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AWG E-MAIL NEWS 2005-11
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CONTENTS
1) LEGENDARY DIBBLEE MAPS TO BE RELEASED
2) UPDATE ON AAPG EMD ACTIVITIES
3) CONTACT INFORMATION
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue of E-mail News
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1) LEGENDARY DIBBLEE MAPS TO BE RELEASED
Santa Barbara, Calif. - On May 31, 2005, the Dibblee Geology Center of
the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will release ten new maps
of the bay area region around San Jose created by legendary Thomas W.
Dibblee. This set of 10 maps will complete a major section of northern
California mapped by Dibblee himself. The exciting process of digital
map-making enables the Dibblee Geology Center to complete maps of interest
in a timely manner while preserving the integrity of Dibblee's work.
Over the course of 75 years, Dibblee created maps that have been
instrumental in understanding California's geology. Dibblee, who personally
mapped more than a quarter of the state of California - from the Mohave
Desert to the Santa Cruz Mountains - remained actively involved in the
publication of each new map until his death in November, 2004. The
magnitude, integrity, and permanence of Dibblee's geologic mapping are
truly unprecedented and legendary which is why it is the first priority of
the Dibblee Geology Center to complete the publication of Tom's maps.
Dibblee maps are renowned for their high quality and serve a diverse
group of users such as engineering geologists, oil companies, U.S. Forest
Service, environmentalists and students, among others. To date, the
Dibblee Geology Center has released 147 maps. The newest maps of the bay
area region around San Jose are 7.5-minute quadrangles of:
DF-150 Newark
DF-151 Niles
DF-152 La Costa Valley
DF-153 Milpitas
DF-154 Calaveras Reservoir
DF-155 San Jose East
DF-156 Lick Observatory
DF-157 Los Gatos
DF-158 Santa Teresa Hills
DF-159 Morgan Hill
To purchase Dibblee maps go to the Museum's online store at
www.sbnature.org/estore or the Museum's Gift Shop at 2559 Puesta del Sol Road in
Santa Barbara or call (805) 682-4711, ext. 122. Dibblee maps are
available rolled ($20.00 plus tax) and folded ($15.00 plus tax) - shipping
and handling are additional if ordering online or by phone. For more
information contact Mary Anne Prince via email at mprince@sbnature2.org.
About Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: One of Santa Barbara's
cultural and environmental treasures, the Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History was founded in 1916. The mission of the Museum is to
enlighten the public by developing and presenting fundamental knowledge through
natural history research, so as to teach and inspire a lifelong passion
and abiding respect for the natural world.
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2) UPDATE ON AAPG EMD ACTIVITIES
Peter Warwick, EMD President-elect
pwarwick@usgs.gov
The Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists (EMD, AAPG) continues to be very active to promote research
and communication among scientists in the areas of remote sensing and
earth materials capable of being used for energy production. The EMD is
the primary sponsor for several sessions at regional, national, and
international AAPG meetings. The EMD website at http://emd.aapg.org has
recently been updated to include technical reports on various energy
mineral commodities and geospatial information. A Members-Only section
has been added to the website to provide EMD membership with the latest
committee and officer reports, as well as a searchable membership
directory. Links to the Energy Minerals Grant (up to $2000 USD) for students
are provided on the EMD website. The application deadline for the
Energy Minerals yearly student grant is January 31. Please see the
following web page for student grant application instructions:
http://foundation.aapg.org/gia/howto.cfm.
The Atlas of Coal Geology, published jointly by EMD and The Society for
Organic Petrology (TSOP), continues to be a best seller. This
publication along with several others is available for sale via the EMD
website. The publications include:
Sequence Stratigraphy, Paleoclimate, and Tectonics of Coal-Bearing
Strata
AAPG Studies in Geology, No. 51 (2004), Edited by Jack C. Pashin and
Robert A. Gastaldo
Unconventional Energy Resources of North America, AAPG Poster (2003),
by John R. Dyni
Atlas of Coal Geology, AAPG Studies in Geology, No. 45 (2000), by
Alexander R. Papp, James C. Hower, and Douglas C. Peters
Geology in Coal Resource Utilization (1991), by Douglas C. Peters
The second edition of the Atlas of Coal Geology is planned for
publication by both EMD and TSOP. The volume addressing the microscopic
aspects of coal, edited by Jim Hower, is progressing well. Authors are
needed to handle chapters on sequence stratigraphy, CO2 sequestration, and
stress environments (ground control, etc.). Please contact Jim Hower at
hower@caer.uky.edu or Alex Papp at apapp5@comcast.net if you are
interested in contributing to this effort.
Other EMD-sponsored publications currently underway or in the planning
process include a collection of papers from the recent AAPG Hedberg Gas
Hydrate Conference, edited by Tim Collett; a collection of papers on
CO2 sequestration edited by Jack Pashin and others; and a geospatial
technology applications CD-Rom, edited by Sam Limerick.
Membership in earth-science professional organizations has recently
been in decline. The EMD especially needs your help to continue to
promote research in the areas of geospatial and the energy minerals. In
order to continue to have a seat on the AAPG Advisory Council, EMD needs to
maintain and increase its membership. There is much overlap in the
goals of EMD and those of many other geological societies, so EMD invites
related society members (if they are not already) to become a member of
AAPG and EMD. EMD and AAPG membership application material is
available on the following website: http://emd.aapg.org/membership_form.cfm.
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