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Scott Singleton
Dec 21, 20229 min read
Rivers in Amazon Basin Challenge Western Ingenuity
Seismic exploration in the early 1970's in the Amazon River of Brazil.


Bill Gafford
Dec 3, 20221 min read
Geoscience Center News - November 2022
November 2022 - news from the Geoscience Center


Scott Singleton
Jun 1, 20227 min read
Incas, Spaniards, and Now Westerners in Peru
This article describes efforts to acquire some of the original 2D seismic data in the Amazon jungle of eastern Peru in the early 1970’s.


Scott Singleton
May 1, 20228 min read
Western Geophysical Party 75 and the Great Managua Earthquake of 1972
Western Geophysical’s Party 75 found itself caught in the great Managua earthquake of 1972...


Scott Singleton
Apr 1, 20223 min read
Western Islander Launched
Recounting the early history of Western Geophysical’s boat building escapades with the launching of the Western Islander in Singapore in 197


Scott Singleton
Mar 15, 20226 min read
How Western’s Worldwide Seismic Fleet is Managed by the Marine Transport Division
Early history of Western Geophysical’s boat-building escapades.
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