Ph.D. candidate and research assistant
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Work (505) 277-0887, Home (505) 260-0356
email: mspetro@unm.edu
Ph.D. University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fall 2001-present.
Research
and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Dissertation:
Strain Accommodation in the Mina deflection, central Walker Lane, west-central Nevada: GPA 3.7. Anticipated date
of completion: May 2005.
M.S. University of New
Mexico: Albuquerque, New
Mexico. December 1998. Research Assistant
and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Thesis:
A reconnaissance paleomagnetic investigation bearing
on vertical-axis rotation associated with a simple-shear transfer system in the
Silver Peak Range, west-central Nevada: University of New Mexico, [M.S. thesis], p. 273. GPA 3.6
B.S. Kent State University: Kent, Ohio. December 1995. Dept. of Geology. Senior Thesis: Assessing
vertical-axis rotation in large-magnitude extensional
regimes, Death Valley Extended Terrane, Ca. GPA 3.85
United States Marine Corps: Active Duty 1987 - 1991, Rank Corporal (E-4), Veteran Operation
Desert Storm (Sept. 1990 - April 1991).
2001-2004 Teaching
assistant for UNM EPS319L Geology Field Camp (summer). Duties included
instructing senior undergraduate and graduate students in geologic mapping,
field identification of geologic formations, and orienteering methods
2001-2004 Research Assistant, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science,
Univ.of
New Mexico. NSF-funded research for dissertation
2001-2003 Athletic Department Geology Tutor. Aided athletic students with EPS101 introductory geology and EPS105 Laboratory as needed
2002 Teaching assistant for Louisiana State University field camp
(summer). Instructed senior undergraduate students in geologic mapping projects
and field methods for summer field camp
2001 Teaching assistant for EPS310 New Mexico Field Geology.
Instructed sophomore geology majors and non-majors in the fundamentals of
geology in the field; including basic mapping-skills, compass navigation, and
rock identification/description
1998-2001 Exploration/Production
Geoscientist ExxonMobil Corporation, Houston, TX. Duties included seismic
interpretation, well-log correlation, subsurface structural mapping, identified
potential oil reservoir rocks
1998 Geologist/Geophysics
Intern Exxon Exploration Company, Houston, TX.
Basic seismic interpretation and subsurface geologic mapping
1998 Contract
Geologist, New Mexico Bureau of Geology (formally Mines and Minerals). Installed piezometers throughout Estancia
Basin to monitor groundwater flow
1997-1998 Teaching
assistant for UNM EPS319 Geology Field Camp (summer). Duties included
instructing senior undergraduate and graduate students in geologic mapping,
field identification of geologic formations, and orienteering methods.
1996-1998 Research
and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ. of New
Mexico. Research related to masters
thesis. Courses assisted include
EPS307L Structural Geology, EPS255 New Mexico Field Geology, Student Computer
Administrator, and EPS105 Introductory Physical Geology Laboratory
1992-1996: Twins Home Improvement (part-time, home remodeling and construction),
Chesterland, Ohio
1992-1995: College Street Library, Manager/ Bartender, Kent Ohio
2002-2004: Advised
two Master degree students in field methods and laboratory analysis related
to their MS research projects in paleomagnetism & rock-magnetism
Author,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Caswell-Silver Foundation grant for
supporting undergraduate field assistants ($400)
Developed
the UNM Paleomagnetism Laboratory web site, which includes lab facilities and
technical/theoretical aspects of laboratory analysis
Mentored
a senior undergraduate in basic field geologic mapping and laboratory analysis
related to his undergraduate senior research project
Advised
four undergraduate work study students in standard laboratory techniques and
sample preparation
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W.,
Oldow, J.S., and Mcintosh, W.C, 2004,
Tectonic Summary of the Southwest Silver Peak Range, Central Walker Lane,
NV: Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar Data,
in Review.
Geissman, J.W., Petronis, M.S., Lundahl, A, Roberts,
J., 2004, Paleomagnetism of
Permian Abo and Yeso Formation Strata and a mid-Tertiary intrusion, Placitas
area, Sandia Mountains, and lower Permian Abo Formation Strata, Carizzo Arroyo,
Lucero Uplift, New Mexico, in Prep.
Petronis,
M.S., Hacker, D.B., Holm,
D.K., Geissman, J.W., Harlen, S.S., 2004, Magmatic
Flow Paths and Paleomagnetism of the Miocene Stoddard Mountain Laccolith, Iron
Axis region, southwest Utah, USA, in
Press, Geological Society of London Special Paper.
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W., and
Mcintosh, W.C, 2003, Transitional Field
Clusters from Uppermost Oligocene Volcanic
Rocks in the Central Walker Lane, Western Nevada, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interior, v. 141, n.3,p. 207 -
238.
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W., and
Oldow, J.S., 2002, Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronoloic
Data Bearing on the Structural Evolution of the Silver Peak Extensional
Complex, West-Central Nevada, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114,
p. 1108-1130.
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W.,
Holm, D.K., Wernicke, B. and Schauble, E., 2002, Assessing vertical-axis rotation in large-magnitude extensional
regimes: A transect across the Death Valley
extended terrane, California, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, B1, no.
1, 21 pp.
Petronis,
M.S., 1998, A reconnaissance paleomagnetic investigation
bearing on vertical-axis rotation associated with a simple-shear transfer
system in the Silver Peak Range, west-central Nevada: University of New Mexico, [M.S. thesis], p.273.
Petronis, M.S.,
Geissman, J.W., and Oldow, J.S., 2004, Paleomagnetic Evaluation of Crustal-Scale
Block Rotations in the Mina Deflection of the Central Walker Lane, EOS,
v. xx, no. xx
Petronis, M.S., Wawrzyniec, T.F., and
Geissman, J.W., 2004, Paleomagnetism and Fault Kinematic Analysis
of the Eastern Lucero Uplift, New Mexico, Geological
Society of America abstracts with programs, v. 36, no. 5.,p. 435.
