Collections of Peter Bitterli-Brunner

About Peter Bitterli-Brunner (1915-2001)

Archive of Peter Bitterli-Brunner

Memorials to geologists: One Bézard compass and two Breithaupt compasses used by Peter Bitterli during his field work.

Don. Monique Bitterli (daughter of P. Bitterli), 19 December 2018

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Reference collection to Bitterli-Brunner, P. 1945). Geologie der Blauen und Landskronkette südlich von Basel. Inauguraldissertation, Phil.-Natw. Fakultät, Universität Basel. Stampfli & Cie (Bern), 1945, 74 p.

Peter Bitteli's copy deposited with collecton (K3 / B 13 / 180).

 

Collection of sedimentary hand specimens and thin sections of the lithologies and formations described in the dissertation.

Thin sections are mainly from the "Sannoisien" and the Rupélien.

 

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[No rock collection]. Bitterli, P. (1958). Herrera subsurface structure of Penal field, Trinidad, B.W.I. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 145-158. Reprint with oversized diapositives (glass slides, plus 1 duplicate set), oral presentation held at Shell Den Haag, 1957.

Don. Monique Bitterli (daughter of P. Bitterli), 19 December 2018

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Reference collection to Bitterli, P. (1963). Aspects of the genesis of bituminous rock sequences. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 42(6):183-201. link for download of volume see https://www.kngmg.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Index_1961_2004.pdf

Nice teaching collection for bituminous rocks in thin-sections. Collection of thin sections from bituminous rocks from drillholes and provenances in Europe, with enclosed list. The red numbers on the list refer to the slot number in the box.

With the collection of thin-sections there are 3 boxes with diapositives (plus list) about petrography of bituminous rocks, some showing thin-section images from above samples. Abbreviations on enclosed lists: C=organic C in % (weight); TE=Total of gasoline and ether extract in %; N= nitrogen content, CO3= Calcite content in % (weight). Teaching course of Peter Bitterli for sediment petrography of petroleum bearing rocks. WIE=Field Numbers of F. Wiedenmayer.

Related literature:

• Bitterli, P. (1962). Untersuchung bituminöser Gesteine von Westeuropa. Erdöl und Kohle - Erdgas - Petrochemie, 15. Jhrg., pp. 2-6.
• Bitterli, P. (1963). Classification of bituminous rocks of western Europe. Proceedings Sixth World Petroleum Congress 1963, Frankfurt/Main, Section I, Paper 30, 11 p.
• Bitterli, P. (1965). Bituminous intercalations in the Cretaceous of the Breggia River, S. Switzerland. Bull. Ver. Schweiz. Petrol.-Geol. u. Ing., Vol. 31, No. 81, pp. 179-185.

Donated to the NMB by Monique Bitterli (daughter of Peter Bitterli-Brunner) on 19 December 2018

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