“All in” for SEG Annual Meeting excitement in Las Vegas! Geophysicists Empower the World The Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Near-Surface Section of SEG, the SEG 2012 Steering Committee, many generous sponsors and volunteers, and I all invite you back to Las Vegas, Nevada, 4-9 November 2012, to attend the International Exposition and 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. As the geophysics we are doing is enhancing — even doubling — energy resources in many parts of the world, it is time for each of us to step back from our full house of projects and assess the high stakes of the global energy future. We are returning to Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip. This magnifi cent resort, dressed in a South Pacifi c tropical theme, boasts an 11-acre sand-and-surf beach, a frozen ice lounge, and Shark Reef Aquarium. A busy Steering Committee is setting up a full house of activities: The annual Golf Tournament is set by Jim Gaines at Desert Pines Golf Club. Arrive early in Las Vegas for the Saturday morning tee-off before the offi cial convention opening, and enjoy the new 18 bent-grass greens. The convention opens with the Sunday evening Icebreaker. You will be able to preview the many exhibits while catching up with friends, colleagues, and competitors. More than 260 companies will be exhibiting, making the exhibit hall fl ush with opportunity. Many new international exhibitors, brought in by Global Affairs Chairman Sergio Chávez-Pérez, will be located throughout the exhibit hall. We will start Monday morning with the SEG Forum, arranged by James Irving and moderated by Dr. Mary Lou Zoback of . This year’s forum theme of Sustainability, Humanitarian Outreach, and Social Responsibility will discuss the benefi ts of including social responsibility in the corporate business model. It is time for a serious discussion on the practical issues of corporate and academic social responsibility, the different models and possibilities that exist, and the potential impact of these activities. The Technical Program, chaired by Don Steeples, begins Monday afternoon. Don and his committee evaluated 1,560 abstract submissions, which is the highest number on record, guaranteeing the most competitive technical program ever. His committee, benefi tting from the generous efforts of Louise Pellerin, has been working overtime organizing the oral, poster, and electronic poster sessions. All posters will be in the exhibit hall, near exhibitors. For the fi rst time, selected authors will present electronic posters, which are presentations for poster-sized audiences. Eighteen workshops will follow the technical sessions. With help from National Security Technologies and the SEG Mining Committee, we will offer a fi eld trip to the test bed of a really unconventional play: the nuclear national security geophysics at the Nevada Test Site. We are all looking forward to Wednesday’s Applied Science Education Program, chaired by Jim O’Donnell. Dr. Cathy Snelson of National Security Technologies will energize hundreds of Nevada high school students with her presentation on “Exploration Seismology with Explosives.” A select group of students will have Q&A with Dr. Snelson and then tour the exhibit hall to see what geophysicists do. On Wednesday, please do not miss our International Reception with Latin American fl avor, hosted by Global Chairman Sergio Chávez-Pérez. The Wednesday Night Event, “A Legendary Night in Vegas” , will be a whole lot of fun with Las Vegas food, music, and entertainment. Join us in a unique celebration of all Vegas has to offer. Pat Thomsen is leading the Spouse Program. Pat and her diverse committee have developed an engaging program for spouses of all varieties, and they will adjust it as needed to accommodate the mix of spouse registrants. The Spouse Luncheon will be on Tuesday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Sponsorship Chairman Jason Tinder, along with SEG staff, have set a record, raising more than a half-million dollars of support for meeting events and amenities from sponsors around the world. Please express your appreciation for our sponsors’ generous support. Finally, Volunteer Chair Heidi Kuzma is seeking more than 100 volunteers to help with technical sessions and other events. Please visit the SEG Web site www.seg.org/amvolunteer for information on how you can help to make 2012 Las Vegas a great event. For more information on these items as well as current 2012 Las Vegas information, go to www.seg.org/am. Your SEG 2012 Steering Committee is eager to see “All in” for Las Vegas!

Sincerely,

John Louie General Chairman ➤Support SEG! Sign up as a volunteer, visit: www.seg.org/amvolunteer Las Vegas photos courtesy of Las Vegas News Bureau The World’s Largest Exploration Geophysics and Technical Exposition

Exposition Preview The SEG International Exposition and Eighty-Second Annual Meeting continues as the most valuable resource to the oil and gas, mining, environmental, and near-surface geophysical industries. To see the technological advancements being made in geophysics, plan to spend a part of every day in the exhibit area. The premier geoscience event in the world offers more opportunities to see fi rsthand new and unique types of technology for use in exploration and associated industries. This year’s exhibition will feature more than 260 exhibiting companies from around the globe. The exposition will have many companies exhibiting for the fi rst time. Most are start-up companies with the talents to bring new innovations to the industry. Many new geophysical products and services will be introduced at this exhibition, including computer software and hardware; seismic acquisition and processing equipment; educational, consulting, and project management services; and numerous other innovative products and services.

Council Meeting and Presidential Address The Council will hold its yearly meeting at 1 p.m. on Sunday. President Bob A. Hardage will give his State of the Society address at this meeting.

Icebreaker/Expo Preview Contents: The Sunday Evening Icebreaker/Exposition Preview (6–8 p.m.) will give attendees an opportunity to meet the exhibitors, map out a plan to visit companies, and renew acquaintances in a casual setting. The Icebreaker will Expo Preview...... 1 feature a buffet of complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bars, and musical entertainment around the exhibit hall. Council Meeting and Presidential Address...... 1 The hours of the Icebreaker have been shortened to allow attendees to have dinner at one of many restaurants Consortium Showcase ...... 1 around Las Vegas. Admittance is included in all full-delegate and Spouse Program registrations. Separate Calendar of SEG Meetings ...... 1 tickets are available for the Sunday night Icebreaker. Cost of the ticket will be US$60. Current List of Exhibitors ...... 2–3

Sponsors: Floor Plan/Expo Hours ...... 2–3 Vehicle Source Products, Inc. Oral Sessions, Posters, e-Posters — at a glance .....4 Technical Program ...... 5 Special Sessions ...... 5 Consortium Showcase Technical Luncheons ...... 5 Here you will fi nd universities from around the globe partnered with industry and involved in research to discover Workshops ...... 6 innovative solutions for today’s exploration and near-surface puzzles. Other universities are represented around Note from the President...... 7 the exhibit hall to promote geological and geophysic programs. Honors & Awards Ceremony ...... 7 SEG Foundation ...... 7 2012 DISC Registration...... 8 SEG Continuing Education Course Registration ...... 9 CCalendaralendar ooff SSEGEG MMeetingseetings SEG Forum...... 10 International Reception...... 10 2012 GAC Luncheons ...... 11 • SEG Summer Research Workshop Applied Science Education Program ...... 12 Velocity Model Building in Complex ...... Charleston, South Carolina ...... 13–17 August Wednesday Night Event ...... 12 • IQ Earth Forum 21st Century Interpretation ...... Avon, Colorado ...... 19–23 August Registration Information ...... 13 • SEG/SPE/SBGf Workshop On-site Registration ...... 14 Global Perspectives for Deepwater Presalt Exploration and Development ...... Rio de Janiero, Brazil ...... 11–12 September Membership Services Booth ...... 14 • SEG Istanbul SEG Book Mart...... 14 Congress and Petrol Fair ...... Istanbul, Turkey ...... 17–19 September 2012 Expanded Abstract USB...... 14 • SEG Annual Meeting Visa Information ...... 15 SEG Las Vegas 2012 ...... Las Vegas, Nevada ...... 4–9 November Field Trip ...... 15 • SEG/KOC Workshop SEG Golf Tournament ...... 15 Global Single Sensor Acquisition and Processing—Past, Present, and Future ....Kuwait City, Kuwait...... 3–6 December Women's Network Breakfast Event ...... 15 2013 Student Events ...... 16 • SEG/AGU Workshop Spouse Program ...... 17 Cryosphere Geophysics ...... Boise, Idaho ...... 6–8 January Hotel Information Guide ...... 18 • SEG Annual Meeting Housing Information and Transportation ...... 19 SEG Houston 2013 ...... Houston, Texas...... 22–27 September Housing Reservation ...... 20 2014 Advance Registration...... 21 • SEG Annual Meeting 2012 Las Vegas Sponsors ...... back cover SEG Denver 2014 ...... Denver, Colorado ...... 26–31 October 1 CCurrenturrent llistist ooff eexhibitorsxhibitors AAPG Edcon- PRJ, Inc. International Assoc. of Geophysical Contractors Phillystran, Inc. (Wireco World Group) Acceleware Edinburgh Time Lapse Project International Seismic Corp-iSeis/Seis Source Phoenix Geophysics Ltd. Advanced Geosciences, Inc. EIL Tech ION Geophysical Pico Envirotec AG Geophysical Products, Inc. Eliis Iris Instruments Point Cross, Inc. Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. EMGS Jaguar Exploration, Inc. Polarcus ALT Engenius Software Janice Evert Opals Prinoth Ltd. American Geosciences Institute Enigma Data Systems Inc., Reservoir Group Co. Karmoy Seismic A/S Quantec Geoscience Amphenol Steward Enterprise Enthought, Inc. Kelman Data Management KDM R. T. Clark Co., Inc. Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd. EON Geosciences, Inc. Kestrel IDM Readgroup US Aramco Services Co. ESG Kinemetrics, Inc. Real Time Systems Archimedes Consulting Fairfi eldNodal KMS Technologies Remote MD Arcis Coporation Fairfi eldNodal Heavy Equipment Kongsberg Seatex AS Repsol USA Arista Networks Fairfi eldNodal — CAREER PLACEMENT Kuwait Oil Company Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America ARKeX Limited Fecon Inc. Lab for Integration of Geology and Geophysics Resolve GeoSciences, Inc. Atlas Copco ffA Landocean Energy Service, Inc. Rigzone (formerly Worldwide Worker) Atlas Fluid Controls Corporation Fraunhofer ITWM Larson Software Technology, Inc. Robertson Geologging, Inc. Avalon Sciences Ltd. Fugro Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.KG Rock Solid Images Avere Systems Gedco Lumina Geophysical, LLC Rolls-Royce Marine AS Baker Hughes GEM Advanced Magnetometers Macha International, Inc. Roxar Inc. BakerCorp Geo Expro (GeoPublishing Ltd.) Marathon — CAREER PLACEMENT RPS Baro Mek Verksted AS Geocable Systems — div. of HL Technologies Marine Magnetics RXT Bauer Compressors, Inc. Geocenter LP Maxam North America, Inc. Sander Geophysics Beckman Coulter Geokinetics McPhar International Saudi Aramco — CAREER PLACEMENT Beijing Geostar Science & Technology Ltd. geoLOGIC Systems Ltd. Microseismic, Inc. Bell Geospace Geomage Mitcham Industries BGP Inc. Geometrics, Inc. Mount Sopris Instrument Co. BGP Inc. — CAREER PLACEMENT Geomodeling Corp Multi-Phase Technologies, LLC Blueback Reservoir AS Geonics Nanometrics Inc. Bolt Technology Corp/A-G Geophysical/RTS Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. National Compressed Air Canada Ltd. Boone Exploration, Inc. GeoPro GmbH NCS Subsea, Inc. Breckenridge Exploration Company, Inc. Geosoft, Inc. NEOS GeoSolutions STUDENT PAVILI Center for Subsurface Imaging & Modeling (CSIM) Geospace Engineering Resources Int'l. NetApp CGGVeritas Geosvip Nodal Seismic, LLC Challenger Geoinstruments Ltd. (CGL) Geotech Ltd. NORSAR Innovation 2560 2461 2658 2559 2458

