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David A. Barnes
Professor
Sedimentology, Michigan Subsurfce Geology

1135 Rood Hall
Rood Hall Office Phone (269) 387-5493
MGRRE Office Phone (269) 387-8617
FAX (269) 387-5513
e-mail

Ph.D. 1982, Univ. California Santa Barbara, Dept. Geological Sciences
B.A. 1974, San Francisco State University, Department of Geosciences


Hydrothermal Dolomite


Courses Taught

GEOS 4350 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEOS 3220 - Ocean Systems
GEOS 3010 - Minerals and Rocks

Various other Graduate/Seminar Courses including:
Numerical and Spatial Data Analysis, Clastic Sedimentary Petrology, Clastic Depositional Systems

Research

Sedimentology; Characterization and Quantification of Petroleum, CO2 , and Water Reservoirs in the subsurface of Michigan
Applications of GIS/Software Technologies in the Geosciences


My research activities range from regional, paleotectonic and basin analysis studies through more conventional subsurface sedimentology/sedimentary petrology and reservoir characterization, to coastal geology and coastal change studies in the Michigan Great Lakes.  These research activities all revolve around the use of sedimentary geology in a wide range of applied research problems. I am currently interested in: Application of conventional, oil field reservoir characterization methodology to the determination of geological carbon sequestration potential in the Michigan basin subsurface; Investigation of fracture related, hydrothermal mineralization and the formation of dolostone hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Michigan basin; and Pennsylvanian bedrock aquifer delineation in the context of groundwater resource assessment and contmainant hydrogeology. My research activities have also lead to the integration of computer systems technologies (especially GIS and related software) to subsurfacce stratigraphy, coastal change, and water resources problems.

Ongoing Projects

DOE/NETL - Midwest Regional  Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP); Study of Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in the Michigan Basin. Project www site

Establishing the Relationship Betwee Fracture-related Dolomite and Primary Rock Fabric on the Distribution of Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin . Diagenesis, Reservoir Characterization, and Technology Transfer relating to Dolomized Hydrocarbon Reseervoirs in the Michigan Basin. Award notice www page.

Stratigraphy and sedimentology of  Pennsylvanian fluvial deltaic deposits in the Michigan basin, Saginaw and Grand River fms; Bedrock aquifers in Central lower Michigan; recent AAPG Eastern Section Abstract. , pdf format presentation

Recent Publications

Barnes, D. A., Harrison, W B.III, and Wahr, Amanda, (in press), Assessment of Regional Geological Carbon Sequestration Potential In Upper Silurian to Middle Devonian Strata of the Michigan Basin, USA, in: Grobe, M., et al., eds. Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Geological Media - State of the Art, AAPG/EMD Special Publication.

Grammer, G.M., Barnes, D.A., Harrison, W.B. and Mannes, R.G., (in press), Economic synergies for increasing domestic oil production and geological sequestration of anthropogenic CO2: An example from the Michigan Basin, in Grobe, M., et al., eds. Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Geological Media - State of the Art, AAPG/EMD Special Publication.

Barnes, D.A., Kovacich, M.A., and Limezs, Santis, (2007), Shore Protection and Coastal Change on the Eastern Lake Michigan Shore; Duck Lake, Orchard Beach State Park, and Onekama, MI, Journ. Am. Shore and Beach Preservation Assoc., V. 75, n.3, pp21-37.

   
   
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1187 Rood Hall 1903
West Michigan Ave Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Phone:(269) 387-5485
Fax: (269) 387-5513
mohamed.sultan@wmich.edu

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