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Bryant Platt

(He/Him/His)

Bryant Platt is a Geologist with the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

Professional Experience

  • 2022 - Present: Geologist, USGS, Denver CO

  • 2019 - 2022: Engineering Geologist, California Department of Water Resources, Fresno CA

  • 2017 - 2019: Staff Geologist, BSK Associates, Fresno CA

  • 2016 - 2017: Natural Resource Management Trainee, Sierra National Forest, Clovis CA

  • 2015 - 2019: Teaching Assistant, California State University, Fresno, Fresno CA

  • 2014 - 2015: Geologist, USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory, Albuquerque NM

  • 2014 - 2014: GIS Specialist, Malheur County, Vale OR

  • 2013 - 2013: Hydrology Technician, Malheur National Forest, John Day OR

Education and Certifications

  • 2020: M.S., Geology, California State University, Fresno, Fresno CA

  • 2013: B.S., Geology, California State University, Fresno, Fresno CA

Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

Putirka, K.D., and Platt, B.W., 2012, Basin and Range volcanism as a passive response to extensional tectonics: Geosphere, 8 (6), p. 1274-1285.
Platt, B.W., and Putirka, K.D., 2020, [abstract] Does the Arrival of Recharge Magma Control the Timing of Volcanic Eruptions? Insights from Feldspar, Olivine, and Pyroxene Thermobarometry from Brokeoff Volcano, Lassen Volcanic Center, California.: AGU Fall Meeting 2020, V020-0024.
Platt, B.W., 2020, [thesis] Constraining Internal Eruption Trigger Mechanisms for Flows at Brokeoff Volcano, Lassen Volcanic Center, California: California State University, Fresno.
Platt, B.W., and Putirka, K.D., 2019, [abstract] Does the Arrival of Mafic Recharge Trigger Volcanic Eruptions? Evidence for Post-Recharge Cooling in Andesite Flows from Brokeoff Volcano, Lassen Volcanic Center: AGU Fall Meeting 2019, V13A-06.
De Graff, J.V., Pluhar, C.J., Gallegos, A.J., Takenaka, K., and Platt, B.W., 2018, Monitoring thermal springs to improve land management decision-making, Sierra Nevada, California: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 24 (2), p. 165-185.
Platt, B.W., and Putirka, K.D., 2011, [abstract] A Reconstruction of Paleo-Positions of Basin and Range Volcanic Rocks, and Implications for Tectonic Controls on Volcanism: AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2011, V31F-2587.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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View toward Blanca Peak, Colorado

National Geologic Synthesis

The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
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National Geologic Synthesis

The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
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Digital database of the previously published map showing geology, structure, and oil and gas fields in the Sterling 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas

This release contains geospatial data digitized from the Map Showing Geology, Structure, and Oil and Gas Fields in the Sterling 1x2 Degree Quadrangle, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas (Scott, 1978) and was compiled as part of the National Geologic Synthesis project. The geospatial data depicts the geology of this quadrangle, which is dominated by Quaternary alluvial and aeolian deposits overlying Te
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National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

Science and Products

  • Publications

    Non-USGS Publications**

    Putirka, K.D., and Platt, B.W., 2012, Basin and Range volcanism as a passive response to extensional tectonics: Geosphere, 8 (6), p. 1274-1285.
    Platt, B.W., and Putirka, K.D., 2020, [abstract] Does the Arrival of Recharge Magma Control the Timing of Volcanic Eruptions? Insights from Feldspar, Olivine, and Pyroxene Thermobarometry from Brokeoff Volcano, Lassen Volcanic Center, California.: AGU Fall Meeting 2020, V020-0024.
    Platt, B.W., 2020, [thesis] Constraining Internal Eruption Trigger Mechanisms for Flows at Brokeoff Volcano, Lassen Volcanic Center, California: California State University, Fresno.
    Platt, B.W., and Putirka, K.D., 2019, [abstract] Does the Arrival of Mafic Recharge Trigger Volcanic Eruptions? Evidence for Post-Recharge Cooling in Andesite Flows from Brokeoff Volcano, Lassen Volcanic Center: AGU Fall Meeting 2019, V13A-06.
    De Graff, J.V., Pluhar, C.J., Gallegos, A.J., Takenaka, K., and Platt, B.W., 2018, Monitoring thermal springs to improve land management decision-making, Sierra Nevada, California: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 24 (2), p. 165-185.
    Platt, B.W., and Putirka, K.D., 2011, [abstract] A Reconstruction of Paleo-Positions of Basin and Range Volcanic Rocks, and Implications for Tectonic Controls on Volcanism: AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2011, V31F-2587.

    **Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

  • Science
    link
    View toward Blanca Peak, Colorado

    National Geologic Synthesis

    The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
    By
    National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
    link

    National Geologic Synthesis

    The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
    Learn More
  • Data

    Digital database of the previously published map showing geology, structure, and oil and gas fields in the Sterling 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas

    This release contains geospatial data digitized from the Map Showing Geology, Structure, and Oil and Gas Fields in the Sterling 1x2 Degree Quadrangle, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas (Scott, 1978) and was compiled as part of the National Geologic Synthesis project. The geospatial data depicts the geology of this quadrangle, which is dominated by Quaternary alluvial and aeolian deposits overlying Te
    By
    National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center