By Ted Beaumont
In 1988, John Bookout (former president and CEO of Shell Oil Company) observed that there are two types of geologists in the oil business.
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1990
Explorer President’s Column
01 August, 2012
By David Curtiss
One year ago this month I was sitting in AAPG’s GEO-DC office at the American Geosciences Institute in Alexandria, Va., when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the state.
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1991
Explorer Director’s Corner
01 August, 2012
By Jeremy Boak
For more than 100 years, shale oil has referred to the product of pyrolysis of oil shale, whereas oil shale refers to organic rich (kerogen) rock that has never reached the oil window.
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1993
Explorer Division Column EMD
01 August, 2012
By Satinder Chopra
In the rough terrain of overthrust settings, 2-D seismic data continues to be a standard tool for subsurface mapping – and not only because of economic reasons. Two-D and 3-D seismic surveys are complementary in land environments, because each data type has its own strength and weakness.
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1994
Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 August, 2012
By Keith James
Historical Highlights looks at the origin of the Caribbean, a geological puzzle. Just exactly where did it come from?
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1981
Explorer Historical Highlights
01 August, 2012
By Carol McGowen
AAPG’s Asia Pacific Region comprises members living in a geographically large and complex area drawn from the most ethnically and culturally diverse area of the Earth; it includes the “stans” in the west (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan), the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, north Asia – including China, Korea and Japan – together with Oceania (PNG, Australia, New Zealand).
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1992
Explorer Regions and Sections
01 August, 2012
By Natalie Adams
At the center of the AAPG Foundation is its support of scientific advances in the geosciences and petroleum geology to enable broad availability of geoscience information to professionals and the public, to enhance public awareness of geoscience and energy issues and to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers from K-12 and beyond.
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1995
Explorer Foundation Update
01 August, 2012