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AAPG Pacific Section Meeting
April 9–11, 2001, Universal City, California

Search and Discovery Article #90904 (2001)
Posted February 28, 2009

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The Gravity Effect of the Monterey Formation’s Low-Density Rock and Its Removal by Gravity Stripping, San Joaquin Basin, California: A Work in Progress,
H. T. Angell, R. M. Negrini, and B. M. Hirst

Oncolite-Associated Lithofacies Sequences and Climate Fluctuations of the Lacustrine Late Pleistocene Manix Formation, California,
S. M. Awramik, H. P. Buchheim, L. Leggitt, and K. S. Woo

Numerical 3D Restoration of Eocene Features Across the Central Pyrenees (Campo-Ainsa Area),
J. Babault, M. de Urreiztieta, D. Rouby, E. Remacha, O. Oms, and H. Eichenseer

Monitoring Oil Saturation Change with Carbon/Oxygen Logs in Complex Formations in California and Indonesia,
A. Badruzzaman, D. Julander, J. Logan, and T. Zalan

LARSE II: Towards an Understanding of the Subsurface Structure in the Santa Monica Area,
S. Baher and P. Davis

Hogan to Heritage: 33 Years of Pacific OCS Production,
J. R. Barminski and M. R. Brickey

Provenance: An Archaeologist’s Perspective,
F. Beardsley

Climatic and Environmental Fluctuations on the Quaternary and Tertiary California Margin,
R. J. Behl, J. P. Kennett, K. G. Cannariato, and I. L. Hendy

Hydrogeological Characterization and 3D Geospatial Modeling of a Subsurface Radionuclide Source Area at a US Doe Site in Central California,
S. I. Bilir, M. Taffet, V. M. Madrid, Z. Demir, and F. Hoffman

Magnetic Stratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Oligocene-Miocene Alsea, Yaquina, and Nye Formations, Central Oregon Coast,
C. Z. Bitboul and D. R. Prothero

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Lower-Middle Eocene Vacaville Shale (Type Ulatisian Stage), Solano County, California,
E. E. Brabb and D. R. Prothero

The Climate of Eocene Fossil Lake (Green River Formation, Wyoming) as Determined from Vertical and Lateral Facies Trends,
H. P. Buchheim and M. A. Loewen

Magnetic Stratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Oligocene Pysht Formation (Type Juanian Stage), Clallam County, Washington,
C. Burns, D. R. Prothero, and E. Nesbitt

Is Your House Creeping on a Reactivated Landslide?,
S. F. Burns, D. Beckstrand, M. Lunney, J. Taylor, C. Robinson, and J. Schick

Middle Miocene Foraminiferous Deposits in the Southern San Joaquin Valley,
E. A. Campbell-Stone and H. T. Angell

South Ellwood Field, Santa Barbara Channel, California: Is a Normal Fault Always Normal?,
K. I. Christiensen, M. D. Wracher, and S. Horner

Sequence Stratigraphy of an Interbedded Biogenic-Clastic Reservoir, Belridge Diatomite at Lost Hills Field, San Joaquin Basin, California,
M. S. Clark

The Salton Sea: A Cost Benefit Analysis of Its Future,
I. Colburn

Reservoir Characterization of Upper Miocene Western 31S, Main Body B, and B Shale Sands, Elk Hills Field, California,
P. F. Cowell

Mixed Source Acquisition, Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills, California,
B. R. Currin

Controlling Factors on Deposition of Saline Lacustrine Sediments in the Eocene Green River Formation of Fossil Basin, Wyoming,
R. A. Cushman, Jr.

