Karcher Award

2014 Honors and Awards Nominations

One of SEG’s great traditions is the special recognition of individuals and organizations for their contributions to geophysics and to the Society. The 2013-2014 Honors and Awards Committee would like to solicit your nominations for deserving recipients to be honored at the 2014 Annual Meeting.

The SEG International Exhibition and 84^th Annual Meeting will be held 26-31 October 2014. In order to guarantee that all deserving individuals and organizations receive consideration for appropriate recognition, please submit all nominations by 1 January 2014 to allow the Honors and Awards Committee enough time for appropriate investigation, deliberation, and recommendations to the SEG Board of Directors.

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Outstanding Educator Award (New award approved 15 May 2013)

The Outstanding Educator Award honors individuals for excellence in geophysics education, and is awarded to a person who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Board, merits such recognition, based on his or her educational qualities and contributions that may include:

Outstanding contributions in teaching of geophysics classes at any educational level;
Impact on education programs by commitment to excellence in geophysics education;
Special dedication to advising, supervising, and mentoring students;
Providing extraordinary inspiration to the next generation of geophysics professionals.

A maximum of two awards can be given each year.

The Maurice Ewing Medal

The Maurice Ewing Medal shall be awarded from time to time to a person who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and of the Executive Committee, is deserving of special recognition through having made major contributions to the advancement of the science and profession of exploration geophysics. The award of the Maurice Ewing Award shall confer Honorary Membership on its recipients.

1978 Cecil H. Green
1979 C. Hewitt Dix
1981 J. Tuzo Wilson
1982 Frank Press
1983 W. Harry Mayne
1984 L. L. Nettleton
1985 N. A. Anstey
1986 J. E. White
1987 Arthur A. Brant
1988 Franklyn K. Levin
1989 Sven Treitel
1990 Milo M. Backus
1991 Theodor C. Krey
1992 Jon F. Claerbout
1993 M. Turhan Taner
1995 Harold O. Seigel
1996 Ken Larner
1997 Thomas R. LaFehr
1998 Robert E. Sheriff
1999 Gerald H. F. Gardner
2000 Stanley H. Ward
2001 Enders A. Robinson
2002 Gordon F. West
2003 A. J. Berkhout
2004 Vlastislav Cervený
2005 Robert J. Graebner
2006 Fred Hilterman
2007 Roy Oliver Lindseth
2008 John W. C. Sherwood
2009 David W. Strangway
2010 Anthony R. Barringer
2010 M. Nafi Toksöz
2011 Amos M. Nur
2012 George A. McMechan

Honorary Membership

Honorary Membership shall be conferred upon persons who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, have made distinguished contributions, which warrants exceptional recognition, to exploration geophysics or a related field or to the advancement of the profession of exploration geophysics through service to the Society.

1930 L. Mintrop
1930 E. L. DeGolyer
1936 Wallace E. Pratt
1936 L. P. Garrett
1940 Donald C. Barton – (posthumous)
1950 John C. Karcher
1952 E. A. Eckhardt
1954 Cecil H. Green
1954 James B. Macelwane
1954 Paul Weaver
1956 Lewis L. Nettleton
1957 W. Maurice Ewing
1958 Burton McCollum
1958 William Shriever
1959 W. T. Born
1959 Frank Rieber – (posthumous)
1959 Louis B. Slichter
1960 M. King Hubbert
1962 Dave P. Carlton
1962 Sigmund I. Hammer
1963 Arthur A. Brant
1963 Roy L. Lay
1965 Ralph D. Wyckoff
1966 L. Y. Faust
1966 O. F. Ritzmann
1967 Frank Goldstone
1967 Paul L. Lyons
1968 Norman H. Ricker
1968 J. P. Woods
1969 C. Hewitt Dix
1969 Raymond A. Peterson
1970 F. A. Van Melle
1971 John C. Hollister
1971 Eugene McDermott
1971 H. B. Peacock
1971 O. S. Petty Sr.
1971 Henry Salvatori
1971 G. H. Westby
1972 Frank Press
1973 Antonio Garcia Rojas
1973 J. Tuzo Wilson
1974 Daniel Silverman
1975 Albert W. Musgrave
1976 Roland G. Henderson
1976 James E. White
1977 Nigel A. Anstey
1977 Bastiaan Baars
1978 Howard R. Breck
1978 John M. Crawford
1978 Milton B. Dobrin
1978 Franklyn K. Levin
1978 W. Harry Mayne
1978 Vincent E. McKelvey
1978 M. Turhan Taner
1978 Sam P. Worden
1979 Sidney Kaufman
1979 Thomas R. LaFehr
1979 Robert E. Sheriff
1978 Robert Van Nostrand
1980 Samuel J. Allen
1980 Bimal K. Bhattacharyya – (posthumous)
1980 Kenneth E. Burg
1980 Carl H. Savit
1981 Charles C. Bates
1981 Santos Figueroa
1981 Richard A. Geyer
1981 Theodor C. Krey
1982 Klaus Helbig
1982 William M. Rust Jr.
1982 J. Dan Skelton
1982 Stanley H. Ward
1983 Michel T. Halbouty
1983 Robert B. Rice
1983 Enders A. Robinson
1983 David W. Strangway
1983 Sven Treitel
1984 Roy O. Lindseth
1984 Aaron J. Seriff
1984 Paul C. Wuenschel
1985 Jon F. Claerbout
1985 Booth B. Strange
1985 Peter R. Vail
1985 Keeva Vozoff
1986 Allan V. Cox
1986 S. Norman Domenico
1986 Lucien J. B. LaCoste
1987 Craig Ferris
1987 Albert A. Fitch
1987 Misac N. Nabighian
1988 Milo M. Backus
1988 Gu Gong-Xu
1989 J. G. Hagedoorn
1989 Fabio L. Rocca
1989 Ethel Ward-McLemore
1990 Peter N. S. O’Brien
1990 William A. Schneider
1990 Sabba S. Stefanescu
1991 Gerald H. F. Gardner
1991 Pierre L. Goupillaud
1991 Gordon F. West
1992 Vlastislav Cerveny
1992 Gerald W. Hohmann – (posthumous)
1992 John H. Hyden
1993 A. J. Berkhout
1993 John W. C. Sherwood
1993 James R. Wait
1994 Ernest R. Kanasewich
1994 Johann W. Sattlegger
1995 Robert J. Graebner
1995 Fred Hilterman
1995 Paul Newman
1995 Weng Wen-Bo – (posthumous)
1996 Amos M. Nur
1996 Roy E. White
1997 Anders Farestveit
1997 Peter Hubral
1997 Edward Rudolph Prince Jr.
1998 William S. French
1998 Robert H. Stolt
1999 H. Frank Morrison
1999 M. Nafi Toksöz
2000 A. Peter Annan
2000 Larry R. Lines
2001 Robert J. Garotta
2001 Douglas W. Oldenburg
2001 Gerald M. Mavko
2002 L. Decker Dawson
2002 Michael Schoenberger
2003 Mike Graul
2003 Richard O. Hansen
2003 Ian G. Jack
2004 Aleksander A. Kaufman
2004 Tadeusz J. Ulrych
2004 Ronald W. Ward – (posthumous)
2005 Norman Bleistein
2005 James D. Robertson
2006 Alistair R. Brown
2007 Virgil Bardan
2007 Bob A. Hardage
2008 William N. Barkhouse
2008 Rutt Bridges
2008 L. C. (Lee) Lawyer
2008 Brian H. Russell
2009 Samir Abdelmoaty
2009 Don Steeples
2009 Sally G. Zinke
2010 Michael S. Bahorich
2010 Walter S. Lynn
2010 Professor Bjørn Ursin
2011 Peter M. Duncan
2011 Öz Yilmaz
2011 Roel Snieder
2012 Kurt J. Marfurt
2012 Mark D. Zoback

Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal Award

The Kauffman Gold Medal is awarded to a person who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the science of geophysical exploration as manifested during the previous five years. The contribution may be of a technical or a professional nature.

1966 Cecil H. Green
1967 Lucien J. B. LaCoste
1968 Howard A. Slack
1969 Robert E. Sheriff
1970 Roy O. Lindseth
1971 Joseph Zemanek
1972 Nigel A. Anstey
1973 Samuel J. Allen
1974 David W. Strangway
1975 Stephen Chelminski
1976 Peter R. Vail
1977 M. B. Widess
1978 William J. Zwart
1979 Carl H. Savit
1980 A. R. Barringer
1981 S. Norman Domenico
1982 J. T. Cherry
1982 Kenneth H. Waters
1983 Sidney Kaufman
1983 Jack E. Oliver
1984 Fred J. Hilterman
1985 William J. Ostrander
1986 John W. C. Sherwood
1988 Stuart Crampin
1989 Ira David Hale
1990 Richard M. Alford
1991 Öz Yilmaz
1994 Davis W. Ratcliff
1995 Fred J. Barr Jr.
1995 Joe I. Sanders
1996 Ilya Tsvankin
1997 George A. McMechan
1998 Michael S. Bahorich
1999 Eivind W. Berg
1999 James E. Martin
1999 Bjørnar A. Svenning
2001 Patrick Connolly
2002 Michael L. Batzle
2002 Zhijing (Zee) Wang
2003 Gregory A. Partyka
2004 N. Ross Hill
2005 Robert J. Greaves
2005 Terry Fulp
2006 Dirk Jacob (Eric) Verschuur
2007 Terje Eidesmo
2007 Svein Ellingsrud
2007 Leonard James Srnka
2008 Carl J. Regone
2008 John T. Etgen
2009 No award
2010 Gerard Thomas Schuster
2010 Kees Wapenaar
2012 Dr. Yu Zhang

Cecil Green Enterprise Award

The Enterprise Award was established to recognize the importance of an individual enterprise to the economic vitality of our industry and shall be conferred from time to time on persons who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, have demonstrated courage, ingenuity, and achievement while risking their own resources and future in developing a product, service, organization, or activity which is recognized as a distinct and worthy contribution to the industry.

1989 Roy O. Lindseth
1991 Rutt Bridges
1992 Charles R. Pelton
1993 James Duncan McNeill
1995 Kenneth L. Zonge
1996 Daniel Patrick Hampson
1996 Brian H. Russell
1997 L. Decker Dawson
1998 David B. Robson
1999 Harold A (Andy) Hildebrand
1999 Robert S. Limbaugh
1999 John O. Mouton
1999 H. Roice Nelson Jr.
2000 Thomas A. Smith
2001 Aubra E. Tilley
2002 James (Pat) Cunneen
2003 Paul van Riel
2004 Fred J. Hilterman
2004 Reginald N. Neale – (posthumous)
2004 John W.C. Sherwood
2005 Alan Faichney
2005 Alastair Hay – (posthumous)
2005 David Phillip – (posthumous)
2006 A. Peter Annan
2006 Charles David Leggatt
2006 Steve Cosway
2006 Lowry T. Chua
2007 (no award recipients this year)
2008 Billy F. Mitcham Sr.
2009 Tom LaFehr
2009 Kwok C. Chan
2010 No award
2011 Chen-Bin Su, Wes Bauske, and Zhiming Li
2012 KMS Technologies

Reginald Fessenden Award (formerly Medal Award)

The Reginald Fessenden Award is given to a person who has made a specific technical contribution to exploration geophysics, such as an invention or a theoretical or conceptual advancement, which, in the opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, merits special recognition.

