Overview

Education:

  • Ph.D. - Geological Sciences - University of Alabama (2000)
  • M.S. - Geology - University of Delaware (1997)
  • B.S. - Geology - Sewanee: The University of the South (1994)

Research:

Information

Areas of Research Interest

Dr. Parcell's areas of research include sedimentary basin analysis, sedimentology and stratigraphy, and visualizing conceptual uncertainty in geologic datasets.

Basin analysis is the study of the history of sediment accumulation within depocenters and the tectonic processes that create the basin depression, influence the distribution of sediments, and deform the contained rocks. Understanding sedimentary basins allows better understanding of the distribution of sediments, fluids, and carbon sources and sinks. Sedimentary basin analysis requires integration of stratigraphic, structural, biostratigraphic, and geochemical data.

The Sedimentary Basin Modeling Lab is involved in a number of new projects. Any undergraduate and graduate students interested in working on any of the following projects are encouraged to contact Dr. Parcell for more details.

Resource Exploration in Sedimentary Basins

  • Modern and ancient sedimentary record of the controls on climate and sea-level change through geologic time.
  • Geothermal exploration in sedimentary basins. Stratigraphic controls on distribution of heat production and thermal conductivity.
  • Exploration for lithium and REE-enriched brine waters in sedimentary basins.

Managing Uncertainty in Geologic Decisions

  • Development of Geologic Thought during the Scientific Revolution (16th to 18th centuries)
  • Chemostratigraphy for high-resolution of environmental and sea-level record in sedimentary basins
  • Geoscience computer simulations and serious game development for visualization and accessibility
  • Machine-learning/soft computing approaches for decision making and classification in the geological concepts. Fuzzy logic and neural networks.
Areas of Teaching Interest

Regular Course Offerings

  • GEOL 102: Earth Science and the Environment
  • GEOL 312: Historical Geology
  • GEOL 522: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
  • GEOL 540: Field Mapping Methods
  • GEOL 544: Structural Geology
  • GEOL 640: Field Geology (Field Camp)
  • GEOL 740: Basin Analysis
  • GEOL 750: History of Geology

Other Course Offerings

  • GEOL 320: Mineralogy (2003 - 2010)
  • GEOL 324: Petrology (2002 - 2011)
  • GEOL 430: Field Studies in Geology (2004, 2008, 2010-2012, 2014, 2018)
  • GEOL 526: Sedimentary Geology (fall semesters 2010-2019)
  • GEOL 552: Physical Stratigraphy (spring semesters 2013-2019)
  • GEOL 630: Field Studies in Geology (2004, 2008, 2010-2012, 2014, 2018)
  • GEOL 690: Geology of England and Wales (2012 International Field Studies Course)
  • GEOL 745: Advanced Stratigraphy (2009, 2011)
  • GEOL 760: Exploration Geophysics (2002, 2008)
  • GEOL 810: Extreme Environments and Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs (2004)
  • EEPS 710: Great Discoveries and Controversies in Earth Science (2007, 2008)
Publications

PUBLISHED, PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES, VOLUMES, AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

