Geophysical Corner
The Geophysical Corner is a regular column in the EXPLORER that features geophysical case studies, techniques and application to the petroleum industry. R. Randy Ray, consulting geophysicist/geologist in Lakewood, Colo., served as editor of Geophysical Corner from January 2001 until January 2006. Bob A. Hardage, senior research scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology, the University of Texas at Austin was editor of Geophysical Corner from January 2006 until 2012. Satinder Chopra, award-winning geophysicist, founder and president of SamiGeo, Calgary, Canada, and a past AAPG-SEG Joint Distinguished Lecturer began serving as the editor of the Geophysical Corner column in 2012.
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