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Levi F. Noble

January 01, 1970

Levi Fatzinger Noble (November 11, 1882 – August 4, 1965)[1] was an American geologist. His entire career was spent as a member of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Noble is largely known for his work in the American southwest, particularly as a pioneer geologist in the Death Valley region.

Levi Fatzinger Noble
Born(1882-11-11)November 11, 1882
Auburn, New York
DiedAugust 4, 1965(1965-08-04) (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
Scientific career
Fieldsgeology
InstitutionsUnited States Geological Survey
Levi F. Noble (left) with Henry G. Ferguson (center) and James Gilluly (right), 1950s.

Early life edit

Noble was born in 1882 into a prominent and wealthy family of Auburn, New York. He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1905 and his PhD in geology in 1909, also from Yale. Shortly after receiving his doctorate he was appointed to the USGS; being independently wealthy, he received only a token salary, and was largely permitted to select his own projects.[2]

In 1910, Noble married Dorothy Evans of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a wedding gift, Dorothy's parents gave them a fruit ranch near Valyermo, California, at the foot of the north slope of the San Gabriel Mountains and athwart the San Andreas Fault zone. The ranch was their principal residence for the rest of their lives.[2]

Geological career edit

Noble's initial investigations (including his PhD thesis) were in the Grand Canyon of Arizona. His PhD research included studies of Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks of the Grand Canyon. For the USGS, he prepared a detailed geologic map of the Shinumo quadrangle, which is part of Grand Canyon National Park.[2] During this research, he demonstrated great skill in climbing, traversing the canyon between the river and the rim in multiple locations (without trails) to measure the stratigraphic sections.[3]

In his Death Valley field investigations, which began in 1917 and continued off and on for 45 years, he observed and accurately recorded most of the major geologic features of Death Valley. Noble mapped an 8000 square mile area, assisted by Donald Curry and Thomas Thayer.[2] His early Death Valley work reported on nitrate deposits, motivated by World War I requirements for gunpowder. Later work addressed colemanite(borate) deposits, both in Shoshone and elsewhere.[2] His 1926 paper on the Shoshone colemanite deposits described the first evidence for Lake Manly in Death Valley, based on observed strand lines.[4] Much of his Death Valley work was published in his much-cited 1941 paper "Structural Features of the Virgin Spring area", which described and interpreted a geological feature which he named the "Amorgosa chaos"; the Amorgosa chaos is still a topic of geological research.[5]

Around 1950, Noble started working with both Lauren Wright and Bennie Troxel, who later became prominent Death Valley geologists. Revised interpretations of part of Noble's 1941 paper were included in a 1954 chapter co-written with Lauren Wright.[2]

During World War II, Noble worked with the USGS Military Geology Unit.[6] His working knowledge of the Russian and Japanese languages enabled him to read geologic maps and reports in those languages.[3]

Noble also engaged in a long-term investigation of a fifty-mile segment of the southern San Andreas fault on the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains. In a 1926 paper, Noble was one of the first geologists to cite evidence for large horizontal displacement (38 kilometers) along this fault; this was a radical proposal at the time and was not accepted by most geologists. Later research by other geologists has now established movement of hundreds of kilometers on the San Andreas fault.[7][8] Additional work in the area resulted in his USGS geologic maps of the Pearland and Valyermo quadrangles.

Noble was awarded the Interior Department's gold medal for distinguished service when he retired in 1951. He continued his affiliation with the USGS until his death in 1965.[3] In 1961, the borate mineral nobleite was named after him.[9]

