People Who Contributed to this Project

Leslie B. Magoon	Susan F. Hodgson	Thomas D.Lorenson	Richard G. Stanley
Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California	Writer and historian, California Department of Conservation, Sacramento, California	Organic geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California	Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

Paul G. Lillis	Lee Davisson	Robert J. McLaughlin	Michael B. Underwood
Petroleum Geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, Colorado	Organic Geochemist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, California	Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California	Geology Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

At Work in the Field

Les Magoon is shown here sampling some Cretaceous limestone that may be the source of oil found in the New Almaden Mine area, near San Jose, California.

Tom Lorenson is shown here collecting a gas sample from the Vichy Spring seep in northern California.

Paul Lillis is shown here capturing some oil from a well in the Petrolia Field, the first oil field discovered in California.

Not pictured:

• Zenon Valin, Geographic Information Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
• Frances Cole, Geologist and Science Writer, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

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Last updated 5/18/99