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GNS Science Consultancy Report 2008/XXX TARANAKI, NORTHLAND AND REINGA BASINS PUBLICATIONS BY GNS SCIENCE STAFF PAPERS Anon 2003: Only one application in deepwater Taranaki Basin exploration round. First break 21: 15. Anon 2010: GNS Science sees positive signs for Reinga Basin. Newsletter / New Zealand Geophysical Society 81: 28. Arnot, M.J.; Browne, G.H.; King, P.R. 2007: Thick-bedded sandstone facies in a middle basin-floor fan setting, Mount Messenger Formation, Mohakatino Beach, New Zealand. In Atlas of deep-water outcrops. Pp. 241-244 (chapter 61). Arnot, M.J.; Baur, J.; Bland, K.J.; Bushe, H.; Funnell, R.H.; Ilg, B.R.; Jones, C.M.; King, P.R.; Leitner, B.; Massey, M.; Milner, M.; Morgans, H.E.G.; Roncaglia, L.; Zhu, H. 2008 A new generation of digital structure and facies maps for Taranaki Basin : progress towards a 4D Taranaki model. p. 211-213 In: Blevin, J.E.; Bradshaw, B.E.; Uruski, C.I. (eds) Third Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium, EABS III : energy security for the 21st century : symposium proceedings. Sydney, NSW: Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia. Special publication / Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Arnot, M.J.; Kennedy, E.M.; Higgs, K.E.; Browne, G.H.; Raine, J.I. 2008: The Late Cretaceous North Cape Formation, Northwest Nelson, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. 1 poster in: 2008 New Zealand Petroleum Conference proceedings: beyond 08. Wellington: Ministry of Economic Development. Baillie, P.; Uruski, C.I. 2004: Petroleum prospectivity of Cretaceous strata in the deepwater Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. In Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium II, Adelaide, South Australia, 19-22 September 2004. Pp. 207-218. Baillie, P.; Uruski, C.I. 2004: Reassessment of the prospectivity of the New Zealand Cretaceous : navigating with an Astrolabe. In New Zealand Petroleum Conference (2004 : Auckland). Pp. 11 p. Baur, J., Leitner, B., Stern, T., (in press). Development and seismic geomorphology of a Miocene slope channel mega-system, offshore Taranaki Basin, NZ. GCSSEPM, Annual Research conference proceedings, Houston, Dec 2010. Browne, G.H.; Slatt, R.M.; King, P.R. 2000: Contrasting styles of basin-floor fan and slope fan deposition : Mount Messenger Formation, New Zealand. In Bouma, A. H. S., C.G. ed. Fine-grained turbidite systems. AAPG memoir. 72 ~ Special publication / Society for Sedimentary Geology. 68 Pp. 1 Browne, G.H.; Slatt, R.M. 2002: Outcrop and behind-outcrop characterization of a Late Miocene slope fan system, Mt. Messenger Formation, New Zealand. AAPG bulletin 86(5): 841-862. Browne, G.H.; King, P.R. 2002: Reservoir studies of outcropping deep water Miocene sequences, North Taranaki, New Zealand. PESA news 56: 76. www.gns.cri.nz Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited Browne, G.H.; King, P.R.; Arnot, M.J. 2004: Miocene slope-to-basin floor sequences exposed in north Taranaki, New Zealand : New Zealand Petroleum Conference field trip, 4-5 March 2004. New Zealand Petroleum Conference (2004 : Auckland). Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences information series 60. [GNS Science publication – available from GNS Science ] Browne, G.H.; King, P.R.; Higgs, K.E.; Slatt, R.M. 2005: Grain size characteristics for distinguishing basin floor fan and slope fan depositional settings : outcrop and subsurface examples from the Late Miocene Mount Messenger Formation, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 48(2): 213-227. Browne, G.H.; Kennedy, E.M.; Constable, R.M.; Raine, J.I.; Crouch, E.M.; Sykes, R. 2008: An outcrop-based study of the economically significant Late Cretaceous Rakopi Formation, northwest Nelson, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 51(4): 295-315. Browne, G.H.; Kennedy, E.M.; Pollock, R.M.; Raine, J.I.; Crouch, E.M.; Sykes, R. 2008: An outcrop-based study of the economically significant Late Cretaceous Rakopi Formation, Northwest Nelson, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51: 295-315. Childs, C.; Walsh, J.J.; Manzocchi, T.; Strand, J.; Nicol, A.; Tomasso, M.; Schoepfer, M.P.J.; Aplin, A.C. 2007: Definition of a fault permeability predictor from outcrop studies of a faulted turbidite sequence, Taranaki, New Zealand. In Jolley, S. J. B., D.; Walsh, J.J.; Knipe, R.J. ed. Structurally complex reservoirs. Geological Society special publication. 292. Pp. 235-258. Coleman, J.L.; Browne, G.H.; King, P.R.; Slatt, R.M.; Spang, R.J.; Williams, E.T.; Clemenceau, G.R. 2000: The inter-relationships of scales of heterogeneity in subsurface, deep water E & P projects : lessons learned from the Mount Messenger Formation (Miocene), Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. In Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference (20th : 2000 : Houston, Tex.). Pp. 263-283. Cook, R.A.; Crouch, E.M.; Raine, J.I.; Strong, C.P.; Uruski, C.I.; Wilson, G.J. 2006: Initial review of the biostratigraphy and petroleum systems around the Tasman Sea hydrocarbon-producing basins. APPEA journal 46: 201-213. Cooper, R.A.; Crampton, J.S.; Raine, J.I.; Gradstein, F.M.; Morgans, H.E.G.; Sadler, P.M.; Strong, C.P.; Waghorn, D.; Wilson, G.J. 2001: Quantitative biostratigraphy of the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand : a deterministic and probabilistic approach. AAPG bulletin 85(8): 1469-1498. Darby, D. 2002: Seal properties, overpressure and stress in the Taranaki and East Coast Basins, New Zealand. In New Zealand Petroleum Conference (2002 : Auckland, NZ). 