1966 Number I

PACIFIC PtrRO!.t U M Gto!.oGls't

NIiWS TETTER OF 'tiIE ?ACIIIC SECIIONI AME|TICANI ASSOCIATIONI OT PEIiTOLEU}A GEOLOGIStS

Volume 20 Jonuory, 1966 Number I

ASSOCIAnON AC'llvl'tlES

SA I,A3 II IEATIJRED AT IONG BEACH CONVENIIION pRxsrDElJr ANNoUNCES 1e66 PACIFTC SCTIoN CANDIDATE! As one of the hlghligfrts of the Paclfic Section convention The Nomlnating comittee, under the chai-rmanship of l:E,rcrl ?,+?5 1n i,ong Beach, the A.A.P.G.-S.E.G.-S.E.P.M. Spencer F1ne, has announced the following nomJrtees for Joint luncheon on Thursday, l€,nch ?A, wlll feature a talk 1966-67 offlcers of the Paclfic Sectlon, A.A.P.G.: on the S€a lab II undersea proJect at l.a Jolla, to be presenteal by Scott Carpenter or one of h1s assoclates ln hesi-dent: Andreu ALpha - I\bb1l the recent proJect. The A.A.P.G. Technlcal Sesslons will Robert Knapp - Stantlard stress the thene, iloffshore 0i1.tr The Society of D(ploratlon ceophysiclsts 1s arzanglng a technical program whlch Vice-Preslitent : John Curuan - Consultant v111 feature digital computlng and processing. Ed Hatl - Unlon secretary: 8111 Ednonalson - Consultant Jin C. Taylor - SheU CATEhIDAR Treasurer: cardner Pittmn - Tialefiater Ton wright - Standard

Jamary t7 LOS ANGELES, l8tnday evening, our constitution provldes for ad.dltional candid,ates, as 7:00 P.M., I,lobil Audltoriun, follows: t'. . . The slate of candidates shall be 612 South Flower Street, announced jn the Paclfic Petroleum Geolog"ist at least one rsllurlan - Lower Devonlan month prior to the electlon. Add.ltlonal nonlnations nay Paleogeography and Ani-ua1 be naale by a wrltten petltlon of twenty-five or more Geography,[ by ]tr. Arthur nenbers of the Paciflc section in gpod stardlng, recelved Boucot, Division of Geologic by the Secretary within two ueeks following the publica- Sciences, Callfornia Institute tlon of the noninatlng committee slate of candidates.lr of Technolory. E. R. 0rw1g February 3 IrS ANGfl.;ES, Thursd.ay noon, Rodger Young Auditorium, 963 Idest Washlngton Boulevard, rrThe Structure of the Eluood IOS AN@LES DINNER, MEE"I]NG Trendrft by l&. Douglas Traxler, Signal 011 and cas Conpany. On December 13 at the Rodger Young Audltorlun, Dr. Thane H. l.Icculloh, Research Geologlst, U.S.G.S., ItHteclse Febnrary 7 BAKERSFIELD, l,bnalay evening, presented a tall< entitleal, Borehole Gravlnetry 7:30 P.M., Bakersfield College, 1n Petroleum E(ploitation antl Exploration.tl Science & Engixeering Elildlng, Room 56, Blostratigraphlc ABSTR.ACT Semlnar, ttDinof laggellate Iilorpholory and Relationships, " The vertlcal gradlent of gravlty underground is relateal by Dr. W. R. Evitt, Stanforai to rock denslty iJl situ, gravimetric effects of nonlevel Urdversity. surfaces of equal rock denslty beneath and around the borehole, topographic effects, and the local rrfree-airrt February 8 BAI(ElSIrrrr,n, Tuesday eveniJrg, vertical gradient of gravity. 6:50 P.M., Anerican l€glon HaU, 17th & L Streets, Bakersfield, Accwate deterElnations of average rock denslty in sltu San Joaquin Geologlcal Society, could be calcul-ateCl from properly lnter?reted borehole Itlran, Iand of Colorful Geologrtt gravilneter measurements. The interyal thlclgtess for whlch by Howard Anderson, Standard 011 such detennirlatlons could be calculated depends upon Conpany of California. Iadiest gravlneter sensltivlty, rock atensity, and the required Nieht. accuracy of the detentinatlon. Such d.etendxatlons uould be relatively free from effects of rock danage due to February 21 LoS ANGELES, l&nday evenlng, drlll1ng or invaslon by mrd flltrate, could be nade in 7:00 P.M., l,lobil Audltorium, cased wells, would be based on nuch larger volumes of 612 South Flower Street, rock than ar€ sampled by any other nethocl, anal would be [Tectonics of the 1964 Alaskan independent of core analysis data. Such deterBlnatlons Earthquakes,tt bX trF. George would, therefore, provlde a stanalard against wltich such P1afker, Research Geologlst, data (as uell as conclusions draun fron ganm-g€unm, Alaska.n Banch, U.S.G.S., acoustic velocity, or other logs) could be reliably l"Fnlo lerk. Judged. Poge

S.E.G. ANNOI,'}ICES DIGITAL SMINAR EXECI]Tntr CoMMITTm, PAC]FIC SECTION AMER]CA,\ ASSOCIATION OF TtrTROLKJM GEOLOGISTS Tbe Paclflc Coast Section of the Soclety of Drplorution Eugene R. orslg, Jr. Pr€sldent Geophysiclsts is pleased, to announce that a series of Obto Eackel Vice-Pt€sldeDt elght rrDigital Senlliarstr u111 be given 1n los Angeles Davld C. CeLlasay Secrctery begtumlng on JanEry 14, 1966. Each senixar w111 take Jack D. Nair Treasur€T place on a l}iday afternoon from 1:30 5:3O p.M. the Tbonas L. Wrtgbt Eatltor - at Spencer F. Flne past p::eeldent ltcbll Arditoriun, 612 South Flouer Street, Ios Angeles, Etlw€nl A. Eall Coa.6t Reprcsentative caufornia. WiLUan F. E&nondson San Joequin RepreBentative The basic purpose of the semlnar is educational ancl is ASSOCIAED SOCIETY DBIEGAES lxtended to acqualnt geologtsts, geophyslcists, anal e)eloratlon rrEnagers the language €uxd Prll-lp E. hrsons Sacrarnento rith concepts Dean L. Morgritlge Alaska application of geopfrysical digttal fleld recordlng am Dena B. Braisltn Norbhflest processlng technlques. The dlscusslon level w1ll be alned Gordon B. oaleshott Nortbem CaLlfortia at the Bachelor of S?len€e level. A.s you are 1{e11 ar{are, these new processes ar€ r€volutionlzlng our lndustry 1n the f1eld, and lre should a1l becone versetl 1n the funcla- PAC IFIC PETROLEUIli GEoLoGI ST nentals of these new techniques. Pubusbed montbly by the pACIFIC SCTION AuerLcan Assoclatlon of Fetroletn Geologlsts We ar€ inviting anong other groups, the Paclflc Coast Atlthess c@runlcatlons to ttie paclflc Fetrofern Section of the A.A.P.G., S.E.P.M., anal other geologlcal ceologlst, P.0. Box L?485, Foy Station, Los tu)geles, societles ln Californ:j.ar . in acldltton,to ths €oe&ity,.of. Callfornla IOOIf D

Seninar 4 Febnranr 4. 1966 Tltles rrDigltal Couprter Theory and HardrErett (nenory). ND(T DEADLINE - JAI\UIRY 14 Senlnar 5 February I}. 1966 Tltle: trInput - output Devlces Assoclated uith Dlgltal Corputersrl (<11sc store€e, rm€netlc tape storage, Conversely, lndependent Imowledge of rock denslty arouJnd prlnters). - a surueyed borehole uould pernit separatlon of those gravlnetrlc effects due to the lanoun geotogr fron those Seminar 6 trbbnrary I8, 1966 morc dlstant anal deeper effects natwal\y lntegated lr T1tle: ill\Achixe Languagel (Binary, the borehoLe gravi-ueter n-6asurEnFnts. Thus, the rrsmoothed.n Octal, Fortran, Holworth). attenuated and gravlnetric effects of deep geolosr seen ln surface g?v1ty surveys woulal be seen 1n glavlty Semlnar 7 February e5, 1966 subsurface flEasurenents 1n greater detall and r.Autocorrelatlonr ulthout the attenuatlon and smoothlng, after corrections T1tle: (uhat, how, for lanoun geologr. wtgr o

Ideal\y, pr€clslon of a borehole gravlmeter shoulal be Semlnar I l&rch 4. 1966 t 0.OOl miUigaf to pennit cofiplete1y effective use ln Title: rconvolution & Cross CorTelatlonrr the fuIl varlety of interestlng applicatlons foreseeable (lrhat, how, t'ft\y, e:rarryles). 1n petroleun exploitatlon and exploration. A precislon of 1 O.02 nilli8al r,rould be marglxally useful. Other The semlnars wllt be conducted by nefibers of the contract lnstnmental and operational characterlstlcs of an geophyslcal organlzati.ons, conputer mnufacturers and ocperlnental prototJpe borehole gravlneter ar€ descrlbeCl. inst runentat 1on rDanufacturers.

(Ptrbucation authorlzed by Director, U. S. ceologlcal Survey.) Poge 3 40 YEARS AGO

Borls Lainixg (fexaco- retjred) about 1926, mapplng on west slde of San JoaE[ln Valley.

Boris l.aimixg at a well in san Joaquin Valley (posslbly Ploneer Antlcl-ine) ln 1946. Dr. FauI P. Goudkoff at hlell 1n San Joaquln (Pfrotos courtesy of Iouls slnon) Valley (posslbly on Ploneer Anticllne) in 19e6.

COA,ST GEOIOGICAL SOCIEIIY The annual dlnner alance of the Soclety nas held Saturday, December 4, at the Ventul3 Wonensr Center, ldth charyagne On I'IednesdaJ, Novenber L7, at a dlnner meetlng il the coclctalls, a prlne r1b differ, and mrslc furnlshed by colonlal House, O)$ard, the Coast Geolog'ical Soclety lras I€roy Andreust band. The dlnner uas a gouruptts deUght, addressed by the A.A.P.G. Dlstlngulshed Lecturer, the m.rs1c lntoxlcating, a.rl(l the assenbled throng graduaUy IEchel T. Halbouty. !b. Ilalbouty pr€sented a stlrrtu€ lnblbed the vast stockof bubbly to the point at lrhich the talk on the i-upact of noderal economlcs ln the petroleun evenlng took on the aspect of a Houwood technlcolor lndustry on the functlon of the geologlst ln elcploring exbravaganza. YoLE reporter 1s pleased to say that a1l for o11 and gas. He stressed the need for orig"jral ldeas llarlds enJoyed thetrselves to the brjdc of oblivlon, and and concepts and for lnteUectual flexlblllty that the that 1t }ras unnecessary to cau the pollce to ternixate professlon has not aluays shoun, ln order that the the festlvities. ]fe are exceedlngly grateful to John burgeonlng mrket for petroleun products wIIl not be pr€- Sisler, the Dance chalrmn, and his cohorts for the hours enpted by coupeting lndustrles. Adnlttlng that the @Jor e:cpended touard arrdrgJ.ng the parby, anil to the contrEnles o1I coupanles have been less than enlthtened 1n thelr Usted below uho helped to malce the ttance posslble through personnel po11cles, tying then closely to day-by-dail their generous contrlbutlons ! oscillatlons ix the econory, he also castigated geologtsts COI{TRISTJTORS TO C.G.S. DINNM, DAIVCE for allowlng mny nrnctions anal responslb1l1tles, both 1965 central and trargtnal to petroleun exploratlon, to sllp into the hands of petroleun engineers, drllling engtreers, Borst and Glddens Loggj.ng Senrlce and geophyslclsts, rcst partlcularly the all-lnportant CaI Pan .An Well l.ogglng CoqanJr nrnction of declslon-mldng. The evenlng ended vlth a C & R Blueprint l1ve1y dlscusslon on the floor between IF. Halbouty and Cook Testlng Conpany nembers of the soclety about speclflc problems uhich have Core l.ab fi'ustrated exploratlon geolog:ists 1n the last decade. Geologtcal frrglrteerlng Servlce Oeolog'ical l5elor"atlon, Inc. Nelr offlcers of the Soclety elected at the dlxner neetlng Johnston Testers are: Lsle Wells Stuart Keesling -- Pr€sldent Petrolog Fuce l4aconber -- Vlce-Ifesldent Sch1lJnberger Atlen llanson -- Secretary Trl Countles Blueprlnt & Supply Co. Roy l41ley Treasurer Welex -- Westem offshore Drlulng & D(ploratlon Poge 4 SAI{ JOASUIN GEOIOGICAL SOCIETY varlations impose on the appucatlon of engtneerlng methods to such lEterials. A lack of lonouledge of the The San Joaqrin ceological Society is holding its monthly complexity of geologr is, perhaps, a reason uhy the IlFeting at the Anerican I€glon IbIl at 17th & L Streets in engiaeerlng profession is so willing to attack a Balrersfleld. Elghty-three attended the Decerber meetjxg geologlcal problen wlth often very expensive and even and enJoyed. a weU-prepared stea.t( tllnner. The change of tllsasterous results. meetjrg places appears to have stitnutated attenclance. Gene Tripp asks everyone to be sure to send the cards back other tJpes of eroslon suffered by the professlon are by for a count of those plaruxtng to be at the Januarnr meeting. oceanogr"aphers, selsnologists, and geophysiclsts. The paradoxical contrast between the wlde extent and the At the Decenber 14 meetlng, l,f. HeruXr NeaI presented an irportance of a1I that ls nou stualled in the fleld of excellent paper on ltThe Fofesslon of GeoIoSr, Fractlona- geologr and the general lack of appreclatlon of 1ts tion, Foslon, hofesslonal Responsiblllty, and the signiflcance is dlfficult to analyze. It nay be that slnc€ A.I.P.G.n (Abstract below). A Uvely discusslon foUolred geologr is all arounal us and 1s a part of everyday llfe, I,ts. Nealrs paper. it is so eomonplace that the average person d.oes not thilk about it any norE than he thinks about breathing or the beatjng of his heart, and, perhaps, the average englneer feels that 1t ls so connlon that 1ts phenonena T}IE IROIESSION OF GEOIOCY should be unalerstood by everyone and, therefore, 1t 1s not necessary to consult a geologtst for advlce. trllactlonatlon, Foslon, kofesslonal Responslblllties and the A.I.P.G. PRoFESSToI\IAL RESPoNSTSTJ,ITY The geologtcal professlon 1n the years ff the professlon ls to avoid inevltable fractlonatlon last feu has pro- suffered fractlonatlon lnto various spllnters of the and eroslon, ue are going to have to develop the professlon, eroslon of our fr.mctlons by other professlons fesslonal responslblllty whlch atoes not exlst at the andr sone extent, a lack of professlonal responslblllty present. Afthough mny definltlons of the ltords wlthin-to the professlon ltself. ,'professlonn 41fl ttptofessionalrt can be found, perhaps the nost lnportant thing to lanou ls not the deflnltlons of FRACTIOI\IAIION the terms, but uhat it ls that actuauy mlces a na,n a professional. Since a professlonal 1s essentlaUy a En Tlrenty-f1ve or thlrty years ago there ms 11ttle tendency uho serues his cllents, he cannot be considered a to spl1t the professlon of geologr into various rl1scl- professional unless he has a very dlscernlng sense of p11nes. ALthough a geologlst mlght be a ulnj.ng geologist cllent re1at1onsh1p. Geologists generuUy have t!'ro tJDes or a petroleun geologtst, theJ.r baslc educatlon ras of cllents -- geologlsts and nongeologtsts. The cl1ent ldentlcal. 0n1y after thorough groud uorlc in general of an oil conpany geologtst is ultlnately the lrEnagernent, geolosr tlicl they speciaUze. whlch 1s generaUy made up of nongeologlsts. The clients of a professor are usuaUy h1s students uho are geologtsts Although development and expanslon of the technlques of 1n the rEklng, or other geologists. The cLlents of a the sclence ln the last few years has certajxLy lndlcated U.S.G.S. rrEn are usuaUy other geologlsts. need the professlon, there a for speclallzation ln is stlu gpologist no r€ason to abantlon the baslc concept that a m,n is a one of the greatest failures of the is not geolog'ist flrst and a speciallst second. ff this concept tallorlng hls reports to the needs and understanding of ls followetl, there 1s no reason wfry a geologist should be hls cUent. Unless a geologlst can recognlze the needs confined to one br"nch of the science proviated he is com- of h1s cllent, perforn h1s work so as to render the petent 1n any of the brunches utrich he lntends to follow. d.esired servlces and prepare a report !t1th conclse and PerlBps sone of the reasons for thls splitting of the deflnlte concluslons and firn recomendatl-ons when such professlon has arlsen fron the gr€at lncr€ase 1n co11ege are called for -- and do this 1n a lBlrler uhlch is produced great thoroughly rmderstandable to his cUent and caffot be students foUorrjrg Wor1d War 1I, uhlch a professional. lncrease 1n the nurnber of schools grantlng degrees ln nlsrepresented -- he cannot be call-ed a true geologr. Ibny of the smaUer schools dld not have ade- $Ete staff or facllltles to provlde a coitrplete geolog'ical The geolog:ist cannot expect a nongeologlst to lnterpret a educatlon lflth the r€sult that nany geologtsts were unable series of geologtcal facts as related M a report vlttlch to obtaln enploJrnent in the broad f1eld of geolory and 1s lacklng ln concluslons and r€comendations. After the fourul lt necessary to speclallze 1n that part of the fallure of a dalo or other structure, the excuse that the sclence for rihlch thelr Dartlcular school had been able geologlst provlded the eng'ineers trith all of the geologl- to pr€pare then. cal facts aloes not absolve the geologtst fron blame lf he d1d not provlde also a conplete jxterpretatlon of the the The of thls fractlonatlon detrlnental the facts, recomendatlon of the action to be taken, and result is to geological were entlr€ professlon, because the pubuc is not auare of the consequences to expect if the condltlons various branches of the science. To then a geologlst 1s lgnored. a geologlst and ar$r fallures on the parL of any dlsclptine of the professlon reflects on the professlon as a whole. Unless the professlon of geolosr can generate a satlsfactory public im"ge, we can expect a contlrnred erosion TROSION and fractlonatlon of our professlon. The only $ay we c€Ln expect to have a satlsfactory pnb11c irage ls to conduct In addltlon to the spUtting of our own profession, ne have our actlvltles 1n such a rrElrrer that the prbllc lr1ll lolou suffered fron erosion of m'ny of our flrnctlons by other what our profession is, lcrow what lre can do, and have professlons. Perhaps the best-Isloun e)(anple of thls 1s falth in our abllIty to do lt. that erosion of the geologtstsr flmctlons by the civ1l and sol1s englneers. Thls work uas started wlth the study of The A.I.P.G. lfas forned to lnprove and support the soll as a bulldllB naterial and the characteristlcs of professlon of geologr. It sas not formed to help honogeneous arttflcial fll-Is. It has been expandeal to lrulivldual geologtstsi hoflever, uithout a strong pro- includ.e alrost all naturally-occurrlng geologtcal fession, the jndlvldual 1s helpless. The A.I.P.G. can materlals, fithout, houever, sufflcient pologtcal help the professlon, but only the geologtst can help the larculed.ge to recognlze the linitatlons uhlch natrlr",l A.I.P.G. Poge 5

NORTHI4IEST GEOIOGICAI, SOCIETY JOE BORDEN, Iong-tjre P.lre geologlst and more recently a Union hand in the Anchorage office' retired Decenber I The November lFeting of the Northuest Geologlca]. Soclety after 38 years seruice with I'l]re. Joe alld his wife, uas held at the Holiday Inn north of Tacoma on November 16. l€rlon, are presently on an extensive vacation trip, Guest speaker l|as Dr. Gordon Atwater, Dlstingulshed which wiU lnclude visits to californla and Hawa11. After I€cturer of the A.A.P.G. An abstract of Dr. Atwaterrs thelr travels, the Bordens plan to settle in Denver. talk follous: Named as Dlstrict ElQloratlon Geologist for Union in The Effect of Decrease ln Poroslty rrith Depth Anchorage is BOB SAIJNDmS. Bob formerly heaaled the ltlre on tr\rture Developrrent of o1l and Gas Reserves office here. 1n South Iouisiana The hazard.s of winter sports are all too real to JoHN .freqlrently Geologlsts and engtneers have mde the premise LEVORSEN, Rlchfleld. John, a recent ttansfer, fe1l on that the anou:lt of gas In place per rmit volune increases his flrst attenpt at ice sl€ting and fractured a urist. as gl€ater depths are penetrated, because of the attenitant Thatts not much of a welcolre for a cheechacl(o. higher resenrojx pr€ssw€s. In orter to test the vaudlty of this premlse, a study riras rrBde of the effect of depth Decenber 50 1s drawlng near and Jotlhl SllEBl, Atlantlcts of burial upon the other varlables iJI the standard formrla chlef jl Anchorage, ls eyelng Richfield.rs third story used to calculate the aeount of oll an(t gas 1n place. offlce sulte frcm hls second story building. The air is thiruer up there, John. Sandstone poroslty data were obtajaed for more than 13,000 satrples of conventlonal cores, lncludjrg sanples trRANK SMITII, Standart, ls in Ia llabra for a while to get fron IOI fleld.s of South louislana. A cru've constnrcteal ttlawed out. l,leanwhile, DoN MeGEE 1s thlnkirg of hon!3- fron these data Clenonstrates that the anount of void steadjxg at Anchor Polnt -- he has been well-slttlng so space per unlt volu[e avallable for the accunrlation of long 1n the bush. o11 alld gas d.ecreases rith jxcreaslng depth. Thls decrease 1n poroslty, L.i65 per cent of total vo1urc per It uas too qulet at the l&.rathon office ulth no recent 1,000 feet of burlal, 1s the nost jqrortant s1ng1e factor earthqlralres or f1res, so ToM hELSoN wrapped hls brand new controUfu€ the amount of o11 or gas jn place per rxdt Ford arouncL a telephone pole to tlven thlngs up. Tom vo1unle of sanalstone resenrolr rock. trXploration and blames lcy streets ard the other tlrlver. Last wordr the developrcnt m,nagement shoul"d be conscj_ous of the car 1s sti11 ix the shop, but Ton is 0.K. dininlshing retunns to be anticipateal as greater depths are explored. LUM lOVff,Y, well-lfiown Snchorage consultant, 1s v.acation- iJlg wlth his family in the South 48 over the holiday Porosltles assoclateil wlth abnonraUy prcssured reservolrs season. wer€ stuttled, as l,as the lncldence of abnonnauy pressured. reservojrs 1n South louislana as a firnction of depth of Two staunch supporters of the Paclfic Northlilest are burlal. fire poroslties of the abnormauy pres$rned pla^nn1ng Christrnas 1n Callfornla. DAI{A BRA]SLIN of Unlon reservolrs, averaged by 1,000-foot depth increrents, f1t it ofyrupia 1s heading for old haunts ix Pasadena. BTII' a stralght Ilne plot of porositles fron all reservoirs. LEl4rIS oi Stanc.ard 1n Seattle w11I vlsit faJtrj-ly il Tustin.

It appears to be a reasonable hypothesis that the observed The Unlon-Pul€ nFrger has Juggled two ex-SoutheflI decrease ix sandstone porosities with depth provldes the CaliJornians now 1n the GuIf Coast area. JACK VAI{ AIIIRINGE nechanlsn creatlng the abnormal pn-'ssures so freqrently has been transferred to lafayette, Ioulslana, as Unionts encourtered ln oil and gas reservojrs of South Loulslana. Distrlct D(ploration Geologtst there, and DICK PERYAM has been named Dlstrlct Diploitation Geologtst, remlnlng in New orleans.

BUS WANHoE spent the houdays ln Rone after a stint 1n PEiTSONIA!. ITEMS Ankan, Turkey, as consultant to the Tu*1sh Petroleun Coupany. llhile there, Bus gave a talk on rrBrEcklsfr CHARLIE PRUITT, Srell, vlsited the Sakersfleld area ln Sedlnpnts as trbvorable Oll^Souree Rocksrr to the nJrkish t!re to attend the She11 Chrlstmas party. Charlle IIaS Assoclatlon of Petroleum Geologists. fornerly a Dlstrlct Geologlst in Bakersfield. NoRI'{ GEIDT, standard in Seattle, ms recently seen The Northern Dlvslon of Standard is flmlly gettilg shopplng for parkas and mrk-ruks 1n preparatlon for acqualxted with the new Superhtend.ent, AI, I4ARTINI. Af transfer to Anchorage in January. ls back ln the office after recovery fron back surgery, and he now has a sprlng in h1s step to mtch hls youthful tr?lends of NEAL CARRoII of Tel@co will be interested to appearance. Iflow he 1s 'tenjolringtr 'the snow of the North 0lJnnplc coast of l{ashlngton In his current assignnent. GEORGE hlEBB, Standardrs 011da1e Developnent Geologlst, and h1s fanil-y are spendlng the holidays ln llamil. Getty Oil Company has not pubucfy annonnced the results Several Servlce Corp€rry people offereCt to pay h1s fare of a new foggi-ng tool recently used. (nefer to Novenber one uay, but George is plaru:ilg on belng back to lreep 23Id Mmger Repoft.) then abreast of the latest development technlques.

I'R. JoHN I,IANNING consented to pr€sent sone lnfoflrEtlon on ToM MCCR0DEN, Standard., I.a Habra, was recently m,rrled local uater problems at the l€y meetjxg. to the forner cleo LlttleJohn. Iihile Stardarclts Distrlct Geologist uas honeJruoonlng, 1ts corpetitors broke a Company GEoRGE RUDKIN, lhrathon, has fjnaUy settled ln number of lease plays in the L. A. Basin. Bat(ersfle1d. He has sold hls real estate ln SacmJ0ento pol1cy rEy alictate unannounqed eloperents in the future. and ls now noved lnto a new home ln the Southern Clty. Poge 6 BIBTIOGRAPHY Guadalupe 011 F1eId, by E\rgene D. Iawrence OF RTCENT PUBIICAtIONS ldmch Canyon O1I F1e1d, by Elbert R. Wlllclnson

CALITORNIA DfvfsION 0F MINES AllD cEoIpcY (1411 order to: U, S. GEOIOGICAI, STIRVEY Rrbucatlons of the Geological Surveyr1964. 79 p. tr?ee Special Report 853 Econonic geolory of the trfench Gulch quadrange, Shasta and trlnity Countles, Professional Faper 464: Devonlan rocks and caltromia, by John P. Albers. $a.oo paleogeography of central lrlzona, by (plus 8y' ta:() Curt Telcheft $s.zb ceologic 'nap of Caltfornia: BAIGRSFIELD S{Egl, kofesslonal Paper 505-E! Revlslon of some in envelope wlth explanatory data sheet. $f.50 paleozolc coral species ffon the blestern Unlted (plus 6y' ta:r) States, by W. J. Sando $0.68 TIIE ORE BIN, vol. i,,7, no.1l, Novenber, 1965 Bulletln II87: Qulcksllver deposits of south- westenn Alaska, by C. L. Sainsbury and coastal landsudes of Northern oregon, by E. M. lacKevett, Jr. $e.85 }trltli€m B. North anal John V. Byrne l,hter Supp1y Paper I809-P: Water-supply CALIIORNIA OIL lloRLD, vol. 58, no. e0. S'econd issue, potentlal from an asphalt-Uned catchnent near October, 1965 Holualoa, Kona, Hauaii, by s. S. W. chlxn $o.fb East Wllnln€lon developttFnt noves fast, by water Supply Paper 1809-R: Electrlcal-analog Louis F. Jobs!, Jr. ana\rsls of hydrologic data for San sinon bsjx, Cochlse and Gmha.m countles, Arizona, by CAIIIOIiNIA OII IIORLD, vo1. 58, no. 2I, Flrst issue, N. D. l'Ilte and W. F. Haritt $o.oo Novenber, 1965 Water Supply Paper I8I2: Rrbuc r,{Bter suppues Sealab II orperi-uent valuable to oil jndustry, of the 100 largest cltles 1n the tnited States, by Iouis F. Jobst, Jr. 1962, by C. N. Durfor ard. Edith Beclcer $2.00 011ts nost exclusive club, by Biu Rixtoul. Geoptryslcal Abstracts 2?6, Novenber, 1965, by J. W. clarke, D. B. Vltaliano, V. S. Neuschel, JOURNA! QE GEIPHYSIQAI RESARH, vo}. 70, nlo. P;0, and others {u'l'c october 15, 1965 Clrcular 499: Selected refer€nces on saline The pateolatltude of Tertiary oi1 flelds, by ground-mter resources of the Udted. States, E. R. Deutsch. by J. H. Feth. 1965. 50 pages. tr?ee Eigenvlbratlons of the earth after the .Alaslcan clrcular 5163 Irdex of surface-lBter records to Earthquake, by Ali A. Nowroozl. Decenber 3I, 1963 -- Alaska, by H. P. Eisenhuth, 1965. 17 pages. FYee JolrRi{AL 0F e'EOEUSICt*_nfgAnCE, voI. 70, no. 22, clrcular 522: Resources of o11, gas, and @ natural-gas Uqulds 1n the Unlted States and Geoptlysical investigatlon of the southem Hrget Sounil the world, by T. A. Hendricl(S tr?ee area, i&,shlngton, by z. F. Danes, M. Bonno, E. Fau, lll. D. Gllhan, T. F. Hoffman, D. Johansen, M. H. Jones, }4APS: B. lblfalt, J. l,hsten, aIIl G. O. Teague. cIQ 412€t: Geologlc map of the Blackcap lbuntain Grcvity, isostasy, and cnrstal structure 1n the quaalrangle, tr?esno County, Callfornla, by Ar aa P. c. Batenan +r'uu Southem cascade Range, by T. R. Lefbnr. JOURML OF 73, Novenber, 1965 l&'p I-449: Geologlc mp artl sectlons of the @oIOGY, vol. no. 6, Ety 3 sl{ quadrangle, Uhite PlJle County, Nevada, ninor by trokaw arld D. R. The Erantltatlve Epplng of dir€ctlonal A. L. shawe $0.75 structures, by Davld Elliott.

TI{E AI',IERICAN },TINERAIOSISf, VoI. 50, No. 9, SUIryABV Or OpmarIOtlS. Cnr,rrOmra OIJ, FIEmS, vol. 50, september, 1965 iro oas, sacranento) Revlseal chemlcal analyses of trasklte, verplanckite and. nLllrlte from lfesno County, Ca1jforn1a, by Subsldence anil Repressuring ln lBlnlngton OiI Fleld, John T. ALfors and George W. Putnan. by l&lIace F. Huey GEoIOGICAL SlqETy pq_AI"|mICA-BIIIJtrIDI, vol. 76, no. 10, DeI VaUe 011 Fleld, by D. Lande @ Caroga Park oil Fleld, by R. V. RothemEl Late cenozoic defor@tlon jJl the central coast Ranges of caljjomia, bI M. N. christensen. English colony 011 Fie1d, by A. e. Hluza Stepped topography of the southern Sien:a Nevada, Southeast area of l'lheeler Ridge 01I Fi.eld, by Clyde Waltrhaftlg. by J. A. Barnes ceolory of Rlchard.son Rock, Northem Cflarmel Islands, Dutch Slough Gas F1eId, by Wiltiam J. Hruter Santa Barbara County, California, by Harold D. Palner. Poge 7 EooNot{rc @OI,GY, voI. 60, no. Z, November, 196b 0II AND GAS JOlrRNAl,, vo1. 69, no. 4€I, November A9, I96b {ydrotherm,l alteratlon ln cS-A and cS-4 drlll holes, Soil rrecflanics my offer clues to stratlgraphlc l,bin Terrace, Ste€rmboat Sprjngs, Nevada, by traps, by Dona1d J. Belcher and Argene L. Schepls. Robert Schoen afil D. E. I,thite. OIL AI,ID cAS JOIIRI{AL, voI. 63, no. 49, Decenber 6, 196b 0II AXID eAS JoIIRML, vo1. 69, no. 46, Novenber Ib, 196b Nelr gas aJld o1l strlkes spur drilllng in south- Itts hutxting season 1n Kalparoults, by John C. l&Casun eastern Colorad.o.

OIL AllD cAS JOURNAL, vol. 69, no. 4?, November Ae, I96b The scor€ is hlgh il Ulnta, by John C. l&Cas1in. Organlc-ual1ed microfosslls a1d oi1 search, ttDoodlebugn, to nap subsea geologr. by Grahan L. Wl1llnms. ErvGINmlIlc A|tD !trNING JOURMT, vol. 166, no. 11, Novenber, 1965

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Annour l(ane L. C. Iovely, Jr. C}IANGES OF ADDRESS Sbhlunberger WeIL Sl.u.l/eyjxg Cory. 440 East 15th Avenue P. O. Box 472 44 Bakersf ield, Califomia Anchorage, Alaska 99501 John c. KlrlQatricl( Peder Grlnstad. Superior 0i1 coEpany C'eorge C. Lutz SfreU conpany c/o sheu 01I compar:y Box 200 oit 1008 W. Street 10OB West 6th Str€et Casper, UyomiJtg 82601 6th Los 90054 I.os Angeles, Califomia 90054 ffEeles, California Raymonal L. I(night c/o l'lobiI 0i1 Company Eduard layer Siegfrled Hanarm 10757 S. ShoerBker Roaat 470 Peralta Avenue e f o Intenntional Petroleutr Corparry' Talara Santa Fe Sprlngs, CaUJornia Long Beach, Callfornla 908L4 Penr John Koch James H. l,bDonaLd Standard 0i1 coEpany of Califonda 1413 I'Enchester H. E. Hanrington Box 5317 chlco, Cattfomla 95926 P. 0. Box 2, Tajrlsh Ventura, Caljjornla Tehran I€e C. l.tclbrlsJld II"n Boris iaimlng Gulf 011 Corporation 354 South orange Drlve P. 0. Box 159e Los Angeles 36, Caufornla Bakersf le1d, Calif ornla T. C. Heraan She11 011 coup,nJr l,brk Iatker Iblcright P. O. Box 999 4356 Grand Avenue Earl C. Bakersf 1eld, Callfornla oJai, Caltfornla gZOrA 5885 Paramount B1vd. Long Beach, Callfornia 90805 James W. Hlgglns R. S. Lemon 1245 Vemon Terrace 520 North Rossmore Avenue Mary IeNelI San l€teo, Callfornia 94400 Los Angeles 4, California 3557 Steuart .&venue I,os Angeles, CaliJomia 90066 Wiluam G. W. I€dinghan J. Hunter Nigerlan GuLf 011 conpanY 12100 Mcnteclto Road P.M.B. 2469 Janes I. l@rcier No. 80 Iagos, Nigeria Occldental Petroleum Cor?oration Los A1anltos, Callfornia 9O?AO 5000 Stoclcd.ale Hlghuay CaUf ornia M. A. I€}CaS Bakersf 1eId, Rlchard. H. Jahns special hojects Dlvislon School of Earth Sciences U.s. Atonlc trYterry Comnlssion GercId M. Miuer stanford llnlversity 2111 Bancroft I.Jay 403 6th s.E. Stanford, CaljJornla 94905 Berkeley, California 94704 Aubunx, l,Iashington 98004

Williqn H. I€Roy Charles Johnson Janes D. Ibore Reserye 01I ard cas Conpary Deloratlon Sut:\reys SheU O11 Company 550 South Flower Street 1008 W. 6th Strcet P. 0. Box 201 I.os Angeles, California TuJunga, Callfornla 9IO4A I,os Ange1es, Callfornla Roberl I. Ievorsen Ne11 A. l"toore Wayne V. Jones Standar{ Oi1 coupany of caUfomla The Geotechnical Corporatlon 521 Pinehaven Box 7839 P. 0. 540I sfrlloh Roaal Houston, Te)ias ?ZO?A Anchorage, Al-asl€. Garland, Texas Emest B. Lian Steuart M. Jones, M.D. Ibrathon 011 Cornpany Anthony E. L. l"iorrls I45 N. Caufornla Street 645 nGtr Street 3114 Club Drive Palo Alto, Callfornia 9490I Anchorage, Alaslca Ios Angeles, California 90064 Poge 8 F. H. Nicolal Joseph J. Schweitzer Rlchard }1I. vlvion Texaco, Inc. Stand.ard 011 CorparJr 612 South Flower Street P. O. Box 450 2566 Eastlake I,os Angeles, Californla 90017 Bellalre, Texas 7?&2 Seattle, vhshjxgton 98102 Robert votau trYErk Noble John s. shelton 482/I Pice, Apt. B-5 ttnlon 011 conpany 1100 o)dond Avenue Ba.kersf letd, caljfonda 9645 santa Fb Springs Road Claremont, californla 91711 Santa trb Springs, caflJomla Robert W. Ibgner G. L. Shepherd l,tobil oil Corpany Iarcus 0. Nordberg S1gna1 0i1 and Gas Co. ]-:0737 s. ShoeEker Road 845 S. l{alding Avenue 1010 Wllshire Boulevard Santa trb Sprjngs, caltfornla Anaheln, Callfornia I,os Angeles, Callfornia 90017 DaIe WaUlngton R. W. Shoenaker T. W. Oppell P. O. Box 2127 550 S. Flouer Street Anchorage, Alaska P. O. Box 25U I,os Angeles, California 9001? Houston, Te)€s ??ool W. fleter@n 14il( Payne coun Hubbard Smlth Lucius B. So11 conservation Servlce 1105 Haryanl StrEet 199 Santa Lucla U.S.D.A. &rena Vlsta Santa l,lon1ca, Californla 90403 SaFrood Park, caliJon:ria 964fl 1016 Vjsalla, Call-fomia 93U:l Robert R. Snith R. M. PhiUips c/o She1l Oil Coupany JarrEs R. Weddle 3800 East Coast Hlghmy 1008 West 6th Strcet Sulte 6, lbsters Plaza Divlslon of oil and Gas Los Angeles, Califonlia P. 0. Box rrNrl Corona d.el l€r, Callf . 9116,15 Taft, califonnia L. A. Tarbet Charles W. Fewett 2005 lbilr oaks Avenue U95e South Durr€tte South Fasadena, California 91030 Joe A. Wi11iams, Jr. Houston, Te)€s 77Oi4 Room 642 612 South Florrcr Street W. E. TenEyck CauJonlia 90017 J. F?ank Rouins 8U West ?th Street Los Angeles, 11508 St. Michaels Drive Los Angeles, California Dallas, Texas Thom,s l,Jllson, Jr. larathon oit compa4y Jofu:l N. Terpenlng rcrr Ralph H. Rudeen General Tabulatjxg Seruice 645 street 5050 South Central 4949 West 1o4th Stneet Anchorage, ALaska 9850e Olympla, lrtashlngton Ingleuood, Callfornla 9050e Robert S. Yeats W. C. Schetter tumer Shell Oi1 Company 3250 FaLona F. Earl Union 011 Company 1008 West Sixth Street Pasadena, 91107 Caufornla 4951 Tor\ya lane I,os Ange1es, Callfornla 90054 Santa lbria, Callfomia 93/5,5 IJ. K. Schultz Willlan E. Zajic Mobil oil conpanJr Willian Van Alen c/o GU1f Oi1 Corporation P. O. Box L774 9612 ?th Avenue, N.E. P. 0. Box 1971 Houston, Ter€s 77OOL Seatt1e, I'Iashington 98115 Casper, Wyomjxg 82602

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PAPmS. FIELD TRIPS A,\NoUNCED F.oR r'0FF'SUgRE,lItll CATEIIDAR CONVEI\NIOI]J J$ INNG BEACq l'ebruary 4 LOS AXIGEI;ES, F?iday afternoon, Detalls of program and field trips for the 1966 Faclflc 1:30 P.M., Mob1l Arditorium, Section A.A.P.G. - S.E.G. - S.E.P.!I. Convention, to be 612 South Flower Street, S.E.G. held l€rch iA.-rn in Long Beach, have been annoulced by ligllal _Segimr 'rDlgital- General ChairlEn Wil-Liam D. ErErson. The Iafayette Hote1 Computer r'heory '4,and l{ardwarerrr will be convention headquarLers; registratlon, technlcal by l"nr. Howaral Pb,rl(s, control sessions and exfriblts will- be located nearby at the Data corporation. Long Beach l'{unicipal Auditorlurn. This waterfront location is approprlate to ihe therne,rtoffshore 0i1r" and uill February ? BAKmSFIELD, l,bnday evening, facilltate the prlnclpal field trip, a tour of the various 723O P.M., Bakersfleld Cotlege, offshor€ oil lnstallations in Lone Beach llarbor antl Science & Ulglneerlng Erilding, Slan Pedro Bay. Room 56, Blostratlgaphic gL!3I, [Dinoflaggellate For this sea-goillg field trip, schealuleal for Saturtlay, l,trorpholory and Relationshlps,'r l€rch 26, geologlsts r^riu board the SheanBter at Plerpont by Dr. W. R. Evltt, Stanford I.andiJlg and crulse past the THIJI"I,S facj-Iities at East University. Wimington and the Belnont, Surfsiale, and HuntjJlgton Beach drlUixg islands. In place of the usual road 1og, a 1" = 2g[gr map will be provided. shor.ring tease Ooundaries, February 7-8 STAIIF'ORD, Ibnday and Tuesday afternoons, 4:00 P.M., Room 3?,0, drl11irg 1s1antls, coreholes, ard available geologlcal data. rrsedi]nent Refreshnents wiIl be available on board. At the con- ceolory Erilding, of clusion of the four-hour cruise, partlcipants may transfer the Aleutiar Trench,tr by diJ'ectty to a bus for a two-hour tour of the nearby l.ong Dr. ceorge W. I,bore, U.S.G.S., Beach (Signal HiIl) and Seal- Beach fields. lubnlo Parlc. Special events, to be held at the Iafayette Hote1, ldll February I BAI(mSFIII,D, Tuesday evening, lnclude the A.A.P.G. - S.E.G. - S.E.P.M. Joint lulcheon 6:50 P.M., Anerlcan l€g1on HaU, on Thursday, I,hrch 34, wtrlch will feature a talk on the ITth & L Streets, Bakersfielal, Navyts Sealab fI project. At the S.E.P.M. Dinner l4eeting, San Joaquln Geological- Soclety, also on Thursday, Dr. 0rvi11e Banaly, U.S.C., will descrlbe 'rlrun, Iand of Colorful Geolorytl "Time-Transgressive Problems of the California Cenozoic.?' by HoLrard Anderson, standard oil Fl'iday nightfs Dirurer Dance u1ll be preceded. by a Cocktail conpany of California. Iadlesr llour. other scheatuled events include the Conventlon Night. Cocktall Party, Thursd.ay afternoon, and coUege aluwrl luncheons on trYiday. Woments actlvlties r,IlU include a February 11 IOs AIIGH.;ES, tr?lday afternoon, cruise arouncl the Inner Harbor on Thursclay and a visit to 1:30 P.M., l,lobil Audltorlum, Ports of Cal] for luncheon and shopping on nrid.ay. 612 South Floller Street, S.E.G. Diettal Seminar #5, tlnplt- hogram Chairman, Robert C. Spivey, has released the Output Devlces Associated ulth fououing partial list of papers to be presented at the Digital Conputers,tr by Serge R. A.A.P.G. and S.E.P.M. Technical Sesslons (an additlonal Helfer, I.B.M. Corporation. ten papers wilt be pr€senteat by the S.E.G.): February 14 STAIIFoRI, lbnday afternoon, PARTIAL LIST OF PAPERS TO BE PFEffi\TM AT PACIFIC SECTION, 4:00 P.M., Room 520, GeoIoSI A.A. P.G. -S.E. G. -S.E.P.M. JoIIVI ANNUAL MEETING, l"lARCH iZ4, Bulltllngrrr Pernafrost: some 25, 1966, IONG BEACH, CALIT0RNIA Erg"ineering hoblems and. Thelr Geologtcal Inpucatlonsrtt by Adshead, Patrlcia c. trTaxonornlc Signiflcance of Dr. Robert F. I€gget, Consulting Univ. of So. calif. Pseudopodial Developnent in Geolog'ist, Ottaua, ontario. Llving Planktonic Foramlnifera February 15 SIANFoRD, Tuesday evening, .[llen, D. R. and rrlnjectlon Water Sources 7i4.5 P.14., Dlnkelspiel Arditori- Stockbon, Douglas ltlllmington and East wilnilgton um, rrThe Canadjar North, An I,ong Beach Department 011 Flelalstr fllustrateat Tour Including of oll Pnrperbies and Remote Places Se1dom Seen by Californla Division of Travellers,,t by Dr. Robert F. 011 arxl Gas Legget, Consulting Geologlst, --continued on Page 5-- ottawa, ontar1o. Poge 2