DGB Chevron — CAREER PLACEMENT GeoTomo LLC NXT Energy Solutions EARTH 2456 2357 SCIENCES VEHICLE Colorado School of Mines Geotrace Octio AS SOURCE 2554 PRODUCTS 2652 PAR Compania Mexicana de Exploraciones S.A. de C.V. Getech Offshore Videos INOVA GEOPHYSICAL

TRANSFORM Connector Technology, Inc. Global Geophysical Services, Inc. OLE's Hakai Pass SOFTWARE AND POSTER PAPERS SERVICES

Crescent Geo LLC GNS Science/Globe Claritas Omni Industrial Services 2644 2544 CREWES / University of Calgary Guralp Systems Ltd. Open Geophysical, Inc. Cyrus One Halliburton Open iT, Inc. Dawson Geophysical Company Hart Energy Publishing OptaSense Ltd. GEOTRACE SIGMA INTEGRATED IHS DECO Geophysical SC Headwave, Inc. Orica RESERVOIR SOLUTIONS Delft University of Technology Hess Corporation — CAREER PLACEMENT Ovation Data Services 2730 2531 dGB Earth Sciences High Tech, Inc OYO Corporation U.S.A. 2428 2726 RXT GEOTOMO DHS (AUST)Pty Ltd/Downhole Surveys Hitachi Data Systems (formerly BlueArc Corp.) OYO Geospace Corp. 2724 SEISWARE Digital Formation, Inc Honye Machine Co., Ltd. Panamerican Geophysical Company, LTD 2722 2622 2522 2720 2420

2718 2619 ROLLS 2518 Directorate General of Oil and Gas HP Panasas ROYCE MARINE 2716 2617 2516 2417 Discovery Acquisition Hydroscience Technology Panorama Technologies 2616 2416 2714 2615 2514 2415

Dolphin Geophysical IHRDC Paradigm 2712 2613 2512 2413 DownUnder GeoSolutions IHS Inc. Parallel Geoscience Corp. 2710 2611 2610 2511 2510 2411 2410 2311 2708 2609 2608 2509 2508 2409 2408 2309

2706 Drillinginfo Ikon Mining & Exploration Paterson, Grant and Watson Ltd. 2607 2606 2507 2506 2407 2406 2307

2704 2604 2504 DYNAenergetics US Inc. Ikon Science Ltd. Paulsson, Inc. (PI) 2605 2505 2405 2404 2305 2702 2603 2602 2503 2502 2403 2402 2303

Dynamic Graphics, Inc. Industrial Vehicles International, Inc. Penguin Computing 2700 2601 2600 2501 2500 2401 2400 2301 Dynamic Technologies INOVA Geophysical Petroleum Exploration & Production Dept. POSTER Dyno Nobel Institute of and Engineering Petrosen PAPERS EAGE Conferences Integrated Geophysics Corporation Petrosys USA Inc. Earth Signal Processing Ltd. Interactive Network Technologies PGS Exploration UK Ltd.

Exhibit Floor Beverage Station sponsors: Total Wireless Cyber Café sponsors: Vehicle Source Products, Inc. Hardin International Processing, Inc. 2 Sauer Compressors USA SINOGEO Tricon Geophysics Schlumberger Heavy Equipment SINOPEC Trimble / Advanced Geodetic Survey, Inc. EExpositionxposition HoursHours Schlumberger (Ocean) Society of Petroleum Engineers Tsunami Development LLC Sunday...... 4 November ...... 6–8 p.m. Schlumberger/WesternGeco Solarfl are Communications Unique Digital, Inc. Monday ...... 5 November ....9 a.m.–6 p.m. Schlumberger — CAREER PLACEMENT Sonardyne International University of Texas at Austin Tuesday ...... 6 November ....9 a.m.–6 p.m. Scintrex-Micro-g Sparton Navigation and Exploration US Seismic Systems, Inc. Wednesday .. 7 November ....9 a.m.–4 p.m. SCM E&P Solutions, Inc. Spatial Energy UWA Petroleum Geoscience/CO2 Seabird Exploration Spectraseis Sequestration SEG Advanced Modeling Corporation (SEAM) Spectrum Geo Inc. Vehicle Source Products, Inc. Seismic Equipment Solutions (SES) Statoil ASA VERIF-I Ltd. For the most current information Seismic Instruments, Inc. SunRise PetroSolutions Technology Inc. Veripos on the SEG Annual Meeting, visit: Seismic Stuff Technology Pte. Ltd. System Development, Inc. (SDI) Vibra-Tech Engineers, Inc. Seismo Electronics LLC TDI-Brooks International Vinci Technologies www.seg.org/am Seismos LLC Techno Imaging Vizrsoft, LLC SeisWare, Inc. TEEC Solutions LLC VSG — Visualization Sciences Group The fl oor plan refl ects Sensor Technology Limited Teledyne Geophysical Instruments Weatherford International booths assigned as of Sercel TerraSpark Geosciences, L.P. Weihai Sunfull Geophysical Expl. Equip. Sercel — UNITE TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company WGP Exploration Limited 23 May 2012. Sethi Export Group Tibco Software Inc. Wireless Seismic, Inc. Severn Marine Technologies LLC Tidelands Geophysical Xi'an Senshe Electronic Technology Corp. Sevmorneftegeofi zika (SMNG) Transform Software and Services Zhaofeng Sensor Equipment Co., Ltd. SIGMA³ Integrated Reservoir Solutions TRE, Tele-Rilevamento Europa Zonge International Silicon Audio Trelleborg PPL Ltd

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REGISTRATION 3 Oral Sessions at a glance ➤Support SEG! Sign up as a volunteer, visit: www.seg.org/amvolunteer Convention Center MONDAY AM MONDAY PM TUESDAY AM TUESDAY PM WEDNESDAY AM WEDNESDAY PM THURSDAY AM

Mandalay Bay SEG FORUM Ballroom Lagoon MS: PSC 1: Source Mechanisms PSC 3: PSC 4: Case Studies, Imaging, PSC 2: Imaging, Case Studies and Location and VSP: Processing EF and Processing and Detection Interferometry, and Noise Beyond the Dots Uncertainty

RC 2: Lagoon ANI: RC 1: Fracture SS 4: SS 5: Theory Development Property Prediction ST: Imaging and Migration Unconventional Shale Advances in Characterization and Uncertainty Quantifi cation KL and Case Studies and Monitoring Inversion Reservoirs

Breakers SPIR: Interpolating SVE 1: Miscellaneous SVE 2: WEMVA / FWI Theory SVE 3: Tomography SVE 4: Case Histories SGS: Latin America AB Irregularly Sampled Data

Breakers SPNA 1: Matrix Decom– SPNA 2: Stacking SPNA 3: SM 3: Deblending and SM 1: SM 2: Finite Differences position, Regularization, and and Multidimensional Migration Methods Case Studies Theory and Finite Elements CD Interpolation Deconvolution

Breakers AVO: Angle and Azimuth— SPMI 4: SPMI 1: Anisotropy and SPMI 2: Gathers and SPMI 3: Advanced Imaging Applications and SPMI 5: New Implementations Fresh Ideas and Case Elasticity Velocity Analysis Case Histories EF Studies Algorithms Breakers NS 1: Advances in Near- NS 2: Geohazards and Risk SS 3: AGU-SEG GM 1: Applications in GM 2: Potential Fields GM 3: Mostly Magnetics GH surface Characterization Assessment Hydrogeophysics Potential Fields Toolbox

Breakers EM 1: EM 2: EM 3: MG 1: EM 4: Theory and Forward Inversion Data Processing New Methods and Acquisition and MG 2: Case Histories IJ Modeling Developments Developments and Case Histories Developments Resolution Modeling Studies

Breakers RP 1: Resource Plays and RP 2: Rock Property RP 3: Models and TL 2: Feasibility and TL 3: 4D Beyond TL 1: Case Studies KL Fluid Flow Estimates Applications Modeling Studies Conventional Seismic

Ballroom SS 1: Recent Advances SS 2: Broadband ACQ 1: ACQ 3: Survey Design and ACQ 2: Land Acquisition Blending, Separation, ACQ 4: Marine Acquisition A and the Road Ahead Full Azimuth Illumination and Novel Techniques

Ballroom INT 2: Stratigraphy and INT 4: INT 6: New Algorithms INT 1: Exploration INT 3: Faults and Fractures Fluid and Play INT 5: Attributes B Depositional Facies Evaluation and Techniques

Ballroom BG: Single-well and SPMUL: RC 3: SI 8: SI 2: High Resolution Prediction and SI 5: Rock and Scattering and Crosswell Seismic Subtraction Case Studies Property Estimation Geostatistics C Measurements Ballroom SI 7: SI 1: FWI Review and SI 3: FWI Effi ciency and SI 4: FWI Applications to SI 6: FWI Elastic and Q FWI Simultaneous SI 9: Joint Inversion and D Methodologies Reliability Field Data Sources and Near Surface Imaging

Poster Sessions at a glance ➤Shoreline B Exhibit Hall MONDAY PM TUESDAY AM TUESDAY PM WEDNESDAY AM WEDNESDAY PM Abbreviation/Topic: MS P: Acquisition, SPNA P: CRS GM P: Exploring with BG P: Measurements ACQ ...... Acquisition and Survey Design SGS ...... Special Global Session PSC P: Microseismic Case Studies, and Multicomponent and Gravity and Magnetics and Interpretation ANI ...... Anisotropy SI ...... Seismic Inversion Smorgasbord Analysis Other Methods AVO ...... AVO SM ...... Seismic Modeling AVO P: Techniques for BG ...... Borehole Geophysics SPMI ...... Seismic Processing: Migration ACQ P: From Land INT P: General NS P2: General Stress, Fracture, and NS P1: Statics to Sea Contributions Contributions EM ...... EM Exploration SPMUL... Seismic Processing: Multiples Cave Delineation GM ...... Gravity and Magnetics SPNA ..... Seismic Processing: Noise SPMI P: New RC P2: Rock Physics, HA ...... Humanitarian Applications Attenuation SM P1: Finite SM P2: From Rays to RC P1: Seismic Algorithms and Reservoir Facies, INT ...... Interpretation SPIR...... Seismic Processing: Interpolation Differences Rock Physics Attribute Applications Applications and Fractures MS ...... Multicomponent Seismic and Regularization MG ...... Mining and Geothermal SS ...... Special Session SI P1: FWI SI P2: Integration RP P1: Experimental RP P2: ANI P: Theory NS ...... Near Surface ST ...... Seismic Theory Methodologies and Applications Studies Unconventional Development and Systems Case Studies PSC ...... Passive Seismic SVE ...... Seismic Velocity Estimation RC ...... Reservoir Characterization TL...... Time Lapse SPIR P: Interpolating SPMUL P: Prediction MG P: Case Histories RP ...... Rock Physics VSP ...... VSP Irregularly Sampled EM P: General Topics and Subtraction and New Developments Data Technical Session Coffee Break sponsors: e-Posters at a glance ➤Shoreline B Exhibit Hall MONDAY PM TUESDAY AM TUESDAY PM WEDNESDAY AM WEDNESDAY PM MS E-P: Inversion, GM E-P: Applied RC E-P: Methods/Tools NS E-P: Archaeological AVO E-P: Theory for Reservoir Anisotropy, and Interpretation Techniques Applications Advancements Station 1 Monitoring S-Waves SPMI E-P: Imaging ANI E-P: Development HA E-P: Geophysics in BG E-P: Measurements Improvement and ST E-P: Modeling and and Application the Service of Society and Interpretation Applications Q Factor Station 2

