Two Ongoing Investigations into Shallow-Marine and Fluvial-Distributive Deposits in the Wilcox Group

Explore two ongoing investigations into shallow-marine and fluvial-distributive deposits in the Wilcox Group through this informative lecture. Delve into the complex characteristics of these important oil-gas reservoirs and aquifers, influenced by mixed tidal, fluvial-flood, and wave processes. Examine the Simsboro to Calvert Bluff transition and the uppermost Wilcox to basal Claiborne Group using integrated sedimentology, palynology, and drone photogrammetry techniques. Discover the advantages of incorporating high-resolution photomosaics in outcrop investigations. Learn about the depositional environments, trace fossil assemblages, and sedimentary structures found in the Simsboro and Calvert Bluff formations. Compare these deposits to analogous formations in Utah-Colorado and Alaska. Gain insights into an ongoing multidisciplinary study of the Wilcox to Claiborne Group transition, including potential evidence of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in tidally modified deltaic deposits.