1961 Beno Gutenberg – (posthumous)
1961 Raoul Vajk
1965 W. Harry Mayne
1967 John M. Crawford
1967 William E. N. Doty
1967 Milford R. Lee
1969 Enders A. Robinson
1969 Sven Treitel
1971 R. A. Broding
1971 G. C. Summers
1971 C. B. Vogel
1972 W. D. Mounce
1973 Jon F. Claerbout
1974 Sam P. Worden
1975 Victor Vacquierv
1976 Leroy C. Paslay
1977 Norman H. Ricker
1978 J. W. Miller
1979 Peter Hubral
1980 R. H. Stolt
1981 Haines C. Hibbard
1982 E. V. McCollum
1983 Harold A. Sears
1984 Richard N. Jolly
1984 Franklyn K. Levin
1985 Ralph A. Harris
1986 T. R. Madden
1987 Byron L. Gariepy
1987 John H. Koonce
1989 Reinhard K. Bortfeld
1990 Vaino Ronka
1993 Leon Thomsen
1994 Donald W. Rockwell
1995 Derecke Palmer
1996 Luis L. Canales
1997 Jean P. Morlet
1998 Elmer Eisner
1998 Ben F. Giles
1998 E.R. (Harry) Harrison
1998 Donald L. Howlett
1998 Roy C. Johnston
1998 Robert J. Loofbourrow
1998 James Vanderford
1999 James E. Rickenbacker
1999 John J. Sallas
2000 Robert E. Howard
2001 (no recipient awarded this year)
2002 George C. Smith
2002 P.M. (Maurice) Gidlow
2003 Kurt-Martin Strack
2004 Biondo L. Biondi
2005 John P. Castagna
2005 Matthew L. Greenberg
2006 Dan Hampson
2007 Paul C. Sava
2008 Paul M. Krail
2008 Dwight V. Sukup
2009 Keeva Vozoff
2010 Samuel Gray
2010 Arthur Benjamin Weglein
2011 Norman Daniel Whitmore, Jr.
2012 Xianhuai Zhu
2012 Jie Zhang

J. Clarence Karcher Award

To honor the memory of Clarence Karcher and his enormous contribution to exploration geophysics, the J. Clarence Karcher Award is given in recognition of significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist of outstanding abilities who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, merits such recognition. Recipients must be less than 35 years of age on November 1 of the year preceding presentation of the award. A maximum of three awards can be given each year.

1996 Maarten de Hoop
1996 David E. Lumley
1996 James W. Rector III
1997 Eric Verschuur
1997 Spyros K. Lazaratos
1997 Vladimir Grechka
1998 Tariq Ali Alkhalifah
1998 John E. Eastwood
1998 Jörg Schleicher
1999 Kenneth H. Matson
1999 Andreas Rüger
2000 Fernanda Araújo Gasparotto
2000 Tapan Mukerji
2000 Tamas Nemeth
2001 Sergey B. Fomel
2001 Muhammad M. Saggaf
2002 Rob W. Vestrum
2002 Oleg V. Mikhailov
2003 Edward Jenner
2004 Henning Kuehl
2004 Yu Zhang
2005 Mustafa Naser Al-Ali
2005 Andrey V. Bakulin
2005 Simon A. Shaw
2006 Kristopher A. Innanen
2007 Robert G. Clapp
2007 Antoine Guitton
2007 Matthew M. Haney
2008 Dirk-Jan van Manen
2009 Bogdan G. Nita
2009 Haiyan Zhang
2010 Deyan Draganov
2010 Jeffrey Shragge
2011 Dr. Mostafa Naghizadeh
2011 Ramesh (Neelsh) Neelamani
2011 Guojian Shan
2012 Jyoti Behura
2012 Pawan Dewangan
2012 Alison E. Malcolm

Distinguished Achievement Award

The Distinguished Achievement Award shall be given from time to time to a company, institution, or other organization for a specific technical contribution or contributions that have, in the opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, substantially advanced the science of exploration geophysics.

1986 Geophysical Service Inc.
1986 Texas Instruments Inc.
1988 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1989 Geophysical Service Inc.
1991 Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysics
1994 DigiCOURSE Inc.
1995 Stanford University, Department of Geophysics
1997 Allied Geophysical Laboratories, University of Houston
1998 Western Geophysical
1999 Exxon Production Research Company
2000 Geophysics Laboratory of the University of Toronto
2001 Laboratory of Seismics and Acoustics, Delft University
2002 Kansas Geological Survey
2003 CREWES Project, University of Calgary
2004 Curtin University Reservoir Geophysics Consortium
2005 Robert Ballard’s Institute for Exploration
2006 Compagnie Générale de Géophysique
2006 Geological Survey of Canada
2007 CSEM: Statoil Research Centre, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Southampton, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
2008 Shell Exploration and Production Company, WesternGeco, BP, BHP Billiton, Chevron, ExxonMobil
2009 GOCAD Consortium
2010 Amoco Research Center
2010 Brazilian Geophysical Society (SBGf)
2012 Edinburgh Anisotropy Project: British Geological Survey, Edinburgh University, CNPC Geophysical Key Laboratory (China University of Petroleum)

Life Membership Award

Life Membership may be conferred on persons who have voluntarily rendered exceptionally meritorious service to the Society that, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, warrants recognition.

1954 William W. Butler
1954 O. F. Ritzmann
1968 Virgil Kauffman
1968 O. D. Waters Jr.
1973 Craig Ferris
1973 Frank Searcy
1975 Raoul Vajk
1978 Bettye Athanasiou
1979 Alfred J. Hermont
1980 Roy F. Bennett
1980 E. V. McCollum
1980 Hugh M. Thralls
1981 Ralph B. Ross
1981 Benjamin F. Rummerfield
1982 J. Frank Rollins
1983 Donald R. Brown
1983 Norman J. Christie
1983 Jack M. Proffitt
1983 W. B. Robinson
1984 David L. Yowell
1985 Anton W. Smit
1986 Harold J. Kidder
1986 William E. Laing
1987 Kenneth L. Cook
1988 Richard L. Fentem
1988 Elwin M. Peacock
1989 Edwin B. Neitzel
1989 Reginald G. Nelson
1989 Ben B. Thigpen
1990 Stanley B. Jones
1990 K. M. Lawrence
1991 Richard A. Baile
1991 Paul C. Wuenschel
1992 Meng Ersheng
1992 Richard E. Schneider
1994 Elmer Eisner
1994 Hugh W. Hardy
1995 Jack C. Weyand
1995 Paul Farren
1996 Valery Garipov
1996 Brian R. Spies
1996 Don W. Steeples
1997 Michael J. G. Cox
1997 J. Pat Lindsey
1997 Norman S. Neidell
1998 Zuchuan Chen
1998 Gary M. Hoover
1998 Nicolay A. Savostyanov
1998 Yoram Shoham
1999 Peter M. Duncan
1999 Kay Dautenhahn Wyatt
2000 Georgiy N. Gogonenkov
2000 Jean-Claude Grosset
2000 L.C. (Lee) Lawyer
2001 Joe A. Dellinger
2001 Joseph H. Rosenbaum
2002 John (Jack) G. Caldwell
2002 Richard W. Verm
2002 Samir Abdel Moaty
2003 Bob A. Hardage
2003 Gene W. Sparkman
2003 Simon Spitz
2004 Paul S. Cunningham
2004 David H. Johnston
2005 Ananda Gopal Pramanik
2005 Brian H. Russell
2005 Wenrong Xu
2006 William H. Dragoset
2006 Robert R. Stewart
2007 William L. Abriel
2007 James E. Gaiser
2008 Klaas Koster
2008 Susan Mastoris Peebler
2008 Gary G. Servos
2009 Maria Angela Capello
2009 Panos G. Kelamis
2009 Rosemary Knight
2009 David Monk
2009 Aldo Vesnaver
2010 Bradley A. Birkelo
2010 Steve Danbom
2010 Mary L. Fleming
2010 John R. Sumner
2011 Shivaji Dasgupta
2011 Joseph Michael Reilly
2012 John H. Bradford
2012 Frank D. Brown
2012 R. A. (Bob) Wyckoff

Special Commendation

SEG established Special Commendation for the purpose of recognizing and honoring deserving persons for meritorious services to the public, the scientific community, or to our profession. This award may be for recognized community leadership, professional leadership, or for contributions outside the main stream of geophysics which, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, warrant special recognition.

1980 J. Edward Snyder
1981 R. A. Frosch
1983 Stanley B. Jones
1990 Fritz Gassman
1991 Lawrence W. Funkhouser
1992 George C. McGhee
1992 Robert Shrock
1994 Özer Altan
1995 Albert W. Bally
1996 Wagner Freire
1996 Robert E. Sheriff
1997 M. E. (Shorty) Trostle
1997 Milo M. Backus
1997 Robert J. Graebner
1998 Fred Aminzadeh
1998 Alain Bamberger
1998 Jean Brac
1998 Alistair R. Brown
1998 Norman R. Burkhard
1998 Pierre Duclos
1998 Bob A. Hardage
1998 Timothy J. Kunz
1998 E. O. Nestvold
1998 Laurence Nicoletis
1998 Fabio L. Rocca
1998 Kay Dautenhahn Wyatt
1999 Carlos A. Diaz
1999 J. Derek Fairhead
1999 J. Michael Graul
2000 W. Scott Baldridge
2000 George R. Jiracek
2000 Stephen J. Hill
2000 Lu Bang-gan
2001 Horst Rüter
2002 Mahboub Al-Chalabi
2002 John W. Stockwell Jr.
2002 Jack K. Cohen
2002 Einar Kjartansson
2002 Joshua (Shuky) Ronen
2003 James Eduardo Jaramillo E.
2004 (no award recipients this year)
2005 Alf Klaveness
2006 L.C. (Lee) Lawyer
2006 Rhonda Boone
2006 Michael H.B. Golding
2006 Thomas K. Fulton
2006 D. Gene Womack
2007 Katharine Lee Avary
2007 Martha Lou Broussard
2007 Michael M. Deal
2007 Randi S. Martinsen
2007 Charles R. “Chuck” Noll
2007 Roger M. Slatt
2007 Mary Beth Hattaberg
2007 James V. White
2008 Richard (Dick) A. Baile
2009 (no award recipients this year)
2010 Jerry Freel
2011 (no award recipients this year)
2012 Cezar Iacob

Best Paper in Geophysics Award

The Best Paper in Geophysics is selected by the Editor for consideration as a candidate for the award. Recognized minimum requirements are permanent interest, form and readability, and potential for the advancement of the geophysical profession.

