In any problem solving process, like the petroleum exploration industry, we are trying to find answers. But what are the questions? And who should we ask? And how will they address the problem? What skills do they have? What knowledge do those skills require? What should the outcome be? What kind of deliverables might we […]
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Author: Dr. Greg Samways
Agile Geoscience – Innovative approaches
Agile Geoscience: Matt Hall and Evan Bianco are taking petroleum geophysics by the scruff of the neck and giving it a good shake. Go to their site for a lot of interesting blog articles, innovative web apps, hackathons, and great publications.
Prezis
Prezis are dynamic presentations that allow the presenter to move around and zoom in to different parts of a complex illustration in order to tell a story. Prezis will be used to take a tour of each Infographic.
Infographics
The core of the training materials will be infographics which capture fundamental principles that help us understand how to think, not just what to think. The infographics will work in the following ways: Static Visual Reference: In the simplest case, the info graphic will simply be an A3 format poster that can be referred to […]
St. Jean de Cole – Lower Jurassic on Bas
A delightful “Beau Village” on the northern boundary of the Aquitaine Basin. The lower Jurassic sandstones are lying directly on highly deformed basement, including serpentinites. The village itself features a lovely church and chateau, with a wide cobbled main street leading to the the picturesque cobbled bridge by the mill. Idyllic.
Rocamodour – Lower Jurassic Limestones
Rocamadour is a spectacular village built in to a Lower Jurassic cliff face overlooking the Dordogne River. It is famous for its historical monuments and the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which has been a focus for pilgrims since medieval times. As well as the monastic buildings, the village has some great restaurants and […]
Collanges-la-Rouge – Triassic Sandstones
Another beautiful “Beau Village”, this time characterised by red Triassic sandstones. An ancient village founded around the fortified walls of Charroux Abbey. Another stop on the pilgrims route to Santiago-de-Compostela, on their way to Rocamadour. Read more on Wikipedia.
Rochechouart – Triassic Meteorite Impact
A town famous for its association with a Triassic meteorite impact crater. The chateau is built of impactites and breccias and sits on top of outcrops of breccia. A very picturesque locality. Read more on Wikipedia.
GeoTree
One of the cornerstones of the interpretation process is the decision-making processes that we go through to draw our conclusions about any given geo-problem. Experts learn after years of experimentation and experience which questions to ask when, and where to find the answers. The aim of GeoTree is to try and capture these logical sequences of questions […]
GeoLink
This is an application that will capture the causal relationships between the the components of the natural geological systems that we study. For example, it is critical that we not only understand the components of a petroleum system (reservoir, source, seal and trap), but also their interdependence. In the example illustrated we are interested in determining the […]