Ms. Regina Dickey

Research Interests

My research focuses on the palynological biostratigraphy of Wilcox Group sediments located in Bastrop, Texas. I intend to 1) provide better age control, 2) locate the PETM, and 3) provide a complete and detailed biostratigraphy for the section. I am also working with Dr. T. Yancey and T. Hull on the depositional environment and stratigraphy of the section. Ultimately, I would like to correlate these outcrops with deepwater Gulf of Mexico Wilcox sediments.  

Other goals of this research include characterizing the large channel complex located within the section and analyzing fossilized plant cuticle for both identification of species and atmospheric CO2 ratios based on stomatal complexes.  

Abstracts and Presentations

• Dickey, R.L. and T.E. Yancey, 2010.  Palynological age control of sediments bracketing the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, Bastrop, Texas:  Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 60, p. 717-724.
• Yancey, T.E., T.F. Hull, and R.L. Dickey, 2010.  Depositional environments of sediments near the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, Bastrop, Texas:  Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 60, p. 679-691. 
• Palynological age control of the Calvert Bluff and Carrizo Formations, Bastrop, Texas:  Inaugural Berg-Hughes Center Research Conference and Problem Identification Workshop
• Palynology across a sequence boundary, Wilcox Group, Central Texas:  Oral presentation at AAPG ACE in New Orleans, April 2010
• Palynology across a sequence boundary, Geology and Geophysics Student Research Symposium 2010
• Palynological biostratigraphy of the Upper Wilcox, Bastrop, Texas:  Student Research Week, 2009
• Palynological biostratigraphy of the Upper Wilcox, Bastrop, Texas:  Geology and Geophysics Student Research Symposium, 2009
• Ghosts of oceans past:  Analysis of microfossils from deep ocean sediments and reconstruction of paleoclimate:  Undergraduate Thesis.  Student Research Week 2006 presentation.

Awards

• 2011 Texas A&M Student Research Week - Session winner and overall 2nd place
• SEPM 2010 Excellence of Oral Presentation Award, AAPG ACE, New Orleans, Louisiana
• First Place, BP Energy Play, April 2010
  
• Geology and Geophysics Student Research Symposium 2010, 2nd place PhD
• GCSSEPM Ed Picou Fellowship Recipient 2009
• Geology and Geophysics Student Research Symposium, 2009, First Place PhD Proposal
• Student Research Week 2006, Graduate Diversity Colloquium Award (Undergraduate Research) 

Professional Courses

• BP Energy Play April 2010 - Short course and project presentation.  Worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team to create a long-term economic drilling plan.
• Short Course:  Microbial carbonate buildups and reservoirs, taught by Ernest A. Mancini, Director of the Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems.

Professional Affiliations and Activities

• President-Geology and Geophysics Graduate Student Council, 2009-2010, 2010-2011
• Invited Student Member - Moore Medal Selection Committee, SEPM
• Chair-Geology and Geophysics Department Graduate Program Enhancement Committee 2009-2010
• AAPG Member 2008-Present, Budgetary Committee 2008-2009, Secretary 2009-2010, 2010-2011
• College Strategic Plan Research Subcommittee Member         
• American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, 2008-Present
• Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, 2008-Present
• North American Micropaleontology Section SEPM 2009-Present
• SEPM 2010
• GSA 2010

Research Experience

• Intern with Devon Energy, Southern Division Exploration, summer 2009
• Undergraduate Thesis:  Analysis of Microfossils from Deep Ocean Sediments and Reconstruction of Paleoclimate, under the direction of Dr. Debbie Thomas, Department of Oceanography, 2006
• Lab Member:  San Antonio Guadalupe Estuarine System Project, fieldwork and specimen counting, under the direction of Ms. Danielle Rutka-Greer, PhD candidate in WFSC, TAMU, 2005
• Preparator: Ornithology Collection, Teaching Specimens, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU, 2005