SVE E-P: Miscellaneous SM E-P 1: Methods SM E-P 2: Modeling TL E-P: Case and SPMUL E-P: Prediction Approaches and Applications and Inversion Feasibility Studies and Subtraction Station 3

RP E-P: Characterization INT E-P: General SI E-P: Methodologies SPNA E-P: Signal VSP E-P: Applications and Measurements Contributions and Applications Versus Noise Total RXT Station 4

4 Technical Program With more than 1,500 abstracts received for review, this year’s Technical Program includes 116 diverse sessions. Geoscience professionals from all geophysical disciplines and all parts of the world are represented and will share the latest case histories, technological advancements, and research discoveries. The Technical Program will begin at 1:30 p.m. Monday following the SEG Forum. It will include fi ve Special Sessions and one Special Global Session. Both e-poster (electronic poster) and poster sessions will be held in Shoreline B Exhibit Hall through Wednesday, while 12 oral session rooms will run consecutively through Thursday at noon. Immediately following, convention workshops will take place in the technical session area on Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. Luncheons with guest speakers will be held on Tuesday for Gravity and Magnetics and on Wednesday for Development and Production and Mining. The Near-Surface Section will hold its annual meeting and dinner on Tuesday evening. Please note that audio and/or videotaping of any portion of the Technical Program or Workshops held in conjunction with SEG meetings is prohibited without prior consent of the SEG Executive Committee. Preliminary review of abstracts implies that attendees will be able to see the latest in geophysical technology and explore new theories. Take a piece of the Annual Meeting back to the offi ce! The technical session schedule will be available online in August. Visit the SEG Web site www.seg.org/techprog for more information.

Special Sessions Technical Luncheons Special sessions offered during the Technical Program cover a variety of All 2012 Annual Meeting registrants are welcome to attend the technical topics. Some are annual events; others are organized to address current issues. lunch eons held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Seating is limited. To Presentations on the following topics have been scheduled: guarantee your reservation, take advantage of the Advance Registration Form ◗ Advances in Uncertainty Quantifi cation enclosed in this announcement. Visit www.seg.org/am for more information. Organizers: Michael J. Tompkins and Tapan Mukerji ◗ Gravity and Magnetics Luncheon ◗ Broadband Full-azimuth Tuesday, 6 November, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Organizer: Peter I. Pecholcs Organizers: Tim Grow and Neda Bundalo Speaker: Erik Scott and Richard Denne, Marathon Oil ◗ AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Topic: The Effect of Chicxulub on the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Organizers: James Irving, Kamini Singha, and Klaus Holliger ◗ Near-Surface Geophysics Section Dinner/Reception ◗ [Special Global Session] Latin America Tuesday, 6 November, 7:30 p.m. Organizers: Sergio Chávez-Pérez, Juan Carlos Soldo, Martin Karrenbach, Location: Ri Ra Irish Pub, The Shoppes at Mandalay Place and Robert Stewart *No charge to NSG section members, nonmembers can join on the spot, and Travel Grant Sponsors: students are welcome! **Student Membership Free ◗ Development and Production Luncheon ◗ Recent Advances and the Road Ahead Wednesday, 7 November, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Organizers: Cengiz Esmersoy, Wafi k Beydoun, and Richard Gibson Organizers: Mark Houston and Marty Terrell ◗ Unconventional Shale Reservoirs Speaker: Eric von Lunen, Nexen Organizers: Azra Tutuncu, Ali Mese, Stephan Gelinsky, Cengiz Esmersoy, and Topic: Utilizing Geophysical Concepts in Unconventional Resource Jacques Leville Assessment of Shale Gas ◗ Mining Luncheon Wednesday, 7 November, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Organizer: Bob Lo ➤Support SEG! ◗ Research Committee Meeting and Dinner At every SEG Convention, there is a need for volunteers to help with various Thursday, 8 November, Research Committee Meeting 5 p.m. events. This year is no exception. Whether your interest is the Technical Location: Mandalay Bay Convention Center Program or Applied Science Education Program, you can make a difference. Dinner 7:30 p.m. It is your Society, so please consider volunteering your time. Location: Buca di Beppo, 3850 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV For more information on how to volunteer, visit: Cost: US$55 per person www.seg.org/amvolunteer

Wish you could take Technical Program presentations home with you? NNowow youyou ccan.an. Preorder your copy of the 2012 Selected Technical Program Presentations DVD-ROM. Approximately 200 technical program presentations will be recorded for inclusion on this DVD-ROM. View the slides used by the presenter while you listen to the audio recording — all from the convenience of your own computer. ➤ Order with your Annual Meeting registration or online at: www.seg.org/amregistration or individually at www.associationarchives.com/SEG

PRICING Member + domestic shipping & handling ...... US$125 Member + international shipping & handling ...... US$135 Nonmember + domestic shipping & handling ...... US$165 Nonmember + international shipping & handling ...... US$175 *Ships 6-8 weeks after Annual Meeting Questions? Email: [email protected] • Phone: +1-918-497-5526

5 Workshops Convention workshops are offered after the technical sessions close on Thursday and will continue through Friday. Entry into any or all workshops is available for US$95 for members and US$190 for nonmembers. Student registration for workshops is US$25. Use the enclosed Advance Registration form to register. Visit www.seg.org/am for more information.

Thursday, 8 November Friday, 9 November ◗ Use of Seismic Technology in Petroleum Resources Estimation ◗ The Best of IQ Earth: 21st Century Interpretation and Classifi cation Organizer: Ron Masters Organizer: Pierre-Louis Pichon E-mail Contact: [email protected] E-mail Contact: [email protected] Through the support of the SEG IQ Earth Committee Through the support of the SEG Oil and Gas Reserve Committee ◗ Gulf of Mexico Imaging Challenges: What Can Full Waveform ◗ The Best of D&P Forum: Unconventional Resources: Multiscale, Inversion Achieve? Multidisciplinary Integration of Subsurface Data Organizers: Dimitri Bevc, Cengiz Esmersoy, and Partha Routh Organizer: Mark Houston E-mail Contact: [email protected] E-mail Contact: [email protected] Through the support of the SEG Research Committee Through the support of the SEG Development and Production Committee ◗ Full Wavefi eld Analysis for Active+Passive 4D Seismic Reservoir ◗ Exploiting New Technologies for Research and Careers in Monitoring Geoscience: Past, Present, and Future Organizers: David Lumley, et al. Organizers: Roderick Perez, Chris Krohn, Kelly Wrobel, E-mail Contact: [email protected] and Joan Marie Blanco González Through the support of the SEG Research Committee E-mail Contact: [email protected] ◗ Improving Data Quality in Noisy Land Areas Through the support of the SEG University and Student Programs Organizers: Qunshan Zhang, Ran Bachrach, Oswaldo Davogustto Cataldo, ◗ Integration of Seismic and EM: Where Do We Stand? and Christine Krohn Organizers: Jan Schmedes, Andrea Zerilli , Erika Gasperikova, E-mail Contact: [email protected] Mark Rosenquist, Kurt Strack, and Michel Verliak Through the support of the SEG Research Committee E-mail Contact: [email protected], [email protected] ◗ Sub-basalt Imaging with a Focus on Deep Water Through the support of the SEG Research Committee Organizers: Michel Verliac, Bo Zhao, Adriana Citlali Ramirez, Kurt Strack ◗ Geo-Informatics: Integrated Data Mining and Fusion of Diverse E-mail Contact: [email protected] Geoscience Data Sets Through the support of the SEG Research Committee Organizers: Matthias Imhof, Long Jin, and Randy Keller ◗ Physics of Rocks E-mail Contact: [email protected] Organizers: Arthur Cheng, Ali Mese, Stephan Gelinsky, Colin Sayers, Through the support of the SEG Research Committee and Ronny Hofmann ◗ 3D VSP — Recent Trends and the Road Ahead E-mail Contact: [email protected] Organizers: Jitendra Gulati, Denis Kiyashchenko, and Arthur Cheng Through the support of the SEG Research Committee E-mail Contact: [email protected] ◗ Inversion-Based High-Resolution Imaging of Reservoirs Through the support of the SEG Research Committee Organizers: Bin Wang, Hugues Djikpesse, John Etgen, Biondo Biondi, ◗ Subsea Technologies and Seafl oor Property Characterization and Sergio Chávez-Pérez Organizers: Hugues Djikpesse and Kelly Wrobel E-mail Contact: [email protected] E-mail Contact: [email protected] Through the support of the SEG Research Committee Through the support of the SEG Research Committee ◗ Seismic Diffraction Methods for and Fracture Detection ◗ Quo Vadis Interpretation in Mining Geophysics? Organizers: William Burnett, Evgeny Landa, Tijmen Jan Moser, Organizers: Mark Shore and James Irving Michael Pelissier, and James Schuelke E-mail Contact: [email protected] E-mail Contact: [email protected] Through the support of the SEG Mining Committee Through the support of the SEG Research Committee ◗ Mapping the Moho: Integrations and Implications ◗ A Working Guide to 3D Inversion Methods in Mining Geophysics Organizers: Tim Grow and Dr. Rao Yalamanchili Organizer: Mark Shore E-mail Contact: [email protected] E-mail Contact: [email protected] Through the support of the SEG Gravity and Magnetics Committee Through the support of the SEG Mining Committee

6 Note from the President I encourage you to attend SEG’s 82nd Annual Meeting and International Exposition in Las Vegas. Our Annual Meeting is the focal point of each year and provides great opportunities to interact with colleagues, develop new friends and contacts, and see fi rsthand what new technologies are emerging in our profession. As usual, the Technical Program will be outstanding. The Technical Program Committee sorted through more than 1,500 expanded abstracts to select the 573 oral papers and 183 posters and 150 e-posters that will be available. We owe much to the 31 people on this committee and to the 950 reviewers they recruited to perform rigorous peer reviews of these abstracts so as to select the best. Be sure to consider the 20 continuing-education courses scheduled on the opening weekend of the Annual Meeting and the 18 workshops that will be held Thursday and Friday at the close of the exposition segment of the meeting. Some of the most talented Bob A. Hardage people in our profession will be teaching these courses and presenting their thoughts and guidance in the workshops. Between SEG President these starting and ending points of the Annual Meeting, you will fi nd numerous special-interest luncheons that offer opportunities to become more engaged in a targeted technical area or in a particular area of the globe where geophysics needs to be supported. A vital part of the week is the exposition in which exhibitors display their technologies and you have the opportunity to learn what new equipment, software, and data are being developed to allow you to practice our science at a higher level. These exhibitors are the critical fabric of our Annual Meeting. Without exhibitors, there would be no Annual Meeting. Please circulate through the exposition fl oor and see the wide range of technologies that are present for your benefi t. I encourage you to thank these exhibitors for their support of SEG. SEG especially encourages student attendance and involvement in the Annual Meeting. Students are the future and lifeblood of geophysics, and we have scheduled several activities that should help students transition into the leaders we need to sustain our profession. Students, please learn what is offered to you through the Challenge Bowl, the Student Leadership Symposium, the Student Education Program, the Faculty Advisor Workshop, the Student Networking Event, and the Student Career Panel, and get engaged.

