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January 14, 2021

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

The Earth from orbit showing the Gulf of Mexico

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

April 20, 2016

Co-Chief Scientist Sean Gulick Arrives at Chicxulub Impact Crater

University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Research Professor Sean P.S. Gulick arrived at the Chicxulub impact crater this week, and on Tuesday he offered his initial reactions to boarding the L/B Myrtle Continue Reading Co-Chief Scientist Sean Gulick Arrives at Chicxulub Impact Crater

Filed Under: News, tectonophysics-slideshow Tagged With: Chicxulub, Gulf of Mexico, Impact Crater

April 11, 2016

Campeche Bank Survey Uncovers Solution Pans in the Gulf of Mexico

The discovery of unique rock formations off the coast of the Yucután Peninsula reveals answers about past climates and the future impact of hurricanes Continue Reading Campeche Bank Survey Uncovers Solution Pans in the Gulf of Mexico

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chicxulub, Climate, Geomorphology, Gulf of Mexico, UNAM

January 15, 2016

Celebrating 20 Years of Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis

With the endowment of the Richard T. Buffler postdoctoral fellowship, the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis project celebrates 20 years of continuous funding. Continue Reading Celebrating 20 Years of Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis

Filed Under: News Tagged With: GBDS, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico

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