Sylvester, Arthur G.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Sylvester, Arthur G.
Other forms of name
Sylvester, Arthur Gibbs
Date of birth
1938-02-16
Occupation
College teachers
Genealogists
Geologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 5033656
Wikidata: Q64878098
Library of congress: n 82002894
BGU10: 000298904
Sources of Information
  • Roadside geology of southern California, 2016:ECIP t.p. (Arthur Gibbs Sylvester) data view (b. Feb. 16, 1938; BA in Liberal Arts at Pomona College; M.A., UCLA, with a thesis about the pluton; PhD from UCLA, dissertation about the emplacement of Papoose Flat pluton in eastern California)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara WWW site, viewed Oct. 30, 2015(Arthur Gibbs Sylvester, professor emeritus; earth science; also writes on family history)
  • Vital records of Etna, Maine prior ... c1998:t.p. (Arthur Gibbs Sylvester)
  • Tectonics of the juncture betw. the San Andreas fault sys. and the Salton Trough, 1979 (a.e.)t.p. (Arthur G. Sylvester)
  • Rifting, transpression, and neotectonics in the central Mecca Hills ... c1999:t.p. (Arthur Gibbs Sylvester; Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara) cover (Arthur G. Sylvester)

Wikipedia description:

Arthur Gibbs Sylvester (February 16, 1938-May 2, 2023) was an American structural geologist. He was an emeritus professor of geology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the author of Roadside Geology of Southern California (2016) and the second edition of Geology Underfoot in Southern California (2020), both published by Mountain Press. The Geological Society of America announced he was to be awarded the Structure and Tectonics Division's Career Contribution Award at their 2023 Fall Meeting.

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