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Sedimentological Study of an Early Pleistocene Upland Lake Core, Unaweep Canyon, Colorado
(2023)The recent recovery of a core in Unaweep Canyon, Colorado, penetrated ~140 m of lacustrine sediment of what is here termed paleo-Lake Unaweep. The lake is inferred to have formed as a result of mass wasting that blocked ... -
Sedimentology, chemofacies, and stratigraphic architecture of the Lower Cretaceous Burro Canyon Formation, Ninemile Hill, Unaweep Canyon, Colorado
(2021-08)Well-exposed outcrops of the Lower Cretaceous Burro Canyon Formation at Ninemile Hill and surrounding areas in western Colorado, provide insight into the depositional characteristics and stratigraphic variability of these ... -
Seismic attribute analyses and attenuation applications for detecting gas hydrate presence
(2021-05-16)Although regions of continental margins that consist of subduction zones are not currently prospects for the exploration of oil and gas; they do host a large proportion of the global accumulation of methane hydrates. The ... -
Seismic attribute optimization with unsupervised machine learning techniques for deepwater seismic facies interpretation: users vs machines
(2020-07)Machine learning (ML) has many applications within the geosciences, from predicting seismic facies, to automatic fault detection. A variety of machine learning algorithms are commonly employed, among these principal component ... -
Seismic Characterization of Intra-basement Deformation and its Influence on the Overlying Sedimentary Strata: Implications for Tectonic Evolution and Induced Seismicity in Northern Oklahoma
(2021)Patterns of recent seismogenic fault reactivation in the granitic basement of north-central Oklahoma necessitates an understanding of the structural characteristics of the inherited basement-rooted faults. We analyze the ... -
SEISMIC FACIES CLASSIFICATION OF THE LOWER STRAWN FORMATION, BEND-ARCH, FORT WORTH BASIN, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
(2016-12-17)The Bend Arch- Fort Worth Basin is a tectonically active area along north-central Texas that exhibits a complex sediment distribution. While Pennsylvanian plays have been one of the main exploratory targets, the depositional ... -
Seismic Performance of Grouped Helical Piles in Pinned and Fixed Connections
(2018)Helical piles have yet to be nationally considered an acceptable foundation for structures in areas of high seismic activity. This remains despite evidence of helical pile survival stories from recent earthquakes where ... -
Seismic Radiation During Slip Along Bi-material Faults: An Experimental Investigation
(2019-05-10)Large slip along faults is likely to place crustal blocks of different lithological and mechanical properties against one another, a process that forms a bi-material fault. To explore the behavior of such faults, I conducted ... -
Seismic Reprocessing of a Granite Wash Survey, Buffalow Wallow Field, Anadarko Basin, Texas
(2017-12-16)Although considered one of the more productive oil and gas reservoirs in the United States, the Pennsylvanian-age Granite Wash reservoir remain poorly understood. Amongst a myriad of issues that hinder development of ... -
Seismic signature of sedimentary rocks with CO₂ flooding
(2012)Surface seismic offers a promising technique to monitor CO₂ flood fronts during enhanced oil recovery process. Changes in seismic signature have been observed with CO₂ flooding but quantification of the seismic signature ... -
Seismic Stratigraphy of a Circular Concave-Downward Structure, Chukchi Sea
(2017-12-15)A circular concave-downward structure (CCDS) and its structural features and seismic facies can be observed in several 2D seismic lines imaging the Chukchi Sea planning area. The area in question is largely underexplored ... -
Seismic-based characterization of a carbonate gas storage reservoir assisted by machine learning techniques
(2021)Silurian pinnacle reefs found within the Michigan Basin were prolific hydrocarbon producers in the mid-to-late twentieth century. During production, studies over these complex reservoirs were primarily focused on facies ... -
Seismic-constrained Lithology Prediction and Reservoir-quality Modeling using Pre-stack Inversion and Bayesian Classification, Mississippian Meramec strata, eastern Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma
(2020-05)The Mississippian Meramec strata within the STACK (Sooner Trend in the Anadarko [Basin] in Canadian and Kingfisher counties) play of central Oklahoma is primarily a fine-grained mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system composed ... -
SEISMICITY AND SOURCE SPECTRA ANALYSIS IN SALTON SEA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
(2016)The surge of “man-made” earthquakes in recent years has led to considerable concerns about the associated hazards. Improved monitoring of small earthquakes would significantly help understand such phenomena and the underlying ... -
Seismology in India: Colonial Geologists and the Raj, 1880-1910
(2018)At the end of the nineteenth century, seismologists were trying to create a ‘universal’ seismology that could be applied worldwide. Applying the observational European techniques in various places across the world challenged ... -
Selected examples of the Crusader style icons in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
(2022-12-16)Before Constantinople fell in 1453, Byzantine-style iconography had been experiencing massive shifts in not only production, but also in manufacturing quantity and personal use. Two such pieces reminiscent of this shift ... -
Selection and Validation of Biosensors for a Novel Healthcare Environment
(2016-05)Flotation tanks provide a unique environment for reducing the deleterious effects of stress on the human mind and body. As a result, biosensors capable of collecting objective physiological data during float sessions are ... -
Selections from The Milwaukee Tavern
(2021-05-14)Set in Oklahoma beginning in late 1969, Elaine Russell is a young, Black closeted lesbian woman recently hired on as a reporter for a Tulsa area broadcast news station, and Wendy Webster is a young white woman who has been ... -
SELECTIVE CONVERSION OF UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS TO OLEFINS OR DIOLEFINS
(2018-05-12)Biomass is composed of pentosans and hexosans that can be converted to γ-valerolactone (GVL) via an acid-catalyzed dehydration and metal-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions.16,17 Through acid catalysis, GVL can undergo ... -
SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND OVERCONFIDENCE VULNERABILITY: ARE MOST PEOPLE BLIND TO THEIR OWN DECISION MAKING BIASES?
(2018-05-11)Skilled decision making is an acquired skill that often leads to better life outcomes (e.g. wealth, health, and happiness) (Cokely et al., 2012; 2018). There is a growing body of literature centered on Bias Blind Spot which ...