Project personnel

Wells, Ray E., Project Chief

Blakely, Richard J.,
Cox, Brett F.
Dinterman, Philip A.
Evarts, Russell C.
Fleck, Robert J.
Hagstrum, Jonathan T.
Haugerud, Ralph A.
Mahan, Shannon
McDougall, Kristin
Sarna-Wojcicki, Andrei
Tabor, Rowland W.
Thoms, Evan
Wheeler, Karen L.

Project cooperators
Booth, Derek B.
Niem, Alan
Niem, Wendy
Tolan, Terry
Troost, Kathy Goetz

SPECIALTIES:

Geologic field mapping, Digital field techniques and integration with GIS, GIS specialist, database creation, and sedimentology

CURRENT WORK:

• Geologic field mapping of Buxton, Washington Co., OR 1:24000 quadrangle
  
• Compilation of geologic, chemical, and paleontologic databases from Tillamook Highlands, OR
• Digital Compilation of both 1:12000 (using LiDAR) and 1:24000 maps of the Seattle, WA area
• Digital compilation of 1:24000 scale maps in northwestern Oregon and southern Washington
  
• Analysis of slip within Pacific Rim subduction zone earthquakes

PUBLICATIONS:

Wheeler, Karen, Dinterman, Philip, Evarts, Russell, and Wells, Ray, 2004, Process of converting geologic maps from coverages to geodatabases, in Soller, D.R., Digital Mapping Techniques '04 -- Workshop Proceedings: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2004-1451, p. 209-218 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1451/, direct link: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1451/wheeler/index.html

Dinterman, P.A., and Evarts, R.C., 2003, Progress in geologic mapping of the Portland basin, Oregon and Washington: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, n. 6, Abstract # 61448.

Wells, R.E., Blakely, R.J., Sugiyama, Y., Scholl, D.W., and Dinterman, P.A., 2003, Landward limit of coseismic slip in great subduction zone earthquakes-Implications for great earthquakes in Cascadia: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, n. 6, Abstract # 62355.

Niem, A.R., Niem, W.A., and Dinterman, P.A., 2003, New USGS 7.5 Minute Geologic quadrangles in southern Clatsop County, NW Oregon, A planning guide to management of natural land and water resources and geologic hazards: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, n. 6, Abstract # 63769.

Wells, R.E., Blakely, R.J., Sugiyama, Y., Scholl, D.W., and Dinterman, P.A., 2003, Basin-centered asperities in great subduction zone earthquakes-A link between slip, subsidence, and subduction erosion, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108 (B10) 2507, doi:10.1029/2002JB002072.

Evarts, R.C., Hagstrum, J.T., Fleck, R.J., Block, J.L., Dinterman, P.A., 2002, Complex Right-lateral faulting at the northern end of the Portland basin: geologic, aeromagnetic, and paleomagnetic evidence: Geologic Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, n. 5, p. A33.