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Ryan Bruce Anderson
Assistant Professor
Idaho State University
Education:
Ph.D., Geology Washington State University, 2019
M.S., Geology University of Nevada, Reno, 2013
B.S., Earth Science Utah Valley University, 2010
Professional experience:
2019-2020 Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University
2019 Geoscience Intern, ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions
2017-2019 Teaching Assistant, Washington State University
2017 Instructor, University of Nevada, Reno, Summer Field Camp
2016 Instructor-Director, University of Nevada, Reno, Summer Field Camp
2015-2017 Graduate Research Assistant, Washington State University
2011-2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
2013-2015 Teaching Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno, Summer Field Camp
2010-2011 Hydrologic Technician, United States Geological Survey
2008-2010 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Utah Valley University
Publications:
A. Geologic Maps
2. Faulds, J.E., Anderson, R.B., Ramelli, A.R., Drakos, P.S., Vice, G.S., Hinz, N.H., Dering, G.M., Bell, J.W., House, P.K., and Ressel., M.W., 201X (in prep), Preliminary geologic map of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, Pershing, Lyon, Storey, and Washoe Counties, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report XX-XX, scale 1:100,000, 4 p.
1. Anderson, R.B., Faulds, J.E., and Dering, G.M., 2013, Preliminary geologic map of the central Lake Range, southern Fox Range, and northern Terraced Hills, Emerson Pass geothermal area, Washoe County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 13-10, scale 1:24,000, 9 p.
B. Articles:
7. Calle, A.Z., Horton, B.K., Limachi, R., Stockli, D.F., Uzeda-Orellana, G.V., Anderson, R.B., Long, S.P., 2017, Cenozoic provenance and depositional record of the Subandean foreland basin during growth and advance of the central Andean fold-thrust belt, southern Bolivia, in Zamora, G., McClay, K., and Ramos, V., Petroleum Basins and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Andes of Peru and Bolivia: American Association of Geologists Memoir (submitted).
6. Anderson, R.B., Long, S.P., Horton, B.K., and Calle, A.Z., and Ramirez, V., 2017, Shortening and structural architecture of the Andean fold-thrust belt of southern Bolivia (21°S): Implications for kinematic development and crustal thickening of the central Andes: Geosphere, v. 13, p. 538-558, doi:10.1130/GES01433.1.
5. Anderson, R.B., and Faulds, J.E., 2013, Structural controls of the Emerson Pass geothermal system, Washoe County, Nevada: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, V. 37, p. 453-458.
4. Bunds, M.P., Emerman, S.H., Bhattarai, T.N., Anderson, R.B., Adhikari, N., Karki, K., and Palmer, M., in review, A new lichen apparent growth curve for the Nepal Himalaya, with applications to dating GLOFs, major landslides and mani walls.
3. Bunds, M.P., Emerman, S.H., Bhattarai, T.N., Anderson, R.B., Adhikari, N., Karki, K., and Palmer, M., 2010, Using lichenometry to assess long term GLOF and landslide frequency in the Nepal Himalaya: Proceedings of the 11th IAEG Congress, Williams, A.L., Pinches, G.M., Chin, C.Y., McMorran, T.J., and Massey, C.I., eds.
2. Emerman, S.H., R.B. Anderson, S. Bhandari, R.R. Bhattarai, M.A. Palmer, T.N. Bhattarai, and M.P. Bunds, 2011, Arsenic and other heavy metals in the Sunkoshi and Saptakoshi Rivers, eastern Nepal: Journal of Nepal Geological Society, v. 43, pp. 101-114.
1. Emerman, S.H., T. Prasai, R.B. Anderson, and M.A. Palmer, 2010, Arsenic contamination of groundwater in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, as a consequence of rapid erosion: Journal of Nepal Geological Society, v. 40, pp. 49-60.
C. Conference abstracts:
10. Anderson, R.B., Long, S.P., Horton, B.K., Calle, A.Z., Ramirez, V., 2016, Regional geologic map across the Andean retroarc fold-thrust belt of southern Bolivia: Insights on the Subandean zone, Interandean zone, and Eastern Cordillera at 21°S: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.
9. Anderson, R.B., Long, S.P., Horton, B.K., Calle, A.Z., Ramirez, V., 2016, Retroarc crustal shortening and structural architecture of the Andean Fold-Thrust belt of southern Bolivia (21°S): Implications for kinematic development and crustal thickening of the central Andes: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7.
