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May 31, 2022

Research Shows How Gulf of Mexico Escaped Ancient Mass Extinction

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An ancient bout of global warming 56 million years ago that acidified oceans and wiped-out marine life had a milder effect in the Gulf of Mexico, where life was sheltered by the basin’s unique geology – according to research by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG). Published in the journal Marine and Petroleum… Continue Reading Research Shows How Gulf of Mexico Escaped Ancient Mass Extinction

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: climate change, Energy, forams, GBDS, global warming, Gulf of Mexico, John Snedden, Marcie Purkey Phillips, Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, paleoclimate, PETM, radiolarians, Robert Cunningham, Wilcox Group

November 9, 2021

Gulf Coast Geology Award Goes to UTIG’s John Snedden for Superbasin Research

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John Snedden, a senior research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has been awarded the Doris Malkin Curtis Medal by the Gulf Coast Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). The award recognizes Snedden’s numerous contributions to the study of the Gulf of Mexico and the geology that sets it… Continue Reading Gulf Coast Geology Award Goes to UTIG’s John Snedden for Superbasin Research

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News, Stories Tagged With: awards, Doris Malkin Curtis Medal, Energy, GBDS, Gulf of Mexico, John Snedden, SEPM, super basin

January 14, 2021

Researchers Trace Geologic Origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘Super Basin’ Success

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The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. The energy super basin’s longevity, whose giant offshore fields have reliably supplied consumers with oil and gas since the 1960s, is the result of a remarkable geologic past – a story that began 200 million years ago… Continue Reading Researchers Trace Geologic Origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘Super Basin’ Success

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Energy, Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis, Gulf of Mexico, John Snedden, oil and gas, super basin

January 24, 2020

Expanded Portfolio Brings New Relevance to Long-Running Gulf-Basin Program

By Constantino Panagopulos For 25 years, an industry-sponsored research project led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has provided its members with a depositional history of the offshore northern Gulf of Mexico. Now for the first time, UTIG’s Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) program, will offer its members analysis of the entire… Continue Reading Expanded Portfolio Brings New Relevance to Long-Running Gulf-Basin Program

Filed Under: energy-slideshow, Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: Energy, GBDS, Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis, Gulf of Mexico, John Snedden, Zach Sickmann

September 23, 2019

High Flying UT Energy Scientist Wins Coveted Rocha Award

Yi Fan in the lab

Yi Fang, a postdoctoral fellow at UTIG, will receive a Rocha Medal Runner Up Certificate from the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) during their annual symposium in June, 2020. The Rocha Medal and Runner Up Certificate are considered to be among the highest honors for young scientists in the field of… Continue Reading High Flying UT Energy Scientist Wins Coveted Rocha Award

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, GOM2 News, homepage-news, News Tagged With: awards, Energy, methane hydrate

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