Richard G Stanley
Richard Stanley is a scientist emeritus with the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center in Menlo Park CA. Richard conducts geological field studies and subsurface investigations in California and Alaska to understand geologic history, seismic hazards, and energy resources.
Professional Experience
1984–present, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park CA
1983–1984, Lecturer, California State University, Fresno CA
1979–1981, Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz CA
1975–1977, Exploration Geologist, Pennzoil Producing Company, Houston TX
Education and Certifications
PhD, Earth Sciences, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, 1984
MA, Geology, Rice Univ., 1976
BA, Biology, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, 1973
BS, Earth Sciences, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, 1973
Science and Products
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Petrology and reservoir quality of the Gaikema Sandstone: Initial impressions Petrology and reservoir quality of the Gaikema Sandstone: Initial impressions
The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) and Division of Oil & Gas (DOG) are currently conducting a study of the hydrocarbon potential of Cook Inlet basin (LePain and others, 2011). The Tertiary stratigraphic section of the basin includes coal-bearing units that are prolific gas reservoirs, particularly the Neogene sandstones. The Paleogene sandstones are locally prolific...
Authors
Kenneth P. Helmold, Richard G. Stanley
Preliminary interpretation of industry two-dimensional seismic data from Susitna Basin, south-central Alaska Preliminary interpretation of industry two-dimensional seismic data from Susitna Basin, south-central Alaska
Located approximately 80 kilometers northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, the Susitna Basin is a complex sedimentary basin whose tectonic history has been poorly understood. Recent interpretation of two-dimensional seismic reflection data integrated with well, aeromagnetic, and gravity data provides new insights into the structural and stratigraphic nature of the basin. This report presents an
Authors
Kristen A. Lewis, Christopher J. Potter, Anjana K. Shah, Richard G. Stanley, Peter J. Haeussler, Richard W. Saltus
Storm-influenced deltaic deposits of the Middle Jurassic Gaikema Sandstone in a measured section on the northern Iniskin Peninsula, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska Storm-influenced deltaic deposits of the Middle Jurassic Gaikema Sandstone in a measured section on the northern Iniskin Peninsula, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska
Middle Jurassic strata of the Gaikema Sandstone were deposited about 170 million years ago on a delta that was located on the western shoreline of the Cook Inlet basin (Detterman and Hartsock, 1966; LePain and others, 2011, 2013). The delta was built by swift, sediment-laden rivers that flowed southeastward from a mountainous volcanic terrane west of the Bruin Bay fault (fig. 6-1). Upon...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley, Kenneth P. Helmold, David L. LePain
A summary of the late Cenozoic stratigraphic and tectonic history of the Santa Clara Valley, California A summary of the late Cenozoic stratigraphic and tectonic history of the Santa Clara Valley, California
The late Cenozoic stratigraphic and tectonic history of the Santa Clara Valley illustrates the dynamic nature of the North American–Pacific plate boundary and its effect on basin and landscape development. Prior to early Miocene time, the area that became Santa Clara Valley consisted of eroding Franciscan complex basement structurally interleaved in places with Coast Range ophiolite and...
Authors
Victoria E. Langenheim, Robert C. Jachens, Carl M. Wentworth, Russell W. Graymer, Richard G. Stanley, Robert J. McLaughlin, Robert W. Simpson, Robert A. Williams, D. W. Andersen, David A. Ponce
Reconnaissance coal study in the Susitna basin, 2014 Reconnaissance coal study in the Susitna basin, 2014
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted fieldwork during the summer of 2014 in the Susitna basin as part of an ongoing evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of frontier basins, particularly those near the Railbelt region (for example, Decker and others, 2013; Gillis and others, 2013). Topical studies associated with this recent work include sedimentary...
Authors
Nina T. Harun, David L. LePain, Rebekah Tsigonis, Kenneth P. Helmold, Richard G. Stanley
Structural superposition in fault systems bounding Santa Clara Valley, California Structural superposition in fault systems bounding Santa Clara Valley, California
Santa Clara Valley is bounded on the southwest and northeast by active strike-slip and reverse-oblique faults of the San Andreas fault system. On both sides of the valley, these faults are superposed on older normal and/or right-lateral normal oblique faults. The older faults comprised early components of the San Andreas fault system as it formed in the wake of the northward passage of...
Authors
Russell W. Graymer, Richard G. Stanley, David A. Ponce, Robert C. Jachens, Robert W. Simpson, Carl M. Wentworth
Non-USGS Publications**
Garrison, R.E., Stanley, R.G., and Horan, L.J., 1979, Middle Miocene sedimentation on the southwestern edge of the Lockwood High, Monterey County, California, in Graham, S.A., ed., Tertiary and Quaternary geology of the Salinas Valley and Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County, California: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Pacific Section, Pacific Coast Paleogeography Field Guide 4, p. 51–65.
Stanley, R.G., 1981, Middle Jurassic shoaling of the Central High Atlas sea near Rich, Morocco: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 51, no. 3, p. 895–907.
Stanley, R.G., 1982, Rocks and landforms, chap. 2, in Warrick, S.F., ed., The natural history of the U.C. Santa Cruz campus: Santa Cruz, University of California, Environmental Field Program Publication No. 11, p. 35–103.
