Carl M Wentworth
Carl, a Scientist Emeritus with the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, is continuing a varied career that has included geologic mapping, geologic safety of nuclear power reactors, tectonic studies combining geology and geophysics, landslide hazards, and Quaternary stratigraphy and tectonics. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Earth Science from Stanford University.
Carl obtained a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 1967, having joined the U.S. Geological Survey full time in Menlo Park, CA, in 1963. He retired in 2004 and has continued in emeritus status in the Menlo Park, CA, office since. His work over the past 55 years, mostly in California, has involved geologic mapping; study of landslide, fault and earthquake hazards; management of a national research program on hazards to power reactors; investigation of crustal structure using deep reflection profiling; study of a deep Quaternary basin and its cyclic record of climate variation; and study of the Franciscan Complex and its tectonostratigraphic terranes.
Professional Experience
2004-present, Emeritus Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
1979-2003, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
1974-1978, U.S. Geological Survey, Program Manager, Reactor Hazards Research Program
1963-1973, Research Geologist, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
1963-field assistant to Director Tom Nolan, Eureka, Nevada, US Geological Survey
1961-1962, Teaching Assistant, Stanford University
1961-field assistant, Franciscan assemblage, California, U.S. Geological Survey
1960-Junior Geologist, Nevada, Shell Oil Company
1958-Junior Geologist, Socony Mobil Oil Company (Anaco, Venezuela)
1957-field assistant, South Dakota, U.S. Geological Survey
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Earth Science, Stanford University, 1967
M.S., Earth Science, Stanford University, 1960
B. A., Geology, Dartmouth College, 1958
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Geological Society of America (Fellow)
Science and Products
Previously unrecognized regional structure of the Coastal Belt of the Franciscan Complex, northern California, revealed by magnetic data Previously unrecognized regional structure of the Coastal Belt of the Franciscan Complex, northern California, revealed by magnetic data
Digital geologic map of the Redding 1° x 2° quadrangle, Shasta, Tehama, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties, California Digital geologic map of the Redding 1° x 2° quadrangle, Shasta, Tehama, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties, California
Fault geometry and cumulative offsets in the central Coast Ranges, California: Evidence for northward increasing slip along the San Gregorio-San Simeon-Hosgri fault Fault geometry and cumulative offsets in the central Coast Ranges, California: Evidence for northward increasing slip along the San Gregorio-San Simeon-Hosgri fault
The Cedars ultramafic mass, Sonoma County, California The Cedars ultramafic mass, Sonoma County, California
The Quaternary Silver Creek Fault Beneath the Santa Clara Valley, California The Quaternary Silver Creek Fault Beneath the Santa Clara Valley, California
The Mt. Lewis fault zone: Tectonic implications for eastern San Francisco Bay The Mt. Lewis fault zone: Tectonic implications for eastern San Francisco Bay
Science and Products
Previously unrecognized regional structure of the Coastal Belt of the Franciscan Complex, northern California, revealed by magnetic data Previously unrecognized regional structure of the Coastal Belt of the Franciscan Complex, northern California, revealed by magnetic data
Digital geologic map of the Redding 1° x 2° quadrangle, Shasta, Tehama, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties, California Digital geologic map of the Redding 1° x 2° quadrangle, Shasta, Tehama, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties, California
Fault geometry and cumulative offsets in the central Coast Ranges, California: Evidence for northward increasing slip along the San Gregorio-San Simeon-Hosgri fault Fault geometry and cumulative offsets in the central Coast Ranges, California: Evidence for northward increasing slip along the San Gregorio-San Simeon-Hosgri fault
The Cedars ultramafic mass, Sonoma County, California The Cedars ultramafic mass, Sonoma County, California
The Quaternary Silver Creek Fault Beneath the Santa Clara Valley, California The Quaternary Silver Creek Fault Beneath the Santa Clara Valley, California
The Mt. Lewis fault zone: Tectonic implications for eastern San Francisco Bay The Mt. Lewis fault zone: Tectonic implications for eastern San Francisco Bay
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government