Febmary 25 IOS AI{GH.;ES, Iflday afternoon, EXECmIVE Cot,lt"tlTTm, PAC]FIC SECTIoIJ 1350 P.M., I'[cbll Audltorlun, AJ.ImT]CAII ASSOC]ATIOI.J OF PETROLEUM GEOLOG]STS 612 South Flolrer Street, S.E.G. Dlgltal Seni-nar [Autocorre- Eugene R. Onrig, Jr. Presltlent #7, Obto Hackel Vlce-Presldent lationrrr by }tr. lbl Carter, David C. Ca1lavay Secretary Geoplrysical Seruices, I1c. Jack D. Nalr Treasurer Thonas L. Wrlgbt Edltor Febnrary 28 - STAI'IF0RD, l,londay and Tuesday Spencer F, Flne Past PrEsldent lbrch 1 aftemoons, 4:00 P.M., Roon 32o, Edvard A. EaII Coast Repr€sentetlve ttceologf and Wil}lam F. Ednondson San Joaquln BepreBentatlve Geologr Er11d1ng, Ore Deposlts of the Snadshaw ASSOCI^{ED S@IETY DEIEGAES l4ountalns and the Jerone Area, Arizona,rr by Dr. Charles A. flr11ip E. Fersons Sacramento Anderson, U.S.G.S., l,lenlo Fark. Dean L, Morgrltlge A].aska Dana B, Bra1s11n Norbhvest Gordon B. Oakesbott Norbbern Cal-ifornia l€,rch 5 IOS AI'IGU,ES, Thu.rsday noon, Rodger Young Audltorlum, 966 I'Jest Washlngton Boulevar{r ttNear PAC ]FIC PETROLEUI'I GEOLOGIST Slore Sedlnent Clrculation,tr by }ff. Jares Verrron, Consultant. PubDsheal nontbly by the pACIFIC SECIION Anerican Assoclatton of Petrol-ern Ceo]-oglste Aaldr€ss [email protected] to the paclflc Fetrolem Itsrch 7 BAKERSFIELD, lbnday evenirg, Geologist, P.0. Box 17!86, Fc5r Statlon, los AngeLes, 7:50 P.M., Bakersfleld. College, Caufomia 9OO17 Sclence and Eng'ineering Blalg., Room 56, Blostratigaphic Senlnar, trspores, PoUen and EDITUR: Tm Wrlght Djxoflaggelates of the Panoche Assistalrt Editors: HlI1s Arear" by Dr. Wanren S. IGn Decker Dr"ugg, Chewon Research Corp. Don Eall Selected3lbliography LucyBlrdsaLl TuesClay Cartoonist Jack Ni6bet I'brch B BAKERSFIXLD, evenlng, 5:30 P.M. (Happy Hour), 6:50 P.l"l CORSESPONDEMS: (Dlnner), Aoerican Legion Hau, 17th and L Streets, San Joaquir A.Laaka Edwin E. East Geologlcal Society, rReJuvena- Coast Sruce A. Black Tlred 011 by Lo6 Angeles Bil]. Reed tlon of a Fleltl,[ Northue6t Ji.n Salveson Jack }J. Kappler and James G. Ssc ra[ento LoxeLl Carrlson Herblin, Tldeuater. San tr'ranclsco Gorxlon Oa.keshott Sm Joaquln ghester g, Rudel, Menberghlp SectetarJr Pat l.{etca}f

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SEPM qUESTIoNNAIRE RESULTS

The results of a recent swvey of the membershlp of the February 18 IOS ANGH,ES, trfiday afternoon, FaclJlc Sectlon, S.E.P.M. have flnaUy been tabulated. I:50 P.M., S1ffa1 Auditorlun, The suntey uas nade to obtaln a better understandlng of 1010 l.Iilshlre Boulevard, S.E.G. the background and desires of the.rembership for fitture @crriae conventions, flelcl trips, etc. Ianguager[ by Selsmic Data l,bmberrs Systems. kesent Affillatlon 011 Acadenic Governrcnt consultlnR 0ther February 2I IOS ANGELES, ldcnday evenlng, 5s o/o zB o/o 4 o/o I o/o 5 o/o 7:00 P.M., Ibb1l Ar.rd.ltoriun, 612 South Flower Street, l€nberrs SDecialty or lain Area of Interest [Tectonics of the 1964 Alaskan Earthquakesr, by l,ir. George Micropaleontologr 4 o/o Plafker, Research ceologlst, C€o1o$r 27 o/o Afasl(an Eranch, U.S.c.S., lacropaleontolory 9 o/o l,lenlo Park. Stratlgrcptry and Sedlmentatlon 6 o/o Palynologr 5 o/o Februarn/ 2L-22 STAIItr0RD, I4cnday and. Tuesday Iia.nnofossils 3 o/o afternoons, 4:OO p.M., Room bpo, Oceanograptr\y 2 o/o GeoIoS/ E-l1lding, tr6orld-Wlde Mineralosr 2 o/o SYstens of oceanlc Rl(lges,rr by Vertebr"ate Paleontolo$/ I o/o Dr. Henry W. I,lenard, professor, Pa1eo@gnetistl I o/o of Earth Sciences, U. S., San Diego. Ibrt Polugar

HA\TE YOU I4AILED YOTIR BAI,I,OT ON CONSTIT'UT]OML REVISTON? Refer to December, 1965, Newsletter Poge 3 CoI{UEIVIIOI{ ABSTR3CTS - Cont. from Pg. 1 Herron, R. F. Itsub-Bottom Investiga.t ion Edgerton, Germeshauser Tonhhi dr ractt & Grier, Inc., rd. Attlesey, H. rrPacific offshore Dril1ing and Santa Barbara Global l.brlne, Inc. Complet ion Techniquestt Los Angeles Hsu, K. J. trstructural- Evolution of the TInir/arci f rr ^f Santa Lucia Range, Californial Bandy, Orv1ue L. 'ttrblulal Evittence of Mlocene-to- Callfornia, Riverside Univ. of So. Calj-f. Recent paleocljratolosr in the Antarctlctt Kulm, L. D. rrThe Influence of Cascadia Oregon State Un1v., Channel on Abyssal Barnes, D. F., Lucas, nReconnaissance GrEvity and Corvallis Sedimeniai iontt l^I. H., luh.ce, E. V., Other Geophysj_cal Data lryom I€lloy, R. C. ihe Coniiilental &rd of ihe l.hyuga, i.{. I{. trRecent Developments in -uhe U.S. Geologlcal Survey, Al_eutlan Arc'r Ciiy oi Long ieach 'ulilnington - Long Beach Unj.t I'lenlo Pa.rk, Califorrria, Departnent of 0i1 011 Fiel-drl and U.S. Coast and Pronprt i ac Geodeiic Sr.uvey, Seattle, liashjxgton and l,Iashington, Noble, F. J. 'rHuntington Beach offshore - D. C. Unlon oil- Co. Parcel 14rl Santa Fe Sprixgs ilrolJil, G. A. r'"Ihe AE}!s Position on Geo'u echnicaL Consultant s,Registrat ion of Eng.ineerlng Paschall, R. H. lroptions for Geologists in Inc., Gl-endale, Calif. GeologLstsrr California State Boart Select ing a Professional of Equalization Statustl Burk, C. A. trA.La ska Peni.nsula tt Socony I'tobil 011 Co., Ptacek, Anton D. 'rchronoLos/ of Deformation of Inc., i'leu York San Diego State College the Paleozoic anal Tertlary Succession I'lear Rallroad BJrrne, J. V., Kulm, L. D., rtTextural Trenals of Recent Valley, Nevada!] I€loney, N. J. Settiments from River to rrclosing Oregon State Univ., Abyssal Plain off Oregonll Riendl, J. A. the onshore-offshore Corvallls anal hecision D

Corey, l{. H. rrsouthern California and Rusnak, G. A. 'rThe Contjxental }Argjx of Los Angeles, cal1f. offshore Tertiary Basirsrl U.S. Geolog'ical Northern antl Centra- Suryey, I€nlo Park cali-fornla'l S. and ?tMloclines TjJne" Dietz, R. in Space and rrsa^nta Ho1den, J. c. Solanas, D. W. Barbara Channel Federal U.S. Coast and U.S. Geological SaLett Geodetic Survey Sufvey, Ios Angeles Washjngton, D. C. Spaulding, A. 0. t10il and the Asphalt Jungle, Elliott, I/J. J. 'rcravity Survey and Ana\ysts Petroleum Administrat or Part IIrr San Dlego State College of the San Diego EnobaJrment, City of l.os Angeles Southwest San Diego County, Californiarr Story, R. F. trMid.dle Ground Shoal Fieldrl SheU oit Company El1ows, H. E. and [Authigenlc Silicates jn the I,os Angeles co1es, K. F. IArine Spencer Formatlon at tthoJect oregon State lrllv. Corvallis, Oregonrl Taylor, D. M. }4cholerl Brown and Root, Inc. A. Formn, J. $lvlng Ceolorytl tlElwood I"bbil oil Compar\y Traxler, J. D. Fleldrt Santa Fe Sprtugs Signaf oil and Gas co. I,os Argeles Fowler, G. A. 'rstratigraphy of the l'trontesano ItBoron oregon State Univ. Fonnat ion, I,Iashingtonrr Walker, Charles T. as Pa1eosallnity Corvallis callfornia State Indicator Not Affected by coUege at Long Beach Carbon ln Clay trl?ctionstl and ItAn Upper Cretaceous Fbultuxe Gastll, G. rrAd.varced Allison, E. C. Coastrl Wilson, H. D. DiviJlg Systemsrl Slan Diego State Couege ocean Systems, Inc. Sarta Barbara Robert TUoIDES ocean the Gerard, Driuing on trThe Iamont Geologlcal Contjnental }brgin off Wright, F. F. Sed!rcntary Regjre of obseryatory Floridarr Unlverslty of Southern San Miguel Gaprr CaliJornia rrseasonal Heintz, L. 0. Dlstrlbutlon of nThe North Houywooal, CaUJ. l&gneilte and IlnFnlte 1n the Youngquist, walter oregon and Washlngton Beach Sand. of la1aga Cove, Universlty of oregon, EugeosJmcllnerl Callforniatl Eugene Poge 4 SAN JOAQUIN GEOLOGICAI SOCIETY rock-strutigraphlc unlts mlst be employed ln ortler to map targe parbs of the lu1ar terrae. The correlation of these The Anerican Legion Hall has proveal to be an excellent Iocat ul1ts vllth the standard columl 1s a mJor problem of neeting place for the Sbn Joaquin Geologicat Soclety lunar geolory. nonthly meetings. I{e owe a special vote of tharks to I,F. Flarry Feiler for arranging the use of the Hall- for In the s€ilrle l{ay that terrestrial geologr deals ulth earth these gatherlngs. history, the otJect of lunar geolog'ic mpplng and stratlgraphic studies 1s the determination of the hlstory of the 0n January 11, 1966, Dr. Newell J. Trask of the U.S.G.S. Moon and of the processes that have gtven rlse to its presented movies and explanatlon ln an outstandilg paper pr€sent condition. Both i-mpact processes and volcanic entltLed ttStratigraplly of the l,bon.il His abstract foUows, processes appear to have played large roles jl shapjrg the present lurar sLrface. A resolution was passed by the Society to nake geological iaterpretations available to the appointed comnilles 3.t Stratigraphy and structure can also be mapped at larger the choice of locations for the nev caqpus of Kern State scal-es by use of photographs obtalned by Flanger space- Col1ege. The foUowing statement uas presented.! cr?ft. A serles of o(perjJental geologic naps have been produced from the Ranger photographs. These maps necessarlly enploy a local stratigraphlc columl jl each Kern Coulty State College Site Advisory Conndttee $IEll area. laps of this type will forn the basls for (Thursalay, January 15, 1966 - 8:30 A.M., plannl-rlg the geologlc obJectlves of Earued lunar nissions. Bakersf ield Pollce And itorlun) An exafiple of a two-IIBn traverse plarned ulth a geologlc nap base shows that a considerable varlety of lBterials The San Joaquin Geol-ogical Society 1s the largest local and Stnptures can be eJ@njned sn4 samFled on the ltrnar geological society west of the Rocky lr4runtails, with a surface in early ApoUo nlssions. The conbinatlon of membershlp of over 200 geologists. In the ixterest of smIl-scale and large-scale napping from photographs, the public safety of pr€sent anat future resldents of the together with manned landlngs at carefuUy selected points, southem S'an Joaqujx Valley, the Soclety feels a pro- wiu provlde jrportant clues to the history of the Earth- fessional responslbi.Iity to rake this statenent. A Ibon double planet system. resolution to do so was IIBde and passed by the uembershlp on January l-I, 1966. NORfiIMN CALIFORNIA GEOIOGTCAL SOCIEf,Y i,Ie reconrnend that this committee have reports prepared. by competent geologists concerning any present or potentlal At the regular l,londay luncheon meetlng of Jarmary 10, the geologic hazards which may exist on or aCuacent to each New Year uas started by an excellent and lnfornative talk of 'rhe proposed sltes. Geologic hazarals uhlch could Gordon on the Decrease jxclude, by I. Atrater 'rThe Effect of in endanger the safety of persons or property arcng Porosity ulth Depth on zutlu€ Developments of oil and Gas others, subsidence, lardslides and active faults. Such Reserves in Southern loulsjana.rt A record crowtl (for reports are now mandatory in several Callfornia countles NCGS) of 57 pologists and petroleun engileers heard anct in the City of Los Angeles. Dr. Atwaterrs l\btson AlBrd-w1rudng talk on thls subject. Since he l,as in San trfancisco, Gordon starLed wlth the We further recorurcnd that these geologic reports be given broad-nlnated statement that nNeither race, creed, or color due considerution prior to the f1na1 selection of a site. is belng alloweal to influence ix any l|ay the poroslty of sands i:r southern louisiana.ll Rodney G. Colvin, hesiilent John Thomson, Vice hesitlent He said that the statenent has frequently been mde that hrayne EstiII, Secretary the amou:lt of gas 1n place per unlt volune lncreases as Eugene Trlpp, Treasurer greater depths are penetrated, @inly because of the attenalant higher reseruoir pressures. The study conducted Begj-nnhg on Thursday evenjxg, January e0, 1966, anCl by Atu"ater and his associates of I'lew orleans IIaS Mde on continuing each week thereafter unti.I }brch l-0, 1966, at the effect of depth of burlal upon the other variables 1n Bakersfield College, l,b.th and. Science Buildj-ng, Room 2, the standard. fonruta used to calculate the anount of o11 the "Geophysical Digi-tal- Seminar" wil-l be presented by and gas in place. over 17,000 samples wer€ stuatled anil indusiry leaders. ',-hls series of semlnars is also bejrg permeability studies were nade on over 6900 samples. The presenteal by the S.E.G. Ln l.os Angeles. results of thls stualy demonstrate that the aJrlcunt of vold space per unlt volure available for the accumllation of STMTIGRAPI{Y OF 11{E I,OON o11 and gas decreases with lncreasilg depth. This atecreas cy Newell J. Trask 1n poroslty aflpunts to approxljEtely a 1.5 percent re- duction per 1000 feet of depth. This is ihe nost in- U. S. C€ological Suvey, I.bnlo Park, California portant single factor controlllng the anount of oil or gas 1n place per unlt volrup of sardstone reservolr rock. Abstract Ibnagement especially should unalerstand the dlnlnlshing The principl-es of fltperposition anal intersection can be returns which nay be anticlpated as greater ard greater applled to classjfy the surface materiats of the Moon depths are explored. accordirg to relatlve age. Recomalssance geologlc mapping at a scale of l-:1,O00,00O has resulted jx the Goraton discussed also the porosltles assoclated ulth recognition of a well-alefhed stratlgraphlc column in the abnormally pressured reservolrs, a number of ilhlch occur north-centrcl part of the l-unar earthside henisphere, ln 1n southern louisiana. In conclusion, he said that there the vicjxity of l€.re Imbrilrm. A regional blanket of appears to be a reasonable f[pothesls that the obsen/ed material swroundjrg the Inbriwl basin 1s the olclest wel1- decrease 1n santlstone porosities with depth provldes the establlshed unit. ft is overlain by plains-forming mechanism creating the abnonnal pr€ssures so frequently naterials of at iprast two separate ages ixcluding the encountereal il oil and gas reseryolrs of southern Loulslana wiaiespreaat dark [Eterial of the lunar rseas.rr Crater naterlals of fqur separate ages occur throughout the The results of thls research, although deallng entlrely columl. ALl of the fcrmatlons have been grouped into wlth o11 and gas fields of southern loulslana, carrlr three tfup-stratr..:Tr.pnic jystenls. l"h,lting il other parts implications of consitlerable v"alue for conslderatlon ln of the },troon has sitoum -uhai parts of these svstems can be other ar€as, includiag the o1I and gas r€servolrs of extenCleci beyond i.ire I'Are imbriun reg:.:,'rr, but that loeal Callforn-la. Poge 5

C I,,ASSIFICATION C OMMITTEE The accessibillty of control_ and the nelrcr technlques permit us to make the greatest use of protruction sheets, The A.A.P.c. ClassiJication Commlttee and the Conseruation prepared by the Divislon of Engineerlng, showing the Comnittee have aruoul:tced their neu lists of rrCalifornia geographical values for every tounshlp corner. ThJr.ough oil Field and Pool l{ames,fr and rcauJornla Gas Fielals and use of electronic conputer programs, the ptane coorallnate Poolstr effective January 1, 1966. Copies Eay be obtained values for any corner, are reaatily obtained. ry by contacti-ng 1,1. C. Barnard, Jr., The Atlantic OiI electronic sunrey methods, monunents ar€ estabtished by Reflning Co., Rlchfield Buildjxg, 555 South Flolrer Street, techniques more of a geoatetic nature than by the con- Los Angeles, or by phonlng 629-4111, EJ(l". ,BLZ. ventional transit-and-tape methods customarlly used in cadastrul suveys. Lines are not run on the ground, but I'bmbers of the Classlfi_cation Committee are: rather monuments are establisheal at predeterniled positions. Actua1ly, the operation is the reverse of the M. C. Barnard, Jr. - The Atlantlc Reflnil€ Co. geodetic technlque, in whlch values are deter[Lined for Cliff Edmrndson - Shell 0i1 ComparSr monumented stations; our operation requlres placlng the R. R. Knapp - Stanalard 0i1 Company rnonuflFnt at a predetermlned location, utilizing prevlously Af Lilley - Texaco, Inc. established horlzontal control stations. The most Bernard }4ixch - Union 0i1 Company desirable surveying method would be one by hrhlch monulFnts D. E. Ritzius - Dlvlslon of 01I and cas could be rapldly set and uhlch uould afforal a checked T. H. Sisk, Jr, - Humble 01I & Refinlng Co. posltion. Techniques previously used, although attainlng J. D. Traxler - Signal 011 and Gas Co. reasonable econoq/, d.id not afford positive checks against W. R. Wardner, Jr. - Conservation Corunittee of er'r.or or nlstake in all instances. The AirBorne Control Californla oil hoducers System has overcone thls difflculty. l,l. T. l,lh1tal(er - I\4cbit oil Company The AlrBoflre Control (ABC) System equipnent was developed Iargely by the U. S. ceolog'ica1 Suwey. We have been working closely with the USGS durjxg the development of +Li urllD ^ DJ5^..^+^n LgiU. ALASKA GEOINGICA.L SOC]ETY The nethod, outllned hereil, using this system for The December luncheon neeting featured a movie-ilrustrated. cadastral surueys was developerl by the Electronic Survey talk on the "McNeal Rlver hoJectr by Jerry R. llarris, Section of the Divlslon of Diglneering and !,as used on Chief of Electronj_cs Su-rirey Section hrreau of Land rc.n ge_ several large proJects 1n Alaska for approxirnately flve ment. Systens used for this proJect are describeO jJt t[e months 1n 1963. following resume: The first operation, after it has been deternined to use Upon attaining statehood i.n I9b9, Alaska was given twenty_ the ABC method for a proJect, is the office planntug. The years five in utrich to select an area of nore than 1Ob protraction griat, the approved plan of nonumentation, and million acres from the pubuc lands, an area larger than all horizontal control are carenllly plotted on topo- the State of California. To date, selectlons have totaled gfaphic nBps or photo mosalcs. Then it mrst be determined only about 13 mitlion acres, which is sUghtly more than where interu€tllate nonu0ents are requlred and the approxl- the combj-ned area of Verruont, NeLr Hampshire, and Rhode nate coordinates are scalecl from the nap. A llstjJlg 1s fsland. l€ss than I percent of the fOS rni.fiion acres of prepared of the coordirate posltlons for proposeal nonu- Alaska had been surveyed prior to statehooal. So, nearly [entation and of the horlzontal control stations to be all of the 103 million acres to be selecteal require used 1n establlshlng the monument locations. Thls listlng d rmr6rri h d 1s submitted to the Branch of Corputations for the electronlc computjrg of angles and distances from control The Elreau of land I€nagementrs Division of &rgineering 1n statlons to monuments. Al-aska has the responslbillty for surveylng the lancls selected by the State. The boundaries of State_selected In the use of the ABC System, a helicopter serves as a a.reas ar€ rnonurnented at specified intervals, generally at transportation nedium for the survey party, and. then by an average spacing of two miles arounal the bounataries of hovering serves as an aerial platform whereby the sunrey each torimship. Intermeallate monunents need not be set on party is posltioned over a ground polnt at a helght rectangular system subclivislon corners, but they are set necessary to provide line of sight for angle and distance on tovmship lines. other monuments are usually set on neasllrements from one or more grounal stations. Thls ridge crests, at maJor streams, and near lake ihores. system 1s built around the Hoversi$t, a device developeat j-n Alaska, its vastness, has sone extremety rough terrain, and patented for the U. S. Geologlcal Suryey by I,n'. Hu€fr A ranging from i:npassable swamps to mgged mountains with Loving of their Topographlc Division, Branch of Research large glaciers, nujnerous ri-vers, anal nany lakes. A11 of anat Deslgn. (An exceuent paper by ltr. Lovirg on this these make the conventlonal- methods of cad.astrat surveys systen 1s ln the }ts,rch, 1965, lssue of ACSiU. ) extremely difficutt, if not imposslbte. To estabtish ihe boundaries of State-selecteal larals econorolcallV, BLlifls The ABC System offers econollv in cost per monunlent placed. Division of dngineerlng has pioneereal 1n Aevet-oping new Since the hoveri-Ilg helicopter seryes as an aerial plat- methods anCl j_n adapting existi:rg methoals to the Ereatest form, it 1s not necessary to build expensive towers nor advantage for operutions that rTl.lst be conpatible with air_ to cut long sight llnes. A1so, thls system afforcts borne supply and conducted d.uring a short fieltt season. checked positlons. Another advantage 1s flexj-bility; monurent atensity may be increased. or d.ecreased readily. Advantages whlch Alaskan operatj,ons enJoy are excellent gained mps of the uaJorlty of the areas of operation anCl F?om the experlence to date, it appears that the extensive nets of horlzontal control established in Am technique described here will have witle appllcation connection wlth the napping proetrams of the Feateral to cadastral sulveys in Alaska. This system !ri1l also be Agencies. trbdern electronic surveylng techniques make it utillzed extensively 1n Alaska to obtain the positlon of feasible to deternine geodetic positions 1n any area with isolateal U. S. Sun/eys located Lrithix State-selected an ease and econony not possible previously. areas. Poge 6 PiiTSONIAL ITEMS

R. L. (Bob) LIS(A has been transferred to Te)caco Petroleum, WAYNE FELTS, Assistant to Divislon I'b.nager, Texaco, Inc., Inc., 1n Bogota, Colombia. He Jolns three other Callfornle in Anchorage, has been trarsferred to Houston, Texas, on expatriates, WARFEN GrTr,ES, KEN l,IlRoN, and. JIM TAYIOR. speclal assigruDent. Wayne and hls wife, Betty, Ieft Bob left thls country fully equlpped wlth an arnored within 6 days of notificatj-on of transfer. Probably Jacket to uard orr polsonous 20 below 'rarts' ;::::tJtr!,:$t,;n:: ;Lt3il3i;: 'resrees JOHN CASS has retireal from the real estate business and is attemptjxg to complete his move to Long Beach. HERB l'JHmliUR, a Signal engileer from Huntington Beach, has hesentLy, John is fu Ventura sf'aring the neasles wlth h1s Just been transferred to Sacranento to stralghten out the two-year-oLd. daughter. geologlsts there.

01d 'Tluff and Rrffn LOU CANIJT (E. B. Hatl) has recently SWISS HoLltES, the omrlsdeub Shell scout at Sacranento, was been seen patronizirg the local blacksmith shops in the obseryed parked by the side of Highw4y 80, west of Wilmi-ngton area. Vacaville, on Decenber f2. He was il corpany with a gentlerren in a black and whlte Dodge, and for one Sulss VIRGIL ST. CLAIR, foflnerly rith IUre 0i1 Company, is now seemed to be llstening. . . . Unionts Dlstrict Geoptgrslcist for the Southern Dlstrict and CaliJornla offshore, at Santa Fe Springs. other new CHAR],IE GIIIoN, the Huable scout at Sacrumento, has Just faces among Unlonrs Southern District geologists are JIM received orders to tra.nsfer to Los Angeles. The effective ruRl'{S, transferred from Midland, Texas, and DAVE CoURTIS, alate uill be around lArch l. The big questlon is, tt"ill recently graduated from the Unlversity of Michlgan. Charlie build a.nother Iowa H1u?

B'I-IT, BASSII.IGER 1s now Unionts Northern District The Sacramento Petroleun Assoclatlon Chrlstms dlnner and Geoplgrsj-clst jx Sakersfield -- he was formerly uith Pur€ dance l4as held December 17 at the Candlerock Lounge. Bob in Houston. Poor, of cook Testjrg, uas the soclal djrector. There was preliminary debate as to trttether the Association would LUM IOVE,Y (Consultant, Anchorage) and famlty sre spendjJ€ furnish a case of whiskey for the functlon and mtrrnrrilgs sone tj.ne in suruy Southen:l Cau_fornia and pojxts south. of codduxg the nenbers, but Dq)loration logg"ing and He leased a plane and spent part of his time vacationlng N.C.P.R.T. contrlbuted to the event. Note that forty-nlne in l'{exico before comi_ng north to California for business (49) attended. Does tfris rryly a case of polygarry? and pleasure. He expects to return to Alaska about February 1. ART HAI{LEY, consultant of sacrcmento, has Just left for a trip to Tajlitl to see 1f ltts true what they say about the ToM ROY (l€rathon, Casper) is reported to be wrltlng an Po\mesian girls before the tourists spoil evenfthing. E-Iog interpretation evaluatlon for his conpany. JACK AIIDF.SEN of Schluinberger, Sacramento, has iust m JOUJoN-ROCHE Is retiring fron Shell on February I, returned from 22 days off the coast of Oregon on the 1966, after thlrty years of faltMul servlce. He plans on BIue (ard. Rough) lhter rig. golng irtto consulting on ground water geologr with Dr. John i'€Jmi.ng.

BOB I\DRRISON, recently wlth Richfleld, has been enployed by @cid.ental effective January 10, 1966. NURSERY NEVYS CHmYL LACKEY and DICK A.\GERm (Standard, oildale) anxounce their engagement. The impendlng narriage will DoIORES and. BOB HOFT'I\4AN, Consultant, Bakersfield, thelr place take after Cheryl graduates fron Iong Beach City 4th chlld, flrst boy, Steven Grunt,on Ja.nuary 15, 1966. coUege. Weight! 6Ib.Boz.

DON FRAI,IES will continue his consultjrg practlce fron NAI{CY and NORMAN JoKm.ST, Stanalarrl, o1lalale, a son, RaJmonal, California, in l€dera County after l"b,rch B. The Charles Vlncent, on January 15, 1966. Weight: 8 1b.I4 oz. FYanes apparently lj](e country livjrg. PAULA and JII4 CrRoOM, Union, Bakersfield, a girl, Elizabeth, STEI{EN t4. LEUY Joined the Exploration Departrent for on Decenber 28, 1965. Helght3 7 Lb.3 oz. Standar{ at oild.a1e the first of the year. He uas ealucateal the at University of Oklahona and San Dlego State neY baby CoUege. BrI.r. and RUIH ffimL, Sdtfi&rger, sacrafiento, a girl-tJpe, Tanya, bom Decenber 29. BILL THoI4PSoN also hired ilto Stanatardrs Oitdale B(plora- SIJSY CoLLINS, Schlunberggr, Sacraflpnto' a new tion Departnent jr Decenber, 1965. He attendeal. l"lontana DICK and School of Mines. baby girl, Crlssle, born December 20.

RUSSFT'L R. SIIONSoN has opened a consultlng office at 8I1 West Seventh Street (tiavenstrite Buildixg) Roon 1106, Los Angeles, Callfornia. Telephone 626-1167. Russ has been tmveling ard dou€ consultfulg work 1n Europe and Afrlca slnce ALlgust. He resigned h1s position as Dlvlslon Geolog'ist for larathon 01I Conparqr JuIy I, 1965, after iz3 years of service. Poge 7 AIBTIOGRAPi.IY I'IEVADA BUREAU 0F I,IIIIES (Reno, Nevada) OF iTECENII ?UBIICA TIONIS Report 10: Isotoplc age detefldnatj_ohs of Nevaata rocl(s, by John H. Schiujxg. $f .So U. S. GEOLOGICAI, SURVEY l€p 28: heljflinary geologic rE,p of a part of Frofessional Paper bbZ-F: Clastic sedjrentatlon the Stltlwater Range, ChurchiU County, Nevada, ix Deep Spri-rgs Valley, California, by by Ben M. page. $a.oo L. K. Lustig. $I.OO l€,p 29: Ea.rlhquake epicenter map of Nevada, Professional Paper 462t GeoIoS/ of the mescott by David B. Slerunons, J. f. Gimlett, A. E. Jones, anal Paulden quadrangles, .Arizona, by Roger Greensfelder, and Jares Koenlg. $0.?b I'1. H. Iffieger. il3.bo l€p 30: lbp of jrtruslve rocks in Nevada, by Professiorurl Paper 542-A2 Effects of the earth- R. V. Wilson anal R. R. Paut. $1.00 quake of l.1e,rch 27,.1964, at AnchorBge, Al_aska, by W. R. Hansen. (The Alaska earthqual(e, liErc:n ?]7, STATE 0F NEVADA, DprRTI4Etfr 0F CoNSERVATIoN AND 1964 -- Effects on coamrnltles) $i.Zs NATURAL FSSOURCES Bul1et1n I194-H: l4esozoic formations in the hlater Resources Etlletln No. 30: Interir Comobabi and RoslTuge l,ltns. papago Indian inventory of surface water resources of Nevada, Reseruatlon, Arizona, by L. A. Heindl. $O.fO by R. D. Lanke and D. 0. ltcore.

Bulletjr 1197: Blbllography of North ARIZoNA STATE LAND DmARTMEIII (Ihoenix, Arizona) A,nerican geolog/, 1961. $2.00 Water-Resources Report Number 25: Geohydrolos/ I^Iater Supply Paper 1592-8: Cross-channel of the Dateland-l'.yder area, laricopa and yum, transfer of linear momentum 1n smooth Countles, Arizona, by i,rr. G. Welst, Jr. rectangular channels, by R. W. Cruff. {n rn CALIFoRNIA DWISION MINES AND GXOIOGY (Ferry Bu11ding, Water Supply Faper t8to: Sumnary of floods irr San tr?ancisco, Californla) the United States during 1961-, by J. O. Rostvedt.go.40 Speclal Report Economic geolory ceophysical 85: of the Abstracts AAZ, December, 196b, by trfench Gulch quadrangle, Shasta and Trixlty J. 1.I. Clarke, D. B. Vitaliano, V. S. Neuschel, Counties, Callfornia, by John p. Albers, wlth and others. $O.Sf a sectlon on: Geophyslcal sun/ey of the Iron Mountajx Mine, by c. H. Sand.berg. Circular 512: Inctex of surface-water records to $a.oO December 31, 1965--Part 1A: IbcjJic slope basjls l4INmAI INFORI',IATION ffiVICE, voI. Washington and 18, no. lp, in upper Columbia Ri_ver basia, December, 1965 by H. P. Eisenhuth. 59 p. Ffee Giant wave in Lituya Bay, the biggrest splash Clrcular 523: organlc-rich shale deposits in in hi c+^nr the United States and worlal land areas, by D. C. Duncan ancl V. E. $,Ianson. 50 p. Free TIIE A}{mICAN MINmAIOGIST, vol. 50, no. I0, october, 1965 t"{APS Mjleral Studies (dedlcated to paul trfancis Kerr). l&p I-446: Reconnaissance geologic map of the Djjferences 1n the ninor element conposltion of Adel quad.rangle, Iake, Harney and llh,lheur beryl jn varlous envirorunents, by Dhrtlrer H. Countles, 0regon, by G. W. Walker and C. A. Staatz, lfallace R. crlffltts, and paul R. Barnett. go.zr Repennjxg. Zeolite fll1lng and replacement jn fossils, by Lloyd W. Staples. Clrcular 525: Tectonlc creep 1n the Hayward lbult Zone, California, by Dorothy H. Raalbruch, M. G. Bonilb, B. J. Lennert, F. B. Blanchard, GEoIOGICAI SoCIITY 0F AI4mICA BULLETIN, vol. 76, no. 1I, C. IJ. Iaverty, L. S. Cluff, and K. V. Stejnbrugge.trfee November 1965 ponding olEN FII;ED REPoRTS (Inspection only) Sedlnent in the d.eep sea, by J. B. Hersey. jn Structure contours on top of the Vedder sand, Right-lateral strjlce-s1ip faultlng the Walker southeastern San Joaquln Valley, California, Iane, west-central Nevada, by R. L. Nielsen. by Everett E. Richardson. 15 pages, I plate, 3 flgures. I'bp scale 1:125,000. Area, approx. C,eolory of a r}ryo11te p1ug, Pjxal County, Arizona, 35 miles by 70 rniles. by HaJ|old Bohner.

U. S. BUREAU 0F l'trNES (Pubucations Dlstribution Sectlon A]4RICAN JoIIRNAL 0F SCIENCE, voI. p6b, no. 10, 1965 4800 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, penn. l52lb). The relation of free meanaler geometry to stream Report of Invesiigation 6658: 011 well scale discharge and its geonorphic i.ryIications, by formatlon jr uaterflood operations using ocean Charles W. Carlston. brines, Wilnington, Ca]1f., by G. L. Gates and W. H. Caralray. 28 pp. 12 figs. tryee fs unjjormitarianism necessarJr?, by C. R. LongweU. Poge 8

JouRi[cL 0F GEoPHySICAL RXSARCH, vol. 70, no. 24, OIL AND GAs JOURML, voI. 64, no. 2, JanuaJry 10, 1966 Deceniber 15, 1965 Herers a nell Iook at Sarta Barbar? Cllannel hedictor equation for beach processes and potential, bY M. J. Castro. responses, by }'I. Harrlson, N. A. Pore, and D. R. Tuck, Jr. oIl, AllD GAS JOURML, vol. 64' no. 3, January 17, 1966 Seepage throl€h Earth dams, by Abdel-Arlz I. I€shef . Recoverable slEle o11: I90 bluion bbl.

Cal1 the state of stress be Cletermined fron hydrauuc 011 heads for a banner year jx Alasl€. fracturin€ data, by P. E. cretener. one of the best nelt explor?tory tools Day be a SCIEI,ICE, vol. 150, no. 3705, December 51, 1965 geologlcal lab jx space.

I€ad. isotopes and the age of the earbh, by Utah could be prlne target for oi.I hrxlters. G. R. Tilton and R. H. Stelger. l{oRLD OIL, vol. 161, no.7, December 1965 Mlgrant sound scatterers: Interaction wlth the sea floor, by J. D. Isaacs and R. A. Schuartzlose. How to find productive limits of hydrocarbon reservolrs (Part 3), by ltralph W. Jackson. GEoTIMES, vol. I0, no. 5, Decenber 196b - January 1966 crude oil conpositlon -- a clue to migration' National Center for Earthquake Research, by Edwln W. Blederman, Jr. by Wlltiam T. Pecora. CALITORNIA olr, I,rloRtD, vol. 58, no. 23 (First Isstre), Earthquakes anil exploslons. . .aftl predlctions, December, 1965 by WiIUam B. Heroy, Jr. Dri111ng goes to sea, by Louls F. Jobstr Jr. oIL AND CAS JoURNAL, vol. 63, no. 52, Decenber 27, 1965 CALIFORNIA oIL WoRLD, second issue, vol. 58, no, 24' Data Sllap may reduce nunber of twln coreholes Decenber 1965 off callfonda. Progress in Alaska. 0n Alaskars arctic slope wlnd is a problen in the sunrer, by John C. l,lcCasljn. oIL AM GA,s JOURML, vol. 64, no. I, January 3, 1965 Gas exploder innovation cuts offshore seismlc costs. Big exploratory play shapes up 1n Central SaskatchelEn. Sea ]alowledge growlllg quj-ckly. Cache -- a real uplift, by John C. l,trccaslin.

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I.ONG BEACH CO A.APG CO}.IIINUING EDI]CATION COI4,IITTM PIOTS LOS ANGH.iES FROGR.A.I'4 Ted L. Bear, chairrtsn of the Paclflc Sectionts Contlnulng 'j-he lssue of Siate reglstration or ticensi_ng, which was Ed.ucation Corunittee, has announced preliminaryplans for the subject of nuch legislatlve activity a year ago and inauguratlng this series of geologtcal ttrefresher courses[ which almost certainly will deoand a leglslatlve solution 1n the lJos Angeles area in the late Sprj-ng or early Fb.Il durlng the 1967 session (j-rl vlew of recent 1andsLide of thj-s year. organized by the t'latlonal AAPG, this controversles in los Angeles, etc.) wilt be the subJect prograJn features nationauy-lmown geologists lecturlng on of a three-part allscussion on Thursday mcrning, lErch new concepts and technlques in thejr field.s of 27th, at the 1966 Pacj-fic Section Anpc-SG-WM Convention speciallzation. in Long Beach. John Kilkenr{y (Unlon) will review rrceologlst Registratlon Problensr" Glenn A. Brown SubJect to availabllity of speakers, the Paciflc Sectlon (Geotechnical Consultants, Inc.) tfilt present rtThe program will commence with the series on Stratigraphlc Assoclation of Drgirleerlng Geologlstst Position on GeoIoS/. Courses lnclude: Princlples and Practlcei Registration of iDrgiJleerillg Geolog"ists,rt and Robert H. Studles of Recent Seali-ments; and Santlstones. Accordlng Paschall (Callfornia State Board of Equatization) wj_I1 to present plans, each course uiu be glven 1n four allscuss troptions for Geologists 1n Selecting a 3-hour lectu.res, l,tronday through Thursday evenlngs, at the hofessional Status.rt At the conclusion of their tal_ks, Union or i'{rrbil audltoriuns in do}tntom Iros Angeles. these speakers will be availabl_e for questions. I&,ny cost for each particlpant w11I be SIo-S15, dependlng on Callfornla petroleum geolog'ists have not become enrollrEnt (each course l,,-ilI cost approxinately S850 to acquainted. wlth the problems and alteralatives involved in present) and w1ll be relmburslble for rEnJr geologlsts State registratlon, etc. This session represenis their uniler their.companiest educatlonal refund plans. The best opportunity to inform themselves on an lssue vltal posslbllity of holdlng some of the courses 1n Bakersfleld. to their future professlonal Uves. 1s being jxvestigated.

The convention location, at the Iafayette Hotel and Iong A qIJESTIONNA]RE AIMED AT DUTMMINING MEMBMSI IIffMEST Beach ltrnlcipal Andltoriura on the Long Beach uaterfi-ont, AND PREIRENCES IN THIS PR,OGRAM APPEARS ON PAGX 7. THIS is appropriate to the convention therre, troffshore OiI- IS YOUR OPPORTIJNITY TO STEM THIS TROGRAT,I TOWARD YOUR The First Seventy Years.tr This waterfront locatlon OWN NEEDS. PLEA,S USE ]T. facllitates visits to the U.S.C.-Hancock Founalatlon research vessel Velero fV, which will be noored jx the Long Beach harbor during the convention. Also, an offshore cruise and fleld trip on Saturtlay, Ibrch e6th, fron B:00 CAtINDAR A.M. to 3:O0 P.M. uilI view offshore oil facilitles from AI'IGELES, Thursday noon, Long Beach to Huntjrgton Beach. Brochures and resenration I€.rch 3 IOS Rodger Young Auditoriun, 956 cards for the convention and 1ts manJr have been functions West l4lashington Boulevard, mailed. to members of the Paclfic Section, A.A.P.G., S.E.c., trTectonics and S.E.P.11. and stratigraphy of the ],lonteanma Basln, Solano, Contra costa and. Sacramento The Differ Dance on l"iday evenixg ulII be a Seni-Foma1 (Rio affajr (Tuxedo or dark sult; long or short dress). countlesrr Vista-I(irby Hills area), by ]"tr. Rodney lbhama, Consu.Ltant.

lbrch 4 IOS ANGELES, Ffialay afternoon, HJECTION OF 1966-67 PACIFIC SECTION OFFICERS ANNOUNCED t:50 P.M., ltrbil Auditorium, 612 South Flower Street, S.E.G. rrconvolutlon Newly-electeal offlcers of the paclflc Sectlon, Aruerican Digltal Senlnar #€, Assoclatlon of Petroleul Geologlsts, for the 1966-1962 and Cross Corelation.rl tern are: Iarch 7 BAIGRSFIEI.;D, ]4cnclay evening, kesialent Robert lfflaol 7:50 P.M., Bakersfleld College, Vice-kesldent John Currair- Sclence arl(l Engineerjrg BIdg., Secretary Bi1l Edmondson Room 56, Blostrctlgraphic T?easurer Tom rrspores, Pouen and tfrlght E]g@, ' Dlnoflaggelates of the Fanoche They witl take off1ce at the pacjjlc Section Conventlon Hi1ls Area,r' by Dr. Warren S. in Long Seach on lArch 24th. Drrrgg, chevron Research corp. Poge 2 l,tsrch 29 SEATTLE-TACOI4A, Tuesd.ay evenlng' EXECUTI\rE COI,n'IITTEE, pAClFrC SCTrOii 7:OO P.M. (Soc1a1 Hour at 6:00), AJ.MIICA]'I ASSOCIATIOI{ OF PIITROLzuI{ GEOLOGISTS Poodle Dog Cafe, FjJe, trIashlngton, Northwest GeoloAlcal Eugene R. Or}rlg, Jr. Presldent Soclety, trA Geologlst Tours Obto EackeL Vice-Presldent Ewart Ba1dldn, Davitt C. Callavay Secr:etery ffiFili' by Dr. Jack D. Nalr Tt:eaeurer Unlversity of Oregon, Taiiesr Tbonao L, Wrlght Edltor Ni-Efrt. Spencer F. Flne Past Presldent Ealvard A. Ea1I Coast Repr=sentatlve l,hnday evenlng, Wlulan F. Ednondson San Joaquin ie?re8entatlve April 11 BAKmSFItrD, 7:30 P.M., Bakersfield College, ASSOCIAED SOC]ETY MLEGABS Science and. D€ineerj.ng B1dg., Room 56, Biostlatlgaphlc Pbillp E. Fersons Sac ra.mento gig, rtlulodern Forannjllferal Dem L. Morgrldge A].aske Coasfl Dana B. Bralslln Norbhwest Fbulas from off the oregon Gordon 3. Oakeshott Northern CaLifornia by m. Geruld A. Fowler, oregon State Unlversity.

PAC ]F]C PETROLEUI{ GEOLOGIST April 19 BAKERSFIILD, firesday evening, 5:3o P.M., (HappY Hour), 6:50 PubUsbed nontbly by tbe PACIFIC SECTION P.t\t. (Dinner), Anerlcan Legion Anerican Associatlon of FetroLer.m Geologlsts Ad.dress c@luDicatlons to the Paclflc Petrol_em Hall, lTth anal L Street, S4 GeoLogist, P.0. Box 17486, Foy Statlon, Los Angeles, Joaqu@' Califomia 9OOI7 of Producing OiI -EcononlcsSha1e by the ltuclear In-Situ Retortjxg Method,il bY Michaef EDITUR: Ton Wright I€kas, Project Engixeer, Assistant EclltolB: Special Projects Dlvlslon of Ken Decker Atomic Enerry Comnission, Don Eall Berkeley. SelectetlBlbliography LucyBlrtsa]-l @rLoonl€t Jack NlBbet

CORFESPONDEMS: .CHRISTI4A,S Alaska Edwln E. Ea6t DA}CMS ASKM TO CHECK CHECKS Coast Sruce E. Uacorber Los Angeles Bil-l Reed Northvest Ji-E Salveson Paciflc Section A.A.P.G. Treasurer Jack Nair has asked Sacranento Louell GarrlEon persons Se tr"ranclsco Cordon Oa.kesbott that those who bought their tickets at the !9gg Se Joaquin Cbester g. Ruttel by check, for the Houday Dlnner Dance last December 10th Menbershlp Secretery Pat lbtcalf ix I-a Carada please check thelr bank statenents to detennine vhether thelr check has been cashed. I{air reports that these last-mlnute checlcs, @1led to hjm by the clance coflmlttee, were never recelved. Hope for thelr recovery faded v',hen postal lnvestiptorsrasketl for N!I(T DEADLINE - MARCH 17 assistance in tracing the nlssilg letter, addressed their reply to ttJack l{arr, c/o Treas. AA, Petroleun JerrXr, Paciflc Sec., 5000 Wilshire, Los Ingelesttr I'brch 8 BAKERSFIELD, Tuesday evening, 5:30 P.M. (Flappy Hour), 6:50 P.M. So, if your last-minute check for the Di.rmer Dance has (Dlnner), Anerican leglon Hau" gone uncashed, please stop paynent on it anal send a 17th and, L Streets, San Joaquin atupl-icate to: Geological Soclety, trReJuvena- tion of a Tlred 011 F1e1d,tr by Jack D. Na1r, Treasurer Jack I'I. i€ppler and JaEes c. Pacj-fic Sbction AAIt Herb11n, Tideuater. 3600 hrilshlre Blvd., Roon 17.20 Ios Angeles, callfornia 90005

I,A.rch 15 IOS AI{GE[,ES, Tuesalay noon, Unlversity of Southern NORTTIIRN CALITORNIA GEOITGICAI SOCIXTY California, Roon 101, New Sclence I€ctrrre llall, near 37th and Hoover Street, Itsedlnentary Edwlx C. Erffj-ngton of S'an Diego ilas a guest of Ian nlvlrorments and Subm,rine Campbell at the Nofthem Callfornia GeologlcaL Society Geonorphologl of a part of the luncheon on Valentixets IhV. Ed dld graduate $ork at Florlda Contlnental Shelfrr by ca1 Tech in the early forties and IIaS been a nember of Norman IIJme, Graduate Stud.ent AAPG slnce 1947. For the past severEl years he has been in C€olory. oceanographer and narine geologtst at the U.S. I\hW Electronlcs lab in Slan Diego lhere he is now supervisor of larch 29 IOS A}'IGH.;ES, Tuesday noon, the sea floor studles sectlon. Unlverslty of Southern Callforr:ia, Room 10I, New ]n the evenjrg, sever?l- members of the Soclety Jolned Sclence Lecture HaII, near 37th local nembers of AIME to hear hln give a fasclnating and Hoover Street, rrThe Geologlc ta1k, accoflpanled by fl]ms and sIldes, on rrsea floor Slgntficance of ltraffioplanl(bon,rl exploratlon by dlvlng saucer.fr He discussed rrarlous by Janes A. Wllcorcon, Research renote sensing nethods ln the narlne enviroruEnt, such as Paleontologtst, Chevron Research the sonoprobe, ancl the results of hls firsthand revleu of such data by dlrect obsenatlons fr\ln the dlving saucer. Poge 3 COAST GEOIOGICAL SOCIETY ALASKA GEOIOGICAL SOCIETY

0n Tuesday, Jaruary 18, 1966, the dlnner meeting of the The January and February meetj_ngs were hightighted by Coast C€olog1ca1 Society riras held at the Jet Room, geophysicalty oriented talks. Joe Rei-nat1 of Hrecislon Ventura. Dr. James W. Vernon of U.S.C. and General Exploration Consul_tants spoke to the Society in January oceanographics lrras the guest speaker ancl presented an on Field Uperations 1n Al-aska.rr ttNear "Seismic Joers company amply illustrateal talk on Shore Sedlment iras pi-oneered in Al_aska with a mtal-flats crelr that fi11s Circulation.tt His abstract follows, the void betueen onshore and offshore seismic control. 0n Tuesday, February B, the Soclety gathered at the Jet Kerneth E. ElIg, Vj.ce-Presideni, Technical, of Room for another dj-nner rEeting, whlch uas aatdresseat by Geophysical Services, Inc., addressed the ttFiank[ Society at an H. H. I{eel, Consultant and President of the evening meetlng in Febmary on rtA Geol_ogical Look at CaljJornia Section of the A. I. P. c. Hls subJect was Digital Technol-o$/.tr Al-though Ken l_eft the geologists 'rThe hofesslon of Geolo$/: trYactionation, Erosion, and. in a ui€,ze of computerized deconvolutions anal subsurface the A. I. P. G.'r In the flrst portion of this talk inpulse responses, his talk l{as keenty folloueal wlth m]ch lff. NeeI alescribeal the ateterioration of the public lnage irterest. of the geologist owlng to the activities of a few ABSTRACT unscrupulous indlvlduals, a situation thlch resulted in headlines last week when l"layor Yorty complalned that Digltal Seismic Technolosr is becorning an effective tool the clty has no way of preventjxg builders who obtaln in nany areas. To utllize this neu tool i-n the most favorable geological reports from erectlng houses on effective lEnner, the exploratlonist needs to be famillar slldes like those at Pacific Palisades. In the tennlnal with the baslc concepts of dlgital technologr, some of portlon of his lecture, }tr. NeeI describeat the hlstory and the details of the system, and its capablllti_es, and wlth merits of the Instltute, its obJectives, and hrhy these the various processes as they become available. Although obJectives (pr1ncipally the unlform licensing of the the Digltal Selsmic System is corplex, requi.rlng software, professlon) are 1n hafllor\y wj-th the betterment of hardware and ttbrainrarerrt its operation afld. utlllzation geologlsts anal other associations, like the A. A. p. G. can be explalned in easily und.erstood terms.

