The 28th Annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture

  • Geoscience
  • HGS
  • Houston
  • Monthly Meeting
  • Tectonics

November 2, 2026 5:00 pm — 9:00 pm

Location:

Gulf Coast

Venue: Norris Conference Center, 816 Town and Country Blvd #210, Houston, TX 77024

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HGS’s annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture features Kurt Rudolph of the University of Houston, former Chief Geoscientist at ExxonMobil, on ‘Deducing Tectonics from Sedimentary Basin Response’ – using basin subsidence, flexural modeling and stacking patterns to infer tectonic history, with case studies from the Appalachian Basin, North Sea and elsewhere. The evening includes a social hour with poster viewing (5-6:30 p.m.), dinner and presentations.

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The Houston Geological Society is a professional society for petroleum, energy and environmental geoscientists, offering continuing education, technical meetings, networking and student outreach.

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