Explorer Foundation Update
By Jim Gibbs
There’s no way to overstate the importance and ongoing valuable impacts made toward the future of geosciences by the AAPG Foundation Trustee Associates. That’s a fact. And here’s another fact: You can easily be a part of that group – and, in joining, make an important contribution toward ensuring the future of our profession.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 July, 2019
Bulletin Article
By Adriana Potra,Bryan Bottoms,John R. Samuelsen,Stephen R. Schutter
The relationship between base metal deposits, especially Mississippi Valley–type (MVT) Pb–Zn deposits, and hydrocarbons is not well constrained. This is despite the fact that hydrocarbons generally occur in MVT deposits; the ores are emplaced in the same temperature range as hydrocarbon maturation and migration, and the deposits commonly occur in proximity to metal-rich black shales.
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Added on 21 June, 2019
Bulletin Article
By Dwandari Ralanarko,Hock Ong
The detrital mineralogy of Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sandstones from the Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test G-2 well in the Georges Bank Basin was studied to better understand the varying supply of clastic sediment to the basin. Heavy minerals separated from cuttings were identified by chemical analyses, zircons were dated, and Raman spectroscopy was applied to identify titania polymorphs (rutile, anatase, and brookite).
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Added on 22 May, 2019
Explorer Division Column DEG
By Mary Barrett
When one lives in Louisiana, even in the northern part, February and early March are full of tidings of “laissez les bon temps rouler!” or “let the good times roll!’’ Only geoscience nerds like you and I would apply that to May’s exceptional 2019 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in San Antonio. So, start these good times rolling now by registering early on or before March 21 for a great discount.
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Added on 01 March, 2019
Explorer Article
By David Brown
With a new batch of freshman lawmakers in Congress, there has been increasing attention on a proposed “Green New Deal” to aggressively tackle climate change, among other issues. But how feasible is it?
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 February, 2019
Explorer President’s Column
By Denise Cox
Six months have passed since I started writing and speaking on sustainable development. While writing this column at the end of the year for publication in the January EXPLORER to start the new year, it seems appropriate to take a closer look at sustainable development and petroleum basins from both past and future perspectives.
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Added on 01 January, 2019
Explorer Historical Highlights
By Jon Gluyas
Little more than a novelty when first discovered, helium has become a key commodity. It is used extensively in medical cryogenics, analytical and lab applications, breathing mixtures, as a lift gas, for arc welding, leak detection and, contrary to popular belief, only a little is used to inflate party balloons. There are few substitutes for helium and so, as its applications have become more common, demand has grown and supply is struggling to match demand.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 January, 2019
Explorer Article
By Michael Campbell
The Energy Minerals Division celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2002. The Division emphasized to the AAPG membership that it was AAPG’s center of activity on energy minerals and unconventional energy resources. EMD originally focused primarily on coal, uranium, geothermal energy, oil shales and tar sands. However, its focus expanded and in 2002, EMD’s most active unconventional resource areas were coalbed methane, gas hydrates, and unconventional energy economics.
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Added on 01 January, 2019
Explorer Article
By David Brown
November’s midterm elections in the United States brought a split decision and gave the country a divided Congress. The potential effect of the vote on the oil and gas industry and U.S. energy policy is also a toss-up, according to some analysts.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 December, 2018
Explorer President’s Column
By Denise Cox
I’m writing November’s President’s Column on day 19 after Hurricane Michael devasted the Panhandle communities in Bay County, Florida on Oct. 10, 2018. I was driving from the AAPG Eastern Section Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. to the California University of Pennsylvania for an AAPG Visiting Geoscientist lecture and pulled to the side of the road to watch the weather radar at 12:43 p.m. as the west side of the eye of a hurricane, two knots shy of a Category 5, passed over my hometown of Panama City.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 November, 2018