1947 “The fundamental equations of electrical prospecting,” R. Maillet
1949 “The direct approach to magnetic interpretation and its practical application,” L. J. Peters
1950 “Fault interpretation from seismic data in southwest Texas,” Miller Quarles Jr.
1951 “Seismic velocity as a function of depth and geologic time,” L. Y. Faust
1952 “The significance of diffraction in the investigation of faults,” T. Krey
1953 “The refraction arrival in water covered layers,” C. B. Officer Jr.
1954 “Reflection quality a fourth dimension,” B. F. Rummerfield
1955 “The synthesis of seismograms from well log data,” R. A. Peterson, W. R. Fillippone, and F. B. Coker
1956 “Investigation of shear waves,” R. N. Jolly
1957 “The Gulf seismic profile printer,” E. M. Palmer
1958 “Directivity effect of elongated charges,” A. W. Musgrave, G. W. Ehlert, and D. M. Nash Jr.
1959 “Water reverberations their nature and elimination,” M. M. Backus
1960 “Continuous signal seismograph,” J. M. Crawford, W. E. N. Doty, and M. R. Lee
1961 “Wave-front charts and three-dimensional migrations,” A. W. Musgrave
1962 “Head waves from a bed of finite thickness,” F. K. Levin and J. D. Ingram
1963 “Standard curves for interpretation of magnetic anomalies over long tabular bodies,” S. Parker Gay Jr.
1964 “Principles of digital filtering,” E. A. Robinson and Sven Treitel
1965 “Velocity and frequency filtering of seismic data using laser light,” Milton B. Dobrin, Arthur L. Ingalls, and James A. Long
1966 “The development and use of a high-precision downhole gravity-meter,” Lynn G. Howell, K. O. Heintz, and A. Barry
1967 “The digital processing of seismic data,” Daniel Silverman
1968 “Deep crustal seismic reflections at near-vertical incidence,” R. M. Clowes, E. R. Kanasewich, and G. L. Cumming
1969 “Predictive deconvolution†theory and practice,” K. L. Peacock and Sven Treitel
1970 “Three-dimensional seismic modeling,” Fred J. Hilterman
1971 “Seismic stratigraphic exploration†Parts I, II, & III,” John D. Marr
1972 “Three-dimensional seismic method,” G. G. Walton
1973 “Use of wavefront curvature to relate seismic data with subsurface parameters,” Pravin M. Shah
1974 “Effect of water saturation on seismic reflectivity of sand reservoirs encased in shale,” S. N. Domenico
1975 “Three-dimensional induced-polarization and electromagnetic modeling,” Gerald W. Hohmann
1976 “Residual static analysis as a general linear inverse problem,” Ralph A. Wiggins, Ken Larner, and Robert D. Wisecup
1977 “Peg-leg multiples and dipping reflectors,” F. K. Levin and P. M. Shah
1978 “Mineral discrimination and removal of inductive coupling with multifrequency induced-polarization,” W. H. Pelton, S. H. Ward, P. G. Hallof, W. R. Sill, and P. H. Nelson
1979 “Magnetotellurics with a remote magnetic reference,” Thomas D. Gamble, Wolfgang M. Goubau, and John Clarke
1980 “Channel wave mapping of coal seams in the United Kingdom,” Iain M. Mason, David J. Buchanan, and Anthony K. Booer
1981 “The airborne electromagnetic discovery of the Detour zinc-copper-silver deposit Northwestern Quebec,” Laurie E. Reed
1982 “Field development with three-dimensional seismic methods in the Gulf of Thailand: A case history,” C. G. Dahm and Robert J. Graebner
1983 “Analysis of seismic data using horizontal cross-sections,” M. R. Bone, B. F. Giles, and E. R. Tegland
1984 “A time-domain electromagnetic system measuring the step-response of the ground,” G. F. West, J. C. Macnae, and Y. Lamontagne
1985 “Direct hydrocarbon detection using comparative P-wave and S-wave seismic sections,” James D. Robertson and William C. Pritchett
1986 “Automatic estimation of large residual statics corrections,” Daniel H. Rothman
1987 “Three-dimensional seismic monitoring of an enhanced oil recovery process,” R. J. Greaves and T. J. Fulp
1988 “Cooperative inversion of geophysical data,” Larry R. Lines, A. K. Schultz, and Sven Treitel
1989 “Time slices from two-dimensional surveys,” M. H. Miller and William S. French
1990 “Analysis of conventional and converted mode reflections at Putah Sink, California using three-component data,” Clint W. Frasier and Don Winterstein
1991 “Sources of aeromagnetic anomalies over Cement oil field (Oklahoma), Simpson oil field (Alaska), and the Wyoming-Idaho-Utah thrust belt,” R. L. Reynolds, N. S. Fishman, and M. R. Hudson
1992 “Imaging salt with turning seismic waves,” David Hale, N. Ross Hill, and Joseph Stefani
1993 “Bullwinkle: A unique 3D experiment,” James K. OêConnell, Madhu Kohli, and Scott Amos
1994 “Remote sensing of seismic vibrations by laser Doppler interferometry,” A. J. Berni
1995 “Integrated reservoir characterization: Beyond tomography,” Larry R. Lines, Henry Tan, Sven Treitel, John Beck, Richard L. Chambers, John Eager, Charles Savage, John Queen, William D. Rizer, Paul L. Buller, V. Dale Cox, John B. Sinton, James H. Ballard, George F. Kokkoros, Antoine Track, Philippe Guerendel, Jerry Harris, Spyros K. Lazaratos, and Mark A. Van Schaack.
1996 “Effects of salt-related mode conversions on subsalt prospecting,” Jeffrey S. Ogilvie and Guy W. Purnell
1997 “Automatic conversion of magnetic data to depth, dip, and susceptibility contrast using the SPI™! method,” Jeffrey B. Thurston and Richard S. Smith
1998 “3D seismic attributes using a semblance-based coherency algorithm,” Kurt J. Marfurt, Steven L. Farmer, Rodney Lynn Kirlin, and Michael S. Bahorich
1999 “Manual seismic reflection tomography,” Gary E. Murphy and Samuel H. Gray
2000 “On unified dual fields and Einstein deconvolution,” Dan Lowenthal and Enders A. Robinson
2001 “Discrimination between pressure and fluid saturation changes from time-lapse seismic data,” Martin Landrø
2002 “Characterization of fluid transport properties of reservoirs using induced anisotropy,” Serge A. Shapiro, Elmar Rothert, Volker Rath and Jan Rindschwentner
2003 “A new sea-floor gravimeter,” Glenn S. Sasagawa, Wayne C. Crawford, Ola Eiken, Scott Nooner, Torkjell Stenvold and Mark A. Zumberge
2004 “Experimental design: Electrical resistivity data sets that provide optimum subsurface information,” Peter Stummer, Hansruedi Maurer, and Alan G. Green
2005 “Theory of true-amplitude one-way wave equations and true-amplitude common-shot migration,” Yu Zhang, Guanquan Zhang and Norman Bleistein
2006 “Green’s function representations for seismic interferometry,” Kees Wapenaar and Prof. Jacob T. Fokkema
2007 “Field tests of electroseismic hydrocarbon detection,” Arthur H. Thompson, Scott C. Hornbostel, James S. Burns, Thomas J. Murray, Robert Raschke, John C. Wride, Paul Z. McCammon, John R. Sumner, Greg Haake, Mark Bixby, Warren S. Ross, Benjamin S. White, Minyao Zhou, and Pawel Peczak
2008 “Velocity model building by 3D frequency-domain, full-waveform inversion of wide-aperture seismic data,” Hafedh BEN-HADJ-ALI, Stéphane Operto, and Jean VIRIEUX
2009 “Role of the inhomogeneity angle in anisotropic attenuation analysis,” Jyoti Behura and Ilya Tsvankin
2010 “Oscillating oil drops, resonant frequencies, and low-frequency passive seismology,” Michael K. Broadhead
2011 “Investigation of injection-induced seismicity using a coupled fluid flow and rate/state friction model,” Mark W. McClure, Roland N. Horne

Honorable Mentions – (Geophysics)

