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HOUSTON GEOtOGlCAt SOCIETY

Houston, Texas

Volume 5, NO.

September 1962

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OFFICERS

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin 7 . Simmons . . . . . FA 3-0493 1st Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judd H . Oualline . . . . . . . . . CA 8-6321

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice President Raymond E Fairchild CA 5-0487 Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles F . Ross . . . . . . . . . . CA 3-4491

. Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Otto Pixler . . . . . . . . . . . . JA 4-638 1

EXECUTIVE COMMllTEEMEN

J . Ben Carsey William F . Cooke. Jr . George C . Hardin. Jr., Ex-Oficio

W . Kenley Clark Elliott H . Powers

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmie C . Herrington . . . . . . CA 5-142 1 Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JuddH.Oualline . . . . . . . . . CA8-6321 Technical Program . . . . . . . . . Raymond E . Fairchild . . . CA 5-0487 Awards and Loans . . . . . . . . . . . M . Allen Reagan. Jr . . . . . . . MO 6-0261 Research and Study . . . . . . . . De Witt C . Van Siclen . . . . CA 4-1 68 1 H.G.S. Membership . . . . . . . . A . H . Wadsworth, Jr . . . . CA 7-8 15 1 Personnel Placement . . . . . . Hal H . Bybee . . . . . . . . . . . CA 5-1 5 1 1 Remembrance . . . . . . . . . . Orville G . Lundstrom . . . CA 2-03 16 Public Relations . . . . . M . Stephen Kovac . . . . . . . . CA 3-4645 Entertainment . . . . . . . . W . P . Biggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . WA 8-25 1 1 A.A.P.G Membership . . . . . . . Royce E . Oualline . . . . . . . . . JA 6-19 1 1 Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John B . Williams . . . . . . . . . CA 4-7961 Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert H . Dickerson . . . . . . MO 4-3401 Exhibits G.C.A.G.S .. A.A.P.G. B . Otto Pixler . . . . . . . . . . . . . JA 4-638 1 Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carleton D . Speed, Jr . . . . . . CA 4-2523 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stewart H . Folk . . . . . . . . . . CA 3-4441 Boy Scout . . . . . . . . . Albert R . Mincher . . . . . . . . CA 5-441 1

SPECIAL

Convention Preparations . . . . . . . . Distribution of Publications . . . . . Engineers Council . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Academic Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preservation of Samples and Cores Advisor to Museum of Natural

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Convention Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

COMMITTEES

W . A . tho ma.^ . . . . . . . . . . CA 2-972 1 H . Grndy Traylor . . . CA4-9286 Harry E . Otell . . . . . . . . CA 8-8 12 1 J . C . Walter. Jr . . . . . . . . . CA 7-1246 Arthur S . Dickinson . . . . . CA 3-401 1 Charles W . Stuckey. Jr . . . . . . JA 9-482 1

Jack 0 . Colle . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 7-6266 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olin G Bell JA 2-2625

Aubrey H . Rabensbrtrg . . . . CA 5-0331 C . D . Cantrell. Jr . . . . . . . . . CA 3-4961

REPRESENTATIVES

G.C.A.G.S. Representative . . . . . . Raymond E . Fairchild . . . . . CA 5-0487 Alternate . . . . . . . . . . A . D . Wnrren . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 8-0541

T H E B U L L E T I N

THIS MONTH

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 1

Meeting Notice ................................................ Page 2

President's Page ...............................................

.............................................. News of Members Page 4

Memorials .................................................... Page 5

News of Other Societies ........................................ Page 6

Committee Reports ............................................. Page 7

O n t h e Distaff Side ............................................. Page 8

Geoscience Notes .............................................. Page 13 Conventions: G.S.A. .......................................... Page 15

A.A.P.G. ....................................... Page 20

T H E B U L L E T I N OF T H E HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Office -234 Esperson Bldg . . Houston 2. Texas . F A 3-9309

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Editor ............ Stuart K . Clark. 1552 M . Esperson Building ...... CA 8-5174

Ass t . Editor . . . . . . . J . D . (Denny) Bartell, 433 Esperson Building ...... CA 8-6668

Volume 5, No. 1

MEETING NOTICE

September

FIRST REGULAR MEETING - SEPTEMBER 10

The first regular meeting for the 1962-1963 year will be held on Monday evening, September 10, 1962, on the 10th floor of the Houston Club. The social hour will begin a t 5: 15, dinner a t 6:00, and program a t 7:00 p. m.

D r . Henry M. Morris will present a paper based upon the recently published book "The Genesis Flood." Dr . Morr is co-authored the book with Dr. John C . Whitcomb, J r .

Dr . Morr is i s presently professor and head of the department of civil engineering a t Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He is a distinguished graduate of Rice University (B.S. - 1939) and the University of Minnesota (M.S. - 1948, Ph.D. - 1950) who has also served on the faculties of Rice University, the University of Minnesota and Southwestern Louisiana University. He is a member of many honorary societies, a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Association for Advancement of Science, and holds professional memberships in the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Geochemical Society, the International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage Research, and others. He has biographical listings in s ix different "Who's Who" publications.

D r . Morr is will present a new and powerful system for unifying and corre- lating scientific data bearing on the earth 's early history. He will propose a Biblically-based system of creationism and catastrophism which satisfies the inadequacies and conflicts of uniformitarianism and evolutionism a s unifying principles.

There may be some who will disagree with his conclusions, nevertheless it i s a bold and systematically developed concept to which every thinking person, particularly geologists, should be exposed. Whether you agree or not you should find the paper stimulating and thought provoking. Plan to zttend and bring guests who might be interested.

