A GEOPHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE LACQ FIELD

Geophysics ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-330
Author(s):  
P. Jenner ◽  
J. Dienesch
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Geological Surveys ◽  
Geophysical Techniques ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oil Deposits

Whereas the first success of petroleum exploration in France (the gas deposit in the Saint‐Marcet anticline in the Saint‐Gaudens region) was essentially based on geological surveys, the second (the gas and oil deposits in the Lacq anticline, near Pau) was the result of geophysical techniques. In fact, the Lacq anticline cannot be detected by surface geological survey, because of Tertiary and Quaternary covering.

scholarly journals GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE UKRAINIAN ANTARCTIC STATION REGION BEFORE 1996

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
O. Mytrokhyn
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Geological Surveys ◽  
Ore Mineralization ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ice Conditions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Field Works

The author submits a chronological account on the history of geological exploration on the Graham Coast and the Wilhelm Archipelago of West Antarctica within the time interval from 1819 to 1996. The state of geological exploration of this area before the creation of the Ukrainian Antarctic Station (UAS) here is determined. A number of conclusions were made regarding: the temporal sequence of individual studies and the geological specifics of the territories covered by them; conditions for carrying out and features of the organization of field works; the reliability of the results of individual geological surveys; the presence of unexplored territories. It was found out that all reconnaissance and geological survey work in the study area was carried out in the 30–50s of the XXth century. Medium-scale geological surveys of individual parts of the Graham Coast and adjacent islands were carried out under unfavorable conditions. This led to the fragmentariness of the created geological maps and their heterogeneous support by field observations. Due to poor ice conditions and local features of the organization of geological routes, numerous bays on the Graham Coast, as well as its hard-to-reach inland territories, have remained completely unexplored. Also, many of the islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago were not covered by geological survey. In particular, there was no way to explore those islands that are remote from the navigable Lemaire Channel, Penola Strait and Grandidier Channel. The Argentine Islands are the only site where a large-scale geological survey has been carried out. But the available large-scale geological map of the Argentine Islands has a number of significant disadvantages. The map contains only petrographic data. There are no elements of bedding of rocks, tectonic deformations, zones of postmagmatic changes, manifestations of ore mineralization. The spatial distribution of the main petrographic representatives does not always correspond to the true one. The relative ages of individual geological bodies are insufficiently substantiated, and sometimes, in general, are determined incorrectly. All of the above-mentioned explains why the level of geological knowledge about the area at the time of the creation of the UAS here remained much worse than in the adjacent territories.

HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN UZBEKISTAN (20-80S OF THE XX-TH CENTURY)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Oydinkhon akhtiyorzoda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Research ◽  
State University ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Geological Surveys ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Asian State ◽  
Scientific Personnel ◽  
History Of ◽  
Central Asian State ◽  
Geological Science

The Article being considered the history of the creation and development of geological science in Uzbekistan using the example of the activities of scientists from Central Asian State University and Tashkent State University.Special attention is paid to the study of the practical orientation of geological surveys, fieldwork and laboratory research. As well as, shown is the phased discoveries, based on the research of University staff and their training of scientific personnel, specialized research institutions in the field of geology

Petroleum geological activities in West Greenland in 1998

1999 ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Flemming G. Christiansen ◽  
Anders Boesen ◽  
Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed ◽  
James A. Chalmers ◽  
Finn Dalhoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Data ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Original Series ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Phillips Petroleum ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
The Government ◽  
Year 2000

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Christiansen, F. G., Boesen, A., Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A., Chalmers, J. A., Dalhoff, F., Dam, G., Ferré Hjortkjær, B., Kristensen, L., Melchior Larsen, L., Marcussen, C., Mathiesen, A., Nøhr-Hansen, H., Pedersen, A. K., Pedersen, G. K., Pulvertaft, T. C. R., Skaarup, N., & Sønderholm, M. (1999). Petroleum geological activities in West Greenland in 1998. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 183, 46-56. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v183.5204 _______________ In the last few years there has been renewed interest for petroleum exploration in West Greenland and licences have been granted to two groups of companies: the Fylla licence operated by Statoil was awarded late in 1996; the Sisimiut-West licence operated by Phillips Petroleum was awarded in the summer of 1998 (Fig. 1). The first offshore well for more than 20 years will be drilled in the year 2000 on one of the very spectacular structures within the Fylla area. To stimulate further petroleum exploration around Greenland – and in particular in West Greenland – a new licensing policy has been adopted. In July 1998, the administration of mineral and petroleum resources was transferred from the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy to the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum under the Government of Greenland in Nuuk. Shortly after this, the Greenlandic and Danish governments decided to develop a new exploration strategy. A working group consisting of members from the authorities (including the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland – GEUS) made recommendations on the best ways to stimulate exploration in the various regions on- and offshore Greenland. The strategy work included discussions with seismic companies because it was considered important that industry acquires additional seismic data in the seasons 1999 and 2000.

scholarly journals I.—Trogontherium from a Pleistocene Deposit in the Thames Valley

