Today - 27 September 2025 - is exactly 200 years since the first steam-powered passenger train went between Stockton and Darlington. Steam was the power source, but the energy source was coal and the train industry that quickly spread across the British empire marks the beginning of large-scale coal use. So we are 200 years into the age of coal, about 100 years into the age of oil and perhaps 75 years into the age of natural gas.
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Prof. Christopher L. Liner
Prof. Liner is on the faculty of the University of Arkansas, holds the Maurice F. Storm Endowed Chair, served 2 years as Fulbright College Associate Dean, 6 years as Geosciences Department Chair, and as 2014/5 SEG President.
Liner earned a BS in Geology (U. Arkansas, 1978), MS. in Geophysics (U. Tulsa, 1980), and PhD in Geophysics (Colo. School of Mines, Center for Wave Phenomena, 1989). He has 11 years industrial experience in exploration (Conoco) and geophysical research (Western Geo, Fairfield, Saudi Aramco). From 1990-2004 Liner was a faculty member in Geosciences at The University of Tulsa. In January 2008 he joined the faculty of the University of Houston as Professor and Associate Director of the Allied Geophysical Labs industrial consortium. In fall 2011 he was named Department Associate Chair and Interim Chair in spring 2012.
Prof. Liner’s research interests include geothermal power generation, energy transition, petroleum seismic imaging and interpretation, CO2 sequestration, and near surface geophysics. He has served as Editor of Geophysics (1999-2001), authored many technical papers, scientific meeting abstracts, The Leading Edge column Seismos (since 1992), and the text book Elements of 3D Seismology soon in 3rd edition. Liner is a member of SEG, AAPG, AGU, EAGE and the European Academy of Sciences.