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Favorite Geology Word: Isopach (Accretionary Wedge #35)

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This my first post to  Accretionary Wedge Geoscience Blog Carnival . The current topic for AW#35 is “ What's Your Favorite Geology Word? ” hosted by Evelyn Mervine . My Favorite Geology Word Is - Isopach Definition: A contour that connects points of equal thickness. Commonly, the isopachs, or contours that make up an isopach map, display the stratigraphic thickness of a rock unit as opposed to the true vertical thickness. Isopachs are true stratigraphic thicknesses; i.e., perpendicular to bedding surfaces.( Source ) Pronunciation:  'ī-sə-ˌpak Date:  approximately 1918 Structure map includes an isopach of the reservoir with contours shown in red dashes. Venezuela Well Evaluation Conference, 1997, page 2-26 Source: http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/ Isopach is a Map of the thickness variation of a stratigraphic unit; used in geological exploration for oil and for underground structural analysis.  I always love to draw it due to it's...

Golden Scientific Ages in Islam

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Three school children visit a dusty library to research the story of 'The Dark Ages'. What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture are vividly brought to life. I always be sad when people speak about this period in a bad way! I know it was 'The Dark Ages' but in the northern part of the world only "Europe" not in the the southern part "Arab Region". I found this video helpful to convince the world that Muslims were the world leaders in science and technology, but changing is the only constant. Discover The Muslim Heritage In Our World -   1001 Inventions   is a global educational initiative that promotes awareness of the scientific and cultural achievements of Muslim civilization, during the thousand year period from the 7th century on wards, and how those contributions helped build the foundations of our modern world.

Scientific Quotes

"Whereas non-scientific (and potentially dangerous) thinking starts with a premise and then looks for things that support it, scientific thinking constantly tries to disprove itself. That alone makes all the difference in the world." Derren Brown

د. رشدي سعيد يتحدث عن أزمة مياه النيل

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د. رشدي سعيد يتحدث عن أزمة مياه النيل أسبابها و أثارها علي مصر في عيد ميلاده التسعين! الصوت منخفض قليلاً لكن الموضوع يستحق الإستماع خاصة مع حديث أبو الجيولوجيين كما يلقب!

LinkedIn Recommendation

Unfortunately you can't use your LinkedIn recommendation to apply to any Scholarships and some companies doesn't care about your online recommendation. If you want to apply to 3 Scholarships, your recommenders will hate you because of your recommendation requests. I'm thinking about establish online recommendation system confidential and validated by most of universities and multinational companies in the world. To help job seekers and students to use the power of the web to get hire or win a scholarship. I will be Entrepreneur :)