EDUCATION
M.S., Geology, 2007, University of Nevada, Reno
B.S., Geology, 1997, California State University, Chico
B.A., Economics, with honors, 1997, California State University, Chico

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Research Assistant/GIS Analyst, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV. 2005 - present
Research Assistant, Center for Neotectonic Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. 2003-2005.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Nevada, Reno. Fall 2002.
Senior Staff Geologist/GIS Analyst, William Lettis & Assoc., Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, 1999-2002
GIS Analyst, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco, CA, 1996, 1997, 1998-1999
GIS Analyst/Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1997
GIS Analyst, Geographic Information Center, California State University, Chico, CA, 1996-1997
Exploration Geologist, Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., Elko, NV, Summer 1995
 

Paleoseismic Investigations

• Quaternary mapping and fault characterization of the Lone Mountain frontal fault, Central Walker Lane Belt, Nevada. Paleoseismic trenching of the Pequop Range, Shoshone Range, Osgood Mountains, and Sonoma Range, northern Nevada.
• National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP) study on the origin of Sikeston Ridge and preliminary investigation of the New Madrid North fault, New Madrid seismic zone, MO.
• NEHRP study of faulting along the Commerce Geophysical lineament, Bloomfield Hills, MO
• Seismotectonic evaluation of Holocene faulting in the western Sacramento Valley for the California Department of Water Resources
• Alquist-Priolo trench studies of the Hayward fault, Alameda County, CA, Los Osos fault, San Luis Obispo, CA, Inglewood fault, Inglewood, CA
• NEHRP studies Southern Hayward fault, southern Calaveras fault

Geographic Information Systems

• Manipulation of digital elevation data for tectonic geomorphology studies. (Niles Canyon, CA, Bloomfield Hills, MO, western Sacramento Valley, CA)
• Liquefaction susceptibility mapping: reconnaissance-level vulnerability studies for utility companies for purposes of targeted facilities risk evaluations (PG&E service territory, CA, Southern California Gas Company service territory, Moulton Niguel Water District, CA)
• Application of plate motion euler poles to analyze topography in the western U.S. (Coso geothermal resources project, DWR Sacramento valley project)
• Regional mapping using satellite imagery and aerial photo interpretation, and trench studies (3 NEHRP-funded projects, New Madrid seismic zone, MO)
• Debris flow source area characterization and modeling using elevation data (San Francisco peninsula, CA)
• Global Positioning System and total station surveying used for trenching and mapping studies

Barron, A.D. and Wesnousky, S.G., 2003. Lone Mountain: An Illustrative Example of Rangefront Morphology Along An Active Normal Fault. XVI Inqua Congress, Reno, NV, July 23-30, 2003, Programs with Abstracts.

Unruh, J.R., Humphrey, J., and Barron, A.D., 2003. Transtensional model for the Sierra Nevada frontal fault system and Walker Lane Belt. Geology, v.31, no.4, p.327-330.

Baldwin, J.N., Barron, A.D., Kelson, K. I., Harris, J.B., and Cashman, S.M., 2002. Preliminary paleoseismic and geophysical investigation of the North Farrenburg lineament, primary tectonic deformation associated with the New Madrid North fault?, Seismological Research Letters, Volume 73, Number 3, pp.393-403.

Baldwin, J.N., Barron, A.D., and Kelson, K.I., 2001, Sikeston Ridge: Pleistocene erosional remnant or Quaternary fault-bounded block within the New Madrid seismic zone? 35th Annual Meeting North-Central Geological Society of America, Bloomington-Normal Illinois, April 23-24, 2001, Abstract and Programs.

Brabb, E.E., Colgan, J.P., and Best, T.C., 1999, Map showing inventory and regional susceptibility for Holocene debris flows and related fast moving landslides in the conterminous United States: vector data: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2329, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA. My contributions are cited in Appendix 1. Not scienific, but a GIS contribution regarding data conversion. It's goofy for me to say, but I'm proud of that work. I was at the survey for only 3! months and everthing I worked on was published.

Roberts, S., and Barron, A.D., 1998, Digital compilation of "Preliminary map of landslide deposits in Santa Cruz County, California, by Cooper-Clark and Associates, 1975:" A digital map database, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-792.

Wentworth, C.M., Graham, S.E., Pike, R.J., Beukelman, G.S., Ramsey, D.W., and Barron, A.D., 1997, Summary distribution of slides and earth flows in the San Francisco Bay region, California, San Francisco Bay Region Landslide Folio Part C, A Digital Map Database, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-745.