At the upcoming AAPG ACE in Salt Lake City, there are number of UAV based activities and presentations that will be of interest for TIG members. Below is a list of UAV presentations and activities:

Sunday, May 20
Short Course
UAVs and Virtual Outcrops – from Data Collection to Final Interpretation

Monday, May 21
Presentation
3-D Reconstruction of Clinoform Geometries Using Drone-Based Photogrammetry, Upper San Andres Formation, Last Chance Canyon, New Mexico

Posters
Quantitative Outcrop Characterization of Incised Valley Fill Combining UAV-Based Photogrammetry and Traditional Geologic Field Methods

Understanding Fluvial to Shallow Marine Clastic Reservoirs from Modern Analogues Resolved by GPR and Drone Imagery

Using UAV Photogrammetry to Quantify Differential Cementation of Turbidite Sandstones: An Example from the Gremiasco System (Upper Oligocene, Tertiary Piedmont Basin of NW Italy)

Wednesday, May 23
Presentation
Using Thermal/IR and Multispectral Sensors on Drones to Find the Origin of and Extent of Contamination from Saltwater Spills from Producing Wells

Posters
It’s About to Get a Lot Less Salty – Comparison of a Fluvial Outcrop to Estuarine Outcrops Using UAV-Based Outcrop Modelling in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, NE Alberta, Canada

Fluvial Architecture of the Burro Canyon Formation Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry; Implications for Reservoir Performance, Rattlesnake Canyon, Colorado