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Jared T Gooley

Jared Gooley is a Research Geologist with the USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, AK.

Jared's research investigates sedimentary basins using field and subsurface mapping, sediment provenance, and geochronology to reconstruct paleolandscapes and understand changing tectonic conditions. Jared received a Ph.D. in Geological & Environmental Sciences from Stanford University (2020), M.S. degree in Geology from the University of Utah (2010), and B.S. degree in Geology from Miami University (2008). Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked for Chevron as a Development and Exploration Geologist.

 

Professional Experience

  • 2022 - Present: Research Geologist, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK

  • 2020 - 2022: USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA

  • 2014 - 2020: Graduate Fellow, Teaching, & Research Assistant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

  • 2012 - 2014: Exploration Geologist, Chevron, Eastern Gulf of Mexico Exploration, Houston, TX

  • 2010 - 2012: Development Geologist, Chevron, East Texas Asset Development,  Houston, TX

  • 2008 - 2010: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

  • 2009: Earth Science Intern, Chevron, Permian Basin Asset Development, Houston, TX

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D.   2020  Stanford University    Geological & Environmental Sciences

  • M.S.    2010   University of Utah      Geology

  • B.S.     2008   Miami University       Geology

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • Alaska Geological Society (AGS), 2020–present

  • Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), 2015–present

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2014–present

  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

  • Geological Society of America (GSA), 2005–present

Science and Products

Peak Cenozoic warmth enabled deep-sea sand deposition

The early Eocene (~ 56–48 million years ago) was marked by peak Cenozoic warmth and sea levels, high CO2, and largely ice-free conditions. This time has been described as a period of increased continental erosion and silicate weathering. However, these conclusions are based largely on geochemical investigation of marine mudstones and carbonates or study of intermontane Laramide basin settings. Her
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Energy Resources Program, Alaska Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

New Idria serpentinite protrusion, Diablo Range, California: From upper mantle to the surface

The New Idria serpentinite body in the Coast Ranges of California is a diapir that resulted from the interaction of the migrating Mendocino trench-ridge-transform fault triple junction, transpression, metasomatic fluids, and previously subducted oceanic crust and mantle. Northward propagation of the San Andreas fault progressively eliminated the original subduction zone, allowing seawater to penet
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Energy Resources Program, Alaska Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Detrital zircon provenance of the Cretaceous-Neogene East Coast Basin reveals changing tectonic conditions and drainage reorganization along the Pacific margin of Zealandia

The Upper Cretaceous–Pliocene strata of New Zealand record ~100 m.y. of Zealandia’s evolution, including development of the Hikurangi convergent margin and Alpine transform plate boundary. A comprehensive, new detrital zircon U-Pb data set (8315 analyses from 61 samples) was generated along a ~700 km transect of the East Coast Basin of New Zealand. Age distributions were analyzed and interpreted i
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 1,407 billion (1.4 trillion) cubic feet of gas in conventional accumulations in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska.
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Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Alaska Science Center, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Science and Products

*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