Kevin B Jones, PhD
Kevin Jones is a Bureau Approving Official in the USGS Office of Science Quality and Integrity.
Professional Experience
Bureau Approving Official, USGS Office of Science Quality and Integrity, Reston, Virginia, 2023–present
RGE/EDGE Senior Scientist, USGS Office of Science Quality and Integrity, Reston, Virginia, 2022–2023
Staff Scientist, USGS Office of Science Quality and Integrity, Reston, Virginia, 2018–2021
Research Geologist, USGS Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Reston, Virginia, 2013–2018
Geologist, USGS Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Reston, Virginia, 2009–2013
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Geosciences, University of Arizona
M.S. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
M.S. Planetary Geosciences, Brown University
B.S. Geology, College of William & Mary
Science and Products
Marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation in Donax obesulus shells from northern Peru: Late Holocene evidence for extended El Niño Marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation in Donax obesulus shells from northern Peru: Late Holocene evidence for extended El Niño
For at least 6 m.y., El Niño events have posed the greatest environmental risk on the Peruvian coast. A better understanding of El Niño is essential for predicting future risk and growth in this tropical desert. To achieve this we analyzed archaeological and modern pre-bomb shells from the surf clam Donax for the radiocarbon reservoir effect (ΔR) to characterize late Holocene coastal...
Authors
Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid, C. Fred T. Andrus, Kevin B. Jones, Gregory W. L. Hodgins, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Sandiago Uceda-Castillo, Jeffrey Quilter
Leaching of elements from bottom ash, economizer fly ash, and fly ash from two coal-fired power plants Leaching of elements from bottom ash, economizer fly ash, and fly ash from two coal-fired power plants
To assess how elements leach from several types of coal combustion products (CCPs) and to better understand possible risks from CCP use or disposal, coal ashes were sampled from two bituminous-coal-fired power plants. One plant located in Ohio burns high-sulfur (about 3.9%) Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh coal from the Monongahela Group of the Central Appalachian Basin; the other in New...
Authors
Kevin B. Jones, Leslie F. Ruppert, Sharon M. Swanson
USGS workshop on CO2 sequestration in unconventional reservoirs USGS workshop on CO2 sequestration in unconventional reservoirs
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) held a workshop titled “CO2 Sequestration in Unconventional Reservoirs” at the National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA, on March 28th – 29th, 2012. Currently the USGS National Geologic Carbon Sequestration Assessment estimates potential subsurface storage volumes only in the existing pore spaces of sandstones, limestones...
Authors
Kevin B. Jones, M.D. Corum, Madalyn S. Blondes
Centuries of marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation within archaeological Mesodesma Donacium shells from Southern Peru Centuries of marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation within archaeological Mesodesma Donacium shells from Southern Peru
Mollusk shells provide brief (
Authors
Kevin B. Jones, Gregory W. L. Hodgins, Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid, C. Fred T. Andrus, Daniel H. Sandweiss
Large impact features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Nominal Mission Large impact features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Nominal Mission
The Galileo Orbiter examined several impact features on Europa at considerably better resolution than was possible from Voyager. The new data allow us to describe the morphology and infer the geology of the largest impact features on Europa, which are probes into the crust. We observe two basic types of large impact features: (1) “classic” impact craters that grossly resemble well...
Authors
Jeffrey M. Moore, Erik Asphaug, Robert J. Sullivan, James E. Klemaszewski, Kelly C. Bender, Ronald Greeley, Paul E. Geissler, Alfred S. McEwen, Elizabeth P. Turtle, Cynthia B. Phillips, B. Randy Tufts, James W. Head, Robert T. Pappalardo, Kevin B. Jones, Clark R. Chapman, Michael J.S. Belton, Randolph L. Kirk, David Morrison
Science and Products
Marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation in Donax obesulus shells from northern Peru: Late Holocene evidence for extended El Niño Marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation in Donax obesulus shells from northern Peru: Late Holocene evidence for extended El Niño
For at least 6 m.y., El Niño events have posed the greatest environmental risk on the Peruvian coast. A better understanding of El Niño is essential for predicting future risk and growth in this tropical desert. To achieve this we analyzed archaeological and modern pre-bomb shells from the surf clam Donax for the radiocarbon reservoir effect (ΔR) to characterize late Holocene coastal...
Authors
Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid, C. Fred T. Andrus, Kevin B. Jones, Gregory W. L. Hodgins, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Sandiago Uceda-Castillo, Jeffrey Quilter
Leaching of elements from bottom ash, economizer fly ash, and fly ash from two coal-fired power plants Leaching of elements from bottom ash, economizer fly ash, and fly ash from two coal-fired power plants
To assess how elements leach from several types of coal combustion products (CCPs) and to better understand possible risks from CCP use or disposal, coal ashes were sampled from two bituminous-coal-fired power plants. One plant located in Ohio burns high-sulfur (about 3.9%) Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh coal from the Monongahela Group of the Central Appalachian Basin; the other in New...
Authors
Kevin B. Jones, Leslie F. Ruppert, Sharon M. Swanson
USGS workshop on CO2 sequestration in unconventional reservoirs USGS workshop on CO2 sequestration in unconventional reservoirs
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) held a workshop titled “CO2 Sequestration in Unconventional Reservoirs” at the National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA, on March 28th – 29th, 2012. Currently the USGS National Geologic Carbon Sequestration Assessment estimates potential subsurface storage volumes only in the existing pore spaces of sandstones, limestones...
Authors
Kevin B. Jones, M.D. Corum, Madalyn S. Blondes
Centuries of marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation within archaeological Mesodesma Donacium shells from Southern Peru Centuries of marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation within archaeological Mesodesma Donacium shells from Southern Peru
Mollusk shells provide brief (
Authors
Kevin B. Jones, Gregory W. L. Hodgins, Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid, C. Fred T. Andrus, Daniel H. Sandweiss
Large impact features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Nominal Mission Large impact features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Nominal Mission
The Galileo Orbiter examined several impact features on Europa at considerably better resolution than was possible from Voyager. The new data allow us to describe the morphology and infer the geology of the largest impact features on Europa, which are probes into the crust. We observe two basic types of large impact features: (1) “classic” impact craters that grossly resemble well...
Authors
Jeffrey M. Moore, Erik Asphaug, Robert J. Sullivan, James E. Klemaszewski, Kelly C. Bender, Ronald Greeley, Paul E. Geissler, Alfred S. McEwen, Elizabeth P. Turtle, Cynthia B. Phillips, B. Randy Tufts, James W. Head, Robert T. Pappalardo, Kevin B. Jones, Clark R. Chapman, Michael J.S. Belton, Randolph L. Kirk, David Morrison