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  Upcoming PGS Meetings 

May 16, 2012 .Dr. Jim Karner from Case Western Reserve University, will be speaking on The Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET).......

Find out why Antarctic meteorites are of utmost importance to planetary science and lastly, take an opportunity to examine, hold, heft and feel the oldest material in the solar system-a real meteorite!

See our meeting abstract for more information

See you at our May Meeting, May 16, 2012

  Let Us Know You're Coming!

Our meetings start at 6:00 pm with a social hour, dinner is served at 7:00 pm and the presentation begins at 8:00 pm. Dinner will cost $25.00/person, dinner for students is $5.00; checks preferred. For this month's meeting, reservations should be emailed to John F. O'Neill at jfgoogal@gmail.com, please title as "PGS Dinner Reservation", by noon, Monday, May 14th. If you are unable to use email, call (724) 713-3491 and leave your name and number of reservations needed. Meeting will be held at the Foster’s Restaurant, Foster Plaza Building 10, 680 Andersen Dr, Greentree. See map for our meeting place. Suggested attire is business casual. Students and guests are welcome, you need not be a member to attend our meetings and its okay to just drop by for the speaker presentation at 8 pm.

Directions:
From Pittsburgh: Parkway West to Green Tree-Crafton Exit. Bear left at exit and left again onto Mansfield Avenue West. Follow Mansfield West to the 2nd traffic light. Turn right onto Holiday Drive and proceed up the hill to Foster Plaza Building 10.

From Airport and I 79: Parkway West towards Pittsburgh, exit at Green Tree-Mt. Lebanon Exit. Turn left onto Greentree Road, make left at 1st traffic light onto Mansfield Avenue West. Follow Mansfield West to the 2nd traffic light. Turn right onto Holiday Drive and proceed up the hill to Foster Plaza Building 10.

Or go to http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&sll=40.440676,-80.007248&sspn=0.127773,0.22007&q=foster%27s+restaurant+and+catering&near=pittsburgh+pa&latlng=40440556,-79996111,5411451826638810477 for a map.

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SEG CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES - 14-15 May 2012 Pittsburgh, PA
14 May (one-day course) Reservoir Geophysics: Applications
http://www.seg.org/education/misc/continuing-courses/full-curriculum/reservoirgeophysics
14-15 May (two-day course) Rock Physics: Seismic Reflections of Rock Properties
http://www.seg.org/education/misc/continuing-courses/full-curriculum/rockphysicsproperties
14-15 May (two-day course) Microseismic Monitoring in Oil and Gas Reservoir
http://www.seg.org/education/misc/continuing-courses/full-curriculum/micro_monitoring_og_reservoir
Location:Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe 1000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317
Course Runs 8:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. each day
 
Looking for a job? Lots of oil and gas activity in the Marcellus and Utica shales means more jobs need to be filled! Check out the latest jobs on our jobs page .
 
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