SEPM Clastic Diagenesis Research Group is Now Sedimentary Petrology!
Sedimentary Petrology Research Group
Who is this community?
The newly reformulated Sedimentary Petrology research group focuses on all aspects of sedimentary rocks, including diagenesis, petrographic studies, and trends in porosity and permeability, provenance, etc.
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SEPM Sedimentary Petrology Research Group Meeting
at IMAGE Conference in Houston, TX
Tuesday, August 18th
George R. Brown Convention Center
The agenda included:
- Review of group activities and advancements since the August 2025 IMAGE meeting, including a summary of the meeting at the ISGC-SEPM conference in Golden, CO this past June and feedback from recent Sed-Pet short courses.
- Review of group objectives (building community and technical awareness, offering educational opportunities, and providing a platform for knowledge sharing, integration, and collaboration)
- Discussion of specific ideas proposed by members throughout the past year. If you are ready to engage, please bring your ideas and even specific proposals to add to the list of possible activities and objectives for 2026-2027.
If you have questions or if you can’t attend and have comments to share, you can reach out to Suzanne Kairo at skairo@me.com .
2026 IMAGE Report:
SEPM RG SedimentaryPetrologyReport_IMAGE26.pdf
2026 IMAGE presentation:
IMAGE 2026 meeting presentation.pptx
2025 IMAGE Report:
SEPM RG ClasticDiagenesisReport.pdf
Questions for this research group? Please contact one of the organizers (listed above) or SEPM headquarters: Cassie Turley, cturley@sepm.org.