1987 “Cascaded migration: Improving the accuracy of finite-difference migration,” Ken Larner and Craig Beasley
1988 “Elastic wave-field inversion of reflection and transmission data,” Peter Mora
1988 “Normal moveout revisited: Inhomogeneous media and curved interfaces,” Eric de Bazelaire
1988 “Imaging discontinuities on seismic sections,” E.R. Kanasewich and S.M. Phadke
1988 “Seismic contouring: A unique skill,” Paul Tucker
1988 “Cellular-automaton fluids: A model for flow in a porous media,” Daniel Rothman
1988 “A three-dimensional perspective on 2-D moveout,” David Forel and Gerald Gardner
1988 “Reflection seismology over azimuthally anisotropic media,” Leon Thomsen
1989 “In quest of the flank,” K.L. Larner, Craig Beasley and Walt Lynn
1989 “Integrated Seismic Analysis: Kidney Area, Northern Alberta, Canada,” R.R. Stewart
1989 ” A case history of velocity problems in the shadow zone of a large growth fault in the Frio Formation, Texas Gulf Coast,” J.L. Allen and J.M. Burso
1990 “An accurate and efficient scheme for wave propagation in linear viscoelastic media,” H. Tal-Ezer, J.M. Carcione, and D. Kosloff
1990 “Apparent layering in common-midpoint stacked images of two-dimensionally heterogeneous targets,” B.S. Gibson and A.R. Levander
1990 “Ground-roll: Rejection using polarized filters,” C-F. Shieh and R.B. Herrmann
1990 “Reflection shear-wave data collected near the principal Axes of Azimuthal anisotropy,” H.N. Lynn and L.A. Thomsen
1990 “Schlumberger soundings near Medicine Lake, California,” A.A.R. Zohdy and R.J. Bisdorf
1990 “Seismic traveltime inversion for transverse isotropy,” B.S. Byun and D. Corrigan
1990 “The electrical field in a borehole with a casing,” A.A. Kaufman
1990 “Three-dimensional migration of Swath Surveys,” by J.R. Krebs
1990 “Transient electromagnetic responses of significant polarizable patches,” G.W. Hohmann and G.A. Newman
1990 “Velocity-depth ambiguity of reflection traveltimes,” S.H. Bickel
1991 “Why don’t we measure seismic signatures?” A. Ziolkowski
1991 “The use of drill-bit energy as a downhole seismic source,” J.W. Rector III and B.P. Marion
1991 “Fresnel zones in the light of broad-band data,” R.W. Knapp
1991 “The generalized gravity anomaly: Endoscopic microgravity,” J. Lakshmanan
1991 “Conductivity-depth imaging of airborne electromagnetic step-response data,” J.C. Macnae, R. Smith, B.D. Polzer, Y. Lamontagne, and P.S. Klinkert
1992 “A physical model study of shear-wave splitting and fracture intensity,” R.H. Tatham, M.D. Matthews, R.K. Sekharan, C.J. Wade, and L.M. Liro
1992 “A scattered equivalent-source method for interpolation and gridding of potential-field data in three dimensions,” L. Cordell
1992 “Fresnel volume ray tracing,” V. Cerveny and J.E.P. Soares
1992 “Magnetic interpretation using the 3-D analytic signal,” W.R. Roest, J. Verhoel, and M. Pilkington
1992 “Radiation pattern and seismic waves generated by a roller-cone drill bit,” J.W. Rector III and B.A. Hardage
1992 “Velocity modeling of a long period static anomaly, West Cameron Block 225, a Gulf of Mexico case history,” J.E. Pickard
1993 “Identifying remanent magnetization efforts in magnetic data,” W.R. Roest and M. Pilkington
1993 “A finite-difference time-domain solution for three-dimensional electromagnetic modeling,” T. Wang and G.W. Hohmann
1993 “Resolution limits in ray tomography due to wave behavior: Numerical experiments,” P.R. Williams and M.H. Worthington
1994 “Porosity, permeability, shear strength: Crosswell tomography below an iron foundry,” T. Yamamoto, T. Nye, and M. Kuru
1994 “Modeling of streaming potential responses caused by oil well pumping,” B. Wurmstich and F. Morgan
1994 “Inversion of induced polarization data,” D. Oldenburg and Y. Li
1995 “High-resolution crosswell imaging of a west Texas carbonate reservoir: Part 1 – Project summary and interpretation,” Jerry M. Harris, Richard C. Nolen-Hocksema, Robert T. Langan, Mark A. Van Schaack, Spyros K. Lazaratos, and James W. Rector III
1995 “Velocity analysis for transversely isotropic media,” Tariq Alkhalifah and Ilya Tsvankin
1996 “A unified approach to 3-D seismic reflection imaging, Part I: Basic concepts,” Peter Hubral, Jörg Schleicher, and Martin Tygel
1996 “3-D seismic evidence of the effects of carbonate karst collapse on overlying clastic stratigraphy and reservoir compartmentalization”, Bob A. Hardage, David L. Carr, David E. Lancaster, James L. Simmons Jr., Robert Y. Elphick, Virginia M. Pendleton, and Ronald A. Johns
1997 “Electroseismic investigation of the shallow subsurface: Field measurements and numerical modeling,” Oleg V. Mikhailov, Matthijs W. Haartsen, and M. Nafi Toksöz
1997 “Velocity analysis using nonhyperbolic moveout in transversely isotropic media,” Tariq Ali Alkhalifah
1998 “3D symmetric sampling,” Gijs J. O. Vermeer
1998 “Bounds on low-frequency seismic velocities in partially saturated rocks,” Gerald (Gary) M. Mavko and Tapan Mukerji
1998 “Smiles and frowns in migration velocity analysis,” Jinming Zhu, Larry R. Lines, and Samuel H. Gray
1998 “Some remarks on surface multiple attenuation,” William H. Dragoset and Zeljko Jericevic
1999 “Converted-wave reflection seismology over inhomogeneous, anisotropic media,” Leon Thomsen
1999 “Imaging structures below dipping TI media,” Robert W. Vestrum, Donald C. Lawton, and Ron Schmid
1999 “Estimating depth of investigation in dc resistivity and IP surveys,” Douglas W. Oldenburg and Yaoguo Li
1999 “Concepts of normal and dip moveout,” Christopher L. Liner
1999 “3D moveout inversion in azimuthally anisotropic media with lateral velocity variation: Theory and a case study,” Vladimir Grechka and Ilya Tsvankin
2000 “3D prestack Kirchhoff beam migration for depth imaging,” Yonghe Sun, Fuhao Qin, Steve Checkles, and Jacques P. Leveille
2000 “Shear-wave velocity and density estimation from PS-wave AVO anaysis: Application to an OBS dataset set from the North Sea,” Side Jin, G. Cambois, and C. Vuillermoz
2000 “Phase encoding of shot records in prestack migration,” Louis A. Romero, Dennis C. Ghiglia, Curtis C. Ober, and Scott A. Morton
2000 “Drill-bit signal separation for RVSP using statistical independence,” Flavio Poletto, Fabio L. Rocca, and Luca Bertelli
2001 Seismic migration problems and solutions,” Samuel H. Gray, John Etgen, Joe Dellinger, and Dan Whitmore
2001 “Prestack Gaussian-beam depth migration,” N. Ross Hill
2001 “Use of multiattribute transforms to predict log properties from seismic data,” Daniel P. Hampson, James S. Schuelke, and John A. Quirein
2001 “Potential-field inversion: Choosing the appropriate technique to solve a geologic problem,” João B.C. Silva, Walter E. Medeiros, and Valéria C.F. Barbosa
2002 “PP + PSS = SS,” Vladimir Gretchka and Ilya Tsvankin
2002 “Seismic modeling,” Jose Carcione, Gerard Herman and Fons Ten Kroode
2002 “Seismic anisotropy in sedimentary rocks, part 1: A single-plug laboraroty method,” Zhijing Wang
2002 “A new approach to offshore drill-bit reverse seismic vertical profiling (RSVP),” Flavio Poletto and Guiliano Dordolo
2003 “Angle-domain common-image gathers by wavefield continuation methods,” Paul C. Sava and Sergey Fomel
2003 “Focusing in dip and AVA compensation on scattering-angle/azimuth common image gathers,” Sverre Brandsperg-Dahl, Maarten V. e Hoop and Bjørn Ursin
2003 “Seismic trace interpolation in the Fourier transform domain,” Necati Gülünay
2003 “An efficient finite-difference scheme for electromagnetic logging in 3D anisotropic inhomogeneous media,” Sofia Davydycheva, Vladimir L. Druskin and Tarek Habashy
2004 “Efficient waveform inversion and imaging: A strategy for selecting temporal frequencies,” Laurent Sirgue and R. Gerhard Pratt
2004 “Diffraction imaging by focusing-defocusing: An outlook on seismic superresolution,” V. Khaidukov, Evgeny Landa, and T. J. Moser
2004 “Coupled geomechanics and flow simulation for time-lapse seismic modeling,” Susan E. Minkoff, Charles Mike Stone, Steven L.Bryant, and Malgorzata Peszynska
2004 “Expanded uncertainty quantification in inverse problems: Hierarchical Bayes and empirical Bayes,” Alberto Malinverno and Victoria A. Briggs
2005 “Full-resolution 3D GPR imaging,” Mark P. Grasmueck, Ralf J. Weger and Heinrich Horstmeyer
2006 “The virtual source method: Theory and case study,” Andrey Bakulin and Rodney W. Calvert
2006 “Properties of surface waveguides derived from separate and joint inversion of dispersive TE and TM GPR data,” Jan van der Kruk, Rita Streich, and Alan Green
2006 “Induced polarization meassurements on unconsolidated sediments from a site of active hydrocarbon biodegradation,” Gamal Abdel Aal, Lee Slater, and Estella Atekwana
2006 “Correlation of random wavefields: An interdisciplinary review,” Eric Larose, Ludovic Margerin, Arnaud Derode, Bart van Tiggelen, Michel Campillo, Nikolai Shapiro, Anne Paul, Laurent Stehly, and Mickael Tanter
2007 “Multitransient electromagnetic demonstration survey in France,” Anton Ziolkowski, Bruce A. Hobbs, and David Wright
2007 “Seismic modeling of gas chimneys,” Borge Arnsten, Lars Wensaas, Helge Loseth, and Christian Hermanrud
2007 “A tutorial on complex seismic trace analysis,” Arthur E. Barnes
2007 “Forward modeling of fracture-induced sonic anisotropy using a combination of borehole image and sonic logs,” Adam Donald, Romain Prioul, Randy Koepsell, Zakariae El Marzouski, and Tom Bratton
2008 “Estimating quality factor and mean grain size of sediments from high-resolution marine seismic data,” Luke Pinson, Timothy Henstock, Justin Dix, and Jonathan Bull
2008 “Nonlinear 3D tomographic least-squares inversion of residual moveout in Kirchhoff prestack-depth-migration common-image gathers,” Frank Adler, Reda Baina, Mohamed Amine Soudani, Pierre Cardon, and Jean-Baptiste Richard
2008 “Real-time completion monitoring with acoustic waves,” Andrey Bakulin, Alexander Sidorov, Boris Kashtan, and Mikko Jaaskelainen
2008 “Plane-wave migration in tilted coordinates,” Guojian Shan and Biondo Biondi
2009 “Unified theory of global flow and squirt flow in cracked porous media,” Morten Jakobsen and Mark Chapman
2009 “3D finite-difference frequency-domain modeling of controlled-source electromagnetic data: Direct solution and optimizations for high accuracy,” Rita Streich
2009 “Reverse time migration in tilted transversely isotropic (TTI) media,” Robin Fletcher, Xiang Du, and Paul Fowler
2010 “Coupled equations for reverse time migration in transversely isotropic media,” Paul Fowler, Xiang Du, Robin Fletcher
2010 “A perspective on 3D surface-related multiple elimination,” William Dragoset, Eric Verschuur, Ian Moore, Richard Bisley
2010 “Interpolation with Fourier-radial adaptive thresholding,” William Curry
2010 “On data-independent multicomponent interpolators and the use of priors for optimal reconstruction and 3D up/down separation of pressure wavefields,” Kemal Ordemir, Ali Ozbek, Dirk-Jan van Manen, Massimiliano Vassallo
2011 “Scale properties of the seismic wavefield perspectives for full-waveform matching,” Margherita Maraschini, Daniele Boiero, Sebastiano Foti, Valentina Socco
2011 “Quest for consistency, symmetry, and simplicity — The legacy of Albert Tarantola,” Klaus Mosegaard
2011 “Focused-source electromagnetic survey versus standard CSEM: 3D modeling in complex geometries,” Sofia Davydycheva, Nikolai Rykhlinski
2011 “Full-azimuth subsurface angle domain wavefield decomposition and imaging Part I: Directional and reflection image gathers,” Zvi Koren, Igor Ravve

Best Papers in – The Leading Edge Award

The Best Paper in The Leading Edge is selected by the Editorial Board for consideration as a candidate for the award. Recognized minimum requirements are permanent interest, form and readability, and potential for the advancement of the geophysical profession.