NE.AR SIIORE SEDI]4EXII CIRCULAi'TON - ABSTRACT AlL t$J Fol a uttLe eftca.F Al-ong the shorellne the waves move totrard the shore in R'rx t cout-o varylng patterns and u,avelengths. Water Yten s nNrz 6a,tarl circulates with Twelly wA ffiE 0Erctl an orbltal motlon until it reaches shallow depths of axv ,ulo^y about one hau the uave length. Other cuffents are Lnre I I generated, trost comnon of which are felt in the zurf as Too surge aJld riptides. Al.I these forces generate osciUatory current motions on bottom, uhich mlves seau-rent fu varyilg patterns.

Uslng fluorescent dyed sands, samples were pl_acecl at neasured locations. After specjJlc periods of tine, the dlstrlbutlon of the sarples hras sampled and lreasurett quantltatively and uas often photographeal in coIor. It uas found that the fine sand rnoved mtch faster than the coarse. Sanp1e locations along the ateeper depths (AOr r) indlcated there woulal be a rnull pointn on that positlon uhere sand w-ill rpve neither shoreward nor seawarat.

Samples were studled. of many polnts along the south L. A. Basln coastline anal Santa Catalila Islanal. l4ovles were taken uslng tirne lapse photography methods. These defired moverrent of r4rater currents and rlpple Earks. The study wiII be continued sponsored by the U. S. Aflry Corps of Hrg'ineers.

NATIOM], ATPG OFFICFS NAMED l4ichel T. Halbouty, Houston, Texas, has been electeat q) 1966-67 president of the Arnerlcan Assoclatlon of Petroleum Geologists. He vlII succeed Dr. Orlo E. Chllds, president of the Colorudo School of l4ixes. \- Elected vlce-president uas Daniel A. Busch, Tulsa, OkIa., consultjxg geologist. AAPC-SEG-SEPM pIRECToRy

John Directory revislons i'dlt be available at the AApc-SG- D. Ittody, executlve vice-president for oiploration jx and production, l4cbil 0i1 Comparqr, New york, N. y., was SEPM Paci-fic Section Convention Long Beach. electeal secretary-treasurer. PRICE LIST UILL C.AIL l,lAII John C. Hazzard,, coordinator for exploration research, complete directory and. all revislons 96.00 S6.50 Unlon 0i1 Company of Californla, Los Angeles, was 1966 Revlsion 2.00 Z.5O re-elected the associatlonrs eitltor. 1965 Revislon 1.00 1.bO 1964 Binder and djrectory pages 5.00 B.5O The new officers wiU take offlce April eg ln St. Louis, l'tro., on the fiaal day of the associatlonrs blst annual After the convention senal checks payable to paclflc meeting. Section A.APG to l"n'. W. R. Brown, Erttes Gas and oil Co., 3Ee ISth Street, Bakersfleld, Californi-a. Poge 4

SACRA.I4EIVIO PE'IROLEUM ASSOCIATION EIECTS SPM ME[4Bffi S-ATTENTION !

New officers of the Sacramento Petroleun Associatlon are: S.E.P.M. menbers attendirg the l{ational conventlon jx President Bob Paschall, St. Iouls are urged to attenal the S.E.P.M. Buslness State Board of Equalization I,leetlng on Apr1l z?Nh aI 1!50 p.ru.' lx Assembly HaII l, Vice-hesictent Louell Garrison, Klel Audltorlum. Iffportant buslness 1s to be transacted. SignaI Secretary-Treasurer Hans van den Berge, Standard hIURSERY NIEWS PAT and BfiJ, PoLSKI (Shel1, Bakersfleld), their second alaughter, Lfuda l{ay, born February 14th, 7 lbs., 3 oz. PiRSONA!. I tEMS B IB IIOG RAPi{Y LOU$ cllRfSTIAN, Mobil, IIaS been transferreat fron the Phillppiles to Llbya. In London en route(?), he collecteil OT RECTNT PUBIICAIIONS a wife Gerrle Nob1e, fornerly of Boston and repor|s -- -- U. S. GEOIOGICAT SURI/EY 'ra delightful week in London, then a couple of days in Paris en route to Tripoli, where we are nord fimly Fofessional Paper 4P,Z-Fz Sedlment yleld of the established among the other anclent rulns.tl all Casbalc v,atershed, westem l,os Angeles county, CaUJ. quantltatlve georx)rphlc approach, by Ir. K. JIl"l Eyl"lANN, fornerly consultlng geolog"ist for V1ctory 0i1 ---A co., has openecl an office la l€rysville for H. P. B1ock, Lustlg .65 tax consultants. kofesslonal Paper 525-D: Geologtcal S'ufiey Research Chapter CHARIIE BOoTH, Sfrell, New orleans, clairns to be a 1965, D $2.00 fNaturallzed CaJuntr nou, but hopes to see a few more BuIIetiJl Uesozoic (t) rocfs the Baboqulvari west Coast faces out his uay. If yourve got your oun U94-I: in key to the Playboy CIub, Charlie, uer1l be on the next l,bLmtalns, Papago Indian Reservation, .Arlzona, by plane. L. A. Heindl and C. L. Iblr .I0 Water Supply Paper 1610-c3 l,Iaterpouer resources in ED DOBRICK, Division Supt. for Standard in Seatt1e, had an Nehalem River basln, oregon, by L. L. young and operation on hls lfiee recently. Donrt }o.low if hetl1 be J. L. colbert, gt!@[!ry Geo1ory of sites, able to play footbau but he expects to be walking better by D. L. Gasklll and A. M. Plper $1.25 than ever soon. Geop}rysical Sbstracts 2P8, Jarulary 1966, by J. W. DEAN JOHNSoI'I, StanCtarct 1n Seattle, has tmnsferred to Clarke, D. B. Vltallano, V. S. Neuschel, and others ZR Arnerican overseas and wlu soon be doirg gecIory 1n t9e Libya -- so let the Arubs beware. IAps: Crystal l,lountain near l4t. Raider uas the site of a recent skii-ng vacation for BOB BLAISDETL (StanOard jrr Gq 429: Geologic mp of the l,Iount C'oddard quadrangle, Seattle). Bob a.nd wife, Fat, aJ€ now convinced that !?esno and Inyo Countles, Callf., by P. C. Sateman skj-ing is here to stay. anCl J. G. lbore $1.O0

DEI{NIS WmEli (To(aco) has been tr"^nsferred to I.ong Beach cq 4372 Geologic rrBp of the Devils Postplle from Bal(ersfield where herd Just gotten settled after a quadrangle, Slerra Nevada, Ca1if., by N. K. Huber and move from Sacramento sjx months ago. c. D. Rinehart $r.00

ROD CoLVIN (l,bbil) has been trunsferf.ecl from tuoduchg - Geolog"ic map of New }bxlco, by C. H. Dane ard G. O. Bakersfield to Exploration - Sarta Fe Sprlngs, where he Bacfum"n. (Preparett rdth the cooperation of the w111 be 1n charge of San Joaquia Valley activities. Neu l\bxlco Institute of Mhing and Teclxlolory, State Bureau of Mlnes and Mixerals Resources Dlvision and GEoRGE LA PERLE (Bakersfield consultant) uent to t{awa11 the Universlty of New ltexico, Department of Geolo$f). to sign up leases and lost his land maps, but managed to $a.rolset beg anal bonrow replacements. Clrculars: PIIIL RYAIL (SheU, Bakersfield) is in Houston for three mon-r,hs of Cornpany schooling. c 519: ceotheroal ener$r, by D. E. Idhlte, 17 pages trl"ee MONZELL IOUKE has resigned from Atlantic (nakersfield) and will nork for Dames & Ibore, Foundatlon ffrgineers, in sbn Ffancisco. Al'lmICAN ASSoCIATIoN OF IETRoLEUM GEOIOGfSIS, vo1. 49, no. 10, october 1965 BILL FLAHERTy (Atlantic) is movlng from Iong Beach to Bakersfleld wfrere he wiU take the place of retiring Wor1d offshore petroleum nesources, by L. G. Weeks SLIM CURRY as Dlstrict }E,rE'ger. Personal factors il professlonal careers, by Edgar W. Owen. standing joke(?) at local Atlantic (ex-Richfleld) qy boss calls, get h1s nalF and phone l€xirum brain power: Neu exploration breakthrough, offices, "If Halbouty. number.tr by l.tichel T. Poge 5 AI,IIRICAN ASSoCIATIoN 0F FETTToLEUM GEoIOGISIS, voI. 49, Special Report 84: Stratigaphy, stn-lcture, and no. 1I, l.Iovenber 1965 nineral deposlts jx the 0ro Grande series near Vlcton/i1le, californja, bV O. E. Bowen, Jr. and Rocky l''huntaln S'ediinentary Baslns W. E. Ver Planck. sl.50

Ai.fl,lIC.AlJ ASSOCIATIOIJ 0F PEf,ROLEIIM GEOIOGISIS, vol. 49, 1'6p Sheet 7: C.eolory of the northern part of 01d Dad. no. 12, December 1965 l.Iormtaln quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, by Rlchard A. Barca Supply and demand for geologists and geophyslcists, 1965-67, by J. S. Royds, H. L. Thomsen, and J. W. Strlckland. TRA}JSACTIONS OF TIIE IILI}JOIS STATE ACADN,IY OF SC]Xtr'ICE, Relation between petroLeum and source rock, by vol. 58, no. 4, 1965. Dietrlch H. Wette The Bjrd Spring Group, Chesterlan through i,iolfcanpian, Stratigraphj-c nomenclature of Iranlan OiI Consortium Arrow Caryon, Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Agreement at Ar€a, by G. A. James and J. G. hrJfnd I'levada, by V. A. 14. LangerAlelm and R. L. I€ngenheim, AIfiRICAN ASS0CIAIIoN 0F PET.RoLEU1{ GEOIOGISTS, vol. 50, no. Jan. 1966 I, AJ''ffi'IC.qi'l FORESTS, vol. 72r no. 1, 1966 l\bsozoic Iate stratigraphy and tectonlc history, The Flblic Domaln--Heart of the republic. Part 1, Port orfortl-C,old Beach area, Southwestern Oregon by Wiuiar4 l'i. Porter, II. coast, by Johx G. Koch JoURNAL 0F ffiIl'fillxlARY PEIRoLOGY, voI. 65, no. 4, SediJnentolosr and dispersal pattern of a Cretaceous Decsnber 1965 flysch sequence, Patagonian Andes, Southern Chlle, by Kevin M. Scott source of Upper Cenozoic seaiimenis in Colorado delta region, by illchard l''Frr1a::c and orviIl-e L. Bandy Stratlgraphlc-trcp posslblutles in Upper Jurassic rocl

SCIENCE, voI. 151, no.3'/o7, 14 Jarulary 1966 Drillers probing Utahrs mench Seep area, by Robert B. Schick Biological materlal ln neteorites: A revieu, by Harold c. Urey B00I"S AI,mICANI JoURML 0F SCIENCE, vo!. ej64, no, ?, February 1966 Aruiotateal lndex of Aerial Photogaphic coverage and napping of topography and natwal resources. orogeny aJld geochronolory, by James Gilluly Undertaken ix the Iatin Anerlcan l"lember Coultries of 0.A.S. Issued for Countrles of: Costa R1ca, EI Cordlueran lnfrastructure jn the Eastem Greai Basi-n, Sal-vad.or, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Fb,nama. by Richard. Lee Arnstrong and Edward Hansen 1965. Spardsh and English {i5.00 each Natwal Resources Unit, Departnent of Econonic Affairs CALIFORTGA DTVISION OF I,III{ES A}JD GEOIOGY 0.A.S., Pan Arnerican Union, tr{ashirgton, D. c.

Eruetin 185: C'eolory of the east ha]_[ of the ],trount Plant lndicators of soils, rocks, and subsrEface Inraters Hamllton quadr€mgIe, Ca11fornia by So11man H. (consultants Erreau, New York, 1965. P,22 pp. ii27.50), SolijDan. $3.00 edlied by A. G. Chikishev. Poge 6

NEW MEMBMS AJ'JD C}IANGES OF ADDRESS Robert i,I. Anderson Robert F. Flege, Jr. Wllliam J. Hunter 400 i{t. Lowe Drlve Standard 0i1 Company ITilI'{,S Long Beach Company Bakersfield, California 93309 Box 250 P. 0. Box 2900 Seattle, Washirgton Long Beach, California Idiuiam E. Basslnger Union 011 Cofipany D. B. Flynn I\brle C. Israels}ry 2700 rrFrr street 8004 Paseo del Ocaso- Il-80 Russell Avenue Bakersfield, California Is Jolla, california 92037 Los A.l-tos, CaUJornia 94O22

J. t/i. Bedford J. A. Forman Steuari M. Jones, 14.D. 3350 Wilshirc Boulevard Mobil 0i1 Compargr 257 Scrlpps Court Los Angeles, California 90005 10737 South Shoemaker Road PaIo ALto, California 94506 Sarta Fe Sprirgs, Ca1if. 90670 Robert E. Best William L. Klng c/o Humble 011 & Refining Co. Harold L. Fothergiu Humble oil A Refjxirg Co. 612 South Flower Street c/o Unlon 0i1 colryany 612 South Flower Strcet Los Angeles, Cali-fornia 90017 P. 0. Box 7600 Los ff€eles, Caljjornia 90017 Los Angeles, caliJornia 90054 Wiluam N. Sooth Louis Lidz 818 Foothill Road Idilliarn A. Fowler, Jr. Instiiute of Irhrine Science 0Ja1, Callfornla 93023 Phlllips Petroleum Co. Universlty of Miaml 250 rPB Virginia Key, F-orida 3,3lL9 Eugene R. Bottoms Bart1esvllle, oklafrona 74004 65I Rye Avenue J. Tho[Es Llewellyn La llabra, CauJomia 90631 K. S. Fox The Bri-tlsh-Arnerican 011 hod. co. 2717 l,lontrose Pl-ace 810 Denver Club BuildiJlg Theoalor H. Br?un Santa Barbara, California 95105 Denver, Colorado 80202 IrLformatlon Systems Co. 1lU Wilshlre Boulevard Paul J. Ritts V. Standish l,bllory Los Angeles, Caufornia 90017 Dept. of Geolory Thomas Burke }Emorial State ltrseum Californla State College University of Washjxgton Arthur C. BrooKley, Jr. 6101 East Seventh Street Seattle 5, Washjlgton c/o Shelt 0i1 Corpany Long Beach, Californla 90804 l.tsrlne Divlslon Bruce D. I"brtir 1008 West 6th Street Wllfiam D. Ifitz Department of Water Resources Los Angel-es, California 90054 l,hbil 011 conpanJr State Offlce Erilding 612 South Flower Street Anapolis, l€ryIand R. D. Brown, J1^. Los Angeles, CauJornla 90017 U. S. Geological SLn/ey T^ic T l4rrlin Pacijlc Coast Branch Peter H. cardett P. 0. Box 556 545 Mlddlefi-e1d Road 816 West 5th Street Bandon, oregon 97411 I@nlo Park, CaljJornia 94O25 I,os Angeles, CaliJorrlla 90017 charles H. l,tror"rais D. L. Caldweu Peter W. Gester Richfield 0i1 corporction 2851- Dos Lomas chewon 011 company 5900 Cherry Avenue trbllbrook, Calj-fornla 92028 uu Tulane Avenue I,ong Beach, Californla 90805 New orleans, Louisjana ?0112 F?anl{ L. Campbeu W" E. Hendrlx 17851 East Romelle L. D. Graff Standarct 0i1 Corpany Sarta Ana, Califorub 9e705 345 HarFton Road P. 0. Box 606 Plednont 11, Callfornia I.a Habru, CaUJornla 9065I J. R. Castano SheU 0i1 Company J. R. Graves R. A. Howe P.0. Box 3397, Terminal Annex Company BAB 4th Street, #101 I\bbil 0i1 Los Angeles, CauJornla 90054 Santa l,bnlca, CaliJornia 90403 612 South Flower Street Los Angeles, Californla 90017 John E. Clare C. K. Ham P. 0. Box 2012 Cer'no ale Pasco Petroleun cor?. Thomas R. orNeil Sakersf ieId, California Casilla iAlz, Lur€", Peru, S.A. Shell 0i1 Conpany 1008 West 6th Street Rufus Cook Los Angeles, California 5210 Dartmouth Street Ji-m Harbon Bakersfield, California 50?9 East Santa Ana Ave. #19 Cudahy, California 90205 B. c. osborn P. 0. Box 848 Grant lI. Corby Ventura, callfornla 93002 9460 V{1lshlre Boulevard Don R. Hembre Beverly Caljjornia Pan Anerican Petroleun CorP. Hills, Securj-ty Life Erildixg Edwin S. Parker Denver, Col-oraalo Stand.ard 0i1 Company F. D. D1d.1er, Jr. P. 0. Box 606 Buena fr€r. Servlces, Inc. F. W. Hinrichs La llabra, Caljjornla I7B1 Callens Roaal Ventura, Caltfornia Aero Service cor?oration 1136 North las Pa]xEs Gardner M. Pittman Los Angeles, Callfornia 90058 Tldeuater 01I Company P. 0. Box 5237 Bakersfield, California ftM{ gIdV.IS Poge 7

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ruLU l- - qUESTIONNAJRE- COM'INUING EDUCATION PROGRAM YeS l6ybe No I woulal like to attend. courses helal in Los Angeles I i^rould l1ke to attend courses held in Bakersfield

I would like to attend courses held ( elsewhere ) (check each }lne X

E f would pay S10 for a lz-hour course f woulal pay ilfb for a lz-hour course

Lt'. E] I wou1d. pay i)20 for a lz-hour course 5 (check one only) lrou1d prefer that ihe courses be given-

At least tuo weeks apart (twlce monthly) At least one month apart (monthly) At least two months apart (bi-rpnthly) l--"0-- (check each 11ne) - I lroulct attenal a course Ej.ven- Afternoons- l"hnday-l'hursday '1 -4 nm

Late Afternoons- I'{0nday-Thursd.ay 3-6 pm

Evenings- i'bnday-Thursday (check each line) f would like to attend a course iJr-

Strutigraphlc C€otory- f * by L. L. Sl-oss Princlples and practice I by R. J.

*Course wlU be presenteal by only one of ihe flsted speakers - check each one if each i-s acceptable.

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j by TJ. H. van Andel Studies of recent sealiilents and * by J. R. Curray their deposltional envjrorunents I by D. E. Feray (check each lirte)

Sbndstones-Appued subsurface by D. A. Ersch stratigraphy; slgnlficance ancl methods "'^,( by J. A. Peterson reconstruc t ing paleod.eposlt ional by E. H. Rainwater envirorurlents l* (check each line)

origin and mlgration [ * by W. c. ousso of hydrocarbons L by J. M. Hunt I I | | (check each I1ne)

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R!.cherd L. Hegter Pauley Peiroleun, Inc. t00t3 Senta !4,crlce Blvl. Los Algeles, CaI!f. 9CC67 PACIil C Pe'[ito!.E U M GIO!.OGIST

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Volume 20 April, 1966 Number 4

ASSOC|AItON ACilVt'neS

B].2 GEOIOGISTS ATTEND IONG BEACH CONYEI\IIION CATENDAR The Forty-F1rst Arylt.lal I'{eetjxg of the paclfic Sections- A.A.P.G., S.E.G., and S.E.P.M., helal at the Iong Beach April 7 IOS ANGEI;ES, Thursday noon, l,Lrnicipal Auditorlul on l!tsrch pAth and Z5th, once agaix Rodger Young Audltorium, demonstrated the lure of an out-of-tom location as 936 West Washington Boulevard, reglstration reached a record hlgh for recent years. nshelf Transport ttoffshore Sedlrcnt Unaler the thene, oil', highly appropriate to Deduceal from Fluor€scent the conventionrs waterfront locatlon, 4 technlcal Tracer Studles Usj-ng Scuba papers rrere presented. A.A.P.G. Best paper Award went D1v1ng,tt by I'tr. Janes Vernon, to trYank J. Noble (Union) for his paper entitted, Generul 0ceanographics, Inc. ItDeveloprrent Geolory of rtpartel 14rr, Offshor€ Hunti-ngton Beach, CaliJornla.'! 'l Anri 1 1 BMmSFIELD, l,londay evening, 7:30 P.II., Bakersfield ColIege, The Jojxt Lrmcheon on Thursalay, I\tsrch A4th, featured Science and Drgineering Bldg., a taLk and. fiLm on the Mvyts Sealab II proJect, pre- Room 56, Biostratigaphlc sented by Denzj.l Paul1 of the office of Naval Research. E@r'rl\4cdern Foraminj_feral RetlrjJlg Presid.ent, E. R. oru.ig, JT., presideal over the trbunas from off the Oregon Coasfl Iuncheon, whlch also lncluded the presentation of by Dr. cerald A. Fowler, Oregon honorary life membershlps to W. P. Wlnham by craham State University. l{oody and to trYank Morgan by }iank Neel. Natj-ona1 Hresident-elect Michel Halbouty spoke brlefly and to the Anril l2 IOS ANGELES, Tuesday noon, pojxt regardjng the need to make better use of our most Unlversity of Southern effectlve exploratory iool - the geologlstrs head. Callfornia, Room l0I, New The field Science l-ecture Hall-, near "amphibious" trlp on Saturday, l@rch A6th, 57th and I{oover Streets, was favored by calm seas and warm weather as a capaclty ItAntarct boat-load geol-ogists lc Forandni-f eral of cruised th-rough Long Beach by Ronald J. Echols, Ilarbor and doum the coast, half-dozen Biofacies'r vlewilg a Ph.D. Canalialate in Geolory offshore driulng islantls and platforms and learnjrg of their geo1ory and alevelopment. The return tri-p lras April ta VEIVIURA, Tuesday evening, the occasion for lunch and arnple refreshments. The 7 23O P.M., (Happy Hour 6:30 group then disembarked at the Long Beach l€.rira ard. P.14. Room, 1944 Thompson boarded buses to contixue ) Jet their trip through the Avenue, Coast Geological SeaI Beach anai Long Beach Fields. Several stops on rtThe A.natoqy of an Signal Hill uere enlivened by the saLty comnentary .@y, of Anticl-jral Giani (Santa Fe EC Pj-ckett (Westates), a LorB ,Beach who native Springs Flel-d),rt by Thare pa.rticlpated, as a trrough-hanal,tt in the boom days oI Signal H1lI developnent. H. I&cuuoh, U.S.G.S. Bm.KELEY, Weclnesday afternoon, 4:0o P.I"I., University of BUSCH TO PRESEIVI SANDSTONE COURS JUNE 6-9 Caljfornia, I4l Earth Sciences BuildjJ€, I'The Crysta1 Chenlstry Ted L. Bear, ChalrnEn ol the Pacific Sectlon-A-A.p.G.rs of Scaprlite,rrby James J. Contjnulng Education Comnlttee, has announced that the PaplJce, U.S.G.S., Washirgton, first of a series of trrefresher coursesr for petroleun D.C. geologists will be held in Los Angel_es on June 6th tlrough gth.' .Ilrlsal Dr. Daniet A. Busch, Consrtiing ceotogist of Aprit 18 LOS AIIGELES, Irbnday evening, will present four 3-hour lectures on: Sandstones- 7:00 P.M., Mobil Auditorium, Applied subsurface stratlgraphy; signiflcance methoals jxg and 612 South Flower Street, of reconstruct paleodeposit ional environment s. Geological Fonun, [Petrolelun Details of tjme and place w111 be announced later. Geolory of the Arabian-Perslan Interested geologists who have not yet returneat the GUlf by questionnaire paclfic Are-," IF. Richard provided 1n last monthrs L. Hester, Pauley Petroleum, Petroleum Geotogist are urged to do so.- Poge 2 Aprj.L 27 BERKELEY, Wetlnesday afternoon, E}GCUIIVE CO}"1I\1ITTM, PACIFIC SECTION 4:00 P.M., Universlty of AMNICN"\ ASSOCIATION OF PETROI,EI]I'{ CEOLOGISTS California, 141 Ibrth Sciences Build j.ng, rrRenote Deteflrdnations Robert R. lGnpSr Presitlent of Cheltrical and !fineraloglcal John F. Curran Vlce-Pr€sident Corposltion Terrainrrt by WJI'llan F. Eclnondson Secretary of Thonas L. Wright Treasrer Ron lyons, Departnent of Thones L. Wright Editor Geophysics, Stanford University. Drgene R. Orwlg, Jr. Past Presldent Edvard A. Ea1I Coast Representative IOS ANGE[.;ES, Tuesday noon, Wi11im F, Bilnondson San Joaquin Representatlve Universlty of southern ASSOCIAED SOC]ETY DE],EGAES California, Roon 101, New Science Lecture HaII, near Helllp E. Persons Sacrmento 37th and Hoover Streets, Dean L. Morgrid.ge AIaska tsycass at Point Reyes Dana B. BraiBlln Northrest 'tsand Gordon B. Oakeshott Northem California and Bodega lay, Californiarll by Dr. Robert E. Arnal, Pr.cfessor of Geolory, San Jose PAC ]F']C PETROLEUIl GEOLOGIST State Co1lege.

Publ-ished nonthly by the ?ACIFIC SECTION Iby 4 Bm.KELEY, Wetlnesday afternoon, Anericar Associatlon of Fetrolew Geologlsts 4:0o P.M., Addrese cmtulcatlons to tlfe paclflc Fetrolem Unlverslty of Geologist, P.0. Box l?lrB6, Foy California, 141 Earth Sclences Stetion, Los AngeLes, tttrYanciscan Californla 9OO1T Bulldlngr Ftetarnorphic Rocks'r by D.ic Essene, Department of GeoIoSr EDIIOR: Ton Wright and Geophyslcs, U.C. Berke1ey. Assistert Editors: Ken Decker l"by 9 BAKmSFIH,D, Irbnday evening, Don Eall 7:30 P.M., Bakersfield College, SelectedSlbliography LucyBlrdsa1]- Sclence and Cartoonist Elgineering Buildixg, Jack Nlsbet Room 56, Biostratiffaphic CORSESPONDENIS: @Lg, 'rForaninifera from the Louer Cretaceous of the Devils AIska Edwin E. East Den Area, Kern County, Coast Bruce E. Maconber California,tt by }ff. C. C. Church, LoB AngeLes Bill Reed Paleontological consultant, Northvest Jin Sa-Lveson Sacrmento Lovell Garrison Bakersfield.. Son Francisco Cordon Oakesbott San Joaquin Chester E. Rutlel I,hy l0 BAKmSFIELD, Tuesday evenirg, Menbership SecretarJ. Pat li{etcalf 6:30 P.M., (Happy Hour, 5:30 P.M.), Amerlcan Legion l{a11, 17th and L Streets, San Joaqujx Geological Soclety, NEXT DEADLINE - APRIL 15 ?A.esr.me of Grounal Water Itydrolory in the Southern San Joaquin Va11ey, Callfornla,tt by Dr. John lrbnnj:rg, Aprll 19 IOS ANGELES, Tuesday noon, llyalroateveloprrEnt, Inc., University of Southern Sakersfie1d. California, Roon I01, I,Iew Sclence Lecture llall-, near 57th and Hoover Streets, trsedlmentolog/, Andaman Sea, " by Kevin S. Rodolfo, Ph.D. Candidate jx Geolory. The University of CaljJornia at Berkeley, in cooperation wlth Scripps Institution of oceanography, is offering proglam the Anri I 1O a three-day lecture-semlnar on }brjxe BAI(UtSFtor,n, T\resday evening, Geolory of the Paclfic Basin, to be held on the 5:30 P.1,1., (Happy Hour), 6:r0 (Dlru:er), Berkeley campus l?iday through Surday, June 24-26. P.l{. Anerlcan Leglon Toplcs to be dlscussed are bathyrctry ancl structure of Hall, 17th and L Streei, San the contixental shelf and slope; conposition, environment Joaqujx Geologlcal Society, anat geochenistry of marjne sedjrents; oceanographic "Econornlcs of Producing oif lnstrunentatlon; and the Federul role alicl jxterest in Shale by the Nuclear In-Situ marjxe geolo$r. The faculty includes Gustaf 0. Retort jrg l'{ethod, tr by I'Iichaet Arrhenius, U.C. San Diego; Joseph R. Cuffay, U.c. Lekas, Projeci Engireer, San Dlego; Kemeth S. Deffeyes, Oregon State Unlversity; Speclal Erojects Division of Robert S. Dletz, Institute of oceanograplqr, E.S.S.A., Atomi-c Energr Commissj_on, l.iashington, D.C.; and Donn Gorsline, University of BerkeLey. Southern Californla.

April 26 SEATTLE-TACOMA, Tuesday evenjrg, This progran is an attenpt to satisfy jlterest ir rarlne 7:00 P.l'I. (Social Hour at geolory by provldilg post-graduate training for earth 6:00 P.l.{.), Pooalte Dog Cafe, sclentlsts and others in related fle]ds. Tultlon rates Fife, Washlngton, I$orthwest are: Frofessional, i}125t Student (presently enrolled jx qeological Sggiet{,,,The a graatuate program at an lnstitution of hlgher education), 1e_a1" ion .ijc [ween Tec ljonics $60. on-campus housjrg is available for re,rried couples j,nll !',. l,: ,nis',r -n Llie :erIiary as wel-l as slngle men and wonen. For flrther lfforrc.tion of Western Washington and please urrite or telephone I€tters anal Science Extension, oregorLtt by Parke D. Snavely, Universlty of CaliJornia, Berkeley, Californla 94120; U.S.G.S., IJbnlo Park. THornwall 5-6000, extension 1061 (area code 415). Poge 3

HAROLD B. RATH}IELL

Harold B. RathweU, retired Continental oil Company geologlst, passed away on February 14, 1966, at his home in Paradise, Cafifornla. ttRatstt uas a l-ong-time Ventura resldent and for many years was actlve in the atevelopment of the Slan l'tiguetito Fie1d.

He was a member of AAPG, Pacj-fic Sectlon and the Coast GeoJ-ogical Society. He is stuvived by his wjfe, Grace Braaty Rathwell-.

COAST GEOI,OGICAI SOCIXTY

0n Thursatay, Iub.rch I?, at thejJ monthly dinner meeting' the coast Geological Society heard a very inieresting paper on the Stevens Channel Sand atevelopnent in the MEMORIAL i,lcKittrlck F1eld t1tled 'Reiuvenatlon of a lired oil- W. R. Barlow Fleld,r' 1,rir1ch was presenied by i,l. Jack I(appeler and J1m Herbl-in, production geologists in 'Iidewater 0i1 Co. W. R. Barlow, Divlsion Paleontol-ogist anai Blostratl- They truced the history of l,lcKittrick from the days of grapher for the Northern Cal_ifornia Divlsion of Standard open-pit ttoil niningtt and. Klonaij.ke 0i1 Companyrs 011 Coreany of California j-n Bakergfield, was kill_ed in Shano.ock I Potter sand d.lscovery well through flanlr an automobile accj-dent near corman, California, Sunday exploration in the r40ts to the penetration of the morni-ng, Febnrary I3, 1966. Thls sudaien tragedy has Stevens sand by a well which faileil to d.iscover the oil robbed Bi1lts close associates and the petroleum inalustry pool and, finally, that of a competitor which did. At at large of a talent that was considerable. present, sone 45 Stevens we11s have dellneated a (sub- n'arine) channel sancl extendirg from McKittrlck tfrough He was a true product of the lndustry, having been born Asphalto to Elk Hi-]Is from a northwesterly source. At the son of a driller in l'lhlttier, Cal-ifornia, on the I4cKirtrlck iL 1s strongly t11ted up to the sou"hwesL 10th of January, 1925. During Biflts early years, the agalnst the l"lcKittrick fault; o11 is trapped in nwprous fanily moved to .[aft, and it tras there in rhe mldst of lndlvldual turbldite sands along updip pinch-outs with the prolific westslde producirg area that he was raised. at least nlne separate oil-uater contacts. There is and graduateal from high school. lIlth thls background it perplexing varlatlon ln oil gravity, ps/oil ratio, C02 uas, perhaps, natural that Bill would select a career in content of the gas, anal in sand character, various mem- petroleum. He attended the Universlty of Cal-ifornia in bers of the Stevens contalnjlg everything from gr.anite Berkeby from 1945 to l-949, graduating with a Bachelor of boulder conglornerate to fjle s1lty sand. Iulessrs. Sclence degree in geolory. i(appeler anal Herblin conclud.ed with a plea for more exploratlon beneath present oit fields along the llnes In August, 1949, he rras enployed by the Standard 011 of their Stevens play. In view of the 1-in-63 success Company of CaljJornia in Taft as a micropa.l_eontologist. ratio of economic discoveries to wlldcats currently It was from this initlal assigrulent that he gained an experlenced in the U.S.A., the industry might weIl heed iJttense lnterest ln blostrutlgraphy to the exlent that their aalvice. he uas from that tirne on a life-long student 1n this special area of the earth sciences. This lnterest, in SAN JOAQUIN GEOIOGICA], SOCETY add.itlon to experience gaired. in paleontotos/ and through varlous field asslgninents from Southern California to one hunatred twenty-eight geologists anal friencts attenaleal Alaska, especially equipped. him with the tool_s to pursue the l.b.rch meetlJlg of the San Joaquin Geologlcal Society. his main area of lnterest: the integration of biotogic Attend.ance has been encoufaged by the change of neetjrg and petrologlc data into the neanlngful model of geoLoglc place, preparati-on of our own steaks and addltlon of a +eA h^' Il 4rrtqwut'^-lr ^. raffle to pay for the li-qu1d refreshnents. Monetarily, these chEnges have been so successful that the Society Billts principat avocation uras his abj-ding interest in has been able to bW a &vel and also a ncr+ rrojection his fe11ow nan in general, but to those j-n neeal jx particular. 0n the job, he was counselor and consultant to the younger geologlsts anat paleontologists who would Noninations for offlcers for the comlng year are: seek his heIp. Off the job, he was frienCl and confldant to nany. Dlllng the past three years this jrterest led^ President: Bob ortalda, Standard hj:n to participate in youth counselling through Special ffnie Rennie, Tidewater Interest Petroleun D(plorer Post 200, serving as Advisor and Corudttee Chairman. Tlrough this particular associa- Vlce-hesident: trTed Green, I'[iller & York tion a number of high school nenbers have identlfled JiJn 0rNeill, Consultant geologr and other vocatlons in petrol-eum as their pre- qaFrafsP\r. fer1'eal lnterest in plannlng for their college studies. vvv.vw(IJ. Chet Rudel, Standard. HeruXr Walrond, Sunland Ref. BiU was a nFnber of the l.btional AAPG and STPM. He also belonged to the Pacific Section AAPG and was a former Treasurer: Bob Hoffman, Consultant Chairman of the Bakersfielai Biostratigraphlc Seminars. Lou Villanueva, Tlalewater

He gave freely of himseu ancl uhatever was his in a way Representative to Hop Conger, SheU that was special to the occaslon. Pacific Section AAPG Bob I'hrrison, occid.ental

He would not have it so, but his friends and associates, An excellent paper was presented by Jack I€ppeler and both contemporary and othenrise, nourn hls untlnely Jim Herbljl of Tideuater entj-t1ed 'neJuvenation of a passirg. Tired 011 Fj-eld, I"lcKittrick, Kern County, Califoryiia.rt Poge 4

CAREM, SYMPOS]IIM AIVD EMPIOYMENT II\TIMVIEWS Two f1eld. trj-ps, on october 23 and. 27, into the Colorado AAPG-ffiM CONUEIfIION. ST. IOUIS. .qIR,IL E5-EA ffont Range will be conducted. ix conJunction with the meeting. These trips rril1 erryhasize the study of A Symposium on geological careers and employnent has been sedinentary structur€s as applied to petroleum exploratio4 plarmeal for Monday afternoon, Aprll A5. Thls event hr111 be an outstandlng one, brilgug together ej-ght emlnent A full round of soclal activlties for both gpologlsts geologlsts llho uill discuss various aspects of current and theiir wives has been scheduled for the meetixg. and future trends 1n geological careers and emplo)ruent Highligfrtixg this aspect of the convention will be an opportunities. lt is thus designed for the benefit, not art show at the Hllton Hotel featurjrg selected e)(anples only of students, but also of those with professlonaf of art in various forrns created by geologists and their geological erperience. Tfune will be allotteal between wives i:r the RoclSr [buntajx area. talks for discusslon from the floor. An outline of the progran is as follows: Facllities for emplolment intenrlews at the Convention wlU be available both to students and professionals Speaker Trnni n seeking approprlate positions, not only ix petroleun 1. lo@-J. oavis rrFuture of the PetroLeuo geol-o$r, bul jx other flelds as weII. Industry anat 1ts fl[pact on ceological HlploJrlnent tl corudttee chalrmen responsible for the organization of this meetlng have also been announced by General 2. Eugene L. Jones rrOpportu:lities for Geological ChaiflEn 0g1e. They are Earl G. Grjffith, Assistant Research 1n the Petroleun cflalruant Roberb J. Weimer, hogram, Wall'en B. scobey, fxdustryrt Exhlblts; Donald B. l,lacKenzie, Reg'istration; Robert L. Rayl, Houslng; George S. Garbarixl, Technlcal Servicesi 3. George V. Cohee [Careers uith the U. S. John H. Do11off, Pubuclty; Donald S. Stone, Geological Survey and other Eltertailmenti Trowbridge cross, Field Trlps; J. F. Federal Agenclestt Dechaalenedes, Transpor[ation; William l'i. lilhitley, Rrbllcations; J. A. I"lrtliJrax, Firance; Charles Severy, 4. Carl c. Branson rrcareers wlth State Geoloplca1 Reception and l"h.ry Lou Kincald, Iadies hogran. Surveysn

5. Charles R. L. oder rrceological EryIoyment in the RXJIAEN.{IION OF' A TIRED OIL FIELD Mining Inalustryrl I\tcKittrlck, Kern County, Callfornla By Kappeler and G. 6. Iniing S. Fisher rrAn Acad.emic Career-Teaching N. J. J. Herblin C€olory as a kofessionrl ABSTMCT 7. Paul H. hice lropportunit ies for r'.nrFloynent The l\icKittrlck 011 in Construction antl Highway Field, Iocated 40 niles west of Geol-oSrrl Bakersfield, Callfornia, in the San Joaquin Valley, was the scene of exploratory drilllng al-ong the Stevens B. Howard A. l4eyerhoff trRelocation and Reorientation Sand Charmel deposit followjxg the discovery of the of the Unenployed Experlenced Asphalto 0i1 Field. The Stevens pool of the l,lcltlttriclc Geologisttl O11 Field was discovered in Ju1y, 1964, and, to date, 43 welIs have been coffpletetl underlying sllaIlow zone productlon. The pool, lylng at a depth of 2?5O-4O50 feet rem'lned undiscovered for over 75 years, although several NBEYOI{D TIIE BORH{oI,E'' TO BE THEI,IE OF l6th exploratory wells wer€ drilled in the area. ReJuvenation of this fleld is demonstrated. by the past 20 years of A}N.UAL MEIIT{G OF GEOIOGISTS Ii{ DE},I\Tffi production from M7 wells whlch averageal sughtly under 900,000 barrels annuauy as compared wlth 3.45 million bara'els 1n 1965. Genercl Chai.flrEJl Burdette A. ogle of Denver IIaS arD:rounceal that 1500 Geologists and wives are expected to assemble Nine individual- oil- and gas zones have been alellneated jx Denver for the 16th annual neeting of the Roclry wlthjx the pool which is locateal on the southwest edge of I"buntaln Seciion of the Arnerlcan Assoclatlon of the channel deposlt dlrectly underlying shallolr zone Petroleum ceologlsts, which w1ll be held october :5 productlve fimifs. Closure is entirely stratlgraphic on through 27 at the Hllton Hotel. The Roclry l,lowtain the up-r.rarped edge of these seallnents whlch dlp steepty Association of Geologists, the local society, wi1l host to the northeast. Complex llthologic changes occur thls reglonal neeting. within the sands with resulthg anoltrlous reservoir conalitions. Individual oi1 gravltles vary from 21 to 5l trBeyond The technical program, and the theme the Boreholerl d.egrees API and gas encoultered varies fron 6.4 to 35 ls designed to eqfrasize the future potentlal of continued percent CoA content. exploratlon for, and development of, new petroleum r€serves and related eners/ sources in the RoclQr As a result of the development of this pool, the follow- l"lountajx area. The appucation of new rrethods and ing conclusions were reached: (1) Iow permeablDty technj-ques in exploratlon, as well as attention to the s11ty sands are susceptible to sand-fracturj.ng in future potential of oll shale and coal resources, lrill be California, (2) redriuirg nonproductlve straight holes stressed. il a stratlgraphic reservoir can pay off, (3) one, two or three exploratory dry holes 1n an old field do not Dr. Robert J. !trejfler, kogram Chairnan and professor at necessarily condeml a potentlal sand reservoir, (4) new the Colorudo School of }4iJles, has announced that the pool discovery statistics will lrprove 1n Caufornia if tecMical program will lnclude approxjrEtely 40 papers. increased concentration is center€d on drilffug These w111 be presented iJI a serles of six hau-day exploratory wells 1n ofd fields. syrrposia unCler the generul headirgs of : I) Reg'ional Develognents, 2) Research and Developnents ix cumllative pool productlon through Decenber, 1965, hras Exploitatlon, 5) Use of Sedi-mentary Structures jx 2.06 million banrels of eI to 31 degree API oll and Bxploration, 4) Recent Advances in Exploration Tools, 2O3B MI'fiF gas from 42 wells; floring' fl"InFjxg and 5) Relationshlp of Petroleum to Reglonal Stratigraphy pumping, wells opercted by Tidewater' Standard' W. W. and 6) Stratlgraphlc Trap Case Histories. Ho]lnes, Atlantic aJId F. J. Stefarich. Poge 5

AAPG SURUEY DESCRIIES S{ORTAGE ItIt cannot even be assur€d,rr states the survey, tlthat lOO OF GEOIOGY - GEOPTrySICS GRA.DUATES percent of Ph.D recipients are avallable for enploJruent, as an increaslng percentage going post-doctoral g0 are into Morc than percent of the hundreds of job opportunj.ties research ard some are foreign students returnlng to their available graduates jx ll to coll_ege the fleld oi geophysics vrr.rnr.m vvsrernnllhtfrr . wi]I go begging 1n the next three years. J The AIPG survey concludes that the excess demand for According to an a.nalysis and survey just released by The geophyslclsts be satlsfled. prjxcipally from stuclents petroleLm will Anerlcan Association of Geologists here, ihere graduatjng 1n other related fields, such as physlcs and is a particularly acute shortage of geophysicists, a fact engineerilg. In this area, holrcver, the survey points out, which is refLected 1n the higher startlng sal_arles bej_ng emrDloyers rrust compete with the growjrg alemand for these offereat new rEn in this fieLd. graduates ix electronics, oceanography, antl the space program, as wel-l as in the traditional areas of Ctemand. However, the over-al] demanal for both geophysicj_sts and geolog'ists, r,,rtr1ch decllned from I95Z to 1962, nou shows Whll-e the domestic departments of major o11 conpanies a modest but defixlte upswlng. contjxue to be the largest present employers of geolog'ists, this segrcnt of the geologlst population is not lncreasing, At the same time, the numbers of geolo$/ and. geophysics according to the AAPG report majors and graduates j-s increasing, but not at a great enough rate to elininate anticipated shortages. The greatest percentage increase in geolog"ist emplolrment is by mini:rg coffpanles (51 percent), unlversity and fn fact, during the three-year perlod ending 1n 1962, 1t coll-ege faculties (Se percent), lnterrational departments is probable, says AAPG, that the number of new geophyslcs of major o11 companies (i% percent), lndependent o1t graduates available for emploJment will not be more than companies (2o percent), and Federal anat state surveys ten percent of the job opportLmities. 1 'l o nonnon+ \ \+r'yvrvvrru/.

