Bill Hammond is State Geologist of Nevada

Bill Hammond has been named Director of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology at University of Nevada Reno, as successor to Jim Faulds. Bill had been Associate Director of the Survey since 2022. He is a Professor of Geodesy and Geophysics in the Nevada Geodetic Laboratory. His research has been on use of space geodetic techniques to study topics such as crustal deformation and groundwater. Bill did a postdoc with USGS and has been with UNR since 2004. He holds a PhD in geology form Oregon and a BA in applied mathematics from UC Berkeley. Welcome Bill!

Mankin Award to Oklahoma

The AASG Charles J. Mankin Award is given each year to the best recently-published, nominated state geological survey geological map, compilation, or report on regional, energy, or mineral resource geology. The award honors Charles Mankin (1932-2012), who as Director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey for forty years (1967-2007) was a tireless advocate for geologic mapping. The 2024 AASG Mankin Award has been presented to “Woodford Shale (Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian): From Hydrocarbon Source   Rock to Reservoir” by Brian Cardott   and John Comer, published as Oklahoma  Geological Survey Bulletin 152 in 2021. Congratulations to Brian and John!