Ego and Humility in Geology
It was exactly twenty years ago when I had my first geology trip to the Book Cliffs. Since then, I have led multiple field trips from analog-specific to the “standard sequenc
Safety on Geology Field Trips
It’s lunch-time on McKittrick Trail in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas. It’s a carbonate field trip and you and your co-worker are glad to be out of the office. You lean over
Your Training – Your Responsibility
I remember the good ole days. An intern at Exxon’s research labs at one of Houston’s fanciest restaurants “today’s special is rabbit-stuffed cabbage in a peanut sauce with
How To Describe and Interpret Carbonate Thin-Sections
Recently a friend of mine (a graduate student at Miami’s Carbonate Research Laboratory) asked for my workflow for the description and interpretation of carbonate thin-sections. I
What do Sequence Orders, Global Sea-Level Curves, Wheeler Diagrams, and VCRs have in common?
It’s the holiday season. A lot of us will receive fancy tool-boxes as gifts. Unless you’re a carpenter or a handyman, how many of these will you actually use? This post like mo
Common Mistakes in Seismic Stratigraphic Analyses (and how to avoid them)
This post focuses on mistakes I see over and over again; regardless of how big or small the company, or the experience level of the interpreter. What I am sharing are real stories,
How to describe and interpret clastic core
After writing “Describing and Interpreting Carbonate Core” I received several requests for a similar post for clastic reservoirs. Before I begin I should clarify that this art
How to Describe and Interpret Shale Core
I used the term “shale” to get your attention. Now that I have it, a more accurate title for this post should have been “how to describe and interpret mudrock cor
