Answers for general science questions can be found at http://ask.usgs.gov/ or by calling 1-888-ASK-USGS.
Public inquiries
for WESP Team referral can be directed to:
pstoffer@usgs.gov -- Phil Stoffer, WESP
Team public communications coordinator and webmaster
WESP Team research centers |
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Menlo Park Science Center, California |
U.C. Riverside Dept. of Earth Sciences 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521-0001 FAX 909/276-6295 |
Flagstaff Field Science Center,
Arizona U.S. Geological Survey 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1600 FAX 520/556-7169 |
Seattle,Washington Univ. of Washington Dept. of Geology Science Rm 124 63 Johnson Hall, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310 FAX 206/553-8350 |
Tucson Science Center, Arizona U. S. Geological Survey c/o University of Arizona ENR Building, 520 N. Park Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719-5035 FAX 520/670-5023 |
Spokane, Washington Federal Building - U. S. Post Office W. 904 Riverside Ave, Ste. 202, Spokane, WA 99201-1011 FAX 509/368-3199 |
Additional contact information can be retrieved from the USGS Electronic Directory at http://www.usgs.gov/bio/USGS/ph.html.
Name | Role/Affiliations | Address | Phone | |
Alvarez (Hauser), Rachel | Geologist, GIS, southern California | Riverside, CA | 909/276-6397 | scamp@usgs.gov |
Amoroso, Lee | Geologist, neotectonics and Quaternary geology of the Colorado Plateau and Mojave Desert area | Flagstaff, AZ | 928/556-7186 | llamoroso@usgs.gov |
Beard, Sue | Geologist, regional tectonics, stucture, Tertiary stratigraphy and paleogeography; western Colorado Plateau margin, Basin & Range | Flagstaff, AZ | 928/556-7196 | sbeard@usgs.gov |
Bedford, David | Surficial geology, modelling of surficial processes; Mojave Desert and semi-arid environments | San Diego WRD Office |
650/329-4924 858/637-6841 FAX 637-9201 |
dbedford@usgs.gov |
Beyer, Larry | Geologist, petroleum and energy | Menlo Park | 650/329-4880 | lbeyer@usgs.gov |
Billingsley, George | Research
geologists involved with investigations of regional stratigraphy, geomorphology,
Cenozoic geology, and geologic mapping of the southern Colorado Plateau. |
Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7198 | gbillingsley@usgs.gov |
Bird, Kenneth | Energy Program leader and representative; petroleum geologist, stratigrapher, northern Alaska | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4907 | kbird@usgs.gov |
Blake, Milton C | Geologist emeritus | West Washington Univ. | 360/650-7698 | cblake@usgs.gov |
Blakely, Richard | Potential-field geophysicist, earthquake and tectonic studies, basin analysis. Pacific Northwest (Puget Sound, Willamette Valley, Cascade Range), Desert Southwest (Death Valley, Amargosa Desert, southern Nevada) | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5316 | blakely@usgs.gov |
Block, Debra | Geologist. GIS specialist | Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7138 | dblock@usgs.gov |
Blodgett, Bob | Geologist, volunteer | Corvalis, OR | ||
Bovard (Ruppert), Kelly | Geologist, GIS, southern California | Riverside, CA | 909/276-6397 | scamp@usgs.gov |
Brabb, Earl | Geologist emeritus, San Francisco Bay region | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5140
or 4839 |
ebrabb@usgs.gov |
Bramschreiber, Lori | Administrative assistant | Tucson, AZ | 520/670-5578 | lbramsch@usgs.gov |
Bridges, Blair | Contractor, paleomagnetics lab | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4672 | |
Campbell, Russell | Geologist emeritus | UC Riverside | 909/787-4193 | rcampbel@usgs.gov |
Castle, Bob | Geologist emeritus | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4941 | rcastle@usgs.gov |
Chuchel, Bruce | Geologist, computer systems | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5321 | chuchel@usgs.gov |
Clark, Joe | Volunteer | Pennsylvania | ||
Clements, Jeannie | Team Administrative Assistant | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4901 | jclement@usgs.gov |
Cook, Harry | Petroleum geologist, Energy Program | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4937 | hcook@usgs.gov |
Cossette, Pamela | GIS specialist | Spokane, WA | 509/368-3123 | pcossette@usgs.gov |
Cox, Brett | Geologist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4956 | bcox@usgs.gov |
Dinterman, Philip | Geologist, GIS specialist, contractor | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4902 | pdinterman@usgs.gov |
Dixon, Gary | Emeritus | Idaho | 208/782-2056 | gldixon@usgs.gov | Dodge-Lavino, Michelle | Geologist, contractor, Tephrochonology Laboratory | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329=4939 | mdodge@usgs.gov |
Dudash, Stephanie | Geologist; Death Valley | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4968 | sdudash@usgs.gov |
Ellen, Steve | Geologist emeritus, landslides | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4959 | sellen@usgs.gov |
Evarts, Russell | Geologist,
