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Colorado School of Mines   Department of Geophysics The Center for Rock Abuse What we do Here in the Rock Physics Lab we research rock and fluid properties for exploration and reservoir monitoring. The primary goal of exploration and production geophysics is to identify fluids, specifically hydrocarbons, in rocks. Our most current projects center on fluid distributions in rocks and how these distributions affect characteristics such as wave attenuation, velocity dispersion and seismic signature. Check out our research and publications for more details. News and Upcoming Events Fluids/DHI Consortium Sponsors Meeting at the University of Houston. Monday and Tuesday December 3 & 4. Contact De-hua Han for details. We are proud to announce our new full time rock physiscist in the CFRA Manika Prasad from Stanford. See the People page to find out more about her. The Center for Rock Abuse along with the Physical Acoustics Laboratory (PAL) and Gary Olhoefts Group is in the process of forming The Institute for Experimental Geophysics (IEG) for those in the department that are working on experimental projects. Keep checking in for information about the move to the new building which is under disscussion. Research: Current Projects Fluids in Rocks Industry Technology Facilitators (ITF) Seismic Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Saturation In Deep Water Sediments (DOE) Have lonely rocks?????   Help your rocks to find a Commonground Contact Information Mail: Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 Phone: 303-384-2067 email: webmaster@crusher.mines.edu location: map of the CSM campus. We're in the basement of the Green Center (building 11 on this clickable map)