G. Michael Grammer

Associate Professor
Carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis, sequence and cycle stratigraphy, petroleum geology

1123 Rood Hall
(269) 387-3667
MGRRE Office Phone (269) 387-8679
FAX (269) 387-5513

Education

Ph.D. 1991, Univ. Miami,
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
M.Sc. 1983, Southern Methodist University
B.A. 1980, University of South Florida

AAPG Distinguished Lecturer

AAPG Bahamas Seminar (co-leader)

Past President: Michigan Basin Geological Society

Curriculum Vita

Publications

Student Field Work:
Bahamas Seminar
West Texas Seminar
Carbonate Field Work

Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education (MGRRE)

Courses Taught

Earth Studies, GEOS 1000
Physical Geology, GEOS 131
Historical Geology, GEOS 1320
Carbonate Depositional Environments, GEOS 6460
Advanced Stratigraphy (Sequence Stratigraphy), GEOS 6500
Reef Evolution through Time, GEOS 6600

Research

Carbonate Sedimentology and Diagenesis, Sequence and Cycle Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology

My main interests revolve around the evaluation of carbonate depositional systems through an integrated sequence stratigraphic approach; by combining sedimentologic, diagenetic, and petrophysical analyses of modern and ancient depositional systems (outcrop and subsurface) to better constrain the 3-D evolution of these systems through time. While many of the questions being addressed are fundamental in nature, results may also be directly applicable to problems faced within the petroleum and groundwater industries: for example the lateral and vertical distribution of fluid-bearing strata and impermeable horizons. In addition, I continue to have interest in evaluating the sedimentologic and diagenetic responses of carbonate systems to varying frequencies of sea level change (i.e. icehouse vs. greenhouse periods of Earth's history). Current research locations include the Bahamas, Paradox Basin of Utah, Wind River Basin of Wyoming, and the Michigan Basin.

Ongoing Projects

Establishing the Relationship between Fracture-related Dolomite and Primary Rock Fabric on the Distribution of Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin
Paleoceanography of the Michigan Basin during Silurian - influence on reef growth
Sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characterization of Paleozoic units in the Michigan Basin
Formation and evolution of algal mounds in the Carboniferous, Paradox Basin
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Petroleum Reservoirs of the Michigan Basin (D. Barnes, P.I.)

Recent Publications

Grammer, G.M. and Ritter, A.L., 2008, Phylloid algal mounds in the Paradox Basin U.S.A. - an alternative to the in situ constructional growth model?, in Swart, P.K., McKenzie, J., and Eberli, G.P., eds. Perspectives in Sedimentary Geology: A Tribute to the Career of Robert Nathan Ginsburg, International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 40, p. 239-254.

Grammer, G.M., Barnes, D.A., Harrison, W.B., Sandomierski, A.E., and Mannes, R.G., 2009 Economic synergies for increasing domestic oil production and geological sequestration of anthropogenic CO 2: 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, Chapter 42.

Toelle, B., Pekot, L., Barnes, D. Grammer, M., Harrison, W., 2008, EOR Potential of the Michigan Silurian Reefs using CO2, SPE 113843-PP, 8p.

Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G. P., 2004, Integration of modern and outcrop analogs for reservoir modeling - overview and examples from the Bahamas, in Grammer et. al. (eds.), Integration of Outcrop and Modern Analogs in Reservoir Modeling, AAPG Memoir 80, p. 1-22.

Westphal, H., Eberli, G. P., Smith, L. B., and Grammer, G. M., 2004, Reservoir Characterization in the Mississippian Madison Formation, Wind River Basin, Wyoming, AAPG Bulletin, v. 88, p. 405-432.

Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G. P., 2002, Carbonate platforms: exploration and production scale insight from modern analogs in the Bahamas, in M.R. Thomasson and L. C. Lawyer, eds. SEG/AAPG, Open File Publication No. 7, p. 56-62.

Swart, P.K., Thorrold, S., Rubenstone, J., Rosenheim, B., Harrison, C.G.A., Grammer, G.M., and McNeill, D.F., 2002, Intra-annual variation in the stable oxygen and carbon isotope and trace element composition of sclerosponges, Paleoceanography, v. 17, no. 3, 1045, doi:10.1029/2000PA000622, p. 17.1-17.12.

Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G. P., 2001, Carbonate platforms: exploration and production scale insight from modern analogs in the Bahamas, invited paper, The Leading Edge (Society of Economic Geophysicists), vol. 20, p. 252-261.

Current and Recent Students

Peter Voice [M.S]
Tony Sandomierski [M.S]
Audrey Ritter [M.S]
Jessica Crisp [M.S.]
Amy Noack [B.S. / M.S.]
Jennifer Schulz [M.S.]
Heather Qualman [M.S.]
Tarek Anan [PhD]
John Thornton [MS]
Shawn McCloskey [MS]
Yasser Salama [PhD]
Jennifer Trout [MS]
Marcel Robinson [MS]
Pete Feutz [MS]

Student Presentations, Awards and Achievements

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