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SEAM recognizes Life of Field project outstanding volunteer
SEG Advanced Modeling Corporation (SEAM) and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) would like to recognize Vincent Artus of Kappa Engineering for outstanding volunteer contributions to the SEAM Life of Field project, the latest effort by the SEAM initiative to further the state of the art in hyper-realistic geophysical simulation. This ambitious project, which finished…
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JEDI Committee seeks members
The SEG Board of Directors recently approved creation of a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and the committee is recruiting members. Pepo Arce, who served on two task forces leading to the JEDI Committee’s creation, has accepted appointment as the committee’s first chair. Estella Atekwana, Eileen Martin, Manika Prasad, and Lillian Flakes, also members…
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The Society of Exploration Geophysicists announces 2021 Honors and Awards recipients
One of SEG’s great traditions is the special recognition of individuals and organizations for their contributions to geophysics and to the Society. The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has announced its 2021 Honors and Awards recipients. Rosemary Knight is the recipient of SEG’s highest honor, the Maurice Ewing Medal, awarded to a person who is…
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AI Applied Geoscience Hackathon results released
Seven teams of geoscientists and data scientists collaborated and competed 22 March–9 April SEG Advanced Modeling project (SEAM) OpenACC Organization, and NVIDIA co-hosted the SEAM AI Applied Geoscience GPU Hackathon from 22 March–9 April. Seven teams of geoscientists and data scientists collaborated and competed in developing solutions for two hard challenges in the use of…
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Record-breaking hole drilled off coast of Japan
On 14 May 2021, a team of scientists dug the deepest ocean hole ever, reaching a depth of nearly five miles below the ocean’s surface. The team of researchers penetrated the surface all the way to the bottom of the Japan trench in the western Pacific Ocean. In addition, researchers extracted a 120-foot sediment core…
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New research offers theory for origin of subduction zone
In 2018, a group of scientists boarded the research vessel Marcus Langseth to study the Puysegur margin. This voyage, part of the South Island Subduction Initiation Experiment, set out to find answers to how subduction zones form. Since subduction zones are by nature destructive, they are difficult to study. The Puysegur margin, a fairly young…
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Mars Shifting Climate Suggested by Dune Fields in Gale Crater
The Perseverance rover on Mars has received much of the focus in recent planetary news. Yet, data from the Curiosity land rover is still being analyzed to help researchers gain insight into the planet’s ancient atmosphere and potential habitability. An international team at Imperial College London recently released a study, which examines the dune fields…
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Five questions with Dr. Douglas Oldenburg for GWB
Improving Water Security in Mon State, Myanmar via Geophysical Capacity Building How did this GWB project come about? Our GWB project was completed in mid-2020. Serenity (Ren) Fan was the catalyst for this project. In 2018 Ren, who I later hired as a project manager, worked in Myanmar with the Mon Department of Rural Development…
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SEG, AAPG Combine Annual Meetings
TULSA, OK — The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) today announced an agreement to hold joint annual meetings, the first of which will be held 26 September to 1 October 2021, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. This event will mark the first time the two…
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SEG EVOLVE learning program adopts Schlumberger data and petrotechnical solutions enabled by the DELFI cognitive E&P environment, adds new carbon-capture workflows
Tulsa, OK – The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) is launching EVOLVE for 2021 with best-in-class technology support from major new partners, enabling the premier cloud-based geoscience and engineering learning program to achieve a higher level of excellence. This year’s participants in the global multidisciplinary program will benefit from access to data and petrotechnical solutions…
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