Origin of oil in the Wilmington field in California

Abstract

The Wilmington Field is located on Terminal Island south of Los AngeIes, California. The oil-bearing strata bebng to the Miocene and the lower Pliocene. The lowest oil-bearing stratum is separated from the underIying basement (J urassic metamorphic schists) by an unconformity. A description of the oil fields has been published by GILLULY and GRANT (1943, p. 401-529) .