FUTURE PROGRAMS

We a r e attempting to organize a balanced se r i e s of programs which will cover the broad spectrum of interest existing among our members. Tentative plans have been made to offer papers dealing with (1) down-dip limits of production in the principal sand reservoirs a s well a s (2) Cretaceous lime r e s e r - voirs of the a rea .

If any of you have any suggestions regarding other papers you may know of o r desire, please call Ray Fairchild a t CA 5-0487.

P R E S I D E N T ' S P A G E

In ancient China, every year was personalized by being given a name. Con- sequently, one year would be known a s the year of the Famine, another a s the year of the Rain, o r yet another a s the year of the Good Harvest. If we had to adopt such a tradition, we could call the coming year for our Society the "year of the Convention. "

Firs t , we have the Convention in November for the Geological Society of America, familiarly called GSA. While few of our members belong to that elite group, we a r e all tied closely to it by scientific and educational umbilical cords of one sor t o r another. Our own Dr. Carey Croneis is the General Chairman and Harold N. Fisk i s the Co-chairman for that Convention, and many others of our membership will help in the preparation of the meeting.

In March, we shall be the hosts to our own American Association of Petro- leum Geologists. I would venture a guess that from 60 to 75% of our membership also belong to that group. The only query left i s how come the WAGS was scheduled for New Orleans instead of Houston this fall? Surely someone made a mistake!

In a more serious vein, we take pride and pleasure in these conventions for two reasons that come quickly to mind. The first i s that they a r e a method for keeping in touch with the new techniques and expanding knowledge of our profession. This is a most necessary factor because education commences to become obsolete from the moment of graduation just like a factory o r a piece of military equipment. Unlike the machine, we can sharpen and improve our brain by study, by talking and listening to what others have learned, and by exposure of every kind. A convention of scientific members i s a giant "bull session" to accom- plish this.

We also enjoy the fellowships that we renew in these meetings. As the largest local Society in the mtional group, we a r e determined, from pride alone, to see that our Convention in Houston is the largest, the friendliest, the most efficient, in short, the best. We have the largest pool of talent, the hardest working members, and every facility to make this come about, and I know that there is no one in the group who will accept less. In this conjunction, I have asked our general chairman, W. A. Thomas, to write news on the process of convention preparation in this Bulletin. Each month, a different hard-working chairman and his group will have the spotlight turned on them so that you will be able to follow the difficulties, the problems, and the triumphs that they a r e achieving a s the Convention looms closer. This work has been going on for over a year already and much more will be achieved before next March. I am sure that you will appreciate this behind-the-scenes look a t our fine committees.

. . .Benjamin T . Simmons

(Ed. note: See pages 15-20 for f i rs t convention reports. )

NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GEORG MEJLAENDER has opened his new office on the 4th floor of the F i r s t City National Bank Building. Georg i s now associated with Tom Pr io r and the new partnership will go under the name of Mejlaender and Prior. The phone number i s CA 8-0978.

The coming of the 1962-63 HGS year has returned severa l of our former members to Houston. BOB DICKERSON, who has been until recently Trunkline Gas' Distr ict Geologist in Corpus Christ i , has been t ransferred back to Houston a s Senior Geologist for South Texas. Bob is located in Trunkline's offices on Bissonnet and his phone number i s MO 4-3401. Another returnee i s ROD RODERICK, who has come back to Houston af ter two years of working for Petro- Bras in Brazil. Rod i s opening his office a s a consultant and can be reached a t MO 7-8180.

There a r e several members who have left Houston a s a result of changing jobs. CHARLES PIRKEY, formerly with Austral, has moved to Dallas and is now working for Scott Hammonds. JOHN MOODY, former Manager of Explora- tion for Plymouth Oil, has moved to New York City with Mobil Oil's Foreign Department. The i r many friends wish them good luck in their new locations.

No news of the Geological Society would be complete without mention o f EDD TURNER'S t ransfer to Los Angeles. Edd served the Society in many capa- cities including president. No one put a s much time and effort into making our Society a success a s did Edd and his counsel and advice will be missed. We can only hope Tidewater willsend Edd our way again and until then that h e will enjoy every success a s Assistant Manager of Exploration.

FRED PAULUS, formerly Assistant Distr ict Geologist with the Texas Com- pany, i s now working for Superior. Fred 's new phone number is CA 2-6131.

E . L . MAXWELL, formerly Director of Domestic Exploration for Monsanto Chemical Co., has resigned to become a consulting geologist in Houston. His successor a t Monsanto is Stanley G. Hardison who comes to Houston from Mid- land, Texas, where he was Manager of Exploration for their Hydrocarbons Division's Southwest Region.

CHARLIE STUCKEY was placed under "house a r r e s t " a s a result of an e lec t r ic log rm on his hear t but expects to be working full time when the Bulle- tin reaches you.

It has been brought to our attention that Mrs . Es ther Canada, widow of the late William R. Canada, would like to sell a se t of Bulletins of the AAPG, Vobmes 20 to 45 inclusive (1936- 1961). These a r e paper bound, many of which a r e now reported to be out of print. Mrs . Canada has priced the se t a t $350. Anyone interested in acquiring a complete se t extending back to 1936 may reach M r s . Canada a t 3208 University, phone MO 7-6881.

