Daniel Scheirer
Dan is a Research Geophysicist with the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center. He joined the USGS as a Research Geophysicist in 2002.
Dan has applied geophysical techniques to resource and hazard issues in the western U.S. and Pacific Ocean. He has served as both a supervisor and a manager.
Professional Experience
2002-2021, Research Geophysicist, GMEG Science Center.
Education and Certifications
PhD, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1994
B.S.E., Princeton University, 1987
Science and Products
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A new perspective on the geometry of the San Andreas Fault in southern California and its relationship to lithospheric structure A new perspective on the geometry of the San Andreas Fault in southern California and its relationship to lithospheric structure
The widely held perception that the San Andreas fault (SAF) is vertical or steeply dipping in most places in southern California may not be correct. From studies of potential‐field data, active‐source imaging, and seismicity, the dip of the SAF is significantly nonvertical in many locations. The direction of dip appears to change in a systematic way through the Transverse Ranges...
Authors
Gary Fuis, Daniel S. Scheirer, Victoria E. Langenheim, Monica Kohler
Multiple phases of basin formation along the Stateline fault system in the Pahrump and Mesquite Valleys, Nevada and California Multiple phases of basin formation along the Stateline fault system in the Pahrump and Mesquite Valleys, Nevada and California
Two phases of deformation are needed to describe the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Pahrump and Mesquite basins in the southern Great Basin and eastern Mojave Desert, United States. By interpreting seismic reflection and gravity observations along with bedrock and surficial mapping, we infer an extensional phase of basin formation followed by a transtensional phase, in this area...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Donald Sweetkind, John Miller
High-Resolution Seismic-Reflection and Marine Magnetic Data Along the Hosgri Fault Zone, Central California High-Resolution Seismic-Reflection and Marine Magnetic Data Along the Hosgri Fault Zone, Central California
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected high-resolution shallow seismic-reflection and marine magnetic data in June 2008 in the offshore areas between the towns of Cayucos and Pismo Beach, Calif., from the nearshore (~6-m depth) to just west of the Hosgri Fault Zone (~200-m depth). These data are in support of the California State Waters Mapping Program and the Cooperative Research...
Authors
Ray Sliter, Peter J. Triezenberg, Patrick Hart, Janet Watt, Samuel Johnson, Daniel S. Scheirer
Results of Gravity Fieldwork Conducted in March 2008 in the Moapa Valley Region of Clark County, Nevada Results of Gravity Fieldwork Conducted in March 2008 in the Moapa Valley Region of Clark County, Nevada
In March 2008, we collected gravity data along 12 traverses across newly-mapped faults in the Moapa Valley region of Clark County, Nevada. In areas crossed by these faults, the traverses provide better definition of the gravity field and, thus, the density structure, than prior gravity observations. Access problems prohibited complete gravity coverage along all of the planned gravity...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Arne Andreasen
Preliminary Gravity and Ground Magnetic Data in the Arbuckle Uplift near Sulphur, Oklahoma Preliminary Gravity and Ground Magnetic Data in the Arbuckle Uplift near Sulphur, Oklahoma
Improving knowledge of the geology and geophysics of the Arbuckle Uplift in south-central Oklahoma is a goal of the Framework Geology of Mid-Continent Carbonate Aquifers project sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP). In May 2007, we collected ground magnetic and gravity observations in the Hunton Anticline region of...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Essam Aboud
Gravity investigations of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, south-central Oklahoma Gravity investigations of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, south-central Oklahoma
The geological configuration of the Arbuckle Uplift in the vicinity of Chickasaw National Recreation Area in south-central Oklahoma plays a governing role in the distribution of fresh and mineral springs within the park and in the existence of artesian wells in and around the park. A confining layer of well-cemented conglomerate lies immediately below the surface of the recreation area...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Allegra Scheirer
Revised geologic cross sections of parts of the Colorado, White River, and Death Valley regional groundwater flow systems, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona Revised geologic cross sections of parts of the Colorado, White River, and Death Valley regional groundwater flow systems, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona
This report presents revisions to parts of seven of the ten cross sections originally published in U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1040. The revisions were necessary to correct errors in some of the original cross sections, and to show new parts of several sections that were extended and (or) appended to the original section profiles. Revisions were made to cross sections C...
Authors
William Page, Daniel S. Scheirer, Victoria E. Langenheim, Mary Berger
Temperature variations at diffuse and focused flow hydrothermal vent sites along the northern East Pacific Rise Temperature variations at diffuse and focused flow hydrothermal vent sites along the northern East Pacific Rise
In the decade following documented volcanic activity on the East Pacific Rise near 9°50′N, we monitored hydrothermal vent fluid temperature variations in conjunction with approximately yearly vent fluid sampling to better understand the processes and physical conditions that govern the evolution of seafloor hydrothermal systems. The temperature of both diffuse flow (low-temperature) and...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Timothy M. Shank, Daniel Fornari
Geophysical Studies Based on Gravity and Seismic Data of Tule Desert, Meadow Valley Wash, and California Wash Basins, Southern Nevada Geophysical Studies Based on Gravity and Seismic Data of Tule Desert, Meadow Valley Wash, and California Wash Basins, Southern Nevada
Gravity and seismic data from Tule Desert, Meadow Valley Wash, and California Wash, Nevada, provide insight into the subsurface geometry of these three basins that lie adjacent to rapidly developing areas of Clark County, Nevada. Each of the basins is the product of Tertiary extension accommodated with the general form of north-south oriented, asymmetrically-faulted half-grabens...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, William Page, John Miller
Gravity studies of Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys, east-central Nevada Gravity studies of Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys, east-central Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer
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A new perspective on the geometry of the San Andreas Fault in southern California and its relationship to lithospheric structure A new perspective on the geometry of the San Andreas Fault in southern California and its relationship to lithospheric structure
The widely held perception that the San Andreas fault (SAF) is vertical or steeply dipping in most places in southern California may not be correct. From studies of potential‐field data, active‐source imaging, and seismicity, the dip of the SAF is significantly nonvertical in many locations. The direction of dip appears to change in a systematic way through the Transverse Ranges...