Sources of Excess Phosphorous and Nitrogen in a Coastal Watershed,
G. Desselle, E. Chavez, and B. Hibbs

Geologic Map of San Miguel Island, California,
T. W. Dibblee Jr. and H. E. Ehrenspeck

New Geologic Maps of the Puente Hills, Southern California,
T. W. Dibblee and H. E. Ehrenspeck

Chlorite Diagenesis in the Alban Pinda Formation,
R. A. Dolbier, R. N. Tempel, and J. Popek

Magnetic Stratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Middle Eocene Coaledo Formation, Southwestern Oregon,
L. L. Donohoo and D. Prothero

Parasequences of the Terrestrial Tulare Formation, South Belridge Field, Kern County, CA,
J. M. Eagan and D. D. Miller

Quaternary Sedimentary Structure of the Southwestern Los Angeles Basin Region,
B. D. Edwards, R. D. Catchings, T. G. Hildenbrand, M. S. Miller, D. J. Ponti, and S. C. Wolf

Quaternary Stratigraphy and Hydrostratigraphy of the Long Beach Area, Southwest Los Angeles Basin, CA,
K. D. Ehman, D. J. Ponti, H. E. Clifton, B. D. Edwards, R. J. Fleck, J. W. Hillhouse, S. A. Mahan, K. McDougall, C. L. Powell II, and J. C. Tinsley III

The Remarkable Geologic Mapping Career of Thomas Wilson Dibblee, Jr.,
H. E. Ehrenspeck

Use Of 3D Reservoir Characterization to Plan and Implement Horizontal Heavy Oil Development of the Tulare Reservoir South Belridge Field, California,
R. P. Fairman Jr.

GIS Tools for the Construction of 3D Geologic Models,
T. T. Fitzgibbon, G. A. Phelps, and R. C. Jachens

General Geologic History of Rocks Along the LARSE II Seismic Line,
A. E. Fritsche

Preliminary Seismic Images from the Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment, Phase II (LARSE II ), Southern CA,
G. S. Fuis, J. M. Murphy, W. J. Lutter, T. Ryberg, D. A. Okaya, R. W. Clayton, P. M. Davis, N. J. Godfrey, S. Baher, E. Hauksson, V. E. Langenheim, K. Thygesen, G. Simila, C. Prodehl, and G. R. Keller

Evidence of a Large Earthquake and Coastal Uplift of the San Joaquin Hills, Southern Los Angeles Basin, California, Since A.D. 1635,
L. B. Grant, L. J. Ballenger, and E. E. Runnerstrom

Evaluation Techniques in the Monterey Formation,
S. T. Grayson

Magnetic Stratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Eocene-Oligocene Keasey and Pittsburg Bluff Formations, Northwest Oregon,
K. G. Hankins and D. R. Prothero

La Honda Basin Oil Fields,
S. T. Hector

William Warren Orcutt (1869–1942) “The Dean of Petroleum Geology and My Grandfather”,
M. A. Orcutt Henderson

Revisiting a Classification Scheme for Southwestern Alluvial Basin Aquifers,
B. J. Hibbs, B. K. Darling, and J. W. Hawley

Structures Possibly Related to the 1971 San Fernando and 1989 Whittier Narrows Earthquakes Based on the Analysis of Magnetic and Gravity Data,
T. G. Hildenbrand, V. E. Langenheim, and R. C. Jachens

The Influence of Gold Mining on the Development of California,
R. L. Hill, S. L. Kohler, C. T. Higgins, and L. G. Youngs

Stories from a Heated Earth, Our Geothermal Lives,
S. F. Hodgson

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Oligocene-Miocene Vaqueros Formation and Molluscan Stage, California,
J. Hoffman, D. R. Prothero, and L. L. Donohoo

Cascade Oil Field, Economic and Scientific Significance,
T. E. Hopps and M. J. Kamerling

Re-Assessing Reliability of Meter-Scale Cyclic Carbonates as Recorders of Orbital Events: Middle Cambrian Highland Peak Formation, Southern Nevada,
R. A. Howley, M. N. Rees, and E. A. Jacobson

Snodgrass Slough Gas Field: A Winters Stratigraphic Trap,
D. Huggins

A History of Gasoline Additives,
R. W. Hurst

Tectonostratigraphy of the Santa Monica Mountains, Southern California,
R. V. Ingersoll

Composition of Modern Sand from the Sierra Nevada: Constraints on Actualistic Petrofacies of Continental- Margin Magmatic Arcs,
R. V. Ingersoll and J. Cadkin

Patterns of Neogene Basin Subsidence in the Gulf of California-Salton Trough,
J. C. Ingle Jr.

