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2:00 p.m. on August 26, 2002, the Bureau of Economic Geology
hosted a reception for Dr. Peter T. Flawn, UT President
Emeritus and former Bureau Director, to celebrate the
publication of his new book, Texas
Geologist and the Bureau of Economic Geology, 1949-1970.
This book presents Dr. Flawn's recollections of his tenure
at the Bureau. As he states in the Preface, "This
… is a personal history of my experiences as a geologist
in Trans-Pecos Texas during the decades of the 1950's
and 1960's, and of a remarkable organization called the
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Dr.
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of Economic Geology of The University of Texas." Those
interested in purchasing a copy of this book should contact
Publication
Sales. (more
photographs) 08/26/02 |
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Dr. Scott Tinker (left), Bahamian Prime
Minister The Hon. Perry Gladstone Christie
(center), and College of the Bahamas President
Dr. Leon Higgs (right). |
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Scott Tinker and Charlie Kerans traveled to the
Bahamas to investigate the possibility of a long-term research
partnership with both the Government and the College of the
Bahamas. The association may lead to the establishment of a
Research Station near Nassau on New Providence Island. Dr.
Edward J. Buskey from the UT Marine Science Institute
traveled with Drs. Tinker and Kerans. 08/20/02 |
(front
row, left to right) Stuart Cove, Dr. Ed Buskey, and
Dr. Georgina Bustamante.
(back row, left to right) Casuarina McKinney, Sir Nicholas Nuttall,
Dr. Scott Tinker, Paul Hardy, and Dr. Charlie Kerans. |
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Bureau
researcher Shinichi Sakurai was awarded the Society
of Professional Well Log Analysts' (SPWLA) 2002
Best Poster Award for his poster presented
at the 2002 SPWLA Annual Symposium in Oiso, Japan, June
2–5, 2002. His
poster presentation is titled "Petrophysical
Evaluation of Miocene-Pliocene Gas Reservoirs: Veracruz
and Macuspana Basins, Mexico" and coauthors
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researchers
F. Grimaldo-Suárez, L. Aguilera-Gomez,
J. Rodríguez-Larios, and Bureau researchers Bill
Ambrose, David Jennette, Mark Holtz, Shirley
Dutton, Khaled Fouad, Tim Wawrzyniec, and
Edgar Guevara.
(posters in PDF format 1
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08/13/02 |
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A view of the Santa Catalina Mountain foothills from Pima Canyon
Trail just north of Tucson, Arizona. |
| Sigrid
Clift represented the Bureau at the EarthScope
Education and Outreach meeting August 4–7, 2002,
in Tucson, Arizona. EarthScope is a program that will apply
the latest technologies to investigate the structure and evolution
of the North American continent and the physical processes that
control earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The meeting brought
together scientists and educators from all across the country
to develop an education program that will bring the goals and
results of EarthScope to schools and the public. Please visit
the EarthScope
Website for more information. 08/08/02 |
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left
to right, Dr. Larry T. Faulkner, Lord John Browne, and Bureau
Director Dr. Scott W. Tinker
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| On Friday,
August 2, 2002, BP Chief Executive Officer
Lord Browne of Madingley, presented to
UT President Larry T. Faulkner the BP drilling
core research facility in Houston and a valuable collection
of earth core samples from oil and gas wells. This gift, valued
at $7.5 million, was made to The University of Texas at Austin
on behalf of the Bureau of Economic Geology. The donation includes
$2.4 million for the research facility's operating expenses,
more than 12 acres of land, 108,000 square feet of warehouse
and office space, machinery, equipment, furnishings, more than
200,000 boxes of core samples and 200,000 boxes of rock cuttings.
Over 100 people attended the presentation ceremony. (more
information) 08/05/02 |
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