M E M O R I A L S

RAYMOND J. ST. GERMAIN

Raymond J . St. Germain died of a heart attack a t h is home in Hunt, Texas, July 28, 1962. Saint was born in Duluth, Minnesota, August 1, 1889, and was a graduate of Wisconsin Institute of Technology in Platteville, Wisconsin. After a successful ea r ly ca ree r a s a mining geologist, he moved to Tulsa, and then to Houston to enter the oil business. He was a member of the AAPG since 1926, the AIME, and the Houston Geological Society.

Saint i s survived by his wife Isabel, a son Raymond, J r . , and daughter M r s . Lloyd P. Fadrique.

His many friends, and his associates, were shocked and saddened and will sorely miss him.

. . . L . C. Masterson, J r .

A. RODGER DENISON

1897 - 1962

The geological profession lost one of i ts outstanding representatives with the death of A. Rodger Denison in the c r a s h of a Canadian Pacific a i r l iner a t Honolulu Airport, Hawaii on Sunday night, July 22, 1962. Twenty-seven lives were lost when the plane broke in two and the forward section was totally destroyed in an attempted emergency landing shortly af ter take-off. Rodger and his wife, Maud, were on board, enroute to New Zealand and Australia. They were not among the survivors.

No m e r e cataloging of his professional achievements could convey an adequate impression of him a s a man o r a geologist, and i t will not be attempted here, but it may be noted that his c a r e e r s both in the industrial and professional worlds were outstanding.

Rodger served t h e American Association o f Petroleum Geologists a s Secretary-Treasurer (1929-30) and a s President (1943-44). He was active in civic affairs, a s well a s in the numerous other professional societies to which he belonged.

His c a r e e r in industry, linked throughout to the Amerada Petroleum Corpo- ration, has a lso been notable. He joined that company a s a geologist in 1922, a year after his graduation from the University of Oklahoma. He advanced steadily, becoming Chief Geologist in 1937 and Vice President in 1950.

Never submerged in administrative detail, he pursued geological studies throughout his c a r e e r and a s a consequence was one of the best technically informed individuals in the profession. His sound geological advice undoubtedly was an important factor in the exploratory successes of his company.

He i s survived by a daughter, Mrs . Cordelia AM Kavanaugh, and a son, Rodger Espy.

(Note: A comprehensive memorial will presumably appear in the Bulletin of the AAPG, but because of his distinguished services to the national organization, his eminent position in the profession, and the sudden and tragic termination of his career , it seems appropriate to offer this brief tribute to him a s a man and a scientist, through the medium of our local Bulletin. . . .The Editor)

NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .k SWFGS - AAPG JOINT MEETING

~~ The Southwestern Federation of Petroleum Societies' Fifth Annual Meeting

and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Southwestern Regional Meeting will be held jointly in Dallas, Texas, October 3-5, 1962. The Statler- Hilton Hotel will be the headquarters, and there will be no advance registrations.

The theme of this joint meeting is "Exploration Case Histories, " illustrat- ing the a r t and science of finding oil in 1962.

The roster of speakers i s adequate assurance of a stimulating meeting. It includes: Robert E. Rettger, Jerome J. O'Brien, Lewis G. Weeks, Frank B. Conselman, William A. Heck, Jack W. Knight, Edgar W. Owen, A. I. Levorsen, Robert L. Swanson, John H. Wilson, James M. Forgotson, J r . , and R. G. Hamilton.

Details of this meeting may be obtained from the HGS office, FA 3-9309.

TEXAS COAST A.I. M. E.

The next meeting of the Texas Coast A. I. M. E . will be held September 27, 1962 a t the T e r r a Club and the speaker will be from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The subject i s yet to be announced.

ALBERTA SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGLSTS

The HGS office is in receipt of a copy of the March 1962 Journal of the Alberta (Canada) Society of Petroleum Geologists; and of several copies of that Society's List of Publications. The latter a r e available on request from the HGS office, 234 Esperson Building.

While the March Journal i s a "Special Issue on Folding, " the accompanying letter emphasizes that it is now the largest geological publication in Canada; that many basic papers on Rocky Mountain structure, particularly thrust fault- ing, reefing; paleotopographic oil accumulations and on carbonate petrology have been published.

Subscriptions to the Journal a r e $7.50 annually, and may be obtained f rom the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, 500 Lougheed Building, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

FIELD TRIP TO GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS

A field trip, jointly sponsored by the West Texas Geological Society (Mid- land, Texas), the Roswell Geological Society (Roswell, New Mexico), and the Hobbs Geological Society (Hobbs, New Mexico), will be conducted October 31 through November 3, 1962, to the central portion of the Guadalupe Mountains in Eddy County, New Mexico.

There will be a two-day tour by chartered bus to points of interest plus a tour of a potash mine and a special tour to the Lower Caves of Carlsbad Cav- erns . The Lower Caves a r e not open to the public; thus, this tour will extend to participants a r a r e opportunity to observe the maximum of natural cavern wonders.

Details of the tour may be obtained from the HGS office, 234 Espey-on Building, phone FA 3-9309.

C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T S

Library Committee

The Houston Public Library Business Technology Room recently has brought up to date i ts collection of U. S . G. S. topographic maps of Texas and surrounding states, and corresponding index maps. The collection now comprises about 2,500 maps.

A recently acquired photocopy machine also makes it possible for thc Busi- ness Technology Room to duplicate pages, either from single sheets o r bound volumes, from their extensive geological library, a t nominal cost to the patron. This could be a very useful service, particularly for obtaining material from bulletins o r repor ts which a r e now out of print.

