Event Location:

The Black Lab Pub
4100 Montrose
Houston, TX  77006

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Speaker: Mark Longacre, MBL Inc. 

This study, based on the integration of regional geology with gravity and magnetic modeling, has determined the crustal type, structure, and depth to Moho for the Eastern Mediterranean Basin. Three gravity models have been generated showing the different crustal types associated with the rifted Levant margin and oceanic crust. Further, there is strong evidence for translational / transpressional boundaries between the extended continental and oceanic crusts. Mapping the crustal thickness, crustal type, crustal boundaries, and depth to Moho is important to understanding the tectonic evolution of the basin and its impact on hydrocarbon generation.

Speaker Biography: Mark Longacre, MBL Inc.
Mark Longacre has been a professional geophysicist for the past 38 years working exclusively as a gravity and magnetic specialist for the oil and gas exploration industry. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 1978 with a BS degree in geology and then attended Purdue University where he graduated with an MS degree in Geophysics in 1981. 

Mark started his career with Sohio Petroleum in San Francisco as a potential field geophysicist. In 1982 he was transferred to Dallas, where he earned an MBA degree in Technical Management from the University of Dallas and in 1985, he was transferred to Denver.  Later that year he joined Aqua Terra International, a gravity and magnetic consulting firm, as Manager of US Operations. 

In 1991 Mark started MBL, Inc., a gravity and magnetics consulting company in Denver. MBL, Inc. specializes in the acquisition, processing, and integrated interpretation of gravity and magnetic data for the oil and gas exploration industry. In 1999, Mark opened a second office in London, England. 

Over the past 28 years, he has traveled to over 60 countries doing a variety of specialized gravity and magnetic projects for the oil and gas exploration industry.
 

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