Publications edit

  • "Contributions to the geology of the Grand Canyon, Arizona – The geology of the Shinumo area" American Journal of Science, 4th ser., v. 29, p. 369-386. (1910)
  • "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado" Science v. 34, p. 378-380. (1911)
  • "The Shinumo quadrangle, Grand Canyon district, Arizona" U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 549 (1914)
  • "A reconnaissance of the Archean complex of the Granite Gorge, Grand Canyon, Arizona": with J.F. Hunter. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 98-I, p. 95-113. (1916)
  • "Geologic history of the Bright Angel quadrangle, Arizona": Text on back of topographic sheet, Bright Angel quadrangle, Arizona (Coconino County): U.S. Geological Survey. (1918)
  • "A section of the Paleozoic formations of the Grand Canyon at Bass Trail": U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 131-B, p. 23-73. (1922)
  • "Colemanite in Clark County, Nevada": U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 735, p. 23-39. (1922)
  • "Nitrate deposits in the Amargosa region, southeastern California": with G.R. Mansfield and others. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 724, 99 p. (1922)
  • "Borate deposits in the Kramer district, Kern County, California": U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 785, p. 45-61. (1926)
  • "Note on a colemanite deposit near Shoshone, California, with a sketch of the geology of a part of the Amargosa Valley": U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 785, p. 63-73. (1926)
  • "The San Andreas rift and some other active faults in the desert region of southeastern California": Carnegie Institute of Washington, Yearbook 25, p. 415-422. (1926)
  • The San Andreas rift and some other active faults in the desert region of southeastern California": Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 17, p. 25-39. (1927)
  • "The San Andreas rift in a part of southern California": Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Tokyo, 1926, Proceedings, p. 394-400. (1928)
  • "A section of the Kaibab limestone in Kaibab Gulch, Utah": U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 150, p. 41-60. (1928)
  • "Nitrate deposits in southeastern California, with notes on deposits in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico": U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 820 (1931)
  • "The San Andreas rift in the desert region of southern California": Carnegie Institute of Washington, Yearbook 31, p. 355-363. (1932)
  • "Excursion to the San Andreas Fault and Cajon Pass, in Gale, H. S., ed., Southern California": 16th International Geological Congress, Guidebook 15 (1933)
  • "Structural features of the Virgin Spring area, Death Valley, California": Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 52, p. 941-1000. (1941)
  • "Geology of the Pearland quadrangle, California": U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ 24. (1953)
  • "Geology of the Valyermo quadrangle, California": U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ 50. (1954)
  • "The San Andreas Fault zone from Soledad Pass to Cajon Pass, California", in Jahns, R. H., ed., Geology of Southern California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 170, chapter IV, p. 37-48. (1954)
  • "Geology of the central and southern Death Valley region, California," with L.A. Wright. in Jahns, R. H., ed., Geology of Southern California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 170, chapter II, p. 143-160. (1954)

References edit

  1. ^ The Hollister Family of America: Lieutenant John Hollister of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and his descendants by Lafayette Wallace Case (1886) p. 637
  2. ^ a b c d e f Wright, Lauren; Troxel, Bennie (2002). Levi Noble: Geologist (PDF) (Open-File Report 02-422 ed.). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 Nov 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Bradley, W.H. (1966). "Memorial to Levi Fatzinger Noble (1882-1965)". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 77 (3): P49-P52. Bibcode:1966GSAB...77P..49B. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1966)77[p49:mtlfn]2.0.co;2.
  4. ^ Knott, J.R.; Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M.; Machette, M.N.; Klinger, R.E. (2005). "Upper Neogene stratigraphy and tectonics of Death Valley -- a Review". Earth-Science Reviews. 73 (1–4): 255. Bibcode:2005ESRv...73..245K. doi:10.1016/J.EARSCIREV.2005.07.004. S2CID 53392670.
  5. ^ Miller, Marli; Wright, Lauren (2007). Geology of Death Valley National Park. Kendall Hunt.
  6. ^ MJ Terman. 1998. Military Unit of the US Geological Survey During World War II. In JL Underwood and PL Guth, Military Geology in War and Peace, GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology, pp 49-54
  7. ^ Hill, Mason L. (1981). "San Andreas fault: History of Concepts". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 92 (3): 112–131. Bibcode:1981GSAB...92..112H. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1981)92<112:SAFHOC>2.0.CO;2.
  8. ^ CS Prentice. 1999. San Andreas fault: The 1906 earthquake and subsequent evolution of ideas. In EM Moores, D Sloan, and DL Stout, Classic Cordilleran Concepts: A View from California, Geologic Society of America Special Paper 338, pp 79-85
  9. ^ Erd, Richard C.; McAllister, James F.; Vlisidis, Angelina C. (1961). "Nobleite, another new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California". American Mineralogist. 46: 5–6.

