I was introduced to Jack Elam

at a Midland Chapter SEPM meeting

in the Fall of 1962. He was the speaker

at an informal gathering (Jack's

favorite style), and his topic was

fracture pattern analysis using USGS

topographic sheets. One of his

examples was the Puckett Gas Field.

In just a few minutes Jack

demonstrated how to use the fracture pattern technique,

and how it can help define structure. For me it became,