1999 “Recent advances in multicomponent processing,” Xianhuai Zhu, Suat Altan, and Jianchao Li
2000 “Time-lapse seismic surveys in the North Sea and their business impact,” Klaas Koster, Pieter W. Gabriels, Matthias Hartung, John Verbeek, and Rob Staples
2001 “The petrophysical basis for shallow-water flow prediction using multicomponent seismic data,” Alan R. Huffman and John P. Castagna
2002 “Interactive seismic facies classification using textural attributes and neural networks,” Brian P. West, Steven May, John E. Eastwood and Christine Rossen
2003 “Interpretation and practical applications of 4C-3D seismic data, East Cameron gas fields, Gulf of Mexico,” Jay W. Nahm and Mike P. Duhon
2004 “Jotun 4D: Characterization of fluid contact movement from time-lapse seismic and production logging tool data,” Wenceslau P. Gouveia Jr., David H. Johnston, Arne P. Solberg, and Morten Lauritzen
2005 “The first 3D/4-C ocean bottom seismic surveys in the Caspian Sea: Acquisition design and processing strategy,” Jack Bouska and Rodney G.K. Johnston
2006 “High-resolution multicomponent seismic imaging of deepwater gas-hydrate systems,” Milo M. Backus, Paul E. Murray, Bob A. Hardage, and Robert J. Graebner
2007 “Multi-azimuth and wide-azimuth seismic: Shallow to deep water, exploration to production,” Brian J. Barley and Timothy Summers
2008 “Continuous seismic surveillance of Valhall Field,” Jean-Paul van Gestel, Jan H. Kommedal, Olav Inge Barkved, Ivar Mundal, Roger Bakke, and Kevin D. Best
2008 “Identifying time, temperature, and mineralogical effects on chemical compaction in shales by rock physics relations,” Vidar Storvoll and Ivar Brevik
2009 “Taking apart beam migration,” Samuel Gray, Yi Xie, Carl Notfors, Tianfei Zhu , D. Wang, and Chu-Ong Ting
2010 “Multiazimuth versus wide-azimuth acquisition designs for sub-Messinian imaging: A finite-difference modeling study in West Nile Delta, Egypt,” Main Muhammad Nurul Kabir, Kyoung-Jin Lee, Walter Rietveld, Brian J. Barley, James Keggin, Graham Johnson
2011 “Seismic anisotropy in microseismic event location analysis,” Richard R. VanDok, Brian Fuller, Les Engelbrecht, Marc Sterling

Honorable Mentions – (The Leading Edge)

Awards are given for the best presentation of technical papers at the Annual Meeting each year.

1999 “Elastic impedance,” Patrick Connolly
1999 “Improving seismic data for detailed structural interpretation,” Jonny Hesthammer
2000 “Using legacy seismic data in an integrated time-lapse study: Lena Field, Gulf of Mexico,” David H. Johnston, John E. Eastwood, Robert J. Vauthrin, Jung-Gi (Jane) Shyeh, and Larry R. Stanley
2001 “The next wave in reservoir monitoring: The instrumented oil field,” Dr. David E. Lumley
2001 “Quantitative evaluation of the geotechnical risk associated with a stratigraphic trap in the Neuquen Basin of Argentina,” Jean-Pierre Blangy
2002 “Integrated seismic and subsurface characterization of Bonga Field, offshore Nigeria,” Mark Chapin, Peter Swinburn, Raphic van Der Weiden, Dieter Skaloud, Sola Adesanya, David Stevens, Chris Varley and Jacob Wilkie
2003 “3D/4C Emilio: Azimuth processing and anisotropy analysis in a fractured carbonate reservoir,” Laura M. Vetri, Eugenio Loinger, James E. Gaiser, Heloise B. Lynn and Andrea Grandi
2003 “Factors affecting frequency content in preSDM packaging,” Ian F. Jones and Juergen K. Fruehn
2003 “Pushing the limits of resolution at Holstein: A case history from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” Alexander S. Calvert, Eric J. Eksstrand, John T. Etgen, Frederick J. Billette, Vikramaditya Sen, Carl J. Regone, M. Mark Truxillo, Yannick Cobo, Bill McLain, Tomm Byrd and Scott Young
2004 “Predicting the economic impact of acquisition artifacts and noise,” Richard T. Houck
2004 “Seismic challenges of developing the pre-Pliocene Akhen Field offshore Nile Delta,” Robert F. Marten, Mark Shann, James E. Mika, Sondra Rothe, and Yan Quist
2004 “Seismic amplitudes from low gas saturation sands,” John J. O’Brien
2005 “Structural interpretation of the deepwater Gunashli Field, facilitated by 4-C OBS seismic data,” Dominic M. Manley, Sean F. Mohammed, Nigel D. Robinson and Rowland W. Thomas
2005 “4D time-lapse monitoring of Chirag Field,” Nigel D. Robinson, Alan J. Ford, John M. Howie, Dominic M. Manley, Martin C. Riviere, Simon Stewart, and Rowland W. Thomas
2005 “Developing the long-term seismic strategy for Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli, South Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan,” John M. Howie, Nigel D. Robinson, Martin C. Riviere, Thomas A. Lyon, and Dominic M. Manley
2006 “Application of spectral decomposition to detection of dispersion anomalies associated with gas saturation,” Emeka Odebeatu, Jinghua Zhang, Mark Chapman, Enru Liu, and Xiang-Yang Li
2006 “Seismic interferometry—turning noise into signal,” Andrew Curtis, Peter Gerstoft, Haruo Sato, Roelof Snieder, and Kees Waperaar
2006 “Marine electromagnetic methods—a new tool for offshore exploration,” Steven Constable
2007 “Covenant Field: A major oil discovery in the Sevier Thrust belt of central Utah,” Keith Johnson, Douglas K. Strickland, John P. Vrona, Dan Schelling, and Dave Wavrick
2009 “Digital rock physics: 3D imaging of core material and correlations to acoustic and flow properties,” Mark Knackstedt, Shane Latham, Mahyar Madadi, Adrian Sheppard, Trong Varslot, and Christoph Arns
2009 “Observation and modeling of source effects in coda wave interferometry at Pavlof volcano,” Matthew Haney, Kasper van Wijk, Leiph Preston, and David Aldridge
2011 “Resolution on multiples: Interpreters’ perceptions, decision making, and multiple attenuation,” Lee Hunt, R. Scott Reynolds, Mark Hadley, Scott Hadley, Ye Zheng, Mike Perz
2011 “Hydrogeological investigation for groundwater at the Dayspring Children’s Village, South Africa,” Susan Webb, David Ngobeni, Michael Jones, Tamiru Abiye, Nirocca Devkurran, Rachael Goba, Lewis Ashwal, Madeline Lee, Darren Burrows, Louise Pellerin