* student co-authors marked with asterisk

  • Schwartz, J.*, Dalton, J.*, and Parcell, W., 2024, Exploration for rare earth elements in coal seams with X-ray Fluorescence (XRF): A case study from the Cretaceous Eagle Formation, Elk Basin, Park County, Wyoming, USA. Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University GRASP Symposium [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Dalton, J.* and Parcell, W., 2024, First record of Belosphys spinosus (Cetacea – Odontoceti) from the Choptank Formation (Middle Miocene), Southern Maryland. Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University GRASP Symposium [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W., 2023, The art of knowing the natural world: Analysis of complete translations of Athanasius Kircher's Itinerarium Exstaticum I & II (1656,7) and Mundus Subterraneus (1678). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 55. No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Schwartz, J.* Dalton, J., and Parcell, W., 2023, Quantifying paleo-environments in the Eagle Formation, northern Bighorn Basin, using trace element concentrations. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 55. No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Schwartz, J.* and Parcell, W., 2023, Quantifying paleo-environments in the Eagle Formation Using trace element concentrations. Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University GRASP Symposium [Third place award] [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Dalton, J., and Parcell, W., 2023, Stratigraphy of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) Bentonite Beds, Northeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Swindle A.L., Demissie Z., Parcell W.C., 2022, Shrink-swell clays in soils: A simple way to get middle school students interested in Geosciences: Geological Society of America Annual Conference Abstracts with programs. Vol 54. No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Demissie, Z., Parcell, W.C., Swindle, A., Fielding, E., Seyoum. W., Duta, A., Liang, X., 2021, An integrated time-series surface deformation analysis using INSAR, GNSS, and NLDAS data, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53. No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., and Parcell, A.S., 2020, A field camp experience with Minecraft: Gamifying field mapping, exploration, and discovery in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 52. No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Ibarra, V.*, Burke, C., Demissie, Z., Doyle, K., Parcell, W.C., 2020, Analysis of sedimentary deposits on Dickman's Point Beach, southwest Florida: Natural and anthropogenic influences, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 52. No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2019, Early geologic reconnaissance of the southwestern United States by the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Gray, K., Xiangyang X., Parcell, W.C., McKay, M.P., 2018, Structure and Stratigraphy of the Mid-Continent Region: Mountain Building and Related Sedimentation, Geological Society of America South-Central Meeting, Vol, 50, No. 1. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Bruce., D.*, Parcell, W.C., 2017, Elemental and mineral stratigraphy of mixed carbonate-clastic system: Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Geological Society of America South-Central Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 1. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Bruce., D.*, Parcell, W.C., 2017, Chemostratigraphy of a mixed carbonate-evaporite-clastic system: elemental and mineralogical patterns in the Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mann, A.N.*, Parcell, W.C., 2017, Disassociating Earth from morality: Rene Descartes’ understanding of Earth’s Interior, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W., Lapeyre, C.*, Gilbert, C.*, Day, K.*, 2016, Elemental chemostratigraphic zones in the Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program, Denver, CO. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Curtis, M.*, Morrison, E., Mourning, R., Bischoff, W., Parcell, W., 2015, Reservoir characterization of the Johnson Zone within the Cherokee Group: Hubert Field Complex, Logan County, KS, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 84. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Curtis, M.*, Morrison, E., Mourning, R., Parcell, W., Bischoff, W., 2015, Reservoir characterization of hte Johnson Zone within the Cherokee Group in the Owen Field Complex in Logan County, west central Kansas, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Student Expo, Tulsa, OK. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Sinclair, J.*, Parcell, W.C., 2014, Trace Metal Analysis of Little Arkansas River as Urbanization Increases Nearing Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć, KS. in Proceedings: 10th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP). Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć, KS: Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University, p. 155 [First place award] [CONFERENCE ARTICLE]
  • Day, K.*, Parcell, W.C., 2013, Development of Upper Jurassic microbialite buildups in the Little Cedar Creek and Brooklyn fields and possible embayment wide microbolite buildups in southwest Alabama, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No. 7, p.106. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Day, K.*, Parcell, W.C., 2013, Upper Jurassic Smackover stratal relationships of the Little Cedar Creek and Brooklyn Fields and possible embayment wide microbolite buildups, AAPG Midcontinent Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Morgan, W., Harris, P., Parcell, W.C., 2013, Introduction: AAPG Hedberg Research Conference on Microbial Carbonate Reservoir Characterization—Conference summary and selected papers, AAPG Bulletin, v. 97, no. 11, p. 1835–1847. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Warusavitharana*, C., Parcell, W., 2013, Sedimentary features, occurrence and cyclicity of microbialite facies in the Roubidoux and Jefferson City Formations of Missouri and Kansas, AAPG Bulletin, v. 97, no. 11, p. 1849–1870. [JOURNAL ARTICLE] 
  • Warusavitharana, C.*, Parcell, W., Franseen, E., Outcrop and subsurface characterization of microbialite facies in the Ordovician Arbuckle Group of Missouri and Kansas, AAPG Hedberg Conference: Microbial Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Abstracts. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Ahr, W., Parcell, W.C., Ridgway, G., Characteristics of Upper Jurassic Smackover microbial facies and reservoirs in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Hedberg Conference: Microbial Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Abstracts. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Ahr, W., Mancini, E., Parcell. W., 2011, Pore characteristics in microbial carbonate reservoirs. AAPG Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Gilbert, J.C.*, Parcell, W., 2011, Depositional patterns and stratigraphic relationships in a sag basin:  Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring and Sundance Formations, NW Wyoming/SW Montana. AAPG Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Warusavitharana, C.*, Parcell, W., 2011, A multi-scale analysis and stratigraphy of microbialites of the Lower Ordovician of Kansas and central Missouri, AAPG Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Ahr, W.M., Parcell, W.C., Morgan, W.A., 2010, Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs, AAPG Getting Started Series No. 19. [EDITED VOLUME AND ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2010, Evolution of Creation: Athanasius Kircher's (1602-1680) recognition of a changing Earth through time, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 402. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Warusavitharana, C.*, 2010, Stromatolite-thrombolite associations in the Lower Ordovician Cotter Dolomite at Hollister, Missouri, U.S.A., Geological Society of America Southcentral Section Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 2, p. 85. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Warusavitharana, C.*, Parcell, W., 2010, A multi-scale analysis and stratigraphy of microbialites of the Lower Ordovician of Kansas and central Missouri, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 107. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Ahr, W., Parcell, W.C. 2010, Development of geologic models to facilitate the exploration for microbial carbonate buildups and potential reservoir facies in Mixed Depositional Systems, AAPG Annual Meeting Abstracts with Program. