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American Geophysical Union (AGU) – Nonprofit organization of geophysicists; American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, also known as Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) American Quaternary Association
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) is a learned society dedicated to promoting the science and education of exploration geophysics in particular and geophysics in general. The Society fosters the expert and ethical practice of geophysics in the exploration and development of natural resources, in characterizing the near-surface, and ...
Geophysics Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch Marine Science Institute was renamed Maurice Ewing Hall. The Maurice Ewing Medals of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Geophysical Union were named after him. The lunar wrinkle ridge Dorsa Ewing was named after him.
Exploration geophysics is also used to map the subsurface structure of a region, to elucidate the underlying structures, to recognize spatial distribution of rock units, and to detect structures such as faults, folds and intrusive rocks. This is an indirect method for assessing the likelihood of ore deposits or hydrocarbon accumulations.
Andrew Long (Australian, 1965– ) – developed widely used instruments for marine exploration for oil and gas; Honorary Lecturer (Pacific South) for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists; Augustus Edward Hough Love (English, 1863–1940) – developed theory of Love waves; Bruce P. Luyendyk (American, 1943– ) – marine geophysics
The BMR was a geological survey with the main objective was the systematic geological and geophysical mapping of the continent as the basis for informed mineral exploration. [6] Geoscience Australia's activities have expanded and today it has responsibility for meeting the Australian Government's geoscience requirements.
Robert E. Sheriff (19 April 1922 – 19 November 2014) was an American geophysicist best known for writing the comprehensive geophysical reference, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Exploration Geophysics. His main research interests included the seismic detailing of reservoirs , in 3-D seismic interpretation and seismic stratigraphy , and practical ...
Alexander von Humboldt's Latin American expedition. Between 1799 and 1804, Baron Alexander von Humboldt a German naturalist and explorer, traveled extensively in Spanish America, under the protection of king Charles IV of Spain. Humboldt intended to investigate how the forces of nature interact with one another and find out about the unity of ...