The report appears jl the Decenjber lssue of the nBul_Let1n These employment statistlcs do not reflect about 2,800 of The Anerlcan Association of Petroleum Geologlsts.r It seu-enployed geologlsts, nor geologlsts employed in the was compiled by three professional petrol_eum geologists, space program, or by miscellaneous state, county, and J. S. Royds, Continental 0i1 Co., I{ew york, N.y.; H. L. runlci-pa1 agencies. Thomsen, Shetl 0i1 Co., New York, I'J.y.: and J. Wi ponca-City, Strickland, continental 011 Co., Oklahora. tbjor oil companiest dorpstlc operations contjxue to be the largest employer geophyslcists and segnent lhe points of thls is report out that rajor oi1 companies provide still growing, according to the AAPG survey. 0n the basis almost 45 percent of the job opportunitles, while of percentage lncrease, however, the swvey indicates that universlties, colleges, and Federal and state agencies the nost rapid future growth in geophysiclst employment percent. account for a,nother 55 will be in university and college faculties, fouowed by service anal consultilg coupanles, mining companies, in ftreatest delBnd are new graduates with l,b.sterts degrees Fecleral and state surveys, and international deparNments who have had field courses and have stressed, advanced of maJor o11 companles. geological and basic sciences 1n their acadenlc work. Dornestic operations of maJor oll companies offer mildfitul AAPG reports thai the number of geol_ory najors in U. S. years j-n career oppoftunlties duri.ng the next three for new schools reached an all-time high 1958, but decUxed. geologlcal graduates and for geologlsts with more than continuousl-y through 1962. The study shows a continuous five yearst experience, the report forecasts. This increase through 1967, but does not indicate that the I9b8 ernploylng group wiu seek 45 percent of total- alerEnd. peak w1l-I be reached. l€jor oi1 conpany domestic operations will also make the Between 1962 and l_967, lncreases among senlors and largest derEnd for geophysical gracluates. Forty-five graduate students iJ] geologr 50 mjoring will amount to percent of the new geophysical grad.uates will be sought percent each. the same period, there In wilt be an 85 by the majors for domestic operations. percent increase in seniors and a 150 percent increase in gl".duate students najoring in geophyslcs. Houever, these figures will be offset by the folloliirg factors: The survey indicates that in 1967 there uill be approxi- ilately 11667 senior geolo$/ naiors anal 2,802 graduate About 7 percent of the greduates are foreign siudents. . .but onLy 274 Bachelorts degree graduates, students who return to their native countrles. 2I0 lqsterrs alegree graatuates and. 276 Ph.D graduates many change maJors, or for other reasons, do ' avallable for emploJrment that year. not go jnto geo1ory or geoptqrsics. A signlficant number of graduate students in geoscience rlE,jor in sonle other science at the Bachelorrs aiegree level. NUiTSE RY NEWS Some transfer to ul4iversiti-es outslde the U. S. JIM RUHLE (Standard-la Habra) anat his wjJe, carolJrn, An ixcreasing number are enterlng the arned forces announce the blrth of thelr second chilal, a boy, or the Peace Corps. Roger, born January 21, 1966.

There is an lncreasing tendency to prolong com- pletlon of graaluate work while doing research sponsored by the Government, unj_versitj_es, industry, or other instltutions. Poge 6 PEiTSONIA!. ITE}AS RoGm NEWDECK, a February graduate from Coloraalo School of Mines, has Joined the Dcploration Department for Standard at 011dale. B0B LIMBInM, Standard-Ia llabra, will not have anJr excuses for missllg a tee-off tlme now. Bob uon a VI-ILLIAM L. m'FINGR, Asslstant Chief Geologist, Standard r'lalnut m.ntle clock for wiruring third place 1n the 011 Company of California, Westeryl Operations, Inc.' uho Standard oil Southern Division Twiligfrt GoIf League. has been in San FYancisco for the last several- years ix Approximtety 40 gofers took part in this annual that capacity, announced his earty retirement the other tournanent held over a period of 5 nonths. day. BiIl has not reached the age of mandatory retire- nent by ar\y means, but as he said, hets retlrlng while Uith only one week to go, the Stanalard 011- Exptoration, he 1s still able to get arou:lat and carry on active fiel-al I-a Habra, bowllng team is leading the I'lents Commercial work. He has plans to do some detailed u.rban and League at the Highland BowI. Captatued by BILLY K. suburban geologic nappj-ng in the Wal-nut Creek area of RmD, other players are SIIESS SCHESSm., BOB l'lcCRAE, Contra Costa countY near his home. B0B LII{DBIOI'I, MARSH AYRES anai JERRY WARD. Bill has just completed over 51 years of serylce with ORVITT,E HART is a new hire in Standard.rs Exploration Stanalaral Oil Cornpanies. He graduated from the Unlversity Department, La llabru.. orviUe hails from Te)@s and of CaljJornia and obtajred an M.S. degree in paleontolory has a Ph.D. from Wlsconsln. and jl l-934 began a 9 nonthsr tour of aluty as an engineer in Richmonal, and also as a geopnysical scout for the JOHN SPANGLER, Standard-Ia Habra, recentl"y returned compa.nJr 1n the San Joaquln Val-Iey. This was followed by from a monthts FoflEtion Evaluation school- 1n a number of years in forelgn areas. In the years 1955 - San FYancisco, but iJlstead of gaining lreight on that 1939, he was geologist in Colombia with Richmond tour of duty he lost 7 pounais. No reasons were given Petro]eum Company of cotombia, a Standard. oil subsidiary. other than hard work. Thls was followeat by 5 years in Batavla 1n the I'lortheast fndles ulth NPPI'I. trfom 1942 to 1952, he was lrith the Most of the Humble Bakersfield Exploration office force Callfornia corpany, working 1n New Orleans and at times stitl cantt believe that their move to Ios Angeles is out of 't'aLlahassee and ln various eas-r,ern states. Durug pernanent. In fact, there are a few holdouts workiJlg in ihis period he was, for a bfune, Dlstrict Geologlst in Los Angel-es and coruruting to Bakersfielai. Lexington, Kentuclqr, arld from ls49-52 was DQloration Superintendent for the company. trTom 1952-1955 he worked Tialewaterts IIARoLD SUGDEI'J (Venturu) gathered a corps of in San tr?ancisco as Speci-a1 Representative for RICAL, and other diving fanatics together, got lnto a fast motor- from 1955-59 he l,ias wlth California Exploration Company boat, and ntsde the long run out to San Nlcolas Island as Special Representative first, and then as Chief last week for the express purpose ol permanently altering Geologlst with headquarters in San FYErcisco. It uas jx the ecological balarce betveen lobsters and abalone and 1959 that he Joined Western operations, fnc.' as the remaixder of the nnrjre population. He reported Asslstant Chief Geologist to Wllliam F. (8i11) Barbat. lobsters so large that when they were grabbed, 1t became a question of who was coll-ecting whon. Our congratulations on his retirement and very best wishes for his sel-f-imposed aluties as a field Seologlst I€tters from former Shell geologist, SIG HAMANN, tell of in the beautlful San llamon VaU-ey. pleasant, easy livlng in the International Petroleum Compa^nJrts vitlage at Ta1ara, Peru. Sig 1s plaruring to visit californla d.urjng the conlng sumler.

Effective in April, tsoB IG0PSOHOT is appolnted Divlsion &, Geophysicist for the I'lorihern California Dlvision of Standard, 01lda1e. I'10zu"{ JOKffiST replaces ROITAND0 I4RA Irl l:iil as Dlvision Geophyslclst for the Southeni CaLifornia [,t Dlvislon at la llabra. Norm is tryirg to figure out a uay to have his swirming pool moveat to the I,a Habru area at conpany expense. Rolanalo is belng transferred to the [(( Home Offlce of Standard ix San trYancisco as Staff C.eop\yslclst, effective in l6y. \'

i JI],I ml'lSLEY, Gulf, Bakersfield, sVS the way to win a gou match is to spraln an ankle and work on the syrnpathy of the opponents.

JoHN BEAI,L, Shell-, has been transferLed to the l6,riJ1e Division from Bakersfield.

B0B BLoCHER, Shell-, is the new District Geologlst in Bakersfietd, ttansferri.ng frorn a sinilar positlon in Ventura.

JACK CLAIIE and JII4 orllEIL have had greater success finding water than they have been havirg 1x finding oil. At any rate, their l-atest water wel-1 in the olcese Ranch recelved front page coverage jx bhe Bakersfield tllf we can tem both, we can afford that suite Californlan. at Universal Towers.rl Poge 7 BIBTIOGRAPiIY Data on uater wells in the eastern part of the Antelope Vauey area, Los Angeles, California, ot RecENt t PU8!.tqA'iloNs by J. H. Koehler. 4o P., 2 figs.

U. S. G]IOK]GTCAI SUTVI]Y A progress report on the test-wel1 dri1l1ng program in the west part of Antelope Valley, california, by Professionill Paper 4,3-H:. Hydrolo$/ of cuan, R. l"l. B1ody, Jt., 20 p., 2 figs. by P. E. l,Jard, S. ii. Hoffard, and D. A. Davis $I.00 A geohydrologic recormaissance of the Saratoga Spring Professioiral Paper 44t-tli Dara of geochemistry area, Death Vatley National Monument, California, by --Chemistry of the j-ron-rich sedi'nentary rocks, F?ed Kunket, wlth an appendjx by T. W. Robinson, by H. L. James +0.45 b p., 2 figs. Professional Paper 53?-Ct An acld funarolic cround-water condltions for 1965 at the lubrjxe Corps TwentJmjxe by W. Gi.essner gas from I(11-auea Iki, Itauail, by I(. J. l4urata 90.15 Base, Pallns, california, F. anal S. G. Robson. 27 P., 6 figs. Bulletin l.2Z4-A'. Changes in stratigraphic nomenclature by the U. S. Geological Survey, CAIIFORI{IA DTVTSIOI! OF MINES AND GEOINGY 1964, by G. V. Cohee and W. S. ltrest lco.30 Erlleti:r 154: Part 1: Klamath l,trountains. i'iater Supply hper 1498-I: lotal_ bed-materj-a1 Chapter 5: Chronlte deposits of Shasta, Tehama, discharge in afluvial channels, by F. i{. Chang, Trlnlty, and Humboldt Coutrtles, Callf., by tr'. G. Wells and H. E. llawkes dtr Rn D. B. Simons, and E. V. Richardson $O.ZO LJater Supp1y Paper 1795: l,trater resources of the Bull-etin 182: Geologlc gulde to I'{erced Canyon and Hurnboldr River Valiey nea!' Wlnneuucca, Nevada, Yosemj-te Valley, Callfornia, by Rodney J. Arkley, bJ/ Pbirip cotren and others $S.Zf et aI. (First Prjntlng, 1962. Reprlnt, 1966) $1.50

Geophysical .qbstracts 299: February 1966, by Buuetjx 171 : Ibrthquat

GQ-455: Geologic map of rhe Caire Spr_Ln_ Special Report 89: Deep-water sedlnentary qu,alil,n;le, IWe County, lievadd., by structures, Pllocene Plco For@tion' F. G. Poole, D. P. Elston, and l.I. J. CarT $1.00 Santa laula creek, Ventura Basln, Californi-a, by John c. Crowell' et aI. sl.50 I-4I4? Geologic map of Inaionesla, Peta Geologl Inatonesia. Prepared by Dlrecktorat ceologl county Report: Mlnes and mineral resources Indonesis undef the direction of Soetarjo of Trjnity County, Catlfornia, bY Slglt, Director, and published by U. S. Geological J. c. orBrien, et aI. $3.50 Suwey unater the auspices of Agency for Inter- natlonal Development, Unj-ted States Dept. of Ibp sheet 5: Geolo$/ of the western Val-lecitos State (2 sheets, scale I:2,000,000) $5.00/set SJrncline, San Benito County, Callfornia, by Paul E:Ios $r.so I-4382 keliminary gpolog:ic rE,p of l&Carthy B-5 quadrangle, Alaska, by E. M. I\bcKevett, Jr. $0.50 SCIENCE, vol. I50, no. 37OO, 26 Novenber 1965 I-437r Regional geolory of the l{atee1 River East Pacific Rlse: The nagnetlc pattern and the quaalrangle, Alaska, by W. W. Patton, Jr. s0.50 fracture zones, by lanjik Ta1mn1, Xavler I€ Pichon, and Jarues R. Heirtzler l-44.2 Geologic mp of the Duncan and Canador Peak quadrangles, lrizora and i,lew ]@x1co, by SCIENCE, vo1. 150 no. 3701, 5 December 1965 R. B. Morrison $0.25 Structures 1n carbonate rocks made vlslble by open Filecl Reports (Inspection only): ludnescent petrography, by Robert F. Sippel and Everett D. Glover 0i1 yield and che&ica1 compositlon of sfrale from northern Alaska, by H. A. Tourtelot and I. L. Tallleur SCIENCE, vol. 151, no. 3709, 28 Jarnrary 1966 Results of stream sedirent sarnpilxg ix the llia^una Geologr and the new conservation movement h\r quadrcrgle, .[laska, by kuce L. Reed and Robert Ir. Peter T. Flahm Dettermar. 1 p., 3 sheets (2 flgs., 1 table) Atlantic deep-sea stratigraphy: D(tenslon of Geologic map of the S11ver Ctoud mine, Nevada, absllute clronologr to 520,000 years, by John M. Nelson anal Doak Cox. 3 maps. by Tee-Ir.mg IOr and Wallace S. Broecker Poge I AIVIERICAI{ JoljRML 0F SCIENCE, vol. 264, no. 3, 1966 JoIJRNAL 0F GEOPFIYSICAL RESEARCH, vor. 7r, no. 2, January 15, 1966 Passive continents, spreadlng sea floors anCl collapslng contjxental rises, by Gravlty changes durlng the Alaska Earthquake, by Robert S. Dietz Davicl F. Barres

The settljng of ollvjne 1n Kilauean magrm as offshore gravity anomalies jx the Santa Barbara shown by lavas of the 1959 enrptlon, by Channel, caU.fornja, by Roland von Huene K. J. Mrata anat D. H. Richter anat J. B. Ridlon

GEOIOGICAI SOCIETY OF A].{EF,ICA BIJI,IiflI']N, voL. 77, ceorlE,gnetic potarlty epochs: Sleraa Nevada data, no. 1, January 1966 3, by Richard R. Doell, G. Brent Dauf,rruple, and Al-Ian Cox Cretaceous floras from Ifuk River area, Alaskal Stmtigraphj.c and clim,tic interpretations, Jo{JRI{I|L 0F GEoPHYSICAL RESARCH, vol. 7I, no. 4, by Charles J. Smiley Febnrary 15, 1966

Alluvial fan formation near Ak1avlk, I'iorthwest qua.ntltative comparlson of contour trEps, by Territories, Canada, by R. F. Legget, Daniel F. lerrlam and Peter H. A. Sneath R. J. E. Br.oun, and G. H. Johnston An investigatlon of the early stage of upueuixg Interpretations of gravlty data from the Central along the Oregon Coast, by Robert L. Smith, Coast Flanges and San Joaquin VaIIey, califo1a1is, June G. Pattulo, and Robert K. Iane by P. Edward Byerly tr?ee oscillations excited by the Alaskan Tln Mountain lanclsl-ide, southeastern California, Earthquake, by Stelrart l,l. Smith and the origin of flFgabreccia, by B. C. Burchflel AMmICAN ASSoC rATroN 0F PETROLEUM GEoIrGf STS, fljl,l,glrN, vol-. 50, no. 2, Febnrary, 1966 Iarge lateral displacerent on Garlock fault, Califofllia, as measured from offset fault Deep-sea deposits in but not on the contj-nents, system, by Eugene D. I"Echael by Robert S. Dletz and John C. Holden

SCIENCE, vol. 151, no. 3?I4, 4 l€.rch 1966 Pennsylvani-an arlal Lourer Pernian deposition in Wyoming anal aalJacent areas, by Charles S. Tenney l&.nganese pavement on the Blake plateau, by Rlchard M. gratt and Peter F. McFbrlin Coincidence of structural and topographic highs during Post-C1amo ti:ne in North-Central oxygen and carbon lsotopic corpositlon of Oregon, by John J. W. Rogers llnestones and dolomites, Biklni and H.liwetok Ato11s, by M. cra-nt Gross and Geologlc aspects of origin of petroleun, by Joshua I. Trucey, Jr. Luis M. BaJrks CAj,tporurllAoIL llORLD, second issue, Vol. 59, no. 4, SCIEMIFIC A]4mICAN, voL. 2L4, Febnrary 1966 no. 2, February 1966 Tar sands anal o1l shales, by Noel Nevers de san Ardo: showcase for therrlal r€covery, by BilI Rintoul

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Volume 20 Moy, 1966 Number 5

ASSOCTAnON AC'tlVlTlES

CONTINUTNG EDUCATION COURSE SET FOR JUNE 13-16 CATENDAR

Dr. Daniel A. Busch, Consulting Geologlst of Tu1sa, I'b.y I STANF0RD, I4cnday afternoon, 4:00 will present a four-Iecture course on ttsanalstones- p.m. (coffee at 5:45), Room 320, Applied subsurface stratigraphy. . .signiJlcance and ceologl Etilding, Journal CIub methoals of reconstructing paleodepositlonal environ- of the School of Earth Sciences' ments,rl at the l4obll Audltorium, 612 South Flower St., trAn experfunent to measure the Los Angeles, on June l.3, l4, l-5, anal 16 from 5 p.m. to piezomagnetlc effect in seis- 6 p.m. The fee ($fo to $15, depending on enrollnent), micauy active areasrrr bY Shel- wi1l include a brief sytlabus and Lrill- be reimbursible don Bnenner, gradlrate stualent 1n rxlder nost companiesr educational reflrnd plans. Geophysics, aral rExperifiental Studies ix the system Albite- This 1s the fi-rst of a series of courses to be pre- orthoclase-Water,tr bY Hans Seck, sented unaler the A.A.P.G.ts ContiJluing Educatlon researeh asslstant in Geoto$/. Program. This progran of geologlcal lrrefresher coursestt offers comprehensive cover?ge of recent anal I'by 9 BAI@SFIEI,D, lbnday evening, cun"ent developnents ix new concepts anal techniques 7:30 P.M., Bakersfield College, rel-ated to petroleum explorution. It has met with Science and Ergineerirg Building, irmealiate nationwicle response, wi-th over thirty book- Room 56, Biostratiffaphic ings received jx the four months sjrce the program llas Seminar, rtForu.minifera from the announceil. Ted L. Bear ls ChalflIan of the Pacific Louer Cretaceous of the Devils sectlonrs progr?m, belng given ill Los Angeles. Den Area, Kern County, california,tt by lti. c. C. Church, Dan Busch, Iecturer for the first Los Angeles course, Paleontotoglcal- Consultant, has worked in petrol-eum exploration and research for Bal(ersfle1d.. Carter 01I, Zephyr Petroleun and Huntley & Huntley, antl has taught at ohio State, University of Pltts- I,hy 10 BAKmSFIH,D, Tuesday evenlng, burgh, University of Tulsa, and Uni-verslty of okla- 6;50 P.M., (tiaPPY Hour, homa. He is the author of numerous publications on 5:50 P.M.), Arnerican Legion applled subsurface stratigraphy relatecl to oil and. tla1l, 17th and L Streets, gas occw'rence jx stratlgraphlc traps. one local @, geologist who participated ix a short course on sand- rBesurc of Ground l4later stones given by Busch jx North Texas has rated it as Hydrolory in the SoutherYl the most valuable experlence jl hls entire educational San Joaqufu Va1ley, California,rr background. The course to be given in Los Angeles L,as by Dr. John l4anning, recently presented to I71 geoloSlsts in corpus Hydrodevelopu€nt, Inc.' t hni cf i TFY' q Bakersfleld.

Announcements ano registration cards rill be lEiled I'E'y 10 VENTURA, Tuesd.ay evening, 7:30 to Los Angeles area nEmbers in the near future. In-- p.n. (HaloV Hour, 6:50 P.m.), terested geolog'ists are urged to return the registra-- Jet nooe, 1944 Thompson Avenue, tion carats promptly, as the fee for the course 1'1111 Coast Geologicar. gooi-e+rF rran reflect the anticipated effollnent. Anafysts of the StratlgaphY and Ilydrocarbon Reservolrs of the santa Barbara Embayrent rrrith Em- SPRING PICNIC, I']EI,D .TEP, phasis on offshore Potential,tr COLF TOI'RNEY SEI IOR JUNE 5d by I'bnue1 Castro, Consultant.

The Annual Sprlng Plcnic will be held on trYid.ay after-- I\bY 1I BERKHTEY, Wednesday afternoon' noon, June 3d, at the tradltional Pico Canyon renatezvous, 4:OO p.m., Universlty of Ca11- accoralirg to Pi-cnic Olralrrnan Don Hagen (Tercaco, Ventura). fornla, 141 Earth Sclences Ivlilt Zenl (standard, oildale), i-n cltarge of the Golf El1ldlng, rrThe SerPentlne kob- Tournanent, has schealuled that event for the Elkjlrs 1em--opus Z,tt bV NoflEn Page, Fianch course at Fillinore. The neet uill be limlted to U.S.G.S., l@nlo Park. 25 forrsones, startjrtg from 7:30 to 10:50 a.n. cost per person r,rirr ue $4 ($3 green fee, $r prize money). lby 16 STAIIFORD, l,londay afterYloon' 4;00 p.n. (Coffee at 3:45), Room 520, The field. trip is tentatively planned. for the S1Inl Geolosr Buildjng, Jow?al club Uplift/Santa Susalta thrust area. Detalls anal reserva- of the School of Earth Sciences,tt tion cartls for field. trip, gou and plcnlc uiu be na1Ied to nenbers in mid-Iby. pjan and RjJt VaUeY Geolo$rtr, by D6s1re6 Stuart-Alexander, gradrEte student ln C€olory. Poge 2

I€y ,5 STAAIFORD, l,londa.y afternoon, 4:0O EXECUTTVE Co!IMITTm, PACIFIC SECTION p.n. (Coffee at 1i45), Roon 3?0, A}.{ERICAJ'I ASSOCIATIONI OF PETROI,EUI"T GEOLOG]STS Geolo$r ElildjJlg, Jorllnal club of the School of Earth Sciences, Robert R. finapp President Jobn F. Curran Vlce-Presldent 'rPetrolory and structure of- Wrrlla,D F. Eclmondson Secretery Pre-cambrjan rocks of a portion lbms L. i{r'lght Treasurer of the Southern trfont Range, Jobu N. Te4)enlng Edltor Coloraclo,,t by R. A. Wobus, Eryene R. OrFlg, Jr. Past PrEsideat graduate student 1n Geolory. Edward. A. Itreu. Coast Repl:e6entatlve Robert R. I'lorrlson San Joaquin Repr€sentatlve I'JhY P5 BRKEI.iEY, Wed.nesday afternoon, ASSOCIAED SOCIETY IEIEGAES 4:00 p.n., University of Callfornia, 141 Earth Sclences HetJ-lp E. Persons Sac ranento Bu11ding, ttBroposed Origin of Dean L. Morgrldge A]'aska Dana B. Braislln NortbneBt Subsurface Therual tsrixes, Cordon B. Oakesbott Nortbern Ca-Llfomia Iqoerial Vatley, Califorrlj-a, rt by lfed A. F, BeffXr, Departrrent of GeoIoSr and Geop[yslcs, PAC ]F]C PETROLEUi{ GBOLOGIST U.C. Berkeley.

Pubtlsbett monthly by ure pACIFIC SCTION Atrerican Associatton of petroLern GeoLqElsts lay 30 STAI{FoRD, lbnday aftemoon, 4:0O Addr€sg c(munlcatlons to tbe paclflc Fetrolew p.m. (Coffee at 5!45), Room 520, Ceologlst, P.O. Box 12485, Foy Station, tos AngeLes, Geolory Erilding, Journal ClUb Californla 9O0IT of the school of EarllEire, jr Europe,tt by }ff. J. H. l&D. EDilORT T@ Wright whitaker, Senior I€ctur€r at the Assistant Etlltors: Unlverslty of Leicester, IGa Ilecker Leicester, H€land. Don Ea].L SelectedBlbllography LrcyBlrdseJ.L Cartoonlst Jack Nl6bet Jule 2 IOS ANGEiTES, Thursday noon, Rodger Young Auditorlun,956 West CORNESPONIENIS: I,Jashington Bou.Levard, rrkecam- Sedimentary Featu€s Alaska E1T1e Lian brian of Coaat Sruce E. l,taconber the Kjxgston Peak Fornatlon, Los Angeles Bill Reed Death VaUey Reglon--Turbldlte Northvest Ji.m Salveson or TiUlte?'l by Bennle W. Sacrrento Loxell Gurlson Troxel, CauJomia Divislon of San Fratclsco Goltlon oakesbott Mlnes and ceolo$r. San JoaquLn gbeater [. Rudel Menbershlp Sect=tarJr Pat lbtcalf June 14 BAKmSFIELD, Tuesday evening, 6:50 p.m. (Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m.), A.merican l€g:ion HaIl, NNM DUDLINE - MAY 16 17th and IJ Streets, San Joa- qujn Geological Society, r{Jpper Paleocene Ellied Channel in I\by 16 IOS A\IGEI,ES, trbnday evenirg, Sacrarento Valley, tr by J. L. 7:00 p.m., I'6tbil Auditoriun, Payne and A. B. Dickas, 61? South Flower Street, Geo- Standard 011 Co. Iogical Forum, rsa1t DiapFiFm, the lryortance of Tenperature and Hrcr$/ Source of Enplace- Ilpntrtr by irnl1i".m C. Gussow, Union 011 Co. Research Center, kea, CarS-t. sAlr JoAgtIIN GEOIOGTCAL SOCIETY OIF'ICmS AI{NOLNCm t:b,y 17 IOS AI'IGE[.;ES, Tuesday noon, Un1- versity of Southeru California, The neuly elected offlcers of the San Joaqujn Geologlcal Room 101, New Sclence I€cture Soclety are: HaII, near 37th and Hoover Streets, rForamlnj_feral Biofa- Pl€sident Robert A. Ortalda Std. Oil Co. of CallJ. c1es, Andaman Sear?r by WiIIiPm E. tr?erjchs, ph.D., Candldate V. President James L. OtNelLl Consultant j:r Geolory. Secretary Chester H. -l,Iednesclay Rudel Std. 011 Co. of CaUf. I'by 18 BERKELEy, aft ernoon, 4:00 p.m., Universlty of CaU- Tr€asurer Robert D. HoffEan consultant fornia, I41 Earth Scrences Bultdlngr ttDcperimental Inves- Delegate to Robert R. l4crrlson Occld.ental petroleum tip,tlon of Thermal antt Elec- Paclflc Corporation trical 0snosls ia Clay-Water Sectlon AAPG Systems,[ by Donald. H. Gruy, Departnent of So11 l\&chanlcs, U.C. Berkeley. Poge 3 p. G. & E. GAS-CoLRACT PoLTCY qUESTToNED r:?ff BY sAcRA.l'{El'Ii'0 PETITOLilJU AsSqqI4EIgN

The folloidng fetter concerns a subiect vital to the health of our professlon 1n California, and thus, deserves the consideration of every petrolelu geologist. You nay irj-sh to call this nBtter to the attention of your state senator or assenblyllan, most of whom uiU be more than noflrElly eager to please bet!rcen now aJld November' sAc*J"rEtno PETROLEU,I ASSOC IATION P. 0. Box 2L&76 Sacramento, Callf ornia l€rch 30, 1966 l'tr. R. H. Gerdes ChalrtrE'n of the Board Paclfic Gas ancl Electric Company 245 l€rket Street San trYanclsco, california LONG XIEACH TIARBOR FIELD TRIP. I\.TARCH 26th, 1966. Atop e boom n6.F nrh f:aFdae. days of the Long Beach fleld, while Convention General (Humle) chaifl[Etn BrT,T, EMERSON holds the mlcrophone. The Sacrafiento Petroleu.n Associatlon is deeply concenred over the Paclfic Gas and Electric Conpargrrs restrlctive pollcy governirg the punchase of northern California natural gas. This policy is damaging not only to the petroleun industry, but to the econonsr of northern Present were l{napp, Cunan, Edmond.son, }fi.lght, Ter- Cal-1fornia. tr'or thls reason, the Assoclation 1s pening, 0rwig, and Morrison. addressing itself directly to you jx order to fi-nd a satlsfactory solution to the problem. A rction to extend a Voting l,lembershi_p on the Executlve Conrnittee to the Northern Caufornia Delegate, and to The petroleun industry 1n northern California is lnvite the Sacramento area to share in this reDresenta- confronted with a serj.ous and perplexing problen: tion, was approved. producers are selling less gas for less income ir the face of a alrafiatically expandj-ng Jnarket. Betueen 1950 Connittee appointrnents are nearly cofipleted.. They LriU and 1965, the volume of p.s consuned jx the northen:i i-nclude a representative on the AIFC Professional Status market, accortling to PG&E, trlpled. Durlng the same Coffiiittee who wiU provld.e lialson betlreen the paclfic period, the da11y aver?ge production on a per weII basls Section and the A-IPG on matters affecting legislatlve declined by fifty per cent. efforts to regulate the geological professlon. Today, the gas-sales contract between PG&E and the producer of gas 1n northeflr californla is, cormonly, so A nore efficlent and econonic scheduHxg of Distln- jxvestor, guished l€cturer tours, under full Pacific Section minimal and restrictive that the ilhether oil fi:rancial sponsorship, 1s to be aieveloped by tr''orum company or independent, has little or no incentlve to Cllalrnan Bill Hughs, who will also javestigate the explore for ga,s in this provixce. The explorer can no possibllity of scheduling occasional evenlng Fonm longer expect a return on his investment within a meetirgs jJl Long Beach, Orange County, anal other out- reasonable length of ti-me. The proclucer mrst now lying areas more convenient to the homes of Los Angeles anticipate havlng his exploration ftmds tied up for a Basil geologlsts. fong |tno retunlrt period. He mrst engage in lengthy contruct negotiations; ualt a year, on the average, to Possible A.APG-SPM fleld trlps to the northern Salinas have hls well(s) connected to the plpeline systemt artd Valley or the Ch€rue1 Islands for the trbI1 of 1966 are lrait an addltj-onal umeasonably long period to recover beilg iavestigated. hls jritial jnvestment. ldcreover, the fact can?ot be overlooked that the explorer usually irnrests considerable gas The possible actvantages of annual aualit of Pacific Sec-. sums il dry holes befor€ discoverlng neu resenres. tlon accounts are being evaluated. A iliscovery mlst, therefore, pay for both lts wells and these dry ho1es, as well as for other exploration and The ltsy meeting of the Executive Conmittee wilI be held leaslng costs. 1n BakersfielCt on l€y 10th, at 1:00 a.m. at Slgr}J'ay House, and wiU be open to interested Paciflc Sectlon PGdS lmports great voluflres of natural gas. This, of members. The agenda will include: course, has relegated northern cauJornia to a weak, secondary posj-tlon as a source of gas supply. Today, 1. organization of the }embership Committee, jaclud- the northern Californla provixce 1s, essentlal\r, a 1ng jllproved a renbership drlve ancl maillng services "peak perlodrr source of gas. This is an lnequltable 2. revieu of the Cross-Section Com[tteers plans for sltuatlon in vlew of the unlnterrupted flow, throughout new and revised correlation sections in West Coast the year, of the jJported gas. Increasing the flow of basirts Canad.jan gas may be a long range necessity; however' by 6. discusslon of Sectlon activities, past and future, increaslng the volune of gas !fiported and, at the same from a financi€,t standpolnt tine, perpetuatiJrg the pr€sent policy regardirg the 4. formulatlng a program of education and oplnlon- purchase of local gas, the deterioration of the local poUing relative to State regulatlon of the geological gas econorry w11l be rupldfy accelerated.. If present professlon conditions are allowed to continue, it 1s entirely additlonal ltens uhlch may be discussed as a result of conceivable that a vital part of the Natlonts natural the l\atlona1 Convention; alrd other business. gas resources u"ill rerain undiscovered. Poge 4 The local and State governments 1n Callfornia are being directly affected by PCn&Ers gas-purchaslng policy. The purchase of Canadian naturaL gas diverts Anerican dollars from loca] economj-es to the Canadia/i econor4/. This, coupled uith the serious d.ecrease in local exploration activity, and the attendant reatuction in expendltures, has the following aalverse results: e%efur**l 6r*u l-. The loss of tax revenues to the State of Caljjornla. 2. The loss of property tax revenues to 1ocaI goverruFnts in cau-fornia. 6. The loss of incorre to Callfornians workilg ix the petroleun industry and rel-ated flelds. GEoTII',IES for l\Arch 1966 carries a trHe1p hfntedrt ad of 4. The loss of lease rentals and proCtuction royaltles special jxterest at the top of Page 42. The ad reads: to local California landowners. 5. The loss of income to businesses dealing dlrectly tt@ to explole mountalnous sectlons or lnd.irectly with the petroleum industry in of Western Interstate Highways. Brperlence in sone or northern California. all of following hel-pful3 alr photo geolory, reslstlvity, seisnic, core drilljrg inspection, nnpping, The petroleum industry expenditures in the Sacranento tururels. Reply to Box 269.11 Basln durirg 1962 totaled. 55 million doIlars. Ttle sun today is consialerabty belor'r this llgure. Wj-th the exceptlon of rrD(perience ln...tunnelsrft the quau-fying areas all apply to any experlenced petroleum The Sacrarnento Basjx holds excellent potential for geologist. Iast experience in Caufornia has jJldlcated additlonal rajor reserves of natural gas. In spite of the d.iJficulty of definlng the specialty of engineering pronotmced decreases fu drilling actlvlty in recent geologr so that it would. not precluale non-engixeerjrg years - 289 ue1ls driUed 1n 1964, jr eontrast to 185 geologlsts from practicing in certajx flelds. The we1Is in 1965 (a one-thtt decrease) - lthich is largely flelds which have given such concern 1n the past have a result of PG&Ers gas-purchase policy, signlfi-cant gas been those of grounOvater geolo$r and landslide dlscoverles are corunon: Iathrop (1961), Ljxdsey Slough recognition antl control. (1962), Dutch Slough (1963) and SherEan Islanat (fs0s; gas flelds. There is littIe question that najor gas It appears that the further inclusion of rrair photo resen/es remain to be dlscovered. Literally hundreds of geolory, reslstivlty, seismic, core dr111irg inspection, sErare mlles in thls Basjn remaln utexplored. (and)...napping" 1n the domajn of engirteerlng geolog/ could inpose serious restrictlons on the professional Neeless to say, the explorer searches for major freedom of petroleun and general geologists. accumrlatlons of gas having l-arge recoverable reserves. I'lore often than not, however, what j-s actuaUy found. is There have been no attempts to jrclude these dlsclpllnes less than antj-clpated.. Gas-sales contr?cts based solely wlthln engiaeerlng geolo$/ in the past. The fact that on producirg recoverable gas ]Jl place (estinEted by they are so included, however, in the countryrs onfy Pc&E personnel) over a tuenty year period make it profession-uiCle neus organ must be considered slgntficant, uneconomj-cal to conplete many we1ls because of low R. H. Paschall - reserve estinrates. The substance of the contract today, vlrtuauy coupels the proalucer to abafiaton small accunulations, thereby leaving the gas 1n the ground.

PG&E is the only pur.chaser of gas of any signjficance COAST GEOI.OGICAI, SOClEf,Y 1n northern Caltfornia. Accomjxgly, the gas producer is competled to l-ook to PG8;E to sell hls ps. There is no apparent basis for the unreallstlcatly low-minj-uun 0n Tuesday, April 12, at thelr monthly djxner meetlng obligation gas-sales contract tlrat pC.&E now offers the at the Jet Room in Ventura, the Coast Geological Iocal producers. Because of this, the SacrarrEnto society u"as add.ressed by Dr. Trlane H. Mccul_loh of the Petrol-eLrn Assocjation is seekirg to rectjJy the present Fuels Branch, U. S. G. S, concernlng nThe Anato[V of inequitable situation and to flnd a solution which wiu the Anticlixal Glant.tr Study of gravity data i_n the produce a favorable econonlc envlronment. Los Angeles Basjx alrew Dr. l4ccullohrs attention to the marked negatlve anomly centered on Santa Fe Springs The Association asks that the proalucers of northern Field, one of the giants of the region, with cwrutative Callforrrla be glven a fair share of the fast-growing productlon o,f 600 mj-Ilion bbls, anal stjl_l mal

Adieus are being said to DICK LyoN who on }6,y I, w111 PaciJlc a_ssume a neu position in Los Angeles as Assiitant Section hesid.ent Robert R. linapp has announced of FJrploration the appoi:rtrnent - Pn?Su. for Unloirs pacific Coast of John N. Terpenlng."'ioj_to" of the Division. Dickrs house 1s Pacijic petroteun Geologist avai:_anfelo, a.rry foi tne"fgo6_oz term. prospective transfers and he rep.orts T.erpening, for many years Ithigir it 1s out of the a geologist for Mobil in New risprr area besides. York anct on the West coast, ies:_g;eo trrai organtzation recently to become a partner in General Conpurer Dickrs replacenent Services 1n as Unlonrs Dlstrict }tsnager of El Segundo. His mailing u00"""", fo, Exploration ix Anchorage correspondents and others, p.0. w111 be DEAN LAUDETIAN from the is Box 909O5, Airport Bakersfletd offlce. Dean 100keal at Dlckrs rrouse, Station, I,os Ange1es, Calif. 90006. decided rui--- he uanteCl to l_ocate a rfur piecen trom the Coot fnlet bluff ]ine. Sorry about that, Dick. Appoixted as Assistant Editors were Robert S. yeats, Shel1, Angeles, .Los and Deane OOerstJ_rcfrn, RanCt Corp. FoRREST E. philtips geot_ogist, Deane is an ex-Standard OiI geologisi. transferred_NELSON, has Just been to Anchorage from garitesvitte.- Forresl has spent 4 sunmer seasons mapping in Alasl€ and hked it so well he askecl to nake 1t a permanent ar.tangement. b.S" contlngent { of Alaskans joumeyed to Long Beach P E iT paclfic SONA!. I TEMS for the recent Sectlon meetUls. We dialnrt notice tgo nany suntans on the retr,rrn6es so apparently the meetings were ueU-attended.. BOB.LEUORSEN, Standard, is escapiag the annual Alaska breakup by spenolng :l"y,C nis vacition cruisjrg on h1s B0B LAI'ON has been transferreal to Anchorage 26-foot sail boat in the CJari_tUean. fron Los handle Mobitrs growing exploraflon activlties *|g:+::,-:"4r ru@5]M. 4 ColnC auay steak stag uas held at Hart park for departing NORM JOKRST, StanOarOra Also Pan Anerican is sending geologist JoHN j.eI@VER ceophyslcist. Division from H. Norm received mar-V u""fuf'aiats"*-ing to Denver to Archorage, to be cooralinator for his geophysical studies fron firmb expanded his eak;,rsiieid friends. We drillia! firogram. l-rk: opportunity to remind n.-w.-cinisTIANSEN !lt" and The I:^TIil9ffi that they were present ario; as can be state of Al_aska has added HAXRY IOcLm, petroleum attested to by nu[erous peafowl at inJ,part. geol_oglst, and 0K GI,IIRETH, petroleum enginebr, i;-th; oil and gas bmnch reflecting the increaled industry - creat Baslns petroleun Corporation actlvlty in the 49th state. sacr€mento has openecl a ofrlce. ceorogisii #; b;Anifu I4ANrol/E CHAR],IE FR]E. and Standardts JoHN KoCH has been transferred to the I paclfic comparurrs Northuest Divlsion Office in Seattle. Various transfers have been effected Good 1uck, John. Company: by Union Olt E. DEATV B. LAUDEl4AN.from Bakersfield H" I,TTZNER| Consultjrg r€nager to .Anchorage as !g]DE ceologist, Iras announced of n:eroratlon, ar""r"li.t.rJi. the removal of his office to 4Ot ldfsnire Boulevard, RICHARD A. LYON from AnchorEC" i;-il-;g"Ies Sulte 402, Santa l4cnica, California sOAf (pnone Afsistant l&lager of Exploraii*, as 2I3-393-4OI?). Dlvlsion; il"rirc coast Effective JOHN CLARK fron Roswell, Mexico {gty t, 1966, ROBERT C. BI,AISDELL is being ryew to Anchorage as appointed Dlvislon paleontologlst cleophyslcist, ino Cneribl,r"". "rou*rro* for the Northern ?i:lrigt -ij"oioil_"t r"orn Californla Division of Standard .ytp-_eq _springs t o .oncnorage ;" O1l Company. HAR\rEy ScHroTTHAuiR has ; beei *il-;;;il A.rea Scout ERNIE for Union at Orcutt. Ilarvey f,as-Ueen*i" RENNIE has resignect from Tiatewater anat he is Balcersfieltt. currently among the unemployed.

- Poge 6 U. S. COAST A}TD GEODE*IIC SURVEY R. G. HUPPI' Exploration Geologist, 1s bejrg transferred iron'seattr6 to rarersfleld for Standalt effective 1966. H]blicatlon4]--z:Farthqual(einvestisationsinthe264 pages' 1965' about June 15, l,,iestern United' staies, 1951-1964' trcnsferred fncm P1IIL SALSTROM' Stanclard, is also being to Ba.kersfie1d. GEOIOGY (I€il OTdETS tO Seattle CALIFORN]A DTVISION OF I'{INES AND Ferry Bu1fd1ng, San Franclsco' clara county (Plate 1 of special NURSEiTY NEWS Geologlc map of santa - RePort 87) '25 Bakersfleld' a daugnter' JO & BOB CRITCHIOW' Occidental' of CaliJornia' A loose-leaf' llbrary 4, 1966, weight 7 lbs' 9 oz' Geologic Atlas the rufi", on Aprll ;;;;-;ild"t Gs-t/z jnches) ' rnctuded wlth ton""iu"-strlps to accommodate all binder are enough the oi in" sheets oi tne geolo4c map antl aII of data sheets, i" t iitre page- ano instructlon sheets. "" "uii $7'00

CAI,IFORNIA DW]SION OF OII AI'ID GAS vol' 51' Sunmary of operutlons' Callfo Ytia oil Fie1ds' No. I, 1965. Railroad. Gap Oil Field' by John L' Ilardoj-n

Kern !?ont 011 Fleld' bY W. H. Park Oit Fie1d,'by D' N' Sfiea ^4!Xa- West area of Edlson | ^"^:;j^{'l Timber Canyon 011 Field, by Fiarol-d' W' Berthou AA^t= KettlerEn Midd.le Dome 0i1 Fiel't, by F' L' HiIl ffiw E' DeI Ano zone o! Torrance oi'I Fle1d' by Robert crowder Iat{abraareaofblf\ittierOllFieldrbyVerneF'Gaede Horse lbadows oll Fleld, by Sinon Cordova trSure ltts easy to get a new fleld asslstant' but he had a}I the notes with hlm.tt INDUSTRIES OREGON DEPARTMET{I OF GEOIOGY AI{D MINMAI'

A IB !.IOG RAPHY The ORE BIN, VoI. e8, No. 5' I€'rch 1966 PUBLICATIONIS OT RECEN't Notes on Late Terblary foremlniJera fron off the Central Coast of Oregon, by Gera1d A' Fouler U. S. GMLOGICAL SURVEY Ofnnf'fff,UO REORTS: (Inspectlon 0n1y) Ocean curent observatlons from offshore drilling platforms, by W. V. Elrt and S. Borden Prlnclpal--Gii;t facts for gavity statlons in the Death Region, caljfornia bv Don R. lbbev' 5 p' Iate Jurasslc ichthyosaur fron Slsters Rocks' coastal 25 P. tabular @terlal. Southwestern orepn, by John G. Koch and Charles T u. ^^shvruy. Principal facts for gravlty statlons il the ltestern --ilFi; 3 p' 0F Desert, california by Don R. l€'bey' WASHTNGTON DFIRTI'EIII OF CONffiVATION' DWrSroN material. (e55 cenerar Adntlnlstration 2eP. tabular J,rr,ms "eno GEoI0GY Buildjxg, OlYrPia, Washjngton) TEI 865: Geologic nap of the Strlped' Hills quaOrangfe, llye County, Nevada by Edward J' l4cl€y Reprint No. 9: I4fueral ard water resources of and B. C. Blrchflel. iashingtron. $2'oo qua'trungle' TEI--llye 864: Geologic rEp of the Lathrop l{el-ls County, Nevada by UOr'rarO J. Iei€y and B' C' E:rchflel. ARIZoNABUREAUoFMINES(UniversltyofArizona,Tucson) the colmlon mineral gravlty stations 1n Sulphur Springs Bulletin 175: Fielal tests for --v;ii;t,}flnclpal facts for by c€orge H. Roseveare. $ Arlzona, uy oonara L. Peterson' 2 p" plus elements, '50 10 P. data sheets. Poge 7 GEoIOGICAL SoCIETY OF AI4ERICA BULL;ETIN, Vol. 26, No. tZ, A]4m.ICAN JoURML OF Decenber lg6b. SCIEIJCE, VoL. 264, No. 4, Apr1l 1966 Growth of dolonlte strike-srip control 0f Basln-Range structure crystaIs, by M. N. A. peterson, by i_nd.lcated C. C. von der Borch, and G. 3. historlcal faults in westJrfr-rveuuo", oy Danlel lien. R. Shawe. Origin of chenical variations hrithln lgnj-urbrlte coolirg osrctlc equilibriun units, by Robert Scott. arcl overthrust faultixg, by Bruce B. Hanshaw and. E_an Zen. TI{E JoURML 0F eEOlOGy, VoI. 74, No. l, January 1966 X-ray-enisslon GEoIIoGICAI SOCIETY OF rnicroanalysis of rock_forming sdxerals. At4mICA BIJLLETIN, VoI. 7?, No. Z, February 1966. If: olivjnes, by J. V. Srulth.