Leon Thomsen, Chair of the Honors & Awards Committee ent cordially invites you to attend the Sunday Ev SEG 2012 Honors & Awards Ceremony to recognize and to honor talented individuals and organizations that have advanced our science and benefi ted our Society Sunday, 4 November 2012, 4:30 p.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center A few of this year's key awards are: Maurice Ewing Medal: George McMechan Honorary Membership: Kurt Marfurt and Mark Zoback Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal: Yu Zhang Cecil Green Enterprise Award: KMS Technologies Reginald Fessenden Award: Xianhuai Zhu and Jie Zhang Life Membership: John Bradford, Frank Brown, and Bob Wyckoff J. Clarence Karcher Award: Jyoti Behura, Pawan Dewangan, and Alison Malcolm Distinguished Achievement: Edinburgh Anisotropy Project Special Commendation: Cezar Iacob

Learn how your gift continues to make a vital impact in the global geophysical community through our outstanding programs: ◗ Geoscientists Without Borders® ◗ Scholarships ◗ Summer Field Camps ◗ Student Travel Grants Stop by the ◗ Distinguished Lecturers Foundation booth ◗ SEG Online located next to Book Mart in the SEG Pavilion! Visit us during the Field Camps and Geoscientists Without Borders® special events!

7 2012 SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course Elements of Seismic Dispersion: A somewhat practical guide to frequency-dependent phenomena by Chris Liner Presented by the SEG Continuing Education Committee and DISC Subcommittee

Friday, 2 November Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 2nd Level Check-in: 7–8 a.m. Course duration: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. For full course description, visit: www.seg.org/DISC For further information, contact: +1-918-497-5574, or email: [email protected]

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▼ Saturday–Sunday, 3–4 November 2012 • Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 2nd Level Check-in: 7–8 a.m. • Course duration: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. All courses are two days, unless otherwise noted. For full course descriptions, visit: www.seg.org/ce ✓Check box to indicate course: ❑ 3D Seismic Attributes for Prospect Identifi cation & Reservoir ❑ Gravity and Magnetics for Explorationists by Michal Ruder Characterization by Kurt Marfurt ❑ Introduction to High Performance Computing by Jan Thorbecke ❑ 3D Seismic Data Acquisition: An Update on Modern Technologies and ❑ Petroleum Systems of Deepwater Settings by Paul Weimer Usage Methodologies by Malcolm Lansley ❑ Planning and Operating a Land 3D Seismic Survey by Andreas Cordsen ❑ A Practical Understanding of Inversion for Exploration Geophysics and Peter Eick by John Bancroft ❑ Processing, Inversion and Reconstruction of Seismic Data ❑ Application and Interpretation of Converted Waves by Robert Stewart and by Mauricio Sacchi James Gaiser ❑ Seismic Anisotropy: Basic Theory and Applications in Exploration and ❑ Borehole Geophysics: Theory and Practice by Ron Hinds and Rick Kuzmiski Reservoir Characterization by Ilya Tsvankin and Vladimir Grechka ❑ Concepts and Applications in 3D Seismic Imaging (one day, Sunday, 4 Nov.) ❑ Seismic Data Interpretation in the Exploration Domain by Tim E. Smith by Biondo Biondi ❑ Seismic Imaging of Subsurface Geology (Acquisition, Processing, and ❑ Full Waveform Inversion by Mrinal Sen Modeling) by Michael Schoenberger ❑ Geophysical Applications of Time-Frequency Analysis by Marcilio Matos ❑ Seismic Interferometry for Exploration and Production by Deyan Draganov ❑ Geophysics Role from Play, Prospect to the Well Head: Geopressure and Kees Wapenaar Perspective by Selim Shaker ❑ Seismic Stratigraphy and Seismic Geomorphology by Henry Posamentier ❑ Geophysics Under Stress: Geomechanical Applications of Seismic and Borehole Acoustic Waves by Colin Sayers

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Fax: +1-918-497-5557 ✦ Mail: SEG CE, P.O. Box 702740, Tulsa, OK 74170-2740 USA ✦ Online: www.seg.org/course/reg 9 SEG Forum Sponsored by Corporate and Academic Social Responsibility: Engagement or Estrangement? Monday, 5 November, 9 a.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center Social responsibility has become a popular topic of discussion these days. Many people working in both industry and academia have a strong desire to make a humanitarian contribution as part of their employment. Employers also see the benefi ts of including corporate social responsibility in their business model because it contributes to societal needs and helps to maintain a positive public image. In recent years, there have been much talk and “cheerleading” about making a difference and social contribution. However, not enough serious discussion has occurred regarding the practical issues of corporate and academic social responsibility, the different models and possibilities that exist, and the potential impact of such activities. The 2012 SEG Forum will attempt to address some of these important issues. Don’t miss this opportunity to listen and interact with the panel! Dr. Jonathan Nyquist, Temple University Dr. Steve Silliman, University of Notre Dame (academic representative) Nyquist received a BA in physics from Macalester College, a Silliman received his BSE in Civil Engineering from Princeton MSc in physics from the University of Maryland and a PhD in Univer sity. He completed an MSc and PhD in the Department of geophysics from the University of Wisconsin. After working for Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona. more than a decade as a researcher the Department of Energy’s Oak Silliman has pursued research in areas of groundwater hydrology: Ridge National Laboratory, Nyquist accepted a position in 1987 wellhead protection, chemical/microbial transport, and water- at Temple University as Weeks Chair of Environmental Geology, resources in developing countries. He is dean of the School of Dr. Jonathan Nyquist and currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Earth and Dr. Steve Silliman Engineering and Applied Science at Gonzaga University. Silliman Environmental Science. Perennially active in the near-surface geophysics community, spent more than 26 years at the University of Notre Dame as professor and associate he has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Environmental and Engineering chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences and as associate Geophysics (JEEG), as president and past-president of the Environmental and dean for undergraduate programs in the College of Engineering. He has won awards Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS), and currently serves on the board of for teaching, service, and research. These include the ASEE Outstanding Teaching directors for GeoscientistsWithout Borders® (GWB). For his contributions to the Award as well as the ASEE Global Engineering and Engineering Technology Award profession, Nyquist received the EEGS Gold Medal Award in 2007, and in 2011 the (both in 2006), nomination for the University of Oklahoma World Water Prize (2009), Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG) presented him with the Harold Mooney and selection as the National Ground Water Association Distinguished Darcy Lecturer Award “in recognition of scientifi c and technical excellence and innovation leading to for 2011. the advancement of near-surface geophysics.” Dr. Mary Lou Zoback, Stanford University (moderator) Michael Oxman, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Zoback is a seismologist and a consulting professor in the Michael leads BSR’s Energy and Extractives Team and its work in Environmental Earth System Science Department at Stanford helping energy, mining, and other clients assess, manage, and University. From 2006 to 2011, she served as vice president, execute social performance activities wherever they do business. Risk Applications with Risk Management Solutions, Prior to joining BSR in 2006, Oxman was senior planning analyst a private catastrophe modeling fi rm. Zoback used the fi rm’s for Chevron’s Eurasia business unit in Kazakhstan and later served commercial models to explore the economic and humanitarian as the unit’s liaison to upstream headquarters in California. He Dr. Mary Lou Zoback impacts of future on South American capital cities, Michael Oxman also was responsible for fi scal modeling of upstream opportunities including the urban poor. She was a senior research scientist at the USGS and a and served as one of the primary developers of an internal process for improved chief scientist of the Western Earthquake Hazards team in Menlo Park, California. integration of above-ground risk management into the strategies of several Zoback joined the USGS in 1978 after receiving her BSc, MSc and PhD in geophysics international business units. Oxman has worked at PwC, where he supported the from Stanford University. She has served on national committees and panels on government of Kazakhstan on large-scale oil and gas transactions, and at the Overseas topics ranging from defi ning the next generation of earth observations from space, Private Investment Corporation, where he provided U.S. clients with political risk storage of high-level radioactive waste, facilitating interdisciplinary research, and insurance for international investments. He holds a BA in Russian area studies from science education. Zoback is a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences, Trinity College, an MA in international affairs from Columbia University, and an MBA past president of the Geological Society of America, and currently a member of the from the Jones Graduate School at . Oxman currently serves on the Carnegie Foundation Board of Trustees, the National Academies’ Disaster Roundtable, Sustainability Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. and the Board of Directors of the Seismological Society of America. She cochaired the Advisory Committee for San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection’s CAPSS (Citizens Action Plan for Seismic Safety) Program.

International Reception Tuesday, 6 November, 4:30–6 p.m. Location: SEG Student Pavilion, Exhibition Hall Sergio Chávez-Pérez, Global Chairman on the Steering Committee, cordially invites all delegates to join offi cials in thanking sponsors and celebrating SEG’s relationships in Latin America while enjoying Latin food and music.

Sponsors:

Vehicle Source Products, Inc. Seismos, LLC 10 Global Affairs Committee Luncheons Four Global Affairs Committee Luncheons are scheduled during this year’s Annual Meeting. All delegates with international interests are cordially invited to attend and participate in these events. Tickets for the luncheons can be purchased in advance (see registration form) or on site (in limited quantities) at the Event Ticket Sales Booth located in the Registration Area. Luncheon attendees must have a ticket for admission. Please note: The cost for luncheon meetings have been partially underwritten through the generosity of our corporate sponsors.

