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Everette Lee DeGolyer (October 9, 1886 – December 14, 1956), was a prominent oil company executive, petroleum exploration geophysicist and philanthropist in Dallas. He was known as "the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry", [2] and as "the father of American geophysics," and was a legendary collector of rare and often early edition books primarily in the fields of ...
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is the key university of science and technology in Norway. The Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics (IPT) was established in 1973, shortly after the start of production (Ekofisk field) from the Norwegian continental shelf.
Adam Mieczysław Gawin (born December 27, 1939, in Cracow, died June 26, 2012) [1] was a Polish professor of geophysics from 1983 to 2000 at the AGH University of Krakow.His specialities included geophysics, exploration geophysics, drilling geophysics, mining and engineering geology, sedimentary rocks, theoretical physics, astrophysics and relativistic cosmology.
The University of Washington (UW [a] and informally U-Dub or U Dub [b]) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the United States. The university has a 703-acre (284 ha) main campus located in the city's University ...
Petroleum geology and geophysics focus on provision of a static description of the hydrocarbon reservoir rock, while petroleum engineering focuses on estimation of the recoverable volume of this resource using a detailed understanding of the physical behavior of oil, water and gas within porous rock at very high pressure.
Geophysics is applied to societal needs, such as mineral resources, mitigation of natural hazards and environmental protection. [4] In exploration geophysics , geophysical survey data are used to analyze potential petroleum reservoirs and mineral deposits, locate groundwater, find archaeological relics, determine the thickness of glaciers and ...
She earned an M.S. from Stanford University in 1960 [3] and a Ph.D. in physics in 1971 from the University of Washington. [4] She remained at the University of Washington following her Ph.D., initially as a research associate. [3] She was promoted to professor of geophysics and atmospheric sciences in 1988. She retired in 2004 [5]
Industrial applications of geophysics were developed by demand of petroleum exploration and recovery in the 1920s. Later, petroleum, mining and groundwater geophysics were improved. Earthquake hazard minimization and soil/site investigations for earthquake-prone areas were new applications of geophysical engineering in the 1990s.