Education Week 2008
Concepts, Models, and Case Studies of Dolomitization (SC0813) 
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Instructor: Hans Machel & Jay Gregg
Date: October 30 - 31, 2008
Time: 8:00am to 4:30pm
Duration: 2 Days
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Attendance: 20
CSPG Member Earlybird Registration Deadline: September 15, 2008
CSPG Member Registration Deadline: October 15, 2008
Course
Fee: CSPG Member Earlybird: $950 +GST | CSPG Member: $1,050 +GST
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Course Description:
This course reviews core and summarizes the major advances and current controversies in dolomite research. It begins with a brief review of the chemical (thermodynamic and kinetic) conditions that favor dolomitization, including mass balance considerations for the generation of massive dolostones. Classifications for dolomite textures and pore spaces in dolostones are presented, which serve as a basis for a discussion of the porosity evolution during or as a result of dolomitization. A major part of this course deals with the various dolomitization models, from early to late and from shallow to deep, from hypersaline reflux to hydrothermal dolomitization and MVT mineralization. These concepts will be applied to hydrocarbon exploration and development, with specific reference to the Devonian of Western Canada.
Instructor Bio(s):
Hans G. Machel is a Professor at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta. His research involves carbonate/evaporite facies and diagenesis, low-temperature geochemistry, and petroleum geology of Alberta, particularly dolomitization, cathodoluminescence, and diagenetic redox-processes relevant to sour gas, sulfur and MVTsulfide deposits, and magnetic exploration for hydrocarbons. He is a member of 10 professional organizations and associate editor of 2 international journals. He was president of EGS (1994-6) and SLMS (1995-6). Honors include the CSPG Link Award (1989), a Humboldt Research Fellowship (1993-4), CSPG Medal of Merit (1994), and the Klepser Lecturer Award (1999).
Dr. Jay M. Gregg (b. 1951, Pittsburgh, PA) is the V. Brown Monnett Chair of Petroleum Geology, Professor, and Head of the Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Gregg completed his B.S degree in 1974 from Bowling Green State University with a double major in Geology and Biology. He received an M.S. in Geology from Oklahoma State University (1976) and a Ph.D. in Geology from Michigan State University (1982). Prior to joining the faculty at Oklahoma State, Gregg worked in the petroleum industry for Sun Production Company (1976 to 1978) in Midland, TX, the minerals industry for St. Joe Minerals Corporation (1982 to 1987) in Viburnim, MO, on the nuclear waste repository project for Westinghouse Hanford Co. (1987 to 1988) in Richland, WA, and as a faculty member and later Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla (1988-2005). In 1995 and 1996 Gregg was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for lecturing and research at University College Dublin, Ireland. Gregg's professional expertise is in the fields of sedimentary petrology and sedimentary geochemistry. He applies this to research on the origin and diagenesis of dolomite, the diagenetic history of sedimentary basins, and the origin and distribution of sediment hosted base metals and hydrocarbons. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 professional technical papers on these subjects.
