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Volume: 55 (1971)

Issue: 2. (February)

First Page: 361

Last Page: 361

Title: Geophysics Is Here to Stay: ABSTRACT

Author(s): W. B. Robinson

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

The ever-increasing need for oil in the world market demands that the search for new oil, both on land and under the oceans, be continued or even escalated. The area of intensive search has shifted from land to the continental shelves. Geophysical methods are the most practicable tools for investigating the water-covered areas of the world because conventional geologic observations are severely limited. Recent improvements have been made in seismic energy sources, field recording procedures, and data enhancement. Three or more independent geophysical variables can be recorded simultaneously in offshore work as the ship proceeds. This technique permits a more complete analysis of the subsurface geology than previously was possible.

Job stability is needed to attract and hold good personnel. The advent of the processing center has provided some stability insofar as job location is concerned but a greater force is needed to eliminate the extreme swings in the work load. Although geophysics as a profession will have its ups and downs along with the rest of the industry, geophysicists will cooperate fully in the total exploratory effort to find new oil and gas at a profit.

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