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Managing Editor: Marla Patterson
Cover and book design by Amy Spehar

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hoffman, David R.
Effective database design for geoscience professionals / David R. Hoffman.
p. cm.
Includes index.

1. Petroleum Prospecting Databases. 2. Database design.
3. Information storage and retreival systems Petroleum engineering
I. Title.
TN271.P4 H64 2002
622 ?.1828 ?0285574 dc21

2002035541

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my wife, without whose support, encouragement, patience, and understanding this work would never have been completed. Every project of this nature has a unique driving force, and she has been that driving force in my life for almost three decades.

Acknowledements

I thank the countless professionals, technicians, and support staff whose ideas, suggestions, critiques, and mentoring have guided me through a 25-year career in the petroleum industry. The importance and future impact of geotechnical data management were recognized by only a few of these pioneers in the data management field. To these individuals as well as to all those who have supported my personal efforts in this field, I express my sincerest thanks.

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