Throughout my early career I struggled to understand where I fitted within the complex exploration and production industry. There were just so many specialist disciplines contributing to so many processes. It was bewildering. Years later I realised that the work I did in those early years as a service provider included a lot of elements […]
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Author: Dr. Greg Samways
Google Earth Sedimentology
I have had great fun and learned so much sedimentology over the past few years simply by exploring Google Earth and asking “What is that?” and “What caused that?”. I then discovered that I could create a Google Map and save up all these locations I have discovered, and then share it. This is a […]
Visualiseur Infoterre
Infoterre is a great web-based GIS of all the geological maps and data available in France! I must admit I spend most of my time reviewing the geochemical surveys to see where the gold is!
MinDat.org
Mindat.org is the world’s largest open database of minerals, rocks, meteorites and the localities they come from. Useit, contribute to it! Mindat.org is run by the not-for-profit Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
GeoDeepdive
Shanan Peters and his team in the University of Wisconsin have created an amazing data and text mining tool called GeoDeepdive that searches the complete content of nearly 12 million publications to find the answers to your questions! Maybe we don’t need more data, we just need to take a better look at all the […]
BGS Minecraft Geology of the UK
The team at the British Geological Survey (BGS) have created a Minecraft model for the UK. Go and explore the geology of the UK in Minecraft!
New Zealand GeoTrips
If you are planning a trip to New Zealand then you should take a look at GeoTrips. The guys at GNS Science have compiled a great map-based resource to show you all the best GeoTrips in NZ.
Dordogne GeoCulture Tour
The world famous Dordogne Region of SW France is saturated with GeoCulture. It is a land of inter-connected stories that begin with the geological and paleogeographical story of ancient palaeozic landmasses, Triassic meteorite impacts, and the evolution of the shallow warm seas of the Mesozoic that flank the northern margins of the Aquitaine Basin. This […]
Critical Thinking Resources – Kevin de L
Greg has been working with Kevin deLaplante for several years. Kevin has produced more than 25 hours of videos and numerous articles and podcasts on all aspects of critical thinking, which you are encouraged to explore. Materials can be found on the Critical Thinker Academy website, on Kevin’s youtube channel and on Kevin’s webpage. For […]
The Story of the Archie Equation
The Archie Equation is a mainstay of conventional petrophysical analysis, but what exactly is it? How was it created and what the various factors and exponents actually mean? It is important to understand these things, since the saturation estimates from the Archie Equation may be critical in our STOIIP estimations, upon which the success of […]