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We are the Texas A&M University

AAPG Student Chapter

Our mission is to provide professional development and networking opportunities for students pursuing careers in the petroleum geosciences or related disciplines.

Upcoming Events

We organize talks with geoscientists in several industries, with focus on the petroleum geosciences. See what we have planned moving forward through 2020!

Talks

We organize field trips to some of the most spectacular geological sites in the region as well as industry campus visits.

Field Trips

AAPG Student Chapter Officer Elections

Applications are open for TAMU students to apply for an AAPG Student Chapter Officer position. All positions (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Social Chair, Treasurer, IT Chair) are available.

Please find more information in the Resources tab. Applications are due by Friday, March 27, 2020.

Elections for TAMU AAPG

Student Chapter officers will

be announced March 28, and will last for approximately 1 week (thru 11:59 pm on Friday, April 3, 2020).

Field Trip to the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt

Due to the spread of COVID-19, this field trip has been postponed to the Fall 2020 semester, tentatively for the dates of Friday, October 30 thru Monday, November 2, 2020.

Field stops will be within NW

Arkansas and eastern OK;

Waiver, Emergency Contact and our EHS packet/itinerary are available upon request for interested TAMU students.

Attendance Cap: 12

Additional information can be found under the Field Trip tab.

The Elements of Chemostratigraphy: History, Techniques, Applications and Challenges through the 21st Century

From planetary geology, to environmental geology, to resource geology, the use of "chemostrat" helps us make sense of increasingly large, integrated geochemical datasets involving all aspects of rocks, including minerals, cements, organic matter and the fluids within them.

Speaker: Eric J. Peavey, Ph.D. Student @ TAMU

Date/Time TBA Fall 2020

We believe in giving back to our community of Bryan/College Station. Find out more about how we get involved and how you can be a part of it.

Outreach

Social Events

Kick back and relax with other TAMU AAPG Student Chapter members! Join us in Fall 2020 for our football tailgates, hosted jointly with other student chapters!

Represent Texas A&M on the sectional, regional and world stage in the "petrobowl" of the geosciences, the Imperial Barrel Award.

We are the Texas A&M University

AAPG Student Chapter

Our mission is to provide professional development and networking opportunities for students pursuing careers in the petroleum geosciences or related disciplines.

Upcoming Events

Talks

Field Trips

AAPG Student Chapter Officer Elections

Field Trip to the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt

The Elements of Chemostratigraphy: History, Techniques, Applications and Challenges through the 21st Century

Outreach

Social Events

Imperial Barrel Award

"GEOLOGISTS HAVE A SAYING - ROCKS REMEMBER."

-NEIL ARMSTRONG

"THE GEOLOGIST TAKES UP THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH AT THE POINT WHERE THE ARCHAEOLOGIST LEAVES IT, AND CARRIES IT FURTHER BACK INTO REMOTE ANTIQUITY."

-BAL GANGADHAR

"WE LEARN GEOLOGY THE MORNING AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE"

-RALPH WALDO EMERSON