Mary Carr
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Contact Information
Education
- Ph.D., Geology, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
- M.S., Geology, University of Texas at Arlington, 1987
- B.S., Geology, University of Texas at Arlington, 1982
Professional Experience
Professional Memberships
Publications
Abstracts
Professional Experience
- Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Research Assistant Professor, outcrop-based architectural element studies of deepwater and eolian sandstones. October 1998 - present.
- Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, outcrop-based research on architecture of the Lower Brushy Canyon sandy basin-floor fan complex, West Texas. May 1996 - September 1998.
- Institute for Energy Research, University of Wyoming, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Detailed reconstruction of Tensleep Sandstone stratal architecture using surface and subsurface data in the Bighorn and Wind River Basins, Wyoming. June 1994 - May 1996.
- University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Research Assistant; Stratigraphic architecture of the Cretaceous Fall River Fm. in the Powder River Basin, and field work in Permian carbonates of the Guadalupe Mtns. September 1993 - May 1994.
- University of Texas at Austin, Research Assistant; Dissertation studies on eolian deposits of the Colorado Plateau, White Sands New Mexico, Namibia, and Mauritania. January 1988 - December 1993.
- University of Texas at Austin, Research Associate; Assisted Dr. R. L. Folk in research on the microstructure of etched quartz utilizing Scanning Electron Microscopy. November 1987 - August 1988.
- Mobil Exploration and Producing Services Inc., Summer Geologist; Determined depth and temperature of formation for the bedded dolomites, Monterey Formation, Santa Maria Basin utilizing stable isotope and petrographic data. May 1985 - September 1985.
- Penn Resources, Inc., Geological Technician; Prepared maps using electric well log data and seismic data primarily for the East Texas Basin. May 1984 - September 1984.
Professional Memberships
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- SEPM, Society of Sedimentary Geologists
Publications
- Carr, M., Gardner, M., 1999, Portrait of a Basin-floor Fan for Sandy Deep-Water Systems, Permian Lower Brushy Canyon Fm., Delaware Mountains, West Texas. SEPM/AAPG Turbidite Book, in prep.
- Carr-Crabaugh, M., and Kocurek, G., 1998, Continental sequence stratigraphy of a wet eolian system : a key to relative sea-level change. in Shanley, K.W., and McCabe P.J., (eds.) Relative Role of Eustasy, Climate, and Tectonism in Continental Rocks, SEPM Special Publication, No. 59, p. 213-228, in press.
- Carr-Crabaugh, M., and Hurley, N., 1996, Interpreting Eolian Reservoir Architecture Using Borehole Images, in Jory Pacht ed., Stratigraphic Analysis Utilizing Advanced Geophysical, Wireline and Borehole Technology for Petroleum Exploration and Production, Gulf Coast SEPM Foundation Seventeenth Annual Research Conference, p. 39-50.
- Carr-Crabaugh, M., and Dunn, T.L., 1996, Reservoir heterogeneity as a function of accumulation and preservation dynamics, Tensleep sandstone, Bighorn and Wind River Basin, Wyoming. in M.W. Longman and M.D. Sonnenfeld, eds., Paleozoic Systems of the Rocky Mountain Region. Rocky Mountain Section, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), p. 305-320.
- Crabaugh, M. C., and Kocurek, G., 1993, Entrada Sandstone - example of a wet eolian system. in K. Pye, (ed.), The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems, The Geological Society of London, Special Publication No. 72, p.103-126.
- Kocurek, G., Crabaugh, M., 1993, Discussion: Significance of thin sets of eolian cross-strata. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 63, no. 6, p. 1165-1169..
- Deynoux, M., Kocurek, G., Ahmed Benan, C., Crabaugh, M., and Havholm, K., and Pion, J., 1993, Sequence stratigraphy in a desert environment. Example from the Akchar Erg in Western Mauritania (West Africa). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, t. 317, Serie II, p.1199-1205.
Recent Abstracts
- Carr, M., Gardner, M., Batzle, M., Melick, J., Woodland, C., 1998, Portrait of a Basin-floor Fan for Sandy Deep-Water Systems, Permian Lower Brushy Canyon Fm., Delaware Mountains, West Texas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, CD rom abstracts.
- Carr-Crabaugh, M., and Hurley, N., 1997, Interpreting Eolian Reservoir Architecture Using FMI and FMS Logs, Department of Energy Technology Transfer Meeting, Midland Texas, extended abstracts. p. 35-40.
- Crabaugh, M., and Dunn, T.L., 1995, Reservoir heterogeneity as a function of accumulation and preservation dynamics, upper Tensleep Sandstone, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, abstracts p. 19a.
- Crabaugh, M., and Kocurek, G., 1994, Wet eolian sequence stratigraphy and its relationship to relative sea level change. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, abstracts, p. 128.
- Crabaugh, M., and Kocurek, G., 1993. Continental sequence stratigraphy of a wet eolian system - A key to relative sea level change. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 5, p.102.
- Kocurek, G., Havholm, K., and Crabaugh, M., 1992. Eolian event stratigraphy - a conceptual framework model based upon the conservation principle. Applied Sequence Stratigraphy Symposium, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (Golden, Colo.), p. 48-50.
- Crabaugh, M.C., and Kocurek, G., 1991, Entrada Sandstone - example of a wet eolian system. The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems Symposium, The Geological Society of London, Abstracts, p. 6.
- Folk, R.L., Hoops, K., Crabaugh, M. C., 1988, Internal features of quartz demonstrated by etching with HF. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. A188.
- Crabaugh, M.M., and Smith, C.I., 1986, Interpretation of carbonate and evaporite facies distribution in the Maverick Basin, Southwest Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 6, p. 573.