Best Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting

1959 “A new marine seismic system,” F. J. McDonal (General Session)
1959 “Plane compressional Voight waves,” Francis Collins Jr.
1960 “Geophysical studies of basin structures along the eastern Sierra Nevada,” John Healy (General Session)
1960 “Inverse convolution filters,” R. B. Rice (Research Session)
1961 “The estimation of depth using gravity data,” Thomas R. LaFehr (General Session)
1961 “The calculation of amplitudes of first arrivals of seismic waves from underground nuclear explosions,” Glenn C. Werth (Research Session)
1962 “A seismic section of the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands,” George D. Hobson and A. Overton (General Session)
1962 “SH waves from explosive sources,” R. L. Geyer and S. T. Martner (Research Session)
1962 “Characteristic curves for the quantitative interpretation of geophysical anomalies,” F. S. Grant (Mining Session)
1963 “Sources of the geomagnetic field,” L. R. Alldredge (General Session)
1963 “Solid friction as a source of seismic attenuation,” J. E. White (Research Session)
1963 “Analysis for magnetite utilizing magnetic susceptibility,” L. O. Bacon and P. D. Shandley (Mining Session)
1964 “Correlation techniques—A review,” N. A. Anstey (General Session)
1964 “Dispersive body waves, a model study,” P. C. Wuenschel (Research Session
1964 “The distinction between induced and remanent magnetization of rocks in situ,” N. E. Goldstein (Mining Session)
1965 “A comparison of deconvolution processes,” John R. B. Whittlesey and F. F. Reynolds (General Session)
1965 “Deep well observations of short period seismic noise,” A. J. Seriff, C. J. Velzeboer, and R. J. Haase (Research Session)
1965 “Optimum flight line direction in aeromagnetic surveying for induced dipole sources,” F. E. M. Lilley (Mining Session)
1966 “A new marine processing system—Part I,” William A. Schneider, Milo M. Backus, Robert J. Graebner, and Jack H. Pizante (General Session)
1966 “Recursion filters for digital processing,” John L. Shanks (Research Session)
1966 “Discovery case history of the Pyramid ore bodies, Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada,” Harold O. Seigel, J. Baird, and Henry L. Hill (Mining Session)
1967 “The recognition of multiple reflections,” A. C. Armstrong (General Session)
1967 “Maximum entropy spectral analysis,” John P. Burg (Research Session)
1967 “Sensors from space,” William A. Fischer (Mining Session)
1967 “Data reduction, signal analysis, and accuracy of shipboard gravity meter operations,” T. R. LaFehr (Oceanography Session)
1969 “Remote sensing—Geochemical techniques,” A. R. Barringer
1969 “Parameter optimization for the vibroseis system,” R. L. Geyer
1969 “Evaluation of inductive induced electrical polarization,” G. W. Hohmann
1970 “3-D seismic method,” G. G. Walton (General Session)
1970 “Least squares smoothing operators,” L. C. Wood and S. N. Hockens (Research Session)
1970 “Comparison of pulse and frequency IP methods,” W. A. Sauck, K. L. Zonge, and J. S. Sumner (Mining Session)
1970 “Optimal processing of surface-ship gravity data,” T. R. LaFehr, M. J. Hall, and A. T. Herring (Oceanography Session)
1971 “Seismic pitfalls in interpretation,” Paul Tucker and Howard Yorston (General Session)
“The interrelation of statics and dynamics,” John F. Bradshaw and T. M. Perry (Research Session)
“Induced-polarization field phase measurements,” W. J. Scott, W. M. Telford, and L. S. Collett (Mining Session)
“Ideas and thoughts on deep sea anomalies with special consideration of the Gulf of Mexico,” Lewis R. Tucker (Oceanography Session)
1972 “Digitized logs + digital computer = A new exploration tool,” Phillip L. Work (General Session)
“Extrapolation of wave fields,” Jon F. Claerbout (Research Session)
“Magnetic relaxation and the electromagnetic response parameter,” G. R. Olhoeft and D. W. Strangway (Mining Session)
“Underwater imagery by mapping sonar,” E. F. Haye (Oceanography, Engineering, and Geothermal Session)
1973 “Pulse compression by spectrum extrapolation,” Dale G. Stone (General Session)
1973 “The vertical array in reflection seismology—Some experimental studies,” Paul C. Wuenschel (Research Session)
1973 “Magnetic susceptibility mapping: The first year’s experience,” F. S. Grant (Mining Session)
1973 “Streamer design and system configuration for marine high resolution seismology,” Norman S. Neidell and Neil A. Moore (Oceanography Session)
1974 “CDP techniques and crooked traverses,” Edward R. Tegland (General Session)
1974 “Reflection time through layers having lateral velocity gradients,” M. Aftab Alam (Research Session)
1974 “Electromagnetic coupling, a comparison of removal techniques and the cultural coupling problem,” Jeffrey C. Wynn (Mining Session)
1974 “Toward estimating a regional geothermal resource base for Iceland: A status report,” John F. Hermance, Richard Thayer, and Axel Bjornsson
1975 “A new dimension in seismic displays,” R. C. Farrell (General Session)
1975 “The application of the borehole gravimeter to the evaluation and exploration of oil and gas reserves,” James W. Bradley (Gravity and Magnetics Session)
1975 “Automatic residual statics analysis using the general linear inverse method,” Kenneth L. Larner (Research Session)
1975 “Field application of mini-computers as used in economic mineral exploration,” K. L. Zonge (Mining Session)
1975 “A seismic reconnaissance of the African continental margin,” Alistair Brown (Oceanographic Session)
1975 “Computer techniques applied to formation evaluation,” R. H. Merkel (Special Session)
1976 “Large scale finite difference modeling,” R. M. Alford, K. R. Kelly, and N. D. Whitemore
1976 “Extended arrays for marine seismic acquisition,” G. T. Bennett and J. H. Lofthouse
1976 “Single-channel white noise estimators for predictive deconvolution,” Jerry H. Mendel
1976 “Inversion of two-dimensional induced polarization and resistivity data,” W. H. Pelton, L. Rigo, and C. M. Swift Jr.
1977 “Advances in three-dimensional seismic exploration,” G. H. F. Gardner, R. V. Hetrick, J. Kotcher, and S. D. McGehearty
1977 “A new marine subbottom profiler for engineering studies,” R. A. Kirby and D. R. Young II
1978 “Simulated plane-wave seismic sections, an update,” M. Turhan Taner
1978 “High-resolution seismic study in the gas hills uranium district, Wyoming,” James K. Applegate, P. R. Donaldson, E. B. Neitzel, and D. A. Emilia
1978 “Wave migration of seismic data from inhomogeneous media,” Leslie Hatton, K. L. Larner, and B. S. Gibson
1979 “Radiation patterns of a shear wave vibroseis source in a transversely isotropic medium,” James D. Robertson
1980 “Method for direct estimation of interval velocities in the near surface,” Phillip H. Schultz
1981 “Three-component vertical seismic profiles: Orientation of horizontal components for shear wave analysis,” James P. DiSiena
1981 “Seismic response of the evaporate sequence in the Castille Formation of the Delaware,” H. Mack
1982 “Ship Shoal Block 91 field, offshore Louisiana: An evolution of geologic models to conform with current drilling activity,” Rosanne Roux
1983 “Bright spot validation using comparative P-wave and S-wave seismic sections,” J. D. Robertson
1984 “A magnetic survey for buried 3000-year-old basalt monuments in Mexico,” Sheldon Breiner
1985 “Geophysical interpretation of Jurassic structures and norphlet deposition, Alabama state and federal waters,” Nat S. Turner
1986 “Tomographic mapping of the weathered layer,” Thomas J. Dillon Jr.
1987 “Seismic modeling: Recent advances and future directions,” Kurt J. Marfurt
1988 “IP effects in transient EM data,” Gerald W. Hohmann
1989 “Zero-velocity layer migration from irregular surfaces,” Craig J. Beasley
1990 “Effects of source and receiver motion on seismic data,” G. Hampson
1991 “Is there a difference between ‘static’ and ‘dynamic’ moduli of concrete?,” K. H. Stokoe II
1992 “Approach to optimum slant stack and its application as a seismic noise attenuator,” David J. Monk
1993 “Seismic attribute calibration using neural networks,” David H. Johnston
1994 “3-D seismic exploration for the Victorio Peak treasure,” J. Washbourne
1995 “Parallel computing: What we did right,” Thomas A. Dickens, Louis J. Maher Jr., David Y. Wang, Dennis E. Willen, and James W. Juszczak
1996 “Detection of hydrocarbons with lithostratigraphy,” Fred Hilterman, John W. C. Sherwood, Robert W. Schellhorn, Bradley L. Bankhead, and Bryan C. DeVault
1997 “Assessing the technical risk of a 4D seismic project,” David E. Lumley, Ronald A. Behrens, and Zhijing (Zee) Wang
1998 “Improving prestack imaging by using a new ray selection method,” David E. Nichols, Paul A. Farmer, and Gopal K. Palacharla
1999 “Fault whispers: Transmission distortions on prestack reflection seismic data,” Paul J. Hatchell
2000 “Developing an exploration tool in a mature trend: A 3-D AVO case study in south Texas,” Mark E. Gregg and Charles T. Bukowski, Jr.
2001 “Imaging through gas clouds: A case history from the Gulf of Mexico,” Steve Knapp, Nigel Payne and Tony Johns
2002 “Atomic meshing of seismic images,” Ira David Hale and Mark Jeffrey Emanuel
2003 “Kirchhoff or wave equation?”, Zhiming Li, Chen-Bin Su, Wesley Bauske and Sharma V. Tadepalli
2004 “Gaussian beam migration of common-shot records,” Samuel H. Gray
2005 “Reconstruction of sparsely sampled data using a high-resolution version of the focal transform,” Dirk Jacob (Eric) Verschuur and A.J. Berkhout
2006 “Virtual shear check shot with airguns,” Albena Alexandrova Mateeva, Andrey Bakulin, Dr. Rodney W. Calvert, and Patsy R. Jorgensen
2007 “Diffraction processing of downhole passive-monitoring data to image hydrofracture locations,” Brian Fuller, Les Engelbrecht, Richard R. Van Dok, and Marc Sterling
2008 “Estimating interval shear-wave splitting from multicomponent virtual shear checkshots,” Albena Alexandrova Mateeva and Andrey Bakulin
2009 “Multilevel airgun array: A simple and effective way to enhance the low frequency content of marine seismic data,” Dr. Guillaume Cambois, Andrew Samuel Long, Dr. Gregg Parkes, Rolf Terje Lundsten, Mech.E., Anders Mattsson, and Eivind Fromyr
2010 “Controlled-source elastic interferometric imaging by multidimensional deconvolution with downhole receivers below a complex overburden,” Joost van der Neut, Kurang Jvalant Mehta, Jan Thorbecke, Kees Wapenaar
2011 “Multi-level continuous active source seismic monitoring (ML-CASSM): Mapping shallow hydrofracture evolution at a TCE contaminated site,” Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin, Thomas M. Daley, Yuxin Wu, Susan S. Hubbard, John Petterson, Belinda Butler-Veytia, Bob Kelly

Honorable Mentions (Best Paper, Annual Meeting)

1989 “Wave-type separation in 3-D anisotropic media,” J. Dellinger
1989 “3-D f-k filtering,” R. R. Stewart
1989 “Seismic-stratigraphic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene depositional facies, east and west Cameron, offshore Louisiana,” J. A. Pacht
1989 “Statistical examination of linear trends in a compilation of aeromagnetic data from the southwestern U.S., V. J. S. Grauch
1989 “Magnetotellurics in Papua New Guinea”, K. E. Christopherson
1989 “Attenuation of water-column reverberations using pressure and velocity detectors in a water-bottom cable,” F. J. Barr
1989 “Converted P-SV wave analysis of a fractured reservoir, Silo Field, Wyoming,” D. Emmer
1989 “Inversion of observed gravity profiles by the ridge regression method,” J. A. Lehman
1989 “Phase-modulated geotectonic imaging of the gravity field of North America,” F. B. Davies
1990 “3-D depth migration via McClellan transformations,” D. Hale
1990 “Radon multiple elimination, a practical methodology for land data,” P. Kelamis
1990 “Bullwinkle: A unique 3-D experiment,” J. J. O’Connell
1990 “Gravity corrections for earth curvature,” T. R. LaFehr
1990 “Modern technology in an old area: Bay Marchand Field revisited,” Roger Wright
1990 “Effect of viscoelasticity and anisotropy on amplitude-versus-offset interpretation,” J. P. Blangy
1990 “Aeromagnetic structural interpretation using neural networks: A case study from the northern Denver-Julesberg Basin,” J. M. Wiener
1990 “Efficient migration through irregular water-bottom topography,” W. Lynn
1991 “An examination of amplitude-versus-offset attributes of a middle Devonian carbonate bank margin at the Caroline giant gas pool, Alberta,” R. G. Morris
1991 “Steep-dip time migration and residual depth migration,” J. L. Black
1991 “Exact two-pass full dip (90 degrees) 3-D migration for vertically inhomogeneous media,” Naide Pan
1991 “Fluid saturation effects on extensional wave attenuation,” C. S. Yin
1991 “Prestack frequency-wavenumber (f-k) migration in a transversely isotropic medium,” A. Gonzalez
1991 “Accurate finite-difference calculations of WKBJ traveltimes and amplitudes,” L. C. Pusey
1991 “Where are the fault-plane reflections?,” S. MacKay
1992 “Models of seismic wave radiation from borehole sources in fast and slow formations, R. Gibson
1992 “Sensitivity analysis of cross-well electromagnetics,” B. Spies
1992 “High-resolution cross-well imaging of a west Texas carbonate reservoir: Part I, data acquisition and project overview,” J. M. Harris
1992 “Ergonomics in 3-D depth migration,” K. Wyatt
1992 “Improving prestack f-k migration velocity analysis using residual moveout,” P. Fowler
1992 “Do core sample measurements record group or phase velocity?,” J. Dellinger
1992 “Seismic data integration in reservoir simulations through a multivariate statistical calibrating approach,” F. Fournier
1992 “Inverse borehole coupling theory and its application to hydrophone vertical seismic profiling,” T. L. Marzetta
1992 “Defining the salt with walkaway VSPs and a salt proximity survey, Auger Field, Gulf of Mexico,” T. B. Barker
1993 “Multicomponent V_P/V_S correlation analysis,” James E. Gaiser
1993 “Modeling a priori information on the velocity field in reflection tomography,” D. Sinoquet
1993 “Comparison of AVO indicators: A modeling study,” J. P. Castagna
1993 “Geometric constraints on seismic inversion,” Roelof Versteeg
1993 “Tomography with multiple arrivals: How to handle noise corrupted data?,” F. Delprat-Jannaud
1993 “Possibilities and limitations of turning ray tomography—a synthetics study,” J. P. Stefani
1993 “A gravity study of Cameroon (West Africa) and geodynamical implications,” Y. H. Poudom Djomani
1993 “Parameter testing of ground-penetrating radar for geological investigations in a poor-data area,” Leigh Wood
1993 “Prestack elastic migration by displacement potential extrapolation and time consistent image,” S. Greenhalgh
1994 “SEG Distinguished Lecture: Environmental geophysics—fad or future?,” Phillip R. Romig
1994 “Subsalt imaging over the Mahogany salt sill,” Davis W. Ratcliff
1994 “Stability of explicit depth extrapolation through laterally-varying media,” John T. Etgen
1994 “AVO as an exploration tool: Gulf of Mexico case studies and examples,” David Hall
1994 “Ultrasonic laboratory measurements of the elastic properties of shales,” Brian E. Hornby
1994 “Nonbright spot AVO: Two examples,” Christopher P. Ross
1994 “Effect of strain amplitude and frequency on compressional and shear wave velocities and amplitudes in sandstones,” Azra Tutuncu
1994 “Heimdal monitoring I: Establishing feasibility from cores and logs,” Diane Jizba
1994 “Successful estimation of Q from surface seismic data: Methodology and case studies,” R. A. Clark
1994 “Laboratory observations of azimuthal velocity variations caused by borehole stress concentrations,v Kenneth W. Winkler
1995 “Accurate migration using offset-checkshot surveys,” Jerome R. Krebs, Daniel R. Fara, and Allen E. Berlin
1995 “Seismic signatures of partial saturation,” Rosemary J. Knight, Jack P. Dvorkin, and Amos Nur
1995 “A deterministic approach to reservoir description via 3-D poststack inversion and petrophysical analysis,” Panos G. Kelamis and Nabil A. Akbar
1996 “Kirchhoff migration of seismic data compressed by matching pursuit decomposition,” Bin Wang and Keh Pann
1996 “The use of ground-penetrating radar for aquifer characterization: A geostatistical approach,” Rosemary Knight and Jane Rea
1996 “3-D beam steering—A powerful signal enhancement tool for noisy 3-D data,” William A. Schneider, Robert Windels, Craig Artley, and Thomas R. Nickoloff
1998 “Ground truth results of 3D prestack subsalt imaging for structure and stratigraphy,” William L. Abriel, Elisha A. Buckner, Joseph P. Stafani, David C. Bartel, and Greg S. Raskin
1999 “What is the best seismic attribute for quantitative seismic reservoir characterization?,” Dennis A. Cooke, Arcangelo Gabriele Sena, Gregory P. O’Donnell, Tetang Muryanto, and Vaughn Ball
1999 “AVO lithology prediction using multiple seismic atributes,” Daniel P. Hampson and Todor Todorov
1999 “Velocity-independent datuming of seismic data,” Panos G. Kelamis, D. J. (Eric) Verschuur, A. J. Berkhout, and Kevin E. Erickson
1999 “Meren field, Nigeria: A 4D seismic case study,” David E. Lumley, Alan G. Nunns, Guy Delorme, A. A. Adeogba, and Michel F. Bee
2001 “MEMS for Geophysicists,” Jon Tessman, Bruce Reichert, Jim Marsh, Jeff Gannon, and Howard Goldberg
2001 “Can joint PP and PS velocity analysis manage to corner the anisotropic depthing parameter?” Francois Audebert and Pierre-Yves Granger
2001 “AVO processing: Myths and reality,” Guillaume Cambois
2002 “Removing distortions caused by water velocity variations: Method for dynamic correction,” Scott MacKay and Jonathan Fried
2003 “Seismic interpretation using global image segmentation,” Ira David Hale and Mark Jeffrey Emanuel
2003 “A brief history and recent advances of seismic technology in Mexico,” Efrain Mendez-Hernandez
2004 “Using thumpers as a seismic source,” David J. Monk, Jim Ross, William J. Mooney
2005 “Azeri 4C Time-lapse design using 3D 4C OBS imaging decimation tests,” Jack Bouska, John Howie, Bertram Nolte, Rodney G.K. Johnston, Richard Alexandre and Richard Walters
2006 “Detecting hydrocarbon reservoir with seabed logging in deepwater Sabah, Malaysia,” Chin Keong Choo, Mark Rosenquist, Eleanor Rollett, Kamal Ghaffar, John Voon, and H.F. Wong
2007 “Assessing estimated velocity depth models: Finding the ‘error bars’ in tomographic inversion,” Eric Verschuur, Dana Chitu, and Mustafa Al-Ali
2008 “Case history: Converted-wave splitting estimation and compensation,” Jim Simmons
2009 “Building TTI depth models using anisotropic tomography with well information,” Andrey Bakulin, Marta Woodward, David Nichols, Konstantin Osypov, and Olga Zdraveva
2010 “New opportunities from 4D seismic and lithology prediction at Ringhorn Field,” David Johnston, Upendra Tiwari, Michael Helgerud, Bernard Laugier
2011 “An improved gradient computation for adjoint wave-equation reflection tomography,” Uwe Albertin

