Videos
You'll have a good E&P project only if you know rocks
January 20, 2012
The alumnus and the maestro; be simple and clear with robust background knowledge; investing during the earliest stage of knowledge of oil reservoirs; geology is the basis of all decisions for executive managers in exploration; continuously funding f...
Dreaming about turbidites, for real! (highlights)
December 23, 2011
Passion for geology; link with oil companies; conveying a great idea; reviewers hate to let you publish something new! International conformism in publications; what is a turbidite; approaching the outcrop; who is following up the classic geology? Un...
Dreaming about turbidites, for real! (full interview)
December 23, 2011
Whole interview: Passion for geology; link with oil companies; no direct data; conveying a great idea; reviewers hate to let you publish something new! International conformism in publications; Middleton et Hampton, 1973; alumni; what is a turbidite;...
The dilemma of knowing more and more about less and less
December 16, 2011
first of all ask the right questions; academitian role in industry; students Vs professionals in the field; questions about the big picture are more difficult; discussion about analogs; it is still called science when applied to industry; the new app...
Combining professionals and researchers (highlights)
December 15, 2011
Team creativity better than individual creativity, convince management, the downside of a restricted agenda, the brain factor is the cheapest element in exploration, the moral commitment to do something for the young generation, the combination of pr...
Combining professionals and researchers (full interview)
December 15, 2011
Inspired by outcrops in Marocco; field trips; stratigraphic traps (Paris basin) and hydrodynamic configurations (Caspian Sea), team creativity better than individual creativity; Venezuela: going downdip fr;m productive areas; convince management to d...
Meteoritic impacts and volcanism as triggers in mass extinctions
September 12, 2011
Mass extensions occur gradually or suddenly? Every new technology drives new questions, astro-chronometry newest technology, frontier studies: combination of biostratigraphy & magnetic strat with astro-chronology
Oceanic Anoxic Events: the making of the theory
August 14, 2011
Measuring up rocks, Oceanic Anoxic Events: the making of the theory, importance of Anoxic Events today and link with recent global warming, how to chose were to publish, science is about communication, to Question and to Challenge you are the key att...
At 27 makes his first million $, is 1934
August 12, 2011
It begins with a piece of "history of behaviours" (reporter smoking and advertising tobacco), and then the taking mask of Glenn McCarthy explains his money, gambling, fighting, and the Hollywood film Giant, which some say is the story of his life. He...
Geology will become as archeology: a gentlemen science
July 2, 2011
CIncinnati: the sedimentoly power house of the 50s, teaching after industrial experience, the historical perspective of a research topic, technology leeds science, every geologist has to do something for the community where is living, better generali...
The geologist that walked on the Moon (highlights)
June 26, 2011
A geologist in the Moon, strategy for research remains the same, Science was a backpack in the Apollo missions, researchers Vs lawmakers, get a broad education, climate change is just a natural fenomena. Here the full interview.
The geologist who walked on the Moon (full interview)
June 26, 2011
Geology in Harvard in the 50s and 60s, abroad in Norway in 59, economic geology, family legacy, make your own luck making your own education, the experience on the Moon, strategy for researching remains the same (also on the Moon), geopolitical compe...
Geology is science, exploration is business (highlights)
May 31, 2011
Today research is not coming from labs in big companies , seeding minds put together , geologist can help communities to do a better job, take decisions with the few data you have, geology is a science while exploration is a business Here the full in...
Geology is science, exploration is business (whole interview)
May 31, 2011
A researcher pushed into management, family affairs, lack of labs in big companies, major oil Companies do noÃÂÃÂt grow anymore and they only drain capital and should move to higher value, geologist can help communities to do a better job...
What's up with sequence stratigraphy
May 25, 2011
The role of a professor in making science, using industry to fund research projects, the recepy of sequence stratigraphy.
March 31, 2011
Reducing emissions? Not enough! To stop global warming radical steps need to be taken. This interview was made on August 31st, 2008 by Brad Brooks on radiowaves. Full interview here.
The global explorer (highlights)
March 25, 2011
geologists in the family, problems in the university, communication, global oil and global warming, energy resources. Here the 1st part and the 2nd part of the full interview.
March 24, 2011
Loong chat with Dick about his life, career and slants on energy policies Here the 2nd part of the full interview.
March 23, 2011
A petroleum geologist perspective on energy resources, global warming, economic view on global oil, maps and GIS
Don't you know what a wildcatter is?! (highlights)
March 16, 2011
94 years drilling wells! the meaning of new discoveries of gas & oil fields, the emotion of staying on a deck, the risk of new unconventional ideas. Here the full interview.
Don't you know what a wildcatter is?! (whole speech)
March 16, 2011
94 years drilling wells! the meaning of new discoveries of gas & oil fields, the emotion of staying on a deck, the risk of new unconventional ideas. Speech recorded in 2003 organized by the Houston Geological Society
February 10, 2011
A new topic becoming hot brings better students but questions remain the same,almost every question is an important question in a new field of study , difficulties publishing a paradigm shift, different perspectives: engineers measure the processes w...
Fluvial, lake and fan systems on Mars. The use of analogies.
December 29, 2010
Importance of background knowledge, the mantra of water on other planets, the method of analogies, deep incised valleys, fluvial, lake and fan systems on Mars, travel widely to broad your experience.