See also edit

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Levi Fatzinger Noble November 11 1882 August 4 1965 1 was an American geologist His entire career was spent as a member of the United States Geological Survey USGS Noble is largely known for his work in the American southwest particularly as a pioneer geologist in the Death Valley region Levi Fatzinger NobleBorn 1882 11 11 November 11 1882Auburn New YorkDiedAugust 4 1965 1965 08 04 aged 82 Los Angeles CaliforniaNationalityAmericanAlma materYale UniversityScientific careerFieldsgeologyInstitutionsUnited States Geological Survey Levi F Noble left with Henry G Ferguson center and James Gilluly right 1950s Contents 1 Early life 2 Geological career 3 Publications 4 References 5 See alsoEarly life editNoble was born in 1882 into a prominent and wealthy family of Auburn New York He received his bachelor s degree from Yale University in 1905 and his PhD in geology in 1909 also from Yale Shortly after receiving his doctorate he was appointed to the USGS being independently wealthy he received only a token salary and was largely permitted to select his own projects 2 In 1910 Noble married Dorothy Evans of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania As a wedding gift Dorothy s parents gave them a fruit ranch near Valyermo California at the foot of the north slope of the San Gabriel Mountains and athwart the San Andreas Fault zone The ranch was their principal residence for the rest of their lives 2 Geological career editNoble s initial investigations including his PhD thesis were in the Grand Canyon of Arizona His PhD research included studies of Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks of the Grand Canyon For the USGS he prepared a detailed geologic map of the Shinumo quadrangle which is part of Grand Canyon National Park 2 During this research he demonstrated great skill in climbing traversing the canyon between the river and the rim in multiple locations without trails to measure the stratigraphic sections 3 In his Death Valley field investigations which began in 1917 and continued off and on for 45 years he observed and accurately recorded most of the major geologic features of Death Valley Noble mapped an 8000 square mile area assisted by Donald Curry and Thomas Thayer 2 His early Death Valley work reported on nitrate deposits motivated by World War I requirements for gunpowder Later work addressed colemanite borate deposits both in Shoshone and elsewhere 2 His 1926 paper on the Shoshone colemanite deposits described the first evidence for Lake Manly in Death Valley based on observed strand lines 4 Much of his Death Valley work was published in his much cited 1941 paper Structural Features of the Virgin Spring area which described and interpreted a geological feature which he named the Amorgosa chaos the Amorgosa chaos is still a topic of geological research 5 Around 1950 Noble started working with both Lauren Wright and Bennie Troxel who later became prominent Death Valley geologists Revised interpretations of part of Noble s 1941 paper were included in a 1954 chapter co written with Lauren Wright 2 During World War II Noble worked with the USGS Military Geology Unit 6 His working knowledge of the Russian and Japanese languages enabled him to read geologic maps and reports in those languages 3 Noble also engaged in a long term investigation of a fifty mile segment of the southern San Andreas fault on the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains In a 1926 paper Noble was one of the first geologists to cite evidence for large horizontal displacement 38 kilometers along this fault this was a radical proposal at the time and was not accepted by most geologists Later research by other geologists has now established movement of hundreds of kilometers on the San Andreas fault 7 8 Additional work in the area resulted in his USGS geologic maps of the Pearland and Valyermo quadrangles Noble was awarded the Interior Department s gold medal for distinguished service when he retired in 1951 He continued his affiliation with the USGS until his death in 1965 3 In 1961 the borate mineral nobleite was named after him 9 Publications edit Contributions to the geology of the Grand Canyon Arizona The geology of the Shinumo area American Journal of Science 4th ser v 29 p 369 386 1910 The Grand Canyon of the Colorado Science v 34 p 378 380 1911 The Shinumo quadrangle Grand Canyon district Arizona U S Geological Survey Bulletin 549 1914 A reconnaissance of the Archean