geologic mapping, southwestern Washington geology and mineral resources,
petrologic and structural evolution of the Cascade volcanic arc |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4929 Field: 360/431-5812 |
revarts@usgs.gov | Felger, Tracey | Flagstaff, AZ | 928/5567517 | tfelger@usgs.gov |
Fitzgibbon, Todd | Geologist, GIS manager | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4942 | tfitz@usgs.gov |
Fleck, Robert | Geologist, geochronologist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4658 | fleck@usgs.gov |
Gautier, Don | Petroleum geologist; North Sea, Europe, California, Rocky Mountains, World | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4909 | gautier@usgs.gov |
Gilliland, Margie | Admin contractor | Tucson, AZ | 520/670-5500 | mgilliland@usgs.gov |
Glen, Jonathan | Geophysicist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5282 | jglen@usgs.gov |
Graham, Scott | Geologist, GIS specialist, Systems administrator | Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7270 | sgraham@usgs.gov |
Graymer, Russell | Geologist, San Francisco Bay Project coordinator | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4988 | rgraymer@usgs.gov |
Gromme, C. Sherman | Geologist emeritus | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4667 | csgromme@usgs.gov |
Gryc, George | Geologist emeritus, regional and petroleum geology, Northern Alaska,Crowding the Rim Initiative | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5122 | ggryc@usgs.gov |
Gutierrez, Monica | Team admin, financial specialist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4906 | mcgutier@usgs.gov |
Hagstrum, Jonathan | Geophysicist, paleomagnetism, tectonics, paleosecular variation; Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Southwestern US, Pacific margin | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4672 | jhag@usgs.gov |
Harwood, David | Geologist emeritus | Menlo Park, CA | dharwood@usgs.gov | |
Hastings, Jordan | Geography (UCSB) | Santa Barara, CA | 805/893-8224 | jordan@geog.ucsb.edu |
Haugerud, Ralph | Geologist,
geologic mapping, Pacific Northwest, Cordilleran tectonics, GIS specialist,
digital elevation model (DEM) assessment and development, and surface (geomorphic)
mapping. |
Seattle, WA | 206/553-5542 | rhaugerud@usgs.gov |
Hereford, Richard | Geophysics intern; assists with gravity and magnetic modeling and data aquisition in the Hayward Fault, Northern Nevada Rift and Puget Sound areas | Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7159 | rhereford@usgs.gov |
Hepper, Christin | Geologist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4939 | khepper@usgs.gov |
Hildenbrand, Thomas | Geophysicist, magnetic and gravity surveys | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5303 | tom@usgs.gov |
Hillhouse, Jack | Geologist, paleomagnetism, geologic mapping | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4932 | jhillhouse@usgs.gov |
Hiza, Margret | Geologist, geomorphology of Navajo Nation lands | Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7366 | mhiza@usgs.gov |
Holdsworth, Charles | Contractor | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4400 | |
Howard, Keith | Geologist,
tectonics, volcanology, regional geology in the Basin and Range Province,
Colorado River evolution. |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4943 | khoward@usgs.gov |
Howell, David | Crowding the Rim Initiative Project leader; Geologist, National Atlas; landslides, "Dr. Mud," geology of Napa Valley, California wine country | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5430 | dhowell@usgs.gov |
Huber, N. King | Geologist
emeritus, general geology; geomorphology, glacial geology; Sierra Nevada,
Yosemite National Park |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4925 | khuber@usgs.gov |
Isaacs, Caroline | Emeritus | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4940 | cisaacs@usgs.gov |
Ito, Bradford | Electronics technician, SHRIMP Laboratory (ion probe) | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4676 | bito@usgs.gov |
Jachens, Robert | Three-Dimensional Geologic Maps and Visualization Project leader, Geophysicist, gravity and magnetic techniques; California, Arid Southwest | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5300 | jachens@usgs.gov |
Jayko, Angela | Geologist; Owens Valley, Death Valley, Mojave region |
White Mtn.RC,
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760/873-7040 |
ajayko@usgs.gov |
Jones, David | Emeritus | Placerville, CA | 530/622-2202 | djones@usgs.gov |
Keller, Margaret | Geologist:
stratigraphy and sedimentology of mudstones and petroleum source rock studies and assessment; Alaska, California, and the Gulf Coast |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4904 | mkeller@usgs.gov |
Kistler, Ronald | Geologist emeritus; isotope geochmistry, structural geology, western U.S. | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4661 | rkistler@usgs.gov |
