Vol. 6 No. 4, July 2008 - Headlines: Gulf Of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium Recovers Hydrates During Research Cruise To Mississippi Canyon 118; May-June Cruise To MC-118 Installs Key Observatory Components; CMRET Meetings And Presentations; MMRI Completes Investigation Of The May 10, 2008, Lee County Earthquake. This issue also contains links to the following publications found on our web site: Activities Report for Cruise GOM1-08-MC118 aboard the R/V Pelican (April 22-28, 2008) and Summary Of The Investigation Of The May 10, 2008 Belden, Mississippi Earthquake Pontotoc, Lee And Union Counties Mississippi.
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Vol. 6 No. 3, April 2008 - Headlines: February Tornado Provides Test of Natural Gas Shut-off Valves; MMRI Holds Winter Advisory Board Meeting in January; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team Established; Annual Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium Held in Oxford; and Public Information - a Less Well-known MMRI Responsibility. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: The Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness (CCEP); The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA); The National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology (NIUST); The Seabed Technology Research Center (STRC); Underwater Vehicle Technology Center (UVTC); Minerals Management Services (MMS); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL/DOE); and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
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Vol. 6 No. 2, January 2008 - Headlines: Charles Swann to Chair Disaster Resistant University Advisory Committee; CCEP Sponsors Earthquake Workshop for the Mid-America Earthquake Center; CMRET Cunducts Cruise to MC118; CMRET Participates In National and International Hydrates Research; Brad’s Bio-Fuel Blog by Brad Crafton; Annual Meeting of the Gulf Of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium Held In Oxford; Charles Swann and Chris Mullen Invited to Participate in Tunica Earthquake Meeting. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: The Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness (CCEP); The Mid-America Earthquake Center; The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency; Minerals Management Services (MMS); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL/DOE); The Seabed Technology Research Center (STRC) and The National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology (NIUST).
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Vol. 6 No. 1, October 2007 - Headlines: MMMRI Conducts Field Trip to View Progress of Geologic Mapping in North Mississippi; MMRI Summer Board Meeting Hosted by Geosciences Department at Mississippi State University; MMRI to Host Well Remediation Workshop - March 4-6, 2008; CMRET Cunducts Cruise to MC118; CMRET Participates in External Hydrates Programs; MMRI Receives Donation of Marvin Oxley Well Log Collection; MMRI Staff Visits Management Incorporated’s Prairie Bluff Landfill. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science; Mississippi Developement Authority; Mississippi State Board of Registered Professional Geologists; Mississippi State University Department of Geosciences; Mississippi Office of Geology and Waste Management Inc.
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Vol. 5 No. 4, July 2007 - Headlines: News From the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium and Sea-Floor Observatory Project; Discovery Television Series Features Segment on Hydrates Filmed at Mississippi Canyon 118; Recent Activities Involving Hydrates Reasearch Consortium Administrators; MMRI Collaborates with the USDA Soil Sedimentation Laboratory and with the Mississippi Museum Of Natural Science; MMRI To Relocate Main Office on the Campus of the University of Mississippi; MMRI Hosts Visiting Scientist. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: Specialty Devices Inc.; Exploration Geophysics Laboratory (EGL); Scripp’s Institution of Oceanography; International Association of Oil and Gas Producers; Stone Energy; C&C Technologies; Gulf Coast Ocean Observing Systems (GCOOS); Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA); USDA Soil Sedimentation Laboratory; and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. This issue also contains a link to the MMRI facilities page showing a photo of Lester Hall. That photo is further linked to a campus map showing the location of the building.
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Vol. 5 No. 3, April 2007 - Headlines: Consortium Hosts Cruise to Observatory Site at Mississippi Canyon 118; Annual Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium Held in Oxford; MMRI Initiates New Oil and Gas Study in the Black Warrior Basin; MMRI Winter Advisory Board Meeting Held in Jackson; New Well Log Scanning Equipment is Operational; Oxford-University Erosion Report Available for Public Distribution; Jeremy Dew Hired as MMRI Research Associate. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: The National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA); the Minerals Management Service (MMS); the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL/DOE); the Seabed Technology Research Center (STRC); the National Institute for Undersea Technology (NIUST); and Neuralog Inc. of Stafford, Texas. Links are also included to several items available from the MMRI website including: A ZIP file that compiles the presentations given at the Feb. 27-28, 2007 meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium (GOM-HRC); the MMRI Advisory Board; the MMRI well-log collection and the MMRI Open-file report 07-01S Erosional Features of the Davidson Creek Drainage Basin within Oxford, Mississippi.
