By Peter Rose
This is the last letter I shall write to AAPG members as their 89th president, and it summarizes the Executive Committee’s goals and accomplishments during the 2005-06 fiscal year. Following are some comments on a few developments not anticipated when I took office. From there I’ll move on to some observations about AAPG policies and directions, and conclude with some personal observations about my year as president.
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Explorer President’s Column
01 June, 2006
By Rick Fritz
As I am writing this column I am returning from the first European Region field workshop held in Mallorca, Spain. Once again, I am wondering how close the airlines are going to move the seats (my knees are now arm rests for the person in front of me), and eating food that nobody would touch in a regular restaurant.
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Explorer Director’s Corner
01 June, 2006
Steven P. Tischer
A joint effort by the Energy Minerals Division and the Division of Environmental Geosciences has been undertaken to compile peer-reviewed contributions of research and applications of geological sequestration of CO₂ being performed in the petroleum, energy minerals, and environmental fields into an AAPG special publication.
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Explorer Division Column DEG
01 June, 2006
Hongliu Zeng
Many people today view land surfaces from commercial airplanes or on satellite images and are amazed by the geomorphic forms of river channels, deltas, barrier islands, dune fields and other features. These views show us modern stratal-time surfaces of exposed landforms. Three-D seismic technology has now made it possible to image similar, but much older, geomorphic features and stratal surfaces preserved in the rock record.
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Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 June, 2006
By Don Juckett
Even with Congress in recess a large part of the month of April, Washington remains an active place -- and to help keep everyone better informed, Carl J. Smith and the Government Affairs Committee are working to reactivate the system of “Action Alerts” for notifying members of pertinent issues.
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Explorer Policy Watch
01 June, 2006
John Brooks and Debbi Boonstra
Officials are calling the first-ever AAPG European Region conference to be held in Mallorca, Spain, a “great success.” The conference, “Architecture of Carbonate Systems Through Time,” was held in late April and attracted over 130 attendees from 31 countries -- and over half of those attending were members of AAPG.
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy,
Carbonates,
Evaporites,
Salt,
Structure,
Salt Tectonics,
Business and Economics,
Risk Analysis,
Petrophysics and Well Logs,
Fold and Thrust Belts,
Compressional Systems,
Clastics,
Fluvial Deltaic Systems,
Deepwater Turbidites,
Bitumen/Heavy Oil,
Basin Modeling and Geochemistry,
Basin Modeling
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Explorer Regions and Sections
01 June, 2006