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Recent announcements and highlights

• New connections — edits are now tweeted by @SubSurfWiki, and you can now include media from Wikimedia Commons seamlessly with InstantCommons
• New version — we have upgraded to MediaWiki 1.18.0; watch out for new features and please report problems of you find any
• Spam fight! — we have implemented new spam control, but keeping it lightweight for now; let me know what you think
• Nicer math — orginally this wiki used the awesome forkosh mathtex for simplicity, but now we render our own math natively, yay!
• Please help with anything you like! We are very open to feedback about our content, new ideas, or help with creation and editing. Welcome!

Good stuff Some of our resources for geoscientists in oil and gas Cheatsheets — some handy sheets for the back of your notebook Seismic interpretation pitfalls — common gotchas Agile interpretation handbook — a prototype handbook Rock physics — resources for AVO, fluid sub, etc. Unconventional resources — articles about unconventional resources Writing — writing advice Software — software for geophysicists Conferences and workshops — note pages of discussion topics and plans of action In development Wiki projects in the development stages Rock physics — acoustic/elastic properties of rocks Uncertainty — quantitative handling of uncertainty

A to Z From our blog Amplitude Bit depth Clipping Domain Envelope Frequency Gather Horizon Integrated trace Journals Wavenumber (yeah, that's k) Lambda (elastic modulus) Wiki help If you are new to wiki editing, please explore here Editing — start here Style — our house style conventions Math — some notes about math Bibliography — citing others Cheatsheet — helpful table for making the most out of this wiki