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Donald E. Owen Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, Beaumont, TX 77710 409 880-8236 [email protected]

EDUCATION

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1959-1963 Ph.D. in Geology with minor in Geography Dissertation: “The of the San Juan Basin, and ” 353 p.”

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1957-1959 M.S. in Geology Thesis: “ of bioherms and other deposits of the Upper Pennsylvanian Bern in east central Kansas” 185 p.”

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 1955-1957 B.S. with high honors, in Geology

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Best Field Trip Guidebook of 2005 Award, Geoscience Information Society 2007

Academic Excellence Award, Bowling Green State University 1975

A. I. Levorsen Award, Best Paper, American Association of Petroleum 1975 Geologists

Certified Petroleum Geologist #1183, American Association of Petroleum 1972-present Geologists

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX Professor of Geology 1985-present

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH Professor of Geology 1971-1978 Chairman of 19 M.S. thesis committees

Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1969 1971 Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 1964-1969 Instructor through Associate Professor of Geology

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE & RELATED HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX Department of Geology Chair 1985–1994

Cities Service Co., Tulsa, OK Petroleum Geologist; Assistant to V. P., International; Research Geologist 1978-1983

University of Texas, Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Research Scientist 1962-1964

SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

 Angino, E. E., and D. E. Owen, 1962, Sedimentologic study of two memb ers of the Beacon Formation, Windy Gully, Victoria Land, Antarctica: Kansas Academy of Sciences Transactions, v. 65, p. 61-69.

 Barnes, V. E., A. C. Wright, H. D. McCallum, E. A. Wendlandt, S. O. Burford, D. T. Gibson, R. W. Eaton, M. K. Pieper, W. T. Haenggi, D. E. Owen, and C. A. Shelby, 1965, Geologic atlas of Texas, Tyler sheet: University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas, 1 sheet.

 Fisher, W. L., and D. E. Owen, 1965, Phosphorite: in Rock and mineral resources of East Texas: University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations 54, p. 299 - 304.

 Owen, D. E., 1966, Nomenclature of Dakota () in San Juan basin, New Mexico and Colorado: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 50, p. 10 23- 1028.

 Barnes, V. E., M. K. Pieper, C. A. Shelby, D. E. Owen, and T. J. Freeman, 1966, Geologic atlas of Texas, Texarkana sheet: University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas, 6 p. and 1 sheet.

 Owen, D. E., and G. W. Lene', 1967, Cretaceous rocks of the Rimrock escarpment, Hudspeth County, trans-Pecos Texas: Texas Journal of Science, v. 19, p. 117-131.

 Barnes, V. E., J. H. McGowen, D. E. Owen, M. K. Pieper, and C. A. Shelby, 1967, Geologic atlas of Texas, Sherman sheet: University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas, 8 p. and 1 sheet.

 Barnes, V. E., D. E. Owen, J. A. Dietrch, and C. A. Shelby, 1968, Geologic atlas of Texas, Van Horn-El Paso sheet: University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas, 12 p. and 1 sheet.

 Lene', G. W., and D. E. Owen, 1969, Grain orientation in a Berea Sandstone channel at South Amherst, Ohio: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 39, no. 2, p. 737 -743.

 Owen, D. E., 1969, The Dakota Sandstone of the eastern San Juan and Chama basins and its possible correlation across the Southern : Mountain Geologist, v. 6, no. 3, p. 87-92.

 Owen, D. E., 1973, Depositional history of the Dakota Sandstone, San Juan basin area, New Mexico, in J. E. Fassett, ed., Memoir on Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks of the southern : Geological Society, p. 37-51.

 Grant, K. and D. E. Owen, 1974, The Dakota Sandstone (Cretaceous) of the southern part of the Chama basin, New Mexico--a preliminary report on its stratigraphy, paleontology, and sedimentology, in C. T. Siemers, ed., Ghost ranch, central-: New Mexico Geological Society 25th Field Conference Guidebook, p. 239-249.

 Conaghan, P. J., E. W. Mountjoy, D. R. Edgecombe, J. A. Talent, and D. E. Owen, 197 6, Nubrigyn algal reefs (), eastern Australia: allochthonous blocks and megabreccias: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 87, p. 515-530.  Owen, D. E., and C. T. Siemers, 1977, Lithologic correlation of the Dakota Sandstone and adjacent units along the eastern flank of the San Juan basin, New Mexico, in J. E. Fassett, ed., San Juan basin III, northwestern New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society 28th Field Conference Guidebook, p. 179-183.