LATIN AMERICA/ULG (Latin American ASIA/PACIFIC LUNCHEON Geophysical Union) LUNCHEON Wednesday, 7 November, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Cost US$30 Tuesday, 6 November, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Cost US$30 Location: Mandalay Bay Convention Center Location: Mandalay Bay Convention Center GAC Regional Coordinators: Koya Suto and Toshihiro Uchida, GAC Regional Coordinator: Gustavo Carstens Pacifi c; How-Wei Chen and Lawrence Gochioco, Asia Speaker: Carlos Garibaldi, Director of Business Development, Speaker: Fr. Jose T. Villarin, SJ, President, Ateneo de Manila Tecpetrol Corporation Carlos Garibaldi (Jesuit) University (ADMU) Fr. Jose T. Villarin Topic: Latin America’s Oil & Gas Landscape: Never a Boring Day Topic: Philippines — The Need for Earth Sciences in Emerging Economies Biography: Carlos Garibaldi previously worked in Amoco, Plains Resources, Arthur Biography: Fr. Jose T. Villarin graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University D. Little, San Jorge International (president & COO), Chevron Latin America (vice (ADMU) with a BSc physics degree, magna cum laude. Thereafter, he received his president of BD), G&G Energy Consultants (founding partner), The Scotia Group MSc degree in physics from Marquette University and his PhD in Atmospheric (partner), and Standard Chartered Bank (managing director for Latin America O&G). Sciences from Georgia Tech. Villarin is a member of the Jesuit Order. He has He has captured and managed exploration licenses and managed M&A transactions taught undergraduate and graduate courses in physics, science, and society, and in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Perú, and the environmental management at several Jesuit schools. Villarin was president of Xavier . Garibaldi has managed or participated in E&P projects in Argentina, University (2005–2011) and is now president of the ADMU. As a result of his robust Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Perú, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States. technical background, he has worked with the UN on climate change concern and He earned a professional degree in chemical engineering from the Universidad de with the Philippine government on environmental issues. Villarin also works with Buenos Aires, an MSc in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa, and an the private sector as member of corporate boards and as a technical adviser. He is MBA from Rice University. Garibaldi teaches annual strategy, fi scal terms, M&A, and convinced that proper and sustained development in Southeast Asia can happen only negotiation courses at the IAPG in Buenos Aires as well as sporadically in several with robust programs in earth sciences (e.g., geophysics) as applied to emerging other Latin American countries. needs of the rapidly growing economies of the region. Sponsors: Sponsors:

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Earth Signal Processing, Ltd. Seismos, LLC Anadarko Petroleum Corp. EUROPE/FSU LUNCHEON Tuesday, 6 November, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Cost US$30 Location: Mandalay Bay Convention Center MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA LUNCHEON GAC Regional Coordinators: Snezana Komatina-Petrovic and Wednesday, 7 November, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Cost US$30 Eugenio Loinger Location: Mandalay Bay Convention Center Speaker: Dennis Yanchak, Senior Geoscience Advisor, Apache GAC Regional Coordinators: Bill Ayres and Ram Kumar Thakur Corporation Dennis Yanchak Speaker: Said Mahrooqi, Head of Geophysical Operations, Topic: Exploration Challenges and Opportunities in the FSU Petroleum Development Oman, LLC Biography: Dennis Yanchak currently works for Apache Corp. in its Exploration and Topic: The Quantum Leap of the Geophysics Footprint in Production Technology unit as a senior geoscience advisor. In this position, he has Said Mahrooqi MENA E&P oversight of much of the company’s geophysical activities worldwide, including Biography: Said Mahrooqi obtained a BSc in geological science, emphasis consultation on opportunities in the FSU. Prior to joining Apache, Yanchak worked geophysics, from San Diego State University (USA) in 1992 and an MSc in for BP with an assignment in Moscow with TNK-BP from 2004-2007. There he was exploration geophysics from Leeds University (UK) in 1996. His work experience involved in seismic activities in Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Sakhalin, and includes land and marine seismic acquisition, VSP, microseismic and nonseismic the pre-Caspian basin. Yanchak started his career in the oil industry with Gulf Oil techniques. Since 2008, in this position with PDO, Said has been instrumental in in its Exploration and Production Research group near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. the implementation of high-channel seismic crews at 24-hour seismic operations, Following the merger with Chevron, he joined Amoco and worked in technology together with short sweep, slip sweep, and dynamic fl eeting distance-separated groups before moving to Cairo, Egypt, to work in GUPCO as chief geophysicist. simultaneous recording and low-frequency seismic acquisition. Yanchak has worked in R&D, exploration, development, and production in both land and marine and worked on Amoco’s Prospect Quality Team evaluating its worldwide Sponsors: exploration portfolio. Sponsors:

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Parallel Geoscience Corp. Troika International

11 Applied Science Education Program Keynote address by Dr. Catherine M. Snelson “Exploration Seismology with Explosives” SEG Las Vegas 2012 International Exposition and Eighty-Second Annual Meeting Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 10 a.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center A special feature of the SEG 82nd Annual Meeting is the Applied Science Education Program, which is free to delegates. The program will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 7 November, with a keynote Dr. Catherine M. Snelson address by Dr. Catherine M. Snelson. The address will last approximately one hour, and no registration is required for the event. Dr. Snelson received her BSc from California State University at Hayward in 1995. Following graduation, she started her MSc in geophysics at the University of Texas at El Paso, working on the Deep Probe project. While at UTEP, Snelson worked as an intern for Amoco in 1996, studying basin structures using gravity and magnetic data in offshore Angola. She fi nished her MSc in 1998 and stayed on at UTEP to work on her PhD. Snelson was on the faculty at the University of Nevada Las Vegas from 2002 to 2007, where her research focused on seismic hazard analysis of the southern Nevada and test-site readiness projects. In 2007, she joined the New Mexico Tech faculty until 2010, where she focused on volcanic processes within the Erebus volcano, Antarctica, and yield estimation studies utilizing Kirtland AFB. In 2010, Snelson moved to National Security Technologies as a senior scientist to work on a new DOE initiative called the National Center for Nuclear Security. She is the program manager for Treaty Verifi cation R&D. Under her portfolio are the Source Physics Experiment (where she is the test director), the Comprehensive Inspection Technologies project, and the Chain of Custody project.

Sponsors: Photos courtesy of Dr. Catherine M. Snelson

Step back in time and enjoy a night of Vintage Las Vegas. Visit our lounge where the Vegas of yesteryear comes alive right before your eyes. Plan to stay the whole evening — you never know who will stop in for a drink and maybe a performance. You will be surprised and entertained all night long! Join your friends and colleagues for some food and a lot of fun!

Mandalay Bay Ballroom Wednesday, 7 November, 7–9 pm. Tickets: (each ticket includes one free drink) US$20 — Registered delegates US$10 — Students and Retired delegates US$60 — Guests

Tickets may be purchased with your advance registration or at the convention center SEG registration area.

➤ Buy your ticket by Tuesday, 6 November, 12 pm. Transportation will be provided from Luxor and Excalibur hotels. www.seg.org/amregister

12 You may register in advance Registration Guidelines and Policies beginning on 05 July 2012 You may register in advance on the Web, by fax, and by mail through 19 at 9 a.m. CDT. October 2012 or on-site at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las For immediate confi rmation of Vegas, Nevada, during the event. The Advance/Early-Bird Pricing Registration your registration, please complete deadline is 18 September 2012, 5 p.m. CDT. For your con venience, advance the online convention registration form at on-site pricing registration begins at 5:01 p.m. CDT, 18 September 2012 and www.seg.org/amregister. continues through 19 October 2012, 5 p.m. CDT. To allow adequate time for processing and mailing of registration confi rmation Delegate Benefi ts materials, registration orders received after 19 October 2012 will not be As a delegate, your registration fee will include the following: processed. Delegates who have not registered by 5 p.m. CDT on 19 October • Admission to Sunday’s Presidential Address 2012 must register on site. • Admission to ALL Technical Program Sessions Register in advance online at www.seg.org/amregister, or complete the • Admission to the Monday morning SEG Forum Advance Registration Form on page 21. Your registration materials will be • Admission to the International Exposition (including the Sunday evening Icebreaker) available for pickup at the On-site Registration Area, Mandalay Bay South • Exchange voucher for a delegate registration bag Convention Center — 2nd Level. Your registration badge, optional event • Offi cial Program and Exhibitors Directory with a Technical Program schedule tickets, and related materials will be mailed to your address specifi ed on the • Admission to the Sunday Honors & Awards Ceremony registration form ONLY if this optional service is selected and the applicable • Admission to Wednesday’s Applied Science Education Program mailing fee is paid. If registering as an SEG Member delegate, you must enter your six-digit membership ID on the registration form. Please use a separate Delegate Types registration form for each person. ◗ Member Delegate: SEG Member delegates will receive all delegate benefi ts Payment Options: Full payment in U.S. dollars must accompany all listed above at low member registration rates. Member delegate registration registrations. SEG accepts VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, requires a valid SEG Membership; please have your SEG Member ID Number Diners Club, and checks in U.S. dollars made payable to the Society of available when registering. Exploration Geophysicists. Purchase orders are not accepted. ◗ Nonmember Delegate: A nonmember delegate will receive all delegate Substitutions and Changes: Unable to attend? One-time substitutions benefi ts listed above. are allowed between individuals from the same company. The original ◗ Spouse Program Registration: Spouse/Companions or Dependent(s) registrant may make these changes by contacting the SEG Business Offi ce at of delegates may attend the optional Spouse Program for an additional +1-918-497-5542 or via e-mail at [email protected] by 19 October 2012. registration fee of US$160. Spouse Program registrants will receive a special Refund and Cancellation Procedures: SEG will issue a refund of spouse program bag, admission to the Sunday Honors & Awards Ceremony, registration fees paid, less a US$35 cancellation fee, if the cancellation is Sunday evening Icebreaker, Monday morning SEG Forum, Spouse Luncheon requested on or before 18 September 2012. Confi rmed registrants who on Tuesday, and Spouse Program Seminars (not the Technical Program). do not participate or who cancel after 18 September 2012 will forfeit their For a complete listing of all Spouse Program activities, see page 17. Spouse registration fees. SEG reserves the right to cancel any event if the minimum Program registrants must be registered by a delegate; please use a separate registration is not met. In the event of an SEG cancellation, registration fees form for each person registering for this program. This registration type is associated with said event will be refunded. Cancellation and substitution available to Nonmember Nongeophysicist Spouse/Equivalent or Dependent(s) requests must be in writing. Refunds will not be given for no-shows. only. Those who derive income from any geophysics-related activities are considered professionals and may not register at this rate. ➤NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED AFTER 18 September 2012 ◗ Student Delegate Registration: Student SEG Members can attend the Registration Fees (Quoted and payable in U.S. dollars) Annual Meeting at a reduced registration fee of US$30. Nonmember students Advance/Early-Bird Pricing Advance On-Site Pricing On-Site Pricing may attend the Annual Meeting for US$70. Student delegate registration 7/05/2012—9/18/2012 9/18/2012—10/19/2012 includes all delegate benefi ts listed above. A valid SEG membership is required SEG Member Delegate*...... US$575 ...... US$675 ...... US$675 for Student SEG Member registration; please have your SEG Member ID Nonmember Delegate ...... US$695 ...... US$795 ...... US$795 Number available when registering at this rate. Proof of full-time student status Emeritus Member* ...... US$180 ...... US$180 ...... US$180 is required to take advantage of the student delegate registration rate. Retired SEG Member* ...... US$180 ...... US$180 ...... US$180 ◗ One-day Delegate Registration: A one-day delegate registration will in clude Student SEG Member*/** ...... US$30 ...... US$30 ...... US$30 admission to the Technical Program and the International Exposition for that Student Nonmember** ...... US$70 ...... US$70 ...... US$70 single day (select MON, TUE, or WED). One-day delegates may purchase tickets for the Sunday evening International Exposition Icebreaker and the Wednesday Spouse Program ...... US$160 ...... US$160 ...... US$160 evening Gala separately via advance or on-site registration. Purchasing a one- One-day Delegate/SEG Member* ...... US$265 ...... US$265 ...... US$265 day SEG Member delegate registration requires a valid SEG Membership; One-day Delegate/Nonmember ...... US$390 ...... US$390 ...... US$390 please have your SEG Member ID Number available when registering. One International Exposition Icebreaker ticket is included with each of the ◗ One-day Exhibition Only Registration: A one-day exhibition only above registrations. Tickets to the Wednesday night Gala are available for registration will include admission to the International Exposition for that purchase by any delegates in the above categories for US$20 each (US$10 single day (select MON, TUE, or WED). for Students and Retired SEG Member delegates). Individuals not registered ◗ Emeritus and Retired SEG Members: The SEG Executive Committee is in any of the above categories may purchase a ticket for US$60 on site at the pleased to extend a registration discount to its Emeritus and Retired Members. event ticket counter located in the on-site registration area. One drink coupon Emeritus or Retired Member registration requires a valid SEG Membership; is included with each Wednesday night Gala ticket. Buy your ticket early; please have your SEG Member ID available when registering. Emeritus and space is limited. Retired Members receive all the benefi ts of a delegate registration. All items noted above by * require an SEG Member ID Number. Registration sponsors: All items noted above by ** require a Student ID.