3-Dimensional Geologic Map of the Santa Clara (“ Silicon”) Valley, California,
R. C. Jachens, C. M. Wentworth, R. J. McLaughlin, T. T. Fitzgibbon, G. A. Phelps, V. E. Langenheim, R. W. Graymer, and R. G. Stanley

Climate Driven Depositional Events in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Manix Formation, Central Mojave Desert, California,
G. T. Jefferson

Three-Dimensional Geometry and Interactions of Faults and Structures Along the Northern Margin of the Santa Barbara Channel, California,
M. J. Kamerling, C. C. Sorlien, R. Archuleta, and C. Nicholson

Late Quaternary History of Landsliding and Faulting in Lake Tahoe,
R. E. Karlin, R. Schweickert, M. Lahren, S. Shane, M. Patterson, I. Dinkelman, and G. Seitz

Historic Shoreline Change and Sedimentary Processes in Mugu Lagoon-Barrier System, CA,
R. Karpilo and J. Sadd

Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene Paleoclimate and Tectonic Reconstructions of Death Valley,
J. R. Knott and A. M. Sarna-Wojcicki

Microbial Responses to Varied Concentrations of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Groundwater,
C. K. Knowlton

Using Densely Recorded Teleseismic Data to Image Lithospheric Structures Below the Transverse Ranges: Results from the LARSE II Passive Experiment,
M. D. Kohler and P. M. Davis

The Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Field 3-D Geologic Model, Los Angeles, County, California,
D. S. Kunitomi and C. Ikonte

Provenance Interpretation of Tertiary Sandstones from the Cheju Basin (NE East China Sea): A Comparison of Conventional Petrographic and Scanning Cathodoluminescence Techniques,
Y-I. Kwon and S. Boggs, Jr.

Pore-Water Geochemistry and Hydrostratigraphy at Two Continuously Cored Sites in Long Beach, CA,
M. T. Land, R. J. Rosenbauer, T. D. Lorenson, and J. J. Montrella

Structure of the San Fernando Basin, California, Based on Analysis of Gravity and Magnetic Data,
V. E. Langenheim, R. C. Jachens, T. G. Hildenbrand, G. S. Fuis, and A. Griscom

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Upper Miocene (Type Wishkahan-Graysian) Montesano Formation, Washington, and Empire Formation, Oregon: Implications for Miocene Molluscan Biostratigraphy,
J. N. Lau and D. R. Prothero

Crustal Fragmentation and Neogene Rotations in the East Ventura Basin and San Fernando Valley, Southern California,
S. Levi and R. S. Yeats

Plio-Pleistocene Slip Rates on San Andreas Fault in Coachella Valley from Clast Provenance Studies in Mecca Basin,
C. J. Lewis, S. Dougherty, A. G. Sylvester, and C. J. Busby

Evidence for a Possible Tropical to Subtropical Climate in Southern California During the Paleocene: Laterite Paleosols of the Silverado Formation, San Joaquin Hills, CA,
S. M. Leyva and P. C. Ramirez

Climate Variability in the Western Great Basin Recorded by Geochemical Signals in Closed-Basin Lake Sediments,
H-C. Li, T-L. Ku, and J. L. Bischoff

Style, Activity, and Uplift Rate of the Hollywood Fault in Hollywood and West Hollywood, California,
S. C. Lindvall, T. K. Rockwell, G. Kasman, and J. G. Helms

Turning Wiggles Into Oil: 3D Seismic Increases Production in the Eastern Shallow Oil Zone, Elk Hills Field, California,
J. Lomask

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Upper Paleocene Silverado Formation, Orange County, California,
R. Lopez and D. R. Prothero

4D Seismic Monitoring of Steam Injection at Coalinga Field, California,
D. E. Lumley, A. Tura, W. C. Kempner, L. F. Klonsky, and C. Ecker

High-Resolution Dating of Late Holocene Paleoclimate Records from the Western USA Using Paleomagnetic Secular Variation Records from Sediments, Lavas, and Archeological Materials,
S. Lund

Building a Common Stratigraphy for Continents and Oceans: Progress along the California Margin from ODP Leg 167,
M. W. Lyle

