Fossil finds in the rock outcrops of the coast of Angola in Africa are a "museum in the ground," according to SMU vertebrate paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs.
Internationally recognized for his fossil discoveries, Jacobs and a team of researchers have unearthed fossils in the outcrops from Namibe, at the southern end of Angola's coast, to Cabinda, at the northern end.
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Enhancing existing oil and gas wells for the purpose of producing electricity from the Earth's heat will be the focus of an annual international geothermal conference at SMU in November. The conference is coordinated by the SMU Geothermal Laboratory and SMU's Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.
"Geothermal Energy Utilization Associated with Oil and Gas Development" will connect landowners with technical, operational and financial players interested in embarking on a geothermal energy project. The two-day conference is set for Nov. 3-4.
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