Keith A Howard
Keith A. Howard is a Research Geologist Emeritus at the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center in Menlo Park, CA. Since joining the USGS in 1966, he had a diverse geologic career investigating a wide range of geologic processes. Presently, his reasearch includes volcanology, Colorado River evolution, granite, and extensional tectonics.
Keith has conducted lunar and planetary investigations, Apollo astronaut training and mission support (1960s and 1970s), and field studies of volcanic and impact structures. He led a team that made the first national map of active faults and fault provinces of the United States and Puerto Rico. He conceived the USGS climate-research program and led the effort to gain support for the program and its acceptance by Congress (1970s). He led the Pacific to Arizona Crustal Experiment, geologic-geophysical transect across the SW USA (1980s-1990s). He has authored a range of studies of landscape evolution, crustal structure, planetology, and igneous and tectonic processes.
Research Partners:
- Arizona Geological Survey
- National Science Foundation
- University of Wyoming
- University of Oregon
- Queensland Technical Institute
- Texas Tech University
- University of Florida
Professional Experience
2007-current, USGS Scientist Emeritus, Menlo Park, CA
2014, Lecturer, San Jose State University
1966-2006, USGS Research Geologist
1974, Visiting Faculty, University of South Florida
1962, USGS Geologist
1961, Engineering Geologist, McCreary-Koretsky Engineering
1960, Geologic Field Assistant, UC Berkeley
Education and Certifications
PhD, Geology, Yale, 1966
MS, Geological Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1962
BS, Geological Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1961
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America, Elected Fellow, 1972
American Geophysical Union, 1969
Peninsula Geological Society, 1967; President 2008-2009
Geological Society of WA since 1975
Fullbright Asso.
Science and Products
Mineral resources of the Bristol/Granite Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California
Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona: Discussion and reply
Geology of the Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range, Nevada: A Cordilleran metamorphic core complex
Canyon-filling lavas and lava dams on the Boise River, Idaho, and their significance for evaluating downcutting during the last 2 million years
Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona
Introduction
Geologic and geochronologic reconnaissance of the Turtle Mountains area, California: West border of the Whipple Mountains detachment terrane
Detached crystalline rocks of the Mohave, Buck, and Bill Williams Mountains, western Arizona
Regional character of mylonitic gneiss in the Cadiz Valley area, southeastern California
Preliminary geology of the Bristol Lake region, Mojave Desert, California
In the southwest: Tectonic evolution reviewed
Tectonic framework of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, California and Arizona: abstracts from a conference held by the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California, November 4-6, 1980
Science and Products
- Data
- Maps
- Publications
Filter Total Items: 95
Mineral resources of the Bristol/Granite Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California
No abstract available.AuthorsKeith A. Howard, J. E. Kilburn, R. W. Simpson, T.T. Fitzgibbon, D. E. Detra, G. L. Raines, Charles SabineCorrelation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona: Discussion and reply
No abstract available.AuthorsH.J. Brown, Paul Stone, Keith A. Howard, Warren HamiltonGeology of the Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range, Nevada: A Cordilleran metamorphic core complex
No abstract available.AuthorsA.W. Snoke, Keith A. HowardCanyon-filling lavas and lava dams on the Boise River, Idaho, and their significance for evaluating downcutting during the last 2 million years
Basalts that periodically dammed the Boise River and its South Fork over the last 2 million years reveal the canyon history and illustrate how lava interacted with impounded river water. Intracanyon basalt flows record a granite canyon successively filled by lava and then recut at least five times in the last 2 million years. The most voluminous flow, Steamboat Rock Basalt, reached 60 kilometers dAuthorsKeith A. Howard, John W. Shervais, E. H. McKeeCorrelation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona
Isolated outcrops of deformed, regionally metamorphosed Paleozoic strata are scattered within the southeastern Mojave Desert region of California and western Arizona. These strata unconformably overlie a basement of Proterozoic crystalline rocks and are overlain in turn by metamorphosed Mesozoic sedimentary rocks. The strata can be correlated lithostratigraphically with the classic cratonal PaleozAuthorsPaul Stone, Keith A. Howard, Warren HamiltonIntroduction
Tectonic and Stratigraphic Studies in the Eastern Great Basin is compiled as a tribute to Max D. Crittenden, Jr., whose geologic leadership and exemplary studies in the eastern Great Basin region have stimulated significant scientific advances. Many of the authors in this volume conducted their studies with assistance from Max, and much of the foundation for these studies is his work on the forelaAuthorsD. M. Miller, Keith A. HowardGeologic and geochronologic reconnaissance of the Turtle Mountains area, California: West border of the Whipple Mountains detachment terrane
No abstract available.AuthorsKeith A. Howard, Paul Stone, M.A. Pernokas, R. F. MarvinDetached crystalline rocks of the Mohave, Buck, and Bill Williams Mountains, western Arizona
No abstract available.AuthorsKeith A. Howard, J. W. Goodge, B.E. JohnRegional character of mylonitic gneiss in the Cadiz Valley area, southeastern California
No abstract available.AuthorsKeith A. Howard, D. M. Miller, B.E. JohnPreliminary geology of the Bristol Lake region, Mojave Desert, California
No abstract available.AuthorsD. M. Miller, Keith A. Howard, B.E. JohnIn the southwest: Tectonic evolution reviewed
No abstract available.AuthorsD. M. Miller, Keith A. Howard, M. D. CarrTectonic framework of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, California and Arizona: abstracts from a conference held by the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California, November 4-6, 1980
No abstract available.AuthorsKeith A. Howard, Michael D. Carr, David M. Miller
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