13 ➤Submit Your Advance Registration by 18 September 2012 Membership Services Booth for Substantial Savings! The Member Services staff from the SEG Business Offi ce will be on site and You may advance register online at www.seg.org/amregister, fax, or available to assist members or prospective members with their membership mail the completed form (see page 21) to the SEG Business Offi ce in Tulsa. questions and concerns. The Member Services and Information booth is The registration form is also available for download on the SEG Web site. located near the On-site Registration Area and will be open during the main registration hours. You may apply for SEG Associate membership at this 3 Ways to Register in Advance: location and receive the on-site member delegate registration rate. For your 1. .On the Web: CREDIT CARD USE ONLY via secure server transactions at convenience, we will gladly process your on-site convention registration at www.seg.org/amregister the same time. Membership Certifi cates will be available to all SEG members in good standing. 2...... By Fax: CREDIT CARD USE ONLY +1-918-497-5565 or +1-918-497-5557 At the Membership Services Booth, you can: 3...... By Mail: If unable to register online or by fax, please mail completed • Apply for SEG membership and register for Annual Meeting. registration form on page 21 along with appropriate payment to: • Find out about new options and benefi ts of your SEG membership. SEG/Las Vegas 2012 Registration • Watch a demonstration of Online Member Benefi ts. P.O. Box 702740, Tulsa, OK 74170-2740 • Pay your annual membership dues. Street address: 8801 S. Yale, Ste. 500, Tulsa, OK 74137 • Report an address change and/or let us know if you are not receiving your SEG journals. ADVANCE/EARLY-BIRD PRICING REGISTRATION ➤DEADLINE: 18 SEPTEMBER 2012 • Find out if you are eligible for upgrade to Active membership status. ADVANCE ON-SITE PRICING REGISTRATION ➤DEADLINE: 19 OCTOBER 2012 Book Mart Confi rmation Letter/Receipt Visit the SEG Book Mart in the lobby, 2nd Level, of the A confi rmation e-mail and a printed receipt will be mailed to ALL registrants Mandalay Bay Convention Center to examine SEG’s whose completed registration form is received by 19 October 2012. The newest titles before adding them to your library. Titles confi rmation e-mail includes check-in times and locations for picking up expected to be available at an Annual Meeting Book your delegate badge and event materials. Check your confi rmation to verify Mart for the fi rst time include: the accuracy of your registration and e-mail us at [email protected] or ◗ Elements of Seismic Dispersion: A Somewhat call us at +1-918-497-5542 if you have any questions. Practical Guide to Frequency-dependent Phenomena Badge, event tickets, and exchange vouchers will be mailed to the address (2012 DISC), Christopher L. Liner specifi ed on the registration form ONLY if the additional US$10 processing/ ◗ First Steps in Seismic Interpretation mailing fee is paid. Donald A. Herron Badges ◗ Fundamentals of Gravity Exploration Photo ID is required for badge pickup. Your registration confi rmation includes Thomas R. LaFehr and Misac N. Nibighian badge pickup times and locations. A US$200 replacement fee is required for ◗ Numerical Modeling of Seismic Wave any lost badge. Registration badges, event tickets, exchange vouchers, badge Propagation: Gridded Two-way Wave- holders, and registration bags must be picked up in the On-site Registration equation Methods Area at any of the Advance Registration booths. We recommend bringing your Edited by Johan O. A. Robertsson, Joakim O. registration confi rmation material with you to expedite registration material Blanch, Kurt Nihei, and Jeroen Tromp pickup. Badges are nontransferable and are subject to a US$200 reprint fee. ◗ Principles and Practice of Remote Badge swapping or badge sharing is strictly prohibited. One-day Detection, Enders Robinson and Dean Clark delegate registrants please note that your badge and registration materials will be available for pickup only on the day selected. ◗ Seismic Signatures and Analysis of Refl ection Data in Anisotropic Media, On-site Registration Hours third edition, Ilya Tsvankin Mandalay Bay Convention Resort South Convention Center— 2nd Level Shoreline Exhibit Halls Take time to examine these titles to determine if they belong on Friday, 2 Nov ...... 1–4:30 p.m. your bookshelf. (Exhibitor Registrations and Badge pick up are encouraged on this day) † Saturday, 3 Nov ...... 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Exhibitor Registrations and Badge pickup are encouraged on this day) Purchase 2012 Expanded Abstracts † Sunday, 4 Nov ...... 9 a.m.–8 p.m. during Advance Registration † Monday, 5 Nov ...... 7:45 a.m.–6 p.m. and Save! † Tuesday, 6 Nov ...... 7:45 a.m.–6 p.m. The 2012 Technical Program Expanded † Wednesday, 7 Nov. ...7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Abstracts will be published on a USB drive Thursday, 8 Nov...... 7:45 a.m.–12 p.m. (Workshops only) and available for US$15 for those who order through advance registration. If you purchase through registration, Friday, 9 Nov...... 7:45 a.m.–12 p.m. (Workshops only) a voucher will be included in your registration material. Vouchers may be † designates suggested registration hours for individual delegates exchanged in the SEG Book Mart. The USB drive may be purchased in the SEG Book Mart for US$20 for those who did not purchase through advance registration.

14 Visa Information An Invitation Letter Request Form is now available online at www.seg.org/meetings/visa. For the SEG delegate’s convenience, also on the SEG Web site is the U. S. Department of State’s instructions on how to obtain a visa, www.travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html. Attendees who require a visa are cautioned that the process of obtaining a visa may take several months. SEG recommends that travelers immediately contact their local embassies for information about the deadline for visa application.

Field Trip Nevada Test Site Friday, 9 November, Cost: US$35, This field trip is limited to 45 people. ➤ DEADLINE: 18 September 2012 Sixty-fi ve miles from Las Vegas is the Nevada Test Site (NTS). It is a massive outdoor laboratory and national experimental center and the former nuclear explosive test site. The NTS use has diversified into programs such as hazardous chemical spill testing, emergency response training, conventional weapons testing, and waste management and environmental technology studies. On Friday, 9 November, SEG is offering a field trip to the NTS. Attendees will learn about the history of atmospheric and underground testing, visit the test locations, and learn about current programs. The tour is open to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. The NTS is a restricted access U.S. government facility, and prospective visitors must submit a Test Site Tour Badging Form by 18 September. SEG will contact participants directly for this information. Application and registration for this field trip must be submitted by 18 September. All field trip participants must submit a tour form by 18 September to attend the trip.

SEG Golf Tournament Saturday, 3 November, 8 a.m., Desert Pines Golf Club The 2012 SEG Preconvention Golf Tournament will be hosted at Desert Pines Golf Club. As you begin your Vegas golf round at Desert Pines Golf Club, you will feel transported from the closed-in casinos and overpowering glitz to a place where you can enjoy the fresh, cooling, calming scent of real pine trees. This Dye-designed Las Vegas golf course features more than 4,000 mature pine trees lining the fairways with green grass running from tees to pins. White sand bunkers protect large, undulating, bent-grass greens fashioned after those at Augusta National Golf Club. Although there are no forced carries, four lakes will add to the excitement and beauty of your round. The tournament will take place on Saturday, 3 November, at 8 a.m. and will be Four-Man Texas Style Scramble. The cost is US$185 per golfer until 18 September. After 18 September, registration cannot be made online and the cost goes up to US$210 per golfer. Reservations are on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis, and with this location, you will want to secure your spot right away! Registration includes continental breakfast, green fees, cart, Nike hat, great prizes, and luncheon awards reception. Transportation will be provided from the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Please indicate with your registration if you would like to take advantage of the transportation.

Sponsors:

Women’s Network Breakfast Event Wednesday, 7 November, 8–10:30 a.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center The Society of Exploration Geophysicists Women’s Network was formed in 2011 with the mission to promote greater female engagement in SEG activities, create a community for mutual support among female SEG members, enhance recruiting of women to the profession, and improve retention of women in the industry. The Women’s Network’s activities are coordinated by the SEG Women’s Network committee. One of the fi rst actions taken by the Committee was the creation of an on-line community, www.seg.org/web/seg-womens-network. The Committee invites and encourages all SEG members to submit information, ideas, and resources that would interest and benefi t the group. The Women’s Network is also represented on other on-line platforms, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. In addition to the network’s on-line presence, gatherings at annual and regional meetings form a means to establish connections for support, collaboration, and mentoring. The fi rst Women’s Network gathering was successfully held at the 2011 SEG Annual Meeting. This year, the Women’s Network committee is pleased to announce the second annual Women's Network breakfast, which will be held on Wednesday, 7 November 2012, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the 2012 SEG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our guest speaker is Marcia McNutt, director of the U.S. Geological Survey, followed by roundtable discussions on women in geophysics. Breakfast will be provided. All who are interested — men and women — are welcome to join. Please sign up at www.seg.org/web/seg-womens-network/rsvp. Capacity is limited to the fi rst 110 registrants.

Sponsors:

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 15 Gain Exposure! Network with Industry! Showcase your talent!

Welcome...... Student Experience!

