Warren J Nokleberg
Dr. Warren J. Nokleberg is a Scientist Emeritus in the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center. After coming to the USGS in 1966, His research currently focuses on compiling and synthesizing a digital earth science atlas of Sierra Nevada, CA. He recently co-edited and published an e-book about the Dynamic Geology of the Northern Cordillera and Adjacent Marine Areas.
After starting graduate school in 1965, his major research emphases have been on the mineral deposits, metallogenesis, bedrock geology, and tectonics of the central Sierra Nevada, California, the Stillwater Igneous Complex, Montana, the Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska, the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect (TACT) in Eastern Alaska, the Circum-North Pacific (Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera), and Northeast Asia. For these projects, he has led and coordinated large and complex teams of national and international geologists to compile, synthesize, interpret, and publish large and complex interpretative articles on regional geology, tectonics, and metallogenesis, regional geologic maps, mineral resource maps, mineral deposit databases, and spatial (GIS) databases.
He has authored or co-authored over 260 scientific papers. In 2002, he was awarded Meritorous Service Award of the Department of Interior for exceptional scientific research and leadership in Alaska and the Circum-North Pacific for the U.S. Geological Survey.
Professional Experience
2006 - 2018, Emeritus Research Geologist.
1969 - 1970, 1977 - 2006, Research Geologist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
1961 - 1965, Regular Line Officer, U.S. Navy
1970 - 1977, Associate Professor of Geology at California State University, Fresno
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Geology, University of California Santa Barbara, 1970
B.A., Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1965
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America
Society of Economic Geologists (Fellow)
American Geophysical Union
State of California Registered Geologist
Science and Products
Bedrock geology and tectonic evolution of the Wrangellia, Peninsular, and Chugach terranes along the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect in the Chugach Mountains and southern Copper River Basin, Alaska
Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska
Geologic setting, petrology, and geochemistry of stratiform sphalerite-galena- barite deposits, red dog creek and drench water creek areas, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska-a reply
Lead isotopic fingerprinting of tectono-stratigraphic terranes, east-central Alaska
Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska
Geologic bibliography of the Gulkana Quadrangle, Alaska
Emission spectrographic and atomic absorption analyses of rock, mineral occurrence, prospect, and deposit samples from the Mount Hayes quadrangle, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska
Geologic setting, petrology, and geochemistry of stratiform sphalerite-galena-barite deposits, Red Dog Creek and Drenchwater Creek areas, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska
Origin and tectonic evolution of the Maclaren and Wrangellia terranes, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska
Analytical results and sample locality maps for stream-sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and rock samples, Kings River, Rancheria, Agnew, and Oat Mountain Roadless Areas, Fresno County, California
Wallrocks of the central Sierra Nevada batholith, California: A collage of accreted tectono-stratigraphic terranes
Stratiform zinc-lead deposits in the Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass Quadrangle, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska
Science and Products
Bedrock geology and tectonic evolution of the Wrangellia, Peninsular, and Chugach terranes along the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect in the Chugach Mountains and southern Copper River Basin, Alaska
Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska
Geologic setting, petrology, and geochemistry of stratiform sphalerite-galena- barite deposits, red dog creek and drench water creek areas, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska-a reply
Lead isotopic fingerprinting of tectono-stratigraphic terranes, east-central Alaska
Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska
Geologic bibliography of the Gulkana Quadrangle, Alaska
Emission spectrographic and atomic absorption analyses of rock, mineral occurrence, prospect, and deposit samples from the Mount Hayes quadrangle, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska
Geologic setting, petrology, and geochemistry of stratiform sphalerite-galena-barite deposits, Red Dog Creek and Drenchwater Creek areas, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska
Origin and tectonic evolution of the Maclaren and Wrangellia terranes, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska
Analytical results and sample locality maps for stream-sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and rock samples, Kings River, Rancheria, Agnew, and Oat Mountain Roadless Areas, Fresno County, California
Wallrocks of the central Sierra Nevada batholith, California: A collage of accreted tectono-stratigraphic terranes
Stratiform zinc-lead deposits in the Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass Quadrangle, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska
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