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David A. Ponce

Research Geophysicist
Geophysics Unit of Menlo Park, CA (GUMP)

U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road, MS989
Menlo Park, CA 94025
phone: (650) 329-5314
fax: (650) 329-5133
email: ponce@usgs.gov

 

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Dave Ponce is a senior research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif. His areas of interest are geophysical investigations of the San Francisco Bay Area, Basin and Range Province of the western U.S., Central America, and the offshore regions of Hawaii. These studies utilize gravity and magnetic methods to understand geology and tectonophysics; volcano and earthquake hazards; and water, mineral, and energy resources. In addition, some of these studies were also part of a National effort to geologically and geophysically assess a potential nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, southwest Nevada. He has authored more than 200 abstracts, reports, maps, and articles. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, and Society of Exploration Geophysicists and is a recipient of the Superior Servive Award from the Department of Interior.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Ponce, D.A., and Glen, J.M.G, 2002, Relationship of epithermal gold deposits to large-scale fractures in northern Nevada: Economic Geology, v. 97, no. 1, p. 3-9. PDF (7.1 Mb).

Glen, J.M.G., and Ponce, D.A., 2002, Large-scale fractures related to inception of the Yellowstone hotspot: Geology, v. 30, no. 7, p. 647-650. PDF (0.4 Mb).

Ponce, D.A., Bürgmann, Roland, Graymer, R.W., Lienkaemper, J.J., Moore, D.E., and Schwartz, David, eds., 2003, Proceedings of the Hayward Fault Workshop, Eastern San Francisco Bay Area, California, September 19-20, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-485, 67 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-485/

Ponce, D.A., Hildenbrand, T.G., and Jachens, R.C., 2003, Gravity and magnetic expression of the San Leandro gabbro with implications for the geometry and evolution of the Hayward fault zone, northern California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 93, no. 1, 11 p. PDF (13.4 Mb).

Ponce, D.A., Simpson, R.W., Graymer, R.W., and Jachens, R.C., 2004, Gravity, magnetic, and high-precision relocated seismicity profiles suggest a connection between the Hayward and Calaveras Faults, northern California: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v. 5, no. 7, 39 p. PDF (5.1 Mb).

Graymer, R.W., Ponce, D.A., Jachens, R.C., Simpson, R.W., and Wentworth, C.M., 2005, Three-dimensional geologic map of the Hayward Fault, northern California: Correlation of rock units with variations in seismicity, creep rate, and fault dip; Geology, v. 33, no. 6, p. 521-524, doi: 10.1130/G21435.1, 4 p. PDF (2.8 Mb).

Williams, R.A., Simpson, R.W., Jachens, R.C., Stephenson, W.J., Odum, J.K., and Ponce, D.A., 2005, Seismic-reflection evidence for a northeast-dipping Hayward Fault near Fremont, California: Implications for seismic hazard: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 32, L13301, doi:10.1029/2005GLO23113, 4 p. PDF (0.3 Mb).

Lerch, D.W., Klemperer, S.L., Glen, J.M.G., Ponce, D.A., Miller, E.L., and Colgan, J.P., 2006, Crustal structure of the northwestern Basin and Range Province and its transition to unextended volcanic plateaus: Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems, v. 8, no. 7, 21 p., doi:10.1029/2006GC001429. PDF (5.6 Mb).

Kucks, R.P., Hill, P.L., and Ponce, D.A., 2006, Nevada magnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 234. http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/234/

Graymer, R.W., Langenheim, V.E., Simpson, R.W., Jachens, R.C., and Ponce, D.A., 2007, Relatively simple through-going fault planes at large-earthquake depth may be concealed by the surface complexity of strike-slip faults, in Cunningham, W.D., and Mann, Paul, eds., Tectonics of Strike-Slip Restraining and Releasing Bends: Geological Society of London Special Publication, v. 290, p. 189-201. doi: 10.1144/SO290.5 0305-8719/07. PDF (0.6 Mb).

Watt, J.T., Glen, J.M.G., John, D.A., and Ponce, D.A., 2008, Three-dimensional geologic model of the northern Nevada rift and the Beowawe geothermal system, north-central Nevada: Geosphere, v. 3, iss. 6, p. 667-682. PDF (2.1 Mb).

Ponce, D.A., and Glen, J.M.G., 2008, A prominent geophysical feature along the northern Nevada rift and its geologic implications, north-central Nevada: Geosphere, v. 4, iss. 1, 207-217. PDF (1.1 Mb).

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