Granltic rocks Statlstical 1or^r of stream nqnbers, by Ronald. of^the.lft. Barcroft quadrangte, Irgro L. Shreve. bathollth, Calijornia_Nevada, Uy o'. o. furson. Australian Tertiary paleotenperatu.res, by F. H. Dorna.n. Iate Cenozolc crustal movements in the Sierra Nevada The 1nf1uerrce of Califomia by M. I,t. chrlstensenl of saljrity on mouusk shel1 nlneralogr: A dlscussion, by J. Robert Dodd. Evolutionary pulsatlons and georagnetic polarlty, by jxfluence John F. Simpson. The of salixity on nollusk shell mineralogl: A diseussion, by D. Eisma. Chenlcal and physical r{reathering on sal_ine hlgh tlda1 flars, Northern a["iLii", The geomorphic anal paleoclirnatlc slgnifieance of Colenan, ?u.e-en:rald, by Janes M. auuvlal deposits ifl southern Sheruooal M. Galiano, Wiffi"m G. Snith. nriZona: A dlscussion, "nO by Ianurence K. Lustig. Gravlty field and isostatic equilibrium Estacado of the Llano The geomorphic anat paleocl1fiatlc significance of Texas and. Neu f,e:xico,-Uy D. H. Shurbet. of 3_11uv.lat deposits jx southern .qriiona: A reply, by lbrk A. l,telton. Age of pumice denositl Gf?t?mala, by sauuel otto Bohnenberger, T Bonls, R. E. stolb;.-"d R. W. Decker. TllE JoI]RNAI 0F GEOLocy, Vo!. ?4, l{o. Z, j"b.rch 1966 ceologic ti-me, by Davld GEoIOGICAL SOCIETy OJ' AI,rERrcA BULLETIN (publicatlon B. Kitts. Sales Dept., ,BI E.46th St., Net i;rk, N.y., IOO1Z) Graia-size distributlon for certain rteranorphic Treatlse on Invertebrate paleontolory, nlnerals 1n relation to nucleatlon and gri,r.rifr, Uy I4core, Editor. Rayoond C. Ralph Kretz. part H: Brachiopoclaf_ b{ +wyn W1luams, A. J. X-ray-emiss j_on nicroanal;rsis of rock_formilg Rowell, Charl6s w. pi-trat, milerals. Hefta sciunid.t,^F._c.__s!ih11,J{..y: Ef"_i,roocl, -.tger;-, III. Al-ka1l felclspars, by J. V. Smitn *nd p. H. D. v. Ri_bbe. A. D. hright, c. F. Elliott. r. w. li"c6n, M. J. S. Ruduick, Kotora Haiar, Gertruda -- X-ray-emisslon mlcroanalysis rock_f J. t&Taren, e. .1. iroucot, plagioclase of orni_ng milerals. 9i"l*tl_g:d. ri. .Jo_nnson, fy. feld.spars, by R. H. nlUO6 anO R. D. Staton, R. E. Grant, J. V. Sltrith. and H. ea? pages,'s,ise'flffi"3, ia p volures.{.:-j9pu.

ECoNoI\EC GEoIOcy, Vol. 61, No. A, Ibrch_April 1966 GEOIOGICiI, SOCIETY OF A],{mfCA BULLBIIN, yot. ??, No. Jarutary 1966 1, The Estuarile formatlon of United States Atlantic Coastal pla1n phosphorite, by D. R. pevear. Irlry.Fre|al dlsplacement on carlock faurt, Californla, Radioactivity 1n phosphate rock, by as reasured from offsei iautt system, lbthl llabashi. by Eugene D. Michae1. GEoTII'IES, Vol. 10, No. Z, }tsrch 1966 Ttn ldountain 1andslile, southeastern California, the origln of negabreccia, and Accuracy of geologlc rqps, by Donald H. Kupfer. by S.-C.-il.lrchfief . 1950 and 1968 ninlfirm tenors rnterpretations of gravlty arata from the central and clarkes of Ranges coast concentration of non-placer ores, by & San Joaouh valtey, cafifornia, oy E. S. Cheney. Edward Byerly. f. NATURAL HISToRY, tblrh 1966 Cretaceous floras fron Kuk River area, ALaska: Volcanoes stratlgaphic and cU:mt1c rnterlreiaiions, tell secrets of llauaii, by Flugh H. lfaesche Charles J. Sniley. by and Da11as L. peck. SCIXNCE, Vo1. 151, No. gZ1A, Auuvlal fan foruatlon near Aklavik, Northwest A5 lbbnlary 1966 Terrltories, canada, by R. F. f,"Eui,-n. .1. g. The Brown, and G. H. Johnston 1965 eruption of Taal Volcaro, by Janes c. lbore, i€zuakl l{akamura, ard Artura af6araz. Poge 8 jn dolonite- O)ry8en lsotope frcctionatlon the systen SCENCE, VoI. 15I, No. 3715, 11 }brch 1966 --""Ii"itu-"tibon d'ioxide, by J. R' otNe11 and s' Elstein. l,ndd.Ie Devonian lunar noth, by A, F. Aveni' vol. 71, No' 6' Ib'rch equilibrlum at ?5ooc, by R' c' JoIJRML oF GEoPHYSIcAI FESARCH, Iqra^nite-S1lllranite 15, 1966 Newbon. of earthquakes to the IB l4arch 1966 ^*e";i;gRelationship of hpocenters SCIENCE, Vo1. 151' No. 5716' oi ata.t., by Don G. Tobin and Lynn R' sykes' polarizatlon, by J' J' Hopfleld' Mechsrlsm of lurEr Earthts zonal aiefornations, by chi-yuen Wang' Soil-u'ater potential: Djrect neasurenent by a new of lea't ln volcanic rocks fron Peck and R. M. Rabbidge' -"H.dii,Isotopic conpostlon iechnlquel oy,+. J. twb ;i:m, an'l Japan, by M' Tatsumoto' Vol. 152, No. 5718, 1 April' 1966 on SCIENCE, vapior pressure of tektite glas-s anq its bearlng ' -ielt ject orles deternhed from aerodJrnaJnlc ix Pleistocene land snails, by D' F' owen' it" tra Polymorphlsm anafys:-s, UV n*anf< J. Centolanzl and Dean R' ChapIEn' in carbonaceous chonClrites, by H' c' Organlc--ili"y, natter OIl, IIORIJD' Vol. 59, No' 6' Second Issue' arrd J. s. Lelris, Jr; A. L. Burrtugane and CAI,IFORNIA g. k. scnones; M. H. studier, R. Hayatsu' antl Ibrch 1966 E. ffItlers. The steam story: LA flght for effluence' by Bilt Rintoul. SCIXhlcE, VoI. 152, No. 3719, I Aprll 1966

wealceni-ng of d'unlte by serpentixe d'ehyd'ration' by R. E. Rlecker and T. P. Rooney.

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MINIIIES OF TTIE HGCUTTVE COMMITIE MffiIING PACIFIC SCTION. AAPG MAY lO. 1966 The Sacramento Petroleun Associatlon wlU hold 1ts anrual eolf and Bar-B-Que on Friday, June l-7, The rneetlng uas called to order by hesident ifrEpp at the Yolo Fliersr CIub. Tltls is tlest of Wood- at 1:I5 p.m., at the Slstray House conference roon' land on Highuays L6-iA.. $s.OO for B-B-Q steak, Bakersfield, Callfornla, Attendjrg were R. R. {}5.00 for go]-f. There will- be no startiag I1ne- Iftapp, .1. f'. Curr:an, W. F. Ednondson, T. L. llrj€htt ups, golf beglns at 9:00, d,inner at 6:00. n. n. ondg Jr., R. R. lbrrison, G. B. @lceshott' For addltional infornation contact JIM COGBILL, and J. M. Sbunders. I-nvlted guests uere R. Orbalda, Go-Ifestern ln I'Iood.land (916-662-4906), CHARLE D. C. CaUallay, and E. Espenschled. LIIIJDGREI'], Deloratlon l,ogging in Sacramento (916-482-4950), or lOl'lE[,L GARRISON, Sj€na1 in trnle Espenschied repolted on the progress of.the Sacranento (916-4s2-64157) . Contlnulng Educatlon kogram jn the san Joaqutn area. fne first presentatlon u111 be held ix June. It is hoped that coordlnation of later progams with the Los Angeles area be posslble. DUCAlION Davld. caUauay (cross Sectlon comlttee), reported that sections are planned for Sbcranento valley, Dr. Daniel A. hrsch u111 lecture on santlstones - San Joaqujn valley, coastal, and l,os Angeles Bas1n. Appl-led subsurface stratlgraphy, slgnlflcance It uas suggested that sectlons for the Northvest and methods of reconstructjng pal-eo-deposltlonal area and .nfasm (cook Inlet) be consltlered. I?esl- environments. dent Ifilapp elcpr€ssetl a deslre that sone of these Tine. filne 13, 14, 15, 16. 9:00-6:00 PM sections be rcady for the national convention to be P1ace. l4ob11 Audit., Los Angeles held in los Angeles ln 196?' particular\y the Ios Fee. $15.00 for 12 hours of lectures Angeles Basln sectlon(s).

Irxter€sted persons should contact Teil L. Bear, Secretary Eclmondson read answer fron Leo Neld:farrer MA 4-6964 t s reply to letter lnqulrjxg about exlstence or feas1b1l.1ty of fomlng a c€oIoglc Soclety ln San Dlego. The Secretary ltas dlrected to nake flrrther attenpts touards thls obJectlve through Blal(e COAST GEOIOGICAL SOCIETY Thonas of UCSD. It uas reported that correspondence haal been re- On Tuesday, June 7, the coast Geologlcal Soclety ceived from tne san JoaErin Geologlcal- soclety expects to have a LADIES NIGHT DINNER MEEIING in offerjrg to host the Fbclflc section convention for Aarbara, at whlch SIetIts SIG SNEXSoN w111 was un:anlnous\y reconnnen'led Santa rBospectirg tne sprlng of 1968. It shpw a one-hour flln about for 011 on Uy ttris comlttee that Bakersfleld be accepted for the Arctlc Slope of Alaska.rr the 1968 Sprhg conventlon. It uas reported that Don Weaver wlll not be able to Lead a flel-d trlp to Santa Rosa Island thls year. PacjJlc Section, . [d]HorE Tu'ts1m-oFF (?) It uas Senerauy agreed that the a.OpO witf not sponsor a field trip thls faII and IEde a fleld trip Iast nonth a local nensiten announced that the tentative pl-ans will be for faIl House Approprlat lons Cormlttee eli-minated funals ix 1967. fron the l,lohoLe hoJect for the next fiscal year. A r€quest for $19.7 nllIion had been @de to con- EVENING FORTJM MMTING tiJue preparatlons for the drilliJrg operatlon jn the Paciflc ocean about lOO niles from lialfiaii. Seven P.M. Jwle 20, 1966 The r€ason given for cancellatlon r€s ttjr vlew l'{obil Auditoriun 612 So. Flower St. of the current world sltuation and. the need to Los ffigeles continually revlew prloritles, the comlttee recomends that hoject l"loho1e be terminatedr'. Speaker: W. W. LIJI4SDEN, California State Couege at Long Beach Subsequently, a hesldential request was flade to the Comnittee to reconsider. Perhaps a flnal de- Toplc: Structural Geolo€}r of the White Pine cision w111 have been maale by the tirne this iss.rc Range, Nevada - A Case StudY ln Lou is tllstrlbuted. Ang1e lbultin8'. Poge 2 AI,ASIG GEOIPGICAL SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PACIFIC SECTION luncheon meetiJlg AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST 0n April 13, at thelr monthly at the tlarbor House 1n Anchorage, the .[lasl€ Robert R. Knapp President Geological Soclety uas addressed by J, Child.ers John F. Curran Vice President of the USGS concerning nRl€akatt Floods at lake William F. Edmondson Sec retary George, I{n1'k Rlver, Alaska. FoUo}ting 1s an Thomas L. Wright Treagurer abstruct of h1s ta1k. Eugere R. Orwig, Jr, Past- Pre s ident John N. Terpening Editor ASSTRACT Robert R. Morrison San Joaquin Delegate Gordon B. Oakeshott Northern California Delegate The U.S. Geologlcal survey has been maklng de- James M. Saunders Coastal Delegate ta11ed observatlons of ailrual- ftoods of the Knik Rlver, 4O miles northeast of Anchorage, Alaslia, ASSOCIATED SOCIETY DELEGATES slnce 1948. These floods are caused by the breakout of an ice dan ?O n1les upstrean whlch forms lalce Glen C. Ware, Jr. Sacramento observations Edward G. Dobrick, George. The Survey has mde detalled Jr. Northwest 1ce dan since 1959. Flood Dean L. Morgridge Alaska of the breakout of the hydrographs of changixg rriver stage and dlscharge glaphs PACIFIC PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST ln relatlon to tlne and stage-trme of separate parts of Ialce George have been Bale. Published monthly by the Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists The breakout flood lasts about one rrcelc anal takes Changes of Addrees, subscription and membership place in nld-surcr. Durixg pealc dlscharge, the. inquiries should be addressed to: Membership naxirun uater leve1 of the river has been neasured Secretary, Pacific Section AAPG, P. O. Box 17486, at 14 feet above nonrE,l stage. Peak d.lscharge has Foy Station, Ios Angeles, California 90017 been measured at 5601000 cublc feet per seconcl Material for publication and requests for missed (tne approxlnate flow of the ltuIcon Rlver at Ra.upart, copies should be addressed to: Editor-PPG, Alaslca 1n mid-Ju1y.). A maxlmrm total discharge P.O. Box 90905, Airport Station, Los Angeles, of 1,900,000 acre feet of l-ake mter has been neasured Calif, 90009 during the breakout. Orders for Pacific Section publications and prior years' issues of the PPG should be addressed to; The 1ce dan whlch contalns lake George 1s forned by Pacific Section Publications, 3132 lSth Street, Bakergfield, Calif. Ifir13 G1ac1er. Durlng the vinter the glacier advances antt forns a dan acroSs the lalce tlralnage by 1ce seal- EDITOR: John N, Terpening lng apinst the steep north slope of Mt. Palner. Assistant Editors: DrJrjrg the sumer meltlfater flov undercuts, seeps Deane Oberste-Lehn through and overtops the glacler contacts and causes Bob Yeats the dan to fa1l. Lelce c€orge drops as mrch as 170 SelectedBibliography LucyBirdsall feet durlng the ueek of dury1ng. Lake George becones Cartoonist Jack Nisbet three separate lakes as the water l-evel drops durlng breal(out. Pealc d.lscharge fron Iake George exceeds CORRESPONDENTS: by as mrch as 26 percent the peak dlscharge at the clenn Hlghway Bltlge utrlch 1s ?J0 nlles doxnstr€an Alaska Ernie Lian fron the lake. Ihe difference 1n dlscharp goes Coast Bruce E. Macomber lnto teq)orary lnteryenlng cfiannel storage. Los Angeles Bill Reed Northwegt Jim Salweson Data pertalnlng to I$1k Rlver floods rE'y be obtalned Sacramento l-owell Garrison in the u.s. ceologtcal $.rveyrs annual zubIlcat1ons, San Francisco Gordon Oakeshott [surface l€,ter Records of Alaskarr. San Joaquin Chester H. Rudel Membership Secretary Pat Metcalf

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The Last reetlng of the season of the San Joaquln Geologtcal Soclety wiU be held on June 14.

I\ID(T DEADLINE . JI'}E ].5 DR. JOHN I,IANNING, Hydrodevelopnent, Inc., gave a For aII future lssues correspondents are requested r€sun-o of cround Water Hydrolog/ 1n the Southeral to i-nclude annoulcelpnts of ca]-endar ltems for the San Joaquln Valley, CaDfornla on l'by 10. It u:as fj-rst tno weeks of the follolrfulg nonth to lnsure a very lnfornatlve ta1k, revleued the grounil uater sufflclent atlvance notlce (1.e., for the JUty lssue geol-o$r, hlstory and the anticipated effects of the the flrst two weeks of August). Sometl-mes late cafforirla uater proJect for the nrture. (lh'tch for reclplents of the EFG Neusletter donrt r€eelve publlcation of thls lnfornatlon soon) thelr coples unt1l the second rfeelc of the month. The executlve staff of the Paclflc Sectlon AAFG recelved a vote of appreciatlon fron the San Joaquin Geologlcql Society for their fonilard appnoach in attending a meetlng of an affluate outside of the l.os Angeles area. They cane up to Bakersfleld to learrr Fays and. me€ms for better partlcipatlon anal attendance of the nenbershlp. Poge 3 NORTHMN CALIFORN]A GEOLOGICAI SOCIETY Fron pubushed sources, lf . castro antlcipates that potentlally proatuctive sections and their likely (10,000 Following 1s an abstract of the talk given before thicls.]esses are the Paleocene-Eocene - the Northern California Geological Societyts neeting 50,Ooor) and ollgocene-Lower l"tiocene (51000 - ix I\b.y, by M. A. I€lcas, ProJect Engineer, Atomlc 10,000r). The l4iddte and Upper Miocene, so rich Elerry comnissl-on, Berkeley. ix the east end of the Ventura basil, are mlnly silts at Ventura and can be expected to be argiUa- ECONOMICS OF PRODUCING SHAI,E OIL BY ceous offshore. The prolific onshore Pliocene TTIE NUCI,EAR IN-SITU RETORTING METHOD section is apparently very thir offsiiore.

ASSTRACT Ibjor reservolrs are the Sacate, Alegria, Sespe, and. Vaqueros formatlons. The deepwater Sacate clastlcs are tlght il onshore outcrops, minly due Accunulatlon of exper!rental data on the nuclear j.:r jn-s1tu retortirg technlque, both from the standpoint to Santa Ynez tectonisn, and. should ir4prove of fragnentation of the shale with nuclear explosives, reseruoir quauty offshore to the south. The and the subsequent retortjxg, has progresseal to the alegria is a producer at Capitan field and probably 1s at Gaviota, l,hlirto, Conception, and cuarta. 0n polnt where prellmirary assessnents are warranted jn on the concept and deslgn of a conunercial scale the mainland and the Charmel Islancls, it 1s re- plant, anal those factors whlch influence in a maJor presented by shaltow urater sands with abundant pore-flUlng cement. way the cost of prod.uclng shale oil by thls methoat. oyster reefs and associated one woulal expect 1t to become fjxer gralned and Barbara Because of slow retortirg rates and high initial rock less tight offshore under the Santa Channel. tenperatures, recovery of at least 75 percent of the The Sespe foflEt1on, owing to lentlcularity of its irt-p1ace o11 1s considered liJ

cEolocrcAl, r0RlJM - MAY 16. 196!i AApc Demonstrated conputer l{ell Data Systeut at I.P.E. oii-he Anerican Assoclation of Petro]-eun Geologlsts w111 pnesent dra[Btic [ask-the cofiputertt alemon- BY Williano Carmthers Gussolt strEtions of the cofipleteness, hlgh accuracy Senlor Research Associate anal great versatillty of its neu uell-cofip]etlon Union 011 Co., Brea, Callf. statlstlcs progran during the International Petroleun scpositlon at Tulsa' Oklahola' I€y l2'2L. ASSTRACT rworldts In Booth 7OO at the blUlon-dollar trb'lr Heat is extrenely crltical for salt lntnrslon to of in" Petroleun Industryril the Association uill result. Elevated ternperature greatly rettuces the u"" . Uniu"c 1OO4 computer progranmqr:prhter ultimete strength and ellminates work hardenirg. io tuf}c to the huge Univac 110? i-n HuhtwiUe, l{hen salt has oeen heated above 4OO.F. (=205 C.), Alabama. it becomes soft and plastic and flous lndeflnitely pr€ssure gradlent of only about 55-100 Anv of the tens of thousand's of visitors to the rith a statlstics W/cmo (aSo-raoo psi). This plastlcity exlsts f# *V ask questions about drifl-jng dui'lng the entlre process of htmsion and even in foui categories jn the A.APG files of uell- durlng extrusion at the surface. Thus' at the cortrpletions ior the fjrst qlrarter of 1966. As tifle 6f exJmslon, saLt can flow by slmple gravlty, probtmeO expressly for the-o1l^$o", the 1004 lj.ke a glacler - as long as it remai:rs hot. ian'-print out the 6re trran 11'oo0 answers stored in the l-107. When burled i.n excess of 251000 feet, the bedded salt becones noblle on account of tenperature and The four categories of statlstlcal data progaumed behaves hydroilynanicalty, npvlng laterally to for retrleval at this AAPG dlsplay cover well places of less overburden pl€ss1re' uhere plercenent contpletlons by (I) state, (2) depths of wells, or Oonfng occurs. Once lnltiated, flow w111 contlnue (5)success or failure, and (4) tJrue of ue11-- urt1l the supply is exhausted or cut off by neetlxg developnent, e)q)Ioratory or non-hydrocarbon. of the overlying and uld.erlylng strata or because addltlonal suppties of salt have not been heated above the teEperature necessary to naintajx Also available ln Booth 700 are copies, at $L plasticity. The enerry source of the lateEl or each, of the new AAPG Geologlcal Hj€huay l€p for rad1a1 ftolt to the polnt of plercement can onlJ tne lfio-contlnent Reglon of the U.S. Thls 1s be attrlbuted to an inbalance ix geostatic load of the flrst in a planned serles of 1l mrltl-colored the overblrrilen, but once piercelFnt occurs, this geological mps whlch u1l-l enable notorists to geostatic load differential, plus the ever 1n- identify the geotoglcal- stnrcture and fornations creaslng effect of buoyancy cause the saLt to rlse of the areas they tour." rapldly through the overlying strata. Buoyancy onfu becomes a powerflrl force as the hetght of the lntnrslon lncreases to largB proportlons. Rroyancy 1s not a requlrement for iatruslon, but is a nodlfylng effect.

The enplaceuent of igneous nasses such as volcanic p1ugs, grznlte bathollths, dla^mnd. plpes, carbonatites, ano serpentine bodies (Gussow, r962)i anal of such intruslve masses as mld volcanoes or shale diaplrs, 1ce piercements or plngps (Gussow, 1954), ancl frost boils (Gussow, 1962)1 1s slmllar to that of salt plercenents. In all cases the pri-ne motlrrattng iorce for jltruslon 1s the welght of the overblrden' rno r g"ostatic loacl cllfferentful (Gussow, 1962). It is postulated that salt dome j:rtnrsion ls a actlvated process tPt the rate of tn""*ify "ttd on ioin"ioit-eeoloEical 1s rather iapia - probably exploslve a tine scale. blhat has been lnter?reted .s-saii"oone growbh is actually a neasure of the rate ot corupaction of the ad,Jaeent sed'irents. Notes As the paper has not been publlshed yet, I uoutd appreciale- constmctlve criticisn. Ttle paper ri-fi-u"-i,uu1lslred. Iater thls year 1n an A'AIt }&nolr on sal-t dlaPirlsn. Poge NURSERY NEWS CORNELfUS K. llAl,l, forulerly wiih Cabeen Exp]oraiion and WIn. Ross Cabeen and Assoc., has recently JAN & GIEN SPECHT, Hunble, Ios Angeles, a daughter, assumed. duties as petroleum geologist rith the Sharon Arm, on April 10, 1966, We18ht 8 Ibs. 011 & cas Divlsion of cefl'o Corporatlon and as manager of operatlons for cenro de Pasco Petroleun I,IinABff, & JoHN S}lffil, Atlantic, Anchorage, a son, Corporatlon at LiE, Peru. T!rcthy trYanlc, on Apr1l i5, L966, I\Ielght I Ibs., oz. I Another house hunter llas added to the Anchorage market wlth the alrlval of GFiAIOON LAUGHBAIIM, geologlst for Unlon 0i1 co. GRAIIDoN and hls fanlly are recent trznsfers fron Slanta Fe Springs. PERSONAI ITEI\iIs DoN BRUCA, SkellJ geologist' Ieaves for Caufornla on }by 25th and ls believed to be the flrst of a DICK AICHISON, Ilb.rathon geologist recently trcns- large nrmber of Anchoragp geologists uho will ferred. to Anchorage, miltalns lby 8th was S4€r500 vacatlon thls swmer in the lower 48. day ln Anchorage. l4ost of the hones he looked at that day carrled that Price tag. Surer fiel-d geologlsts for a nunber of oil conpanles are arrivjlg ilail"y in Anchorage. It fragpdy hit the Anchorage Alaska l'trethod.ist Univer- looks like a rough srumer for both the rocks and sity gpological deparbment on lby 8th. T"hIo students' the flsh. nembers of a field trlp to the Uilutna Glacler, parby froze to death ilhen the uas hlt by a sudden After spend.ilg nearly enough tire ln Ventura to be bllzzaro. classiJied a Senior Citlzen, DON HAGEN of TeJ€co has been uprooted and moved to l,os Angeles. Slnce w111 hand and HAFD LIT'E OF IIIE ACADM/EC }ORI,D DEPI: DON R.AGA}I, the surf stlll be close at the Slene University of Alaska, 1s speruling the year in Iond.on. Ne\rada no firrther auay, the traume usually asso- I4ARTY STOtn, CaI State LA, n111 go to Norlay next year clated wlth thls kind of erqnrience can be ereected by uay of Iceland for a littl-e downhl1l research. to be of short duratlon. Ailios, Don. .IoE VANCE, U. of Washlngton, Just got back fron Ital-y. oRvrTJR BAllDY, USc, 1s on hls r'Iay to Peru, but has to BRUCE BLACK of SfieU 0i1 has been appojxted. hunry back in ti-re to get to Tolvo for the Pan Paclflc Publlcity chalrmn of the coast c€ologica1 Soclety Science Congress. And DICK FISlm, UCSB, 1s dojng and will henceforth coupile the nonthly chronlcle. sonething or other jJl Hauail. Teachlng, anyone????? l{eu bosunrs rm,tes in the She1l }Arine ship are JoHN 8EA],L, How to succeed. in golf wlthout reauy trylng. BRUCE vho nms the north end of the ship, and ARI WELIER, who BLACK, She1l, Ventur:a, says the uay to tlo 1t is to con nms the south end. 0n the bridge 1s JIM JACICSON, neu the gWS jJlto glving you a huge handlcap, then cone in tllvlslon rrBnager. wlth a tiger of a score. Worked for hjm at Shellts golf tournanent last month. AL I4ARTINI, Standardrs superirtendent ln 01lda1e, ls spendlng two weeks at rtCharn Schoolr and then ls taking CARROLL HolT, and geologlst, stock broker forner l&cbil tuo rileeks vacatlon 1n orrXer to get h1s oId forn bacl{. 1s in New York takjrg a course in the stock narket. .IoHN SIiCoX ls fillitg ln for .[1. Since hets been auair fron hls tlesk at Walstonrs, the @rket has been takirg qulte a beatjng. come back soon, Camol1, while uerre st1lI all together. HANS VAN DmI ffiGE of Standaril, Sacranento has Just retwned f?on a nonthrs vacatlon ix Elrope.

At last it ls tme, ROD COLVIN has been transfetred Speakers at the sacramento Petroleun Assoclation to Mobllts santa Fe Sprlngs e:

JIM BIOM, Vlce-kesldent and Exploration l\Enager The BAKER.SFIELD COTTnGE BIoSTRATIGRAPHTC $},TINAR of occldental of Libya, Inc., 1s leavlng Bakersfield has a fjl.n prograJn scheduled for the 1966-62 school for Trlpoli at the end of l,lay. (He 1s in the real year. K. D. BmRy, Stand.ard, is Chalrman of the estate buslness tenporarily, to sell hls house in Advisory Conmi11s.. JOIIN VAX1 OSDEL has been the Bakersfleld. ) instnrctor and CoUege Coordjnator for the past several years and we aII thanl( hlm for clojng zuch an exceUent Job. The progran r.r"il1 appear on the DICK VAUGHAN has been appolnted. Dcecutlve Vlce-hes1- nonthly calenalar apjn this fa11. dent and C€neral }bnager for Occldental of Libya, Inc. He and his fnmrly u111 spend the suruner in Tripo11. ERNIE RENNIE has opened a new consultlng office. His offlce address is: 1216 @k St., BakersfieiO, WAIT IIARRIS, fornerly Dlstrlct Geologtst of Te)€co Phone: 3i8-9L49. ln Bakersfleltl is now with 0ccld.ental.

As soon as liES BRUR can tratl his dog pansy to BILL BEDFoRD, Te)@co, 1s the new Dlstrict Geolog'ist slng songs other than-'rhlhen the Sainta go l,b'rching 1n Bakersfield. He will transfer from Los Angeles. Hornert, to Wesr harmonlca acconpanfunent, he plans on a guest appearance on the Ed Suluvan shor{.

JoHIV hlEST, Te)€co, has transfeffeal from Balcersfleld to Ventura.

The Paciflc Section Executlve Comlttee has accepted the San Joaquin Geological Socletyrs e33sr to host the Paciflc Section AAPG-SEPM Convention for 1968. Tentatlve dates for the conventlon are I€,rch 27 - 50, 1968.

JmRY IT,ETCHR 1s the neu District Geologlst for Atlantic-RicMleld Conpany at Bakersfield. Jerry transfers to the open vauey from l,os Angeles.

o CLAUDE A. PHU,,A}'I, fornerly Chlef Geologist for (Rlchnond) Petro1eu0 colombia has chewon co. of o been transferrecl to the Exploratlon Departnent of Standaral at oi1da1e.

HAL READE, Atlantic-Rlchfield, has been transferred from Bakersfleld ceological Deparbment to Diverslf- ication 1n Anahein.

T. J. (TIP) ToBLAS of chlcago has Jolned. standardrs oildale Deloration Deparbment. Tlp recelved h1s I\tssterrs Degr€e ln Geologt from l,llchlgan Tech., Houghton, Michigan.

tr?iend.s of RILPH RUDEEN(formerty wlth shel1 and now wlth the Parks Department of the State of Washington) will be ixterested to learn that I€,1ph has been jlstrunental 1n settjJlg up geologicat displays and Geolog"ical Interpretive Centers at appropriate places throughout the state. I4cst recent openilg is the Dry Fel1s linterpretive Center at Dry Fb,IIs State Parl( near Coulee Clty.

TCM SMITH, Standard, has been transfenred back to Seattle fron Anchorage.

ITIELDoN RAU of the State of l{ashington Department of Geolo$/ uas recently seen looklng at an axe. Apparently the 20 acres of land he bought near olynpia is loaded wlth tjrber. Are you rea11y gojrg to bu1Id cabii:r, I,IeIdon? a log /ztvg is$ Poge 7

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COXnIMTING DUCATIoN CoURSE DRAtfS tIZ DGCUTTUE COMMITTffi I.4MTING one hundred. antl seventeen geotogists attend- At an tr)(ecutlve Comlttee meeting in fulsa on ed the four-day series of lectures on Sand- \by 27 and 28, several anendments were proposed stones presented by Dn. DanieL A. Ersch at for subnittal to the membershlp: the l\bbil Auilltorlu[ 1n l,os Angeles on Jlrne 15th through the L6th, accortlng to Chalr- A. Change the fiscal year to Jtlly I - Jrne BO, m,n Ted. L. Bear. Fee for the course uas re- and change the adnfulstrative year to duced to $10.00 because of the large regis- JUlyL-June50. tration. The lectu€s tere one of a series The pur?ose of this proposal- 1s to l)enable of courses aleveloped under the contlnulng executive comittees to assume flscaL respon- Educatlon kogfam of the Natlonal AApG and sibll-ity for flncanclal poJ-lcy dLlrlng thelr sponsoned by the Paclflc Section, AApc. The terms, and 2) pelmit nore effectlve i-upleEentation next of these courses to be given in los of Assoclation actlvltles. Angeles 1s scheduled. for October, when Dr. L-L. Sloss uill lecture on Strutlgraphic prin- B. Elifinate the culrent requlrement that clples and practlce. appucants for relnstatenent who dropped their renpprshlp prlor to 1964 pay tuo Dr. B|Isch stressed the methodolory of sub- yearts affears jl dues. Instead, 1t is surface stratigraphlc stutlles, fron the proposed that all relnstaterEnts pay only selectlon of ti-me-narkers as d.atu.m horlzons one yearts back dues in the armunt 1n and. the construction of cora.elation sections effect the year of the dropout. Ithurlgn on the appropriate datuns to the preparatlon of lsopach or lsolith m,ps of rrcenetic C. Elijnjflate the present requirenent of tflree the slgnlflcant Increnent for sponsors and three references for appllcants Sequence of Stratar'. After a brief intro- for Junior menbershlp. Instead., lt is ductory revleu of transgressive and regress- proposed that appllcants requjre 1ve Jwlor relatlonshlps, Etsch described the sponsorshlp only by their deparbment head rrarlous envif,orunents sand of d.epos1tlon, ( corcpany or universlty) . flrst presentixg e)€fiples of the mod.enl d.e- posltlonal-envlronnent and then shoqi-rlg sim- ' D. Change the Field Trtp and Research Coort- llar features in the stratigraphlc recorCl. i.natlon Com[ttee to a standing comlttee. Included $er€ rar$r case histories of stratigraphlc stualies lrllch resul-ted 1n the dis- This is deered advlsable to lnsure the penrBnency of the con4rnittee progail. covery of o11. Drawlng upon hls manJr years of e)q)erience il o11 explora'i;ion, Dr. Buscr'i present The results of the recently circulated question- lras able to the theory and practlce possible of appLied detalled subsr:rface stratigraphy afue ulLl be m.de ialom as soon as rith an understanding and vlelrpoint rarely after tabulatlon on August 15. found ix academlc courses. A lir[ted nunber of fErd-bound copies of a Those reglstered for lectures representeil a special Semi-Centennial volluDe of ihe His';ory br@d cross-sectlon of the Southenl CaIiJ- of A.APG -- nernoer price, i;5.50: non-menber omla o11 industry, lnctudlng 26 geologists price, $7.00. fnon Standard, 16 fro4 Hunble, 12 fron At- Iantlc-Richfleld, 8 from Mobil, 5 each from Assistance is requested in recruitlng new nrem- Unlon and Pauley, 4 from PhilJ-ips, 3 each bers and encouragirg forlFr rrEmbers to apply for frcn Arerada and Tldeuaier, 2 each from Tex- reinstatment. aco and Ujllted Geophysical, and one each fron Slgnal, $re11, Ibrathon, Unlpn Paciflc I{enbers wlshlng flrrther jrformatlon on the Santa Fe, Doheny and THUI\4S, plus a nunber arrenfinents contact your Dlstrlct Representative. of consultants. The nixe or urcre couege or university departnents of geologr 1n the Iros Angeles area llere represented by one registrant. Poge 2 lain by 2000-5000 feet of Tertlary andesite quartz-latit1c EXECUTIVE and dacite fIows, igninbrltes, COMMITTEE, PACIFIC SECTION and ixtercalated sed.lnents. The volcanic AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST rocks are dated by K-Ar rEthod at 36 mi1llon Robert R. Knapp President years for the basal daclte flous to 29 trd-luon John F, Curran Vice President years for the youngest lgnmbrite. Two ad- William F, Edmondson Secretary amel11te stocks and associated. dike swarns Thomas L. Wright Treasurer are jntruded uithin the Canbrian strats, whlch Eugene R, Orwig, Jr, Past-President show minor contact alteration. The stocl(s John N. Terpening Editor are dated at 31-56 mlllion years. The Horse Robert R, Morrison San Joaquin Delegate Camp basin contains about 101000 feet of l4io- Gordon B. Oakeshott Northern California Delegate Pliocene (?) clastics, Iacustrine llnestone, James M. Saunders Coastal Delegate anal masslve nonollthologlc brecclas. ASSOCIATED SOCIETY DELEGATES Three stmctural elenents ar€ recognizeal:

Glen C. Ware, Jr. Sac ramento The lJ1:Ilte Pine blocl<, an jxtrusion-coreat Edward G. Dobrick, 1. Jr. Northwest domal runte tllted to the east anal elevatecl Dean L. Morgridge Alaska to 1ts pr€sent posltion along liest-bounding subparallel basin-range faults of Tertiary PACIFIC PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST and Quaternary a&. The block is cut by a network of high-angle faults, wlth the don- Published monthly by the Pacific Section jxant set trending northtlard breachlng the American Association of Petroleum Geologists domal axj_s aS rrkeystone-graben.t' The base- Changes of Address, subscription and membership nent folding and the steep range flanks, inquiries should be addressed to: Membership and block-faulting, Secretary, Pacific raised by intrusion Section AAPG, P. O. Box 17485, prompted gravltatlonal sheddjrg along avenues Foy Station, Ios Angeles, California 90017 yleld Material publication of slippage offereal by stratigraphlc for and requests for missed carbonates. copies should be addressed to: Editor-PPG, rmits irtercalated lrlth brittle ttre low-angIe slide sheets can be traced from P. O. Box 90!05, Airport Station, I-os Angeles, trthf'llststt. Calif. 90009 beddlng-p1ane to shear to erosion Orders for Pacific Section publications and prior years' issues of the PPG should be addressed to: z. The Horse Range, a highly faultetl south- Pacific Section Publications, 3I3Z 18th Street. ward contiruation of the east 1ilnb of the Bakersfield, Calif, l,lhite Pine dorne, is offset in a left-lateral sense from the main range along the Current EDITOR: John N. Terpening Surfllit fau1t, wttich forms the boundary between Assistant Editors: the Horse and White Pire Ranges. The struct- Deane Oberste-Lehn wal pattern 1s sinilar to tfet i:r the adja- Bob Yeats cent VJhite Plne Rangei jn addition the rocks Selected Bibliography LucyBirdsall jJI Cartoonist the Horse Range are nuch altered by Jack Nisbet brecciation and silicif lcation. CORRESPONDENTS: 3. The Horse Canp basiJl, a fault-bounded. Alaska Ernie Lian postvolcanic sedlnentary basin situated lx Coast Bruce E. Macomber the angle betueen the southem blhite Pine Los Angeles Bill Reed range front and the !rcstern Horse Range. The Northwest Jim Salwegon erlergence of the front, uith the contelry - Sacramento Lowell Garrison oraneous subsidence of the basia, elirninated San Francisco Gordon Oakeshott the buttressing effect anal hasteneal the San Joaquin Chester H. Rudel raftfug of the polsed sude sheets out lnto Membership Secretary Pat Metcalf the basin, uhere they becane ixcor?orated as masslve monouthologic breccias. The prjxcipal episodes jn the structual Dead.line for next issue - - Ausu.st 15 evolution are (l) Eocene: d.eveloprcnt of an uldulatj-ng erosion surface jn tenaaix coMjposecl dominantly of upper Paleozoic strata. (Z) upper Eocene-lower Miocene: vulcanlsm and ix1t1aI intruslonj (5) oligocene-Mio- EVENING I0RIIM - JiJltrE 20, 1966 cene: jrtrusive archjng, deuneatlon of THE I'IHITE Pn'tE RAI'tcE, I']ORTTI EA,STffiII NEVADA Whlte Pine dome, and ilception of Horse Canp A CASE STUpy fl.L rOW AltcrE FAULTS basja: (4) upper Miocene-pliocene: period l]J of quiescence and deep erosion; and (5) Dr. W.lrI, Lunsden Pllocene-Recent: accelerated uplift, uith California State College ai Long Beach gravltati-onaI movement along detachnent faults, outlining of basin-range by movenent along The hlhlte Pjxe Range and northern Horse Range, range front faults. 1n the eastern Great Basla, are composed chiefly of Paleozoic rocks and are separcted BARBEQUE in part by the Tertiary Horse Camp basin. ApproxiJEte1y 361000 feet of strata are d.e- The 1966 Paclfic Section AAPG Sprhg Barbe- scribed, divided lnto eighteen Paleozoic and que could be Judged a success on the basis six Tertiary fortptlons. No I'bsozolc rocks of the large amount of food and alrjJlk con- are recognized. At least 23,000 feet of early sumed by the e70 in attendance. It was held Cambrian to noidc1.e Perulian mlogeosynclinal at Stanclardts Pico Caflyon Picnlc Grounals rocks are exposed., and are unconfornablJ'over- and was agajx ably prepared by Jack Wood.. PROFTSSIOIJAI SCOPE

A course viIl be given late thls suruler at U.C.L.A., on the subJect of lrEarthquake E€jxeering FUnd- anentals.rt We do not propose here to comnent on the course. It is probable, however, that it e%efr7ra*t6*,* will be quite worthuhile for those lnvolved in this esoteric and i:nportant aspect of engineerilg. The item tbat should attract the attention of the geologlst relates to David J. I€eCls, vrho w111 serve as one of the ixstructors. Iff. Leeds is presently CORRAL CANI4CN - HOW SCIENTIFIC IS TTIE COITIROVMSY? an trhgineefjxg Seismologi-st for the consultjxg firm of Dames and }4oor€, englneerjxg geologlsts. Iff. L,eeds fornerly served as Ass- ociate Research Engixeer at U.C.L.A. anal as Geo- physlcist, Seismological Fleld Survey, U.S.C. & The latest chapter 1n the Clram-out controversy over the Co13|?I Carlyon atomic reactor site in lalibu uas wrltten recent\y trhen the Atonic Exerry gsrrmls- David I€eds is also Certijled hofessional Geo- sion granted tenlatlve approrral for the Los Angeles logist Nunber 674. Departnent of Water and Pouer to proceed ulth their plans for constructlon. Opponents of the slte i-rldi- We have here an outstand.ii.]g el€nple of our plur- cate that they *i11 continue to flght the proJect, aLlstlc society---academlcian and economic consult- in the colfis if necessary. ant, geophysicist, engireer, and geologlst. Bltt a parad.ox exists here. lbny petroleun and eng- A gfeat deal has been said about the geological sult- ineerfug geologists would consider }ff. I€ettsl abillty of the reactor slte, whlch l1es 1n the vlclnity professlonal activlties to be renarkable broad. of the Santa lbnlca fault zone. ldrch more needs to But the laymn rrould consld.er that, talce 1t all be sald, houever, about the danage that the dispute in all, the combiaecl scope of selsnolog/ and eng- has done to our professlon. Renowned geologists on ineerjng and geolog/ is relatlvely narrow. both sldes of the fence appear to have contradicted one another in thelr testlmor\y. The co-authors of Is it possible that the layltsn is right? Perhaps the standart reference paper on the geotory of the we should not take the chance that he is wrong. Transverse Ranges, Thomas L. Bailey and Rlchard H. In problems fuvolvilg professlonalisn, (lo ue dare Jahns, are at opposlte poles on the zuitabllity of tal(e the chance of divorclng the lnter€sts of the the Conral Car$ron site. petroleun geologist from those of the engjneerjrg geologlst, the selsmologlst, and. the engineer? Dlfferences of opinion are part of the fabrlc of the The State Legtslature [E,y pose us ulth thls d.e- geologr profession, extendlng fron the Neptullsn cislon in 1967' theories of hlerner to nodern ctlscussions over ---- Robert H. paschall tl,D:bldites, granitiatlon, and. large-scale lateral novenent on the San And.reas fault. Ett these dtffer- ences are aired 1n technlcal meetlngs and published papers. The antagonlsts recognlze the professional AMMICAI{ INSTITT'TE OF PETROLEIJM GEOIOGY coqpetence of the adversary, and attention 1s jmne- dlately drawn to fact and hJryothesis. The AIPG, California Sectlon u1ll hold irs annual ueetjrg jJl Ba}

In thls way, hopefirlly, the facts of the tratter can Dr. PettiJohn was elected to menbership the be estabLished by presentation in - of evidence and lts Naticlal Acadery of Sciences. The acaderqy inpartial e\raluation by nenDers of the geologlcal prirrate professlon. is a orp.nizatlon of sclentists and englneers ded.lcated to the flrrtherance of science and 1ts use for the general welfare. ]i was establlshed by Congressional Act of Robert S. Yeats ---- Incgrporation, signed by Abrahan Lircolh , in 1863. Dr. Pettijohn has been a member of the Anerican Association of petroleun Geolo- gists since 1944. Poge 4

