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Staff
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of Mammoth Geophysical consists of highly qualified
professionals and other technical support personnel. The
professional staff has decades of combined experience.
Following is a brief overview of their education, background,
capabilities, duties and responsibilities.
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E. Ray Garton
Geologist & CEO
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Mr. Garton completed
his A.B. degree in geology in 1978, at West Virginia University. He
has also completed an additional 16 hours of post graduate studies
and continuing education courses. As founder and president of
Mammoth Geophysical Mr. Garton’s experience covers over two
decades. He is responsible for data collection, interpretation and
report preparation in all geologic fields including; oil and gas
exploration, remote sensing, lineament and natural fracture mapping
and interpretation, geophysical research, geologic mapping,
investigation of geologic and hydrogeologic conditions as they apply
to ground water supply, surface pollution migration, underground
storage tank investigations, radon testing and analysis, soil
mapping, slope stability, land use planning, site suitability,
speleology and paleontology studies, and management of the day to
day and long range business affairs of the company. Mr. Garton is an
EPA and state of West Virginia listed Radon measurement technician.
He is also author and co-author of over 30 professional papers.
E. Ray Garton
A West Virginia
Paleontologist
Ray is a West Virginia native, raised on Elk River
in Webster County, Buckhannon and Barrackville. He attended Fairmont
State College beginning in 1968 and graduated from West Virginia
University in 1978 where he majored in geology and paleontology. Ray
spent 2 summers working on fossil fish quarry digs in Montana and 2
summers as co-leader of dinosaur digs in Montana, both sponsored by
Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Since the early
1970’s Ray has discovered, collected and conducted research at
dozens of fossil sites in West Virginia. He has also worked on a
contract basis for Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the U.S.
Congressional Research Service, the U.S. Department of Energy, and
the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. He founded Mammoth Geophysical
in 1982, which has focused on oil & gas exploration services to
hundreds of companies in 18 states. Ray holds 3 registered
trademarks, has published 2 books on West Virginia Speleological
related topics, and has written and published dozens of professional
papers and articles. He is working on 3 new books titled Fossils of
West Virginia, Paleozoic Vertebrates of West Virginia, and
Pleistocene Vertebrates of West Virginia. Since 1993, he has been
Curator of the Geology Museum at the West Virginia Geological Survey
located at Monte Chateau near Morgantown. He is also a Research
Associate to the Section of Vertebrate Fossils of Carnegie Museum of
Natural History and is a frequent contributor to the fossil
collections of Carnegie and the Smithsonian. Recently he co-created
Prehistoric West Virginia a web-based educational and informational
site devoted to the dissemination of information on all aspects of
West Virginia paleontology. This also includes the collection,
study, preservation of significant fossils found in West Virginia (www.prehistoricplanet.com/wv).
Most of Ray’s digs and work are assisted and supported by Mary
Ellen, his wife of 30 years, who is a teacher at North Marion High
School.
Permission to copy and distribute
this biographical sketch of E. Ray Garton is granted to all
interested persons or groups.
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Eb Werner
Senior Geologist
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Mr. Werner received
his A.B. degree in geology at the University of Pennsylvania in
1964, his M.S. degree in geology at Rutgers University in 1972, and
is now a Ph.D. candidate at West Virginia University. He joined the
staff of Mammoth in 1982. His 30 years of experience included
teaching positions, research positions with the U.S. Department of
Energy, U.S. Geological Survey and other universities. Specific
projects include: production of a handbook for the detection of
caves and cavities in karst terrains by use of geophysical methods
under a Federal Highway Administration contract; determination of
the probable source of natural gas contamination of water wells;
determination of natural fracture density in support of a U.S.
Geological Survey project to evaluate hazardous waste disposal
sites; photogeological and electrical resistivity surveys to detect
favorable sites for drilling water, oil, and gas wells in West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Werner has over 80 professional
publications and is a member of 18 professional organizations and is
a registered geological scientist.
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