Angela Jayko
Dr. Jayko is a Scientist Emeritus at the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center at the U.C. White Mountain Research Station. She came to the USGS in 1979 and returned as an Emeritus. She studied tectonics of convergent margin associations and most recently, she’s focused on the Plio-Pleistocene transtensive deformation.
Dr. Jayko's thesis concerned Late Mesozoic subduction. She studied tectonics of convergent margin associations with work in the continental collision complex of the French Alps, in a Paleozoic transtensive basement tectonics in eastern Australia, and in the Paleozoic fold and thrust belt of central Nevada. Most recently she’s focused on the Plio-Pleistocene transtensive deformation.
Professional Experience
1979 - Current, Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
1995 - 1998, Chair, I.U.G.G., International Lithosphere Program
1993 - 1995, Vice chair, I.U.G.G., International Lithosphere Program
1990 - 1992, Lecturer, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand
1978 - 1979, Geometrics, EGG, Sunnyvale, California
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1984 (Gilbert Fellowship 1988)
B.A., Geology, Humboldt State University, 1976
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America, Fellow
American Geophysical Union
Science and Products
Slope failure and shoreline retreat during northern California's latest El Nino
Scenic drive landslide of January-March 1998, La Honda, San Mateo County, California
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Myrtle Creek 7.5' quadrangle, Oregon
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Dodson Butte 7.5' quadrangle, Oregon
Preliminary maps showing rainfall thresholds for debris-flow activity, San Francisco Bay region, California
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Lane Mountain 7.5 minute quadrangle, Oregon
Toward assessing the seismic risk associated with blind faults, San Francisco Bay region, California
Reconnaissance geologic map of the White Rock 7.5 minute quadrangle, Oregon
The role of serpentinite melanges in the unroofing of UHPM rocks: An example from the Western Alps of Italy: Chapter 6
Paleozoic ophiolitic assemblages within the southern New England orogen of eastern Australia: Implications for growth of the Gondwana margin
Coastal uplift associated with the 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquake, northern California
Northward displacements of forearc slivers in the Coast Ranges of California and Southwest Oregon during the late Mesozoic and early Cenozoic
Science and Products
Slope failure and shoreline retreat during northern California's latest El Nino
Scenic drive landslide of January-March 1998, La Honda, San Mateo County, California
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Myrtle Creek 7.5' quadrangle, Oregon
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Dodson Butte 7.5' quadrangle, Oregon
Preliminary maps showing rainfall thresholds for debris-flow activity, San Francisco Bay region, California
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Lane Mountain 7.5 minute quadrangle, Oregon
Toward assessing the seismic risk associated with blind faults, San Francisco Bay region, California
Reconnaissance geologic map of the White Rock 7.5 minute quadrangle, Oregon
The role of serpentinite melanges in the unroofing of UHPM rocks: An example from the Western Alps of Italy: Chapter 6
Paleozoic ophiolitic assemblages within the southern New England orogen of eastern Australia: Implications for growth of the Gondwana margin
Coastal uplift associated with the 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquake, northern California
Northward displacements of forearc slivers in the Coast Ranges of California and Southwest Oregon during the late Mesozoic and early Cenozoic
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