Books recently acquired include the following:

Shepard, Francis: "Earth Beneath the Sea" (551.4 S) Sinkankas, John: "Gemstones and Minerals" (553.85 S) Pearl , Richard: "Successful Mineral Collecting and

Prospecting" ( F 549 P) Leet, Lewis Don: "World of Geology" (550 L)

. . .Stewart H. Folk

KRINITZSKY TO TALK AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

F i r s t of the se r i e s of Friday evening talks on geology a t the University of Houston will be held on September 28 a t 7:30 p . m . in room 202 Science Building. Dr . Ellis L. Krinitzsky, visiting professor a t the University of Houston, who formerly was with Creole in Venezuela, will talk on the BEGINNINGS OF MODERN IDEAS IN GEOLOGY. Interested persons a r e invited to attend.

Wonderful vacation time! Jo and B. G. Martin just returned from a t r ip around the world. They visited with Dick and Dotty Prough in Delhi. Elizabeth and Wayne Jones to Israel , Iran, Switzerland, Par is and London. Dorothy Cook i s heading for Paris , Nice, and Switzerland in September. Trudy Maebius in Europe - will visit their daughter in Germany and Jed will join he r in October. Libbie Jenson back from Europe - visited with Pauline and John Inkster a t The Hague. Peggy and Chester Sappington back from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Australia - saw the Ed Lockes while there .

Two beautiful weddings in August. Patty, daughter of Velva and F . B. Stein, was mar r i ed to Michael Rotolo on August 18 a t the Lady of Wisdom Chapel in Lafayette. They will make their home in New Orleans. Ann, daughter of Els ie and Roy Bennett was mar r i ed to James Shank on August 18 a t St. Philip Presby- terian Church in Houston. They will make their home in New Orleans, also.

June and Paul Fa r ren celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in July with an open house. Around 600 guests wished them many more. Eleanor and Bob Briggs a lso celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in July.

Virginia and Clark Edgecomb will have a new "daughter" f rom Denmark for the school year .

The Geo-Wives will have their f i rs t fall meeting Wednesday, September 19, a t the Geophysical Club. M r s . Leonard Buller and M r s . J . H. Jackson will be hostesses for a luncheon and style show. This i s a wonderful bunch of g i r l s and they will be happy to welcome a l l new members of the Auxiliary to their meetings and part ies. One social i s planned each month. Call them!

Paul F a r r e n and son, Dunlop, a r e big game hunting in Canada. June will join Paul in Calgary for the Geophysical Convention.

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists will meet in Calgary for their 32nd Annual International Meeting beginning September 16. Special char tered planes will leave and re turn to Houston. Reservations a t Calgary include Lois and Jim Perryrnan, Mary and Charles Rawson, the John F a r r s , Eunice and Lynn Ervin, the Norman Domenicos, the Nelson Steenlands, Doris and D. Moore, the H. G. Patricks, Ruth and A1 Ladner, the Sidney Kaufmans, Roberta and Neal Smith, the Scott Childress, the Lynn Howells, Inez and Norman Teague, Ruby and Bob Duty, Inez and Tom Hall, the Lewis Mott-Smiths, Peggie and Chester Sappington, the C. K. Fielders, and the F . A. Hoeninghaus' .

. . .Eunice Ervin

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Space for Professional Cards of Members

JOSEPH L. ADLER Geologist & Geophysicist

Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 2-7925

Houston 2, Texas

ALLEN & GlLKlSON Oil and Gas Consultants

Harris H. Allen and D. C. Gilkison 463 Son Jacinto Bldg. CA 8-9329

Houston 2, Texas

E. J. BARRAGY

lndependent

3005 Buffalo Dr. Box 13287

Houston 19, Texas JA 8-5525

A. I. BARTOW

Geophysical Consultant

231 5 Watts Road

Phone MO 4-341 8 - MA 3-3306

R. M. BEATTY

Consulting Geologist

816 Esperson Bldg.

FA 3-8884

JOHN L. BIBLE BIBLE GEOPHYSICAL CO., INC.

Gravity - Magnetic Surveys Interpretations

236 Esperson Bldg. CA 2-6266 Houston 2, Texas

LESLIE BOWLING

Oil and Gas Consultant

536 California Bldg. JA 2-0432

New Orleans, Louisiana

WAYNE F. BOWMAN, SR.

lndependent Geologist

171 3 Niels Esperson Bldg CA 2-0279

Houston 2, Texas

ORVAL L. BRACE

Geologist

181 0 South Coast Bldg. CA 8-5404

Houston 2, Texas

IRA BRINKERHOFF

Petroleum Consultant

901 San Jacinto Bldg.

CA 4-2656

RALPH B. CANTRELL

Petroleum Geologist and Engineer

4005 Bellaire Boulevard

Houston 25, Texas MA 3-0471

GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

404 First City National Bank FA 3-1 187

Houston, Texas

STUART K. CLARK

Consulting Petroleum Geologist

1552 Esperson Bldg. CA 8-51 74

Houston 2, Texas

JACK COLLE Consulting Geologist and Paleontologist

91 1 Son Jacinto Bldg. SU 2-4555 Houston 2, Texas CA 7-6266

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RALPH E. DAVIS ASSOCIATES Consultants - Oil and Natural Gas

1216 Niels Esperson Bldg. CA 4-7576

Houston 2, Texas

ERNEST A. ELWOOD, JR.

