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COVER: The cover shows a seismic profile composed of hundreds of vertically-oriented reflection seismograms that are combined to image subsurface geologic structures. Seismic profiles are an important tool in petroleum and reservoir characterization.
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PANEL ON THE REVIEW OF THE OIL RECOVERY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CHARLES G. GROAT,
University of Texas, El Paso,
Chairman
ARTHUR C. H. CHENG,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
JAMES A. DRAHOVZAL,
Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington
GEORGE J. HIRASAKI,
Rice University, Houston, Texas
NEIL F. HURLEY,
Marathon Oil Company, Littleton, Colorado
RANDI S. MARTINSEN,
University of Wyoming, Laramie
CHARLES S. MATTHEWS, Petroleum Engineering Consultant,
Houston, Texas
ARTHUR H. SALLER,
Unocal Oil and Gas Corporation, Houston, Texas
ROBERT J. WEIMER,
Colorado School of Mines, Golden
W. FRANK WEST,
PACO Minerals, Inc., Dallas, Texas
Staff
CRAIG M. SCHIFFRIES, Study Director (beginning June 1995)
KEVIN D. CROWLEY, Study Director (through June 1995)
JONATHAN G. PRICE, Study Director (through February 1995)
LALLY ANNE ANDERSON, Staff Associate
COMMITTEE ON EARTH RESOURCES
CAREL OTTE, Jr., Independent Geologist,
LaCañada, California,
Chairman
PHILIP H. ABELSON,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.
SAMUEL S. ADAMS, Minerals Consultant,
Lincoln, New Hampshire
JOEL DARMSTADTER,
Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.
RODERICK G. EGGERT,
Colorado School of Mines, Golden
MARCO T. EINAUDI,
Stanford University, California
NORMAN H. FOSTER, Independent Petroleum Geologist,
Denver, Colorado
CHARLES G. GROAT,
University of Texas, El Paso
PERRY R. HAGENSTEIN,
Resources Issues, Inc., Wayland, Massachusetts
DONALD C. HANEY,
Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington
PHILIP E. LaMOREAUX,
P. E. LaMoreaux and Associates, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
SUSAN M. LANDON,
Thomasson Partner Associates, Denver, Colorado
JILL D. PASTERIS,
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
JONATHAN G. PRICE,
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno (beginning March 1, 1995)
NOEL TYLER,
Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, Austin
W. FRANK WEST,
PACO Minerals, Inc., Dallas, Texas
Staff
CRAIG M. SCHIFFRIES, Director
JUDITH L. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant
BOARD ON EARTH SCIENCES AND RESOURCES
J. FREEMAN GILBERT,
University of California, San Diego,
Chairman
THURE CERLING,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
MARK P. CLOOS,
University of Texas, Austin
JOEL DARMSTADTER,
Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.
KENNETH I. DAUGHERTY,
E-Systems, Fairfax, Virginia
WILLIAM R. DICKINSON,
University of Arizona, Tucson, emeritus
MARCO T. EINAUDI,
Stanford University, California
NORMAN H. FOSTER, Independent Petroleum Geologist,
Denver, Colorado
CHARLES G. GROAT,
University of Texas, El Paso
DONALD C. HANEY,
Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington
SUSAN M. KIDWELL,
University of Chicago, Illinois
SUSAN KIEFFER,
Kieffer & Woo, Inc., Ontario, Canada
PHILIP E. LaMOREAUX,
P. E. LaMoreaux and Associates, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
SUSAN M. LANDON,
Thomasson Partner Associates, Denver, Colorado
J. BERNARD MINSTER,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
ALEXANDRA NAVROTSKY,
Princeton University, New Jersey
JILL D. PASTERIS,
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
EDWARD C. ROY, Jr.,
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Staff
CRAIG M. SCHIFFRIES, Director
THOMAS M. USSELMAN, Associate Director
INA B. ALTERMAN, Senior Program Officer
WILLIAM E. BENSON, Senior Program Officer
ANNE M. LINN, Senior Program Officer
CHARLES MEADE, Program Officer
LALLY ANNE ANDERSON, Staff Associate
VERNA J. BOWEN, Administrative Assistant
JENNIFER T. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant
JUDITH L. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant
COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES
M. GORDON WOLMAN,
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,
Chairman
PATRICK R. ATKINS,
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
JAMES P. BRUCE,
Canadian Climate Program Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
WILLIAM L. FISHER,
University of Texas, Austin
JERRY F. FRANKLIN,
University of Washington, Seattle
GEORGE M. HORNBERGER,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
DEBRA KNOPMAN,
Progressive Foundation, Washington, D.C.
PERRY L. MCCARTY,
Stanford University, California
JUDITH E. MCDOWELL,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
S. GEORGE PHILANDER,
Princeton University, New Jersey
RAYMOND A. PRICE,
Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
THOMAS C. SCHELLING,
University of Maryland, College Park
ELLEN SILBERGELD,
University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore
STEVEN M. STANLEY,
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL,
Landers and Parsons, Tallahassee, Florida
Staff
STEPHEN RATTIEN, Executive Director
STEPHEN D. PARKER, Associate Executive Director
MORGAN GOPNIK, Assistant Executive Director
GREGORY H. SYMMES, Reports Officer
JAMES MALLORY, Administrative Officer
SANDI FITZPATRICK, Administrative Associate
SUSAN SHERWIN, Project Assistant
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