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Thinking outside the box: ( geo)P hysics as a career option

Thinking outside the box: ( geo)P hysics as a career option. Olamide Dada, Ms Student University of Louisiana. Geology intern Black Elk Energy. Let’s get started. Question 1: What geophysics careers do you know about?. Question 2: What geophysics subjects are you interested in?

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Thinking outside the box: ( geo)P hysics as a career option

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  1. Thinking outside the box: (geo)Physicsas acareer option Olamide Dada, Ms Student University of Louisiana. Geology intern Black Elk Energy

  2. Let’s get started • Question 1: • What geophysics careers do you know about? • Question 2: • What geophysics subjects are you interested in? • What geophysics skills do you already possess? • Question 3: • What are your other interests? • What other skills do you possess?

  3. Geophysicists Measure, examine, model, and explore the physical properties of Earth and other planetary objects, from the depths of the ocean to the tops of volcanoes, from Earth’s core to the edges of space and beyond.

  4. Geophysics specialties • Seismologist - study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through Earth or through other planet-like bodies. • Marine geophysicist • Petroleum geophysicist • Mining geophysicist • Environmental geophysicist • Exploration geophysicist Data used…. • Active seismic • Electrical resistivity • Electromagnetics • GPS • Gravity • Infrasound • Magnetics • Passive seismic

  5. How I came to geophysics… I took a geophysics course at the University of Oklahoma PAST Worked with the USGS in finding faults responsible for earthquakes Where will you drill? FUTURE We use geophysical methods in exploration of oil and gas.

  6. Well-positioned for a GEOphysics career...

  7. Attrition, Growth and Replacementin the next 10 years in the U.S. • 262,627 geoscience jobs exist today • ~130,000 geoscientists expected to retire • 72,000geoscience jobs createdby 2021 (BLS) • 15,000totalnew graduates (MS or PhD) • 45,000totalnew graduates if hiring BS/BA Geoscience Grads Continuing on to Geoscience Careers OR Bachelor’s: 30% Master’s: 43% Doctorate: 66% • Net deficit of over 150,000geoscientists by 2021

  8. Well-paying career options with or without a PhD Physicist Geologist (GEOphysicist) • $105,430 (2010 Median) • Entry degree = PhD • Job outlook = 14% by 2020 • $82,500 (2010 Median) • Entry degree = B.S (M.S) • Job outlook = 21% by 2020 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

  9. Preliminary Analysis of a High Resolution Seismic Profile Acquired Near Marianna, Arkansas University Of Oklahoma Olamide Dada

  10. Objective • Image the upper 1 km that underlies a set of Holocene sandblows • Determine whether an earthquake fault underlies the lineament of sandblows

  11. Seismic profile

  12. Acquisition parameters

  13. Data Quality

  14. Depth section Profile 1 – Hwy 243 Lineament xing West East Quaternary ?(Q) Tertiary (T) Cretaceous (K) Paleozoic (Pz) ? 1 km Mar1 stk4 rstatK, unmigrated, post-stack filtering (FX decon, eigenvector filter), depth converted using vel3 single, 7-26-2010

  15. Conclusion • Well known marker reflections imaging the top on the Paleozoic and overlying Cretaceous section • There is a 20m fold on Eocene reflections at 400m depth • There is a discontinuity in the Paleozoic reflections at 1100m depth, that is suggestive of steeply dipping reverse faulting. • More processing and analysis is required to clarify this interpretation.

  16. Limitations of our study • Vertical fault displacements could be smaller than the minimum resolution of the data • Faulting lies outside the image area

  17. Exploring (GEO)physics further • Attend Geoscience colloquium – ADD DETAILS FOR TALKS ON CAMPUS OR NEARBY • Take an elective from the Geoscience Dept. • E.g. ADD GEO COURSE or TWO OFFERED ON CAMPUS • Participate in a summer internship experience! • IRIS Undergraduate Internships in Seismology • UNAVCO’s Research Experiences in Solid Earth Sciences (RESESS)

  18. Internship Opportunities IRIS • 9 to 14 week summer internship • Participants distributed both within the US and abroad – virtual communication emphasized. • Research projects include all specialties within seismology • Travel and weekly stipend ($550/week) • Full funding to present research at the Fall AGU conference in San Francisco, CA • Diversity Focused • 10 week summer internship • All participants located in Boulder, CO • Research projects include a variety of solid Earth science topics • Travel, lodging and weekly stipend ($550/week) • Support in fall: $, GRE, scholarships & grad. school applications Deadline for both programs is February 1, 2014

  19. Think Outside the Box! ?

  20. The Breakdown: Workforce Trends

  21. The Breakdown: Workforce Trends Source: AGI Workforce Program, 2012

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