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When it comes to talking about new discoveries, convention organizers have designed a new way to discuss something new.

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

There are many known fractured reservoirs worldwide that have been profitably produced — but it is safe to say that none of them have been depleted efficiently.

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Perspective provided by three individuals builds a better 3-D picture for Flat Rock Field in Utah.

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Explorer Article

Lasers have been synonymous with rock shows for years — but when it comes to the future of 3-D seismic work, they are about to become important for their rock shows.

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Explorer Article

Louisiana officials have a message to share: Louisiana is a great place for oil and gas exploration and production.

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Explorer Article

Given the plethora of expendable boreholes on land for receiver placement versus the marine environment, it comes as no surprise that most passive seismic applications thus far have been land-based.

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Explorer Article

The next big thing? There's nothing passive about the rush toward passive seismic.

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Technical award winners have been announced for the 2002 AAPG international meeting in Cairo, Egypt.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

A recent geologic study may shed light on the New Madrid, a mid-western U.S. seismic zone that is much discussed but little understood.

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State-of-the-art seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation techniques continue to be keys that unlock the treasure for Forest Oil in South Africa.

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DL Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) seismic-reflection surveys provide one of the most important data types for understanding subsurface depositional systems. Quantitative analysis is commonly restricted to geophysical interpretation of elastic properties of rocks in the subsurface. Wide availability of 3D seismic-reflection data and integration provide opportunities for quantitative analysis of subsurface stratigraphic sequences. Here, we integrate traditional seismic-stratigraphic interpretation with quantitative geomorphologic analysis and numerical modeling to explore new insights into submarine-channel evolution.

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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.

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DL Abstract

Around 170 million years ago, the Gulf of Mexico basin flooded catastrophically, and the pre-existing landscape, which had been a very rugged, arid, semi-desert world, was drowned beneath an inland sea of salt water. The drowned landscape was then buried under kilometers of salt, perfectly preserving the older topography. Now, with high-quality 3D seismic data, the salt appears as a transparent layer, and the details of the drowned world can be seen in exquisite detail, providing a unique snapshot of the world on the eve of the flooding event. We can map out hills and valleys, and a system of river gullies and a large, meandering river system. These rivers in turn fed into a deep central lake, whose surface was about 750m below global sea level. This new knowledge also reveals how the Louann Salt was deposited. In contrast to published models, the salt was deposited in a deep water, hypersaline sea. We can estimate the rate of deposition, and it was very fast; we believe that the entire thickness of several kilometers of salt was laid down in a few tens of thousands of years, making it possibly the fastest sustained deposition seen so far in the geological record.

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Request a visit from Frank Peel!

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