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Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

Finding Facts Before Conclusions

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is all about science.

Added on 01 May, 2007

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

Reserve Site Designation Applauded

Calling the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve (IRLR), “a shining example of our nation’s natural treasures,” National Park Service Director Fran Mainella recently designated 37,000 acres of the IRLR a “National Natural Landmark,” making it the first site in California to receive NNL designation since 1987.

Added on 01 April, 2007

Explorer Article

Perth Technical Winners Announced

Technical award winners have been announced for presentations at last year’s AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Perth, Australia.

Added on 01 March, 2007

Explorer Emphasis Article

Events Aimed at Young Geologists

Are you a student who’s anxious to have a good start in your petroleum career?

Added on 01 March, 2007

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Giants Like Stable Environments

It’s unusual for researchers to predict where future exploration will discover elephants, the world’s largest oil and gas fields. It’s even more unusual when they turn out to be right.

Added on 01 March, 2007

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Antarctica: Too Risky for Business?

The continent of Antarctica is distinctive in myriad ways, including its massive ice cap, mountain peaks and intriguing penguin population. It also has the distinction of being the only continent in the world where an oil exploration well has never been drilled.

Added on 01 October, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Aussie Potential Being Tapped

If you're looking to get in on some big-time E&P action, head “down under” to Western Australia -- it’s a rockin’ scene these days.

Added on 01 October, 2006

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Talk Seeks Geohazard Awareness

Even the bravest of souls are known to fear Mother Nature’s wrath, which can be mighty scary, unpredictable and often fatal. In the case of potentially devastating events like slow-moving hurricanes, there’s time to prepare to ride it out and take your chances -- or else “get out of Dodge.”

Added on 01 August, 2006

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

GOM Quake Bolsters Theory

Earthquake in the Gulf spotlights the Cretaceous shelf edge, the separation point of the Gulf of Mexico plate from North American plate.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Director’s Corner By Rick Fritz

Houston: All Systems Are Go

Where can you have the opportunity, for about $80 per day for the price of admission, to choose from 465 technical talks, 415 posters, view state-of-the-art technology from around the world, and enjoy networking with top geoscientists and business leaders? It is the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition (ACE), scheduled for April 9-12 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Added on 01 March, 2006

DL Abstract By Kurt W. Rudolph

Tectonic Controls on Source Rock Deposition

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.

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Added on 14 September, 2023

VG Abstract By Juan I. Soto

Salt versus Shales in Continental Margins and Orogens

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.

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Added on 26 June, 2019

DL Abstract By John Suppe

Probing What Makes the Crust Strong (or Weak): Insight from Boreholes, Earthquakes, Active Fault Systems, and Toy Models

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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Added on 14 September, 2023

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