Early Booms in the Alberta Foothills
With a commanding view of the magnificent Canadian Rocky Mountains, a close up look at the southern foothills of Alberta reveals a history rich in oil production, mining, ranching, and…
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The Emergence of the Arabian Oil Industry
In terms of petroleum reserves and production, the Middle East is second to none. The stories behind the first discoveries in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the 1930s are…
Bjørnøya – a Window into the Barents Shelf
By combining this information with our present geophysical understanding of the area, it may be possible to give more refined prognoses of the subsurface development and economic potential of analogous…
Oil on Troubled Water
Oil exploration in Australia has been fraught with disappointments in a relentless land, but onshore basins such as the Cooper Basin can still yield surprises.
European Geoparks – Your Geological Heritage
The main objective of the european Geoparks is the promotion of sustainable development of their territories in europe. In addition they serve the purpose of protecting geological heritage for the…
Geological History of the Arctic Ocean
As global interest in the hydrocarbon potential of the Circum-Arctic increases, it is becoming vital to unravel the complex geological history of the region. A Brief Geological History of the…
The Giants Causeway
In northern Ireland, at the heart of one of Europe’s most magnificent coastlines, the Giants Causeway with its rugged symmetry is visited by half a million tourists each year. The…
The International Year of Planet Earth
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) aims to capture people’s imagination with the exciting knowledge we possess about our planet, and to see that knowledge used more effectively to…
Rafting the Grand Canyon
This is the ultimate experience for a keen geologist: Seven days of rafting through 300 million years of flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Palaeozoic era and an intriguing record of…
California’s Death Valley: A Land of Contrast
The extremes in landscape that characterize Death Valley National Park yield striking landforms, dramatic and colorful scenery, and underlying geologic mystery. California’s Death Valley Located in southeastern California, U.S.A., Death…
The Jurassic Coast
A few days of holiday can be well spent by walking leisurely through an almost complete Mesozoic succession along the south coast of england. Outcrops of colourful shales, sandstones and…
