186 OCEANOGRAPHY 1961 — PHASE 3 



Our first witness this morning will be Dr. F. Gilman Blake of the 

 California Research Corp. 



Dr. Blake, you are one of the outstanding geophysicists of the coun- 

 try. We are happy to welcome you here. We are very happy to have 

 you proceed as you will. 



STATEMENT OF DR. F. GILMAN BLAKE, CALIFORNIA 

 RESEARCH CORP. 



Dr. Blake. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



It is a pleasure for us to be here, and a novel experience, as you 

 have indicated that it might be for us. 



My name is F. Gilman Blake. By profession I am a physicist. By 

 occupation, I am supervisor of geophysics research for California 

 Research Corp., which means in effect the Standard Oil Co. of 

 California, and/or its operating subsidiaries. 



What I had planned, subject to your pleasure, for us to do this 

 morning, is for the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Society 

 of Exploration Geophysicists to give to you a picture of the capabili- 

 ties of the oil industrj^ and of the geophysical industry in the general 

 area of oceanographic research and surveys. 



Now, as I mentioned, I am employed in the oil industry itself. 

 However, I am here primarily as a representative of the society, 

 rather than the oil industry. 



The other members of the Subcommittee on Oceanography are 

 Carl Savit of the Western Geophysical Co., Fred Romberg of the 

 Geosciences Division of Texas Industries, and Dr. Lewis Mott-Smith 

 of the General Geophysical Co. They will follow me in our pre- 

 sentation this morning. 



Now, because we have not made any appearances before you or 

 other bodies here on this general subject, I thought perhaps it would 

 be well for me to start off by telling you who we are, what is the 

 SEG, why are we concerned with problems in oceanography, and 

 in particular why our sudden concern, you might say, with problems 

 encountered by the Government in the field of oceanography. 



Mr. Miller. Doctor, I have a very sketchy idea of the work of the 

 exploration geophysicists. I do not know whether my colleagues 

 have or not. 



Perhaps you had better start giving us a little primary education 

 in this field. Tell us just what your society, or the people who com- 

 pose it, have as their objectives, the basic work that they do, and 

 perhaps just a little history of its development. 



Dr. Blake. Briefly, then, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists 

 is a professional society. If I may, I would like to read from article 

 II of our Constitution and bylaws the objectives of the society. 



The objectives of this society shall be to promote the science of geophysics, 

 especially as it relates to exploration and research, to foster the common 

 scientific interests of geophysicists, and to maintain a high professional stand- 

 ing among its members. 



Now, there are, of course, other professional societies in the field of 

 geophysics, such as, for example, the American Geophysical Union, 

 of which I also happen to be a member. But the SEG is primarily 