Earth-centric scientists at NASA
December 28, 2010
Cindy talks about scientific work tied to missions of federal government, imagery of the earth, interdisciplinary nature of processes on earth surface, and... the importance of bio-geochemistry at NASA.
How low (in oxygen) will seafloor scavengers go?
December 19, 2010
Low-oxygen zones (a.k.a. dead zones) are hazardous to the health of sea life and reduce useable seafloor habitats. An unorthodox experiment conducted document how seafloor species such as crab, shrimp and octopus stretch their oxygen limits in order ...
How to prove a theory? The 1929 Grand Banks event
December 19, 2010
Rare video where Bruce Heezen talks about the making of a theory, he explains the breaking of 13 submarine cables offshore Newfoundland and describes how abyssal plains form by turbidity currents (from Canadian Series, 1976, by TV Ontario)
Bruce Heezen explaining accumulation of petroleum
December 19, 2010
historic excerpt with Mr. Heezen explaining accumulation of petroleum in the continental rise, early atlantic ocean, black muds and turbidites, noone had drilled those areas at the time of this interview!
Bruce Heezen explaining accumulation of petroleum
December 19, 2010
historic excerpt with Mr. Heezen explaining accumulation of petroleum in the continental rise, early atlantic ocean, black muds and turbidites, noone had drilled those areas at the time of this interview!
Diversify as much as possible!
October 18, 2010
From sedimentology to planetary science: the many possible directions you can take in science, geologists in NASA, the versatile utility of coal, lobbing for specific energy sources, diversify as much as possible!
Follow fun problems and develop own tools
August 30, 2010
Follow fun problems and develop own tools; geology and civil engineer; how humans influence dynamics of earth surface and seafloor; in Universities, departments will fade away, forming only 2-3 clusters to cooperate across disciplines; putting the ca...
Follow fun problems and develop own tools
August 30, 2010
Follow fun problems and develop own tools; geology and civil engineer; how humans influence dynamics of earth surface and seafloor; in Universities, departments will fade away, forming only 2-3 clusters to cooperate across disciplines; putting the ca...
The making of an important discovery: the Bouma sequence
July 15, 2010
Arnold Bouma completely dedicated to students, how Arnold came up to the Bouma sequence
June 17, 2010
New discoveries of Bob, publish when you have something new but don'ÃÂt pretend to solve all the problems, siliciclastic Vs carbonate systems, science and family, religion in science, nannobacteria are key to origine of life, follow your hereti...
Serendipity let you make great leaps forward
June 17, 2010
Big discoveries, classification of carbonate rocks, why classifications are important in science, the discovery of nannobacteria, a very special microscope, relationship geologists-biologists, extraterrestrial life, serendipity let you make great lea...
You don't need to be a scientist to lead scientists
April 26, 2010
The Executive Director of AGU, the world's largest organization of Earth and Space scientists, introduces herself and speaks about the importance of communicating science, the understanding of how valid science is, and the benefits to AGU sciences fr...
Paradigm shifts start from data
March 27, 2010
Paradigm shifts start from data, you always look for confirmation not for surprises, industrial geophysics, lack of collaboration between geologists and geophysicists, moving from production geophysics to exploration geophysics, petroleum geoscientis...
The very first meeting about plate tectonics
March 26, 2010
Attending prestigious schools during the birth of plate tectonics, the very first meeting about plate tectonics, Francis Bacon, the wrong assumptions of Sir Harold Jeffreys, seismicity in the mid-ocean ridges.
Description does not suffice an explanation
March 19, 2010
The sedimentary record: sedimentation and erosion rates, description does not suffice an explanation, link observations with a model, time scales, seek for really good data.
Before and during the plate tectonics debate
March 15, 2010
Before and during plate tectonics debate, geophysicists and geologist dealing with plate tectonics, the making of the glossary of geophysics (or the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Geophysics), why terminology, endowing a Faculty Chair, Houston: t...
The importance of the people you meet
March 12, 2010
The autobiography of a geologist, an immigrant that made it through the American System, success in corporations and in research institutes, why tidelites, the importance of the people you meet, the Korea war and the choice to become a geologist
March 6, 2010
Ethic standards in research, archaeology and human beings, dating methods, stratigraphy in archaeology, about Indiana Jones.
reconstruction of the paleo-environment through human diets and pottery
March 5, 2010
Disaster Archaeology, earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, natural disasters influence behavior of early human societies (and viceversa!), reconstruction of the paleo-environment through human diets and pottery
The dawn of seismic sequence stratigraphy
February 23, 2010
The dawn of seismic sequence stratigraphy: the school of Peter Veil, the excitement of learning while teaching, different data different conclusions, a new concept: seismic data don't follow time lines.
The problem solving nature of geologists
February 14, 2010
simple scientific messages, building bridges among academy industry government, time frames for decision making, what geologists share, passion for geology, the problem solving nature of geologists, energy and environment, research is an all-encompas...
February 5, 2010
Starting a brand new project. Basic Vs applied science. 50% of your time is meetings!
February 4, 2010
The stories the geologists tell. The future of geology. Quantitative geology.
Moving from classic literature to geology
January 13, 2010
Moving from classic litterature to geology. Something special about the geoscience community. Quantitative Vs qualitative.
January 13, 2010
Leaving your own country. What is a model? Ask Leonardo da Vinci. An engineer on an outcrop.
Why seismic geomorphology and sequence stratigraphy
January 13, 2010
Why seismic geomorphology and sequence stratigraphy. The research attitude of a consultant.