1902 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 385-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. T. Newton
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Incisor Tooth ◽  
Glacial Deposits ◽  
East Anglia ◽  
Charles Lyell ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Sandy Deposit ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pleistocene Deposit

The history of this gigantic rodent began to be written in 1809, when M. Gothelf Fischer described a skull from a sandy deposit on the borders of the Sea of Azof, to which he gave the name of Trogontherium. Since then, at varying intervals, to the present time, new chapters have been added to this history by both Continental and British workers, describing specimens of a more or less fragmentary character which have from time to time been discovered. The English specimens have been chiefly obtained from the ‘Cromer Forest Bed,’ that rich and remarkable series of beds occupying a position in time between the Crags and the Glacial deposits of East Anglia. The ‘Forest Bed’ specimens were first made known by Sir Charles Lyell in 1840, but were more fully described by Sir R. Owen in 1846 and referred to Fischer's Trogontherium Cuvieri. It will not be necessary at this time to refer specifically to each of the additions to our knowledge of this animal or to detail the varying opinions as to affinities and nomenclature, as these particulars will be found in the Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. Although most of the British specimens of Trogontherium Cuvieri have been found in the ‘Cromer Forest Bed’ a few examples have been met with in the Norwich and Weybourn Crags. The smaller species, which has been called T. minus, was obtained from the nodule bed below the Red Crag of Felixstowe, and an incisor tooth from the Norwich Crag was referred to the same species.

A SHORT HISTORY OF PALEONTOLOGY IN TURKEY, PART I: FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE COLLAPSE OF OTTOMAN TURKEY

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-201
Author(s):  
VOLKAN SARIGÜL
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Stratigraphic Analysis ◽  
Coal Beds ◽  
Geological Processes ◽  
Natural History Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ottoman Turkey ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Military Engineering

ABSTRACT Modern paleontology in Turkey appeared in the early nineteenth century, together with the first modern geological studies. The fossils collected in these studies were initially used to establish biostratigraphy and to make the first geological maps of the country. Paleontologists were involved in these studies from the beginning; the earliest identifications of new animal and plant taxa from Turkey occurred in the same century along with the detailed descriptions of the rich and diverse Turkish fossil record. Aside from the academic studies, some paleontologists also took part in the economic side by contributing to stratigraphic analysis of coal beds or participating in petroleum exploration. All these pioneering works on the geology and paleontology of Turkey were done by foreigners; however, the outcomes of this newly introduced science were quickly appreciated by Ottoman Turkey. During the middle of the nineteenth century, the first text mentioning geological processes was written by the head scholar of the Imperial School of Military Engineering, while the first geology classes began to be taught under the Imperial Medical School in Istanbul, in which the first natural history collection was also established. Unfortunately, not a single original study in paleontology was produced by Ottoman citizens, with the notable exception of an Austrian immigrant of Hungarian descent, possibly because of a lack of a real interest in earth sciences.

scholarly journals Silver ore exploration in the Southern Urals

2020 ◽  
pp. 110-119
Author(s):  
Evgenii A. Kurlaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Field Survey ◽  
Southern Urals ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
The Southern Urals ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Town ◽  
Ore Exploration

Introduction. Native historiography associates the beginning of Southern Ural industrialization with the construction of first metallurgical works in the 1740s. Historians paid attention to geological exploration in the Urals in the 17th century but they had no idea about the survey areas. Historical archeological study on the edge of the town of Zlatoust in the Southern Urals has managed to find the trace of the largest geological survey expedition aimed at silver ore exploration as far back as 1669–1673. Expedition at that time represented a major military autonomous formation (regiment) under a voivode’s (Slavic title for a war-leader) command. A large number of participants was due to the need for great manpower and protection from hostile nomads Research aim is to introduce unique discoveries in the history of mining into professional scientific use. Methodology. When analyzing the historical material, the methods of field survey and investigation on the documents of ancient mining remains have been developed. Results. The sequence of events has been retraced in the article, geological survey and mining areas and stages have been determined. Organizational structure, quantity, aims and results of the largest geological survey expedition in the history of Russia have been defined. Mining traces have been discovered being a unique monument to the history of mining in the 17th century.

GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN 1976

Geophysics ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1070-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. R. Espey
Keyword(s):  
Geophysical Methods ◽  
Groundwater Exploration ◽  
Computer Processing ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Geothermal Exploration ◽  
Geophysical Techniques

This report provides statistics on worldwide use of geophysical methods in 1976. Data were obtained primarily through a survey questionnaire which was mailed out to more than 500 companies, government agencies, and universities that use geophysical techniques for petroleum exploration, oceanography, engineering, mining, geothermal exploration, and groundwater exploration. Response to the survey was excellent, providing detailed information on all types of airborne, land, and marine surveys. Computer processing was utilized in tabulating the statistics to provide detailed information on methods used, line‐miles covered, and average costs. Data not supplied on the questionnaire for costs or line‐mileage were estimated on the basis of worldwide averages to produce a more comprehensive report.

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