lndependent Geologist

3303 Mercer St. JA 9-3779

Houston 27, Texas

PAUL FARREN Geophysical Consultant

1528 Bank of the Southwest Houston (2) and

Geodata Building MO 7-331 7 5603 S. Rice Ave. (36)

HERSHAL C. FERGUSON


1424 Esperson Bidg. CA 8-8444

Houston 2, Texas

JOHN F. FLANNERY

Petroleum Geologist

4006 Ella Lee Ln. MO 7-0534

Houston, Texas

HAROLD L. GElS Consulting Geologist

1238 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 7-5317

Houston 2, Texas

KENNETH L. GOW Consulting Geologist

531 Texas National Bank Bldg. CA 4-6584

Houston 2, Texas

GRAHAM & POE Exploration Consultants

Foreign and Domestic 323-25 Westwick Bldg., MO 4-2457 38 10 Westheimer, Houston 27, Texas

HUBERT GUYOD Well Logging Consultant

5234 Glenmont Dr. MO 7-6561 and MA 3-971 3

Houston 36, Texas

MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Consulting Geologist Petroleum Engineer

lndependent Producer and Operator The Michel T. Halbouty Bldg.

51 11 Westheimer, Houston 27, Texas SU 2-2420

ED J. HAMNER


51 04 Navarro Lane

SU 2-0732

GEORGE C. HARDIN, JR. FRANK R. HARDIN

Petroleum Geologists 71 1 First City National Bank Bldg. Houston 2, Texas CA 7-5323

HEBERT AND SERBER Geophysical, Geological Consultants

Seismic Review and Subsurface 2422 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston 2, Texas CA 4-781 5

R. B. HOHLT Geological Consultant

Exploration - Exploitation . Valuation 1825 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston 2, Texas CA 2-0081


HOWARD HOUGH Consultant

1005-A First City National Bank Bldg. FA 3-7548

Houston 2, Texas

GENTRY KlDD Independent

81 3 Esperson Bldg. Houston 2, Texas

CA 7-8231

L. A. KlMES


422 Son Jacinto Bldg.

CA 8-1012

C. T. MacALLlSTER


6327 Vanderbilt, Houston 5, Texas

MA 3-41 81

GEORGE N. MAY & ASSOCIATES Consulting Geologists and

Paleontologists P. 0. Box 2052 Not Mouton Bldg.

Lafayette, Louisiana

W. B. McCARTER C. E. McCARTER

Independents 141 5 Sul Ross JA 9-1 881

Houston, Texas

GEORGE I. McFERRON


Room 5, 1973 W. Gray JA 2-2627

Houston, Texas

RAYMOND E. MlNG

Geologist

750 San Jacinto Bldg. CA 8-1 91 6

Houston 2, Texas

R. B. MITCHELL

Geologist

2801 First City National Bank Bldg.

Houston 2, Texas

JOHN C. MYERS Consultant in Oil, Gas and Sulphur

1207 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 5-4133 and CA 5-4559

Houston 2, Texas

WALTER J. OSTERHOUDT Consulting Geophysicist and

Geologist

P. 0. Box 3 1 82 CH 7-3769 Durango, Colorado

KENNETH DALE OWEN

Geologist

Esperson Building

Houston 2, Texas

SAM M. PENA

Consultant Geophysicist

409-A N. Esperson Bldg. FA 3-8455

Houston 2, Texas

RAYMOND D. REYNOLDS Geologist

436 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. CA 7-5309

Houston 2, Texas


A. L. SELlG Geologist


Houston 2, Texas

BENJAMIN T. SIMMONS


601 C & I Life Bldg. FA 3-0493

Houston 2, Texas

FRED L. SMITH, JR. J. T. GOODWYN, JR. Consulting Geologists

1226 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston 2, Texas CA 5-6656

HERBERT C. SMITH Consulting Geophysicist

and Geologist 320 Pinehaven Dr. OV 6-5153

Houston 24, Texas

CARLETON D. SPEED, JR.

Geologist - Oil Producer

71 1 Houston Club Bldg. CA 4-2523

Houston 2, Texas

H. C. SPOOR, JR. HARRY KlLlAN

Geologists

21 30 Tennessee Bldg. CA 4-9624 Houston 2, Texas

D. C. STALLWORTH, INC. Engineering and Geological Drafting

Surveying and Mapping Planimetering and Acreage Calculations

1210 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston 2, Texas FA 3-7343

S. BROOKS STEWART Geophysical Consultant

320 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. FA 3-4966

H.ouston 2, Texas

EDWARD B. STILES Consulting Geologist

10401 Memorial Drive CA 5-4005 - HO 5-8568

Houston 24, Texas

THOMAS F. TAYLOR Petroleum Geologist


Houston 2, Texas

A. H. WADSWORTH, JR.

402 Texas National Bank Bldg.

CA 7-8151

Houston 2, Texas

J. C. WALTER, JR. Geologist and Petroleum Engineer

2202 Esperson Bldg. CA 7-1 246 Houston 2, Texas

Home Phone: HO 5-9773

GEORGE F. WATFORD

GORDON R. HlNZ Consulting Geologists

833 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. Houston 2, Texas CA 7-6935

JAMES A. WHEELER

Consultant

191 0 Esperson Bldg. FA 3-1 61 8

Houston 2, Texas

N O T E S

Storm Surges as a Factor in Sedimentation By Paul Weaver

Hurricane Carla, which ranks a s one of the five greatest storms of record along the Gulf Coast, undoubtedly carr ied vast quantities of mate- r ia l across the shore line. Such transport constitutes an important episode in sedimentation, comparable to that occurring when major s t reams overflow across coastal plains.