Langenheim, Victoria | Geophysicist, gravity and magnetic investigations; Western Region (Las Vegas, NV, Southern California, Santa Clara Valley) | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5313 | zulanger@usgs.gov |
Levin, Rianda |
Intern (contractor), digitizing geologic maps of the northern fringe of
the San Francisco Bay Region |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4915 | rlevin@usgs.gov |
Magoon, Leslie | Petroleum geologist, Energy Program | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4916 | lmagoon@usgs.gov |
Mankinen, Edward | Geologist; geophysical investigations of Headwaters area (Idaho, Montana), Desert Southwest, Great Lakes region; paleomagnetic studies for Santa Clara Valley 3D project | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4669 | emank@usgs.gov |
Matti, Jonathan | Geologist,
bedrock and surficial geology of southern California; landscape evolution
in response to tectonics |
Tucson, AZ | 520/670-5577 | jmatti@usgs.gov |
McDougall, Kris | Micropaleontologist,
Cenozoic benthic foraminifers, biostratigraphy and paleoecology |
Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7024 | kris@usgs.gov |
McKee, Edwin (Ted) | Geologist emeritus | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5477 | mckee@usgs.gov |
McLaughlin, Robert | Geologist, San Francisco Bay region | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4945 | rjmcl@usgs.gov |
McPhee, Darcy | Menlo Park | 650/329-4173 | dmcphee@usgs.gov | |
Menges, Chris | Geologist, Quaternary geomorphology, arid lands, neotectonics | Tucson, AZ | 520/670-5022 | cmenges@usgs.gov |
Miles, Russ | Administrative Officer | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4972 | rmiles@usgs.gov |
Miller, David |
Southwest Desert Landscapes Project leader, geologist; surficial geology and tectonics; intermountain southwest with focus on Utah, Nevada, and California deserts |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4923 | dmiller@usgs.gov |
Miller, Fred | Geologist | Spokane, WA | 509/368-3121 | fmiller@usgs.gov |
Morin, Robert | Geophysicists,
gravity and magnetic investigations of Alaska, California, and Nevada. |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5320 | morin@usgs.gov |
Moore, Ellen | Emeritus | Oregon State | 541/758-0314 | mooreg@bcc.orst.edu |
Moore, Richard B. | Volcanologist, Lake Meade region, Aleutian Islands | Tucson, AZ | 520/670-5262 | rbmoore@usgs.gov |
Morton, Doug | Southern California Area Mapping Project leader; Geologist, southern California | Riverside, CA | 909/276-6397 | scamp@usgs.gov |
Murchey-Setnicker,
Benita (Bonnie) |
Geologic Mapping in the National Parks Project leader; geologist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4926 |
bmurchey@usgs.gov |
Parker, John | Volunteer, mechanical engineer, historical records | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4839 | |
Peters, Ken | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5171 | kpeters@usgs.gov | |
Phelps, Geoffrey | Geology, geophysics, GIS, coffee specialist; Mojave Desert, NTS, Bay Area, various worlds in virtual space | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4922 | gphelps@usgs.gov |
Phillips, Eleyne | Contractor, geologist, webmaster, National Parks | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4921 | ephillips@usgs.gov |
Pike, Richard | Geologist, geomorphology | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4947 | rpike@usgs.gov |
Plouff, Donald | Geophysicist emeritus, gravity and paleomagnetism surveys; Arctic Ocean, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon, California, Nevada | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5312 | plouff@usgs.gov |
Ponce, David | Research geophysicist; development and application of gravity and magnetic methods to mineral and water resources, and earthquake and volcano hazards; San Francisco Bay Area, Basin and Range, Western U.S., and Central America. | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5314 | ponce@usgs.gov |
Powell, Charles | Geologist, specializing in invertebrate paleontology (mostly mollusks); northeastern Pacific (Alaska to Mexico) but mostly California | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4985 | cpowell@usgs.gov |
Powell, Robert | Geologist; southern California, northeastern Washington | Spokane, WA | 509/368-3120 | rpowell@usgs.gov |
Priest, Sue | Geologist, GIS | Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7148 | spriest@usgs.gov |
Roberts, Carter | Geophysicist,
gravity studies of California and vicinity, aeromagnetic data processing of California and Oregon. |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5319 | croberts@usgs.gov | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4986 | jredwine@usgs.gov |
Robinson, Sarah E. | Geologist, geomorphology, remote sensing, cosmogenic dating | Flagstaff, AZ | 928/556-7061 | srobinson@usgs.gov |
Rocchio, Judy | Volunteer, National Park Service | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4994 | |
