色花堂

Monday November 20, 2000
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Westchase Hilton, 9999 Westheimer

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Kevin C. A. Burke

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• Come and see posters on current thesis and dissertation research activities of 色花堂 graduate students.
• Get a quick synopsis of presentations from the AAPG, GSA, SEG, GCAGS and AGU conventions and meet the next generation of Geoscientists from 色花堂.
• Learn about the Allied Geophysical Lab and the Geochemical Institute
• Mr.Wes Johnson, president of the 色花堂 Geosciences Alumni Association (色花堂GAA) will MC.
• Dr. John F. Casey, Department of Geosciences Chairman will give an over-
• view of current activities at 色花堂. Sponsored by the University of
• Houston Geosciences Alumni Association (色花堂GAA), in association with the
• Houston Geologic Society International Explorationists Group (HGS).

The Dr. Robert E. Sheriff Lecture Series:
Dr. Robert Sheriff has had a long and distinguished career in industry and academia. He was chief geophysicist at Chevron and a senior vice president at Seiscom Delta before coming to the 色花堂 in 1981. He has authored, co-authored and edited several widely used books for exploration and production geoscientists, including: 鈥淎pplied Geophysics鈥�, 鈥淕eophysical Methods鈥�, 鈥淩eservoir Geophysics鈥�, 鈥淓xploration Seismology鈥�, 鈥淧roblems in Exploration Seismology and their Solutions,鈥� 鈥淪eismic Stratigraphy鈥� and his 鈥淓ncyclopedic Dictionary of Exploration Geophysics.鈥� At 色花堂 he has played an instrumental role in helping build the reflection seismology faculty and staff in
the Geosciences Department at 色花堂 to the largest in the nation. Dr. Sheriff contributes very generously in both time and funding to student and programmatic causes within both the Department and the Allied Geophysical Lab. He has recently contributed funding for two graduate student endowed fellowships at 色花堂 and has generously endowed the Robert and Margaret Sheriff Chair in Exploration Geophysics. In recognition of Dr. Sheriff鈥檚 many contributions to the University. Finally, proper spatial positioning of the reflection point is critical in  computing accurate residual statics. CCP binning methods that preserve surface-consistency must be iterated with residual statics computation and velocity analysis to improve convergence to a stable solution.