Paleosols session at the 2005 AAPG / SEPM Annual Meeting

Date:
19th - 22nd June, 2005.

Overview:
In 2005, the AAPG and SEPM will be holding their annual Joint Convention with the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geology (CSPG) in beautiful Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At this meeting (June 19-22nd), we are looking forward to chairing a session highlighting paleosols in clastic and carbonate sequences titled “Discover your roots: paleosols and their applications”. It has been awhile since we’ve discussed research on paleosols, and this will be an ideal opportunity to exchange ideas across both clastics and carbonates. We invite you to submit an oral and/or poster session to showcase or summarize some of the work that you have undertaken recently on paleosols. (Feel free to pass this invitation on to any interested colleagues).

Themes which will be addressed include recognition and identification of paleosols, paleoclimate and paleo-landform reconstructions, the importance of paleosols as stratigraphic markers, the utility of paleosols in sequence stratigraphy, the diagenetic overprint imparted by paleosols and the importance and significance of paleosols in reservoir characterisation and performance. Given the strong petroleum industry participation at this convention, this is a good chance to educate and catch the interest of the industry by making our talks relevant to exploration and development where possible.

We are delighted that Paul McCarthy of the University of Alaska has agreed to be our Keynote Speaker for paleosols in clastics. We are hoping that Paul Wright of the University of Cardiff will also be our keynote Speaker for paleosols in carbonates.

We encourage you to attend this meeting and to give serious consideration to submitting a paper to our Paleosols Session. To learn more about the meeting and procedures for submission of abstracts, please visit Information for Presenters on the AAPG web site (http://www.aapg.org/calgary/technical/index.cfm).

Please note that the absolute abstract submission deadline is November 12th, 2004.

If you have further questions about this session, please do not hesitate to contact one of the co-chairs:

Lisa Griffith (lgriffith@telus.net),
Nigel Watts (Nigel.Watts@EnCana.com)
Bill Martindale (billmartindale@platinum.ca)

We hope to see you in Calgary in June.

Best Wishes, Lisa, Nigel & Bill.