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2009, Signs and symbols in Athanasius Kircher’s Mundus Subterraneus, in Rosenberg, G., ed., The Revolution in Geology from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, GSA Memoir 203, p. 63-74. [MEMOIR ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., Parcell, L.M., 2009, Evaluating and communicating geologic reasoning with semiotics and certainty estimation: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 57, p. 380-390. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2009, Outcrops from central Missouri as analogs for microbialite facies in the Cambro-Ordovician Arbuckle Group of Kansas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract with Program. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2009, Outcrop analogs from western Europe for reservoir characterization and modeling of Upper Jurassic microbialite and associated higher energy lithofacies in the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mountain Section Meeting Abstract with Program. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Obid, J., Badali, M., Liu, K., Parcell, W.C., 2008, Sequence stratigraphic analysis of Jurassic and Cretaceous strata and petroleum exploration in the central and eastern Gulf coastal plain, United States, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 92, p. 1655-1686. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Ahr, W.M., Ramirez, V.O., Llinas, J.C., Cameron, M., 2008, Upper Jurassic updip stratigraphic trap and associated Smackover Microbial and nearshore carbonate facies, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 92, p. 417-442. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2008, Visualizing uncertainty in carbonate reservoir models with semiotics and information systems: examples from outcrop and core studies, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2008, Multi-valued logic modeling to visualize conceptual uncertainty in a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic system, Geological Soc. of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 6, p. 94. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2008, Multivalued logic modeling of Jurassic microbial reef development, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council - Eastern Gulf Section Workshop Notes, Jackson, MS. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Koralegedara, G.*, Parcell, W.C., 2008, Depositional fabrics and dolomitization In microbial reef reservoirs at Little Cedar Creek Field, Conecuh County, Alabama. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 6, p. 413. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Koralegadara, G.*, Parcell, W.C., 2008, Reservoir characterization of microbial reef reservoirs at Little Cedar Creek Field, Conecuh County, Alabama. In Proceedings: 4th Annual Symposium: Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć, KS: Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University, p.57-58. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.M., Parcell, W.C., Ahr, W.M., Ramirez, V.O., Llinás, J.C., Cameron, M., 2008, Carbonate reservoir characterization for identification of stratigraphic traps: Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2008, Outcrops from central Missouri as analogs for microbialite facies in the Cambro-Ordovician Arbuckle Group of Kansas, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2008, Outcrop analogs from western Europe for reservoir characterization and modeling of Upper Jurassic microbialite and associated higher energy lithofacies in the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2007, The influence of Athanasius Kircher’s hermetic and neo-platonic worldview on Mundus Subterraneus, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 414. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2007, MUNDUS: digital archive of historical earth inquiry, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 155. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Koralegedara, G.*, Moody, W.H.*, Warusavitharana, C.J.*, Parcell, W.C., 2007, Relationships between depositional fabric and reservoir quality distribution in microbial reef reservoirs, Little Cedar Creek Field, Conecuh County, Alabama, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 147. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Ahr, W.M., 2006, Upper Jurassic Smackover thrombolite buildups and associated nearshore facies, Southwest Alabama: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 56, p. 551-563. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2006, Outcrop analogs for reservoir characterization of Jurassic microbial buildups, Gulf of Mexico, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 131. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Ahr, W.M., Llinas, J.C., Bearden, B.L., Tew, B.H., 2006, New stratigraphic trap oil play associated with the Upper Jurassic Smackover microbial reef trend, onshore Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2006, Maximum flooding or maximum starvation? Exploring the development of the maximum flooding surface in carbonate systems with multi-valued logic: Stratigraphy, v. 2, n. 4., p. 355-368. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2006, Viewing the history of geologic thought through lens of semiotics, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 37. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Venhaus, J.C.*, 2006, 3-D sequence stratigraphic framework for the Middle Jurassic Ellis Group, Wyoming and Montana through correlation of outcrop descriptions, gamma ray profiles, and well logs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mountain Section Meeting Abstract Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Haner, A.*, Parcell, W.C., 2005, Stratigraphic relationships within the Lower Ellis Group, southern margin of Belt Island, southern Montana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 141. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Llinas, J.C., 2005, Upper Jurassic thrombolite and coral-thrombolite buildup development in shelf and ramp settings in the northern Tethyan Realm: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstracts Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Williams, M.K.*, 2005, Mixed-sediment deposition in a retro-arc foreland basin: Lower Ellis Group (M. Jurassic), Wyoming and Montana, U.S.A.: Sedimentary Geology, v. 177, p. 175-194. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., Williams, M.K.*, Haner, A.L.*, Ploynoi, M.*, Mancini, E.A., 2005, T-R cycle characterization of the Jurassic Ellis Group, Wyoming and Montana: Evaluation of method for improving hydrocarbon detection in northern Gulf Coast salt basins: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 55, p. 655-667. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2005, Fuzzy logic in geology: International Journal of General Systems, v. 34, p. 91. [BOOK REVIEW]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2005, Integrated lithostratigraphic, biostratigraphic, and gamma ray correlation techniques for improved sequence stratigraphic analysis of Middle Jurassic strata, Wyoming and Montana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 113. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Ploynoi, M.*, Parcell, W.C., 2005, Development of Middle Jurassic microbial buildups in Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p. 17. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Venhaus, J.*, Parcell, W.C., 2005, Outcrop to subsurface gamma-ray correlation of Middle Jurassic units, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, p. 142. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Llinas, J.C., Parcell, W.C., Aurell, M., Badenas, B., Leinfelder, R.R., Benson, D.J., 2004, Upper Jurassic thrombolite reservoir play, northeastern Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 88, n. 11, p. 1573-1602. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2004, Clarifying 50 years of definitions ascribed to the maximum flooding surface with fuzzy IF-THEN classifiers and inference systems: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 196. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Kasten, L.*, Minks, K.*, Williams, M.K.*, 2004, Mapping Middle Jurassic microbial buildups, Cody, Wyoming: implications for stratigraphic correlation of Middle Jurassic units across the Bighorn Basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A108. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Williams, M.K.