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Vol. 5 No. 2, January 2007 - Headlines: MMRI's Energy Program Continues To Expand; Stone Glen Neighborhood Association Asks For Erosion Project Update; MMRI Sponsors Fema Benefit - Cost Analysis Training; MMRI Assists The Association Of Engineering Geologists In Lignite Mine Field Trip; MMRI Morns the Passing of Marvin Oxley; MMRI Welcomes Visiting Scholar. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: The University of Mississippi Foundation; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA); the University of Mississippi Geoinformatics Lab; the Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness (CCEP); and the North American Coal Corporation.
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Vol. 5 No. 1, October 2006 - One Topic: Gulf Of Mexico Gas Hydrates Research Consortium Seward Johnson Cruise, Mc 118, September 11-17, 2006 Description Of Observations, Deployments And Preliminary Findings. This report, written by J.R. Woolsey - Director of MMRI/CMRET, describes the exciting observations made on the most recent cruise. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution; the Minerals Management Service (MMS); the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL); NOAA’s National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology; and the Seabed Technology Research Center (NIUST/STRC). Links are also included to several items available from the MMRI website including: Our May 2005 cruise report entitled Operations Report Of Cruise Gom2-05-Mc118 Deployment Of The Initial Components Of The Sea Floor Monitoring Station - The Pore-Fluid Array And The Geophysical Line Array - Via The Sea Floor Probe System And Collection Of Core Samples, Mississippi Canyon 118; and the July 2006 issue of this newsletter.
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Vol. 4 No. 4, July 2006 - Headlines: The University Of Mississippi’s Disaster Resistant University Project Nears Completion; MMRI/CMRET Hosts Two Scientific Research Cruises To Mississippi Canyon 118; MMRI/CMRET Personnel Attend Spring Meetings; New Vicksburg Seismic Station Nears Completion; MMRI Begins Work On Oil And Gas Well Log Catalog. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA); the Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness (CCEP); the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium; the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS); the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS); the Mississippi State University Brown Loam Experiment Station; and the Center for Earthquake Research and Information. Links are also included to several items available from the MMRI website including: A PowerPoint Presentation entitled Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan of The University of Mississippi, Lafayette County, Mississippi and a Microsoft Access database file containing the latest version of the MMRI Oil and Gas Well Log Catalog.
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Vol. 4 No. 3, Apr 2006 - Headlines: March Cruises Conducted By The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology; Imaging The Seafloor With The Deep See Drift Camera; MMRI/CMRET Personnel Participate In a Variety of Meetings During the Winter Quarter; Summary of the Minutes of the MMRI Annual Advisory Board Meeting Held January 31, 2006 in Jackson, Mississippi; Unusual Gulf Of Mexico Earthquake Occurs On February 10, 2006. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: Specialty Devices, Inc. and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). Links are also included to the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology (CMRET) and the Oil and Gas Field Production Data areas here on the MMRI website.
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Vol. 4 No. 2, Jan 2006 - Headlines: Review of Research Programs at MMRI (Part 5 - the Coastal Program); MMRI/CMRET Hosts Scientific Research Cruise to MC118; MMRI Hosts Semi-annual Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium. This issue also contains a link to the web site for the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL). Links are also included to the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium and Coastal research areas here on the MMRI website.
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Vol. 4 No. 1, Oct 2005 - Headlines: Review of Research Programs at MMRI (Part 4 - the Environmental Program); Hurricane Katrina Damages MMRI Research Vessel; The Disaster Resistant University Project Holds First Public Meeting; Polygonal Faults Workshop; MMRI/CMRET Geophysicist attends Meetings in Rome and Palermo; MMRI Assists U.S. Micro Powders Inc.; Seafloor Monitoring Station Expands to Include Microbial Observatory; MMRI Hires New Student Research Assistant. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: The U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Micro Powders, Inc.; and the Seabed Technology Research Center (STRC). Links are also included to the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium and NORM research areas here on the MMRI website.
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Vol. 3 No. 4, July 2005 - Headlines: Review of Research Programs at MMRI (Part 3 - the Mining Program); Gulf Cores Evaluated in Support of Sea Floor Monitoring Station Siting; CMRET Represented at International Meetings; MMRI/CMRET Geophysicist and Geologists Accompany C&C Technologies Submersible Cruise to Survey MC118; MMRI/CMRET Hosts Scientific Research Cruise to MC118. This issue also contains links to both the January 2005 and May 2005 Cruise Reports.
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Vol. 3 No. 3, Apr 2005 - Headlines: Review of Research Programs at MMRI (Part 2 - the Geo-Hazards Program); MMRI Advisory Committee Meets in January; Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meets in Oxford; Annual Meeting Of The Gulf Of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium Held in Oxford; Pre-deployment Cruise to the Deep Ocean Sea Floor Monitoring Station; Welcome Ken Sleeper. This issue also contains links to following web sites: The Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness (CCEP); The Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS); the Minerals Management Services (MMS); the National Energy Technology Laboratory; and the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology (NIUST).
