NORTHEASTERN GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Table of Contents
Volume 19, Numbers 1 and 2, 1997, March

SYMPOSIUM: HISTORY OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IN
NORTH AMERICA

HISTORY OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IN NORTH AMERICA:
A SYMPOSIUM
Gerald M. Friedman, 1

1996 NOTES ON PARKE DICKEY
Mrs. Parke Dickey, 2

INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS VOLUME
William R. Brice and Samuel T. Pees, 4

THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
AND THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF OIL EXPLORATION (ABSTRACT)
M. Charles Gilbert and Kelly Raines, 5

SISTERVILLE, WV: 1893 OIL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (ABSTRACT)
Patricia J. Johns, Larry D. Woodfork, Douglas G. Patchen, and Katherine L.
Avary, 5

NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S OIL & GAS DATABASE
(ABSTRACT)
R. Nyahay, 5

DEEP WELL HISTORY, STATISTICS AND HIGHLIGHT MEDIAN GROUP
WELLS IN VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (ABSTRACT)
Samuel T. Pees, 6

EARLY INSIGHTS INTO THE GEOLOGY OF OIL ACCUMULATIONS:
E.B. ANDREWS' SEMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA
"OIL BREAK" (ABSTRACT)
Larry D. Woodfork, 7

FROM MAPLE SHADE TO SPINDLETOP: THE SAGE OF JOHN H. GALEY
AND JAMES M. GUFFY (ABSTRACT)
Larry D. Woodfork, David Weber, and Samuel T. Pees, 7

OPENING THE ARCTIC: THE DRILLING OF UMIAT #1
Lee C. Gerhard, 8

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION
Captain Frank V. Weltner, 14

CHRONOLOGICAL AND NUMERICAL EVOLUTION OF DEEP DRILLING
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
Samuel T. Pees, 22

DEVONIAN SHALE GAS ALONG LAKE ERIE'S SOUTH SHORE
Wallace de Witt, Jr., 34

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIMA-INDIANA OIL AND GAS
TREND: FROM BOOM TO BUST
Lawrence H. Wickstrom and Brian D. Keith, 39

THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EL DORADO (KANSAS)
OIL FIELD
Lawrence H. Skelton, 48

CHAOS OR COMMUNITY: GLENN POOL OIL BOOMTOWNS' STRUGGLE
FOR SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, 1904-1915
Kelly Raines, 54

HISTORY OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION IN TURBIDITES AND RELATED
DEEP-WATER DEPOSITS
John E. Sanders and Gerald M. Friedman, 67

GILBERT DENNISON HARRIS: PALEONTOLOGIST, TEACHER, AND
CONSULTANT
William R. Brice, 103

LIMEKILL THRUST: A FOLDED BEDDING THRUST NEAR BASE OF
SILURIAN, EASTERN NEW YORK; REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS
John E. Sanders and Gerald M. Friedman, 120

THE RENSSELAER CONGLOMERATE, A MEMBER OF THE ORDOVICIAN
SNAKE HILL FORMATION, RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK: FURTHER
COMMENT
Gerald M. Friedman, 136

ERRATA, 139

ANNOUNCEMENT, 139

BOOK REVIEW, 141

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