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“鲍马层序”的提出者--美国著名沉积学家Arnold H. Bouma 去世
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2011年12月美国著名沉积学家鲍马在得克萨斯州去世，享年79岁。以他名字命名的“鲍马层序”闻名于世。
Complete Bouma sequence in Devonian Sandstone (Becke-Oese, Germany)
Researcher, educator and AAPG Sidney Powers Medalist Arnold H. Bouma died Friday in Frisco, Texas. He was 79.
A native of Groningen, The Netherlands, he received his bachelor’s from the State University in Groningen, a masters at State University at Utrecht in geology, sedimentology and paleontology in 1959 and a Ph.D. in sedimentary geology in 1961.
His doctoral dissertation, titled “Sedimentology of Some Flysch Deposits: A Graphic Approach to Facies Interpretation,” was published and widely distributed in 1962 and set off numerous laboratory and field research studies and formed the basis of what eventually came to be known in the field as “the Bouma Sequence” – which has been called a “geological milestone of the 20th century.”
In 1962, he accepted a Fulbright post-doctoral fellowship at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., and in 1966, Bouma immigrated to America with his family to accept an academic post in oceanography at Texas A&M University.
He taught there until 1975, when he was asked to join the U.S. Geological Survey, initially in the Pacific-Arctic branch and then in the Atlantic-Gulf of Mexico branch.
In 1981, he joined Gulf Oil as a senior scientist and working his way up to chief scientist and acting vice president for Gulf Research and Development Co. When Gulf Oil was purchased by Chevron in 1985, Bouma assumed the position of senior research associate with Chevron Oil Field Research Co.
Bouma returned to the academic world in 1988 when he was named Charles T. McCord Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. There he taught and served for a few years as director of the Basin Research Institute and head of the School of Geosciences. He retired in 2005.
Back in Texas, Bouma became an adjunct professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M.
A 49-year member of AAPG, Bouma was a Charter Member of the Division of Environmental Geosciences, a member of the Division of Professional Affairs, served on the Publications, Education and Marine Geology committees and as an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00A.M., Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Aria Memorial Chapel, 19310 Preston Road Dallas, TX 75252.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorials to be sent in honor of Arnold Bouma to the SEPM Foundation endowment fund.
Arnold H. Bouma 简历（http://geoweb.tamu.edu/profile/abouma）
Dr. Arnold Bouma Adjunct Professor
1959-1961 Ph.D. Sedimentary Geology, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1956-1959 M.S. Geology, Sedimentology, Paleontology, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1951-1956 B.S. Geology, State University, Groningen, The Netherlands
1956-1959 M.S. Geology, Sedimentology, Paleontology, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1951-1956 B.S. Geology, State University, Groningen, The Netherlands
Bio
Arnold H. Bouma received his Ph.D. degree in 1961 at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He and his family emigrated in 1966 to the United States of America to join the Department of Geological Oceanography at Texas A&M University. After his stay in College Station he broadened his knowledge in 1975 working for the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1981 he went to the oil industry (Gulf Oil, and later Chevron). In 1988 he moved to Louisiana State University. He returned to Texas A&M in 2005 to the department of Geology (retired and busy).
Dr. Bouma's main scientific interest is in sedimentary geology with emphasis on deep-water depositional environments. He is currently developing a Center for Shale Studies at Texas A&M, which will be worldwide.
Research Interests
- Develop criteria to identify detectable characteristics for the various zones of fine-grained submarine fans in outcrop and in de-compacted equivalents
- Siltstones, mud-stones and shales from different depositional environments
- Ancient and resent sediments in marine depositional environments with emphasis on turbidites, submarine canyons, and fans
- Development of architectural characteristics of marine depositional systems with emphasis on porosity and permeability trends
Projects
- Dr. Bouma is finishing a book on sediments about understanding what the criteria are that makes sediments rich or poor in natural gas.
- Developing the Center for Shale Studies at Texas A&M, including universities and research institutes worldwide.
- Developing a program at Texas A&M in which students from Geology and Geophysics, Geological Oceanography, and Petroleum Engineering can work interactively on data obtained from the oil and gas industry.
Experience
- 2006 - Director of the Center for Shale Studies
- 2005 - present Adjunct Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University.
- 1990 - 1992 Head, School of Geosciences, Louisiana State University
- 1988 - 2005 McCord Endowed Professor in Sedimentary Geology, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University
- 1976 - 1988 held positions of: Chief Scientist, Research Geologist, Project Supervisor, Scientific Advisor and Senior Research Associate of many different projects
- 1970 - 1975 Professor, Geological Oceanography, Texas A&M University
- 1966 - 1970 Associate Professor, Geological Oceanography, Texas A&M University
- 1963 - 1966 Instructor, Geological Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 1962 - 1963 Fullbright Post-doctoral fellowship, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, C.
Selected Publications
- Scott, E.D., Bouma, A.H., and Bryant, W.R., eds., 2002. Depositional Processes and Characteristics of Siltstones, Mudstones, and Shale. Special symposium Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 102 pp and additional illustration, also on CD-ROM
- Weimer, P., Slatt, R.M., Coleman, J., Rozen, N.C., Nelson, H., Bouma, A.H., Styzen, M.J., and Lawrence, D.T., eds., 2000. Deep-Water Reservoirs of the World. 20th Annual Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, Houston, TX, 64 pp abstract book and 1105 pp complete papers on CD-ROM
- Bouma, A.H., and Stone, C.G., eds., 2000. Fine-Grained Turbidite Systems. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 72, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Special Publication 68, 342 pp.
- Weimer, P., Bouma, A.H., and Perkins, B.F., eds., 1994. Submarine Fans and Turbidite Systems: Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Architecture and Production Characteristics - Gulf of Mexico and International: 15th Annual Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation Research Conference, Houston, TX, 440 pp.
- Bouma, A.H., and Carter, R.M., eds., 1991. Facies Models in Exploration and Development of Hydrocarbon and Ore Deposits: VSP, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 254 pp.
Awards & Honors
- 2007 Sidney Powers Memorial Award, AAPG
- 2007 Honorary Member AAPG
- 2007 Honorary Member SEPM
- 2006 Geo-Legend. Houston Geological Society
News
As part of the Center for Shale Studies, Dr. Bouma plans to involve faculty and students from Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petroleum Engineering as well as get companies to support the research and students.
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