A. I. Levorsen Award
2020-2021
No award given due to cancellation of convention
2019
Lisa Alpert, T. Becker, M. S. Miller, and A. Allam
Mantle structure beneath the Alboran Sea from shear wave splitting
2018
Yannick Wirtz, Richard Behl, PhD
Why Structural and Stratigraphic Surface Observations in the Monterey and Sisquoc Formations, Southern Santa Maria Basin, CA are a Critical Element to better Understand the Quality and Style of Structures in the Subsurface
2017
Paul G. Lillis PhD, Michael D. Lewan, Richard G. Stanley, David L. LePain and Marwan A. Wartes PhD
Are Tertiary coals from central and southern Alaska sources for oil?
2016
Gregory Gordon
Miocene Paleogeography and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Ventura Basin
2015
Michael D.Henschel, Benjamin Deschamps, Shinya Sato, Gillian Robert
Long Term Operational Observation of Ground Deformation in the San Joaquin Valley
2014
Todd J. Greene, PhD
Fluvial Architectures of a Cascades-Sourced ‘Paleo-Sacramento River’ System within the Lower Tuscan Formation in the Northern Sacramento Valley, CA
2013
David W. Houseknecht, Ken J. Bird
Tectonic Influences on Thermal Maturation History of Arctic Alaska and the Canada Basin
2012
2011
2010
Grant Garven, Byeongiu Jung, & James R. Boles
A Geohydrodynamic Study of the Role of Faults on Petroleum Migration in the California Borderlands Basins.
2009
Timothy McHargue, Julian Clark, Morgan Sullivan, Michael Pyrcz, Andrea Fildani, Marjorie Levy, Henry Posamentier, Brian Romans, Jacob Covault
Allocyclicity of Sediment Volume and Composition Provide the Basis for a Predictive Model of Tuurbidite Channel Architectures
2008
Scott T. Hector, Mike Johns and Brian Cunningham
The Randolph Oil Zone, Semitropic Field, Kern County, CA: A Highly Bioturbated, High-Pressure, Low-Permeability Reservoir in the Lower Etchegoin.
2007
No Recipient
2006
No Recipient
2005
Jacob A. Covault, Stephen A. Graham & William R. Normack
Sea Level and Tectonic Controls on Late Quaternary Sedimentation in San Diego Through, Offshore, CA
2004
Michael S. Clark, D. Julander & T. Zalan
Reservoir Characterization of a Diatomite-Sandstone Reservoir Using Integrated Core and Log Analysis, Lost Hills Field, California
2003
Morgan D. Sullivan & K. Ehman
Fluvio-Deltaic Cyclicity, Ridge Basin, Southern California: Evidence for Kinematic Cyclostratigraphy
2002
Herbert W. Swan
Robust AVO Processing for Arctic Exploration
2001
Michael J. Richey
3-D Modeling and Depositional Reconstruction of a Multi-Staged Turbidite System Within a Structurally Complex Basin: The Republic Sandstone Member, San Joaquin Valley, California
2000
Dalton F. Lockman, Philip Cerveny, Dana Coffield, Russell Davies, Graham Dudley, Richard Fox, Rop Knipe, Robert Krantz, Stephen Lewis
Predicting Fault-Fluid Behavior and Reducing Development Risks in the Prudhoe Bay Field, Alaska
1999
Brian J. Casey
Occidental View of the Elk Hills Field, California
1998
Michael F. Ponek & A. G. Mathews
“The Big Banana” – Geologic Mapping and Thermal Recovery in a Vertical Reservoir, North Midway Field, California
1997
Joseph A. Nahama & Rod Nahama
Exploration and Development in the West Tracy Gas Field
1996
No Recipient
1995
Ronald. C. Crane
Geology of the Mount Diablo Region
1994
Michael D. Campbell & Walter E. Reed
The Western Transverse Ranges microplate as a Native Terrane
1993
Robert A. Horton, Jr.
1992
Donald A. Medwedeff, Joseph T.C. Lin, Timothy R. Carr & John M. Stafford
1991
John M. Lohmar & Scott R. Morgan
1990
No Recipient
1989
Donald D. Miller, Thomas E. Covington & John G. McPherson
1988
James C. Ingle, Jr.
1987
No Recipient
1986
R. E. Chamberlain & Victor M. Madrid
1985
Ronald C. Crane
1984
John N. Thomson, Richard G. Blake & Richard W. Boyd
1983
Richard P. Thomas
1982
Margaret A. Keller
1981
No Recipient
1980
Lee F. Krystinik
1979
C. Elizabeth Koch
1978
William R. Dickinson & Raymond V. Ingersoll
1977
David W. Scholl & Alan K. Cooper
1976
Donald L. Zieglar & John H. Spotts
1975
David R. Butler
1974
John A. Minch
1973
No Recipient
1972
M. Keith Scribner & Stanford Eschner
1971
No Recipient
1970
John Harbaugh
1969
Robert F. Dill
1968
David W. Scholl, David M. Hopkins, H. Gary Greene & Edwin E. Buffington
