Kenzie Turner
I joined the USGS in 2002 as a GIS technician and converted to a research geologist in 2011. I am with the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center and am a project member of the Cenozoic evolution of the southern Rocky Mountains project and Geologic studies at the Buffalo National River, northern Arkansas project.
Science and Products
Sedimentology and Structure Working Group
The Sedimentology and Structure Working Group supports the Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West (IMW) Project by conducting geologic mapping and research focused on the structural and sedimentary processes that shaped the Intermountain West region and their implications for resource exploration and tectonic history. This research provides a process-based framework for understanding mineral...
Igneous and Metamorphic Working Group
The Igneous and Metamorphic Working Group supports the Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West (IMW) Project by conducting geologic mapping in igneous terranes and research focused on understanding the magmatic and metamorphic processes that shaped the Intermountain West region and their implications for mineral resource exploration and tectonic history. This research provides a process-based...
Ozark Dome-Arkoma Basin-Ouachita Transect
The Ozark Dome-Arkoma Basin-Ouachita Transect (ODABOuT) project examines the three-dimensional geology of a transect of the southern orogenic margin of North America in its best surface exposure in western Arkansas. The Ozark Dome and Arkoma Basin represent a foreland uplift and foreland basin that formed as a result of the impinging Ouachita orogenic belt. Understanding the geometry and evolution...
Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West
The Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West (IMW) Project conducts 1:24,000- to 1:100,000-scale geologic mapping to support framework geologic investigations. The IMW project is prioritizing development of a seamless, integrated geologic map database in targeted areas of the Intermountain West region of the United States that host substantial mineral, energy, water, and industrial material...
U.S.-Mexico Border Geologic Framework
The primary objective of the U.S.-Mexico border project is to provide framework geology through geologic mapping activities to support border-wide science investigations including assessing and evaluating groundwater, energy and mineral, and ecological resources, and identifying and investigating natural hazards, including landslide, earthquake, wildfire, and flood hazards.
Science and Products
Sedimentology and Structure Working Group
The Sedimentology and Structure Working Group supports the Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West (IMW) Project by conducting geologic mapping and research focused on the structural and sedimentary processes that shaped the Intermountain West region and their implications for resource exploration and tectonic history. This research provides a process-based framework for understanding mineral...
Igneous and Metamorphic Working Group
The Igneous and Metamorphic Working Group supports the Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West (IMW) Project by conducting geologic mapping in igneous terranes and research focused on understanding the magmatic and metamorphic processes that shaped the Intermountain West region and their implications for mineral resource exploration and tectonic history. This research provides a process-based...
Ozark Dome-Arkoma Basin-Ouachita Transect
The Ozark Dome-Arkoma Basin-Ouachita Transect (ODABOuT) project examines the three-dimensional geology of a transect of the southern orogenic margin of North America in its best surface exposure in western Arkansas. The Ozark Dome and Arkoma Basin represent a foreland uplift and foreland basin that formed as a result of the impinging Ouachita orogenic belt. Understanding the geometry and evolution...
Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West
The Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West (IMW) Project conducts 1:24,000- to 1:100,000-scale geologic mapping to support framework geologic investigations. The IMW project is prioritizing development of a seamless, integrated geologic map database in targeted areas of the Intermountain West region of the United States that host substantial mineral, energy, water, and industrial material...
U.S.-Mexico Border Geologic Framework
The primary objective of the U.S.-Mexico border project is to provide framework geology through geologic mapping activities to support border-wide science investigations including assessing and evaluating groundwater, energy and mineral, and ecological resources, and identifying and investigating natural hazards, including landslide, earthquake, wildfire, and flood hazards.