Best Poster Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting

Awards are given for the best poster presentation of technical papers at the Annual Meeting each year.

1987 “Integrated analysis of seismic data: Using wireline logs and biostratigraphy: Examples from the Texas offshore Pliocene-Pleistocene,” John M. Armentrout
1988 “An expert system to assist in processing vertical seismic profiles,” Peter A. Crisi
1989 “Ambient seismic field in three dimensions,” Stephen P. Cole
1990 “Implementation of the optical stack method,” Richard Arnold
1994 “Three-dimensional landslide structure from seismic refraction data analysis: A case study from Blind Canyon, northern Santa Ana Mountains, California,” Jeffrey J. Johnston
1995 “Non-uniqueness of structural mapping from 2-D seismic,” Richard T. Houck, Marvin L. Johnson, and Nancy J. House-Finch
1996 “Imaging salt structures in the Gulf of Mexico using 3-D turning wave migration,” H. Sam Hussein, James F. Desler, and Gary D. Miller
1996 “A cross-dipole reciprocity “paradox,” Joe Dellinger and Bertram Nolte
1997 “Optimized design of geophysical experiments,” Hansruedi Maurer and David E. Boerner
1998 “3D seismic survey design as an optimization problem,” Christopher L. Liner, William D. Underwood, and Ralph R. Gobeli
1999 “The construction of subsurface illumination and amplitude maps via ray tracing,” Glenn W. Bear, Chih-Ping J. Lu, Richard Shih-Ming Lu, Ian Watson, and Dennis E. Willen
2000 “A model to relate P-wave attentuation to fluid flow in fractured tight gas sands,” Jorge O. Parra, Chris L. Hackert, and Pei-Cheng Xu
2001 “A look into the Val Verde Basin, Texas,” Azad Khan, Catherine Ferris, Carl Burdick and Neil Grant
2002 “3D multi-arrival Kirchhoff versus wave equation migration: Application to the SEG/EAGE Salt Model,” Bertrand Duquet, Sheng Xu and Gilles Lambare
2003 “Key elements in the recovery of relative amplitudes for prestack, shot record migration,” Stephen M. Kelly and Jiaxiang Ren
2004 “Heavy oils: Seismic properties,” Michael Lee Batzle, Brian J. Zadler, Ronny Hofmann, and De-hua Han
2005 “Estimating polarization attributes with an adaptive covrariance method in the wavelet domain,” Mamadou Sanou Diallo, Mikhail Kulesh, Matthias Holschneider, Kristina Kurennaya and Frank Scherbaum
2006 “Local seismic attributes,” Sergey Fomel
2007 “Seismic attributes for fault/fracture characterization,” Satinder Chopra and Kurt Marfurt
2008 “Fault and natural fracture identification from multicomponent seismic at Rulison Field, Colorado,” Elizabeth LaBarre and Thomas Davis
2009 “Seismic-based lithology and fluid delineation of the ROK reservoir sand, shallow offshore Niger Delta,” Dr. Prince Obi Nwogbo, Lucky Meshach Omudu, Robinson Dike, Samuel Olotu, and Gabriel Nedo Osayande
2009 “A workflow for the processing of reflection seismic data with CRS attributes,” Stefan Dümmong, Mikhail Baykulov, and Dirk Gajewski
2010 “Seismic wave extrapolation using lowrank symbol approximation,” Sergey Fomel, Lexing Ying, Xiaolei Song
2011 “Compensating for time stepping errors locally in the pseudo-analytical method using normalized pseudo-Laplacian,” Chunlei Chu

Honorable Mentions (Best Poster Paper, Annual Meeting)

1989 “Section restoration and balancing as an aid to seismic interpretation: GSI line TWTS-83- = 13 (Regional well-tie line, offshore Galveston, Texas),” R. Ratliff
1989″ Geophysical investigation of a potential meteorite impact site, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada,” A. Edwards
1990 “A radial 3-D seismic survey at Exxon’s Grande Isle 16 field, Gulf of Mexico,” R. R. Beebe
1990 “Seismic physical modeling using laser ultrasonics,” B. Pouet and P. N. J. P. Rasolofosaon
1993 “Combining reflection tomography with layer replacement for velocity analysis of near surface reefs,” Greg Beresford
1994 “The generation and measurement of electrical fields by fish: Can we learn from them?,” E. John Northwood
1994 “Equivalent offset CRP gathers,” John C. Bancroft
1994 “Uncertainties in depth imaging: A multitechnique approach on real data,” Jean-Luc Piazza and Pascal Desegaulx
1994 “From prestack migration to migration to zero-offset,” Alexander M. Popovici
1994 “The design of prestack migration-demigration operators,” Luigi Zanzi and Claudio Bagaini
1995 “3-D AVO: Methods, effectiveness, reliability,” Maurizio Cardamone
1996 “Seismic response to porosity and permeability variations at Priobskoye Field, western Siberia,” Debra H. Phillips, Carl Sondergeld, Richard F. Sigal, Richard E. Larese, Eric S. Lewis, Peter R. Manoogian, Vladislav I. Kuznetzov, and Radiy K. Razyapov
1996 “3-D prestack Kirchhoff depth migration: From prototype production in a MPP environment,” Herman Chang, Marcelo Solano, John P. VanDyke, George A. McMechan, and Duryodhan Epili
1997 “A refraction seismic field study to determine the anisotropic parameters of shales,” Jennifer D. Cunningham, Donald C. Lawton, Jennifer M. Leslie
1997 “High resolution imaging in sub-horizontal well using a single well high frequency seismic system,” Dominique Gehant, Jean Laurent, Patrick H. Meynier, Sylvain Serbutoviez
1997 “Velocity shift in heterogeneous media with anisotropic spatial correlation,” Tapan Mukerji and Yann Samuelides
1998 “Symmetric Alford diagonalization,” Joe A. Dellinger, Bertram J. Nolte, and John T. Etgen
1999 “Development of alternative interpretation models and discriminating between them using a borehole gravity survey and a walkaway checkshot survey,” Terry G. Knighton, Stephen K. Western, Glenn Morton, Robert S. Fleming Jr., and Alan T. Herring
2001 “A detailed 3D seismic interpretation of a salt dome and its caprock, a case study in the northeastern Netherlands,” Ed Duin
2001 “July/Ramadan: A 3D imaging project of 6 surveys,” Frederic Billette and Jim Mika
2002 “Reinterpretation of the Sembakung oilfield, Kalimantan, Indonesia, utilizing modern 3D seismic data,” Tony Edwards and Rick Walia
2003 “How much wind is enough?”, Peter A. Crisi and Timothy J. Perrin
2004 “Longhorn: Depth migration and the birth, life, and death of a prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” Paul J. Singer, Jean-Marc Rodriguez, and John Wu
2005 “Solving an imaging problem in Kuwait Oil Company’s Minagish field using single-sensor acquisition and processing,” Jonathan Anderson, Andrew Smart, Ayman Shabrawi, Adel El-Emam and Ghassan Rached
2006 “Edge preserving filtering on 3D seismic data using complex wavelet transforms,” Michael Jervis
2007 “Linear amplitude patterns in Corpus Christi Bay Frio Subbasin, South Texas: Artifacts or depositional features?,” Hongliu Zeng, Robert Loucks, and Ursula Hammes
2007 “Applications of nonstationary regression,” Sergey Fomel
2008 “Target oriented illumination analysis using wave equation,” Gustavo Catao Alves, Andre Bulcao, Djalma Manoel Soares Filho, Carlos Eduardo Theodoro, Luiz A. Santos, and Marcos Gallotti Guimaraes
2009 “Spectrum decomposition technology based on physical wavelet transform and its application,” Zhenyu Zhu, Wei Zhao, and Song Liang
2010 “Issues regarding the use of time-lapse seismic surveys to monitor CO2 sequestration,” Grace Cairns, Helmut Jakubowicz, Lidia Lonergan, Ann Muggeridge
2011 “Hydrogeophysics and the settlement of San Marcos Pueblo, NM: Investigations by the SAGE,” John Ferguson, Daniella Rempe, Anna Nowicki, Kate Tallaksen, Nathaniel Lindsey, Jason Chang, Louise Pellerin

Best Paper Presented by a Student at the Annual Meeting

Awards are given for the best presentation of technical papers by a student at the Annual Meeting each year.

