The Leading Edge; January 2005; v. 24; no. 1;
p. 24-25; DOI: 10.1190/1.1859695
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The 1920sthe decade it all started
Dean Clark
TLE Editor
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SEG was founded, with the same acronym but a different name (the Society of Economic Geophysicists), on 11 March 1930, in Houston, USA, which means its 75th anniversary is almost here.
TLE will, in honor of this anniversary, publish short monthly articles that focus on the history of applied geophysics during that period and the role that the society itself has played in the evolution of the science and profession. These articles are expected to be primarily pictorial; readers are urged to submit appropriate photographs, and information about 75th Anniversary events to dclark@seg.org.
The photo collage (right) predates the founding of SEG (which was renamed the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists in 1931 and assumed the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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