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Vol. 3 No. 2, Jan 2005 - Headlines: Review of Research Programs at MMRI (Part 1 - the Energy Program); Annual Meeting Of The Gulf Coast Association Of Geological Societies; Semi-annual Meeting Of The Gulf Of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium. This issue also contains links to further information on the three major areas of emphasis in the MMRI energy program, a link to the topic of "Well Data for Producing Oil and Gas Fields in Mississippi" including the "Field Data for Mize Field, Smith County, Mississippi", and a link to the papers presented at GCAGS; Within Five Years, Hydrate Exploitation Can Be a Reality in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Multiple Outer Shelf Deltas and Downslope Massive Mass-Wastings Characterize the Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico in pdf format.
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Vol. 3 No. 1, Oct 2004 - Headlines: CMRET Aids University of Rome in Volcanic Island Surveys; CMRET Personnel Present Hydrates Research at International Meetings; Earthquake Display Goes to The National Earthquake Conference in St. Louis. This issue also contains a link to the websites for the Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness (CCEP).
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Vol. 2 No. 4, July 2004 - Headlines: Gulf Cores Evaluated as Possible Hosts for Gas Hydrates; CCEP Completes State-wide Earthquake Economic Loss; MMRI/CMRET Researchers Make Presentations at AAPG Annual Convention. This issue also contains links to the following web sites: The U.S. Department of Interior Minerals Management Service (MMS); the Department of Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL); the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology (NIUST); the Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness (CCEP); and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA).
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Vol. 2 No. 3, Apr 2004 - Headlines: MMRI Aids State Legislature with Hydrocarbon Assessment; CMRET Continues Investigations of Hydrate Stability Zone, Northern Gulf of Mexico; MMRI Hosts Semi-annual Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium; MMRI Staff Attend Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. This issue also contains a link to the open file report entitled Overview of the Miocene Hydrocarbon Potential of the Mississippi Sound and Adjacent Offshore Areas and a link to the powerpoint file entitled Recent Activities of the Gulf of Mexico Hydrate Monitoring Station Project, also available in pdf format.
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Vol. 2 No. 2, Jan 2004 - Headlines: MMRI Accepts Membership in the Gulf States Coal Seam Natural gas Consortium; October 2003 CMRET Cruise Report Now Available; Posters Presented at GSA Convention; CMRET Hosts Visiting Scholar. The online version of this issue contains a link to Mississippi Coal Seam Natural Gas Research on the web, a link to the 2003 CMRET Cruise Report for download in pdf format, and a link to the posters presented by MMRI researchers at the Geological Society of America convention in November 2003.
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Vol. 2 No. 1, Oct 2003 - Headlines: Ole Miss Partners with The Mississippi Emegency Management Agency to Reduce Earthquake Losses; Mississippi NORM Project Investigators Present Findings at the International Petroleum Environmental Conference (IPEC). The online version of this issue contains links to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency web site, a link to information about the Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness, and a link the web page for the 2003 International Petroleum Environmental Conference.
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Vol. 1 No. 4, July 2003 - Headlines: Gulf of Mexico-Sea Floor Observatory Update; Norm Industry and Public Briefings Held in Jackson, Mississippi; MMRI and CCEP Help Site New Seismic Station in Mississippi; Road Construction in Pontotoc County Exposes Limestones; Chevron/Texaco Settles Long-term Oil Field Lawsuit. The online version of this issue contains links to the following web sites: Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board; the Center for Earthquake Research; and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
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Vol. 1 No. 3, April 2003 - Headlines: Dr. Velon Minshew 1939-2003 (obituary); North Mississippi Earthquakes - Bolivar and Panola Counties; Gass Technology Institute Begins Study on Microbiologically Influenced Pipeline Corrosion; Geohydrology Seminar Scheduled For May 29. 2003. The online version of this issue contains a link to the Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists web site and an e-mail link to John J. Kilbane of the Gas Technology Institute.
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Vol. 1 No. 2, January 2003 - Headlines: MMRI works with Delta State University to Characterize Depositional Environments Within the Cretaceous McNairy Sand, Gas Hydrates Paper Published in the October Issue of "The Canadian Recorder"; MMRI Winter Advisory Board Meeting Held January 9, 2003; MMRI Research presented at the 2003 Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting; Carol Lutken Provides Assistance to the University of Mississippi Department of Geology and Geological Engineering. The online version of this issue contains a link to the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) web site.
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Vol. 1 No. 1, October 2002 - Headlines: New MMRI Advisory Board Members; MMRI receives NEHRP Grant from USGS; MMRI participates in Research Effort with Mississippi Hydrocarbon Industry; MMRI Research Presented at 2002 Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting, Court Rules Exxon must Pay over $1 Billion in Norm-Related Case. The online version of this issue contains links to the page explaining the MERG program and links to the page that describes the MMRI project: High-Resolution Seismic Profiles In Sardis Lake Panola County, Mississippi.
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