Explorer July 2000 Issue

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Downey Assumes Presidency

Dallas resident Marlan W. Downey, Bartell Professor of Geology and the chief scientist at ...

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Robbie Gries, President-Elect 2000-01

Robbie Rice Gries is president and CEO of Priority Oil &...

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Ronald A. Nelson, Vice President 2000-01

Ronald A. Nelson was elected as Vice President 2000-01. &n...

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Edward B. Picou, Jr., Treasurer 2000-01

Edward B. Picou Jr. was elected as Treasurer 2000-01. He i...

Extended Reading

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Lowell K. Lischer, Chairman, House of Delegates 2000-01

Lowell K. Lischer was elected as House of Delegates 2000-01. He is a consulting geol...

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Charles R. 'Chuck' Noll, Secretary 1999-2001

Charles R. 'Chuck' Noll Jr was elected as Secretary 1999-2001. He is a geologist in ...

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Neal F. Hurley, Elected Editor 1999-2001

Neil F. Hurley was elected as Editor 1999-2001. He is professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering of th...

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Tomorrow's Teams Need Variety

Stormy times brought out the risk-avoiders in the oil industry -- but now that demand for exploration is growing, will visiona...

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Louisiana Teachers Get CD 'Tool'

When it comes to geological teaching tools, a CD-ROM released recently by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ...

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Efforts Continue to 'Save the Rocks'

In this computer age it's easy to lose sight of the all-important fact that those gee whiz computer graphics and models that s...

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Treasure Saved from Being Trash

When it comes time to clean out the basement, people usually throw out the 'old' stuff. After all, it's been in a basement unt...

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Study Eyes the Core of the Matter

While depressed oil prices in the late 1990s cooled data preservation efforts, officials are trying to kick-start a cross disc...

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Winners Announced For N.O. Presentations

Various award winners have been announced for technical presentations at the AAPG annual meeting in New Orleans, including rec...

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Nominees Sought For K-12 Science Teacher Award

The award, sponsored by the AAPG Foundation, carries a $5,000 prize -- half of which ...

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Keep It Out of the Classroom

The debate of teaching creationism in school should be a non-issue, but unfortunately religious conservatives are pushing thei...

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Former AAPG science director remembered

Gary D. Howell, a former AAPG science director and current executive director of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Explora...

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Kinematics a Key To Unlocking Plays

This month's column, the second in a four-part series dealing with regional plate kinematics ('Arm Waving, or Underutilized Ex...

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