Combination of gas field fluid injection and removal is most likely cause of 2013-14 earthquakes An SMU-led seismology team finds that high volumes of wastewater injection combined with saltwater (brine) extraction from natural gas wells is the most likely cause of earthquakes occurring near Azle, Texas, from late 2013 through spring 2014. In an area […]
Category: Earth Sciences
Smithsonian Magazine Originally Posted: April 16, 2015 Take a Deep Dive Into The Reasons Land Animals Moved to the Seas Synthesizing decades of discoveries, scientists have revealed links between changing environments and animal movements The movement of animals from the land into the sea has happened several times over the last 250 million years, and […]
Outstanding achievement honored at SMU’s 2014-15 Awards Extravaganza, Honors Convocation. Dedman College faculty, staff and students were recognized with teaching awards, service honors and the University’s highest commendation, the “M” Award, at the 2015 Awards Extravaganza Monday, April 13. > Read the list of award winners from Honors Convocation 2015 On the same day, the University […]
NewsMax Posted: April 10, 2015 Tim Brys and his son made a discovery of their lifetimes on a hill behind a Texas grocery store when they found a dinosaur fossil that paleontologists believe dates back 100 million years. Brys, who is employed at the Dallas Zoo, and 4-year-old Wylie received help from a team of […]
NBC 5 Originally Posted: April 7, 2015 Dinosaur bones estimated to be 100 million years old recently discovered in Mansfield by a 4-year-old boy are now on their way to Southern Methodist University in Dallas for further study. The dinosaur bones were first discovered in September next to a Mansfield retail center that was under […]
Star Telegram Originally Posted: April 2, 2015 Three earthquakes rattled the Irving area Thursday, the second one with a magnitude of 3.3, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. It wasn’t the area’s strongest quake to date — that was a 3.6-magnitude quake, also near Irving, in January — but its effect seemed widespread, as people […]
SMU Geothermal Lab is hosting Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields May 18-20, 2015 on the SMU Campus in Dallas, Texas. Over 200 individuals in field operations, project development, technology, finance, engineering and resource assessment from the geothermal, oil, gas and renewable energy sectors are expected to attend. The conference goal is […]
A geoscience services oil field trailer will be giving demonstrations at SMU on Thursday of what analyses are performed while a well is being drilled. Normally, the equipment is next to a well, but from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, it will be next to SMU Fondren Library near University Boulevard. Demonstrations […]
Originally Posted: March 17, 2015 London’s Daily Mail covered the research of SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs, a professor in the Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences of SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. Jacobs is co-author of a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Findings of the […]
Congratulations to all the Dedman College students who received 2015 Research Day awards. The goal of Research Day is to foster communication between students in different disciplines, give students the opportunity to present their work in a professional setting, and share the outstanding research being conducted at SMU with their peers and industry professionals from […]