Dear Ed.itor: I'PIER PALEOCEI'IE BURIM CIIANNEL ]N TTIE SACRAI{M'ITO VAI,LEY OF CSLITpRI'IIA R.H. Paschallrs corilnents ln the l4ay issue of Paclflc PeqqleuL Geologist concemlng a help A. B. Dlclcas and, J. L. Falme @he }brch lssue of poht the geolog- Geotjrnes out a trend uithin channel, a fossil $rbmarine chan- ical sciences for sorrc subd.lsclpliles to seek The Meganos nel, is located. ix the central porLlon of the a broader area of responslbllity than they have Thls feat- had traditionauy. To the exLent that such Saci^amento Va[ey of-california. ur€ uas cut and fiIIed under a rErlne en- rrEneuvers restrlct other quallfled geologlsts perlod of perforning a clet- vjrorutent in a relatively shoft fron certaix Jobs they are jx Paleocene. It has been profession, and. tue the Upper riment to the Itr. Paschau is over a distance of quite in condelniing then. traced in the subsurface right nore than 50 n1les and has a maldl1l.ln uidth greatest loloiln thiclgless Hls conclusion 1s that the pubucation of thtre of s1x miles. The of sed.jinents fl1liJlg the channel 1s 2015 fb. trnrtlcular aClvertlsenent il Geotlres nmlst have by the chamel- rznge in hope he 1s not FoflEtions truncated some special slgnjJicance. I Paleocene down through suggestlng that it thus caffles an endorsement age from uppermost by AGI, for this is not the case. Upper Cretaceous. an lUustratlon The rocks erodecl by the channel are prilcip- fts real signlflcance is as however, sedlrents broacler definltion of one field of geologr. al\r arenaceous: fiIling of a channel ar€ coqposed of nore than 95 The prospective employer apparently thinJrs that the part- per cent shale. Paleontologi-c studles fuilic- an engireerlng geologist can best f111 this in 1cular vacancy, but no legal or professional ate the clEnnel deposlts accumllated restrictions yet enlst that prevent other lBter depths ranglng fron neritlc to upper qualiJied geologists fron applylng for the Job. bathJral. A rBJor contrlbuting factor to the forration Linn Hoover Channel 1s thought to be re- Djrector, AGI of the Meganos trIcecutlve glona1 faulting. tunedlately prior to ln- ceptlon of this ciiarmel, the Midlalxl fault' a major north-south strikjxg featlre, start- sAI'{ JOAQUIN GEOIOGIC.AL SoCIEIY ed to form. It 1s the authorsr belief that the declivlty created by this down-to-the- i'hny thanks to Ernle Espenschled for h1s lrest nornal fault set up extenslve slunping efforts on behalf of the San Joaquin c€olog- and turbldlty currents uhich caused eroslon of the sea floor and. developrcnt of the chan-- lcal Soclety tu arc.ngiag for [f. F,W. CoIe gralned to discuss Reservolr Ergtneering. The attend- nel. subsequentl.y, fine clastics ance (40) of the lectru€s uas l4leLl in excess filled thls erosional feature and at the sane of expectations, and the course was extrenely tlne, wer€ deposlted. M a thln layer tx the ueIl recelved. trfe unclerstand that frn1e is area outside of the channel. contlnujxg 1n h1s efforts and. e)ipects to have another course fu the faII. The charmel shales contalaed an orlginal high volune of interstitial water. Due to buriat anal overburden pr€ssures these shales The last meetjJlg of the season was hel-d. on fron The I^r'eU attend- unclervent relative contrnction ranghg flme 14, 1966. meethg uas perEent. ed, as has been usual shce we have been 35 to 60 AttFrican l€g:ion I,ocal meetiJlg at the }irall. subsurface and prr9- hosted They had Comparison anong anclent Consultants the brbeque. canyons shows that featu€s the unfortunate d.uty of preparing the steaks sent tlay submarlne l|arm day the year. qulte conparabl-e to the l'leganos channel- have on the first reauy of 1n past ard are bejng eroded and crew been formeit the Lesh Forest lost a total of flfty under quite dlffering geoLogic pou:rds in ueight. Vlncentrs lbrkets has toilay, all been fi]rnlshlng Gourmet neats for the barbe- settlngs. que and Vlncent Hashin and. h1s Chief butcher, fonmatlons by the Doyle Feranscum, uere guests of the Society. Truncatlon of underlying channel shales conblned vlth the loca1 stmct- we has forroed econonlc accunrlatlms of W- Don Eilnondston, ChajflIan of the Water CoIm- and gas fleld on corunltteers actlvltles drocarbons at the Bnenb,roocl oiI ittee, reported hls and the Dutch Slough, River Feak and West anal recomnended that the Socletles stanil on gas f1elds. hrater should not be poUtlcal; that further Thornton study 1s needed of the southen] sb.n Joaquix ground water basln and that nelnbers study all problems of ground water as partlcipatlng cltizens are nembers of uater dlstricts, etc. NolIqE }"f,'. JiJr Payne, StanClard, presenteal a paper by J.L. Payne and I"B. Dlckas entitled I,lenbers and subscrlbers deunquent for L966 nupper Pareocene Burled. channel in the sac- witl be dropped from m1l1ng list fo1loulng raflento 'i'.Iiey.'t A 11vely discusslon followed thls issue. Please send your $5.50 (4.50 - Jlmrs pro;enta.tion. Alaslca and overseas) to the menbershlp sec. Poge 5

FIXI,D TRIP }{EW }M'IEIERS the 1966 Paclfic Sectlon The fleld trlp for MLke Acosta .[APF Sprirg Plcnlc ]ras conducted along the Dan E. Du€gan 313 W. Short Street Hunble 011 Santa Susana thmst in the vicjllty of Aliso Whittier, Calrf. & Refintng Co. T. ITJOO Avenue of the Stars canJron by Drs. Janes E. Slosson and. John Ios AngeLes, Ca11f. N7 Barnhart of Ir.A . Vauey couege. The trip Robert O. A1bert Cagney ranches, both 25oB Caneo Court M. D. tuggan ms on the and Porter Bakerofield, of whlch are curently beinC decapitated and CalJf. Mobil Oi1 Co. Also along the route a neu free- Box 2L22, TerBlnal Arurex sumlvlded. Davial N. Anclerson I.oe Angeles, CaL1f. uay Is beln€ bu1lt to ljrk the Sirl Va1ley t14 Wllrran Way uith the Golden State tr?eeuay. Large cuts llraft, Ca-l1f. Walter C. Dule @de 1n conjunctlon uith thls constructlon EurbLe OiI & Reflninc Co. R. Angerer partlcular\y the freeuay, provlded, excelLent E. 18O0 Avenue of the Slars Stantlartl O1I Coqpaqy I,os AngeLes, Calif . elq)osl[€s, to the fault trace. Dr. slosson, P. o. Box lrf8 Nt through Jares E. Slosson ancl A.ssociates, Olldale, CaILf. C. B. Eabrarals has $orked as a geologlc consultant on these 2504 Lynvoott Street proJects, and thus could E)eak uith authorlty Robert L. Augenthaler Bakersfielat, Callf. on not only the basic potogr the area Stantl,aral 011 Coqrany of Rn. B but the englneering geolosr aspects as l7O8 John N. Eke uell. 225 Bush Street Texaco, Inc. SaJ1 Franclsco, Ca1lf, 1921 lgbh Street nn the area of the fleld trlp the Santa BakersfieLl, Cal1f. Susana thrust has tuo plates uhlch dip "Earqy" Barbarlck gently north and place 9O5 2rtt 9treet Ja,e€s E. Ellson Miocene lbdelo sand Teft, Celif. and shale over Pllocene Saugus sand and %68 ShelL OlI Coq)any nox 99 s1It. The .trUso antlcline ts the m,ln Robert W. Blanhenshlp Bakersfleltl, Calif. structural feature 1n the upper plate. The EuEbIe OtI & ReflnlDg Coml)a,ny lower plate ls mostly a north clipp:ng block. IBOO Avenue of the Stars Rnen L. 6. nrgel fhe statlorury block ls conprised of north- loE Angel-es, Callf. 120 l€Jreview Dr. Wofford Eelghts, Ca].if. rest trendlng folds brcken by nunerous C. Ja.Des Blon %zB| smll fauLts. Beds atong the fault traces, occldental Petroleun Cor!. Tact L. Flock those jl Stockctale Elgtnray 1artlcularly the nlitdle bJ_oclc, are IOOO 1424 Ard. street, No. 13 hl$Iy contorted. Calcaneous tufa mflcs Be}ersfle1d, Cal1f. Bakersfleld, Callf. portlons of the upper trace. Donal-at M. B].ue Western Geophyslcal Co. Inrclus (ieer At one stop the Lor',er trace flas perfectly 933 l{ozth Ia Brea Avenue Slgnal Oil & ca6 Conpar$r P. 0. Box 17125 dlsplayed in a r€cent freeu'ay cut. the bor- Los Argeles, Catif. 9OO3B Ios Angeles, Ca.llf. gOO17 derlng Saugus and lbdelo beds uere hi$fy Carrol J. BLythe contorted, but, sul?risiryLy enough, the Geologlc En€lneering Serylce Donalal W. Glnn trace ltself ras mrked only by a breccia 936 North Wllnrngton Blval. Eunble 011 & Refining Co. zone of less than an ilch. Both traces are WllnJngton, Calif. 1B0O Avenue of the Stars rBrked by topographlc br€aks, but the louer Ios Angeles, Callf. N7 One ls by far the nost pronounced. IJoytl O. Bo$rorth Struct- Stanalarti O1I Coupany John L. Itrar

I.JORTHI.IEST GEOIOGICAL SOCIETY Jav Endicott. Norcal Petroleun corToratlon, has New offlcers were electeal for the enstilg year oelooeneffi?rlce at 4o0 Tmston Avenue' Ba}

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J.A. Payne, Stardar{ Geologtst, has been as- k_ofessional Paper 494-8? Hydrologic basln, Death sffied'-tilihe Geophysicaf oepartnent at Houst on Valley, California, by C.B. Hunt, T.W. Toilinson, fron Balcersfield. hI.A. Boules, anal A.L. Washbun. $a.eS BtIl DrOUer, Occiitental, has Just returned after Hrofesslonal Paper 509: ptant ecolosr of Death a two nonths bout rfith Vauey Fever. Valley, Callf., by C.B. Hunt, uith a section on Dlstribution of flingi anil aIF5ffiEi Hunt, and L.w. Dumet1. It. M. Goruon GuLLe{ died JUne 4, 1966 at his $f.so ffil after in iuness of BuUetin 1200: I€xl_con of geologlc nanes approx'l rately two nonths dulratlon. of the Unlted States for 1986-1960, by G.C. Keroher and otfFrs. (per Bgb Le.vorson, Stand.ard, Anchor3ge, 1s spark- set) $rs.oo plr.lggftg Cook Inletts lfachting season as race zulletln LP0/5-B, c (Both 1n one volume.) co@lttee chair@n, wh1le a chauplonship B: kopertles of thermistors geother@l sled-dog jl baclqrad usett in m,its his for the next investigatlons, by E.C. Robertson, Rutloiph snorrfall. Raspet, J.H. SlErtz, and M.E. Lill_ard. C: keparation of thernistor cables used 1n Al }Aftlnl. Standard.ts superintend.ent 1n geotherml investlgations, by Oilda1e, 1s spendlng frcharm Rudolph Raspet, trro rleelcs at J.H. Ssrartz, M.E. Lil1ard, and E.C. Robert- School|r and. then 1s taking two ueeks vacatlon son. ln order to get his old r-orn back. John $.25. Silcox jl is filling for Al-. Bullettn laL4.Cz Berylliuro cmtent of volcanlc rocks, by D.R. Shahre and Stantey Bernold $f.Zs Erlletjn I222-F. Directlon of movement of Jasper_ B Ig TIOGRAPI{Y oldlzhg solut1on, by T.S. Loverilg $.fS OT RECENT PUAIIqAIIONS Water Supp1y Paper 1648: Arizona uater, by J.W. llarshbarger, D.D. I-evis, H.E. Sldbltzke, If.L. Heckler and L.R. Kister $.OO Water Suppty Paper 1684: l€gnltude and frequency AI'4ERICAI{ .'OURI\AL 0F SCIENCE, voL. ?j.4, no. 511966 of floods iJl the United. States - - - Fart l_0: A revlew of late Eocene rErmrllan faunas The Great Basil, by E.B. Butl_er, J.K. Re1d, and. from Nofth Anerlca, by Cral€ C. Black and v.K. Ben+1ck $r.ta I\bry R. Dardson. I,Iater Slrpply Paper 1816: lfater h the Hunboldt lbchanlsn of deposltlon from pyroclastic flows, River Valley near Wlnnemtcca, Nevada, by g:riu.lp by Rlcham V. Flstrer Cohen.

TI{E .IOURI{AL 0F GEOIOGY, vol. ?4, no; b, I,6,y 1966. Geophyslcal Abstracts i82, lq,..y 1966, by J.W. Cl€,rl(e Barchan dunes of l-nperial Valley, Califoniia, D.B. VltaLlano, V.S. Neuschel, and others $.aS by Roberb I"I. i\iorris Abstracts of North Arerlcan ceolog/, April_ 1966 Plwial l.ake basjxs of West Texas, by C.C. $.45 Reeves, Jr. Clrcular 5313 The promise of preclse borehole gavlnetry ln petroleun IIIE AI4ERICAN exploratton and ex- MINmAIOGIST, vol. 51, no. A and ploltatlon, by T.H. 4, l€rch-Aprlt 1966. I{ccu1loh, 1A pages trtsee

MAPS A cerlan vesurrianlte fron Cali-fornla, by Josr6ph ltrrrloch and Blanche L. hgran. GQ 4732 Geologlc map of the Glacler Peak qrEdrangl-e, Snohonish Analclte 1n the Neucastle and Chelan Coulties, coal measure sed- Uash. by D.F. Crolrler, R.W. Tabor, and A.B. lugnt9 of the Sydney Basln, Arrstralia, by Ford. F.C. Ioughnar $r.oo Gq 449: Geologic rnp of the Thirsty CanJron SE JOURML 0F C'EoPr[ySICAL FESARCH, vot. ?I, no. quadnangle, IWe County, Nev., by P.W. Lipman, 8, Apr11 15, L966 W.D. QuiJlllvan, W.J. Carr and R.E. Anderson Dlstrlbutlon of r€dloactive rmrlne sedinent $1.00 derlved frpn0 the Colunbla Rlver, by l,I. Grant CiQ 496: Geologlc nap the quad- Gross of Quartet Done rangle, Nye County, Nevada, by K.A. Sargent. S.J. Luft, A.B. Gibbons, and D,L. Hoover. Potasslun-Argon ages of coexistlng mherats $i.OO pJ['oxene-bearlng fron gmnitlc rocks jx the GQ 558: Geologic mp of the Wilnont Creek quad.- Slena Ne\rada, Califomia, by R.W. Kistler rngle, Ferry and. stevens cowltles, washjxgton, afil F.C.W. Dodge. by G.E. Becraft. SI.OO Atnospherlc carbon dloxlde varjations on I-472 Geologlc nap of the Canyon city quad- lbunt gf{nlpus, I,fashington by J.J. KeUey, rangle, Northeastem oregon, by c.E. Brown Jr. and E. IaohapeUe. and T.P. Thayer. sl.oo Poge 8

cALIIORNIA pTVISIoN 0q MINE9,.AND G&oIOGY NEVADA HJREAI' OF MINES

Special Report Base Statlons, bV Bflletln 62: c€olory and l'Ilneral deposlts of 90! G€vlty E.H. Rodger H. chaprBn $1.50 Cla,rtc Colnlty, Nevad.a by C.R. Iongrcll, Faupeyan, n6ir nonyer and R.J. Roberts $5.0o CaLlfornla Sacr3rento Sheet of Geologlc l€p of volcanlc rocks (In enve1ope with oelanatory tlata sheet) $1.50 Report l-1: Stratlgraphy of Tertlary jJl uerrada uV earf F. (Ifrrfolded - ulth data sheet rurfolded) $1.50 easuern coot( $1.50 (e'eotory not colored, trnfolded, no data sheet or envelope) $ .50 l&iJleral Inforration Seryice, vol. L9 rro. 5r l'U.nes I\by 1966 U-S- Srreau of ninlng in old Ca11co, by I'. Ilarold vfeber' (Dlstrlbutlon s€ct1on, sllver Penn. 15415) .Tr. 48oo Forbes Avenue' Plttsburgh, 6742: Inal.yses of sone l,Ilneral lfformtlon Senrlce, vol. 19, No. 6, .nme Report-cnrde of Investlgatlons oils ffon flelos ln I'Iest Te)@.sr by c.M. I966 trf€e. Cl1o arll the Rocldtourdt or what happened ldhen l4cKinney and EIla I&.e Shelton the nlse of hlstory leanned all about ggol-ory, by Rodran W. Pau1. Geotherre,l resour€es ln CauJornia. A status !@ reporl, bY Janes B. KoenIS. ftte Dunont dune systen of the northern lbJave hazart potentlal of Desert, Califomla, by Angus Andreu lec- Neu studles re-enphasize pp. mps' 28 flgunes' San Antlreas Fau1t. Donald. 1966. 106 I 1 graph. M.A. ,Theses. 0n flle at Slen college' Northridge, Open I'lLe Reports (San Ft'anclsco' I.os Angetes' fernairoo vaLley state and Sacrarento offlces) Californla. geology mp the southeast e€ohydrochenistry of the san C'abrlel VaUey A Preuidnary of By quarter of the Glendora 7.5tr quadralgl-e, ar€a, Ios Angeles county' Catlfornia. coulty, prepar€d by Robert streltz. sanf6rd L' weruer' copyrlght' L965' M'S' iis lngptes of Slcuthenl scale of 8oo feet to the inch. Thesls. On f1Ie at llnlverslty Callfornla, Ios Angel-es.

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NIEWS TEttER OT tFIE PACIFIC SECIIONI AMERICANI ASSOCIA'IION OT PC']ROtEUIA GEOTOGISTS

Volume 20 Seplember , + 1966 Number I

ASSOCIATION ACIIVITIES

PAC]FIC SECTION EVENING FORIJ]"I MEETING COAST GEOIOGICAL SOCIITY

Pnogram: Septenber 26, 1966, Seven P.M. on Tuesalay, June 7, the Coast Geologlcal Soc- l4obil Andltoriun iety beld their annual rtladles Nighttr neeting 612 South Flower Street anct diJn1er ix Sbnta Barbara at the EL cielito I.os Angeles, californla Restalllant. The Soclety anal guests were ad- dressett by Dr. S18ml1n Snelson' geol-oglst for She11 011 Conpany. Dion L. Gardner, hofessor of Geolory, rroceanography Chapm.n Co1lege, w111 talk on A short busjness meetirg was held afber the ex- and Science Aboard the M.S. SEVEN SEAS, the ceptlonal steak d.inner antl stress l.,as put on Floatlng Canpus of Chapman College.rt the neetl.for better nonetary stlpport 1n the fonn of pronpt payment of dues to the coast In addltlon to outlining portions of the 8eo- Geologi.cal Soclety by the Loca1 geologists vrho lo$r and oceanogaphy of the world, highlights attend our monthly meetjngs. of fleld trlps and voyages through three oceans w111 be covered 1n this luustrated fecture. Dr. Snelsonrs lntri€ulng taLk uas entitled lrDq)loratlon for 011 ix The Brooks Range and Brjng your wives and/or girlfrlends, ancl treat t'lorth Slope of Alaskatr. Because of the natlre then to a pre-rceting dlnner at Colombos. of the "Gdles Nlghttr meetlng he presented hls talk as a non-technical, and hl$ly lntercsting and amsjng discorrse on the typlcal events of an Alaskan fleld season. The progran was hfuh- llghted by Dr. Snelsonrs olrn 16 m techricolor thls fantastisaUy beautjJul country. fil:as of jJl A}ilIWAI CON\M{I]ON . AAPG Breathtaklng close-ups of liild'life the Brooks range and the vast wilderness of the north slope The Anerican Assoclatlon of Petroleurn Geologlsts have been captured ir rare monents of beauty and w111 hold its 5&td annual neetlng at the B1It- solitude. nnre Hote1 lx Ios Angeles, April 10-13, L967. Of parbicular interest to all present were views rB'ocl(S and Dollarstt, a quantiJicatlon of geo- of the geologtstrs my of l1fe in the fieltl, and Iory, has been sel-ected as the theroe for the h1s reans of com.mlcation, transportatlon and corventlon expected to alraw several thousand of recreation. I6ny of those present at the diru:er the AAPGTS 15,000 members throughout the 50 were ur:lintentlonal movle stars, whose uives at states and B0 forejgn couttries. last could see how nrou€fl" it reauy !,aS. I4cre than one real face was obseryed vhen the plctures The soclety of jicononlc Paleontologlsts and of a rr1ld rrbarert sulnrnfug party uere shown. l,Bneralogists uill hold their 41st annial reet- 1ng in conJu:rction wlth the AAPG convention. Dr. Snelson has the unique abluty of capturing not onl-y the most spectacular geologlc photos' also the most spectacular scenery 1n the T. Schvlade, but IrufnS Atl_antic Rlchfield Co., sane sequence. The taltc uas extrelDlJ uel-l re- Ios Angeles, senres as general chairran tne oi enJoyecl by aLL. convention, Lrlth Robeft R. I(napp, Standard O1l celved and thorougnty of Callfornb, h Habra, Calif., as general vlce-charlnpn.

Edwjx H. Stlneneyer, She1l 0i1 co., Sakersfield RE},IINDM FOR CORFESPONDEI{TS Ca1jJornla., 1s vice-chairman for SElt and James C. Taylor, She1l 011 Co., Los An€eles, tr1lith sunmer vacatlons over, and fa1l activitles gettlng is assistant vice-chairmn for StrM. unden'xay, it 1s r€quested that newsletter naterlal be sent fu early. Poge 2

EXECUTTVE COMMITTEE, PACIFIC SECTION AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROT,FUM GEOLOGIST Robert R. Knapp president John F. Curran Vice preeid.ent William F. Edmondson Secretarv e%efr7ra*t6*u Thomas L. Wright Treasurer Eugene R, Orwig, Jr. past-president John N. Terpening Editor Robert R. Morrison San Joaquin Delegare Gordon B. Oakeshott Northern California Delegate James M. S4unders Coastal Delegate i\0Rx oN CORRAL CIIIyON ASSOCIATED SOCIETY DELEGATES The statenent of Robert Yeats that appeared 1n the Alrgust issue of the PFC contajxs some very Glen C. Ware, Jr. Sac ramento good Edward G. Dobrick, poixts. f agree that the controversy be- Jr. Northwest tween geologlsts Dean L. Morgridge Alaska on the suitabillty of Corral Canyon for a nuclear powered generEtor has not been beneficiaL pub11c imege geo- PACIFIC PETROLEUM to the of the GEOLOGIST logic profession. f am convj:rced., ho!rcver, that those geologists uho concurred. that the site Published monthly by the Pacific Section could be utll-lzed. for the proposed usage d1d so American Association of Petroleum Geologists good Changes of Addrese, tu falth after considerabLe lnvesttgation subscription and membership of the and inquiries should be addressed to: Membership site vlcinlty and evaluatlon of the fle1d data. Those geologists vho testlfled Secretary, Pacific Section AAPG, p. O. Box 174g6, against the proposed. use the liJ

lhe gifts we have recelved, 1n l_1eu of flowers, l|ill be used tolraril a narker as another trlbute to the r"espect and, adnlratlon he earned fron CH3RI,IE CORBATo has left U.C.L.A. to Join the al-I whq lmeu hI[. ff there should be a surylus, Departnent of Geolory staff at ohio State thls v111 be deposlted. ln an ed.ucatlonal nmd (Colunbus, Ohlo) as Assoclate Pofessor for our ch1ldren. YoLr g(pressions of slnpatlv axd woms of en- couragelpnt have hel_ped us so very ruch durlng these most try1ng days.

Peggr, GaJ:Ir, & Llnda Patterson Poge 3

AfP(i NEW I{U"IBERS

AIPG Caltfornia Section, erld Annua1 Feetlng w1tl be hel-d 1n Bakersfield on trfid.ay, Septenber 50, 1966 at the Royale la.Uns lbtor Hotel. noberb A. Etrll Gene E. Molantler E.lllble 011 & Reflnlng Co. StanalaFtt 011 Coutr)any All geologists and their wlves are lrtvlted. callf- IBOO Avenue of the Star6 P. O. Box 606 ornia AIPG members w111 receive reserryatlon forms. Ioe Angelee, Calif. N7 Ia Habra, Ca1lf. Non-nembers may obtain forns from: Kent E. Johnson F. llar.ghall Mccoy Golton Bell Stantlartl 011 Coq,any llJ Monterey Street GuIf oil cor?oration P. O. Box lZfB Playa del Rey, Callf. 9p?9.L Box 1392 Oil.iale, CF'llf. Joe Newnan Bakersf ie1d, Cal-ifornia Robert W. Koch Go-Western $ervice Sta,Dtl,arct OII Coq)any 1l+29 Ja^Ees Road Pflone: 314.-6031 Box 5278 Bakersftelat, Caltf. 93308 Olf.rale, Cqlrf. DonaLal E. Orlopp Registration wlu start at 11:00 a.n.: IJuncheon R. J. Isntz 21O! Shenrootl Avenue at noon. The rceting and afteruoon papers will- Balcersfleltl, Callf. There Itnltetl States Dept. of the fnterior begln at 1:30 p.m. w111 be a coclctall Branch of Orga.nlc tr\re]s Robert P. Ottensteln party jrt the evening and djri'rer ulth a speaker. Bo( 3073 Ba.kersfiela, Ca}lf. P. o. Boc 5Zl8 93303 oilalale, CalJf. Callanay D.C. Dona].at W. Levantlowskl Rrbl-lcity Chalrman Staada.rat 011 CoEpaay Johnle Ouzts P. O. Bo:< 505 Kewanee O11 Co. Ia Eabra, Cellf. 211+ Bernard, offLce E Ba;kersflelal, Ca11f. 933 5 PCRSONAI ITENAS Ec'.ard R. Level 1091 Via Ciellto Jobn E. Plgg, Jr. Ventura, Caltf. 210! Avoudale [1. Ba&ersflelal, Callf. BRUCE BLACK, Coast Geological Society, reports Cleude M. (Tex) numerous leverett recent transfers, especlally Shell peo- 50OO Stocklale Eighray Spencer J. Reber ple. We regret to say JOHN SISLm of Shell ITo- BakerseleLd, Ca}if. 2SOL Panora^oa Dr.lve ductlon has been tr"ansferred-To-Ed1anCl, Texas. Bakersfleld, Cellf. BOB SMITII of Shell $rplorution has recently been Stephen M. I€vi transferretl lbrndngtonr 621 cleEson Court Etbrln C. Roblnson fron Nev lrbxlco, to Balersfleld, CalJf. Unlon O11 Co. Ventw? for a tlro year assigrulent wlth the Shell P. O. Box ?600 Dcploration and Production Research Dlvislon. WlUtaln D. I€rrl6 Ios AngeJ.es, Cellf. 9OO5[ Also transferTed lnto the Ventura office wlth 2Bl9 "E" street the Baker6fleltl, Calif. CarI P. Rogers Dcploratlon and koduction Research group P. o. Bo:r 2168 from Houston, i: !AR$I LIEcIGL Texas. BRUCE BT,ACK Ernest B. Llan Ba,kersfteltl, CaLlf. or $nerr -ExpJ-orarlon nas been transferreal to Marathon OtL Co. the Ventura koductlon Departnent for a one year 6L5 "c" street P. L. Salstron training assignrent. JOE DD(ON. has been trans- Anchorage, AJ.aska 2806 lJrlverslty BalersfleLl, ferred to the l"hrine Dffiln los Ange]_es Celif. Dennls Lynch effectlve Augrst 15, and STEqE BORN A. 1s leavlng Iane WeILs Co. trba,nk E. Sairers Shell to rwther nis eoueffii-Eiftne end of P. o. Box l+158 Stanalaral Oil Coqrany August. Balrersflelft, Celrf. 2401 North Chester Ba,kerBfleltl, Callf. Texaco has had tuo r€cent transfers lnto Ventura. Cralg A. Lyon StantlailI Oif Coq)any nobert P. Sanen former\r JoHN hIEST @IEAD, of lbrnington, and. P. 0. Bo< 5zf8 St€nalard. 011 Coupany ffii:-eld have r€cenil-y Jnrlvec. Ol].la]-e, Calrf. 3819 FalrDount Street Ba.ke!6fle1(l, callf. Standard 011 announced the necent transfer Jey C. l,terks of Joh! E. Scheufler Ventura geol-oglst ROBHI BARNS to Ios Angeles Eurble 011 & Reflnlng Coppany 1BOO Aaenue of the Ster6 Penl-n6u].a PetTolerr! Cor?. effective JUly 15. IoB Angeles, Caltf. 9qc57 12570 Paseo Curo Saretqga, Cal{f. 95O7O Tldewater 011ts JIM S.qNDqS, on a recent vls1t AlLan V. Martlnl Sfantlald M. K. Scrlbner to the united Naffifrs-EilIming 1n r,rew york, m,s Oil Colrpeny pleasantly P. O. Box !Zf8 2905 Roanoke Ct. sw?rised to encounter I(ARI HEL'.4S oilalale, ca]-tf. Ba.kerseleLl, Ca11f. %36 of Stand.ard OiL as he stepped from ttre-TEffil 93308 floor elevator. Iooks like Standard and Tlde_ Eentlrix R. lrbthleon Dennis Shea water at€ dolng sone powerflrl tobbylng. Schlumberger 2500 Blatle Ave. P. o. Box L647 Ba^ker6fLe1a1, Callf. Bakersfteltl, Caltf. Neal Sulth l,larc O. I'EILer StaEalara O11 Coqnny NURSERY NTWS ArEosy 011 Co. 9l7 Rockwooat Avenue 1715 Oak Street BakersfleLA, Calif. Ba.kersfleltt, caJ.1f . JOHN and DoRSHU{ IoRl,liq}l have a new son - Stuart Boss Sntttr C€orge Heruy, 10 lb 2 oz, bom on Jule ?th. P. L. Mi.l1er lJ?2 Burton Way Stendard O11 Co. Bakersfielal, Callf. z|tOl No. Cbester OlldFie, Calrf. Poge 4

NEI.J MEMBmS (contixued)

Stuart S. I@tleby A. tll1ua.n Craig George R. Harltr Robert M. Suelaler Eunble oil & Refl.ning co. candlelroocl Drive AtLentlc Ricbfl el(t coqlany 5o!+ ElIt street 37Ol 18OO Avenuq of the Stars .BalAlbert i{. Gent4r ?35 - 8th Avenue Sl,i Rte. 2, Box 351+ EtL Kles6l1ng A. A. ALogren Calgety, AJ.te. Cernel, Callf. 9392a Callfornta DLv. l4Lnes & GeologY 11O Cyprees Street Canail,a Enbarcadero at l,larket Baker6f1ell, caltf. glealt San Franclsco, Cslif. 941It A.Iber! trorr8! R. A. Ca,rey O11 Col{)a'ny Avenue S+antlartl E. T. AnalerBoB J!l+4 ollve pl Box 839 Jobn C. Igrkpatrlck Eeecb, gOBOa o. 7 - P. o. Bol( 606 Ior€ Callf. Anchorage, ALa8ka Stgnal O1l & Cas Co. Ia Es!a, cauf. #Sl P. 0. Box 17126 John R. Castano charles N. Greene l,06 AngeleE, Calrf. 9OO17 Shell Otl Co. I[.ck E. AtchlgoB O11 Reflnlng Co. IL4 Cherry Street Erdle & l,tarathon O1l Co. ISOO Aveuue of tbe Stare Morblner A. lclne SeattJ.e 4, Waeh. 5l+5 "G" street Ios Angeles, Callf. Nl 3@ Elvealen Eouse Ancborage, Afaska 95Ol Cal€ary, AlberbB It{arte J. C].a.rtr R. E. Greutert Cana(la l1OZa AtLantlc Rlcbfleld Coqler5r l,{. C. Barnaaal, Jr. 3230 Mesaloa Iane Atl€ntlc Rlchfleltl Cqtany 59OO CherrJr Avenue R. S. Ttnon Long Beach, PaEadena, Callf. 9tIO7 59OO Cherry Aveuue Carrf. 90805 Uobil 011 Co. IoDg Beach, Cauf . P. O. Box t?3\ Paul F. Clenent C. F. Gulon Eunble Oll & Reftning ComItaJlY Anchora€e, Al-aska 99501 John W. Bedforal c1o E. If. Scofleld, Jr. the stars 2450 ISOO Avenue of Terceco Golf CIub Rosd IoB Angele6, Callf. N7 Wllebl-re EIvd. EonelJ., Mlch. t88t+S 335O B. S. Ia.uon Ioe Angelee, CaILf. Patrlck C. EaIeY Sta,nley Conrad Mobil O11 coqtar\y D. Eunbte ot1 & ReftLing Co. Atlantlc Blcbf1e].tl Coq)any P. o. Box 1fl4 Ethrard M. Blen 18OO Avenue of the StarB Cherry Avenue Anchorage, Al"aska 99501 Atlantic RlchtLeld coq)any !!OO Los AngeleB, Callf . frc57 P. 0. Bolr f4? Iong Beach, Callf. 9O8O5 E. Dean Iaudenan Balerafleld, Callf. George R. Earlo6 Ja.Des Cox Union Oil Co. of Ca-llf. R. O11 & Refinlng Co. e8te Sumtt Ctrcte Eutrle 2805 Denau Street charleo v. Booth 18OO Arrenue of the Stars Baker8ftelA, CaLlf. Anchorage, Afeska 99503 \226 Maearbhur Brvar. 93305 106 Angeles, Callf. N7 l{ Orleana, Ia. |ffi Poge 5 CHANGE OF ADDRESS (continued)

Glen W. I€dlnghan EaroLal L. Reade P. o. Bo:( 1392 Atlantic Rlch:eteld Corpey Eonaral StdTk Ja.ne6 R. Trotter Bakergflelal, Callf. 93302 P. 0. Box 147 Atlantic Blcbfleld Coq)any IOB55 Ibrby [rrtve Baker6fleLal, Callf. 555 So. FIoEer Street Northltdge, CaUf. 91324 John S. Ioofbouro\., Jr. 106 Angeles, Callf. 90054 Atl"eatic Rlcbfielal Coryany Epest W. Rennle, Jr. Wl11laln Van A.}en 555 So. Elower St. Uf5 OaI Street, Roon 3 John R. Switzer c/o Placitt O11 Co. I,os Angelee, CaLlf. 9OO5\ BakersfleLd, Callf. 93301 Eunble 011 & Reflning Co. 325 "I" Street 1BOO Avenue of the Stars Anchorage, Al-aska 99501 Glarlye P. Ioule Robert f,. Rlcharctson I,os AngeLes, Call.f. Nl 3O9 Love[ Ave. 536 East Meta Slreet John E. Vs.o Anf,tnge lrEJl valley, caltf . 9l+91+f Venture, CaJ.lf. L. T. Ta€gast c/o Unlon Oil- Co. of Cal{f. EunbLe Otl & Reflnlng Co. P. O. Box 52005 O.C.S. Ioute W. llrnzell R. T. Roth\rell 18OO Avenue of the Stars I€feyetter, Ioutslana 70501 3O9 Lowell Avenue Atlantic Blchflelal Cg. Ios Angeles, Call.f. Mt MiIL Va].rey, Crl.tf. 94941 Geologlcal Sclence Sectlon Eerberb J. Whlte P.O. Bo'c 3883 I{. E. TeaEyck I?bh FLoor R. A. Ilyon Ana.hein, Caltf. 9A8O3 LLtl+ Wilshlre Blvit. L70O Broadvay Iritrloll Oll Co. of Cnr{f . Los Aageles, CalLf. 90017 Denver, Coloratto 8O2O2 P. O. Box ?600 Velnon E. Rutberford Ioe Angelee, Callf. 90054 c/o tllon Oil Co. John N. Teryening Z|OO "F" Street 2352 Utah ri{,enue Blcherd DrtUey Wl1son Charles F. Manlove BakersfleLtl, Ca11f. 93301 EI Senrntlo, Ce'lJf . n24, Itunble OtI & Reflnlng 27OI Way Co. Cottsge 1600 Avenue Cottage Cente! of the stars E. F. Sabatke George M. I'hoeas I,os Angeles, Ca1lf . !oC5l S6c!a,n€nto, Caltf. 91825 EuEbIe Otl & Reelning Co. Eunble Olt & Reflnlng Co. ISOO Avenue of the Stars 18OO Avenue of the Stars WiILlan F. YerlDgton Audrew W. lh,rienog Ios Angeles, Calif , Nl I'oE Ary;eLes, Ca1lf. N7 10523 El Braso D!r. Eunble Oll & RetlnlDg Co. lihlttler, Callf. 9O5O3 IBOO Anenue of the Starg Devicl Schuh Ja.ne8 R. ltroqrson IoE Angeles, CalLf. N7 3861+9 .rac*!.n Atlanttc Blchf,leld Cmpeny F. M. Zlegler Pal-Edale, Callf. 93550 59OO Chernr A.ienue 4lO5 Jubilo H.ve Robert G. lblmad gOBOf Long Eeach, Cellf. Tarzaaa, Ce-lLf. 9Bj6 P. O. Box 3521 Frederlck E. SchuLtz Tulsa, OkJ-ahom, Iirnble O11 & Reflnlng Co. Michael Tr€pesonlan ISOO Avenue of the Stars 5935 lboost Avenue l.taoueL It. Ualruga IoE Angeles, cell.f. Nt Norbh Eollyrood, Callf . Ept. of O1I Plopertles Clty of Iong Beach Irylng T. Sctrwade P. O. Box 57O Atlantlc Rlchfleltl Coqlany Iong Beach, Callf. 9O8Ol 555 South Flower Street 106 AngeIeB, Ca1Jf. 90054 IoJrAe E. l.{etzne! BIgTIOGRAPFIY P. O. Box tlBS :Iheotlore D. Sheldon I€guna Beach, Calrf. It2J Securlty llfe Bldg. OF RECENI PUBTICAIIONS Denver, Colorado BO2O2 Stegfrled lfuesslg lO/f Charlee Slreet Paul Slenon U.S. GEOIOGICAI, SIJRVET Pesa,aena, Ce'l{f. 9UO3 P. 0. Box 68 Earvey, IouJ.alana hofessional Paper &L-Ez c€oIory and nlxeml ld. L. Natla^nd resources of the lbnl-evade and Rio PLraclcaba Atlantle Rlchfteld Iho@as E. Slsk Corya,ay l.Iiras Gerais, hraz11-, by R.C. P. o. BoF{ 3883 Eu&Ie O11 & Retlnlng Co. $Edrangles, Anaheln, callf. 92803 1BOO Avenue of the Stars Reeves. s4.0o Ios Angeles, Calif. W057 E. B. I{oble Prlofessional Paper 398-A3 Tertiary strati€raphy !o1 wl].Ebl.re Blvtt. Rlchartl A. S1ater and paleobotany of the Coolc In1et reglon, Sulte !O? &or noaal Santa lr{mlca, Callf. gOlOf Palx SprlDgs Alaska, by J.A. Wolfe, D.M. Hopl(lns, €uld E.B. Ite$ South Wa].es Leopo1d. $.70 Jaus B. O'F1trrnn Austra.lla ' Atr.ntlc Rlchtteltl Co. 555 So. tlower St. John W. Snlth sedlnent transport probl-en fron general IoB Angeles, Celtf. 9OOl? Eunble O1l- & Reflnlng Co. prqrslcs, ]BOO Aricnue of the StarB by R.A. Bagnold. $.55 Ri:x E. Olson Ips Angeles, Cal.if. N7 ftuible Otl & Reftnlna Co. kofesslonal Paper 499: Interyretatlon of r€- lggg fvenueef the Siare Be:( M. Sntth slstlvity alate, by R.G. Van Nostrand and Ioa Angeles, Ce1lf . N7 EuEbLe O1l & ReflLnlns Co, K.L. IBOO Avenue of the Slars Cook #z.zs E:oe6t L. Patchett I,06 Ange1e6, Cal{f . .*ic67 5835 terba Buena Road. kofesslonal- Faper bl4: l@asurement of fryffrauuc Santa RoBa, Callf. P. F. So].Lare dlffirslvity of wedge-shaped aqulfers drajxed truEble O1L & Reflnlns Co. by str€ams, by R.W. StallrBn and I.S. Ragr E. Pearson ).BOO Ayenue of the Sfars Papad.opuJ-os. Atlaatlc Rlchtteld Coryany Ios Angeles, ca-Ilf. Nl $4..s0 IIOO Cherr;r Avenue ofesslonal Faper Isg Beach, CaUf. 9OBO5 Clen W. Specht Sig-82 llattheya, a proposed yochel_son EuEbl-e 011 & Reflninc Co. nev class of nol1usks, by E.L. Jogeph E. Pelll.ne 18OO Avenue of the Siare s.25 ftrdle O1l & Reflnlng Co. Ios Angeles, CalJf. 180O Avenue of the Staas NZ' Ios A.agele6, CFrrf. 9O6l Pogo kofesslonal Paper 52A-Bz stratlgraphy and clrcular 554: Gold geochenlcal anomly 1n the structure of the Dlnkey creek roof pendant cortez distrlct, Nevatlar by R.L. Blclcson, ln the central- Siell.a Nevada, callforula, G.H. Van Slclde; H.M. I{akagaE, J.H. }&Carthy' by R.W. Kistler and P.C. BateEn. $.65 .fr. and K.W. I€ong. 10 Pages. trfee geochenlcal Ifofessional Paper 55?-B: Petrolo$r of the clrcul€,r 554: Gold anoE'\y lx the Cortez Dlstrlct, Nevada, by R.L. fflckson, G.H. Iclauea ]l{1 l€.va lalce, ltrauail, by D.H. Rlchter van SlcKLe, H.M. t{aliagalE, J.H. l,lccartfiyrJr. anal J.G. luloore. S.50 and K.W. Ieong. 9 pages. ofessional Faper 542-A,t Eefects of the earthquake of l,brch 27, 1964, at Anchorage, Alaslia by W.R. llansen. SL.?5 T,IAPS:

CQ 528: Geol-oglc nap of the l€ucoba lbuntaln r"eglona1 gpolo$/ of the klnce Wil1lan Sormd quadrangle, Ixyo Corrnty, Californla, by C.A. epicentral region, AJaska, by J.E. Case, D.F. Nel-son $1.00 Barnes, C€orge Plafl(er, and S.L. Robblns. $.20 lhp I-464: Reconnalssance gpol-ogic m,p of the west hau of the Spokane quadrangLe, l€shlngton Fofesslonal Paper 550-8: C€ologtcal Survey and ldaho, by A.B. Griggs. S.50 Research 1966, Chapter B. $e.00 l,bp I-471: Dlstrlbutlon of selested accessolTr Bulletin LZL+DI The d.etermtu|atlon of sulfaf,e nlnerals ln the Osgood l&ultains stock, In:n- and sulflde sulfur in rocks or niner:als, by bolalt comty, Nelrada, by G.J. Neuerburg. A.C. Vlisldls $.15 $.50 Bul-l-etin ],ZLA-Ez Slenent dlstrlbutlon ix some GP 574r Aeromgnetlc @p of Sh,cranento anit sheu and eugeosyncural black shales, by vlclnity, Callfornia, by J.IJ. [&uschl(e, J.A. J.D. Vlne. $.zo Pitldn, and c.w. Snlth. $.sO I4bter Supply Paper 1822! Selected technlques C,P 5752 Aeromgnetic mp of Hopl Buttes anal jx urater resources hvestlgatlons, 1965r con- v1cln1ty, llarraJo County, Arlzona by C.M. pll-ed by c.N. lbsnler and E.B. Chase. Mttchel-L and. J.Ir. Vargo. $.SO $.4F T-?67r Geol-oglc mp of the Cady lbrmtalns quad- County, I4hter Supply hper 1830-A: Floods of January rangle, San Beffiardlno Caltf., by T.W. Irebniary l-965 in Callfornla and Nevada, by Dlbblee, Jr., and A.M. Bassett. S.Z5 L.E. Youlg and E.E. llarls $A.OO I-472,. Geologlc re.p of the lavic quadfangle, Geoplrysical Abstracts iB4, JttW 1966, by J.hr, San Bemard.ino County, Callf., bJr T.}il. Dibbtee, Clarke, D.B. Vital-iano, V.S. Neusche1, anal ff. $.75 others. $.Bb I-4742 Reconnalssance geoLoglc @p North Anerlcan Geolo$f, June 1966 of the lathrop Abstracts of Wells l5-minute quadr:ang1e, Nye County, Nevada, $.45 by B.C. Erchflel. $.SO Clrcular 527: Grou:rd-uater research ix the tlnlted States, by 0.M. llackett, 8 pages trYee

PACITIC PEIROtCUil\ GEOI.OGIST z,ll(\Fl-z(i|i}. PACIFIC SECIION, A.A.P.G. _i us P0STA6E l3r \l;\ PAIDII P.O. 8c)X 17446. tOY S'rArloNl tt\\ ./t)1-1-_1 ,.lllL,r*" \" ./ I tOS ANCEIES, CATIF. CTOOIT X..Y Volume 20 Number 9

Relurn nequested Rlchard L. llsster D* Pauley Pqtroleus, inc' l0egS Santa Sdonlca 8lvd. Lsg Aagsles, Caltf. 9S067 PACITIC P.IIROLT UM GEOIOGIS'I

NEWS TETITER OT THE PAqIFIC SECIION AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OT PTTROTEUIT\ GEOIOGISTS

Volume 2O October, + 1966 Number l0

AS$OClArl ON ACTIVIIIES The follorrillg letter, drafted by Ton Baldwin, 3.Industry also has responslbllltles: is being sent by the hcific Sectlon trXecutlve Commlttee to AAIG Pesident tlalbouty to be (a) to contlnue to offer geologlsts pro- forrErded to the Industrlsl- Relations Comnlttee. fesslonal r€spect.

ffiE RSI,ATIONSITIP BETWEEN (b) To pLan long range seloration progans GEOIOGISTS, THE A.APG. Al'lD INDUSTRY $lth proper consideratlon for geologic mn- power requJrerpnts in a studlous effor-E to (1) c€ol-ogl is a professlon. th!5 irlFlies avold cycl-lc hlrlng and flring. not only professlonal dignity, and a ri4fit ; to proper respect but elso professlonal ob- (c) To asslst urlversltles lrt plannlng cur- tfuatlons ancl restraints. rlcula that uil-l ylel-d cledlcated and well tralrBd geolog:ic graduates. (2) Industry 1s mnaged by business people tralned 1n nany di-fferent disclpllnes, comEn- (d) To enploy as geologists those prcfesslon- ly non-professlonal, aU of then wlth a pro- als uho wi1llngly accept the standards and code per quallty and inter€st ln proflts, control of Ethlcs of A.AFG as a uay of llfe. personnel- control. (e) To encourage actlve partjGlpatlon of (5) 50 AAPG is an estabtished soclety wlth geologlc enployees ln AAPG affalrs. years of senrlce, ded.icated to atlvanclng gef- logic quality and. to rai.:rtaialng hlgh stand- (r) to offer geoLoglsts (comnensurate wlth anals of professlonal conduct by e)€,Itrp1e, by a jnsurlng indlvldml perforrance) coupensatlon and prlv- tlrltten code of ethlcs, and by that 1Leges conparable to those offer.ed the other nenebers of the professlon have an avenue for professions. constant association wlth thelr fellows who' nltuall-y are pledged to the profetslonal co{e. (S) To contlnue the e[phasls on the concept Ther€fore: that geolo$/ is a self-r€gulatirg professlon. (f) tne lxterests of iJldlvldual geologlsts, of (h) To spread throughout industry the in- the AAPG and of Industry tend to be ldentical creaslag effort to publlclze .AAPG as the pro- and are best sewed by a mutual wderstandlrg per mechanlsm of geologlc self-r€gulation. that A.APG shall contlnue, and. lncrease, 1ts' upans assurilg gpologlc conpetence role as a of trXamples of mls-handling professlonal efiployees 3 antl professlonal rectltude. (1) rett€nents" praetlce. (2) The past and continuixg efforts by flr)st 'early cmpanles to asslst A.APG and to encourage tb (e) mss transfers, hirlngs and firhgs professlonal associations of thelr geologist€ ire beneflcial to industry. These efforts (e) Recent and posslb\r mlslnforued or 111- should be contlnued anil anplifled. advlsed pubucity suggestlng firtu€ enerry u1ll farCely be supplled by atomlc pol,rer, shale o1I, (5) The professlonaL lnsplratlon and r€stralxts jnsurance tar sanals and coal uhile Hell iafonned orplor- of .A.APG menbershlp are the best for atlon managenents are encouraging lncreased proper conduct of lndlvldual geologlsts. En- student enrolLment 1n geol-ory and predlcllng an ployrcnt contracts, penalty clauses and. Legal enls,rged fleld for our professlon. restralnts (although 'imFortant to corporate lEnagement) are less effectlve regulators of jxtegrity (a) occasional (fortunagely rare) publlclty professlonal than the Code of Ethlcs. glven to i-rynoper conduct by lxploratlon Per- Dutles: sonnel. (In e recent irtstance, cover^ed in loca1 1. (a) Each indlvldual lrember of AAPG has a newspapers, the sltuatlon did not lnvolve 8eo- professlonal duty to support AAPG and to advert- l-oglsts but reaalers were lefb to assune that lse hls adherence to the professlonal standards. geologlsts had vlolated trust.) (b) .d11 geologlsts have a professlonal dwy to accept enploynent onl-y Lf they can perform, (5) nare but potentially hanEul lnstances of constantly perform, proper gpologlc exlendlng the contractural contacts unulse\r. and do (A per- dutles ln a slncere effort to atlvance the recent exailple of a company requlring lnterest of the efiployers. sonnel to subnlt to investigFtlon of personaL e. AAPG has an obugatlon to m.lntain 1ts fjrances. ) hlstorlcally hlgh standards, to publlcize these standards, to encouxage lxdustryts contlnued (6) occasional but r€cunre.It cases of a feu coupanles refusing to pernlt geologlc enployees acceptance of the society &s a usenrl tralnkrg r.iPG agent for geological ab1l1ty and as the prh- freedon to partlclpate in rf lairs. cipal arblter of professlonal conduct. Poge 2 Caltfornia Ixstltute of Teclmol-o$r. fhe t1tle of hls paper is "C€olog1cal and GeophyslcaL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PACIF'IC SECTION Sfunlflcance of Faults.rt AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST I.os .Angeles neetl-rEs wil-L be held at the l\bbll Robert R. Knapp President Auditofium on October 7 anil Decenber 9 anil at John F. Curran Vice President the U:xlon olL Auilltorlun on October L4, 2]-, ?82 William F. Edmondeon Secretary Novenber 4, 18, antl Decenber 2. Ttre SalGrs- Thomas L. Wright Treagurer fleld neetlngs 1111 be held one day proceettlng Eugene R. Orwig, Jr. Paet-President the Ios Angeles neetlrlgs at the Bal(ersfle1d John N. Terpening Editor college. Robert R. Morrieon San Joaquin Delegate Gordon B. Oakeghott Northern California Delegate OUII,INE Jamee M. Saunders Coagtal Delegate Flrtnr-ffi-ruu ASSOCIATED SOCIETY DELEGATES October 7 through Decenber 9, 1966 GIen C. Ware. Jr. Sacramento Edward G. Dobrick, Jr Northweat 1. "c€ologlcal and ceoplryslcal 8{gil-fite,nce Dean L. Morgridge AIaska of lbultsr (OctoOer Z)

PACIFIC PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST l{hat ls I fault? Classlflcatlon and deflnitlon of farrltlng. Dlseusslon of Publiehed monthly by the Pacific Section llte br@d aspectF of feult svsteDs and American Asgociation of Petroleum Geologiste petterns lrrlth r€gBrd to t@stenr l{orth Changee of Addregg, eubscription and membership Anerica. inquiriee ahould be addreesbd to: Memberehip Secretary, Pacific Section AAPG, P.O, Box l?486, 2, rrGeoplrysical- Studles of lbult Stnrctlre Foy Station, Los Angeles, California 9001? and Tectonics" (OctoUer ta) Material for publication and requeete for mieeed copiee ehould be addreseed to: Editor-PPG, Role of geophyslcal technlques and rethods P.O. Box t0905, Airport Station, Los Angeles, lr the identtflcatlon anrl lnteranetatlon Calif. 90009 of subsurf,ace dlscontlnultles anit faultlng. Orders for Pacific Section publicatione and prior years' issues of the PPG should be addressed to: 3. Alrbo!fiB Technlques (October 21) Pacific Section Publications, 313Z 18th Street, Bakerefield, Calif. Appllcatlon of allTtrroto anat alntome EDITOR: John N. Terpening sensirg systens to the ldentlflcatlon and Assidtant Editors: lnter?retatlon of faultlng. Deaoe Oberete-l,ehn Bob Yeat6 4. Gravlty l&thods (october P8) SelectedBibliography LucyBirdsall Cartoonist Jack Nigbet Identflcation and lxterTnetatlon of faultlng as derlved fnoe gavineter data.. CORRESPONDENTS: 5. lagnetlc l,bthoals (ttovenDer +) Alaska Ernie Lian Coaet Bruce E. Macomber Recent developnents ln the appUcatlon of I-os Angeles Bill Reed mgnetlc nethods and tecfudques to the Northweet Jim Salveson ldentlflcatlon of faulthg. Sacramento Iowell Garrison San Francigco Gordon Oakeehott 6. Selsnlc lbdels (Noveuber LB) San Joaquin Cheeter H. Rudel Memberehip Secretary Pat Metcalf Selsnie aodel technlques and eeerlrents applled to the study of faultlrg and sub- $rface dlscontinultles.