1995 “3-D, 3-C seismic characterization of Joffre Field, Alberta, Canada,”John F. Arestad
1996 “Morrow valley fill sandstone reservoir characterization with 3-D, 3-C reflection seismology,” J. Edward Blott, Thomas L. Davis, and Robert D. Benson
1997 “Shear anisotropy observations at a deep monitor reservoir,” Bruce W. Mattocks, Coauthors: Thomas L. Davis and Robert D. Benson
1998 “Separating aeromagnetic anomalies using wavelet matched filters,” Thomas A. Ridsdill-Smith
1999 “Robust and stable velocity analysis using the Huber function,” Antoine G. Guitton
2000 “A study of near-surface seasonal variability using Rayleigh wave dispersion,” Kristen S. Beaty
2000 “Multi-modal investigation of geoscientific data—adding touch and sound to 3D visualization of surface-based data,” Chris Harding
2001 “Two-phase flow in complex porous media using Lattice-Boltzmann method,” Youngseuk Keehm
2002 “Pressure-transient experiments and the elastic characterization of fractures,” Reynaldo Cardona, Erdal Ozkan and Michael Batzle
2003 “Joint stochastic inversion of prestack seismic data and well logs for high-resolution reservoir delineation and improved production forecast,” Omar J. Varela
2004 “Hybrid optimization for a binary inverse problem,” Richard A. Krahenbuhl
2005 “Automatic detection of UXO magnetic anomalies using extended Euler deconvolution,” Kristofer J. Davis
2006 “3D magnetic inversion for total magnetization in areas with complicated remanence,” Peter G. Lelievre, Coauthors: Douglas W. Oldenburg and Nigel Phillips
2007 “Waveform tomography of marine seismic data: What can limited offset offer?,” Andrew J. Brenders
2008 “Velocity analysis with multiples – NMO modeling for layered velocity structures,” Tristan van Leeuwen
2009 “Resolution function for controlled-source seismic interferometry: A data-driven diagnosis,” Joost van der Neut
2010 “Role of contact heterogeneities on macroscopic elastic properties of granular media,” Ratnanabha Sain
2011 “Long period, long duration seismic events during hydraulic fracture stimulation of a shale gas reservoir,” Indrajit Das

Awards of Merit (Best Student Paper, Annual Meeting)

1996 “Electromagnetic coupling removal from frequency domain IP data in 2D environments,” Partha S. Routh and Douglas W. Oldenburg
1997 “The transition zone between effective medium theory and ray theory for the propagation of electromagnetic waves,” Christina Y. Chan
1998 “Improving seismic resolution with nonstationary deconvolution,” Alana R. Schoepp, Coauthor: Gary Margrave
1998 “Focusing of inversion images,” Oleg N. Portniaguine, Coauthor: Michael S. Zhdanov
1999 “Multi-configuration ground penetrating radar data,” Jean-Paul Van Gestel
1999 “Wave-equation migration velocity analysis,” Paul Constantin Sava
2000 “Approximate reflection coefficients of P-S waves in anisotropic media,” Petr Jilek
2000 “Filter bank deconvolution of seismic data with application to compression and denoising,” Laurent Duval
2001 “Amplitude-preserved common image gathers by wave-equation migration,” Paul Sava
2001 “Shear-wave velocity dependence on fluid saturation,” Reynaldo Cardona
2001 “Optimization of the shape of Gaussian beams,” Karel Zacek
2002 “Analysis of high resolution aeromagnetic anomalies from the south-central Alberta Foothills, Canada,” Christian Abaco, Don Lawton and Deborak Spratt
2003 “Noncontacting ultrasonics for visualizing and exploiting multiple scattering,” Alison E. Malcolm
2003 “3D refraction migration for depth imaging of West Africa salt walls,” Connie J. VanSchuyver
2004 “Wavefield extrapolation in Riemannian coordinates,” Paul C. Sava
2005 “Multicomponent georadar imaging that corrects for total-field radiation,” Rita Streich
2006 “Geomechanical modeling as a reservoir characterization tool at Rulison Field, Piceance Basin, Colorado,” Shannon M. Higgins, Coauthors: Thomas L. Davis and Tom Bratton
2007 “Investigating active deepwater sedimentation near a gas-hydrate system with high-resolution seismic data,” Pete A. Christianson
2008 “Iterative reconstruction algorithm for nonlinear operators,” Robert A. Eso
2009 “Sandstone petrofacies prediction to characterize permeability for Postle Field, Oklahoma,” Crucelis López
2010 “Stochastic simulation of fault networks from 2D seismic lines,” Nicolas Cherpeau
2011 “Seismic characterization of the Woodford shale in the Anadarko basin,” Nabanita Gupta, Coauthors: Supratik Sarkar and Kurt Marfurt
2011 “Sensitivity analysis of time-lapse images obtained by differential waveform inversion with respect to reference model,” Amir Asnaashari, Coauthors: Romain Brossier, Stephane Garambois, Jean Virieux, Francois Audebert, and Pierre Thore

Best Poster Paper Presented by a Student at the Annual Meeting

1995 “Identifying noise in seismic data from the Gippsland Basin (Australia),” Jarrod C. Dunne
1996 “Electromagnetic coupling removal from frequency domain IP data in 2D environments,” Partha S. Routh and Douglas W. Oldenburg
1997 “The transition zone between effective medium theory and ray theory for the propagation of electromagnetic waves,” Christina Y. Chan
1998 “Improving seismic resolution with nonstationary deconvolution,” Alana R. Schoepp, Coauthor: Gary Margrave
1998 “Focusing of inversion images,” Oleg N. Portniaguine, Coauthor: Michael S. Zhdanov
1999 “Multi-configuration ground penetrating radar data,” Jean-Paul Van Gestel
1999 “Wave-equation migration velocity analysis,” Paul Constantin Sava
2000 “Approximate reflection coefficients of P-S waves in anisotropic media,” Petr Jilek
2000 “Filter bank deconvolution of seismic data with application to compression and denoising,” Laurent Duval
2001 “Amplitude-preserved common image gathers by wave-equation migration,” Paul Sava
2001 “Shear-wave velocity dependence on fluid saturation,” Reynaldo Cardona
2001 “Optimization of the shape of Gaussian beams,” Karel Zacek
2002 “Analysis of high resolution aeromagnetic anomalies from the south-central Alberta Foothills, Canada,” Christian Abaco, Don Lawton and Deborak Spratt
2003 “Noncontacting ultrasonics for visualizing and exploiting multiple scattering,” Alison E. Malcolm
2003 “3D refraction migration for depth imaging of West Africa salt walls,” Connie J. VanSchuyver
2004 “Wavefield extrapolation in Riemannian coordinates,” Paul C. Sava
2005 “Multicomponent georadar imaging that corrects for total-field radiation,” Rita Streich
2006 “Geomechanical modeling as a reservoir characterization tool at Rulison Field, Piceance Basin, Colorado,” Shannon M. Higgins, Coauthors: Thomas L. Davis and Tom Bratton
2007 “Investigating active deepwater sedimentation near a gas-hydrate system with high-resolution seismic data,” Pete A. Christianson
2008 “Adaptive F-X interpolation of curved seismic events via exponentially weighted recursive least squares (EWRLS),” Mostafa Naghizadeh
2009 “Extrapolation of log properties by integrating fuzzy self-organizing maps and local linear modeling,” Mehdi Eftekhari Far
2010 “Comprehensive petro-elastic modeling aimed at quantitative seismic reservoir characterization and monitoring,” Alireza Shahin
2011 “Comparison of methods for modeling phase variation with angle,” Xinfa Zhu, Coauthor: George McMechan

Awards of Merit (Best Student Poster Paper, Annual Meeting)

1996 “Electromagnetic coupling removal from frequency domain IP data in 2D environments”, Partha S. Routh and Douglas W. Oldenburg
1997 “The transition zone between effective medium theory and ray theory for the propagation of electromagnetic waves,”Christina Y. Chan
1998 “Land vertical cable acquisition and anlysis: Results from the Blackfoot high-resolution 3-C seismic survey,” Jitendra S. Gulati
Coauthors: Robert R. Stewart, Brian H. Hoffe, and Henry C. Bland
1999 “AVO analysis for converted waves,” Katiusca del Valle Álvarez
2000 (No award given this year)
2001 (No award given this year)
2002 “The kernel trick: using linear algorithms to solve nonlinear geophysical problems,” Heidi Kuzma
2003 “Propagator inversion for shallow structure,” Robbert Van Vossen
2003 “Using seismic attributes as a QC for velocity model building—Vinton Dome, Louisiana,” Warren S. Duncan
2004 “Non-stretch stacking in the tau-p domain: Exploiting long-offset arrivals for sub-basalt imaging,” Hassan Masoomzadeh
2005 “Mapping geology and structure using multispectral and hyperspectral data and evaluating topographic correction methods: Case study, Salmon River Mountains of east-central Idaho,” Yardenia Martinez, Schuhab Khan, Paul Link, and Nancy Glenn
2006 “Application of 3D electrical resistivity imaging in an underground potash mine,” Robert A. Eso, Coauthors: Douglas W. Oldenburg and Nigel Phillips
2007 “Investigation of core data reliability to support time-lapse interpretation in Campos Basin, Brazil,” Marcos Grochau
2008 “Visualizing spectral decomposition using the view locked color image grand tour,” Bradley C. Wallet
2009 “Archaeological investigation of the Court Kiva in Chaco Canyon using geophysical methods,” Cericia Martinez
2010 “Separation of blended data by iterative estimation and subtraction of interference noise,” Panagiotis Doulgeris
2011 “Lowrank finite-differences for wave extrapolation,” Xiaolei Song, Coauthors: Sergey Fomel, Lexing Ying, and Tian Ding