3-D Geospatial Modeling of a DNAPL Source Area,
V. M. Madrid, R. U. Halden, Z. Demir, J. E. Valett, and S. D. Gregory

New Strontium Isotope Ages from Invertebrate Macrofossils in the San Joaquin Formation, Elk Hills, California,
A. Mahan, J. M. Gillespie, and R. A. Horton

Application of Crosswell and Single Well Seismic Methods for Mapping CO2 Movement,
E. L. Majer, T. M. Daley, R. Gritto, V. Korneev, and G. Li

Using Sand Provenance to Constrain the Tectonic History of the Outer California Borderland,
K. M. Marsaglia and K. Rimkus

Sequence Stratigraphy of a Middle Eocene Submarine-Canyon Complex and Related Strata, San Diego, California,
J. A. May and J. E. Warme

Crustal Architecture and Post-2.5 Ma Shortening Rates Parallel to the LARSE II Profile, Eastern San Fernando Valley, California,
A. J. Meigs and J. D. Yule

A Paleoclimate Record from the Black Rock Desert Subbasin of Lake Lahontan: 23,000–12,000 C-14 yr B.P.,
C. Meyer, R. M. Negrini, I. Ewing, K. Edwards, and E. Herrero-Bervera

Mid-Holocene Debris-Flow and Lake Stand Events at Silurian Lake, Mojave Desert, California,
D. M. Miller, J. C. Yount, and S. A. Mahan

Ph-Controlled Oxygen Isotope Variations in Miocene Lacustrine Calcite,
I. P. Montanez and V. A. Pedone

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Lower-Middle Miocene Astoria Formation, Newport Embayment, Oregon,
G. W. Moore, D. R. Prothero, C. Z. Bitboul, and A. R. Niem

3D Seismic in a Mature Producing Area: Results and Economics of the 1997 Coalinga Nose/Guijarral Hills 3D Seismic Shoot,
J. Nahama and R. Nahama

The Quaternary Climate Record from Pluvial Lakes in the Great Basin: Relationship to Global Climate Change,
R. M. Negrini

Imaging Production and Stimulation Using Steel Cased Boreholes,
R. L. Newmark, W. D. Daily, and A. L. Ramirez

3-D Visualization of Central Valles Marineris Interior Deposits Using Mgs Datasets,
E. Noreen and T. Hare

Definition of Hydrostratigraphic Units Within the Alluvial Sediments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
C. M. Noyes, M. P. Maley, and R. G. Blake

Rare Earth Elements and Stable Isotopes in Vein-Filling Carbonate Cements from the Ordovician Vinini Type-Section in Central Nevada: Indicators of Diagenesis,
J. I. Park and R. N. Tempel

Lateral Shortening in the Transverse Ranges Minimizes the Roles of the San Gabriel and San Andreas as Strike-Slip Faults,
R. H. Paschall

Oil Extraction and the Development of City Character: The Cases of Santa Barbara and Ventura, California,
K. E. Paulsen, W. Freudenburg, and H. Molotch

An Integrated Approach Toward a New Quaternary Stratigraphic Model for the Los Angeles Basin, California: A Framework for Refined Seismic Hazards and Groundwater Studies,
D. J. Ponti and FOQUS-LA

Quaternary Sedimentary Environments in the Long Beach Area, Los Angeles Basin, California,
C. Powell II, E. Clifton, B. Edwards, K. McDougall, D. J. Ponti, J. Tinsley, and J. Walker

Crystalline Bedrock and Crustal Tectonics in the Western Transverse Ranges, Southern California,
R. E. Powell

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Pacific Coast Cenozoic: Summary,
D. R. Prothero

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Lower-Middle Eocene Domengine, Yokut, and Avenal Sandstones, Western San Joaquin Basin, California: Implications for the Domengine Molluscan Stage,
J. Putnick and D. R. Prothero

Quaternary Stratigraphy of the La Brea Plain, Northern Shelf of the Los Angeles Basin,
J. P. Quinn, D. J. Ponti, J. W. Hillhouse, C. L. Powell, K. McDougall, A. M. Sarna-Wojcicki, J. A. Barron, and R. J. Fleck