Student Pavilion A new space for students who are seeking professional advancement while networking with industry leaders, faculty members, SEG volunteers, and fellow colleagues, the Student Pavilion will offer presentations on what is important to know as a young professional to succeed in the geosciences industry. Topics are current industry trends, résumé writing, interviewing skills, career advancement tips, and curriculum paths while learning about the new programs for students being offered by SEG. This is the place where you will fi nd focused career advancement, learn the best student practices worldwide, and be part of unique networking opportunities. Sponsors: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Student Career Panel Faculty Advisor Workshop Monday, 5 November, 1–3 p.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 2nd Level Sunday, 4 November, 2–4 p.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 2nd Level Join us as we explore the exciting career opportunities in the fi eld of geophysics. This workshop is specifi cally designed for active SEG Student Chapter Faculty The Student Career Panel will bring together senior managers from an international Advisors. A focused program, it will include an address by the SEG President, oil company, an independent U.S. oil company, and a geophysical service company the sharing of experiences on how best to enable effective Student Chapters, and and faculty members. a discussion centered on how SEG can best serve the needs of professors and university departments. Active faculty advisors representative of SEG’s worldwide SEG Challenge Bowl Finals network of more than 265 Student Chapters are eligible to attend. Monday, 5 November, 3–6 p.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 2nd Level Join us for an exciting afternoon at this international contest testing student’s Career Placement Area knowledge in the fi eld of geosciences. Students participated in regional competitions Sunday thru Wednesday, 4–7 November, during exhibition hours, all over the world, coming down to this fi nal competition and competing for the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 2nd Level ultimate grand prize! The Career Placement Area provides job seekers and students a place to post résumés Sponsors: and visit with company representatives. Companies will have individual booths for discussions about employment opportunities, internships, educational requirements, and interviews for potential employment. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Total

Student Networking Event Monday, 5 November, 6–8 p.m., Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 2nd Level The Student Networking Event provides students an opportunity to network with industry recruiters in a relaxed atmosphere. Students can meet sponsors and visit with faculty and friends. Join us for an exciting evening of networking, food, drinks, and fun! Mark your calendar because this is an event you won’t want to miss! (This event is limited to students, faculty advisors, and company sponsors.) For more information on sponsoring this event or recruiting possibilities, please contact Callie Lee-Petricek at [email protected] NEW — SEG Student Chapter Enhancement Program will be announced! Students, you won’t want to miss the exciting news on SEG’s Student Chapter Program and how to get involved! Sponsors:

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 16 Total Colorado School of Mines 2012 Las Vegas Spouse Program Welcome to Las Vegas! On behalf of the Spouse Program Committee for SEG’s 82nd Annual Meeting, it is our pleasure to welcome you to exciting Las Vegas, Nevada! We look forward to hosting you for an exciting week of fun-fi lled activities, entertainment, and tours. We hope your convention experience will stay with you for a lifetime!

Seminar Schedule ◗ The Mob Museum Tour* ◗ Self-Improvement and Exploration Tuesday, 6 November, 2–5 p.m., Monday, 5 November, 9:30–11 a.m. Included as part of Spouse Program registration US$60 Get into action! The best way to learn and improve is to take action. What is something It was the stage for the biggest you have been meaning to do? How can you take action on it immediately? Waiting mob hearing in history. Now it’s doesn’t get anything done. Taking action gives you immediate results to learn from. the setting for the nation’s most comprehensive Mob Museum. From managing tasks at home to juggling work responsibilities, fi xing minor issues Located in the heart of downtown can sometimes play a big role in enhancing your overall productivity and allowing Las Vegas, The Mob Museum rests inside the historic former federal courthouse your creativity to fl ow like never before. The instructor of this seminar will bring a fun and U.S. Post Offi ce. This building is one of the few remaining historically challenge to all who participate by guiding them in shining new light on who they can signifi cant buildings in Las Vegas and is included on both the Nevada and be. Make plans to join us for this informative, productive, relaxing, and life-changing National Registers of Historic Places. From 1950 to 1951, the Kefauver seminar. Committee hearings were conducted in the courtroom in this very building. The ◗ The History of Nevada—Then and Now courtroom has been recreated to appear as it did back then, a true portal to a Wednesday, 7 November, 9:30–11 a.m., time when the Mob “ran the town.” As a visitor, you will get to experience this Included as part of Spouse Program registration courtroom for yourself and be immersed in the story of history made here as you Join us for this exciting journey through Nevada’s visit the various exhibits throughout the museum. history with speaker Mark Hall-Patton. He is the ◗ Red Rock Canyon Tour* museums administrator for the Clark County Wednesday, 7 November, 1–5 p.m., US$48 museum system, where he oversees the Clark County Museum, the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, and the Searchlight History Museum, and is regularly This tour will present you with the most awe- seen on the History Channel’s Pawn Stars as a visiting expert. He also appears on inspiring views of the Red Rock Canyon American Restoration in the same role. Hall-Patton will discuss the history of Las while showcasing desert beauty, towering Vegas “then and now” and touch on all of the interesting facts that makes Las Vegas red sandstone peaks, and abundant wildlife. and southern Nevada so unique. Formed millions of years ago, the red peaks are actually fossilized sand dunes, created after collisions of the earth’s crust. You will Spousal Tours have the opportunity to view exhibits about ◗ Hoover Dam Discovery Tour* this area as well as a tortoise habitat before you depart on a 13-mile loop drive. This Monday, 5 November, 1–6 p.m., US$66 drive is the ideal way to see the geologic history, brilliance, and grandeur of the Join us as we discover this wonder of the canyon. There are many stops along the way, with opportunities to see the canyon’s modern world weighing more than 6,600,000 many magnifi cent views, petroglyphs, and pictorgraphs, as well as wildlife such as tons. It’s the structure that contains more than bighorn sheep, wild horses, burros, and mountains lions. three million cubic yards of concrete, enough *41 registrants are required for all tours. If this minimum number of registrants are not to pave a road between San Francisco and New obtained, the tour may be cancelled. Therefore, advance registration for tours is encouraged. York. It’s the marvel that began in 1931 and was completed in 1936, two years ahead of schedule. Built during the Great Depression, Luncheon Entertainment the Hoover Dam provided jobs for 21,000 men ◗ Entertainment: Magic with Ariann Black and answered a great need. Citizens wanted Tuesday, 6 November, 11:30 a.m., Included as a part of to irrigate low desert areas without the risk of Spouse Program registration fl ooding, and the U.S. government determined Ariann Black is a magician. She was just awarded the the Colorado River was the solution to the battle honor of “Magician of the Decade” by the International over water rights. Take in this magnifi cent site Divas of Magic, for her ground-breaking work with as a guide provides you with a history-fi lled dialogue during your travels to the dam, her Las Vegas show SECRETS. Ariann was also voted where you will begin a self-guided tour consisting of several stops, including a trip “Magician of the Year 2011” by the International through the rock wall of the Black Canyon to view the generators, and a stroll on Conclave of Illusionists and was awarded Female the observation deck with beautiful views of the Hoover Dam, Colorado River, and Magician of the Year three times by the International Magicians Society. Lake Mead. Additional stops on this tour include the Winged Figures of the Republic, Join us at the luncheon to experience Ariann’s captivating collection of illusions. the spillways, and the intake towers. Comfortable walking shoes and sunglasses are Ariann will capture your imagination and transport you into the mysterious, highly recommended. miraculous world of magic. Photos courtesy of Hosts Las Vegas, A Hosts Global Alliance Member

17 Las Vegas Hotel Information Guide

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SINGLE/DOUBLE TRIPLE QUAD (1–2 People) (3 People) (4 People)

2–7 November8 November9–10 November 2–7 November8 November9–10 November 2–7 November8 November9–10 November HOTELS ROOM SERVICEFITNESS CENTERPARKING Mandalay Bay*(Headquarter Hotel) $160 / $70 / $160 $195 / $105 / $195 $230 / $140 / $230 ● ● ● THEhotel at Mandalay Bay* $185 / $95 / $185 $220 / $130 / $220 $255 / $165 / $255 ● ● ●

(prices listed in U.S. dollars) SINGLE/DOUBLE TRIPLE QUAD (1–2 People) (3 People) (4 People)

2–3 November4–8 November9–10 November 2–3 November4–8 November9–10 November 2–3 November4–8 November9–10 November HOTELS ROOM SERVICEFITNESS CENTERPARKING Excalibur $105 / $39 / $105 $135 / $69 / $135 $165 / $99 / $165 ● ● ● Luxor $120 / $54 / $120 $150 / $84 / $150 $180 / $114 / $180 ● ● ● (prices listed in U.S. dollars)

Resort Fee A Resort Fee will be added to each room daily. This fee includes in-room Internet service, admittance to a fi tness center at your hotel, daily newspaper, and unlimited local and toll-free calls. Fees are below: Mandalay Bay and THEhotel: US$18 plus tax (also includes outgoing faxes and boarding pass printing) Luxor and Excalibur: US$12.50 plus tax (also includes long distance fees within the continental United States)

Shuttle Convention shuttle service will be provided to Excalibur and Luxor. * Hotels are not on shuttle route.

www.seg.org/amregister 18 Housing Information ➤ RESERVATION DEADLINE: 2 OCTOBER 2012 Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino will serve as the headquarter hotel in Las Vegas. It is conveniently attached to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. All technical sessions, exhibits, and meetings will be held during the Annual Meeting at the Mandalay Convention Center. SEG has secured sleeping rooms with some great rates at some of the best hotels in Las Vegas. Please book your hotel room within the SEG block to receive the best group rate in town! Two ways to make your hotel reservations at the offi cial SEG hotels: 1. Visit www.seg.org/amhousing and click the “Online Housing” link to make your reservation online. 2. Fill out the housing form in the Announcement and fax or mail it to the SEG housing service. (All reservations must be made in writing.) Offi cial SEG Hotels: Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino THEhotel at Mandalay Bay Excalibur Luxor

If you have questions, please contact: SEG Housing Service at +1- 301-694-5243 or 1-866-229-2386 toll free within the United States. You can also e-mail your questions to [email protected]. Photos courtesy of Las Vegas News Bureau

Transportation

Car Rental Discounted car rental rates are available before, during, and after the SEG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Dollar Rent A Car is committed to offering all customers the best value. Dollar will be the rental-car partner for the upcoming SEG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. To reserve a vehicle, attendees and vendors should go directly to the Dollar Rent A Car Web site at www.dollar.com, or call +1-800-800-4000. Fill out the pickup/return city, date, and time, and place the Discount Code CM0165 in the Corporate Rate box.

Airline — Discounted airfare is available to the SEG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas through American Airlines. Promotion Code: 46H2BY Valid Travel Dates: 26 October–12 November 2012 Attendees will receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable published airfare. When you and your guests need to make airline reservations, call American Airlines at +1-800-433-1790 from anywhere in the United States or Canada and refer to your Promotion Code 46H2BY or go online to www.AA.com and choose More Flight Search Options and insert the promotion code in the appropriate box. At this time, there is no ticketing charge for reservations made and ticketed on www.AA.com. The percentage discount can be booked on line at www.AA.com for American Airlines and American Eagle fl ights only. Itineraries involving any Oneworld or codeshare partner airline must be booked through our Meeting Services Department at +1-800-433-1790 if calling from the United States and Canada. International attendees should call their local American Airlines reservations number with the above promotion code. A reservation service charge of US$25 per ticket will apply for tickets purchased through American Airlines Reservations, subject to change. For airport purchase, the service charge is US$35 per ticket, subject to change. If purchase will be outside the United States/Canada, ticketing charge varies and will be in the currency of the country of purchase. Oneworld carriers are as follows: AA – American Airlines / American Eagle AY – Finnair QF – Qantas Airways AB – Airberlin IB – Iberia RJ – Royal Jordanian BA – British Airways JL – Japan Airlines S7 – Siberia Airlines CX – Cathay Pacifi c LA – Lan Airlines

