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Nolan Barrette

(He/Him)

I am a Geologist with the USGS at the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center in Lakewood, CO. I am currently working on the National Geologic Synthesis (NGS) project, where I am using my expertise in surficial processes and landforms to work towards a national synthesis of Quaternary geologic maps, as a part of the overall NGS goal of a seamless 2D and 3D national geologic map.

Professional Experience

  • Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey (2022 – present)

  • Contract Geologist, Wyoming State Geological Survey (2021 – 2022)

  • Adjunct Faculty, Temple University (2021)

  • Graduate Research Assistant, Temple University (2018 – 2021)

  • Geospatial Analyst, NASA DEVELOP National Program (2018)

  • Research Assistant, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (2016 – 2017)

  • Undergraduate Researcher, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2016 – 2017)

Education and Certifications

  • M.S., Geology, Temple University (2020)

  • B.S., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2017)

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • Geological Society of America 

  • International Glaciological Society

Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

Mauch, J.P., Barrette, N.C., and Wittke, S.J., 2022, Preliminary surficial geologic map of the east half of the Jackson Lake 30' x 60' quadrangle, Teton, Fremont, and Park counties, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Report 2022-4, 52 p., scale 1:100,000.
Zoet, L.K., Rawling, J.E., Woodard, J.B., Barrette, N. and Mickelson, D.M., 2021, Factors that contribute to the elongation of drumlins beneath the Green Bay Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46( 13), 2540– 2550. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5192

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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View toward Blanca Peak, Colorado

National Geologic Synthesis

The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
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National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
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National Geologic Synthesis

The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
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Digital database of the previously published Geologic Map of the Lamar Quadrangle, Colorado and Kansas

This digital data release contains geospatial geologic data compiled for the Lamar 250k quadrangle, a region in eastern Colorado and western Kansas, which is predominantly covered by Quaternary deposits that overlay Cretaceous bedrock. Geologic data, compiled from published sources, include the location and characteristics of geologic contacts and faults, mapped geologic polygons, and ammonite fos
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National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

Mauch, J.P., Barrette, N.C., and Wittke, S.J., 2022, Preliminary surficial geologic map of the east half of the Jackson Lake 30' x 60' quadrangle, Teton, Fremont, and Park counties, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Report 2022-4, 52 p., scale 1:100,000.
Zoet, L.K., Rawling, J.E., Woodard, J.B., Barrette, N. and Mickelson, D.M., 2021, Factors that contribute to the elongation of drumlins beneath the Green Bay Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46( 13), 2540– 2550. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5192

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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View toward Blanca Peak, Colorado

National Geologic Synthesis

The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
By
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
link

National Geologic Synthesis

The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Strategic Plan of 2020 calls for the creation of a “variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model that enables the seamless construction of geologic maps within user-defined regions of interest across the United States by the year 2030” (USGS Open-File Report 2021-1013*). Congress recently directed NCGMP to “bring...
Learn More

Digital database of the previously published Geologic Map of the Lamar Quadrangle, Colorado and Kansas

This digital data release contains geospatial geologic data compiled for the Lamar 250k quadrangle, a region in eastern Colorado and western Kansas, which is predominantly covered by Quaternary deposits that overlay Cretaceous bedrock. Geologic data, compiled from published sources, include the location and characteristics of geologic contacts and faults, mapped geologic polygons, and ammonite fos
By
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government