8. Dee, S., Kell, A., Angster, S.J., Kent, G.M., Driscoll, N., Faulds, J.E., Anderson, R.B., 2016, Quaternary Faulting in the Pyramid Lake Basin, Northern Walker Lane, Nevada: Seismological Research Letters, v. 8, n. 2B
7. Anderson, R.B., Long, S.P., Horton, B.K., Calle, A.Z., Ramirez, V., 2015, Crustal shortening and structural architecture of the Interandean and Subandean zones of southern Bolivia (21°S): Constraints from a new balanced cross section: AGU Fall Meeting
6. Calle, A.Z., Horton, B.K., Anderson, R.B., Long, S.P., 2015, Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic Evolution of the Central Andean Foreland Basin System in the Eastern Cordillera to Subandean Zone, Southern Bolivia: AGU Fall Meeting
5. Faulds, J.E., Hinz, N.H., Siler, D.L., Coolbaugh, M.F., Dering, G., Edwards, J., Anderson, R.B., Forson, C., and Sadowski, A.J., 2015, Detailed conventional and innovative 3D geologic maps of geothermal systems in the Great Basin region, western USA: critical cost-effective tools for geothermal exploration: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 7
4. Anderson, R.B., Long, S.P., Horton, B.K., Calle, A., and Stockli, D.F., 2014, New apatite and zircon (UTh)/He constraints on the timing of thrust-related exhumation in the southern Bolivian (21˚S) Andes: AGU Fall Meeting.
3. Calle, A.Z., Horton, B.K., Long, S.P., Ramirez, V., and Anderson, R.B., 2014, Shortening, exhumation, and sedimentation in the fold-thrust belt and foreland basin system of southern Bolivia: XIX Congreso Argentino Geológico, Cordoba, Argentina, June 2-6, 2014.
2. Anderson, R.B., and Faulds, J.E., 2013, Structural controls of the Emerson Pass geothermal system, northwestern Nevada: characterization of a “blind” system: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No. 7, p. 827.
1. Anderson, R.B., and Faulds, J.E., 2012, Structural setting of the Emerson Pass geothermal anomaly, Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, western Nevada: Eos Trans., American Geophysical Union 93 (57), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V13A-2829.
D. M.S. Thesis:
Anderson, R.B., 2013, Structural controls of the Emerson Pass geothermal system, Washoe County, Nevada [M.S. Thesis]: University of Nevada, Reno
Advisor:
James E. Faulds
Examining Committee:
Wendy Calvin, John Louie, Sean M. Casey
Invited talks:
3. February 9th, 2017- Washington State University/University of Idaho Earth Science Seminar Series
Title: “Shortening and structural architecture of the Andean fold-thrust belt of southern Bolivia”
2. February 8th, 2016- Utah Valley University Earth Science Seminar Series
Title: “Building a temporal record of shortening and deformation migration in
the Southern Bolivian (21˚S) Andes: A Field Based Test of Cordilleran Cyclicity”
1. January 22, 2014 – University of Texas, Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Petrology, Geochemistry, Structure, and Tectonics talk series
Title: “Structural controls of the Emerson Pass geothermal system, northwestern Nevada: Characterizing a “blind” system”
Grants and Awards:
2017 – 1st Place, 4th Annual Best Student Geologic Map Competition, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
2014 - $2500 – AAPG Grants-in-Aid Program, Kenneth H. Crandall Memorial Grant
Project title: Pre-Andean uplift and exhumation as a source of Carboniferous sedimentary rocks in eastern Bolivia
2012 - $1000 – Nevada Petroleum and Geothermal Society Scholarship
2009 - $1000 – Scholarly and Creative Activities Program Grant, Utah Valley University
2009 – Student Scholar of the Year, Office of Undergraduate Research and International Programs, Utah Valley University
2009 – Outstanding Earth Science Student of the Year, College of Health and Science, Utah Valley University
Professional societies:
Geological Society of America (GSA)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG)
Nevada Petroleum and Geothermal Society (NPGS)
Geological Society of Nevada (GSN)
Teaching experience:
University of Nevada, Reno:
Summer 2016: GEOL 451 – Summer Field Camp- served as interim director and lead instructor
Summer 2015: GEOL 451 – Summer Field Camp- served as teaching assistant
Summer 2014: GEOL 451 – Summer Field Camp- served as teaching assistant
Summer 2013: GEOL 451 – Summer Field Camp- served as teaching assistant
Service:
2014-2015: Treasurer, AAPG student chapter, University of Nevada, Reno
2013-2014: DGSE Graduate Seminar Speaker Coordinator, University of Nevada, Reno
2010-2011: Secretary-Treasurer, Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists,
Intermountain Section
Field Work:
June-Aug., 2014 (5 weeks), Central Andes, Bolivia
July-Aug., 2013 (3 weeks), Central Andes, Bolivia
May-Aug., 2012 (12 weeks), Fox and Lake Ranges, western Nevada
May-June, 2009 (4 weeks), Central Himalayas, Nepal
August, 2009 (2 weeks), Guanajuato, Mexico
October, 2008 (2 weeks), Chihuahua, Mexico