*, 2004, Development of Middle Jurassic shallow-water microbial buildups in association with mixed carbonate and evaporite deposition, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A108. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Aurell, M., Badenas, B., Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Llinas, J.C., 2004, Use of Upper Jurassic coral-microbial and thrombolitic reefal buildups of northeast Spain as outcrop analogs for Upper Jurassic coral-microbial and microbial petroleum reservoirs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A38. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Llinas, J.C., Parcell, W.C., 2004, Upper Jurassic shallow water thrombolites from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A91. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Williams, M.K.*, Parcell, W.C., 2004, Stratigraphic framework for microbial buildups in the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian and Bathonian), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A148. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Aurell, M., Badenas, B., Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Llinas, J.C., 2003, Use of Upper Jurassic coral-microbial and thrombolitic reefal buildups of northeast Spain as outcrop analogs for Upper Jurassic coral-microbial and microbial petroleum reservoirs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, Abstract Volume, p. A5. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Kasten, L.*, Minks, K.*, Williams, M.K.*, Parcell, W.C., 2003, Geologic mapping of Middle Jurassic microbial buildups in the Indian Pass Quadrangle (1:24,000-scale), Cody, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 88. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Aurell, M., Badenas, B., Parcell, W.C., Llinas, J.C., 2003, Upper Jurassic microbial outcrop analogs for characterization of thrombolitic reservoirs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A112. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., 2003, Oxfordian carbonate petroleum system characterization and modeling: Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, northeastern Gulf of Mexico, USA: American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, Abstract Volume, p. A59. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., Benson, D.J., 2003, Basin analysis of the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin and petroleum system modeling of the Jurassic Smackover Formation, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 18, p. 125-150. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2003, Modeling the controls on Upper Jurassic Smackover microbial reefs with fuzzy logic computer modeling: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 498-515. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2003, Examining the definition and significance of the maximum flooding surface through fuzzy logic modeling: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 53, p. 351-360. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., Kasten, L.*, Minks, K.*, Williams, M.K.*, 2003, Real-time digital mapping of the Indian Pass Quadrangle (1:24,000-scale), Cody, Wyoming with Tablet PCs: Geologic mapping for informed cooperation between city planners and mineral industries: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. 70. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Williams, M.K.*, 2003, Thrombolite buildups in the Middle Jurassic Piper and Gypsum Spring Formations, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A132. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Williams, M.K.*, Parcell, W.C., 2003, Stratigraphic relationships within the Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation (Bajocian and Bathonian), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming and Montana: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A181. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2002, Sequence stratigraphic controls on the development of microbial fabrics and growth forms – implications for reservoir quality distribution in the Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) Smackover Formation, Eastern Gulf Coast, U.S.A.: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 17, p. 166-181. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2002, Lithostratigraphic and paleogeographic comparisons of the Jurassic section in the Gulf Coastal Plain to the Jurassic Ellis Group in southern Montana and northern Wyoming: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 795. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2002, Correlation of Upper Jurassic carbonate and reef facies across the Burgundy and Ardennes Platforms, Eastern Paris Basin, France: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A136. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Williams, M.K.*, 2002, Stratigraphic relationships within the Middle Jurassic Piper Formation (Bajocian and Bathonian), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. 281. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Williams, M.K.*, 2002, Thrombolite buildups in the Middle Jurassic Piper and Gypsum Spring Formations, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. 124-25. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, Ernest A., Parcell, W.C., 2002, Upper Jurassic Smackover carbonate shoal and reef reservoirs of the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain and outcrop analogs from western Europe: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts with Program, p. A110. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Badali, M., Llinas, J.C., Puckett, T.M., 2002, Mesozoic thrombolite reef play, northeastern Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A111. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Badali, M., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., Llinas, J.C., 2001, Mesozoic carbonate petroleum systems in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Petroleum Systems of Deep-Water Basins: Global and Gulf of Mexico Experience, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Research Conference, Gulf Coast Section, SEPM Foundation, p. 423-451. [CONFERENCE ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2001, Outcrop analogs for reservoir characterization and modeling of Smackover microbial reefs in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico area: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 51, p. 207-228. [won 2nd place, Best Paper] [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2001, Outcrop analogs for reservoir characterization and modeling of Smackover microbial reefs in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico area: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, p. 1704. [CONFERENCE ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2001, Integrated carbonate exploration approach for Upper Jurassic Smackover reef and shoal reservoirs, northeastern Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A124. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Badali, M., Puckett, T.M., Llinas, J.C., Parcell, W.C., 2001, Mesozoic carbonate petroleum systems in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Petroleum Systems of Deep-Water Basins: Global and Gulf of Mexico Experience, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Research Conference, Gulf Coast Section, SEPM Foundation, p. 27-28. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Mancini, E.A., 2001, Integrated approach for correlation of Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian) strata between the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain and Western Europe: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. A78. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2001, Recognizing condensed sections and their significance in the development of reservoir-scale microbial reefs in Upper Jurassic carbonate sequences: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference Program and Abstracts Volume, Dallas, Texas, p. 38. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2001, Local, regional, and global controls on the development of Upper Jurassic reefs in Eastern Gulf Coast, U.S.A. and Eastern Paris Basin, France: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A150. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., Mancini, E. A., 2001, Upper Jurassic microbial reef outcrop analog for Smackover reefs in the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A150. