Articles on Geology

Bakersfield
      (California's Oil Capitol)

Earthquakes of California

• 1857 Tejon Quake
• 1952 Bakersfield Quake
• 1983 Coalinga Quake

Electric Logs

Exploration (how to find oil & gas)

Fossils

• Diatoms
• Dinosaurs
• Forams
• Fish
• Insects
• Mammals
• Microfossils
• Palynomorphs
• Plants
• Radiolarians
• Shells (Molluscs)
• Trace Fossils

Gasoline (how they make it)

Geology of San Joaquin Valley

• Arches & Depocenters
• Faults & Earthquakes
• Formations
• Geologic History
• Geologic Map
• Geologic Time (European Stages)
• Geologic Time (California Stages)
• Oil Geology
• Paleogeography
• Paleontology
• Petroleum Geology
• Pioneering Geologists
• Plate Tectonics
• Source Rocks
• Sequence Stratigraphy
• Seismic Stratigraphy
• Stratigraphic Column
• Stratigraphy
• Traps

Giant Oil Fields of California

Groundwater/Hydrogeology

• Hydrogeology of Kern Fan
• Hydrology of the Kern River

Logs

Maps of the San Joaquin Valley

McKittrick Tar Pits (Geology)

Oil

• What is it?
• How do we find it?
• How do we refine it?

Oil Facts for Kern County

Oil Finders Glossary

Petroleum Geology

Refineries

Seeps

Seismic Data

• Seismic Lines
• Seismic Wave Theory

Sequence Stratigraphy (Coming Soon!)

Steam Cogeneration

Well Logs

Articles on History

Chronologies (Important Dates)

• Summary of SJV Oil History
• Detailed SJV Oil History

Gushers

• Bellevue (Lost Hills) Gusher
• California Gushers
• Gulf Blowout of 2010
• Lakeview Gusher
• Gushers of the World

History of the Oil Industry

• Oil Through the Ages
• California Comes of Age
• San Joaquin Valley Oil Industry

Images from the Past
      (classic old photos)

Indians and Oil

Humor/Jokes
      (from the vaults of Senteur de Boue)

Lakeview Gusher

McKittrick Tar Pits (History)

Museums

• California Museums
• Foreign Museums
• U.S. Museums

Pioneering Geologists

Senteur de Boue
      (a venerable geologist)

• Asteroid Impact Origin
  for the Ventura Basin
• Extraterrestrial Oil Origin
• Mantle Degassing
  as a Structural Control
• Negative Isopach Theory
• Senteur on Archery
• Senteur's Photo Album
• The Way It Used to Be

Tar Pits (McKittrick)

• Geology of the Tar Pits
• History of the Tar Pits

Old Stuff from the Oil Fields
      (Vanishing Outdoor Oil Museum)

• Derricks
• Drilling
• Jackline Plants
• Oil Spills
• Pumpjacks
  Iron Zoo of Coalinga
• Refinery
• Trucks & Trailers
  Modern Photos
  Antique Photos
• Tar Mines & Tunnels
• Wagons & Engines

Whales