Some interesting data a s to the probable relative volumes s o trans- ported, in relation to the areas of maximum storm surge, a r e furnished by the records of drift bottle recoveries following the storm. (Chew, Frank, Drennan, K . L., and Demoran, W. J.: Jour. Geophys. Res. Vol. 67, NO. 7, July, 1962, p. 2773-2776). The accompanying sketch map (Fig. 1) shows the path of the hurricane through the Gulf and the numbers of bottles recovered from various segments of the beach.

Fig. 1. The path of hurricane Carla through the Gulf of Mexico. Triangles mark positions of hurricane a t 1600 CST on the indicated days in September 1961. Drift-bottle release a rea i s denoted by the diamond-shaped figureeast of the Mississippi delta. Figures in circles a r e bottles found on beach to October 31. 1961.

A total of 1992 drif t bottles (9 inches long and weighted with sand so a s to float upright with only one inch above the surface) had been re leased on August 20, 1961, a t a point just eas t of the tip of the Mississippi Delta. The map num- be r s show the numbers recovered to October 31, 1961 at the longshore localities indicated.

Storm surges in excess of 10 feet due to Carla were recorded a t Port O'Connor, Freeport , Texas City and Seabrook (west side of Galveston Bay). They dropped off rapidly eastward although measurable surge extended a s far eas t a s Panama City. (Ludlum, D. M. Weatherwise, Vol. 14, 192-196, 1961.)

THE UNITED FUND CAMPAIGN

Fal l i s the t ime of year for football; it marks the end of the vacation sea - son and a renewed commitment to the business of earning a living. It i s the harves t time of year and the t ime of year for thanksgiving. It i s a lso the t ime of year when the United Fund holds i ts annual fund raising drive.

Just a s the pledge of allegiance to our flag . . . and to the Republic for which it stands, constitutes an expression of our essential national unity, our support of the United Fund provides a measure of our unity a s a community.

As Chairman of the Engineers and Scientists Unit, I solicit from some of you your time to a s s i s t in the campaign itself; and from all of you, your good will, your prayers , and finally, a sharing of your year ' s harvest through your contributions to this comprehensive fund designed to help the needy and to provide essential support for a host of philanthropic and character building organi- zations which se rve to strengthen and unify our community and make it a better place in which to live.

. . .John H. Crowell

HGS NEW FIELDS VOLUME

The Society's book on the fields in this district, entitled "Occurrence of Oil and Gas in Southeast Texas" i s in the stage of receiving printers ' bids. All bidders a s s u r e us it will be ready for distribution around the middle of October.

THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.. .

Evening courses in geology at the University of Houston this fall include Sedimentation and Petroleum Geology, 6 to 8:30 and 8:30 to 10, respectively, on Monday and Wednesday evenings; Introductory Micropaleontology and Optical Mineralogy, both 6 to 9:30 Tuesday and Thursday evenings; and on Saturday the Principles of Mineralogy from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. , and Air Photo Geology from 8 A.M. t o 3 P.M. The introductory Physical Geology will be taught a t the Down- town School from 5:30 to 7 P .M. Monday and Wednesday, and Historical Geology a t the main campus from 7 to 8:30 P.M. on the same evenings.

Registration i s September 11 and 12, while c l a s ses begin on Monday, Sep- tember 17th. F o r additional information telephone the Registrar 's office o r the Geology Department a t CA 4- 1681, Extension 603 and 541, respectively.

T H E C O N V E N T I O N S

As your president has said, this 1962-63 year of the Houston Geological Society might well be designated the year of the Convention. In line with that thought, we feel that a primary function of the Bulletin during this year should be to keep you adequately informed concerning the two major conventions to which Houston is to be host.

This is particularly true of the G.S.A. Convention occurring in November since only a relatively small percentage of our more than 1500 members a r e also members of that society.

This same fact makes it important to note that neither the Field Trips nor the Technical Sessions of the G. S. A. Convention a r e restricted to G. S. A. members . Payment of the general registration fee will entitle you to admission to - all technical sessions, and payment of the registration fee or fees (including the cost of one Guidebook) for the field trip o r trips of your choice will entitle you to join the tour, so long a s the total number of applications does not exceed per- missive limits.

In this September issue we will t r y to give you essential general information concerning the G . S. A. technical program, entertainment program and field trips, plus a brief description of the 12 tr ips scheduled, since participation in them involves advance planning.

The October issue will present more specific and detailed information concerning the entire program.

The information which follows has been furnished largely by Ralph E. Taylor, Program Chairman, and E. H. Rainwater and R. P. Zingula, Field Trip Co-chairmen. However, even a casual examination of the program can hardly fail to impress one with the tremendous amount of preparatory work on the part of all the convention committees.

. . . Editor

THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES

CONVENTION Shamrock Hilton Hotel - Houston, Texas

November 12-14, 1962

Rice University, the University of Houston, and the Houston Geological Society jointly a r e acting as hosts for the convention, which is being held in Houston for the first time, under the General Chairmanship of Dr. Carey Croneis, Chancellor of Rice University, and co-chairman Harold N. Fisk.

Registration

Provision has been made for advance registration for the general program

for both the men ($5.00) and visiting ladies and students ($2.00). Checks should be payable to the G.S.A. Convention Account. Registration a t the convention will be at the Shamrock Hilton Headquarters.

