Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Appointment of Ross G. Peebles as Senior Vice President, E&P Services

Effective as December 13, 2012, Ross G. Peebles ("Mr. Peebles"), age 49, was appointed as Senior Vice President, E&P Services of Global Geophysical Services, Inc. (the "Company"). Mr. Peebles brings to Global Geophysical Services, Inc over 20 years of experience in the geosciences and professional services related to hydrocarbon exploration and production. In his new role, he will be responsible for all aspects of seismic and microseismic processing and interpretation as they relate to such exploration and production services. While he began his career as a geologist specializing in carbonate and fractured reservoirs, he soon moved into integrated field development studies, while most recently has been developing workflows for the characterization and development of unconventional resources. Starting in 1989, Mr. Peebles spent 15 years at Halliburton where he was Global Manager of the Reservoir Description group, Director of the Moscow Technology Center, and Director of Technical Excellence for the Consulting Business at Landmark Graphics. In 2004, he moved to Paradigm Geophysical Corp., where he served in various executive positions including Vice President for Mexico, Vice President of Applied Technologies and Vice President of Consulting Operations. Mr. Peebles joined the Company in 2011, and he served as Director of Unconventional Consulting and Vice President of Interpretation prior to taking his current role as Senior Vice President, E&P Services. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Oceanography from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Geoscience from the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Peebles' career has included assignments in Washington D.C., Abu Dhabi, Aberdeen, Moscow, Villahermosa and Houston.

Election of Richard C. White as Director

Effective December 14, 2012, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Global Geophysical Services, Inc. elected Richard C. White ("Mr. White"), age 57, as the Company's ninth Director. Mr. White has been appointed recently as Company's President and Chief Executive Officer.

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