(Decedber Dead.Une for the nert lssue ---- October 15 7. Selsnlc Refractlon Technlques 2)

,IENI Analysis ef t"eftactlon seisnlc rlata ln A}INOUNC, the lnter?rctatlon of faultee structltres. The Pacific coast sectlon of the Soclety of a Del-oratlon Geophyslcists armounces a serles Selsnlc Ftefl-ectlon Tecturlques (Decenber 9) of elght weekl-y meetirgs conprislng'a trbult sJroposiun to be held ln Ios AngBl-es on F?lday Use of selsni.c cross-sectlons and sels- afbemoons at l-:00 p.n. beglnnlng october 7, nograns ln the study and aralysls of and ln Bakersfield on Thursdays beglnnlng ano[Elous events and sltuatlons r€lated october 6. A].1 geologlsts ar€ lnvlted to attend. to faulting.

Thls serles of lEpers wll-l enphaslze the appucatlon of a broad spectrun of geopfryslcal method.s and technlqres to the ldentlflcatlon I4eetlngs I and I - l,tobll Arditorlun, Mcb1l and lnter?retation of &ult1ng. olt BlrlLdlry, 612 S. Flouer Street.Ios Angeles, lp.n; The first spealcer for the Ios Angel-es neetfug on october ? will be Dr. Clarence R. Allen, lbet]Jles 2 thru 7- Unlon 011 Au

An apprsprlatlon uas approved to flnance John FoflEn, Fle1d Trlp Chairu,n, has A.A.P.G. at€rds at the l-96? Ilnternatlonal scheduled tuel-ve field trlps jn connectlon Sclence lblr at San n:anclsco. Tlxe ex- ulth the I'lat1ona1 Conventlon next Aprll. perlence at the l-966 llalr 1n Dallas ms Ej€ht trips w111 be offered prlor to the excellent. l4rch was acconpushed ln conventlon. Those that receive zubscrlp- petrlleun geoLogr brlrUlng beforc the tlons.of 30 or nore uill- be nm. The scler8lf;lc orlented studente and ln hlgh- partlclpants v1lt be canrled on buses, and I1ghtlrrC such actlvltles of the Assoclatlon box lunches w111 be provld.ed. A11 trlps before the general publlc. ar€ planned to retwn the partLclpants to the hotel headqlErters by 4p.n. Suday lhe iapact of the Assoclatlonas profession- so they G,y attend the pre-convention al\y dlrected public r€l.etlons progran, coclctall party. begun last sleptenber, has Gde lxroads for A.A.P.C. and the pn:ofesslon of petroleun jnto (I) Ios Angeles Urban Ilr111 sltes-cost $4.00 geolory Eny publlc opi:r1on areas I€ader: Art Spaulding her€tofor€ untouched by our organlzatlon. [h1s trlp u111 vlslt the rrarlous urban drll-I sltes ln the northwesterly part of Slnce Septenber, l'latlonal Headquarters has the los Angbl€s Basln (e.g. I€,s Clenegas, recelved newspaper and mgazlne cl-lpplngs Beverly H111s, Venlce). ffon 485 pubLlcatlons wlth a conblned c1r- (z) Pllocene Seahro South I'lorxitain, culatlon of nore ttlan 4l- mlLl.lon coples. oo And, at best, theTHpplry senrlce g!:ar- antees thet only about 60o/o of uhat appears Robert F. I@ade irt prlnt 1s sent ln. Ttrls in ltseE 1s a Thls trlp w111 exanjne the crlterla for rather statgerjlg amoult of pubUclty sub@r1ne unconforrlty, lncl-ud,lng uner- utrlch the Associatlon has not heretofore od.ed fault scar?s, cteep mter fawras, and enJoyed. In addltlon, NBCis ll:anlc Blalr taped the facles changp fron shallew uater to lntenrlews at the St. Iouls Conventlon ublch turbLllte sands ln ths Jnnedlately over- rrere broadcast on radio IDNITOR. lylng beds. Crltlcal foss11 localitles will be vlslted, as well as a radlonetrl- CALENDAR caUy dated Pllocene ash bed. (g) lHtn'6 tsland.Ior\q Beacn-cost $4.r0 O0tober LI, 1966 Tuesday EVenlng, 6:30 p.n. I€aaler: Jack Russel Soclal Hour 5:90 p.n. AlF Thls wlLl- be a conilucted. tour of the TtflI6 erlcan l€glon llal_l, 17th & L Sts., Balrcrsfiel-d. San Stean @, 00 Itc€olory of Perslan GulJrr, th1s wil-t be a vlslt to a steam lnJectlon by Dlcl{ Hester, Pauley Pet- weU in the l.os Angeles Basin with a dls- roleun Co. cusslon of a resuttant r€covery anat econonlcs. (5) Structural and Stratigraphlc tr'eatures Novenlter 7, 1966 l4onclay Evenlng, 7:50 p.n. of the Mrittier 011 Field - Bakersfield. College, Sclence Posslbly changed and. Brglneerjxg Buildi-rlg, Thls trlp wlII lllustrate the conplex to Nov. 14 be- Room 56, Biostrctigraphlc structural features along the Whittler fault. cause of con- Senirar, rrBio-Stratlgraphy of It w111 show the turbldlte details of the fl-lct wlth con- the Sa1ton Sea Baslx and./or c@rse Upper }4locene and Louer Pl-iocene tjJndng Etlucatlon BaJa CaljJonlfar', by Dr. E. clastlcs whlch have been d.erived by sub- Pro€Fn. C. .&lllson, San Dlego State mrine dlunpiry ffon a nearby source area. CoUege Poge 4 I'tat1ona1 conventlon Field Trlps (contlnued) (4) fto-Day Scuba Dlvlng Irndendater Fleld Trlp ln the Ia Jolla Area, F"lday .Apflt 14, and Satwday April 15, 1967 - firis trlp uil-l- lllustrate the l4locene cost: $25.00 stratj€raphy and nicropaleontol-ory of the I€ader: Robeft DllI southwest aargjn of the Los Angeles Basln. Thls trlp ylll be open to rrFnbers holdilg a (?) Central Santa l,bnica lbuntalns Strat- \ralid scuba Divlng canl fron a recognlzed tralnlqg schooL. A nard-mrn of 50 parblclpants can be accomodated. Dlvlng lungs and a1r thls trip ui1l show tubful1te cLastlc deposits wlll be provlded. Fartlclpants rfill v1s1t of Upper Cretaceous, Paleocene, l,llddle and the cononaoo Islands yher€ undendater Miocene Upper l"nocene age. Upper Miocene turbldite outcrolF, Pl.elstocene submrhe terraces, d.etaus and d,lrectlonal featwes u111 be and Reoent blogenetlc calcareous sands.vlll ill-ustruted. be o(anlneo. Also dlves nlII be Ede lnto the (e) Structural Fle1d Trip ln the Ventwa heads of Scrlpps anil I.a Jolla submrlne cargons. Basjr - Cost: $6.50 Leader: Bill Cor€y PMSOMI,S The trlp u111 111-ustrcte the h1grry conpressed conplexly folded, faulted. and overthrust Tldewater O11 Coryany has nared DON F4 CARIOS stnrctures tu the Ventui:a Basin, partlcul- gpologl€al rrErEger of 1ts ltesteflt I5cploratlon arly ir the o11 flelds. and Fductlon Dlvlslon in los Angeles. Don was for.nerly Dlstrlct }gnager jn Houston. A.E. (ED) PAIJK and }{.M. (BTLT,) HOAD have been There will be folr mJor post-eonventlon transfetreo fton Sotex, I'llcland, to tle trips which, because of tjfiing, u1l-I be Drploratlon Departnent for Standard at 011dale. ruutualLy excluslv€. DICK DONDA}WTT,Tfi formerly wlth Earth Drcrgies (L) Three-nay Trlp to Death Vauey (Aprl1 Dlvlsldl of R.tre 011 ConpanJr uhlch has been rerged rrltb unlon 01t conpany, ls transfered frcn tlle cool cllrnpte of Santa Barbara to the beautlnrl agrlcul-tural area of the Southenl Thls trip w1ll- leave on the last day of the San Joaquin Vail.ey. He Jolns llnlon 0i1 Conventlon, Apr11 16, travellfug rrp the Orcns Coreargrts Drploratlon Staff at Balcersfleld. VaLley and stayfug overnlght at Ione Pjxe. I'IIRD ABBqIT 1s back wlth S:heLl, Bakersfleld Ttre next day, the gfoup u111 crods the as d,lvlslon ceologlst after a years absence UlhLte l4runtalns and. go dom lnto Death Vall_ey ulth the E & P eroup at Ventura and Houston. wher"e the night w111 be spent at the llrrn- 1'0M orr\Errr, (snerr) ls havhg a dlfflcult ti-me ace creek Ranch. The next day lJtl_f be spent exptelnlxg the pebble? creases on his car hood 1n Death Vauey with another night ln zurn- to the lnsurance conpanJr. ace Creek. He and JERRY ELI(INS uere slghting ir a deer rl{Le and 1t seens The last day wlll De spent 1n Death Vauey they rere try1ng to rlcochet the buLlets off and. returnlng to Ios Angeles. It 1s possible the hood to h1t the target, that with sufflclent lnterest. this tiiD R. T. (B0B) COODIEIOW transfered ffon could. be d,oubled 1n slze with- one Uus f'oaO tenntnatixg OKlahona Clty, chewon, sotex' to stanilard, 1n Ias Vep,s rather than Los Group Angeles. Olld,aLe wlth the e€ophyslcal effectlve (2) Tro-Day T?ip to Cataltua Islarut (I? August !.5. JACK IDIfIRDS, formr PaciJlc Coast area Drploratlon lAnager for Shell, has Just Donn Gorslixe coflpleted an asslgruFnt ]n Ttte ]Iague and This trip r4rlu travel to Catallna fsLand by 1s non Chlef GeologLst ln Neu Yofl(. stea[Fr, anal one-half of the estLm,ted IOO SPEIICE FINE, Atlentlc Rlchfleld, 1s on hls partlcipants hrlU be talcen on a fleld trlp uay to Sydney, Alrstralla. Spence notes that ldili:tr will- show the bedrock geolosr of ine the com.rte to Sydney fron OJal ls a l-lttle Is1and. lor€er than the L/\-OJal drlve so that he has to nove. fhls ultl be tol€h on Ventura The other one-ha]-f of the group wil1 be taken County Retrrbu-cans, as VIRGINIA FINE has on an oceanog?phic tour on the llancock been a Long tlrc Elnstay there. Foundatlonsr rryelero JV,'. Thls trlp trill 1l-Lustrate various oceanographlc technlques BIIL Po{NOR, Atlantlc R1chf1el(l, 1s $oflcing such as arcer proflung, botton corlng, and tn Iong Beach, but st1ll connrttug to 0Ja1. dredglng. We w111 also vlslt USCrs new PEIE H.A[,L, €eologlst-Erlcher, is leavlng Rlchfleld to devote firll tlne to oceanographlc fnstallatlon at the Istlurus. Atlantic jx Partlclpants wlll be encorrragetl to have their ralslng apri.cots and boys the upper OJalr wlves accompany then to Avalon for thls tr1p, BILL PIil,^ScH, 1s 1n Ios Angeles as Staff but there wiu not be room for then to take hIel1 logglng Englneer for slgnal. part in the F1eld Tr1ps. CARROLIT HOYT, Geologlst-enerltus ffom lbbll-, (5) one-Day stratigmphic Trip 1n the Ventura Basln, 1s back ftm stockbrolcer school- ln Nev Yofl< F?iday, Aprl1 14, L96? - and ls'trangixg out h1s shlngle at lfal-ston Cost: $7.50 and Co. in downtoffn Los Angeles. SIIIRLEy VALENCIA, a recent USC graduate, JoIm C. Crowell Detalled. puo-plelstocene has Jolned lbb1l as a geologlst. She is featrres of turbldite reported to be uell slttilg. deposlts wtII be accented. This trlp !r1U vlslt the Ventura Avenue, Hall Canyon, and liheeler pllo-pleistocene RoD coLVIN, MoblL, has transferred to l&bllts Canyon sectlons ErploraSlon DeFrtment ln Santa Ib Sprlngs under the directlon of l.Iatland. The Santa fron tlF koduclng DepartrFnt. Paula Creek sectlon w111 be und.er Crowell_rs dlrectlon. Ieftlclpants wlU have a chance {lsDoli B. hUGHES, JR. recently Jolned C€osearch ROBBMS & ROBEMS Poge 5 Corporation uith headquarters .in pasadena, Callfornia. l!|.. Hughes uas forrerly empfiryeO R.G. (HUSTIER) lnoarou, standardrs trcvelllJ€ by United Geophysical. I{'ell site geo].oglst, has nor€ and better Aasfa storles each tlrne he cones back ffom hls tem- IAXI CAI4PBELL has been appointed by Governor porary asslgnrents in the northem State. The Brown to serve as Dlrector of the California qay lre hear lt, Bob uas try]ng to cash Departrent a $Zb of Conservation, r€placlng DEIIJIIIT check to pay off a rBobbern uhlte the bnk NE"SON utro has taken a facultypositlon at uas-beli]g held up by another robber dol-ng Iowa State Unlverslty, effectlve Septenber I. buslnegs in the next tellerrs booth. S6, b9fu.,€.? fasl, gl1b talker, uas ab-t-e to stay out DR. CAI'{ttsEL ls acceptlng the appolntnent of Ja1I: he even outsmarbed the rlhustllns'r on\r on an lnterim basls (at nli-own request) flrst robber and saved. ni" $zs.- ur:ltll December I, when he wl1l r€tunj to- frfs' posl-tlon of State Geologist and Chl6f, Divislon XD I(ARP has been appointed Asslstant pfofessor of Miles and C€olory. of ceologr at Balcersfleld CoUege. He fonner_ Jy taught ln the Balrersfle1d. lrea antl uas ess- The sumerrs nelrs topper fron San lyanclsco 1s oclated Lrith Kern O:_1 Co[pany. the promotlon of S{ANLEy W. TOTTH{ Vlce-p.es_ 1+gn! 1" charge of explorailon for stand.ard Recent hlres at l,tobllrs Santa Fe Springs o11 coEpany of Tel€s. The rough purt oi tiri" offlce are fiM WILDIIARBER from USC and- new asslgruFnt for STA{ and and fris vife 1s the MIKE ACOSTA frd San Diego State. Other Dove from thelr beautiful hone at Belvedere on new ad.dltlons to the Santa Fe SDrinss Slxn_l''mnclsco Bay to soneuher€ i:r Houston office are JoHN DE tAy (rron yortc earl-y fn tn6 rci october. offlce) and fiI{ DAHjIAUSH,I (fron the Ro${eII, N. M. offlce) STAN 1s a last-prcsident of the Northem Cal_1f- B0B SNEIDR, Shel1 Dgvelopnent Co., ornla ceological Scoelty and a faittrfill neniber Bakersfleld has Jolned slal1 oil_ on tne area of the socletyrs l\bndfy l_uncheon group. He p_I9dgg_tlon dept. staff in Ios Angeles. ls 'hotedn arcng AAPG people for the gi.eat Job .lroE DIXoN, She1l, Ios Angeles, s6t a new he d1d as Chal:rman of Fixance for the natlonal Jrgrr pne_Jr r€cor{. by seUlng hls Ventura conventlon ln San nencisco in 1969. lgu:.e xr 4 days!. He rdas last reported lost }l y-re :.moC_looklng for sonethlng conparabJ-e LIMI F. ADA]6, fomerly of S.tr'. and late\y 1n the Blg Clty. Divlslon Drploratlon Superlntendent for Stan- TIM LAUER, dard of Callfomla, W.O.T. at I.a Habra, ls a r€cent graduate of Oreeon State has Joined the ltcptoratlon crcup foi Unfon belng noved up to asslst STAI,I at Stan

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OPEN FTT,E REI.;EASES (Inspeciion only, iir Library, !'errlr ErlldiJls Aeronagnetlc mp of the san ll^anclsco Bay ar€a, ceolosr of the southwest quarter of the hlalnut Callfornla, by the U.S. C€ologlca1 survey. Creek quadrangle, by Rlchard B. Saul zsheets, scale l-:50r0O0. e Sheets, scale 1:501000. e,eolory of the Sunset Cliffs, clty of srn Dlegc, cal-ifomia, bJ'l4lchae1 P. Kemedy U.S. GEOIOGICAI, SURIIEY Poge Gold geochenlcal cbcular 554: anomly ln IIORLD O]L, vol. 162, no. 5, Aprl1 1966 the Cortez Dlstrict, Nevada, by R.L. flckson, G.H. van s1ckle., H.M. Naka- Drploratlon SpeclaL RepoFt gaua, J.H. l,tcCartlgr, ./r. and K.W. L€ong. pages 9 WoRLD 0Il, vol. L32, no. 6, $by 1966 hofessional Papar 47bDr The L961 errrptlon flJrdfng and proOuclrg vlscous, low of Kllauea Volcano, I{au"al1, by D.H. gfevity cnrtle ln Canada, by M.F. ltest- Rlchter, W.U. Ault, J.P. Eaton, and fall. J.c. lbore.(reprfnt) $.55 Cretaceous ls now a deep obJectlve ln kofesslonal Faper 442: Physlographic divlslon Ialce l€racalbo, by l,llchael E. LJmch and of Al€.sle, by cLyde hh.hrhartu $5.50 Clement B. I€palc hofes$lonal Paper 491-8: Elfects of Junlper Abo reef buildup provldes flve stratl- and plxyon eradlcatlon on str€adlou grcph1c trap zones, by l€rsh W. Nottlng- lTon ColturoJ Creek basln, lrlzona, b.y han. M.R. Co:.:.j.':fs and R.N. I\tfrlck $.20 Stean-pol.rer€d drlulng rlgs m,lce cone- B.itl.etln )2e4r Cokhg-coal deposlts of the baclr offshor€, by Johl R. cmhan. Westem ltnlted States, by PauI Averltt $.P5 hrlletir 1g3O-A: !,[neral r€sources of the San Raf,ael- prlnltlve area, CallJornla, NEW ADDRESSES FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS by H.D. Gouer, J.G. Vedaler, H.E. cIlfton, Post and E.V. $.60 JoIm T. Alfors Bela Csejtey, Jr. 2345 llashington Street, Apt. 203 U. S. Geologlcal Servlce ceophyslcal Abstracts 255, Jlrne 1966 $.35 San FrancLeco, Caltf. 94115 ?OLL Llz Cumberland Avenue Middleeboro, Ky. 40965 Robert Il. Beckwtth zuLtetln L25O-D: l,llneral- nesources of the Eenry F. Darrson 1508 Ltberty Street l8runt Jefferson prirnltlve area, Oregon, P. O. Box 2058 El Cerrtto, Calif. 94530 w G.lI. l€,ltcer and R.c. Gr€ene (u.s.G.s.) Bakersfleld, Caltf. 93303 E.C. Pattee (U.S.B.M.) afil J. I{. Eedford Paul H. Dudley, Jr. Texaco Inc. Eunble O11 & Refinlng Co. Abstracts of North .AlFrlcan GeoLosr l€y 1966 1921 19th Srreet P. O. Box Bakerefleld, 61975 $.4s Ca1lf. Nes OrleaDs, Louielana Larry Brundall 520: over the Mathilda Frlrzler Clrculsr trltlun railout 5396 Agana Drlve 15770 Valley Blvd. Santa Barbara, tlnlteal States in 196e aril 1965, by c.L. Callf. 93105 Fontana, calif. 92335 SterBrt anil C.M. HoffEn, 11 pages tr?ee Thooas A. Baldwin Tad L. tlock Itmble Oil & Reflning Texaco, Inc. 1800 Ave. 1033 of the Stars, Rn. P. O. Box 2168 l,lAFS: Los Angeles, Callf. 90067 Bakersfleld, Callf. 93303 Robert E. Best GQ 5283 e€ologlc nqp of the lhucob lbuntaia FraDk R. Goodban Ilunble quadrw€Ie, I{ryo caljJomia, by 011 & Reflntng 9842 Newcaetle courty, 1800 Ave. of the Stars IileetDlnster, Callf. 92683 c.A. Nelson $1.00 Los Aageles, Callf. 9OOI7 Edrerd W. Bishop fladdad lbp I-45(l: Reconnalssance geologic Ep of C. 1730 Gruce lfestern Otl & Gas Assoclatloo the uest half of the Spotcane quadiangle rrcl Noman, Olclahona 73059 thshj:rgton ard ldaho, by A.B. Grlggs 425 street Anchorage, Alaeka 99501 $.50 BenJanln E. trake P.O. Box 943 Robert L. BLocher SaDta Barbara, Callf. lap I-471: Dlstrlbutlon of selected accessory 2827 OsvelL nlnerals ln the 0sgod l4ntrttains stoclc, Bakersfleld, Caltf. 93305 Doneld L. Itlcke ltunboLdt County, Nevada, by G.J. Neuer- c/o Anerada Petrolem CorD. C. Janes Blom P.O. Bq 501 burg $.50 Occldental Petrolers of Llbyt Corp. Duraago, Colorado 81301. P.O. Box 2L3i Trlpoll, Libya Judoon B. Ilughes, Jr. Geosearch Coqoratloir Infor@tlon Clrcul€r 8?t43 Water use in the Domld E. Bouse petroleun and natulal gas lndustrles, by 3951 Euntington Drlve 2627 FelLeidad Clrcle, /fA Pasadena, Calif. FauL M. Erttemor€. 39 pp. I flgs.$.Ao Anahelo, Callf. 92801 Jack N. Hatghr J. B, Coffuan Irfortatlon Circular 8e86: Crude 011: qlal- Hunble 011 & Reflning Co. ftrmble O11 & Reflnlng Co. 1800 Arenue of the Stars ltative and quantltatlves aspects. The 1800 Ave. of the Stars Los AngeLes, Callf. 90067 Petroleun World, by Harold M. Snlth. LoB Aageles, Cellf. 90067 41 pp. 14 flgs. $.so narry R. Johnson Rodney G. Colvln c/o Rolfe & Johnson 1214 Lrnerlck Drtve &Illetln 655: Development of the Er.eau of 4515 Glenrere Road Placentia, Callf. 92670 l4lnes Gas- conbustlon oll-shale retoftlng Calgary, AlberCa Canada process, by Arthur },Atzlck, R.O. h,nnen- F. Douglas Crawford " Unlm O11 Coryany berg, J.R. Ruark, J.E. m1LI1ps, J.D.' Joaeph A. Johnson P.O. Box 7600 Kanlcford anil Boyd Guthrle. $1.00 P.O. Rox 4266 Los Angeles, Callf. 90054 Bakersfteld, Callf. Poge 8 NEIil !,IEUBERS CEANGE OF ADDRESS - ACTIVE UEMBERS Burdette A. ogle Jao€g B. Brown Davld T. Sanders 890 Reed Court Paclflc Ltghtlng Senrlce & SUPP1Y 2325 N. Concord lakenood, Colorado 80215 P. O. Box 54790 Saota Ana, Callf. 9270L Los Angelee, CalLf. 90054 Johnle Ouzts Paul E. Schnurr Crog g661d61d,i0&t llell D. KePanee Oil ConpanY Charleg H. BreltaPrecher rc(,[pany aG Caltf . Bo* EOE P. O. Box 402 Texaco loc. P.0. Box 505 Llvernore, Callf. 94550 Shldler, Oklahoa 74652 1921 19th streeE Ia lbbra, Callf. Bakersfteld' Callf. Joseph c. Eathesay Rlchard L. Pterce John L. Snith 2270 Sycarcre Cenyon Road 17231 Cleanrlet' Drive RalPh E. Deeker Standard OlL coqany of Calif. Santa Barbara, Callf. 93105 Loe catos, Callf. 95030 Mobll O11 Coryanr/ P. O. Box 506 612 south Floser st. I€ Habra, Calif. UaBoE L. Htll Davld C. Pontius Loo Angeles, Callf. 1114 Su@it Drive c/o Shell O11 Co. Shtrley M. Valencla Whittler, Callfornla 90602 Productlon DePt. Donald U. BollwLnkel l,bbil Oil Corp. 10737 South Shoenaker Avemre Box 60193 l,tobil Olt Co. 90670 L. F. Ivanhoe Nerr Orleaas, Louislaru 10737 S. Shoeoaker Rd. Santa Fe Springe, CaLlf. Vla Csryaola 31 Santa Fe Sprltrgs, Caltf. R@ (Int. 4) ltllbur D. RaDLtn Uark !1. White Italy 4E280 Btrdle lraY Robert F. Boon Standard Oil Coqany of Callf. Box 606 Palm Desert, callf. 92260 3901 llarrrard Drlve P. O. Donald L. Laoar Bakerefleld, Caltf. Ia Eabra, Callf. P. A. Rox 2427 Earold L. Reade Ileadlee Santa l{onlca, Callf. 90405 AtlaDttc Rlchfleld CqanY Erlc Bucher Iarry A. J. Avetrtte 1900 Creecent Avenue P. O. Bot 2122 Termlaal Amex 309 East Grace L. J, Neleon AsabeLn, Celtf. Lo6 Aapla3, C81If. 90054 La IbbEE, Caltf- l,hrathotr O11 Coqany Hixsoo P. O. BoR 3128 John D. Schroeter Ifavne A. Chlsholn Earry C. 77OOL Uobll Oi1 CoryanY Eouatoo, Tef,as P.O. Box 1583 Union Oi.1 coqany of callf. LO737 S. Shoeosker Veotura, Calif. 93002 Research Center PauI Slon Brea, Callfornla SaDta Fe Sprlogs, Caltf. P. O. Bor 11 Jobn B. Shepard, Jr. S'mrlatrd, C81if. 93067 Texeco, Inc. Rlchard L. Beh John D. tderrlU P.O. Box 430 cltlee Sentice Oil CouPanY 17632 Chase Street S. S. llqleby Bellalre, Texas 3810 $llshire Blvd. Norrhrldge, celif. 91324 3820 Greenbrler LoB Angeles, Caltfornta 90005 Dalles, Texao 75225 Fred E. Snith, Jr. Robert L. Uccollor, Jr. 3721 Fal.roouot Street Jases C. Burrqt Standard O11 Co. of Caltf. Beck Lab Klng Bakerefteld, Gallf. 93306 R. Stanley P.0. Box 605 tllluao L. 621 Truxtun Avenue Euoble o11 & RefLD{ng coryany La ltrabra, Callf. Bakersfteld, Caltf. 93301 1EO0 Avenue of the Starg Robert U. Sneider J. Newton Loe Angeles, Ca1lf. 90067 4527 Berkghlre Ralph Ios Angeles, Ca1lf. 90032 Rlchard ll. Dartson 2008 Cal1e Mlranda 011 CouPanY Callf. Robert C. Kllne Cttles Service nrllerton, 3810 Wllahire .Blvd. 4223 U2 Lladblade Balt If. Sorge Robert K. Steer 2250 canym Road Los Angelesn Callfornia 90005 Loa Angelee, Callfornla 90055 Cold Ernble 011 & Reftnlng Coryany 9L3O2 calaba8a8, callf. 1800 Avenue of the Stars Llewel1yn Joseph Elo, Jr. J. Thoas Ol1 Cc4anY Los Angelee, Callf. 90067 Kl'trg Resources Co. San TAte Cities Servtce Elnble O11 & Refintng Co. 3810 tfllshlre Blvd. Suite 100, Security Llfe Bldg, Bob L. lhoqson 1800 Avenue of the Stars Loe Aoglleb, Callfornia 90005 Denner, Colorado 80202 Citles Servlce O11 Coqany Los Angeles, Callf. 90067 Dooald E. Ilalllnger 3810 Wtlshlre Blvd. D. L. t{orgrldge Servlce LoB Angeles, Callfornla 90005 frnble O11 & Reflnlng conpily John N. lhoogon Paciflc Lighttng 1800 Avenue the Stars, 3809 Brae Burn Drlve P.O. Box 54790 Jerry L. Wllley of California 90054 Loe Angelee, Ca1lf. 90067 Bakerefleld, Callf. 93305 Los Angeles, Uatm Oil Co. of Caltf. 2700 rrFrr Street Laurer }brcus O. Nordberg Rlchard W. Vlvion Tlrcthy C. Bekergfield, Callf. 0i1 ConPanY Oil & Reflaltrg Coqaoy Itroble O11 & Reflntng Co. Unlon ttnble 2700 r'Frr Street 1800 Avenue the Stals 1800 Avenue of the Stars of Bakergfteld, Calif. 9230L Los Angeles, Callf. 90067 Los Angelee, Californla 90067

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NEY'S TETTER OT IHI PACITIC SECIIONI Ai,\ERICAN ASSOCIAIION OF PETROTEUNA GIOI.OGISIS

Volunre 2O Novembcr, + 1966 Number t I

ASSOCIAnON ACIIVITIeS

hesident lclapp reported that the bal_loting to convert the national AAPG to a flsca.l year basis had passed over_ MINUIE.S OF EIECIJTTVE COMMITTM wheLningly. I\tr. Onrrig movett to change the peA1fic }@TING Section.to a JULy I - JUne bO flsca1 l.ear bes1s, Hlth PACIFIC SCTION - AAFG new officers to be lntroducecl at the Arrnp1 Conirentlon october 11, 1966 and to take offlce at the beginnirg of tne fiscal year. I4r. Cwyan seconded the notion, anO 1t vlas pssed un_ Itesldent lfiapp ceued the neetlng tc order at l:15PM aninouslJr. hesldent gnpp wai requested t6 prepare at the SlqnJey liouse, Bat

Fesldent loapp ennounced a luncheon neetlng Novenber 16th et Rodger Young Aduitoriun hrith Mlchet Hslbouty and l€nrlll Hees. Imrltatlons uiU be sent to section antt soclety offlcers, dlstrlct r€presentetlves, and section nenbers. TIe confUct 1n dates rfith the eSA Convention jJr SE'n I):anclsco lfas polnted out, but no change ln dates alD€ers posslble. kesident f\napp repofted that Unlverslty Mlcrofllmqr proposel to reglduce the l.os Angeles ; Ventuua culdebook tlad been approved by lega1 counseL (Standar{ts), end that the contract woufd Ue slgned and t€turmed. -' 0K, $erll coupnomtse. Werll gtve up the conlal Cenyon slte lJ you geologlsts rrlLL keep qulet ebout orxl. GarLock, CrysteL Sprln€s, llaJftarr(l, Naclnlento, Elsinore and ilhIte WoIf plants. Poge 2

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PACIFIC SECTION AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROT.EUM GEOLOGIST

Robert R. Knapp President John F. Curran Vice President a%efrQr**t6ur* William F. Edmondson Secretdry Thomas L. Wright Treasurer Eugene R. Orwig, Jr. Past-President John N. Terpening Editor Robert R. Morrison San Joaquin Delegate Gordon B. Oakeahott Northern Califoroia Delegate Jamea M. Saunders Coastal Delegate l,iost geologists w1Ll egree lrlth the thoughtnl coments ASSOCIATED SOCIETY DE T EGATES of Bob Yeats 1n the August News l€tter.

Glen C. Ware, Jr; Sac ramento Itrs lDfortunete that gpologlcal olsagrneerents nrstt Edward G. Dobrick, Jr. Northweet be ajred beforc the genel?I ltubuc rhere the neasorul Dean L. Morgridge Alaska for d.lffer€nces cannot be generalLy unerstood. PACIFIC PETROLE-t']M GEOLOGIST 011 enploratlon ls recognlzed by lnduEtry as a rlsk buslaess and there 1s roout for pressure and con- Publiahed monthly by the Pacific Section petitlon and luclc along wlth Judgnent and etq)erlence. American Aeeociation of Petroleum Geologists Changee of Address, subscription and membership The locatlon of a dan or an atonlc pl"ant cannot be so inquiries ghould be addressed to: Membership regarded and her€in Iles the need for epprelsal by Secretary, Pacific Section AAPG, P.O. Box 1?486, objective geologlsts, unhfluenced by buyer or seller Foy Station, Ioa Angelee, California 90012 and free frcn any posslbluty of buslness pnessure and requests for missed or blas. ed to: Editor-PPG, P.O. Box 90$05, Airport Station, I-os Angelee, The Angeles DelEr-brent of t€ter and Pfier has Calif. 90009 los publlcly accused IIEny top gpo1o818ts, nho voluntarl\y Orders for Pacific Section publications and prior years' issues of the PPG cane fortn as a Inrblic ser:ulce to apralse the Eafety should be addreesed to: They riere rcferrco Pacific Section Publications, 3132 lSth Street, of the Corral cenyon nucLear slte. Bakersfield, Calif. to as tools of the o11 lndustry.

EDITOR: John N. Terpening Thls, of cortrse, 1s not tnre but the publ-lc pnobeblJ Assistant Editor6: belleves 1t, wlth harm to the prcfession. Thls ls Deane Oberste-Lehn buslness pressure and confuslon, lnobeblJ rreu cal- Bob Yeats cul"ated by DUIP at the expense of geologtsts. SelectedBibliography LucyBirdeall Cartooniet Jack Nisbet The USGS ha.s alflBys been a fjre obJectlve sclentiJlc organizatlon. Geologists learned wlth surpnlse lTon CORRESPONDENTS: testtuor\y jJl the con:al canyon hearlngs that the lEc staff ilad the oppor-tunlty to edlt and crlticalry Alaska Ernie Lian change the TISGS report before 1t ues lr1ltted. Thls Coast Bruce E. Macomber tas ilone over the obJectlorc of the capable s:unrey I-os Angeles Bill R.eed geol-oglsts flho d1d the uork anil the busjress pr€ssure Northwest Jim Salveaon of the AEC as the promoter as well as the uatch dog Sacramento Lowell Garrison for the proJect be@me evj.dent. San Francisco Gordon Oakeshott San Joaquin Chester H. Rudel ApparentlJ the probl-en posed by Bob Yeats w111 always Membership Secretary Pat Metcalf be with us tu deaLing lrith public rEtters. The,ne- sponslble circLes of jxdustry lglow the score but not the publlc.

Therc ls no roorn for luclc or buslness pr€ssw€ or noney ln Locatlng vast publlc worls and gpologJ.sts nrst look Deadline for ne.:ft issrle: Novenber l-5 wlth eautlon at asslgnnents uh.ere such pl€ssures are lmolrn to etdst.