Magnetic Stratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Lower Miocene Rincon Formation, Santa Barbara County, California: Implications for the Saucesian Stage,
S. G. Rapp and D. R. Prothero

Lower and Middle Tertiary Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of the Southern San Joaquin Basin, California,
S. A. Reid, T. H. Nilsen, and D. R. D. Boote

Marker Bed Correlations between the Mud Hills, Calico Mts., and Daggett Ridge, Central Mojave Desert, California,
R. E. Reynolds and M. O. Woodburne

3-D Modeling of a Multi-Staged Turbidite System within a Structurally Complex Basin: The Republic Sandstone Member, San Joaquin Valley, California,
M. J. Richey

Basement Geophysical Interpretation of the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), Northern Alaska,
R. W. Saltus, T. L. Hudson, and J. D. Phillips

Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Middle Eocene Cowlitz Formation, Washington and Oregon,
E. Sanger, D. R. Prothero, and E. Nesbitt

Geologic Map of California: A Digital Database,
G. J. Saucedo

Quartz Silt in the Sedimentary Record—A Diagenetic Origin,
J. Schieber, D. Krinsley, and L. Riciputi

Site Closure of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in a Fractured Franciscan Bedrock Aquifer Using Natural Attenuation,
J. Sciacca and A. Searls

The 1994 Northridge and 1971 Fault Ruptures and Surrounding Seismogenic Faults as Illuminated by Small Earthquakes,
L. Seeber, J. G. Armbruster, and P. Geiser

Depositional Environments of the Oligocene Alegrian Formation, Santa Barbara County, California,
M. P. Sgriccia and A. E. Fritsche

Depositional Environment and Age of Upper Cretaceous Strata in the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California,
S. A. Shapiro, J. M. Alderson, and A. E. Fritsche

Measuring Formation Resistivity through Casing at Elk Hills Field,
D. E. Sharbak

The Fossil Resources from Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California,
C. A. Shaw and G. C. Page

Major Late Cretaceous and Tertiary Low-Angle Structures in Southern California,
L. T. Silver

Preliminary Velocity Model of the Upper Part of the San Fernando Valley Sedimentary Basin,
G. Simila, K. Thygesen, G. Fuis, H. Thybo, J. M. Murphy, and D. Okaya

Episodic Deposition in Closed Depressions: Proxy Evidence of Holocene Paleoseismic Events, Provo Segment of the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah,
D. B. Simon and R. J. Shlemon

Models for Slip on Blind Thrust Faults: The Santa Monica Mountains–Channel Islands Thrust and Anticline, California,
C. C. Sorlien, N. Pinter, L. Seeber, and M. J. Kamerling

Tectonic Disruption of s Miocene Petroleum System in Coastal California,
R. G. Stanley and P. G. Lillis

Variability of Site Response in the San Fernando Valley from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake Using Aftershock Data and Seismic Reflection Modeling,
W. J. Stephenson and S. Hartzell

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Late Neogene, Southern San Joaquin Basin, California,
D. C. Steward

Geology And Production History of the East Beverly Hills Oil Field, Los Angeles Basin, CA,
R. Suchsland

Let Us Leave Some Problems for Our Children, Otherwise They Will Be So Bored,
A. G. Sylvester

Geological Perceptions Regarding the Prospects of Oil and Mineral Resources in California in the Late 19th Century,
S. M. Testa

Aspects of the Quaternary Geology of the San Fernando Valley, California,
J. C. Tinsley III

Pattern of Sedimentation in a Small Lake,
K. L. G. Tracy

An Integrated Sedimentological-Ichnological Analysis of a Distal Submarine Fan Succession: Upper Cretaceous Cedar District Formation, Nanaimo Group, Southwest British Coumbia, Canada,
K. L. Treptau, J. A. MacEachern, and P. S. Mustard

Coupling of Early Tertiary Graben Development in the Great Valley Fore Arc Basin with Blueschist Exhumation in the Underlying Franciscan Accretionary Wedge at Mt. Diablo, Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, California,
J. R. Unruh and T. A. Dumitru

Magnetic Stratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Middle Paleocene San Francisquito Formation, Transverse Ranges, California,
R. Vacca and D. R. Prothero