2002. Pp. 363-372. Funnell, R.H.; Stagpoole, V.M.; Nicol, A.; Killops, S.D.; Reyes, A.G.; Darby, D. 2001: Migration of oil and gas into the Maui Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. In Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium (2001 : Melbourne, Vic., Australia). Pp. 121-128. Funnell, R.H.; Stagpoole, V.M.; Nicol, A.; McCormack, N.; Reyes, A.G. 2004: Petroleum generation and implications for migration : a Maui Field charge study, Taranaki Basin. In New Zealand Petroleum Conference (2004 : Auckland). Pp. 9 p. www.gns.cri.nz Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited Herzer, R.H.; Davy, B.W.; Mortimer, N.; Quilty, P.G.; Chaproniere, G.C.H.; Jones, C.M.; Crawford, A.J.; Hollis, C.J. 2009. Seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Northland Plateau and the development of the Vening Meinesz transform margin, SW Pacific Ocean. Marine geophysical researches 30(1): 21-60; doi: 10.1007/s11001-11009- 19065-11001. Herzer, R.H.; Chaproniere, G.C.H.; Edwards, A.R.; Hollis, C.J.; Pelletier, B.; Raine, J.I.; Scott, G.H.; Stagpoole, V.; Strong, C.P.; Symonds, P.; Wilson, G.J.; Zhu, H. 1997: Seismic stratigraphy and structural history of the Reinga Basin and its margins, southern Norfolk Ridge system. New Zealand journal of geology & geophysics 40: 425-451. Herzer, R.H.; Sykes, R.; Killops, S.D.; Funnell, R.H.; Burggraf, D.R.; Townend, J.; Raine, J.I.; Wilson, G.J. 1999: Cretaceous carbonaceous rocks from the Norfolk Ridge system, Southwest Pacific: implications for regional petroleum potential. New Zealand journal of geology & geophysics 42: 57-73. Raine, J.I., 1982: Reconnaissance palynological study of Eocene coal measures, Northland coal region. New Zealand Geological Survey report PAL 54. 14 p. Higgs, K.E.; King, P.R.; Browne, G.H.; Morgans, H.E.G. 2004: Oligocene submarine fan systems in Taranaki : a proven reservoir and an outcrop comparison. In New Zealand Petroleum Conference (2004 : Auckland). Pp. 10 p. Higgs, K.E.; King, P.R.; Sykes, R.; Crouch, E.M.; Browne, G.H.; Chague-Goff, C.; Palmer, J.; Raine, J.I.; Brathwaite, R.L. 2006 Mangahewa Project : a multidisciplinary study of the mid-late Eocene succession, on-shore Taranaki Basin. Version 1. Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2006/18. 1 CD [GNS Science publication – available from GNS Science ] Higgs, K.; King, P.; Sykes, R.; Crouch, E.; Browne, G.; Raine, I.; Strogen, D.; Brathwaite R. 2009 [2010]: Middle to Late Eocene Stratigraphy, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Phase 2: a catalogue integrating biostratigraphy, sedimentology, geochemistry & log data over the NW-SE trending reservoir fairway. GNS Science Report 2009/30. 1 CD. [GNS Science publication – available from GNS Science ] Higgs, K.E.; Zwingmann, H.; Reyes, A.G.; Funnell, R.H. 2007: Diagenesis, porosity evolution, and petroleum emplacement in tight gas reservoirs, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Journal of sedimentary research 77(12): 1003-1025; doi: 10.2110/jsr.2007.095. Higgs, K.E., Arnot, M.J., Browne, G.H., Kennedy, E.M. 2010: Reservoir potential of Late Cretaceous terrestrial to shallow marine sandstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27 (9), 1849–1871. Hollis, C.J.; Field, B.D.; Crouch, E.M.; Sykes, R. 2006: How good a source rock is the Waipawa (black shale) Formation beyond the East Coast Basin? : an outcrop-based case study from Northland. In New Zealand Petroleum Conference (2006 : Auckland, NZ). Pp. 8 p. Hulston, J.R.; Hilton, D.R.; Kaplan, I.R. 2001: Helium and carbon isotope systematics of natural gases from Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Applied geochemistry 16(4): 419- 436. Humphris, D.; Ravens, J.M. 2000: A braver approach to seismic velocity analysis in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Exploration geophysics 31(1/2): 267-269. www.gns.cri.nz Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited Humphris, D.; Ravens, J.M. 2000: Braver and better velocities in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. In New Zealand Petroleum Conference (2000: Christchurch, NZ). Pp. 304- 307. Kennedy, E.M.; Browne, G.H.; Pollock, R.M.; Raine, J.I. 2004: Improved sedimentological understanding of the Late Cretaceous Rakopi Formation : the real foundation of New Zealand's hydrocarbon industry. p. 56 In: Manville, V.R.; Tilyard, D. (eds) Geological Society of New Zealand/New Zealand Geophysical Society/26th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 6th-9th December 2004, Taupo: programme & abstracts. Taupo: Geological Society of New Zealand. Geological Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 117A. [poster] Killops, S.D.; Reyes, A.G.; Funnell, R.H.
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