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Explorer Article By Susie Moore

Gooding’s Passion Keeps Geo-Data Saved and Safe

Each year billions of dollars worth of valuable geoscience data necessary for research and exploration are lost, disposed of or destroyed.

Added on 01 July, 2008

Explorer President’s Column By Will Green

AAPG Begins New Journey With PTTC

In early August, Executive Director Rick Fritz asked whether I realized I was “about to be sucked into the vortex” – meaning that the heavy meeting schedule with attendant travel was about to begin.

Added on 01 November, 2007

Explorer President’s Column By Will Green

AAPG Addressing Manpower Needs

To assure the future energy supply, more well-educated and trained geologists, geophysicists and engineers are needed. Learn what AAPG is doing to attract, assist and encourage students in geosciences?

Added on 01 October, 2007

Explorer Article By David Brown

If It's Shale, It's Probably in Play

Unconventional resource plays are sprouting up across the country, especially projects in search of gas or oil production from shale.

Added on 01 April, 2007

Explorer Regions and Sections By Peter MacKenzie

AAPG Eastern Section

The AAPG Eastern Section was founded in 1977 in Washington, D.C., by a council of AAPG associated societies. The Section has been active ever since, holding society-hosted annual meetings at locales throughout the Section and eastern Canada. The Section currently is home to 2,209 AAPG members (1,039 Active, 695 Associate, 298 Student, 163 Emeritus, 11 Honorary and three Life members).

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Division Column EMD By William Ambrose

'FutureGen' Holds Promise for Coal

“Clean coal” is rapidly becoming more important as energy demands continue to rise. Clean coal is coal that has been stripped of minerals and other impurities. It is then gasified and burned, and resulting flue gases can be treated with steam and re-burned to make CO2 in the flue gas economically recoverable.

Added on 01 August, 2006

Explorer Division Column EMD By John Dyni,Ron Johnson

Will Oil Shale Be a Major Player?

The recent increases in petroleum prices have spurred renewed interest in the development of oil shale resources worldwide, including the vast deposits of the Green River Formation in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Donald Zieglar

Structure Contour Map Born in India

The geological experiences of Benjamin Lyman in 1870 throughout the Punjab of India led to a visualization of contours on paper.

Added on 01 March, 2005

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

New Madrid Study Sheds New Light

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.

Added on 01 March, 2003

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Deep East-Mid Con Is Barely Touched

Look out below! For successful drilling project, exploration strategies are going to have to dig deeper -- and that could be good news for the eastern U.S. Midcontinent.

Added on 01 April, 2002

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