Program

A selection of 300 papers from more than 400 abstracts submitted has been made for presentation a t the sessions to be held November 12 through November 14. In order to permit a s many ora l presentations a s possible, morning ses - sions will begin a t 8:30 and afternoon sessions a t 1:30. Papers of broad interest will be presented in general sessions, one of which will precede the Presidential Address Tuesday morning. An International Conference on Saline Deposits will meet concurrently with G. S. A. and papers by authorities from various parts of the world which will be presented will be open to those attending the G. S. A. meetings. Rice University is holding a symposium on Antiquity of Man Novem- ber 9 and 10, and also a symposium on Frontiers of Geology November 15, to which those in attendance for the G. S. A. meetings also a r e invited.

Special Events

Presentation of the Penrose and Day Medals will be on Tuesday evening, November 13, a t the Annual Dinner which will be held i n the Emerald Room of the Shamrock Hilton Hotel a t 7:OO. The cost will be $6 per person including gratuities. Ceremonies following the dinner should be completed by 9:00, leaving the r e s t of the evening free. The Annual Smoker will be held Monday evening, November 12, from 7:30 to 10:30 in the Emerald Room a t the Shamrock Hilton; costs a r e covered by Registration Fee. This year the Presidential Ad- dress will be presented a t a general session, Tuesday morning, to be followed by the Annual Business Meeting. The Kirk Bryan Memorial Award will be presented at the Geomorphology Luncheon Wednesday noon.

Special functions include the following:

American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature Meeting Engineering Division Luncheon Geology Departments of Big Ten Universities Geomorphology Division Luncheon Hydrogeology Division Breakfast INQUA Meeting Mineralogical society of America Luncheon Mineralogical Society Past Presidents Breakfast National Association of Geology Teachers Luncheon Paleontological Society ~uncheon Society of Economic Geologists Luncheon

Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday

Monday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Monday

Other groups planning social events a r e urged to make arrangements a s soon a s possible with Mr. Cyrus D. Cantrell, J r . , 3402 Gulf Building, Houston 2, Texas. Space for these functions will be allotted on a f i rs t come f i rs t served basis and requests must be received not later than October 15.

Exhibits

Exhibits will be in the Exhibit Hall of the Shamrock Hilton. Olin G. Bell, 5519 Jackson Street, Houston 4, Texas, i s in charge of arrangements.

Guide Book for Field Tr ips

"Geology of the Gulf Coast and Central Texas and Guidebook of Excursions" was prepared especially to provide background data on the regions to be cov- e r e d by the 12 field t r ips , a s well a s guides to the t r ips . Containing more than 400 pages, including about 140 illustrations, i t was written by more than 25 authors and was edited by E. H. Rainwater and R. P. Zingula. The book is published by the Houston Geological Society in a n edition of 3,000 and i s priced a t $5.00. It contains repor ts of lasting value and much data which have not been published before. The following brief notes on the contents of the book will give some idea of i t s scope and value.

George Hardin presents stimulating ideas on the sedimentation and tectonic history of the Gulf Basin in his. paper "Notes on Cenozoic Sedimentation in the Gulf Coast Geosyncline, U. S. A. " The Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Cretaceous historyof the "Central Minerals Region" i s described by Barnes, Bell, Clabaugh, Cloud, McGehee, and Young. This paper i s destined to become a c lass ic .

An excellent paper by Bernard, LeBlanc and Major on the "Recent and Pleistocene Geology of Southeast Texas" describes many depositional environments and their sediments and explains the origin of most of the geomorphic features of this area . A paper by Gould and Morgan, "Coastal Louisiana Swamps and Marshlands," contains a wealth of information on the very important deltaic plain and chenier plain environments and sediments.

Eargle and Foust emphasize the uranium deposits and their genesis in the Upper Eocene sands in Karnes County, but they a lso describe older and younger Ter t iary formations which crop out between Houston and San Antonio. The geology of the Palestine dome, where exposed Cretaceous rocks have been up- lifted 6,500 feet, and the internal s t ructure of domal sa l t in the Grand Saline sa l t mine a r e presented by Muehlberger, Clabaugh, and Hightower.

A large amount of hydrologic, geologic, and meterologic data on the Edwards and associated limestone (the principal aquifer supplying San Antonio, the larges t ci ty in the United States to be supplied entirely by ground water) i s presented in the paper by George, Wood, and Reeves. The engineering geology of the Canyon Dam, in the outcrop a r e a of Lower Cretaceous limestone, where severa l normal faults cut through the Guadalupe River canyon in and downstream from the reservoir , is described by Webb and Hull.

Wilson emphasizes Miocene and Pliocene strat igraphy and the occurrences of vertebrate fossils in h is paper for the field t r ip f rom Austin to Houston. Weaver and Sheets describe and i l lustrate the active faults and the effects of subsidence (due to withdrawal of water and oil) in the Houston-Baytown a rea .

Tipsword te l l s how Foraminifera have been s o important in unravelling the complex stratigraphy of the Gulf Coast Ter t iary . His paper, with a detailed correlat ion chart and over 200 references, i s a "must" for Gulf Coast strat ig- raphers and paleontologists.

It is expected that more than 2,000 copies of this book will be sold during the GSA Convention and that most of the remaining copies will be sold a t the 1963 AAPG Convention in Houston next March. Geologists in Houston should plan to purchase the book when i t is on sa l e a t the GSA meeting in November.

Field Tr ips

Twelve field tr ips a r e scheduled, five preceding the convention only; five following the convention only; and two both before and after the convention.

