Astute Geoscience

Stephen Rippington runs Astute Geoscience; a consultancy specializing in structural geological and tectonic interpretations for resource exploration.

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Looking forward to catching up with contacts old and new at PETEX in London this week. I'll also be talking about de-risking structurally complex prospects (in Mongolia this time) through integrated multi-dataset interpretation at 4pm on Wednesday the 28th.

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Here's a nice video summary of the project I have been collaborating on with ARK CLS on the #geology of the NE Rockall Basin https://t.co/Gl4YxdFJEm

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@healy_dave I've seen editors doing the same thing with their own journal. Makes a mockery of impact factors.

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Looking forward to catching up with some people to talk about #geology and project ideas at #EAGE in Copenhagen next week.

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Quick post about the project on the Wyville-Thomson Ridge I've been working on and will be co-presenting at EAGE #structuralgeology
#seismic #gravity #RockallTrough https://t.co/4PthRlHmSj

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Announcing the new Astute Geocience website (https://t.co/KJ0vmPQKZa). Get in touch to find out more about #integrating and #interpreting all your #geological and #geophysical data.

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London bound for the #AAPG. Hopefully catch up with some of you there.

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@seis_matters 2/ I've heard from some software vendors that the brand loyalty argument doesn't add up. I agree it's the decent thing to do though.

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@seis_matters 1/ Interesting. If it's the big company I suspect, I wonder how much say junior individuals in companies have in whether it's used?

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@seis_matters 2/ The company has to expend the same resources whether students or not!

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@seis_matters 1/ 1k per person per day is outrageous. But, as 👿 advocate, why should companies should cut students a break (other than generosity)?

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@Bluebookballoon @newscientist Because some known reservoirs are hard to reach. We still need oil so let's look in places that are easier to reach and safer to extract.

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Sadly finding oil isn't as simple as having a sensitive gravimeter #Newscientist https://t.co/007Rz6fUhC

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Quantum gravity detector will use atom clouds to survey for oil https://t.co/JEcoRGyGRV

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#upgoerfive text is painful to read. I'll admit, it's a neat way of making you think about explaining science in the simplest terms though. https://t.co/OcFZ0NAvjq

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@gemmahersh @seis_matters @mrgunn @Protohedgehog @painblogR @natesjacobs @ToriHerridge @geosociety @sciencedirect @imperialcollege This thread's existence suggests the 'value' is not good. Why not charge what it actually costs plus a set percentage mark up?

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@painblogR @seis_matters @Protohedgehog @mrgunn @natesjacobs @ToriHerridge @geosociety @sciencedirect @imperialcollege This is made worse by some journal eds adding cites from their own journals to manuscripts to up IF (it's happened to me)! False metric!

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@seis_matters @DavidDye9 @mrgunn @Protohedgehog @natesjacobs @ToriHerridge @geosociety @sciencedirect @imperialcollege @ubiquitypress Sure, but why not go peer reviewed and publish without OA, then present the data/story elsewhere (website) to get the message out there?

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@seis_matters @DavidDye9 @mrgunn @Protohedgehog @natesjacobs @ToriHerridge @geosociety @sciencedirect @imperialcollege @ubiquitypress I guess the point I'm trying to make, is why is OA so important for authors? I be never been able to afford an OA paper, so I have no idea!

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@seis_matters @DavidDye9 @mrgunn @Protohedgehog @natesjacobs @ToriHerridge @geosociety @sciencedirect @imperialcollege @ubiquitypress If the work is that good, can't you post it somewhere yourself, write a non-OA article and advertise the hell out of it on JISCMAIL etc.?

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@DavidDye9 @mrgunn @seis_matters @Protohedgehog @natesjacobs @ToriHerridge @geosociety @sciencedirect @imperialcollege @ubiquitypress Either way, charging £2k to pretty up and post work on the Web is outrageous.../3