaff Edi tor , we r eg re t t o announce the absence of the ladies page in this issue.

PUBLICATIONS NOTICE

You can now o rde r the new Holocene Geology of the Galveston Bay Area, $5. 00. We st i l l have llDeltas in Their Geologic Framework" and "Deltas of the World, Slides" available. Contact the Society office a t 234 Esperson Building for any information o r o rde r s .

NOTICE ABOUT DIRECTORY SUPPLEMENT

The New Members supplement t o the HGS Direcotry i s a l so avai l - able at our downtown office. You may pick up a copy o r cal l for mai l o rde r s . Cost i s 50e plus a minimum postage and handling charge.

REMINDER - - - - - - HGS GOLF TOURNAMENT AND BARBEQUE

Friday, May 9, 1969 Sharpstown Country Club

Golf and Barbeque $8.00 Deadline for golf en t r ies was May 5,

Golfer and wife /date 5 p. m. , however non-golfers a r e in- $10.00 vited t o come out and joinus for dinner

Non-golfer wifeldate and refreshments . $5.00

Dinner will be se rved at 7 :3O P. M.

SPECIAL NOTICE

Suggestions t o a r r ange another HGS Char te r Flight for the GCAGS Convention have been made. If you a r e interested, please jot down y o u r suggestions on a post c a rd and ma i l to the HGS office a t 234 Esperson Building, Houston, Texas 77002. See the Date Book for t ime and place.

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