January, 2021 - AIPG-TX

Houston Geological Society GeoEducation & 2020 AAPG ACE First Virtual Conference Videos

Be sure to review the list of YouTube videos made available by the Houston Geological Society: https://www.youtube.com/user/HGSGeoEducation/videos Also see the First Virtual AAPG ACE Conference presentations by the Energy Minerals Division and Astrogeology Committee: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI3dyuNS2IhDZA7qjdwte3Q For the full versions of the Uranium (Nuclear & REE) Committee presentations: "Uranium and Nuclear Power are on the Move ... Again" See YouTube video and reference PDF with active links in comments below: https://i2massociates.com/downloads/UCOM-Issues2020ShortSlides.pdf and "Sources of Rare Earth Elements in the U.S. and around the World" See YouTube video with reference PDF with active links in comments below: https://i2massociates.com/downloads/REE-EMDPresentation8-31-20.pdf

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:35:03-05:00January 27th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

Geoscience in Texas

By the numbers: Texas 54,266 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed)1 7.2 billion gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal3 $5.22 billion: value of nonfuel mineral production in 20174 254 total disaster declarations, including 154 fire, 36 flood, and 20 hurricane disasters (1953-2017)⁶ $70.2 million: NSF GEO grants awarded in 201714 Your State Source for Geoscience Information Texas Bureau of Economic Geology The University of Texas at Austin University Station, Box X Austin, TX 78713-8924 http://www.beg.utexas.edu/ 512-471-1534 Workforce in Texas 54,266 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed) in 20171 $107,652: average median geoscience employee salary1 39 academic geoscience departments2 Water Use in Texas 7.2 billion gallons/day: [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:35:44-05:00January 27th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|