John D. Pigott

Associate Professor

Ph.D., 1981, Northwestern University
M.A., 1977, University of Texas
B.A., 1974, University of Texas
B.S., 1974, University of Texas

Office: SEC 944
Phone: 405-325-4498
Fax: 405-325-3140
E-mail: jpigott@ou.edu

Areas of Interest

Basin Analysis and Seismic Stratigraphy

Research

My research studies integrate geology, geophysics, and geochemistry into the evaluation of the tectonic evolution and hydrocarbon potential of sedimentary basins worldwide.

One example of my integrated basin analysis-seismic stratigraphy research is a field program within the Ramu-Sepik Basin of Papua New Guinea. The outcrop, structural, and petrologic data are combined with reflection seismic data to constrain the dynamic evolution of this complicated convergent-margin setting. In the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand co-workers and I are unraveling the history of basin response to propagative extrusion tectonics using an inventory of reflection seismic and well bore hole data and state-of-the-art basin modeling software.

A particularly exciting and new development in my basin research is the recent work in the Middle East. Presently, under the auspices of the United Nations - World Bank, I am supervising the processing and interpretation of some 1000 km of seismic data from the Red Sea - Gulf of Aden, a program of research and technology transfer with member nations funded by a consortium of international oil companies.

Courses Taught

Physical Geology

Geology of Carbonates

Basin Analysis

Introduction to Seismic Stratigraphy

Tectonics / Tectonophysics

Faculty Web Page

Seismic Stratigraphic Modelling Processing and Interpretation Group

Selected Publications

Pigott, J.D., 1995, A seismic classification scheme for clastic shelf wedges (Deltas), in M.N. Oti and G. Postma, eds. Geology of Deltas, Balkema, Roterdam, p. 17-29.

Pigott, J.D. and Sattayarak, N., 1993, Aspects of sedimentary basin evolution assessed through tectonic subsidence analysis; Example: Northern Gulf of Thailand, Journal Southeast Asian Earth Sciences, 8, p. 407-420.

Warwick, R.A. and Pigott, J.D., 1990. Interpretation of lateral variations in carbonate porosity by detailed stacking velocity analysis: Mississippian bioherm example, Hardeman Basin, Texas, in Estimation and Practical Use of Seismic Velocities, EAEG/SEG Research Workshop, Cambridge, England, p. 460-469.

Pigott, J.D., Shrestha, R.K., and Warwick, R.A., 1990, Direct determination of carbonate reservoir porosity and pressure from AVO inversion, SEG 60th Annual International Meeting, 2, p. 1533-1536.

Ru, Ke and Pigott, J.D., 1986, Episodic rifting and subsidence in the South China Sea: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 70, p. 1136-1155.

Cullen, A.B. and Pigott, J.D., 1989, Post-Jurassic tectonic evolution of Papua New Guinea: Tectonophysics, 162, p. 291-302