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Reading his notes, I’d say Sean’s paper is primarily aimed at geologists. The challenge is how to pitch something to a audience which often feels uneasy with geophysics. My advice to Sean was given the topic and audience, the message would likely be better presented as a talk rather than a paper. As some one mentioned to me a long time ago, a paper informs the reader but an oral presentation can be a critical means to convince them. By inform it is meant that the reader is already familiar with the subject and wishes to learn more. To convince means to introduce a new subject to the person and attempt to get them to feel the subject is important or the other case, & harder, is to try and sway the person from a pre-existing negative opinion about a subject. I have tried both in my career and still pursue both approaches. My emphasis with the geophysical community has generally been to try and “inform” but with geologists, much more to “convince”. As I see the mission with the geologists as that important, I push both approaches; for the last two years I have had a column in the Econ Geologist Newsletter called the “Dyslexic Mentor” in which (often with the help of other colleagues) convey messages to the geological community about ideas and approaches related to exploration that are not part of the standard geological ‘modus operandi’. With four editions each year and 7,000 members, in two years, I have the chance for 56,000 ‘hits’. In this period, I have had maybe 3-4 responses from readers of the articles; I believe this effort to be a awesome success! With oral presentations, the potential ’hit rate’ is higher (unless people are asleep) but impact can be hard to gauge. As we can see from all the good folks who responded to Sean’s note, there are lots of venues, colleagues willing to review papers, etc., etc. The critical point is before you put pen to paper (for a talk or article), who is your target audience and what is it you want them to do after they get your message? Ken From: SEGMIN <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rolf - NorCanEx via SEGMIN Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Rolf - NorCanEx <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SEGMIN] Publication recommendations Hi Sean, As to where to publish, I echo Rob Hearst’s opinion – go for a ‘Geology’ publication. I think the following example from the other SEG (in 1976 no less) is close to what your team is trying to highlight, i.e., under-explored areas and the support role of geophysics in the overall exploration effort. <https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/segweb/economicgeology/article-abstract/71/1/328/18808/the-geology-of-prieska-copper-mines-limited?redirectedFrom=fulltext> https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/segweb/economicgeology/article-abstract/71/1/328/18808/the-geology-of-prieska-copper-mines-limited?redirectedFrom=fulltext One is not too far into reading the Introduction when ‘geophysics’ appears, preceded by a lot of ‘rock talk’ that should have enticed non-geophysicist to read further. Regards, Rolf From: SEGMIN [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Hearst via SEGMIN Sent: 29-Oct-18 21:36 To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Cc: Robert Hearst < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [SEGMIN] Publication recommendations Hi Sean, I would think that the Leading Edge would be a prime candidate for such a paper however approaching a non-geophysical journal may attract the attention of a wider audience hence considering the AAPG Bulletin, the Society of Economic Geologists, or even the CIM Bulletin may be a way to go. Cheers, Rob From: SEGMIN [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Walker via SEGMIN Sent: October 30, 2018 2:08 AM To: SEGMIN Cc: Sean Walker Subject: [SEGMIN] Publication recommendations Hi all I am woking on a paper with some geological colleagues. It is focussed on the role of regional geophysics in encouraging mineral exploration in historically under-explored areas. Not geophysically novel but the goal is to show the potential value added. I doubt the usual geophysical journals (Geophysics, Exploration Geophysics, Geophysical Prospecting) would accept the paper so I am looking for suggestions of other "geo" journals that might be receptive. My initial thought was Interpretation but looking at the website it seems very seismic heavy. Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers Sean Sean Walker, M.Sc., P.Geo. Senior Geophysicist --------------------------------------------------- Campbell & Walker Geophysics Ltd. 11 Maritime Street Edinburgh, EH6 6SB, Scotland --------------------------------------------------- Office: +44 (0) 131 624 8924 Mobile: +44 (0) 778 056 7245 email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] --------------------------------------------------- Registered in Scotland #SC431537
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