A deterujxed and, affluent cllent, hllth the beneflt of NO\TEMBM FORUM MEETING e public rel-ations departnent, nlght be expecteal to geologlcaLly confnse a very s1ryLe lssue. The Evenlng Forun l€et1ng of the bclfic sectlon of the A.A.P.G. ullL be held ln the lbbil .ouilltoriun, lfank A. l'brgan 6Le South flLower Street, I,os Angel-es, at 7:00 P.M., --- Novenber 2-, 1966. l,F. H.T. Itralverson, of the Earth Sclences DlvLslon of TeledJme, w111 pr€sent rBecent Developrcnts In selsrcIoglc;l Instruments'r. Thls tallc rcll-I be 11- lustrated and sone of the lnstnments nlLl be on d lspLay. Pogo 3 MINuIES IROI4 E@CIlTruE MEIING (cont. fron p.1)

}1ts. ortalde reported that the Callfornia A.I.P.G. has eupoilered 1ts Dcecutlve co@lttee to talce whatever steps er€ necessrary to protect the professionsl geologists, and thet 1t will pusfl for charterhg, uslng If. Fuerrs nodel act and uorldng through the city of Ios Angeles lnsofar as poss,i.ble. F. clfian then noved that the Paci-fic Sectlon D(ecutive comlttee go on record as appnoving thls actlon tal(en by the CallJ- omla Sectlon A.f.P.G., and that the Paclfic Sectlon A.A.P.G. notify the Callfornia Sectlon A.I.P.G. that ln all mtters pertalnjrg to the rcg:istratlon, etc., of geologlsts ln Caujornia, the cal-lfomla Sectlon A.f.P.G. slpLl act es the representatlve of the Pacific Section A.A.P.G. The rct1on uBs seconded by I&. Teryenirg and trnssed unanimusly. lF. trhni( Itforp.nrs proposal to present a teII( on the corral car\yon controversy uas discussed. I&. Itnapp rll]. aslc }r. 8111 Hl€hes to devel-op fonllo prograr0 ln- volvlng EEakers pro and con. Iftapp announced the formtlon of a nomlnathg con- nlttee of Harold Sul-luo1d, ehairmn, Ailen Hughes, and l,ou Sllrcn, to obtajx candldates for l,os Angeles 19 says .f * si€ns, hertl BaslJl dlstrlct representatlves. He al-so annouxced pay our bus fer€"urap to l,e1lf,u. plans to call a reetlng of al1 West Coast dlstrlct representatlves rlthln the ne)rt several nonths, to dlscuss thelr dutles and problems. The t1.nlng and flnances of publishhg a lbmbershlp Dlrectory revlslon for the 1967 conventlon were dis- ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMXTTM cusseel. Curran noved that tne Tacrfic SectlorL not pl-an to plrt out a Dif,ectcry revlsion 1n 196?. ltrigit second.ed Forty-two lnternationally promlnent educators hsve the notlon arul lt ues approved wEninously. Knapp accepted. appofutment to the Acadenic Advlsory Con- ms aslced to so lnforn Dlrectory Chaix@n Tmxler and nlttee of the Amerlcan Assodatlon of Petroleun aslc hi-m to fonn a comlttee (lnctuCing relresentetlves c€ol-ogtsts, accordlng to l,nchel T. Halbouty, IAFG fnon the local societles) to study dlrectory pnoblens, Presldent. ainlng tomrds an entlre$ neu Dlrectlry Jn 1968. hlrignt distrlbuted for corent e draft proposal reprtling The hlgh echelon sdvlsory comlttee hes alxeady beglJn a nethod, of Dlrectory publlcatlon and dlstrltrution uhLch its efforts on hehalf of the 151000 nenber AAIG. uould el-lnlna.te large deflclts and protect the Sbctlonts tex-exeqlt-status. Cun:an recomended that Dlrectorles ttThe na,Jor obJectlve of thls lmpoftant conmltteerrl be fi:rnlshed to alL nexibers and the cost included ln sald I&. Helbouty, r'1s to promote better rmderstandlng the dues. between AAFG and academlc leaders ln the earth sclences lrho exert strch a substantlal lnfluence on the nrtlr€ Callamy rcpozted on the pnogress of the Cross-sectlon of the o11 and. gas industry.tr Comlttee. Tuo Secranento Vau.ey cross-sectlons have been put together and er:e 90 per cent correlated. The The Acadenlc Advlsory Comm'ittee, under the leadershlp sub-comlttee for the San Joaquln Val-Iey cross-section of Chalrnan Carey Cronels, Chancellor of Rlce Univ- has begun uork. Cwnn sholred pnoposed coastar.' cross- erslty, Houston, Te)(Es, anal Vlce Chairm,n Grover sectlons. The I.os Angeles Bssln si:b-comlttee ls havhg E. li[.nlay, Fesld.ent of Texas Technologlcel Col-lege, dtfflcuLty obtalnlng release of sone logs. Sone problem.s Ii,rbboek, Tel|as, rlLl- coordlnate efforts to provlale have a.rlsen tn settlng up a Pactflc Northtrest sub- a contlnulng source of h1-ca11ber geolosr graduates commlttee. The E(ecutlve Comlttee eq)haslzed the to staff unlverslty facuJ.tles, governmental agencles, necesslty of obtalnlng a release on al1 wel_Is shown on e.nd provlde conpetent geologlsts to search for the gnoss-sectlons. vest quantltles of o11 rnlch are requlred for the nrtlre. Speclal attentlon }dLI be glven to coor- dlnatlon secondarTr geo- Next spnlnC Fleld Trlp ms dlscussed, and of school actlvitles ln the Jreerr,s sclences so es to create earry lnterest ln thls fleld lt ms agt€ed that I'tr. Ifrlght woulcl wrlte R. J. students koctor, I€tropol-itan lilDter Dlstrlct, concernjng ldth befone they enter col_lege. a fleld trlp 1n the cestalc Resewoir a.rea. The Aceceinlc group u1ll aLso asslst AAFC 1n the fifither irtltr)lenentatlon of lts Contlnulng Educatlon kogran, 18. I'trlght dlstri::uted, a draft verslon of the deslgneal to help geologlsts guart egalnst technlcaL proposed dues appl-icetlon and nenbershlp card for obsolescence ln their fleld. con[Fnts. ]F. Cu]Tan ls orp.nlzlng a nembership drlve },hlch hAlI Uffo1ve the mlung of menlbershlp I.ocal- menbers of the AAPG Academlc Ailvlsory Conmlttee dues eards, fuvltatlonal letters, etc., to are:_ RICIIABD H..JAHNS. De-an, school of Earth sciences, potential menbers a.nd subscrlbers not norir on Stanf,ord Unlverslty, Stanfordr IIEINZ .4,. IOIIENSTAI\4, our mlllng llsts. Fofessorr Dlvlslon or ceotoglc;-f-sc ll?6rn1a Instltute of Technologr, pe,saalena. Pogo 4

SAIV .IOASUIN ffiCTION CA,ENDAR IJNIr'ERSITY OF SOLTHERN CALITORNIA NOOTI IJECTIJRE ffiIXS Novenber 2L 7.3O P.M., Bakersfleld college. Sclence & HrglneerLng Bullding, Roon 56. BlostratltraDtllc Nov. 22 InternatlonaL lnd,fun ocean Introductlon by rtslostratlgr*phy bcpedition NSF flln uhlch Dr. 0nt11le L. Banqy Se4l4aX. of the Salton sea Baslx won the trcolden Bourr aueld hofessor an naJa caltfornlto. b]r I}r. E.c. Elllson' Sen thls year at the Venlce Geolory Dept. oteEp stete. (Note change of alate due to confllctlng FlLm Festl\raL usc pnograns, origtnal-\y scheduled for Novenber 7). Decenber 5 7z6Q P.M., Bekersfleld Sclence Dec. 6 l,llneralory of the flne- Dr. Bemard, W. eoulege. & Bglneerlng Bulldtug, Roon 56. Biostratlg?phlc gralrred sedlnents of lfll-I- Plplcia, Sr. I€ct- qenfuar. rnecent cox Pla]tar Cochlse Co.t urer, Geologr Reefsrr by Dr. lfllllen hston, IJnlversity southern caltfor,hfu lrlzona Dept. USC of . December 6330 Hour 5:50 Anerlcan JErr.5 Sedlnents of Nha Trang Bay S. Allen BeIl 6 P.M., Soclel P.M., South VletDan Leglon t1e11, lTth and L Streets, Bekersfleld. San Gr€duate Student goaouln r'Ibd,em c€ologr Dept. C€ol-oglcal- Soclety. C,eolory nequlres em Teclmologr'r, bJI E.L. Dillon, Stletrl Developrent usc CofiIEny, Houston, Dlstlnulsheal l€ctuxer. Jan. l-0 C'eol-ory of the Parls Edlth S. \tincent Basin Gr€duate Student sAlI .IOAQUIN GmIOGTCAT, S@rETy Geolory Dept. A.APG CO}TIINIIING EDIICATION IROGRAM usc SIRATIGRAPHIC PRTNCIPI.ES AI{D PRACTTCE By Dr. RoDert J. Illelrer 1. MffiIINGS iRE HELD TUESDT.Y NOON, SCIH{CE LECTURE IIAIJT, R@M 100, east of the corner of 37th Street *t* * {tti* t * * *'} * * * * *'t* (aeJacent to Geolosr rW'). Bakersfleld coUege . . . . Novenber 7-10, 1966 7:00-10:0O P.M.

l&nday l€th-Sclence BIdg., Roon 5 PACIFIC SCTIO\I AAFG llles.rwed.rThl.Fs. - - lbth-Sclence B1€., Roon 22 DISTINGUISI{ID IJECTURM I,IJNCHEON MffiTING

TTIE COA,STAI, SCTION On Ttr:Fsday, December 8, I,tr. E.L. D1llon, Coordlnator the ncnthl-y neetlng held the Jet Roon of Corputer Appllcatlon, Shell O1t Company, Houston, d,lnner res ln at Texas, w111 talk on ItModern e€olo$r Requl-res l&dern ventus on Tuesday, septenber L3, L966. }ff. Ifl]-llan E. Corey rdes our guest spealcer of the ubnth. H1s lntercstlng TechnoLog'.rr The Eeetj-ng w1l-l be held at the Roger I'Southern Young Andltorlu!, 956 lfest lilsshlngton Boulevard, tell( uas titled Caufomli IateraL lbult Systen.[ Los Angeles. Reseryations for tlrrcn ($s.00 lncludlng trex end t1p) should be ptaced rith }6rs. Dorothy lh. Corey contends that Coestat Caufomla conslsts Conle','r liumble Oil and Reflnlng Company, 18@ Avenue of actlve cmstal blocl(s forred and donixated by of the Stars, e.8telray East, I.os Angeles, Caltfornla pre-Terb 1ary northwest -southeast @ Jor prlmJrJ/ rlght- 90067. lateraL fauLts,, and younger Ollgocene and l,Eocene parel-l-el and secondarTr cross faults.

PACIFIC SCTION AAPCI He pojilted out that nany naJor CauJomla feults'Ehoy LUNC}MN MESIING evldence of far greater horlzontal than vertlctL novenents of the bloclF they forn. lbst DJor faults !,Echel lialbouty, hesldent of AAPG, and l,br"rll-I Haas, are old enough for great cunrlatlve offsettlng, and Vlce-Presldent, rrill head a trDiscussion of the Cument were recurrently actlve rlurlng the Tertiary. Ibst Sltuatlon end koblens 1n Petroleurn C€olory and the fault blocks lrad. djfferent eroslonal and deposltional AAFGtt at I luncheon npetlng on Wednesday, Novenber histories, dependlng on thelr changlng relatlve loc- 1-6, at the Roger Young Auditorlun. (See Dlstlnguished atlons and stress or straja sltustlons 1n the systen, Lecturer aruourcement fer address and tuncheon cost.) and. lhether they rrere mlnly posltlve or negatlve. Itbny TtIe reetjxg wil-l be attended by AAPG offlcers and bLoclcs untternrent great reversals of relatlve vertlcal dlstrlct representatlves, and AAPG menbers are cord- relatlonshlps through lateral lpvetlFnts. Jally lnvlted to attend. W. cor€y feel-s that these fauLts and elon€ate bl-ocks forn a 'rbasir and rangerr type pattern e)ftendlng across the entlr€ continental sheu. The Cr€taceous trld AAFG CONTINUING EDUCATION IROGMI\,I Tertiary rlft zone uhich crossed southem cel-Ifornia hacl reclDrent late Tertiary, left l-ateral offsets, Dr. L.L. SLoss from Northlrestern Unlverslty wlll pnesent whlch ttlocked.rr the fault block straln rcI1ef systen h1s trstrctlgraphlc end causecl lts conpresslon end contortlons 1n the lecture serles on hinclplesrr. It nllfench ull-I be glven December 12-15 from 5-6 PM at the }bbll Quaternary. Appllcation of lboaly and H1llts Alrdltorlun. rhult Tectonicsrr l\y-pothesis appears to elcpleln the systen generall-y, but nore lmowledge of lts deforr- atlon history 1s necessary to eleLaln its pasb nech- enics. P,ogo 5

NORTHIdEST GEOIOGICAL SOC]ETY

The flrst meeting for tbc 1966-62 Northwest ceo- PtnsoNAI trItns loglcal Soclety year lfas held Tuesday, October 11, at the Poodle Dog Cafe in l.ife, Washlngton. Ken- neth E. hlrg, Vlce hesldent of ceophysical Seffice Inc., flas guest speaker and presented a very JIM FOSTm., forner\r in olJ_dale, has bought a house lnter€st1ng account of rlRecent Devel.oprrFnts 1n Se1- and. settl-ed. clol,n as Dlvislon C€opfryslclst tur smle D(plotAtlonn. Standardrs Seattle office. Jim replaces LEO HORN who r€s tmnsferr€d to San trIunclsco on thE-m The Decenber rcetfuig - Dec. 8 (tentatlve) at the of the Chlef ceophyslclst. Poodle Dog Cafe 1n Ftfe, Washlngton. Speaker - Dlstlngulshed I€cturer of the AApc, E.L. Dll_lon, BILL oSTRAIIDER 1s a recent addltlon at Standardrs olbdenl C€ol-ogl Requirea l6dem Technolo$rn. Happy Seattle offlce fron penn State llnlverslty. hour at 6:00 PIVL dirurer at Z3O0 pM. golil{ V{h ?llRI\E,. Professor of }&,rixe ceology at Oregon urare unlverslty, ts on a one year Leave of absence in W?ghington, D.C. to sen'e on the Oceanography TN,I CA}.DIDATES trOR IOS AI'JGET;ES coenlttee of the Natlonal Sclence Foundation.-Di. DISIRTCT REFNEM.N.MilTE ANNOIJNCM Byrne replaces Joe Creager of the Unlversity of I/hshixgton Depertnent of OceanograF\y wtro ser:ved on Ten candldates have been selected by e nonlnatlng thls corrnlttee for the previous-yeir. cor@lttee for the offlce dlstrict representetive from the los Angeles Dlstrict of A-A.p.e. Their nanes A bostload of geologlsts fron Standarilrs SeattLe ri1l appear on a ballot to be dlstributed fron recently sarpled the saLmon jx 9_ff_1ce flshlng off nati,)ra1 headquarters late Novenber. T.lxe comLttee Ig_slpo4r washlngton. lilhlle REG lrARRrs, xp poBRIcK, conslstjng of Aden Hughes, Iouis Slnon, and Harol_d pAI{ trqirys, 4M l;at,vrffi and-EFfiiatdEd-" H. $rLluo1d, ft., chelr.nan al1 foruer distrlct ne- rancec rfsh after fish, ilcK RtcHcr'f,s and JoHN KocH presentctlves, are offerlng the foLlonixg date on gtood pX mtch:Lng ana won1@iecreE the candfulates ln order to ald nenbers ln votlng lent they had lJtlleh kept the flsh from tneh ntoG. lnteu.lgently. Plve representatlves ulu_ be cnosen by ballot. oontlnentel 011 has annowlceal the a,trlvet ln Ventura tyo EItGm{E BORAI! M.A. t42 IJCLA: Senior Geologlst, 9f Xpleontologlsts, ARIHUR c. BROOKLEy. JR. of f$ter- Ios AngeLes and CARL A}4ES. JR. natlonel D1vls1on, IInion Oil Co.: 28 year veteran of uho has ieceffiF Ueen A4FG. transfemed from Ponca C1ty, oklahoma, lrhere he llas engaged ln researclL BoB4RI N. IIACKER! M.A. r50r Cal: consul_tixg geo- Tlde$ater has announced that DON CARIOS.fornerly LoJ..st: forner tn3asux.er and fortm chafumn, Fac- of lflc Sectlon. Houston,has been appolnteo tnfrEii-IEE$er of Dc- ploretlon and Drploltetlon ln Ca1lfornle. ROI{+III) C!lry{! B.S. 156 ByU: geol_oglst, peuley steff It 1s not very often that a geologist has Petroleun: Valley cotrespondent and verlous c6n- llho had a ulttee pet plsy tuflied down by a m,Jor cof,pany puts hls own Jobs. pocketbook on the l1ne tn an attelpt to pnove hls t48, theory. sIG HAMANN1 fornerly of shell' dril_ted Bl_ue RoBERI J. HIMLE: B.A. UCLA: dlstrlct geol-ogtst, opel co. Covamrblas 2-3 to P035r es a nev poot wlld- srmra@" : nacittc'sectlon Becuttv6 conl cat near Shel-I production ln the capltan 1n convention flel-d nlttee, tuo comdttees, and fleld trlp early Ju1y. The hoLe uas eE.ndoned. after tfflst1ng leader. off In the Vaqueros Sand. .[1l of hls nany weU- t50, r.lshers hope he had better luck r'lth InternatlonaL {A9l(,P. N4+: B.A. Occldental: Dlstrlct C,eotogLst, Petroleun, Talara, Peru. Itlxillrps Petrcleum Co.r: fomer treesrrer, hclflc Sectlon, and agfilstant conventlon chalruan. Shell 0i1 has announced t]relr transfer of the Ventura f1l6 ph.D. r5?, Dlstrlct Deloratlon offlce to Ios AngeLes, ulxere 1t E. RoBmT ORll'IG: A.B. anil UCIA: research rll-L be Imom as the Ios Angeles Dlstrlct. lfith thls geologlst, I'bblt O11 past peclflc Co.: Pr€s1dent, nove we regret to see the transfer SIG SN4"SON. SeGtlon. of ltr. RAIiPFI llAlliGNS. and .BRUCE PlACOMBm,rour vlce presldent.- PHIILIP E. PRSONS! B.S. r55, Stanford: I44nager, E.IJ. Doheny, oper.: nenber of Erecutlve Comnlttee, 1965. A fa^ul-l-lar face has returned to the Standard. 011- Deveopnent Geologlstts scene wlth the anrirral 1n Ia CmHeE H. Rofil: A.B. r4?, IISo: consultlxg geologlst: Hebre of ED DRIDfl!. Ed had been wortrixg ln West Te)€s PO-yeer veteran of Paclflc Sectlon. for Sotex the past 18 nonths. He $Bs d.lsappojrted in sel-1ing hls old homestead ln the 0Je1 VaUey so pop- ulated wlth hones and. people. gTTq ,SAF: B.A. r50, USC: Dlvlslon Geologlst, Anerada, Guliteboolr Editor, fnLernounteln Assocj"rtlon of petroleun Ceol-og1sbs. Would you bel-ieve a totlrlst to trt?nce wlth all_ of 1ts gournet fooCts and wines could 16,!9 12 porxjds durlng a 5 rreek vacetlon? Ask our Paclflc Sectlon pesldent BOB KMPP for the secret, however, reported he gIEI W. r55r it is SrcIfl3 B.S. Tolas A & M: staff geo- would trot alongsld.e the rented, Pregot euto wht.]'e lgglrt, offshore, H'&ble: cur€nt luncheon progran chalr@n. h1s wlfe and boys enJo]rFd the scenery. Pogo 6

The standard oll Dcplorers (Ia }labra) bowling tean B IB LIOGRAPHY ls t1ed. for Ist place ln the llbnrs Handlcap Con- nerclal boullng leagle et the Huhfand Bowl.Captein OF RICINT PUBLICAIIONS cFEc CALI(INS ("'Ihe o1d. I€giclanr) pr€sented the tean with nev boullng sh.{"Ets - teen colors are red., nhlte, and. blue. other mnbers ere Pl4Bg, .IOI{N JACoBSON, 3oB LINDBI0I4 44_BI0U and 94BI-@9444I. U.S^ GEOIOgICJL STJRI'EY Selton sea, e losJns cause. SIJIM GAIIEIT and BOB I,]NDBIOM Fof. Paper 486-0: Hydrologic reSlnen of In bel,an (StandaN) shot 77f s ln the l.os Angeles Petrol-eu0 Callf., by A.G. He!y' G.H. Hughes, snil hrrdgp colf I€ague nonthly tourney hel-d October 15th on the $.50 Ia lfixads Cormty Course. The Standard tean uas de- feated by the Atlantic R:lclt-f,1e1d slhustlers.t' 4E Ifof. IeIFr 5i5-C?' i€te Plelstocene nrlrie IEIeoe- LII'iDBIOM eagled the 560 yard, par 5-I2 hole by holturg colo$r ano zoogeograpfry in central CeUf-orlda, by out a 4-i yBrd vedge shot. W.O. lilillcott $.55

The folloulxg Standerd O11 eeologlgts have been kof. Paper 550-c: c€ologlcal Survey Research 1966 eppolnted I'Geologist - hoduclng'r lx the varloup Chapter #c $e.?5 depertnent dlstrlcts: ToM NEWBIIIr - Sbnta Fe Sprlngs,- Br,L colp, sa.,ta sarbafiE@l4gg - rnerdrood, &r]-letln tI98-F! Itr$rtoeco}os' of a greenstone ALa'ska, by H.T. shscKlette. T9U_GRoqS - Buena Vlsta, GII HoRNUNG - Kerto CJmrlc, habltat at Eagle, RENFTffisolr prcK - $.20 - Grectye rerfrffi MmmZ - C@Iinga. JACK CIJNI'IINGHAM and. BOB ERICKSON are the Dlvislon Geologlsts --ffiducj.ng-AilE?t and Ia Habra Brrll-etln 1325: Nlcke1 deposlts of Norbh Anerlca, respectivelJr. by H.R. cormeU $.?5 end Ellensblrg There ltave been a nu[ber of recent transfers affect- BtIlletin 722A-Gz The Yaldm Baselt - by J.'d. 1ng the Anchorge geoLoglcal- pop.rlation. Thlck Formtion of south-central wasflfigton, bl-ooded geologlsts are conlng north: thln blooded Biagham and. M.J. Groller $.10 geologlsts are novlng south to escepe the Alasl€n wlnter. Bulletin l%O-Fz l,flneral r€soltrces of the Sycauore cenlron kl-nltive Area, Irizona, by L.C. Iil.lflf end (u.s.c.s.) Raebe, (u.s. Bureau g]qj4gB, Atlantlc Rlchfleld Geologlst, transferred Elner Sqntos and R.G. to Anchoragp ft@ Houston. i.,t1nes) $.s0 256, Septenber 1966 AL SISSoN, Ilnlon Senlor Geol-oglst, tr"ansferretl to Geophyslcal Abstracts AnchorEge fron Bogota, Columbla. $.55 GeoLogf, Algust f966 Unlon Geophysiclst, transfetred Abstracts of North Anerlcan I4LBqE89, Dlstrict $.45 to Anchorcge fron New orleans. clxcular 534: GoLd geochenlcal anom,fy 1n the JERRY SAllER,ShelI Scout, trEnsferxred to Anchor€ge veh j,l-eu I'bilco. Cortez dlstrlct, Neveda by R.L. blckson, G.H. ffin'.]i@on, slcle, H.M. Naksgaua, J.H. I\&Cartl\y, .tr., ano K.If. EJ9.-LS, Stanalard Geologlst, transtrerred to IreOng Anchorage ftom Bakersfle1tl. MAPS: (LAc-94) reglon Geoprryslclst Anchorage, I-41s5 Geologlc mp of the Pltetus @L9I4S, Unlon Dlstrlct - N.J. fraks eno S.R. Tltley. ild to los Angeles as Dlvlslon Geophyslcist. of the lbon, by Jotm lasted onl-y three nonths 1n Anchorcge. $1.00 OPMI flI],ED RFONTS BOB l@@,ShelL Scout ln enchorage, transferred to 6'5:E@3. Bob lasted slx nonths lx Anchorage. TurFcTfonTffif coq)actlon of sedl-nents under\rlng ereas of lan

CALItrORN]A DTVISION OF MINES AIVD GEOIOGI IORLD OIL. vol. 163, no. 5, OctJber 1966 Ibesno sheet, of ceoldgic Ep of Cal-ifomia Interior De'mrtrrent sees brlght future for off- $1.50 shore gss end o1l, by Don E. Ianbert Llst of available pubucations Free U.S. Iabor Departnert looks at the nrture of Miaeral f-nfonmtion seruice, vol. 19, No. 10, ps and. olJ. october L966 Hou l\&Collunrs, new rrgas gunrt selsulc systen uorks, GeoLoglc llazerds: San Andrees lbult: Geologic by HarlPlson T. Brr.mclage. and earthquake hlstory, by cordon B. oakeshott Four new rigs rlesigned. to start TI{UI4SCO lsle OHE-BIN, vol-. 48, no. 9, Sept. 1966 drllling, by ;tI.E. Drxakee qF nrlgtrltes fron l,Io:mt Thlelsen, Oregon, by .IalEN4! GLOEITETC4!-EESATSEL voL. 71, no. L1 Wlltlam B. Rtrdon @ lonlng 1n an ash jl-ow of the Danforth Formtion, Near-botton currents neasured ln 4 klloneters depth Hamey County, Orego:r, BJ'Unest H. Iilnil off the BaJe Calfomle Coest, by Jolm D. Isaacs, Joseph L. Relct, .Ir., George B. Schlck end. RlchBird A. Schuertzlose

itDsonetry of ocean ba.sln provlnces, by H.W. 1965 Devetrmnarnts ln Forelgn Rlelds l&nard antl Stuart M. Snlth (incluOing iGxlco, soutb. Aneri.ca and Carlbbean, Fhr East end. Southuest Paciflc) TTIESES: ldleral correlatlons of sorp Eocene sandstones of central caliJomla, by EUlott c. Mol?ls. Stanford Unlverslty, PttI) dlssertatlon' 196e l4fuldl.e and Late Paleozoic stretlgraphy, Alasle- ltulcon borter erea betueen ]llrl

Afihlgenlc si-l1cates 1n mrfue Spencer Formtlon I@ggbrecclas and s3,1j$entary stnrctures of the at Coru=.Uls, Oregon. by Harold E. Ellor.rs and Plush Ranch Forctlon, northern ventura county Kelth F. OLes ceu.fomla, by Jares Eduard l{ahl-e. 1966. L25 pp. 6 pls., 7 f1gs., M.A. fitesls, Unlverslty of 1TIE .IoURILAL 0F GEOIOG]:. vol. 74, no. 4, JUly 1966 Ca.Ljjomla at los Angeles.

Eocene deltalc sedinentation at coos Bay, Oregon by R.H. Dott, Jr.

PEIRoLEUM I4ANAGEMEXIT. voI. 58, no. 8, JULy 1511966 TOPOGRAPHIC },IAP PR,ICES C}IANGE WorLd-w1de new equipnent grrlle{ssue The U.S. c€ologlcal- suruey has ennouncec neu pr'1ces The I4ORLD OII. vol. 163, no. 2, *fi$st 1, l-966 on all- of 1ts naps, effective october 1, 1966. new tlst price of topographic quadrangle naps et stratigrephlc, trend. studles by electronic seeles 13P4r000: 1:5:1.,6803 1:62150O antl 1!6313603 cofiputer, by David R. ]htuszak antl 1:LP5r000 is 50 cents eacl,. The list prlce of topogra.phic mps at a scale of J.:250r000 is 75 cents How Hesteni venezuelats o11 1s belng produced, ea.ch. by M.E. Idmch a.nd. E.B. :€pak National- Pari( and other specla.l topographic mps are tiORLD OIL. vol. 165, no.3, August 15, 1966 indlvldu?I]J prlced. The Suruey ean provlde a price list of these mps upon request. A11 pps for ereas Interrlational outlookr t66 l-ying west of the Mlsslsslppl Rlver should be ordered. fron the Surveyts l€.p Dlstrlbutlon offlce, Denver liloRtiD OIL vol. 169, no. 4, Septenber 1966 Federel- Center, Denver, Colomalo.

HydrodyrBnlcs aid o(pl-ore.t1on anal ctevel-opment, Dlscormts on ord.ers anorurtlng to $20.00 or nore at by W.S. tr?€d.erlck the list prlce are 20 percent: on orders of $Io0.0O or nor€, 40 Prcent ls al-l-owed. Suggested. nodifications to the Gmn Sl-am su1te, by H1J-ton B. Evans Renote-controlled ,Jug' m.y help gas a.nd oil sea-rch Pogr 8

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Ttre soclal- Hour v111 bc offlc1aL\y opcned at 7s5o Dr. Fnst $rggests that relatlvc\y hlgh Pres- D.E. It y111 bc foUfld W dinnGn serrcd f:^otr $tre, ldt ttrycnture rccryst4lll'atlon rt- 8:gO to 9:3O p.tr. Camoll Fx enal h1s fchcstra glrcd la.pld accumlc.tlon ol vast aEunts of y1ll lrg\rldc rulc for ftnelxg tTot 9s3o mtll clt5tlc rnterlal qr occa.nlc cnrst - then svlft li@ s..I. upllft and eroslon. Thls lc tor.u one bl€ crrtnce 1n a y€ar to go dlnrnr dqnclng ln such plush smoundlngs ic onfy f8:@ pG!'Dcnron. l|rke yorr nerErtntlorut rpr by gantlng GEOIDGY (F I{CRITIRN C^IJIFORNIj, yq,r cJlcclc to lf. Io[ hlght, Stanil4rd 011 Coqany, P. O. hr 6CE, It }I!.b[lrr Callfornla ffi14. 0coLogf of Northcrn Crllforalla, Erlletla 19O of * Cellfornla D1v1slon of l'llnes and G€ol-ogr, has bcen prefre{ 1n c@Ilunt to the Ceol-og1cal soclety of lmrlcc, rhj.ch hel-d ltrs Natlonal Eeting ln Sr,n tr):anclsco 1n Novenber, 1966. The hrlletln conslsbs chleny of srpecl,e.Uy rrltten stlmrlesdescrlblng thc geolory of northern Callfornla and the gcologlc events thet led to the COAS'I GEOIJOGICI& SoCIITY dlstrlb.rt1on of rccks, fe,ults, and elnenf deposlts. A ner geologtc np of the entLre state lnclud."d 1n shor.s and, pattems The Cdst Geologlcal- Soclety ret on October 18 the buLletln by dlfferent colors at the El CleUto ResteLmnt Santa t-bc mJor rock unlts 4nd Irrixclpal actlve and lx- in Eerbql?. ire guldes Thls lqdlcs nlght Fetlng uas e,ttended by 45 rctlye firrfils. AIso lncfideO rurd for naEbers r,rd ylves. sGTGn flel.d, trlps conductcd ftoG San Franelsco fc thG vlsltlng sclentlsts. Revlscd blr-larrs for the Soclety rlere voted lnto etfect utnlmrsly.. The slate ol nonlxees for fhc 35 auttlo"ltqtlvc artlcles ln th€ bu1letln by gpologlsts lnvlted to contrlhrte ncxt yca.rts offlcans rere lntroaluced W J1n Saun- rcra lrelarcd ders, ChtfuEn ol th€ Nonln4tlng Comlttec: bec4use of thelr speclal- cotqpetence. fhese authors rcpE:esent elght un1vers1t1es, forr prlrrate conpanles, trc Strte 4.nal two Fedenl orga,nlzatlons. Eilgar H. Presldent: llrrlT iFgl-e, Standsnl gpologlst Vlce Fesldent: Carl- Stehle, Jr., Vace 011 B8,lLey, vlth the U.S. Geological Survey, S€crtqry: fnfy JUItstn, ContlnentaL lnitiated the hJUetln and. served as lts edltor. lFGq.sla€r: .Iack Durrrle, Tlde$itcr ThLs 500 pgB book, Creology of l{orthem caltfomle, (plus Fonoylng dlnrcr, EBilers qnd guests enJoyed an ls for s41e at a cost of $6.@ per copy 4 pcr- lnfo'nt1ve telk by Dlon L. cra,I.dner on troceanogro- cebt sa.les tax for cal-ifomlr resldents) tlom: pqy ard sclence rbdrd the tfM. s. seven se4sr, the Elo4tlng 0'rn4nrs of che.pm,n couege Callfornia Dlvlslon of ldles and Creolory Ferry Br1ld1ng Stn trlranclsco, Caltfomla 94111- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PACIFIC SECTION AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST Robert R. Knapp Presldent John F. Curran Vice preeident e%@'a,A6*o William F. Edmondson Secretd.ry Thomas L. Wright Treasurer Eugene R. Orwig, Jr. Past-President John N. Terpening Editor Robert R. Morrieon San Joaquin Delegare Gordon B. Oakeahott Northern California Delegate Jamee M. Saunders Coastal Delegate REGTS"IRATION DE'TTHOPMEIfTS SINCE IAST E)IFION ASSOCIATED SOCIETY DELEGATES The chal]:m,n of the AIPG Callfornle Sectlon ko- Glen C. Ware, Jr. Sacramento fesslonal Ststus Comlttee, subn{ts the foUowlng Edward G. Dobrick, Jr. Northwest As develoFmnts of fiportance Dean L. Morgridge report. rcgLebratlon Alaska to all geologlsts ln ca].lforrlia arc eonlng dorm to the wLre, everycne should be up to date. If any PACIFIC PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST readers have suggestions, lrish nore detalLs or l€nt reports ffom t!0e to tl"me, they cen con- Publiehed current monthly by the Pacific Section arLy the flFnbers the comlttee, narely American Association tact of of of Petroleum Geologiste Rod co:[vln, Hank Neel e.nd Art speuloug ln the Changee of Addrese, eubecription and memberehip Ios Angeles areat Eol Ortalda 4nd l{es Ftrer lrt inguiriea should be addregeed Membership to: Be.kersfleld: Bob Peschall and lowetl Galrlson 1n Secretary, Pacific Section AAPG, P. O. Box l?486, Secranentos 4nd E]lm .Adans ln the Bey e.rea. Foy Station, I-os Angeles, California 90012 Material for publication and requests for migsed copiee ehould be addreiEed to: Editor-PpG, As reported 1n the Novenber lssue, the rcglstlttlon P.O. Box 90905, Airport Station, I-os Angeles, sltuatlon fu early october riles chaotic. Assenbly Calif, 90009 8111 AB 2680 (1965) ffher€by engheerilE eBologlsts Ordere for Pacific Section publications and prior nlght be coflI)elled to r€gtster wlth the Board of years' isaue6 of the PPG should be addreased to: clvll- and kofesslonal Engineers had a DtBly Pacific Section Publicationa. 3132 lSth Street, favorable heerl-ng ln septenber. An ad hoc com[ttee Bakerefield, Calif. of englneers conpleted preparetlon of a nodel chert- erlng (lncorporatlon) bill vhlch ulll eUow the EDITOR: John N. Terpening rcg"istered engjxeers sorlF lFasure of self-regulatlon Assistant Editore: lJ the blLl 1s Inssed, ln 196?. It does not lncluoe Deane Oberete-Lehn 4r\y non-reglstered groups, such es geol-oglsts. The Bob Yeats Jahns carr'lring the recomendatlon Selected Bibliography Iacy Birdeall comlttee report, CartooniBt tha.t the Clty of l.os .sngeles support statewlde Jack Nisbet reglstratlon, preferrebly through lncor?or3-t1on, CORRESPONDENTS: llas subnitteal to the c1ty. The Cormty of l,os Angeles rres prepq.rfuig an SB 871-tlpe registntion jltroductlon jJl Alaska Ernie Lian bill for the leglslatlre lx l-967. Coaet Bruce E. Macomber commrnl-ca.tlons $1th. the {ssoclatlon of hglneerlng Los Angelea Bill Reed e€olog1sts uere very poor, but sorpwhat better lrith Northwest Jim Salvegon sone of the reglstered engjneer groups. Ey october Sacramento Iowell Garriaon lt ha,d becone eptrFrent that llmlnent reglstratlon San Francigco Gordon Oakeshott of geologlsts ls no longer e posslbllityr it has San Joaquin Chester H. Rudel becone 4 near certalnty. Membership Secretary Pat Metcalf AIIC Caufomla Sectlon, vtrlch has been formtly deleg&ted to also r€present the Paclflc sectlon AAPG Erul the San Joaquln c€ologlcc,l Soclety ln negistlatlon r.tters qnd rlhlch ls ilolng lts utmost to falrly represent ell Ca,llforal1a. geologists, DEADLINE tOR NEICI ISSTJE------DESS4BER pl_. dlrected this comnlttee to atteEgb to unlfy all !ryendlng epologlcal reglstn,tlon legtsletlve efforts lnto one lncorpration (chartering) bil-l-. Accord- iJtgl-y, jx the past two months, the foLloufu€ has been accoflp]-ished!

1. A model Callfornia iJlco4lora,tlon b111 ms COMING ATTFIACTION! NOON LUNCHEON - JAI 5...... lretrnred, drewjng heqvlly fron the State Ber Act, SB 371 (as flrst eneruled)r,lFrTen Beebers Itr. mlRY H. NMf,,, consultant, ulll speak AGI-AIFC lbdel lnoo4)or€tlon Act, and other : on nceologlc Investlgatlon for the lrroposed sources. l,letropoutan llater Dlstrlct Nu3lear De- sqLtlng Plant.'l - contlnued on P4.ge 5 - ?cje I contlnueal fron Pa,ge e -

2, A,s$Fnces have been given that eny regtstratlol !h.ny hl$ ener$f, shellor emrlronnents are batTlers b111 ln prepantlon by elther the clty or separ:qtlng water of dltferent chenlcal potentlel., co',mty of Los Angeles wiLI nov be e cooperatlve For exaupLe, r€strlcted clrcula.tlon on one slde of a venture end. that the AIPG Caufornia modeL barrler mJ pnoduce a lor Eh and SI ehvlronnent lncorporation b111 w"ill recelve flrst consld- favore.ble for p5rrlte pneclpltatlon. lb]Jrbderun, eratlon 1n the prepretlon of sane. utrlch ls essolc4ted wlth pyrlte 1n tnce endlrts, nlght serve to dlscrlnlnate betlreen enrdronrents 5. The leglsl-ative chalrnnn of AEG has agreed to on elther slde of e. banrler. A llarrler my also work wlth ATIG on professlonal Leglslatlon. separcte mter of dlffer€nt s4l.1n1ty. Boron ln llHte, or some functlon of the boron/potastr ratlo 4. Dlscusslons wlth some regtstered englneersf 1n rocl(s has been proposed as a lEleoseunlty tfttex groups lnd.1cate that thelr coopera,tlon c'+n be uhlch coul-d be used to detect nlnor sallnlty changes elq)ected. eoFoss a batrler. 5. Sfforts are clltrently belng mde to emsnd {B 2680 to exclude geologlsts and other earth- Recent lnveEtlgatlons of boron 1n llllte €rnd noclcs sclentlsts fron 1ts provislons. lndlvldual euphaslze the problens essoclated wlth e[pl:rlca1 lnterTretatlm of gsochenlca.l data. Studles of se clay slze fractions suggest that boron 1n the for detells. grolrlng Lqttlce of authlgenlc llllte mlrtelns an erl'l{ltlbrlun slth boron ln sea Hater. Slnce boron Wesley G. Bruer 1il sea water.ls dlrect\y nelated to sauJlltlt, boron ln lLllte ls slnlLer].y r€leted to saunlty. Another vlew, based on whole rock enelyses, holds that lulte 1s detrltaL end lnherlts sone of 1ts boron. Aatd- ltlonaL boron, absorbed dtlrlng deposltlon, 1s dlrectly related to saunlty end lndlrectlJt to gratx slze qnd the orgenlc content of the sedlnent. If authlgenlc 111-1te ls enrlche

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I'I0RTHIIES"I GEOIOGICIL SCIETY

flle Novesber metlng of the Northrest c.eolog1cs.l- Soclety ri,4s held at the lbod1e Dog cafe 1n FlJe, lhshj-n8ton on I'Ioyerter 9. Guest speaker ues Dr. NosDn lrxlcrson, Chalrm.n of, the DepartKgnt of c€ologf at the Unlverslty of Hrgpt Sound.. Dr. lndersdl spob on the nNeu l,oolc ln e€lolgicoL Educetlonn, glvlng e very lnterestlng ecccnrnt of the Gevelorent of e course ln G€ologl' l{trlch ls coahg lnto nltle use st the Hlgh S:choo1 level. Itle cdx|se Fs devel-oped by a gfoup of leadlng Hlgh School teachers end llniverslty Hrofessors at the Unlverslty of Coloredo ilIrlng the sumers of l-964, 1965 end 1966 under a g?nt from the Natlonat Sclence trbundatlon.

The next neetlng lriLl- be held Decenber 6 at the cflrntr? Sroiler Resteurant, S. 25ard Street and ol-d Hlehuey 99, L L/2 nlles south to the lnter- section of 99 and State Hlghuay 5L6 (the turn-off to the clu?ent north end of the Seattle- Tacore. freelray). The guest spealcer is Distlngui.shed If,cturer for the A.A.P.C.., E.L. Dll1on, and hls .!tr COUIiD DOUBLE T}IE ATTE}TDAXICE BY PINTT}IG subJect ls rrlbd,ern ceologr Requlr€s lbdem Tech- noLogfn FIE I.4CFE MEI4BER,S 01$ ftM IORU},I PROGRA},I coI4I4ITTE, BUI r DOI'FT THII{K THATTS T}rn WHOLE AT.ISbIffi.

AAFG MTIONAI, . CONTrSITION - NqTES PERSONAT IT[i,\S Alttrugh e few Eonths erny, the b1g event of, 1967 DR. DEAI{ KLEINKoPF has Jolred the U.S.G.S., as wlLt be the l}lt1qlal CorNentlon, Ap1I L0-I5. A e Research c'eoptlyslclst lrlth the f.nch of feu iteEs to note on your @lendar: neglonel Geophyslcs, hee,dquarters in Denver. He recently reslgned fron Standerd of caL ln I,l|'ogfan of lre(lles B$eru4lnnent: Ia Habra, Cellf.

SIJlCIlY - Aprll 9 CoRIEZ HoSKINS end IOHEI.;IJ REDW]NE, former geologlsts 1n the Atlantlc Rlchfleld Geologlc Sclence Group Regl,stFtlon 1O:OO A,M. qt Anaheln, ar€ nou Research Assoclates ln the Ilnlon OlL coEpeny Research Department, Deloretlon Ice Bneiher Farty end Foductlon Research Dlvlslon, et the Unlon Elltnorc Snllroom 5:50-7:50 P.M. Research Center ln F€a, Callfond.a.

I,DNDAY - 1111 10 I4ARV }4AI\GUS, senlor geologlst with Atlantlc-Rlch- fleld, is back j-rl Anch@ge after attendlng the Receptldr 5!00-5.00 P.M. recent GSA ConventlOn l]1 San trfanclsco.

cqilfomla l'furc tqstlng P4.rty 1mN.VICOREN, Phllllps geoLogist 1n rQtchorage, got Ren+rlssqnce Roon e noose on a receht hunting trlp. He is cw?entLy Bllt1Eore Hotel l-ooklng for s. book titl-ed trl-Oo r€ys to @.ke noose- butrger.I I'ttrSDjtY - Aprll l-L DoN HTFf,MANJ TerGco ggologlst ln Anchol€g€r c?rp Id.Er 9:00-2:00 P.M. ba.ck fron hls sumer flelc flork on the Arctlc Slope sporbing en off-r€d gottee arul m.rstache. DOlf *lso I'rtlverEal clty pleys 4 flute l-n the AnchoFge Slmlphony and says l&v1e stuillo thattrthe fLute pl4ylng goes better than ever.rt l@rE$AY - 4trr1 le BTrr' F-qcKLm,'ffr1ll1ps Senior geol-ogist retwTled to Anchorsge after a sesslon of conventlon anal Tour 9t0O-33@ P.M. vecqtlonirg 1n the louer 48. He c.ttended both the AIPG & AAPC comrentlons 1n Denver, where he also ltlsslon s|in GqbrleL co-euthoreal a. paper on Alaska before the .AaFC group. l'Ihe qren of l,Ilsslonsn Wcation tjre wrs spent ln l,tlnnesota and ld-chlgan. I-rmche@ - Huntlngton-shepton Hotel B1l-1 is a confiJued. cold weather rmn and probably vlslt lfwttugton t"6mrT - Irt caUery thought Denver uas a Lltt1e too fer south. - Botanlcel Gerdens cIR I'ESSF:T,T,, Attantlc-Rlchfleld ln 4nchoFge, {as Flesta 7s0O-12s00P.M. r€cently tmnsferred fron geoLory to geoptgrslcs. Hls phllosoph]t'Urst be trIf you cenrt Lick them - Djxner - IF,nclllg and. Jofu them.rt sbrolllng on Olvera street- nA B1t of Early @llJo*1a." Poge 5 DON RErNOIJDS, Unlon 011 Corpnny, uqs trcnsfenred fron l4id12nd, To(rS -qnchorage, .{laskir. DON to is AIiEIICA Ilnionrs new Distrlct D(ploration Geologist, reppclng GEOIOGICAL SOCTEf,Y OF BOB SAIVDnRS rlho uas tnnsferred. to BF.kersfleld, Crlifornie. l"lenolr 97: Hendbook of physicqL constants - , Revised ed.ltion, Syalney p. CLark, Jr., ItBUOGRA?HY Edltor. 588 pcges, 218 teirles, 91 figures, clothbounat. (l€nber lrlce 96.00) $e.Zn U.S. GEOIOGICNL SUR\EY l,lemoir 99: Geolo$/ of the A1asle peninsul" -- Bllletin 1198-E: Geochenicel reconna.issa.nce in the fslEnd Arc &nd Contixental l€.rgin, lry Pequop }4ountajtis and Wood Hills, Elko County, c.A. Burk. JuLy 1966 Nev., by R.L. Erickson, A.P. l"lxl]rqnzixo, Uteam oda, end 1llI.IlI. Jenes $1.00 Peft 1: Text. 450 pagesr I pages, ZB flgures, l- tcble. Buuetin 1eg0: TerTestrirl lxmect structures - A clothbound. (renber prlce $Z.OO) bibliogl€pfv, by J.H. F?eeberg. $ .ZO s8.75

Bulletln 1232: Bibuography of North drerlcan Pa,rt e: C€eLc€ic mp - Z sheets, ee,ch geoIory, 1962, by J.W; Clarke, G.D. Conejtt, 4 !/q x 49 r/2 lnches, scals-1.2ra, IPrg?ret cooper, Dnd. others $2.50 000) (menll]er prlce 9b.50) 98.00 Bulletin 1254: Blblio.gephy of Nofth Anerlcen Pqrt 3: Tectonlc nF.p - 1 sheet 31 Ip x geolory, L964, by J.lI. Clqrke, G.D. Con?.nt, gB L/4 jrches, scAle t:l,ooorooo lfi.rFret cooper, and others $a.zs (menber prlce gp.b0) $g.eb Geoplryslce.l- AbatFcts i57, October 1966, by J.W. coqrLete set: (nember price $rs.oo) clarl(e, D.B. vitallr.no, V.S. Neuschelr,,?nd $eo.oo others $ .es Special Fper 85: Zeolltes aftt zeolltc re- -lbstrects of North Anerlcan Geolo$r, September 1966 actlons 1n sedlnentary rocks, by Richard $ .as L. llay, l_966. 180 ]F.ges, l_O flgures, 8 tablss, pnperbound. (nember price-$Z.Zs) Clrcular 5e5: Tecontlc creep jx the Ha}.rr4rd f"uLt s4.00 zone, Califomin., by D.H. R2dbruch, M.G. Bonilla ?nd others (reprinted) trtee Treatise on InvertebFte lpleontolog/, Raymond C. l4oore, Ed.itor. Clrcular 553: Reglonal trends in ua,ter-we1l driLL- Part U: EchinodernPtr B ([email protected], 1ng in the United. St tes Echlnozoans) (rnenber prlce $l+.oo)' $18.50 }4APS HA - 235 TefiFreture of slrface r{aters jJl the conternlnous Unlted States, By CAIJIFORNIA DTVIS]ON OF MINES A}D GEOIOGY J.F. (I&11, Brakety $r.es orders only fron Ferry Building san ftencisco) IAp I-454: Geologlc m,p and sections of the BuUetjx 190: ceol-ory.of northern Callfornia. Edgar Zud }buntqlns fluorspar. dlstrlct H. 3a.iIey, Ed.ltor $o.oo w'lencla County, N. l6x, by E.N. Goddar{ (Note plate $1.0o I ($.eb) also soLit as r_bIP by U.S. Geologlce.l Sr::rrey) l@p I -469: ceoLoglc nP,p of the Kwlguk and quadr€,ngles, Bleck westem Alasl

New Addresses NcY !&frberg S6GidTiE"u Arthur D, Brqrn 12215 CuLver Blvd., #3 Strndard Oil Co. of Cal1f. Lo6 Angeles, Calif. 90066 2401 N. Chester Aveme Bahergfleld, Calif. 93308 Hubert Y. Crouse 23720 Lund Streer Joseph Il. Frntozzi Woodlend Hills, Calif. 9l%4 16320 Sha6ta Drive Fountsln Val.ley, Callf. Hugh llerbert Felsted 930 Petroleun Ltfe Bldg. D. X. Kcl* llldland, Texas 797OL LL25 E. Truslcn Fullerton, Celif. Stephen H. Gester 1101 st. Paulrs Towers Alvln L. Lorshbough 100 Bay Place 908 llillims lfay Oakland, CaIif. Taft, calif. Cortez lloskins L. R. Lysinger Unim Research Center Sun 011 Company P.0. Box 76 800 Security Life Bldg. Brea, Calif. 92621 P.0. Box 1798 Denver, Colorado 8020I Bill R. Pottorf Jack S. Lerch HunbLe Oil & Reflntng Co. 20651 Cohasset 1800 Avenue of the Stars Crnoga Park, Callf. 91303 Los Angeles, Calif.

Bart W. Sorge J. L. Ifildherber 2250 Cold Crnyon Red t{obil 0i1 Cmpeny Calabasas, CaLlf. 91302 10737 So. Shoemker Avenue Srnta Fe Sprlngs, Calif.

Spencer F. Fine Arco-Anacapa Corporatlon 8-12 Bridge Street Sydney, N.S.W. Aus tre11.

PAC|tlC PtIROLtUtr\ GIOIOGISI PACIFIC StCnON, A.A.P.G. Affil P.O. BOX I7486, FOY SIAIION \/='lfii?"! los ANGtItS, CAtlf. r)oD Volumc 20 Numbor l?

R"lurn Rcqucrt.d Rlchard L. tlester DA Fauley Petroleua' Ins. 10C00 Santa ifo*!.c4, Blvd. Los Angeles, CaIlf. 90067