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Hart, B.S., Balch, R.S., Parcell, W.C., Panetta, B.J., 2000, Appleton field case study (eastern Gulf Coastal Plain): Field development model for Upper Jurassic microbial reef reservoirs associated with paleotopographic basement structures: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 84, p. 1699-1717. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2000, Upper Jurassic sequence stratigraphic framework for the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and Western Europe: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, p. A176. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T., Parcell, W.C., 2000, Integrated biostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic framework: Key to sedimentary basin modeling: 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Abstract Volume. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2000, 3D computer simulation of carbonate depositional facies distribution and productivity rates using continuous set theory to mimic geologists' reasoning: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 50, p. 439-450. [1st place award, Best Paper] [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2000, Classification of microbial growth forms and fabric in the Smackover Formation, southwest Alabama and implications for reservoir quality: AAPG/EAGE Program and Abstracts Volume, p. 49. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2000, 3D computer simulation of carbonate depositional facies distribution and productivity rates using continuous set theory to mimic geologists' reasoning: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 84, p. 1688. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2000, Documenting early highstand development of microbial bioherms in the Upper Jurassic Oxfordian Smackover Formation with a 3D fuzzy logic stratigraphic simulator: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, p. A176. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 2000, Distribution and controls on carbonate reservoir quality in the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, Carter Creek Field, Uinta County, Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. 111. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Petty, A.J., Post, P.J., Parcell, W.C., 2000, Field distribution and petroleum systems of the Andrew Formation (Albian) and James Limestone (Aptian), Mobile, Main Pass, and Viosca Knoll areas, northeastern Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A115. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Puckett, T.M., Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., 2000, Source rocks, maturation, and seals in carbonate systems of the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. A120. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Hart, R.S., Chen, H., Balch, R.S., Parcell, W.C., Wang, W.T., Panetta, B.J., 1999, Integrated geological, geophysical and computer modeling approach for predicting reef lithofacies and reservoirs: Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Appleton Field, Alabama: Advanced Reservoir Characterization for the Twenty-First Century, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Research Conference, Gulf Coast Section, SEPM Foundation, p. 235-247. [CONFERENCE ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., 1999, Analysis of rift basins for optimum development: Mississippi Interior Salt Basin: Proceedings of the U.S. Department of Energy 1999 Oil & Gas Conference, 23 p. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., 1999, Modeling of the burial and thermal histories of strata in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 49, p. 332-341. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 1999, Stratigraphic architecture of Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) reefs in the northeastern Gulf Coast, U.S. and the eastern Paris Basin, France: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 49, p. 411-416. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 1999, Stratigraphic distribution of Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) reef and carbonate facies from the northern margin of the Tethys Sea: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, p. A183. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 1999, Stratigraphic architecture of Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) reefs in the northeastern Gulf Coast, U.S. and the eastern Paris Basin, France: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 83, p. 1360. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., 1999, Analysis of rift basins for optimum development: Mississippi Interior Salt Basin: U.S. Department of Energy 1999 Oil and Gas Conference Abstracts, 2 p. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., 1999, Multidimensional burial and thermal history modeling of Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata, in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico in Multi-Dimensional Basin Modeling: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference Proceedings, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 3 p. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., 1999, Upper Jurassic Smackover carbonate exploration strategies in the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. 87. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., 1999, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentation rates in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: Southeast Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, p. A28. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., 1999, Modeling of the burial and thermal histories of strata in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 83, p. 1358. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., 1999, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentation rates in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: Southeast Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, p. 28. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., Benson, D.J., 1999, Key to exploration in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin and related sub-basins, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Abstract Volume, p. 87. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Hart, B.S., Chen, H., Balch, R.S., Parcell, W.C., Wang, W.T., Panetta, B.J., 1999, Integrated geological, geophysical and computer approach for predicting reef lithofacies and reservoirs: Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Appleton Field, Alabama: Advanced Reservoir Characterization for the Twenty-First Century, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Research Conference, Gulf Coast Section, SEPM Foundation, Abstract Volume, p. 33. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING] 
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Benson, D.J., Chen, H., Yang, W., 1998, Geologic and computer modeling of carbonate Upper Jurassic Smackover reef and carbonate shoal lithofacies, Eastern Gulf Coast: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 48, p. 225-234. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Chen, H., Yang, W., 1998, Geologic and computer modeling of 2-D and 3-D carbonate lithofacies trends in the Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) Smackover Formation, Northeastern Gulf Coast: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, p. A338. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Benson, D.J., Chen, H., Yang, W., 1998, Geologic and computer modeling of carbonate Upper Jurassic Smackover reef and carbonate shoal lithofacies, Eastern Gulf Coast: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, p. 1786-1787. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Crow, C.J., 1998, Upper Cretaceous sediment accumulation in the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, p. 49. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Parcell, W.C., 1998, Fracture porosity and stylolites in Upper Jurassic Norphlet Sandstone and Smackover carbonate gas reservoirs, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Symposium, p. 365-368. [CONFERENCE ARTICLE]
  • Parcell, W.C., 1997, Controls on catch-up deposition within the Middle Jurassic Sawtooth and Piper Formations, southwestern Montana and northcentral Wyoming: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, p. A274. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]
  • Parcell, W.C., 1996, Depositional environments and facies changes of the Middle Jurassic Sawtooth and Piper Formations from southwestern Montana to northcentral Wyoming: Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, p. 34. [CONFERENCE PROCEEDING]