 Owen, D. E., 1978, Usage of stratigraphic nomenclature and concepts in the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology or time, place, and rocks--how to keep them separate: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 48, p. 355-358.

 Owen, D. E., 1982, Correlation and paleoenvironments of the Jackpile sandstone (Upper ) and intertongued Dakota Sandstone-lower Mancos (Upper Cretaceous) in west-, in J. A. Grambling, and S. G. Wells, eds., Albuquerque country II: New Mexico Geological Society 33rd Field Conference Guidebook, p. 267 -270.

 Owen, D. E., L. J. Walters, Jr., and R. G. Beck, 1984, The Jackpile Sandstone Member of the in west-central New Mexico--a formal definition: New Mexico Geology, v. 6, p. 46-52.

 Owen, D. E., N. P. Lasca, and E. H. Schultz, 1985, Report 10 -- New articles of organization and procedure of North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 69, p. 872-873.

 Walters, L. J., Jr., D. E. Owen, A. L. Henley, M. S. Winsten, and K. W. Valek, 198 7, Depositional environments of Dakota Sandstone and adjacent units in the San Juan basin utilizing discriminant analysis of trace elements in : Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 57, p. 265-277.

 Owen, D. E., 1987, Commentary: Usage of stratigraphic terminology in papers, illustrations, and talks: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 57, p. 363-372.

 Owen, D. E., and N. P. Lasca, 1987, Note 55--Records of Stratigraphic Commission, 1982- 1984: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 71, p. 353-355.

 Owen, D. E., and D. K. Sparks, 1989, Surface to subsurface correlation of the intertongued Dakota Sandstone- (Upper Cretaceous) in the Zuni embayment, New Mexico, in O. J. Anderson et al, Southeastern Colorado Plateau: New Mex ico Geological Society, 40th Annual Field Conference, p. 265-267.

 Owen, D. E., 1992, Road log, day five: Notes on selected aspects of the sequence stratigraphy of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, in J. C. Van Wagoner and others, eds., Sequence stratigraphy applications to shelf sandstone reservoirs: Tulsa, American Association of Petroleum Geologists p. 5-1 - 5-4 (preliminary version in J. C. Van Wagoner and others, 1991, Sequence stratigraphy applications to shelf sandstone reservoirs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Field Conference Guidebook, p. 5-1 to 5-3).

 Owen, D. E., 1992, Large-scale sequence stratigraphy of the Phanerozoic of the San Juan Mountain region, Colorado, in J. C. Van Wagoner and others, eds., Sequence stratigraphy applications to shelf sandstone reservoirs: Tulsa, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 6 p.

 Easton, R. M., L. E. Edwards, R. R. Jordan, and D. E. Owen, 1993, Stratigraphic regulation and guidance: a critique of current tendencies in stratigraphic codes and guides: discussion, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 105, p. 1135-1136.

 Edwards, L. E., and D. E. Owen, 1996, Note 61:--Records of Stratigraphic Commission, 1991- 1992: AAPG Bulletin, v. 80, p. 1156-1159.

 Owen, D. E., and C. F. Head, 2001, Summary of the sequence stratigraphy of the Dakota Sandstone and adjacent units, San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado: in Ron Broadhead, Martha Cather, and Brian S. Brister, Proceedings for low permeability and underdeveloped reservoirs of New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, p. 2-19.

 Owen, D. E., editor, 2001, Sequence stratigraphy and petroleum geology of Dakota Sandstone and underlying strata, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado: in Ro n Broadhead, Martha Cather, and Brian S. Brister, Proceedings for low permeability and underdeveloped natural gas reservoirs of New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, p. 1-40.

 Owen, D. E., and Owen, D. E., Jr., 2003, Stratigraphy of the Dakota Sandstone and intertongued Mancos Shale along the southern flank of the San Juan Basin, west -central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 54th. Field Conference, p. 325 -330.

 Lucas, S. G., A. B. Heckert, W. R. Berglof, B. S. Kues, L. S. Crumpler, J. C. Aubele, V. T. Mclemore, D. E. Owen, and S. C. Semken, 2003, Second-day road log, from Gallup to Fort Wingate, Sixmile Canyon, Ciniza, Red Rock Park, Church Rock, White Mesa, Thoreau, and Grants: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 54th. Field Conference, p. 35-83.

 Berggren, W. A., N. Christie-Blick, M.-P. Aubry, R. M. Carter, A. Hallam, K. G. Miller, D. E. Owen, J. A. Van Couvering, and J. S. Watkins, 2003, A proposed bipartite sequence stratigraphic nomenclature: International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification, Circular 102 (Newsletter 1), p. 16-17.

