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Seismic reflections : recollections of the formative years of the geophysical exploration industry /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petty, O. Scott (Olive Scott), 1895-1994 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Houston, Tex.] : [Geosource], [1976]
Subjects:
Seismic prospecting > History.
Prospection sismique > Histoire.
Seismic prospecting.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • A bit of history
  • The letter that sparked the beginning
  • We resigned our positions
  • A corporation is founded
  • Field research begins
  • Pop's close call
  • A wild experience at hoskin's mound
  • Domes by the dozen
  • It never rains but it pours
  • Asleep at the switch
  • Snakes in chacahoula swamp
  • Cajun gourmet- a snapping turtle
  • A reminder
  • Skull creek
  • What is a geophysicist?
  • Drilling through the telephone cable
  • A different-breed
  • The shadow of luck
  • Highlights in petty's history
  • The petty geophysical museum
  • Exhibits.