Rowley, Pete | Geologist emeritus | Utah | 435/865-5928 | pdrowley@accesswest.com |
Sarna-Wojcicki, Andrei | Geologist; tephrachronology | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4930 | asarna@usgs.gov |
Scheirer, Allegra | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4134 | ascheirer@usgs.gov | |
Scheirer, Dan | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4127 | dscheirer@usgs.gov | |
Schmidt, Kevin | Geologist, geomorphology and landslide processes; Mojave Desert, Oregon Coast Range, and Oakland/Berkeley Hills | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5302 | kschmidt@usgs.gov |
Seibert, Nicole | Contractor | Menlo Park, CA | 928/556-7148 | nseibert@usgs.gov |
Shamp, Donald | Geologist, geochronology, geochemistry | Menlo Park, CA | 650/3295205 | dshamp@usgs.gov |
Shinglman, Kristen | Micropaleontology lab technician; foraminifera | Flagstaff, AZ | (928)556-7071 | kshinglman@usgs.gov |
Simpson, Megan | intern geologist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4977 | mksimpson@usgs.gov |
Stanley, Richard | Geologist: stratigraphy, sedimentology, geological field mapping, petroleum geology, sedimentary basin analysis, tectonics. California (San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay areas, southern Coast Ranges, and western Transverse Ranges) and central Alaska. | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4918 | rstanley@usgs.gov |
Stock, Jonathan | geologist, Desert Southwest, surface processes | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4968 | jstock@usgs.gov |
Stoffer, Phil |
Geologist, webmaster; outreach coordinator; librarian; geology of SF Bay Area, New York City, national parks, desert southwest. |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5028 | pstoffer@usgs.gov |
Stone, Paul | Geologist; geologic mapping stratigraphy; Paleozoic and Mesozoic paleogeography and tectonics of western U.S. (southern California, western Arizona (Owens Valley-Death Valley region; Inyo Mountains, Panamint Range), Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, Colorado River region, western Transverse Ranges, Cuyama and Santa Barbara areas. | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4931 | pastone@usgs.gov |
Sutter, John | Chief Scientist of the Western Earth Surface Processes Team and Co-Director for Development, Earth Surface Processes Research Center a joint effort between the University of Arizona and the USGS. | Tucson, AZ | 520/670-5588 | jsutter@usgs.gov |
Tabor, Rowland | Geologist
emeritus; regional geology of northwestern Washington |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4955 | rtabor@usgs.gov |
Thomas, Willie | Team head secretary | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4912 | wthomas@usgs.gov |
Thoms, Evan | Geologist, GIS specialist | Menlo Park, CA | ||
Torres, Rocio | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4905 | ||
Troutman, Sandra | Contractor | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4974 | stroutman@usgs.gov |
Valin, Zenon | Geologist,
GIS specialist; SF Bay Area, southern California |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4914 | zenon@usgs.gov |
Vedder, Jack | Emeritus | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5232 | jvedder@usgs.gov |
Walker, James | Geologist, tephrachronology, GIS specialist | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4533 | jpwalker@usgs.gov |
Wan, Elmira | Geologist; Tephrochronology Laboratory supervisor; Neogene planktic foraminiferal biostratigraphy in the western region, northeast and central Pacific Ocean, and SF Bay | Menlo Park, CA |
650/329-4964 lab ext: 4939 |
ewan@usgs.gov |
Wells, Ray | Pacific
Northwest Geologic Mapping and Urban Hazards Project leader; geology
and tectonics, geology of the Cascadia forearc, crustal deformation and
neotectonics of convergent margins, structure of subduction zones, paleomagnetism |
Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4933 | rwells@usgs.gov |
Wentworth, Carl | Geologist emeritus, San Francisco Bay region | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4950 | cwent@usgs.gov |
West, Bill | Volunteer, mechanical engineer, historical records | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4839 | |
Wheeler, Karen | Geologist, GIS specialist, Pacific Northwest Urban Corridor Project | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4935 | kwheeler@usgs.gov |
Wooden, Joseph | Geologist, geochemist; SHRIMP laboratory (ion probe) co-director | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-9237 Lab: 329-6536 FAX: 329-6360 |
jwooden@usgs.gov |
Wooley, Ryan | Contractor | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-5308 | rjwooley@usgs.gov |
Wright, William | Volunteer | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4994 | Yazzie, Naomi | Flagstaff, AZ | 928/556-7267 | nyazzie@usgs.gov |
Yerkes, Robert | Volunteer | Menlo Park, CA | 650/329-4946 | ryerkes@usgs.gov |
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