Authors
Gary Fuis, Daniel S. Scheirer, Victoria E. Langenheim, Monica Kohler
Multiple phases of basin formation along the Stateline fault system in the Pahrump and Mesquite Valleys, Nevada and California Multiple phases of basin formation along the Stateline fault system in the Pahrump and Mesquite Valleys, Nevada and California
Two phases of deformation are needed to describe the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Pahrump and Mesquite basins in the southern Great Basin and eastern Mojave Desert, United States. By interpreting seismic reflection and gravity observations along with bedrock and surficial mapping, we infer an extensional phase of basin formation followed by a transtensional phase, in this area...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Donald Sweetkind, John Miller
High-Resolution Seismic-Reflection and Marine Magnetic Data Along the Hosgri Fault Zone, Central California High-Resolution Seismic-Reflection and Marine Magnetic Data Along the Hosgri Fault Zone, Central California
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected high-resolution shallow seismic-reflection and marine magnetic data in June 2008 in the offshore areas between the towns of Cayucos and Pismo Beach, Calif., from the nearshore (~6-m depth) to just west of the Hosgri Fault Zone (~200-m depth). These data are in support of the California State Waters Mapping Program and the Cooperative Research...
Authors
Ray Sliter, Peter J. Triezenberg, Patrick Hart, Janet Watt, Samuel Johnson, Daniel S. Scheirer
Results of Gravity Fieldwork Conducted in March 2008 in the Moapa Valley Region of Clark County, Nevada Results of Gravity Fieldwork Conducted in March 2008 in the Moapa Valley Region of Clark County, Nevada
In March 2008, we collected gravity data along 12 traverses across newly-mapped faults in the Moapa Valley region of Clark County, Nevada. In areas crossed by these faults, the traverses provide better definition of the gravity field and, thus, the density structure, than prior gravity observations. Access problems prohibited complete gravity coverage along all of the planned gravity...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Arne Andreasen
Preliminary Gravity and Ground Magnetic Data in the Arbuckle Uplift near Sulphur, Oklahoma Preliminary Gravity and Ground Magnetic Data in the Arbuckle Uplift near Sulphur, Oklahoma
Improving knowledge of the geology and geophysics of the Arbuckle Uplift in south-central Oklahoma is a goal of the Framework Geology of Mid-Continent Carbonate Aquifers project sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP). In May 2007, we collected ground magnetic and gravity observations in the Hunton Anticline region of...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Essam Aboud
Gravity investigations of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, south-central Oklahoma Gravity investigations of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, south-central Oklahoma
The geological configuration of the Arbuckle Uplift in the vicinity of Chickasaw National Recreation Area in south-central Oklahoma plays a governing role in the distribution of fresh and mineral springs within the park and in the existence of artesian wells in and around the park. A confining layer of well-cemented conglomerate lies immediately below the surface of the recreation area...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Allegra Scheirer
Revised geologic cross sections of parts of the Colorado, White River, and Death Valley regional groundwater flow systems, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona Revised geologic cross sections of parts of the Colorado, White River, and Death Valley regional groundwater flow systems, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona
This report presents revisions to parts of seven of the ten cross sections originally published in U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1040. The revisions were necessary to correct errors in some of the original cross sections, and to show new parts of several sections that were extended and (or) appended to the original section profiles. Revisions were made to cross sections C...
Authors
William Page, Daniel S. Scheirer, Victoria E. Langenheim, Mary Berger
Temperature variations at diffuse and focused flow hydrothermal vent sites along the northern East Pacific Rise Temperature variations at diffuse and focused flow hydrothermal vent sites along the northern East Pacific Rise
In the decade following documented volcanic activity on the East Pacific Rise near 9°50′N, we monitored hydrothermal vent fluid temperature variations in conjunction with approximately yearly vent fluid sampling to better understand the processes and physical conditions that govern the evolution of seafloor hydrothermal systems. The temperature of both diffuse flow (low-temperature) and...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, Timothy M. Shank, Daniel Fornari
Geophysical Studies Based on Gravity and Seismic Data of Tule Desert, Meadow Valley Wash, and California Wash Basins, Southern Nevada Geophysical Studies Based on Gravity and Seismic Data of Tule Desert, Meadow Valley Wash, and California Wash Basins, Southern Nevada
Gravity and seismic data from Tule Desert, Meadow Valley Wash, and California Wash, Nevada, provide insight into the subsurface geometry of these three basins that lie adjacent to rapidly developing areas of Clark County, Nevada. Each of the basins is the product of Tertiary extension accommodated with the general form of north-south oriented, asymmetrically-faulted half-grabens...
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer, William Page, John Miller
Gravity studies of Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys, east-central Nevada Gravity studies of Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys, east-central Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Daniel S. Scheirer