Many of our clients have enquired about our recommended geoscience resources and we find those below to be most helpful to us. Please contact us if you have any recommendations to add to the list.
Geoscience Resources
Agile Geophysics: An excellent resource that includes ’52 Things Everyone Should Know About…’ and interesting blogs.
Subsurface Wiki: Maintained by Agile Geophysics and includes ‘cheat sheets’ and a wealth of handy hints. In the development stages so pile in and contribute to the Wiki.
Stratigraphic Guide: Useful reference from the ICS.
Seismic Atlas: this is a great resource for interpreters. Search on depositional environment, structural setting, location etc and see seismic lines both clean and interpreted.
SEPM Stratigraphy Web: Open access site dedicated to the study of sequence stratigraphy.
Geoheritage Day: This is an excellent resource that includes many geoheritage initiatives from across Canada.
Geodiversity Day: “Geodiversity is all around you. It is all the parts of nature that aren’t alive; including everything from minerals and fossils, to soils and spectacular landscapes.” Celebrated on 6th October.
Geoscience Technical, Professional and Regulatory Organisations
CSEG [Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists]: An excellent resource that includes the monthly RECORDER in which you will find easy to read technical articles.
CFES [Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences]: The umbrella organization for Canadian Earth Science societies. Be sure to check out the CGEN and EdGeo links under education for many useful resources.
CSPG [Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists]: Canada’s Energy Geoscientists. There are some useful resources including the Canadian geological and geophysical atlases.
CSUR [Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources]: CSUR enjoys a world class reputation for being a go to organization for factual information, technical events and networking/collaboration opportunities relative to the unconventional oil and gas industry.
CGEF [Calgary Global Exploration Forum]: Serves and promotes Canadian-based International oil and gas Exploration and Production companies. Great 2 day conference with a broad range of panel discussions and plenary sessions.
SEG [Society of Exploration Geophysicists]:
APEGA [Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta]:
EAGE [European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers]:
AAPG [American Association of Petroleum Geologists]:
PESGB [Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain]:
GSA (Geological Society of America): a rather complete list of American geoscience links.
AWSN [Alberta Women’s Science Network]: Networking & support for Alberta STEM programs that foster diversity and inclusion [STEM = Science + Technology + Engineering + Mathematics].
IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences): The IUGS promotes and encourages the study of geological problems, especially those of world-wide significance, and supports and facilitates international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the Earth sciences. They have a website dedicated to the 60th Anniversary with some great flagship activities and comments on global challenges.
Eclectic Links
Bad Science: Ben Goldacre.
Wondering what daily products come from petroleum? Here are a couple of good resources: ExxonMobil Chemicals, Ranken Energy List of 144 out of thousands of products,
Four Billion Years and Counting is a Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences publication that has some phenomenal geological images with great detail.
Resources for Professionals in Transformation
Resource YYC: co-working space for professionals in downtown Calgary.