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<span style="color:#006400">'''DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.'''</span> (1911-2004), Santa Barbara-born geologist who was graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and immediately hired as a field geologist first by Union Oil Company, and then by Richfield Oil Company. Dibblee mapped geology on the northern Channel Islands as early as 1938 when he and Rodman Cross mapped Santa Rosa Island for Richfield. In 1998, at age 87, Dibblee mapped the geology of Santa Barbara Island. “The Channel Islands were elevated mainly by arching along a zone of east-trending faults. The Santa Barbara Channel is a submerged crustal downward between the islands and the Santa Ynez mountains. On the Channel Islands, dunes are at the west end and south sides of Santa Cruz; the east end, north and southwest sides of Santa Rosa, and scattered over San Miguel.” (Smith p.7-8). In 1983 he was the recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Action Award, presented by then president, Ronald Reagan. | <span style="color:#006400">'''DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.'''</span> (1911-2004), Santa Barbara-born geologist who was graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and immediately hired as a field geologist first by Union Oil Company, and then by Richfield Oil Company. Dibblee mapped geology on the northern Channel Islands as early as 1938 when he and Rodman Cross mapped Santa Rosa Island for Richfield. In 1998, at age 87, Dibblee mapped the geology of Santa Barbara Island. “The Channel Islands were elevated mainly by arching along a zone of east-trending faults. The Santa Barbara Channel is a submerged crustal downward between the islands and the Santa Ynez mountains. On the Channel Islands, dunes are at the west end and south sides of Santa Cruz; the east end, north and southwest sides of Santa Rosa, and scattered over San Miguel.” (Smith p.7-8). In 1983 he was the recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Action Award, presented by then president, Ronald Reagan. | ||
'''» Dibblee, T. W.''' ''Geology of southern Santa Barbara County, California'' California Division of Mines Bulletin 150, 1950 | '''» Dibblee, T. W.''' ''Geology of southern Santa Barbara County, California'' in California Division of Mines Bulletin 150, 1950 | ||
'''» Dibblee, T. W.''' ''Geology of the central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California'' California Division of Mines Bulletin 186, 1966 | '''» Dibblee, T. W.''' ''Geology of the central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California'' in California Division of Mines Bulletin 186, 1966 | ||
'''» Barth, Steve''' ''Rock solid, legendary geologist Tom Dibblee'' in Santa Barbara Magazine (13) Spring 1997 | '''» Barth, Steve''' ''Rock solid, legendary geologist Tom Dibblee'' in Santa Barbara Magazine (13) Spring 1997 | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 24 March 2014
DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr. (1911-2004), Santa Barbara-born geologist who was graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and immediately hired as a field geologist first by Union Oil Company, and then by Richfield Oil Company. Dibblee mapped geology on the northern Channel Islands as early as 1938 when he and Rodman Cross mapped Santa Rosa Island for Richfield. In 1998, at age 87, Dibblee mapped the geology of Santa Barbara Island. “The Channel Islands were elevated mainly by arching along a zone of east-trending faults. The Santa Barbara Channel is a submerged crustal downward between the islands and the Santa Ynez mountains. On the Channel Islands, dunes are at the west end and south sides of Santa Cruz; the east end, north and southwest sides of Santa Rosa, and scattered over San Miguel.” (Smith p.7-8). In 1983 he was the recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Action Award, presented by then president, Ronald Reagan.
» Dibblee, T. W. Geology of southern Santa Barbara County, California in California Division of Mines Bulletin 150, 1950
» Dibblee, T. W. Geology of the central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California in California Division of Mines Bulletin 186, 1966
» Barth, Steve Rock solid, legendary geologist Tom Dibblee in Santa Barbara Magazine (13) Spring 1997
» Tom Dibblee Issue La Reata, Number 14, Winter, 1998
» add maps of islands
SRI MAP 1998 etc.
