17 Geology, Industry, and Culture: Historical Perspectives

Monday, 9 April 2001
1:20 PM - 4:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  GEOLOGICAL PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE PROSPECTS OF OIL AND MINERAL RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
  Stephen M. Testa, Testa Environmental Corporation, Mokelumne Hill, CA
  3978 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:50 PM
  THE INFLUENCE OF GOLD-MINING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA
  Robert L. Hill, Div of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, CA and Susan L. Kohler, Div of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, CA and Chris T. Higgins, Div of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, CA and Leslie G. Youngs, Div of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, CA
  3915 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:10 PM
  STILL GOING: THE REMARKABLE GEOLOGIC MAPPING CAREER OF THOMAS WILSON DIBBLEE, JR
  Helmut E. Ehrenspeck, Dibblee, Goleta, CA
  3997 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:30 PM
  STORIES FROM A HEATED EARTH, OUR GEOTHERMAL LIVES
  Susan F. Hodgson, Department of Conservation, Sacramento, CA
  1581 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:10 PM
  THE FOSSIL RESOURCES FROM RANCHO LA BREA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
  Christopher A. Shaw, George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, Los Angeles, CA
  4004 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:30 PM
  WILLIAM WARREN ORCUTT (1869-1942) "THE DEAN OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND MY GRANDFATHER"
  Mary Alice Orcutt Henderson, Santa Paula Historical Society, Santa Paula, CA
  4783 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:50 PM
  OIL EXTRACTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY CHARACTER: THE CASES OF SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
  Krista E. Paulsen, Univ of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL and William Freudenburg, Univ of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI and Harvey Molotch, New York Univ, New York, NY
  3698 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:10 PM
  A HISTORY OF GASOLINE ADDITIVES
  Richard W. Hurst, Hurst & Associates, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
  3540 (THEME SESSIONS)