Olamide Dada, Ms Student University of Louisiana. Geology intern Black Elk Energy

Thinking outside the box: (GEO)Physics as a career option

Question 1: What geophysics careers do you know

about?

Let’s get started

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?

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.

Geophysics specialtiesSeismologist - study of

earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through Earth or through other planet-like bodies.

Marine geophysicistPetroleum geophysicistMining geophysicistEnvironmental

geophysicistExploration geophysicist

Data used….Active seismic Electrical resistivityElectromagneticsGPSGravityInfrasoundMagneticsPassive seismic

How I came to geophysics…I took a geophysics course at the University of Oklahoma

Worked with the USGS in finding faults responsible for earthquakes

We use geophysical methods in exploration of oil and gas.

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Well-positioned for a GEOphysics career...

Attrition, Growth and Replacementin the next 10 years in the U.S.

Bachelor’s: 30%Master’s: 43%Doctorate: 66%

Geoscience Grads Continuing on to Geoscience Careers

262,627 geoscience jobs exist today

~130,000 geoscientists expected to retire

72,000 geoscience jobs created by 2021 (BLS)

15,000 total new graduates (MS or PhD)

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Physicist

$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

Well-paying career options with or without a PhD

Geologist (GEOphysicist)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

University Of Oklahoma

Olamide Dada

Preliminary Analysis of a High Resolution Seismic

Profile Acquired Near Marianna, Arkansas

ObjectiveImage the upper 1 km that underlies a set

of Holocene sandblowsDetermine whether an earthquake fault

underlies the lineament of sandblows

Seismic profile

Acquisition parameters Source type Mini VibroseisSweeps per station 2Source interval 10 metersGeophone Interval 5 metersRecording geometry 168 channels, inline offendSource sweep 15-180 HzRecording system Geometrics GeodeSampling rate 2msSweep length 12secsRecording format SEG2

Data Quality

Paleozoic (Pz)

Cretaceous (K)

Tertiary (T)

Quaternary ?(Q)

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Depth section Profile 1 – Hwy 243

Mar1 stk4 rstatK, unmigrated, post-stack filtering (FX decon, eigenvector filter), depth converted using vel3 single, 7-26-2010

Lineament xingWest East

1 km

•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.

Conclusion

Limitations of our studyVertical fault displacements could be

smaller than the minimum resolution of the data

Faulting lies outside the image area

Exploring (GEO)physics furtherAttend Geoscience colloquium – ADD DETAILS

FOR TALKS ON CAMPUS OR NEARBYTake 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 SeismologyUNAVCO’s Research Experiences in Solid Earth

Sciences (RESESS)

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

Internship Opportunities

Deadline for both programs is February 1, 2014

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Data derived from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment StatisticsMay 2011 data tables.

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