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James V. Jones Title: Research Geologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7442 Fax: (907) 786-7401 Email: jvjones@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	2005	The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX	Geology
M.S.	1999	University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY	Geology
B.S.	1997	University of the South, Sewanee, TN	Geology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Tectonics; structural geology; igneous and metamorphic petrology; geochronology

Professional Experience

2011 - Present	Research Geologist, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK
2008 - 2011	Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
2005 - 2008	Assistant Professor, Geology Discipline, University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN
2005	Part-time Faculty, Department of Geology, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
2000 - 2005	Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1998	Summer Professional Geologist, ARCO Alaska Inc., Anchorage, Alaska
1997 - 1999	Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Member of the Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
Mineralogical Society of America
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Significant Recent Publications

Jones, J.V. III and Thrane, K., 2012, Correlating Proterozoic syn-orogenic metasedimentary successions in southwestern Laurentia: New insights from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic quartzite and metaconglomerate in central and northern Colorado, U.S.A.: Rocky Mountain Geology, 47:1–35.

Doe, M.D., Jones, J.V. III, Karlstrom, K.E., Thrane, K., Frei, D., Gehrels, G., and Pecha, M., 2012, Basin formation near the end of the 1.60–1.45 Ga tectonic gap in southern Laurentia: Mesoproterozoic Hess Canyon Group of Arizona and implications for ca. 1.5 Ga supercontinent configurations: Lithosphere, 4: 77–88.

Jones, J. V. III, Daniel, C. G., Frei, D., and Thrane, K., 2011, Revised regional correlations and tectonic implications of Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in northern New Mexico, USA: New findings from detrital zircon studies of the Hondo Group, Vadito Group, and Marquenas Formation: Geosphere, 7:974-991.

Jones, J. V. III, Siddoway, C. S., and Connelly, J. N., 2010, Characteristics and implications of a Proterozoic mid-crustal section, Wet Mountains, Colorado, USA: Lithosphere, 2:119-135.

Jones, J.V. III, Rogers, S.A., and Connelly, J.N., 2010, U-Pb geochronology of Proterozoic granites in the Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA: Rocky Mountain Geology, 45:1-22.

Jones, J. V. III, Connelly, J. N., Karlstrom, K. E., Williams, M. W., and Doe, M.F., 2009, Age, provenance, and tectonic setting of Paleoproterozoic quartzite successions in the southwestern United States: Geological Society of America Bulletin, 121:247-264.

Jones, J. V. III, and Connelly, J. N., 2006, Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, southern Colorado: Rocky Mountain Geology, 41:79-116.

Jessup, M.J., Jones, J. V. III, Karlstrom, K.E., Williams, M.L., Connelly, J.N., and Heizler, M.T., 2006, Three Proterozoic orogenic episodes and an intervening exhumation event in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison region, Colorado: Journal of Geology, 114:555-576.