By David Rensink
My year of presidential service began with the Macondo blowout and ends with the search for a new AAPG executive director. In between these benchmarks was an eventful year.
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Explorer President’s Column
01 June, 2011
By Mary Harris
Welcome to the 2011-12 series of short EXPLORER articles by the Division of Environmental Geosciences. As the new president of DEG, I get to kick off the series with my view of one of the technical areas that DEG – and AAPG in general – needs to address this fiscal year.
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Explorer Division Column DEG
01 June, 2011
By Bob Hardage
This month we continue our series on S waves and factures by taking a look at another laboratory measurement that illustrates an important behavior of S waves that propagate in fractured media.
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Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 June, 2011
By David Curtiss
BP made headlines in late April by pledging $1 billion for restoration projects along the Gulf Coast.
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Explorer Policy Watch
01 June, 2011
By Rasoul Sorkhabi
The history of oil in the Middle East is essentially a story of giant oil fields (each containing over 500 million barrels).
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Gravity,
Magnetic,
Structural Traps,
Structure,
Extensional Systems,
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy,
Carbonates,
(Carbonate) Shelf Sand Deposits,
Business and Economics,
Resource Estimation
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Explorer Historical Highlights
01 June, 2011
By Jeremy Richardson
For those of us in the AAPG European Region, 2011 began where 2010 left off – very busy.
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Explorer Regions and Sections
01 June, 2011
By Natalie Adams
Two longtime AAPG supporters have been added to the AAPG Foundation Board of Trustees, the group responsible for oversight of Foundation activities.
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Explorer Foundation Update
01 June, 2011