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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Tar Creek study, Sargent oil field, Santa Clara County, California Tar Creek study, Sargent oil field, Santa Clara County, California
Field work in the Tar Creek area of Sargent oil field was performed June 26 to 28, 2000. The Santa Clara County study area is located in Sections, 30, 31, and 32, Township 11 South, Range 4 East, M.D.B&M; and in Sections 25 and 36, Township 11 South, Range 3 East, M.D.B.&M., north and south of Tar Creek, west of Highway 101. The work was a cooperative effort of the California Department...
Authors
David L. Wagner, Bill Fedasko, J.R. Carnahan, Ross Brunetti, Leslie B. Magoon, Paul G. Lillis, T.D. Lorenson, Richard G. Stanley
Age and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in the northern Los Angeles Basin, California Age and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in the northern Los Angeles Basin, California
Volcanic rocks, mostly basalts and some andesites, are interbedded with middle Miocene strata and are overlain by younger rocks throughout the greater part of the Los Angeles Basin, California. Roughly correlative flows, previously dated radiometrically (or paleontologically) at about 16.4 to 10.7 Ma, crop out in five separate regions around the basin perimeter. Los Angeles Basin...
Authors
Thane H. McCulloh, Robert J. Fleck, Rodger E. Denison, Larry A. Beyer, Richard G. Stanley
Geologic constraints on the upper limits of reserve growth Geologic constraints on the upper limits of reserve growth
For many oil and gas fields, estimates of ultimate recovery (the sum of cumulative production plus estimated reserves) tend to increase from one year to the next, and the gain is called reserve growth. Forecasts of reserve growth by the U.S. Geological Survey rely on statistical analyses of historical records of oil and gas production and estimated reserves. The preproposal in this Open...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley
Characterization of Northern California petroleum by stable carbon isotopes Characterization of Northern California petroleum by stable carbon isotopes
The purpose of this study is to characterize natural occurrences of petroleum at the surface and in the subsurface within northern California in order to define and map petroleum systems for U.S. Geological Survey energy resource assessments. Furthermore, the chemical characterization and mapping of natural petroleum occurrences could also be used to discriminate natural occurrences from
Authors
Paul G. Lillis, Leslie B. Magoon, Richard G. Stanley, Robert J. McLaughlin, Augusta Warden
Geologic map and digital database of the San Rafael Mtn. 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California Geologic map and digital database of the San Rafael Mtn. 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California
Geologic mapping of the San Rafael Primitive Area (now the San Rafael Wilderness) by Gower and others (1966) and Vedder and others (1967) did not include all of the San Rafael Mtn. quadrangle, and the part that was mapped was done in reconnaissance fashion. To help resolve some of the structural and stratigraphic ambiguities of the earlier mapping and to complete the mapping of the...
Authors
John G. Vedder, Richard G. Stanley, S. E. Graham, Z. C. Valin
Locations and ages of middle Tertiary volcanic centers in coastal California Locations and ages of middle Tertiary volcanic centers in coastal California
This report includes a map and three tables that summarize available information on the locations and ages of late Oligocene to middle Miocene volcanic centers in coastal California. This information, in turn, provides supporting documentation for a planned formal publication by D.S. Wilson, P.A. McCrory, and R.G. Stanley on the implications of volcanism in coastal California for the...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley, Douglas S. Wilson, Patricia A. McCrory
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
Tar Creek study, Sargent oil field, Santa Clara County, California Tar Creek study, Sargent oil field, Santa Clara County, California
Field work in the Tar Creek area of Sargent oil field was performed June 26 to 28, 2000. The Santa Clara County study area is located in Sections, 30, 31, and 32, Township 11 South, Range 4 East, M.D.B&M; and in Sections 25 and 36, Township 11 South, Range 3 East, M.D.B.&M., north and south of Tar Creek, west of Highway 101. The work was a cooperative effort of the California Department...
Authors
David L. Wagner, Bill Fedasko, J.R. Carnahan, Ross Brunetti, Leslie B. Magoon, Paul G. Lillis, T.D. Lorenson, Richard G. Stanley
Age and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in the northern Los Angeles Basin, California Age and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in the northern Los Angeles Basin, California
Volcanic rocks, mostly basalts and some andesites, are interbedded with middle Miocene strata and are overlain by younger rocks throughout the greater part of the Los Angeles Basin, California. Roughly correlative flows, previously dated radiometrically (or paleontologically) at about 16.4 to 10.7 Ma, crop out in five separate regions around the basin perimeter. Los Angeles Basin...
Authors
Thane H. McCulloh, Robert J. Fleck, Rodger E. Denison, Larry A. Beyer, Richard G. Stanley
Geologic constraints on the upper limits of reserve growth Geologic constraints on the upper limits of reserve growth
For many oil and gas fields, estimates of ultimate recovery (the sum of cumulative production plus estimated reserves) tend to increase from one year to the next, and the gain is called reserve growth. Forecasts of reserve growth by the U.S. Geological Survey rely on statistical analyses of historical records of oil and gas production and estimated reserves. The preproposal in this Open...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley
Characterization of Northern California petroleum by stable carbon isotopes Characterization of Northern California petroleum by stable carbon isotopes
The purpose of this study is to characterize natural occurrences of petroleum at the surface and in the subsurface within northern California in order to define and map petroleum systems for U.S. Geological Survey energy resource assessments. Furthermore, the chemical characterization and mapping of natural petroleum occurrences could also be used to discriminate natural occurrences from
Authors
Paul G. Lillis, Leslie B. Magoon, Richard G. Stanley, Robert J. McLaughlin, Augusta Warden
Geologic map and digital database of the San Rafael Mtn. 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California Geologic map and digital database of the San Rafael Mtn. 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California
Geologic mapping of the San Rafael Primitive Area (now the San Rafael Wilderness) by Gower and others (1966) and Vedder and others (1967) did not include all of the San Rafael Mtn. quadrangle, and the part that was mapped was done in reconnaissance fashion. To help resolve some of the structural and stratigraphic ambiguities of the earlier mapping and to complete the mapping of the...
Authors
John G. Vedder, Richard G. Stanley, S. E. Graham, Z. C. Valin
Locations and ages of middle Tertiary volcanic centers in coastal California Locations and ages of middle Tertiary volcanic centers in coastal California
This report includes a map and three tables that summarize available information on the locations and ages of late Oligocene to middle Miocene volcanic centers in coastal California. This information, in turn, provides supporting documentation for a planned formal publication by D.S. Wilson, P.A. McCrory, and R.G. Stanley on the implications of volcanism in coastal California for the...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley, Douglas S. Wilson, Patricia A. McCrory
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.