➤Support SEG! Sign up as a volunteer, visit: www.seg.org/amvolunteer At every SEG Convention, there is a need for volunteers to help with various events. This year is no exception. Whether your interest is the Technical Program or Applied Science Education Program, you can make a difference. It is your Society, so please consider volunteering your time. 19 HOUSING Reservation SEG 2012 International Exposition and DEADLINE 82nd Annual Meeting 2 October 2012 4–9 November 2012 • Mandalay Bay Convention Center • Las Vegas, Nevada USA Use one form per hotel room. Make copies for additional rooms. Reservations can be made in one of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center following ways: ➤ GUEST INFORMATION INTERNET: www.seg.org/amhousing FAX: +1-301-694-5124 ❑ Mr. ❑ Mrs. ❑ Ms. ❑ Dr. MAIL: SEG 2012 Hotel Reservations First Name ______M.I. ______P.O. Box 4088, Frederick, MD 21705 Last Name ______➤QUESTIONS +1-301-694-5243 local E-mail Address: ______Daytime Phone: ______+1-866-229-2386 toll free If providing international numbers, please include country and city access numbers No reservations will be accepted by phone Hours: 9am–5pm EST (Monday–Friday) Company [email protected] Address ______➤DEADLINE Reservations must be made by 2 October 2012 Address 2 ______in order to guarantee convention rates. City/State/Province ______➤CONFIRMATIONS Postal Code ______Country ______The SEG Housing Service will send a reservation acknowledgment via email. Please review all ➤ HOTEL SELECTION information for accuracy. If you do not receive an — Hotels will not guarantee room type until arrival. acknowledgment or if you have questions, please Type of Reservation: ❑ Attendee ❑ Exhibitor call the SEG Housing Service. You will not receive a confirmation from the hotel. Arrival Date ______Departure Date______➤SPECIAL REQUESTS Standard, One-Bedded Room (1-2 people) ______Standard, Two-Bedded Room* (2-4 people) ______Special requests cannot be guaranteed; how- *Two-Bedded Rooms are limited in most hotels. Due to this reason, we suggest selecting two-bedded rooms only when they are required. ever, hotels will do their best to honor all re- This improves your chances of obtaining reservations in one of your hotel choices. quests. Hotels will assign specifi c rooms upon Please select four hotel choices from the participating hotels list in order of preference: check-in, based on availability. Hotels do not guarantee your reservation room type. 1st ______2nd ______3rd ______4th ______➤ROOM DEPOSIT REQUIRED TO SECURE RESERVATION ROOMS ARE ASSIGNED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. Reservations will not be accepted without a IF YOUR HOTEL CHOICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE HOTEL IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. credit card. At the discretion of the individual PLEASE SELECT CRITERIA: ❑ COMPARABLE ROOM RATE ❑ PROXIMITY TO CONVENTION CENTER hotels, your credit card MAY be charged one List all room occupants: night’s room and tax, but not before 9 Octo- ber 2012. Room deposits will be accepted by ______the hotels in the form of a check but cannot be ______sent to the hotels until after 9 October 2012 and must be accompanied by a copy of your hotel ✓ ❑ Check here if you have a disability requiring special services ❑ Nonsmoking request acknowledgment. If your check is not sent or does not reach the hotel before your arrival Special requests: ______date, please have an alternate form of payment available upon check in. ➤ DEPOSIT INFORMATION ➤CANCELLATION POLICY All reservation requests must be accompanied by a credit card to secure your reservation. Housing forms received with- Cancellations made on or after 11 September out a valid credit card will not be processed. For check payment policy, please refer to the Room Deposit Required Section 2012 will be subject to a US$50 cancellation on this form. fee. After 9 October 2012, please contact your *I hereby authorize the SEG Housing Service or any one of the participating hotels to process a charge to my credit card hotel directly, prior to 72 hours of your ar- for each room deposit in accordance with the policies and information provided herein. rival, to avoid hotel cancellation penalties. NOTE: If you do not arrive on your sched- Authorized Signature: ______uled arrival date, the hotel will consider you Please fi ll out payment information below a No Show. This may result in a charge of one night’s room & tax and the loss of your room ➤ Please DO NOT SEND this form to the SEG Business Offi ce. It will only delay your reservation. for the entire stay. If you need to cancel your meeting registration, please contact SEG directly: +1-918-497-5500

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CARD ACCOUNT NUMBER EXPIRATION DATE (REQUIRED) PRINTED NAME OF CARDHOLDER AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE* 20 www.seg.org/amregister ADVANCE REGISTRATION Advance DEADLINE Registration 18 SEPT 2012 USE ONE FORM FOR EACH REGISTRANT 5 P.M. CDT SEG 2012 International Exposition & 82nd Annual Meeting A 4–9 November 2012 • Las Vegas, Nevada USA B

C REGISTRATION CATEGORY – ONE FORM PER PERSON ➤EXTRA ITEMS FOR PURCHASE (continued) *Must have Member ID Number for these registrations. **Must present Student ID for these registrations...... CODE PRICE QTY AMT DUE ■ Icebreaker (SUN, 4 NOV) (p.1) ***Price(s) does not include free SEG membership ...... CODE PRICE QTY AMT DUE (1 ticket is included in full registration fee) ...... 16 US$60 ______■ SEG Member Delegate* (on-site: US$675) ...... 01 US$575 1 ______Wednesday Night "A Legendary Night in Vegas" (WED, 7 NOV) (p.12) ■ Nonmember Delegate*** (on-site: US$795) ...... 02 US$695 1 ______■ Delegate (includes 1 beverage ticket)...... 17 US$20 ______■ Emeritus SEG Member* Delegate ...... 03 US$180 1 ______■ Nondelegate Guest Tickets (includes 1 bev ticket) .... 27 US$60 ______■ Retired SEG Member* Delegate ...... 04 US$180 1 ______■ Student/Retired (includes 1 beverage ticket) ...... 48 US$10 ______■ Student SEG Member Delegate*/** ...... 05 US$30 1 ______Luncheons, Dinners, and Meetings (p.5 & 11) ■ Student Nonmember Delegate**/*** ...... 06 US$70 1 ______■ Gravity and Magnetics Luncheon (TUE) ...... 33 US$60 ______■ Spouse Program Delegate ...... 07 US$160 1 ______■ Latin American (ULG) Luncheon (TUE) ...... 32 US$30 ______(1) Icebreaker ticket is included in the above registrations. ■ Europe/FSU Luncheon (TUE) ...... 31 US$30 ______■ Asia/Pacifi c Luncheon (WED) ...... 30 US$30 ______ONE-DAY REGISTRATION Please circle one: MON TUE WED ■ Middle East/Africa Luncheon(WED) ...... 34 US$30 ______■ One-day SEG Member Delegate* ...... 08 US$265 1 ______■ Development and Production Luncheon (WED) ...... 35 US$60 ______■ One-day Nonmember Delegate ...... 09 US$390 1 ______■ Mining Lunch (WED) ...... 36 US$60 ______■ One-day Exhibits Only ...... 49 US$165 1 ______■ Research Committee Dinner (THU) ...... 43 US$55 ______Optional Events Available to One-day Delegates (Tickets also will be sold separately on site) Please see below for Sunday Icebreaker and SEG Wednesday Night Event. Field Trip (p.15) ■ Nevada Test Site ...... 45 US$35 ______➤ EXTRA ITEMS FOR PURCHASE Spouse Program Tours (p.17) Workshops (THUR, 8 NOV and FRI, 9 NOV) (p.6) ■ Hoover Dam Discovery Tour ...... 37 US$66 ______■ Workshops Member ...... 18 US$95 N/A ______■ The Mob Museum Tour ...... 38 US$60 ______■ Workshops Nonmember ...... 20 US$190 N/A ______■ Red Rock Canyon Tour ...... 39 US$48 ______■ Workshops Student ...... 21 US$25 N/A ______Your registration materials will be available at Advance Registration counters. Expanded Abstracts (p.14) ■ Check if you wish to have registration materials mailed to you. US$10 ______■ 2012 Technical Program Abstract USB Drive (Current) ...... 23 US$15 N/A ______(During meeting US$20 each, payable at the SEG Book Mart) 2012 Selected Technical Program Presentations DVD-ROM (p.5) Audio recordings synchronized with the speaker's slides. Approx. 200 presentations. Events Not all presentations will be available due to speaker releases or program changes. ■ Golf Tournament, (p.15) (SAT, 3 NOV) ...... 24 US$185 ______Delivered 6–8 weeks after Annual Meeting. (After 18 September 2012, the fee of US$210 must be mailed to Attn: SEG Golf Tournament) ■ 2012 Tech Prgm DVD-ROM Member + Domestic S&H ...... 25 US$125 ______■ 2012 Tech Prgm DVD-ROM Member + International S&H ...... 26 US$135 ______Do you need transportation to the Golf Tournament: ■ ■ Yes No ■ 2012 Tech Prgm DVD-ROM Nonmember + Domestic S&H ...... 28 US$165 ______Names of all players you are paying for: ■ 2012 Tech Prgm DVD-ROM Nonmember + International S&H ...... 29 US$175 ______

______HNDCP______HNDCP_____ continued ➤ (above DVD-ROM prices include Domestic/International shipping and handling) on next column ______HNDCP______HNDCP_____ ➤AMOUNT DUE SEG: US$ ______Please tell us: Employment Classifi cation (choose one) Job Classifi cation (choose one) Do you infl uence purchasing D TOTAL PAYMENT Your Professional 60 ■ Oil company 70 ■ Admin/Mgmt decisions about equipment or exploration contracts? Mail or Fax to: SEG Las Vegas 2012 Registration Affi liation(s) 61 ■ Software develop 71 ■ Research F 50 ■ SEG 62 ■ Mining company 72 ■ Data Acquisition 80 ■ YES PO Box 702740, Tulsa OK 74170-2740 USA 51 ■ EAGE 63 ■ Academia 73 ■ Interpretation 81 ■ NO Fax: +1-918-497-5565, Tel: +1-918-497-5542 52 ■ SPWLA 64 ■ Instrument/equip 74 ■ Data Processing Highest level of education 53 ■ SPE 65 ■ Government 75 ■ Teaching/Training attained (choose one) ➤Register online now at: www.seg.org/amregister 66 ■ Service company 76 ■ Consulting 54 ■ AAPG 56 ■ Bachelor 55 ■ Other 67 ■ Consultant 77 ■ Sales/Marketing US$35 cancellation fee on or before 18 September 2012 68 ■ Computers/equip. 78 ■ IT Mgr/Tech Support 57 ■ Master 69 ■ Other 79 ■ Other 58 ■ Doctorate NO refund after 18 September 2012

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♦ GOLD♦ Anadarko Petroleum Corporation eni Total We want to say THANK YOU ♦ SILVER♦ to our spon sors Vehicle Source Products, Inc. for the SEG 82nd Mitcham Industries, Inc Annual Meeting. Without your generosity, many of the ♦ ♦ BRONZE convention programs, breaks, and Colorado School of Mines events at the annual meeting would Dawson Geophysical Company not exist. A full list of available Earth Signal Processing, Ltd Hardin International Processing, Inc. opportunities is on the SEG Web site at Parallel Geoscience Corp www.seg.org. To request a brochure, RXT contact Jason Tinder at +1-713-273-1436 or by e-mail Seismic Exchange at [email protected], or Amy Watson Seismos, LLC at +1-918-497-5529 or e-mail at [email protected]. Troika International

➤Support SEG! At every SEG Convention, there is a need for volunteers to help with various events. This year is no exception. Whether your interest is the Technical Program or Applied Science Education Program, you can make a difference. It is your Society, so please consider volunteering your time. For more information on how to volunteer, visit: www.seg.org/amvolunteer