Brief descriptions of the t r ips follow a s a basis for decisions regarding attendance. All pre-convention t r ips terminate; and a l l post-convention tr ips originate in Houston. Other origins o r terminations a r e a s indicated for the specific t r ip .

Field Tr ip 1 - Geology of Llano Region and Austin Area. (Pre-convention t r ip originating inAustin a t Villa Capri Motor Hotel) Leaders: Virgil E . Barnes, W. Charles Bell, Robert E. Boyer, Stephen E . Clabaugh, Preston E . Cloud, Richard V. McGehee, and Keith P. Young.

Field Tr ip 2 - Tert iary and Uppermost Cretaceous of the Brazos River Valley, Southeastern Texas. (Pre and post-convention) Leader: F red E . Smith.

Field Tr ip 3 - Recent and Pleistocene Geology of Southeast Texas. (Pre- convention) Leaders: H. A. Bernard, R. J. LeBlanc, and C. F . Major, J r .

Field Tr ip 4 - Ter t i a ry Stratigraphy and Uranium Mines of the Southeast Texas Coastal Plain, Houston to San Antonio, via Goliad. (Post-convention, terminating a t San Antonio) Leaders: D. H. Eargle and R. T. Foust.

Field Tr ip 5 - Active Faults, Subsidence and Foundation Problems in the Houston. Texas, Area . (Pre and post-convention) Leaders: Paul Weaver and Martin M. Sheets.

Field Tr ip 6 - Palestine and Grand Saline Salt Donies, Eastern Texas. (Post-convention, terminating in Dallas) Leaders: W. R. Muehlberger, Patricia S. Clabaugh, and Maxwell L. Hightower.

Field T r i p 7 - Sulphur Mine (Boling Dome) 50 Miles Southwest of Houston. (Post-convention) Leader: I . E . McKeever, J r .

Field T r i p 8 - Magnesium from Sea Water; F resh Water from Sea Water, Freeport , Texas, about 60 Miles South of Houston. (Post-convention) Leader: William N. McAnulty.

Field Tr ip 9 - Coastal Louisiana Swamps and Marshlands. (Pre-convention, originating in New Orleans a t Roosevelt Hotel) Leaders: H. R. Gould and James P. Morgan.

Field Tr ip 10 - Tertiary Formations between Austin and Houston with Special Emphasis on the Miocene and Pliocene. (Pre-convention, originating in Austin) Leader: John A. Wilson.

Field Tr ip 11 - Hydrogeology of the Edwards (Lower Cretaceous) and Asso- ciated Limestones (in the San Antonio, Texas, Area). (Pre-convention, originating in San Antonio at St. Anthony Hotel) Leaders: W. D. George, Leonard A. Wood, R. D. Reeves, Sergio Garza, and R. A. Scalapino.

Field Tr ip 12 - Engineering Geology of Canyon Dam, Guadalupe River, Coma1 County, Texas. (Post- convention, terminating in San Antonio) Leaders: Wayne M. Cowan and Arthur M. Hull.

Ladies Entertainment

Three days of special events have been arranged by the ladies' committee, co-chairmen Mrs. Donald I. Gahagan and Mrs. D. Frank Broussard. Advance registration is requested. All tours will be by chartered air-conditioned buses.

Monday Explore Houston and visit t h e unique Westbury Center a n d Nov. 12 Sharpstown shopping mall with a peek a t River Oaks and down-

town. Bus and lunch $3.75.

Tuesday Attend an early matinee a t the nationally known A119y Theatre Nov. 13 In-The-Round, followed by a tea a t Cohen House, Rice Univer-

sity. Bus and tickets $4.00.

Wednesday Boat t r ip down the ship channel with lunch a t seafood restaurant, Nov. 14 the famous old San Jacinto Inn. Transportation and lunch $4.50.

Reservations a r e limited to 200 for the boat t r ip and 215 for the theatre.

Local Excursions

Visits will be conducted tc some of the large industrial research laboratories and to Galveston provided there i s sufficient demand. A tentative schedule has been arranged, calling for visits Tuesday to the Humble Oil & Refining Company and Texaco laboratories and on Wednesday to those of Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. and Shell Development Company. On each day buses will leave the Shamrock Hilton a t 1:00 PM and return there a t 5:00 PM. There will be a transportation charge of $1 and there will be a limit of 180 each day. Plans also have been made for a bus t r ip to Galveston leaving the Shamrock Hilton a t 1:00 PM Monday and returning a t 6:00 PM, to include a brief stop a t the Texas A&M Marine Laboratory and Oceanographic vessel Hidalgo.

A. A. P. G. CONVENTION

Two new chairmen have been appointed since the last edition of the HGS Bulletin; one is J . S. Spencer, General Geophysical Company, Chairman of Transportation, and the other, Hillard Carey, Houston Natural Gas Production Company, Chairman of Information for the Joint Meeting of the AAPG-SEPM and Mid-Western Societies of Exploration Geophysicists in 1963.

On August 6, a meeting of the Central Committee was arranged, and new duties of all the Central Committee members outlined to aid in reporting the various committee functions. Publicity Chairman, A. C. Raasch, announced the appointment of Jim Clark to handle all publicity for the newspapers and other scientific periodicals. Jim Clark's present position i s writing feature art icles for the Oil and Gas Section of the Houston Post. Publicity that any of the members think i s important toward publicizing the convention should be relayed to Mr . Raasch, who will direct it to the proper channels for recognition in the various publications.

. . . W. A. Thomas, General Chairman 1963 Joint Meeting

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