Arnold,
B.J., Petronis, M.S., Holm, D.K., Hacker, D.S, And Geissman, J.W., 2004,
Paleomagnetic Results From the Eastern Caliente-Enterprise Zone, Southwest Utah:
Implications for Initiation of a Major Miocene Transfer Zone, Geological Society
of America abstracts with programs, v. 36, no. 5.,p. 501.
Petronis, M.S. and Geissman,
J.W., 2004, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility Data Bearing on the Volcanic
Source of the Candelaria Hills Regional Tuffs, central Walker Lane,
west-central Nevada, Joint Rocky Mountain (v. 56) - Cordilleran (v. 100)
Section Geological Society of America abstracts with programs, n. 9-4.
Petronis,
M.S., Hacker, D.B., Holm,
D.K., Geissman, J.W., Harlen, S.S., 2003, Magmatic Flow Paths and
Paleomagnetism of the Miocene Stoddard Mountain Laccolith, Iron Axis region,
southwest Utah, USA, Geological Society of America abstracts with programs, v.
35, n. 6, p. 47.
Petronis,
M.S., and Geissman, J.W.,
2002, Paleomagnetism of Lower Permian Abo and Yeso Formation, Carizzo Arroyo,
Lucero Uplift, New Mexico, EOS, v. 83, no. 47
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W.,
Oldow, J.S., and McIntosh, 2002, Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar
Data from Remagnetized Mafic Dikes and Host Granite Rocks in the Southwest
Silver Peak Range, Nevada, Tertiary Structural Evolution of the Central Walker
lane, Geological Society of America abstracts with programs, v. 34, n.
6, p. 45.
Libed,
S.A, Petronis, M.S., Lucas, S.G., and Crossey, L.J., 2001, The
stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleontology of the Nacimiento Formation in
the lower Animas Valley of the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado, New
Mexico Geological Society spring meeting, New Mexico Geology, vol.23, no.2,
pp.57.
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W., and
Oldow, J.S., 2001, Paleomagnetic Data from Upper Tertiary Volcanic Rocks in the
Central Walker Lane: Crustal-Scale Block Rotation and Transitional Field
Directions, EOS, v. 82, no. 47,F313.
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W.,
Oldow, J.S., and McIntosh, 1999, 40Ar/39Ar
age determinations on mafic dikes and sills in the Silver Peak Range,
west-central Nevada and their bearing on paleomagnetic data, EOS, v. 80, no.
46, p. F280.
Petronis,
M.S., Geissman, J.W., and
Oldow, J.S.1998, Paleomagnetic Data Bearing on Vertical Axis-Rotation Associated
with a Simple-Shear Transfer System in the Silver Peak Range, West-Central
Nevada, EOS, v. 79, GP72A-19.
Petronis, M.S., Geissman, J.W., and Oldow, J.S., 1997, Paleomagnetism and structural history of the
Silver Peak Range, west-central Nevada, Geological
Society of America abstracts with programs,
v. 29, n. 6, p. 380.
Petronis,
M.S., Holm, D.K.,
Geissman, J.W., Schauble, E., Wernicke, B.P., 1997, Paleomagnetic Data Bearing
on Vertical-Axis Rotation Within the Central Death Valley Extended Terrane, EOS, v. 78, GP42A-09.
2004: Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences Summer Scholarship: Funds awarded to partially
support summer field work ($1100).
University
of New Mexico Graduate School Research and Travel Grant. Funds awarded to partially support field
research in southwestern Utah. Geochemistry and Rock Magnetism of mid Tertiary
laccoliths ($1000).
2003: University
of New Mexico Graduate School Research and Travel Grant. Funds awarded to partially support field research
along the western margin of the middle Rio Grande rift ($1000).
Sigma
Xi Research Grant. Funds awarded to
support the research project: "Tectonic Vertical Axis Rotation Estimates
from Ignimbrites, Candelaria Hills, west Central Nevada" ($300).
Geological
Society of America Student Research Grant: Funds awarded to support research
project entitled: "Anisotropy of Rock Magnetic Parameters and
Paleomagnetism of the Pine Valley Laccolith, Southwest Utah, and their Bearing
on mechanisms of laccolith emplacement" ($1400)
Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences Summer Scholarship: Funds awarded to partially
support summer field work ($600).
2002: Geological
Society of America Student Research Grant:
Funds awarded to support research project entitled: "Paleomagnetism
and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Jurassic to Cretaceous
Diorite Dikes and Pyroclastic Rocks in the Southwest Silver Peak Range, Nevada
- California($1700).
Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences Summer Scholarship: Funds award to support
summer field work ($700).
University of New Mexico Graduate School Research and Travel Grant given tosupport research related to dissertation and provide travel support for field work ($1000).
Society of Independent Professional
Earth Sciences (SIPE) Scholarship to support research related to dissertation
research ($2000).
Southwestern New Mexico section of
SME Scholarship to support research related to dissertation research ($1000)
2001: Sigma Xi grant to support research project entitled: "Mapping the transition zone between the Rio Grande rift and Colorado Plateau, eastern margin of the Lucero Uplift" ($500).
1998: Geological Society of America (Geophysics Division) Allen
Cox Student Research Award.
Geological
Society of America grant to support masters thesis research ($1000).
1997: University
of New Mexico Graduate School Research and Travel Grant given to support
research related to masters degree and provide travel support for field work
($1000).
1996: Sigma Xi grant to support masters thesis
research ($700).