OPEN-FILE REPORTS, MAPS, PROJECT REPORTS, WORKSHOPS, AND GUIDEBOOKS

* student co-authors marked with asterisk

  • Parcell, W.C., Dunham, J.W., 2020, Preliminary Surficial Geology of the Garden Plain Quadrangle, Sedgwick Co., KS, Open-file Report 2020-**, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Swanson, W.J.*, Wernert, J.A.*, Dunham, J.W., 2019, Preliminary surficial geology of the Goddard quadrangle, Sedgwick County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2019-11, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Swanson, W.J.*, Wernert, J.A.*, Dunham, J.W., 2019, Preliminary surficial geology of the Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć West quadrangle, Sedgwick County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2019-12, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Baker, R. *, Woods, R. *, Post, S.D. *, Dunham, J.W., 2018, Preliminary surficial geology of the Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć East quadrangle, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2018-11, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Baker, R. *, Woods, R*., Post, S.D. *, Dunham, J.W., 2018, Preliminary surficial geology of the Andover quadrangle, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2018-10, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Dinkel, G.L.*, Post, S.D.*, Dunham, J.W., 2017, Preliminary surficial geology of the Sedgwick County portion of the Whitewater quadrangle, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2017-29, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Dinkel, G.L.*, Post, S.D.*, Dunham, J.W., 2017, Preliminary surficial geology of the Sedgwick County portion of the Sedgwick NE quadrangle, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2017-28, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Dinkel, G.L.*, Post, S.D.*, Dunham, J.W., 2017, Preliminary surficial geology of the Sedgwick County portion of the Sedgwick quadrangle, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2017-27, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000 (peer-reviewed)
  • Parcell, W.C., Dinkel, G.L.*, Post, S.D.*, Dunham, J.W., 2017, Preliminary surficial geology of the Sedgwick County portions of the Mount Hope and Patterson quadrangles, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2017-26, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Dinkel, G.L.*, Post, S.D.*, Dunham, J.W., 2017, Preliminary surficial geology of the Sedgwick County portion of the Bentley quadrangle, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2017-25, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000 (peer-reviewed)
  • Parcell, W.C., Dinkel, G.L.*, Curtis, M.D.*, Dunham, J.W., 2016, Preliminary surficial geology of the Maize quadrangle, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2016-18, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Dinkel, G.L.*, Curtis, M.D.*, Dunham, J.W., 2016, Preliminary surficial geology of the Colwich quadrangle, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2016-17, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Sinclair, J.T.*, Lahey, M.L.*, Dunham, J.W., 2015, Preliminary surficial geology of the Valley Center quadrangle, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2015-14, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Parcell, W.C., Sinclair, J.T.*, Lahey, M.L.*, Dunham, J.W., 2015, Preliminary surficial geology of the Sedgwick County portion of the Greenwich quadrangle, Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report no. 2015-13, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  • Mancini, E.A., Morgan, W.A., Ahr, W., Parcell, W.C., Dias-Brito, D., Harris, P., 2012, Microbial Carbonate Reservoir Characterization, AAPG Hedberg Research Conference, Houston, TX
  • Parcell, W.C., 2008, Multivalued Logic Modeling of Jurassic Microbial Reef Development. Petroleum Technology Transfer Council -Eastern Gulf Section, Workshop Notes, Jackson, MS
  • Parcell, W.C., 2006, Topical Report Year 3, T-R Cycle Characterization and Imaging: Advanced Diagnostic Methodology for Petroleum Reservoir and Trap Detection and Delineation: U.S. Department of Energy, Annual Progress Report for Year 3
  • Parcell, W.C., Vanderburgh, W., 2005, Fuzzy Geology - Using Many-Valued Logic to Represent Uncertainty in Stratigraphic Data Sets: Multidisciplinary University Research/Creative Projects Award, Final Report, 3 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Hart, B., 2005, Topical Report Year 2, T-R Cycle Characterization and Imaging: Advanced Diagnostic Methodology for Petroleum Reservoir and Trap Detection and Delineation: U.S. Department of Energy, Annual Progress Report for Year 2, DE FC26 03NT15409, 99 p.
  • Parcell, W.C., 2005, Topical Report Years 1-2, T-R Cycle Characterization and Imaging: Advanced Diagnostic Methodology for Petroleum Reservoir and Trap Detection and Delineation: U.S. Department of Energy, Annual Progress Report for Years 1 and 2, 21 p.
  • Parcell, W.C., 2005, Instructional and Safety Material for Field Geology in Montana and Wyoming, 238 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Benson, J., Blasingame, T., Ahr, W., Archer, R., Hart, B., Llinas, J.C., Parcell, W.C., Panetta, B.J., Morgan, D., Tebo, J., Chapman, R., Schneeflock, R., Strahan, R., 2004, Integrated Geologic-Engineering Model for Reef and Carbonate Shoal Reservoirs Associated with Paleohighs: Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Department of Energy, Final Report, 430 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Hart, B., 2004, Topical Report Year 1, T-R Cycle Characterization and Imaging: Advanced Diagnostic Methodology for Petroleum Reservoir and Trap Detection and Delineation: U.S. Department of Energy, Annual Progress Report for Year 1, DE FC26 03NT15409, 38 p.
  • Parcell, W.C., 2003, Geologic Map of the Indian Pass Quadrangle (1:24,000-scale), Cody, Wyoming, U.S. Dept. of Interior, USGS Mapping EDMAP Final Report (Map), 1 map.
  • Parcell, W.C., 2003, Instructional and Safety Material for Field Geology in Montana and Wyoming, 189 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., Llinas, J.C., Kopaska-Merkel, D.C., Townsend, R.N., 2002, Basin analysis of the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin and petroleum system modeling of the Jurassic Smackover Formation, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: U.S. Department of Energy, Final Report, DE-FG22-96BC14946, 487p.
  • Parcell, W.C., 2002, Modeling the Controls on the Decline of Coral Reefs in the Shelf Lagoon of Belize with Artificial Intelligence Techniques (4D Fuzzy Logic Modeling), University Research/Creative Projects Award, Final Report, 5 p.
  • Parcell, W.C., 2002, Instructional and Safety Material for Field Geology in Montana and Wyoming, 117 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Puckett, T.M., Llinas, J.C., 2001, Topical Report 4, Basin and Petroleum Migration Modeling of the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin: U.S. Department of Energy Report, 50 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., Llinas, J.C., 2001, Topical Reports 5-8, Smackover petroleum system (source, reservoir, seal and trap) and underdeveloped Smackover reservoirs in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin: U.S. Department of Energy Report, 442 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C. (eds.), 2000, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling for Enhanced Hydrocarbon Discovery and Recovery, AAPG/EAGE Joint International Research Conference Programs and Abstracts Volume, 68 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., Panetta, B.J., 1999, Topical Reports 1 and 2, Basin Analysis of the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin and Petroleum System Modeling of the Jurassic Smackover Formation, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain: U.S. Department of Energy Report, 425 p.
  • Parcell, W.C., 1998, Smackover burial and thermal history, in Smackover Carbonates of Southwest Alabama: Eastern Gulf Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop, Tuscaloosa, AL, 22 p.
  • Parcell, W.C., Panetta, B., Yang, W., 1998, Smackover carbonate facies and reservoir modeling, in Appleton Field Reef and Carbonate Shoal Reservoir Case Study: An Integrated Geoscientific and Engineering Approach: Eastern Gulf Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop, Tuscaloosa, AL, 32 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Parcell, W.C., Benson, D.J., Chen, H., Yang, W., 1998, Geologic and computer modeling of carbonate Upper Jurassic Smackover reef and carbonate shoal lithofacies, Eastern Gulf Coast, in Smackover Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling: An Integrated Approach: Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop, Jackson, MS, 38 p.
  • Mancini, E.A., Puckett, T.M., Parcell, W.C., Crow, C.J., Smith, C.C., 1998, Sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous strata of the Alabama coastal plain: Alabama Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, 41 p.
Professional Experience

