Edward A Mankinen
Ed is a Scientist Emeritus with the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center in Menlo Park, CA. He joined the USGS in 1964, retired in 2010, and returned as Emeritus in 2011. His career and current work focus in paleomagnetism/rock magnetism and conducting and interpreting gravity and aeromagnetic surveys through the Geophysical Unit of Menlo Park (GUMP).
For most of Edward Mankinen's 47-year career, he was associated with the Menlo Park Rock Magnetic Laboratory conducting various research projects in paleomagnetism/rock magnetism. Most of these studies were concentrated in the western U.S. but also included field work in Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, and Antarctica. Beginning in 1996, Ed also became associated with the Geophysical Unit of Menlo Park (GUMP) and began conducting and interpreting gravity and aeromagnetic surveys. Most of these studies were conducted in and around the Nevada Test Site and in the eastern Great Basin. As an emeritus, he has continued work on projects in both disciplines.
Professional Experience
2011 - present, Emeritus Research Geologist, GMEG Science Center
2006 - 2008, Chief, Geophysical Unit of Menlo Park (GUMP)
1988 - 1992, Chief, Paleomagnetism—Menlo Park Project
1969 - 2010, Research Geologist, Branches of: Theoretical Geophysics, Theoretical & Applied Geophysics, Petrophysics & Remote Sensing, and Isotope Geology; now with the GMEG Science Center, all USGS, Menlo Park, CA
1965 - 1969, Laboratory manager, Rock Magnetic Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA
1964 - 1965, Physical Science Technician, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Education and Certifications
M.S., Geology, San Jose State College, 1971
B.S., Geology, San Jose State College, 1963
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Honors and Awards
2004, 2005, 2006 - USGS Star Awards
1972 - USGS Quality Increase
1970 - Department of Interior Antarctic Service Award
1970 - Congressional Antarctic Medal
Science and Products
Paleomagnetism and K-Ar ages of volcanic rocks from Long Valley caldera, California
The Steens Mountain (Oregon) geomagnetic polarity transition: 1. Directional history, duration of episodes, and rock magnetism
The Steens Mountain (Oregon) geomagnetic polarity transition, 2. Field intensity variations and discussion of reversal models
Steens Mountain geomagnetic polarity transition is a single phenomenon
How the geomagnetic field vector reverses polarity
Implications of paleomagnetism for the tectonic history of the Eastern Klamath and related terranes in California and Oregon
Paleomagnetism in the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon
Implications of paleomagnetism for the tectonic history of the Eastern Klamath and related terranes in California and Oregon
Book review: Geomagnetism of baked clays and recent sediments
Geomagnetic paleointensities from excursion sequences in lavas on Oahu, Hawaii
High paleointensities of the geomagnetic field from thermomagnetic studies on rift valley pillow basalts from the Mid- Atlantic Ridge
Paleomagnetic study of some Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the Klamath Mountains province, California
Science and Products
Paleomagnetism and K-Ar ages of volcanic rocks from Long Valley caldera, California
The Steens Mountain (Oregon) geomagnetic polarity transition: 1. Directional history, duration of episodes, and rock magnetism
The Steens Mountain (Oregon) geomagnetic polarity transition, 2. Field intensity variations and discussion of reversal models
Steens Mountain geomagnetic polarity transition is a single phenomenon
How the geomagnetic field vector reverses polarity
Implications of paleomagnetism for the tectonic history of the Eastern Klamath and related terranes in California and Oregon
Paleomagnetism in the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon
Implications of paleomagnetism for the tectonic history of the Eastern Klamath and related terranes in California and Oregon
Book review: Geomagnetism of baked clays and recent sediments
Geomagnetic paleointensities from excursion sequences in lavas on Oahu, Hawaii
High paleointensities of the geomagnetic field from thermomagnetic studies on rift valley pillow basalts from the Mid- Atlantic Ridge
Paleomagnetic study of some Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the Klamath Mountains province, California
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