 Head, C. F. and Owen, D. E., 2004, Summary of the sequence stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the Dakota Sandstone and adjacent units, San Juan Basin, northwestern N ew Mexico and southwestern Colorado, with special attention to the Chama Basin and northeastern San Juan Basin: Four Corners Geological Society, Chama Canyon Field Trip, 24 p.

 Lucas, S. G., Zeigler, K. E., Lueth, V. W., and Owen, D. E., editors, 2005, Geo logy of the Chama Basin: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, 456 p.

 Lucas, S. G., Koning, D. J., Heckert, A. B., Zeigler, K. E., Hunt, A. P., Owen, D. E., Maldonado, F., and Berglof, W. R., 2005, Rio Grande Rift to the Colorado Palteau: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 1 -37.

 Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Zeigler, K. E., Owen, D. E., Hunt, A., 2005, stratigraphy of the Chama Basin: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 39-55.

 Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Zeigler, K. E., Owen, D. E., Hunt, A., Brister, B. S., Crumpler, L. S., and Spielmann, J. A., 2005, The San Juan volcanic field and Cretaceous depositional systems: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 57-68.

 Lucas, S. G., Owen, D. E., Zeigler, K. E., Hunt, A. P., and Heckert, A. B., 2005, Tierra Amarilla to El Vado dam: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 69-76.

 Owen, D. E., 2005, Dams and lakes of the Chama Basin area: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 15-16.

 Owen, D. E., Forgas, A. M., Miller, S. A., Stelly, Ryan J., and Owen, D. E., Jr., 2005, Surface and subsurface stratigraphy of the Burro Canyon Formation, Dakota Sandstone, and intertongued Mancos Shale of the Chama Basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 218 -226.

 Owen, D. E., and Owen, D. E., Jr., 2005, The White Rock Mesa Member of the Dakota Sandstone (Cretaceous) of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado, a formal new lithostratigraphic unit to replace the informal ”Dakota main body”: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 227 -230.

 Head, C. F., and Owen, D. E., 2005, Insights into the petroleum geol ogy and stratigraphy of the Dakota interval (Cretaceous) in the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th. Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 434-444.

 Owen, D. E., Siemers, C. T., and Owen, D. E., Jr., 2007, Dakota and adjacent Morrison and lower Mancos stratigraphy (Cretaceous and Jurassic) in the Holy Ghost Spring Quadrangle, land of pinchouts, Jemez and Zia Indian Reservations, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, 58th. Field Conference Guidebook, Jemez Mountains II, p. 188 -194.

 Owen, D. E., Siemers, C. T., and Owen, D. E., Jr., 2007, Geologic map of the Jackpile, Dakota, and Mancos stratigraphic units in the Holy Ghost Spring Quadrangle, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, 58th. Field Conference Guidebook, Jemez Mountains II, Plate 9, p. 139.

 Owen, D. E., 2008, Geology of the Chenier Plain of Cameron Parish, southwestern Louisiana: Geological Society of America, Field Guide 14, p. 27-38

 Ashmore, R. A., and Owen, D. E., 2008, Chenier Plain road log: Geological Society of America, Field Guide 14, p. 49-54.

 Aubry, M, Van Couvering, J.A., Christie-Blick, N., Landing, E., Pratt, B.R., Owen, D.E., and Ferrusquia-Villafranca, I., 2009, Terminology for geological time: Establishment of a community standard: Stratigraphy, v. 6, P. 100-105.

 Owen, D. E., 2009, How to use stratigraphic terminology in papers, illustrations, and talks: Stratigraphy, v. 6, p. 106-116.

 Ferrusquia-Villafranca, I., Easton, R.M., and Owen, D.E., 2009, Do GSSPs render dual time- rock/time classification and nomenclature redundant?: Stratigraphy, v. 6, p. 135 -169.

 Owen, D. E., Lasca, N. P., and Edwards, L. E., 2009, Revised articles of organization and procedure of the North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature: Stratigraphy, v. 6, p. 183-184

 Owen, D. E., and Head, C. F., 2010, San Juan Basin gas field and reservoirs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Rocky Mountain Section, Field Trip #2 Guidebook, 75 p.

 Owen, D. E., Head, C. F. and Brandes, N. R., in press, 2010, Dakota Sandstone and lower Mancos Shale stratigraphy at the Red Wash measured section and nearby wells in the Four Corners Platform, Navajo Reservation, San Juan County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, 61st. Field Conference Guidebook, The Four Corners Revisited, p.