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Tectonics (General)

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Using seismic in the deep waters has just gotten deeper as these scientists explore how mineral grains align to pass seismic waves.

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An idea rooted in 1998 during an informal meeting with the vice chairman of the AAPG International Liaison Committee led to the creation of the Association of Petroleum Geologists (APG-India) in February 2000.

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The second AAPG Named Grant to be established by a society has been announced by the AAPG Foundation.

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Cairo Meeting Set For October 27-30

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Pictures of the world from space offer a new view worth looking at!

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Planning has begun on a new APPEX (AAPG Prospect and Property Expo) in London, England, following the tremendous results of the initial APPEX held last August in Houston.

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AAPG's Distinguished Lecture program, which only a few years ago became a truly global effort, is ready to once again cover the planet with speakers for the 2001-2002 season.

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A 3.5-million-year-old skull found in eastern Africa is changing the way science views the origins of mankind.

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A new publication that studies an area that is among the world's hottest exploration targets has been released by AAPG.

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The relatively small, sparsely populated countries along the coast of West Africa are poised to be become major players in the world oil arena.

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DL Abstract

While there are many habitats that are associated with the deposition of organic-rich marine and lacustrine source rocks, one important pathway is linked to the onset of increased basin subsidence associated with major tectonic events. A key aspect is that this subsidence is spatially variable, with the uplift of basin flanks contemporaneous with the foundering of the basin center, resulting in a steeper basin profile.

Request a visit from Kurt W. Rudolph!

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VG Abstract

In comparison with the known boundary conditions that promote salt deformation and flow in sedimentary basins, the processes involved with the mobilization of clay-rich detrital sediments are far less well established. This talk will use seismic examples in different tectonic settings to document the variety of shale geometries that can be formed under brittle and ductile deformations.

Request a visit from Juan I. Soto!

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DL Abstract

For well over a century there have been conflicting indications of the strength of the crust and of faults and what controls them.  Much of our ignorance comes quite naturally from the general inaccessibility of the crust to measurement--in contrast with our understanding of the atmosphere, which is much more accessible to observation as well as more rapidly changing.  Crustal strength is best understood in deforming sedimentary basins where the petroleum industry has made great contributions, particularly in deforming petroleum basins because of the practical need to predict. In this talk we take a broad look at key issues in crustal strength and deformation and what we can learn from boreholes, earthquakes, active fault systems, and toy models.

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Request a visit from John Suppe!

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