Stanley, R.G., and McCaffrey, Robert, 1983, Extent and offset history of the Ben Lomond fault, Santa Cruz County, California, in Andersen, D.W., and Rymer, M.J., eds., Tectonics and sedimentation along faults of the San Andreas system: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Publication 30, p. 79–90.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 73
Petrology and reservoir quality of the Gaikema Sandstone: Initial impressions Petrology and reservoir quality of the Gaikema Sandstone: Initial impressions
The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) and Division of Oil & Gas (DOG) are currently conducting a study of the hydrocarbon potential of Cook Inlet basin (LePain and others, 2011). The Tertiary stratigraphic section of the basin includes coal-bearing units that are prolific gas reservoirs, particularly the Neogene sandstones. The Paleogene sandstones are locally prolific...
Authors
Kenneth P. Helmold, Richard G. Stanley
Preliminary interpretation of industry two-dimensional seismic data from Susitna Basin, south-central Alaska Preliminary interpretation of industry two-dimensional seismic data from Susitna Basin, south-central Alaska
Located approximately 80 kilometers northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, the Susitna Basin is a complex sedimentary basin whose tectonic history has been poorly understood. Recent interpretation of two-dimensional seismic reflection data integrated with well, aeromagnetic, and gravity data provides new insights into the structural and stratigraphic nature of the basin. This report presents an
Authors
Kristen A. Lewis, Christopher J. Potter, Anjana K. Shah, Richard G. Stanley, Peter J. Haeussler, Richard W. Saltus
Storm-influenced deltaic deposits of the Middle Jurassic Gaikema Sandstone in a measured section on the northern Iniskin Peninsula, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska Storm-influenced deltaic deposits of the Middle Jurassic Gaikema Sandstone in a measured section on the northern Iniskin Peninsula, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska
Middle Jurassic strata of the Gaikema Sandstone were deposited about 170 million years ago on a delta that was located on the western shoreline of the Cook Inlet basin (Detterman and Hartsock, 1966; LePain and others, 2011, 2013). The delta was built by swift, sediment-laden rivers that flowed southeastward from a mountainous volcanic terrane west of the Bruin Bay fault (fig. 6-1). Upon...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley, Kenneth P. Helmold, David L. LePain
A summary of the late Cenozoic stratigraphic and tectonic history of the Santa Clara Valley, California A summary of the late Cenozoic stratigraphic and tectonic history of the Santa Clara Valley, California
The late Cenozoic stratigraphic and tectonic history of the Santa Clara Valley illustrates the dynamic nature of the North American–Pacific plate boundary and its effect on basin and landscape development. Prior to early Miocene time, the area that became Santa Clara Valley consisted of eroding Franciscan complex basement structurally interleaved in places with Coast Range ophiolite and...
Authors
Victoria E. Langenheim, Robert C. Jachens, Carl M. Wentworth, Russell W. Graymer, Richard G. Stanley, Robert J. McLaughlin, Robert W. Simpson, Robert A. Williams, D. W. Andersen, David A. Ponce
Reconnaissance coal study in the Susitna basin, 2014 Reconnaissance coal study in the Susitna basin, 2014
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted fieldwork during the summer of 2014 in the Susitna basin as part of an ongoing evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of frontier basins, particularly those near the Railbelt region (for example, Decker and others, 2013; Gillis and others, 2013). Topical studies associated with this recent work include sedimentary...
Authors
Nina T. Harun, David L. LePain, Rebekah Tsigonis, Kenneth P. Helmold, Richard G. Stanley
Structural superposition in fault systems bounding Santa Clara Valley, California Structural superposition in fault systems bounding Santa Clara Valley, California
Santa Clara Valley is bounded on the southwest and northeast by active strike-slip and reverse-oblique faults of the San Andreas fault system. On both sides of the valley, these faults are superposed on older normal and/or right-lateral normal oblique faults. The older faults comprised early components of the San Andreas fault system as it formed in the wake of the northward passage of...
Authors
Russell W. Graymer, Richard G. Stanley, David A. Ponce, Robert C. Jachens, Robert W. Simpson, Carl M. Wentworth
Non-USGS Publications**
Garrison, R.E., Stanley, R.G., and Horan, L.J., 1979, Middle Miocene sedimentation on the southwestern edge of the Lockwood High, Monterey County, California, in Graham, S.A., ed., Tertiary and Quaternary geology of the Salinas Valley and Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County, California: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Pacific Section, Pacific Coast Paleogeography Field Guide 4, p. 51–65.
Stanley, R.G., 1981, Middle Jurassic shoaling of the Central High Atlas sea near Rich, Morocco: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 51, no. 3, p. 895–907.
Stanley, R.G., 1982, Rocks and landforms, chap. 2, in Warrick, S.F., ed., The natural history of the U.C. Santa Cruz campus: Santa Cruz, University of California, Environmental Field Program Publication No. 11, p. 35–103.
Stanley, R.G., and McCaffrey, Robert, 1983, Extent and offset history of the Ben Lomond fault, Santa Cruz County, California, in Andersen, D.W., and Rymer, M.J., eds., Tectonics and sedimentation along faults of the San Andreas system: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Publication 30, p. 79–90.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.