complex of the Granite Gorge Grand Canyon Arizona with J F Hunter U S Geological Survey Professional Paper 98 I p 95 113 1916 Geologic history of the Bright Angel quadrangle Arizona Text on back of topographic sheet Bright Angel quadrangle Arizona Coconino County U S Geological Survey 1918 A section of the Paleozoic formations of the Grand Canyon at Bass Trail U S Geological Survey Professional Paper 131 B p 23 73 1922 Colemanite in Clark County Nevada U S Geological Survey Bulletin 735 p 23 39 1922 Nitrate deposits in the Amargosa region southeastern California with G R Mansfield and others U S Geological Survey Bulletin 724 99 p 1922 Borate deposits in the Kramer district Kern County California U S Geological Survey Bulletin 785 p 45 61 1926 Note on a colemanite deposit near Shoshone California with a sketch of the geology of a part of the Amargosa Valley U S Geological Survey Bulletin 785 p 63 73 1926 The San Andreas rift and some other active faults in the desert region of southeastern California Carnegie Institute of Washington Yearbook 25 p 415 422 1926 The San Andreas rift and some other active faults in the desert region of southeastern California Seismological Society of America Bulletin v 17 p 25 39 1927 The San Andreas rift in a part of southern California Third Pan Pacific Science Congress Tokyo 1926 Proceedings p 394 400 1928 A section of the Kaibab limestone in Kaibab Gulch Utah U S Geological Survey Professional Paper 150 p 41 60 1928 Nitrate deposits in southeastern California with notes on deposits in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico U S Geological Survey Bulletin 820 1931 The San Andreas rift in the desert region of southern California Carnegie Institute of Washington Yearbook 31 p 355 363 1932 Excursion to the San Andreas Fault and Cajon Pass in Gale H S ed Southern California 16th International Geological Congress Guidebook 15 1933 Structural features of the Virgin Spring area Death Valley California Geological Society of America Bulletin v 52 p 941 1000 1941 Geology of the Pearland quadrangle California U S Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ 24 1953 Geology of the Valyermo quadrangle California U S Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ 50 1954 The San Andreas Fault zone from Soledad Pass to Cajon Pass California in Jahns R H ed Geology of Southern California California Division of Mines Bulletin 170 chapter IV p 37 48 1954 Geology of the central and southern Death Valley region California with L A Wright in Jahns R H ed Geology of Southern California California Division of Mines Bulletin 170 chapter II p 143 160 1954 References edit The Hollister Family of America Lieutenant John Hollister of Wethersfield Connecticut and his descendants by Lafayette Wallace Case 1886 p 637 a b c d e f Wright Lauren Troxel Bennie 2002 Levi Noble Geologist PDF Open File Report 02 422 ed U S Geological Survey Retrieved 9 Nov 2021 a b c Bradley W H 1966 Memorial to Levi Fatzinger Noble 1882 1965 Geological Society of America Bulletin 77 3 P49 P52 Bibcode 1966GSAB 77P 49B doi 10 1130 0016 7606 1966 77 p49 mtlfn 2 0 co 2 Knott J R Sarna Wojcicki A M Machette M N Klinger R E 2005 Upper Neogene stratigraphy and tectonics of Death Valley a Review Earth Science Reviews 73 1 4 255 Bibcode 2005ESRv 73 245K doi 10 1016 J EARSCIREV 2005 07 004 S2CID 53392670 Miller Marli Wright Lauren 2007 Geology of Death Valley National Park Kendall Hunt MJ Terman 1998 Military Unit of the US Geological Survey During World War II In JL Underwood and PL Guth Military Geology in War and Peace GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology pp 49 54 Hill Mason L 1981 San Andreas fault History of Concepts Geological Society of America Bulletin 92 3 112 131 Bibcode 1981GSAB 92 112H doi 10 1130 0016 7606 1981 92 lt 112 SAFHOC gt 2 0 CO 2 CS Prentice 1999 San Andreas fault The 1906 earthquake and subsequent evolution of ideas In EM Moores D Sloan and DL Stout Classic Cordilleran Concepts A View from California Geologic Society of America Special Paper 338 pp 79 85 Erd Richard C McAllister James F Vlisidis Angelina C 1961 Nobleite another new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region California American Mineralogist 46 5 6 See also editGeology of the Death Valley area Geology of the Grand Canyon area Henry G Ferguson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Levi F Noble amp oldid 1181786615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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