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Chair, Department of Geology, Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University, 2010 – present

  • Duties: manage department budget, liason with college dean and university officials, faculty searches, interact with department alumni

Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University, 2007 – present

  • Research: My broad research areas encompass sedimentology and stratigraphy. Specializations include examination of ancient microbial reefs and associated sedimentary environments. Approaches to these studies emphasize integration of field measurements, computer modeling techniques, and uncertainty analysis.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University, 2001 – 2007

  • Research: as above

Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Alabama, Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies, 2000 - 2001

  • Research: Basin analysis, sequence-stratigraphic analysis, petroleum-systems analysis, and reservoir characterization and modeling of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Gulf Coastal Plain strata in Alabama and Mississippi.

Research Assistant, University of Alabama, Department of Geological Sciences, 1997 – 2000

  • Research: Basin analysis, sequence-stratigraphic analysis, petroleum-systems analysis, and reservoir characterization and modeling of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Gulf Coastal Plain strata in Alabama and Mississippi. Depositional systems, sedimentology, and sequence stratigraphy of Jurassic strata in the Paris Basin, France, Portugal, and Spain.

Teaching Assistant, University of Delaware, Department of Geology, 1994 – 1996

  • Courses taught: Field Camp in the Western United States (Montana and Wyoming), Petrology of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Structural Geology.

OTHER POSITIONS

Geologist, BP Amoco, Western U.S. Gas Unit, Houston, TX, 1999

  • Duties: Construct depositional and diagenetic model of controls on carbonate reservoir quality (i.e. porosity and dolomite distribution) in the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation. Prepared and presented in-house reports.

Research Assistant, Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE, 1994-1997

  • Duties: Mapping, recording, and locating seismic events, data entry of historic earthquakes in Delaware, water well testing, library research, and report preparation.
Grants
  • 2019-20, KU-USGS STATEMAP Mapping Subcontract with Kansas Geological Survey, KU, “Bedrock Map of Sedgwick Co., KS” $7,000 awarded
  • 2018-19, KU-USGS STATEMAP Mapping Subcontract with Kansas Geological Survey, KU, “Bedrock Map of Sedgwick Co., KS” $15,000 awarded
  • 2017 - present. LMKR Geographix Exploration and GIS software. $900K value.
  • 2017-18, KU-USGS STATEMAP Mapping Subcontract with Kansas Geological Survey, KU, “Bedrock Map of Sedgwick Co., KS” $15,000 awarded
  • 2016-17, KU-USGS STATEMAP Mapping Subcontract with Kansas Geological Survey, KU, “Bedrock Map of Sedgwick Co., KS” $15,000 awarded
  • 2015-16, KU-USGS STATEMAP Mapping Subcontract with Kansas Geological Survey, KU, “Bedrock Map of Sedgwick Co., KS” $30,000 awarded
  • 2014-15, KU-USGS STATEMAP Mapping Subcontract with Kansas Geological Survey, KU, “Bedrock Map of Sedgwick Co., KS” $30,000 awarded            
  • 2014 - present. IHS Kingdom Suite+ software Grant, Seismic Micro-technology, The Kingdom Company. $1.2 million value
  • 2011-12, WSU URCA: Stratigraphy of marine vs. non-marine evaporite basins on ancient cratons: Reevaluation of the origin of the Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, Wyoming and Montana, $4500.
  • 2008 - 2014. SMT Kingdom Suite+ software Grant, Seismic Micro-technology, The Kingdom Company. value $1.2 million
  • 2004-2005. Multidisciplinary Research Project Award (MURPA), Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University. “Fuzzy Geology: Using Many-Valued Logic to Represent Uncertainty in Stratigraphic Data Sets.” With W. Vanderburgh, WSU, Philosophy, Co-PI. $4,500.
  • 2003-2006. U.S. Department of Energy. “T-R cycle characterization and imaging: Advanced diagnostic methodology for petroleum reservoir detection and delineation.” With E. A. Mancini (University of Alabama) and B. Hart (McGill University), Co-PI’s. $90,000.
  • 2003-2004. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Educational Mapping Grant (EDMAP). “Geologic bedrock map of the Indian Pass Quadrangle (1:24,000 scale), Cody, WY.” Sole PI. $16,450.
  • 2002. Landmark (Halliburton Co.) University Grant. “Landmark Suite (Solaris UNIX) geologic and geophysical interpretation package.” Sole PI. $984,599.
  • 2001. University Research/Creative Projects Award (URCA), Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University. “Modeling the Controls on the Decline of Coral Reefs in the Shelf Lagoon of Belize with Artificial Intelligence Techniques (4D Fuzzy Logic Modeling).” Sole PI. $4,000.
  • 2001. Seismic Micro-technology Inc. University Grant, “The Kingdom Suite geologic and geophysical interpretaton package.” Sole PI. $47,495.
  • 2000-2001. Geological Society of America Research Grant. Sole PI. $1,500.
  • 2000-2001. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) Research Grant. Sole PI. $1,500.
  • 2000. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) Travel Grant. $500.
Additional Information

STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT

Mitch Baker, MS, current student

  • Project: “Imaging Microbialite Structures and Components in the Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, Cody, WY with computed tomography (CT) scans”

Jack Dalton, MS, current student

  • Project: “Chemostratigraphic Framework and Dinosaur Faunal Assemblage of Jurassic Morrison Formation, WY”

Julia Schwartz, MS, 2024

  • Project: “Chemostratigraphy of Cretaceous Eagle Formation, WY”
  • Employment: Assistant Educator, Department of Geology, Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć State University

Guadalupe Gonzalez, MS, 2022

  • Project: “Chemostratigraphy of Cretaceous Niobrara Formation, KS”
  • Employment: GSI Environmental, Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć, KS

Wesley Moots, MS, 2020

  • Project: “Fracture Analysis in Sandstones in the Cody Formation, northern WY”
  • Employment: Colt Energy, Mission, KS

Grant Goodwin, MS, 2020

  • Employment: APAC – Kansas, Inc., Shears Div., Lincoln, KS

Logan Woods, MSc, 2018

  • Project: “Correlation of Triassic-Jurassic contact, northern WY and southern MT”
  • Employment: Greystone Environmental Services, Oklahoma City, OK

Robert Baker, MS, 2018

  • Project: “Correlation of Triassic-Jurassic contact, northern WY and southern MT”
  • Employment: self employed

David Bruce, BS, 2017

  • Project: “Chemostratigraphy of Middle Jurassic Ellis Group, northern Wyoming and southern Montana”
  • Employment: Virginia Tech, Ph.D. candidate

Meghan Corwell (nee Curtis), MS, 2017

  • Project: “Reservoir characterization of the Johnson Zone within the Cherokee Group, KS”
  • Employment: Spirit Aerosystems, Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć, KS

Melissa Worley, MS, 2016

  • Project: “Mapping Permian Wellington Formation of Sedgwick Co., KS”
  • Employment: City of Houston, TX, Environmental Investigator

Charles Lapeyre, MS, 2015

  • Project: “Chemostratigraphy of Middle Jurassic Ellis Group, northern Wyoming and southern Montana”
  • Employment: Carriere-Stumm, LLC, Vice President, LA

Jacob Sinclair, MS, 2015

  • Project: “Trace metal analysis of Little Arkansas River, Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć, KS”
  • Employment: Environmental Scientist, Hundersville, NC

Peter Wheiland, MS, 2015

  • Project: “Characterization of microbial carbonate reservoirs, Little Cedar Creek Field, AL”
  • Employment: Chevron Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA

Kyle Day, MS, 2013

  • Project: “Characterization of microbial carbonate reservoirs, Little Cedar Creek Field, AL”
  • Employment: Murphy Oil Co., Houston, TX

Clark Gilbert, MS, 2012

  • Project: “Allostratigraphy of Middle Jurassic Ellis Group, northern Wyoming”
  • Employment: Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. candidate

Chamandika Warusavitharana, MS, 2012

  • Project: “Characterization of microbial buildups in Ordovician Gasconade and Roubidoux formations, central Missouri”
  • Employment: Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. candidate

Ganganath Koralegedara, MS, 2009

  • Project: “Characterization of microbial carbonate reservoirs, Appleton and Little Cedar Creek Fields, AL”
  • Employment: Berexco Oil Co., Â鶹ĆĆ˝â°ć, KS

Jaclyn Venhaus, MS, 2006

  • Project: “Correlation of Middle Jurassic Sawtooth Formation, southern MT”
  • Employment: Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK

Manwika Ploynoi, MS, 2006

  • Project: “Microbial carbonate buildups in the Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, northern Wyoming”

Andrew Haner, MS, 2006

  • Project: “Correlation of Middle Jurassic Sawtooth Formation, southern MT”

Monica Williams, MS, 2004

  • Project: “Lithostratigraphic correlation of the Middle Jurassic Gypsum Spring Formation, northern Wyoming”
  • Employment: ISI Environmental