Jonathan Glen is a Research Geophysicist in the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center at Moffett Field, CA. His research has focused mostly on applying potential-field and paleomagnetic methods to mineral and geothermal resource studies in the western U.S.
Jonathan specializes in potential field geophysics (gravity and magnetics) and paleomagnetism. His research involves an integrated geologic and geophysical approach to characterize the subsurface, assess resource potential, and study Earth processes.
His current projects largely focus on geothermal and mineral resource studies across the western US, and focuses on potential-field mapping and modeling to resolve subsurface structure and geology toward understanding the controls on geothermal and mineral resources, advancing assessment methodologies for characterizing resource potential, and developing new tools for collecting airborne data for mapping and monitoring efforts to study: energy and mineral resources, environmental impacts of energy production, and volcano hazards.
Jonathan's scope of research includes:
- Geothermal resources and impacts of geothermal development
- Geophysical applications of Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS)
- Basin and Range tectonics, volcanism, and metallogeny
- Cascade Range and back-arc tectonics and metallogeny
- Alaska tectonics and metallogeny
- Magnetostratigraphy and calibration of the magnetic polarity time scale
- Hotspots, flood volcanism and mass extinctions
- Paleomagnetic field behavior: magnetic polarity reversals, secular variation, excursions, paleointensity
- Electromagnetic monitoring of earthquakes
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Geothermal Resource Investigations Project
Hydrogeologic and Geothermal Conditions of the Northwest Volcanic Aquifers
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Geothermal Resource Investigations Project
Geothermal energy is a significant source of renewable electric power in the western United States and, with advances in exploration and development technologies, a potential source of a large fraction of baseload electric power for the entire country. This project focuses on advancing geothermal research through a better understanding of geothermal resources and the impacts of geothermal...Hydrogeologic and Geothermal Conditions of the Northwest Volcanic Aquifers
Although sparsely populated, this area in southeastern Oregon, northeastern California, northwestern Nevada, and southeastern Idaho has high geothermal heat flow that may be used to generate large amounts of electricity. - Data
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