Keith A Howard
Keith A. Howard is a Research Geologist Emeritus at the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center in Menlo Park, CA. Since joining the USGS in 1966, he had a diverse geologic career investigating a wide range of geologic processes. Presently, his reasearch includes volcanology, Colorado River evolution, granite, and extensional tectonics.
Keith has conducted lunar and planetary investigations, Apollo astronaut training and mission support (1960s and 1970s), and field studies of volcanic and impact structures. He led a team that made the first national map of active faults and fault provinces of the United States and Puerto Rico. He conceived the USGS climate-research program and led the effort to gain support for the program and its acceptance by Congress (1970s). He led the Pacific to Arizona Crustal Experiment, geologic-geophysical transect across the SW USA (1980s-1990s). He has authored a range of studies of landscape evolution, crustal structure, planetology, and igneous and tectonic processes.
Research Partners:
- Arizona Geological Survey
- National Science Foundation
- University of Wyoming
- University of Oregon
- Queensland Technical Institute
- Texas Tech University
- University of Florida
Professional Experience
2007-current, USGS Scientist Emeritus, Menlo Park, CA
2014, Lecturer, San Jose State University
1966-2006, USGS Research Geologist
1974, Visiting Faculty, University of South Florida
1962, USGS Geologist
1961, Engineering Geologist, McCreary-Koretsky Engineering
1960, Geologic Field Assistant, UC Berkeley
Education and Certifications
PhD, Geology, Yale, 1966
MS, Geological Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1962
BS, Geological Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1961
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America, Elected Fellow, 1972
American Geophysical Union, 1969
Peninsula Geological Society, 1967; President 2008-2009
Geological Society of WA since 1975
Fullbright Asso.
Science and Products
Comment and reply on "Correlation of the Peach Springs Tuff, a large-volume Miocene ignimbrite sheet in California and Arizona"
Lamoille Canyon nappe in the Ruby Mountains metamorphic core complex, Nevada
Mineral resources of the Bristol/Granite Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California
Geology of the Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range, Nevada: A Cordilleran metamorphic core complex
Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona: Discussion and reply
Canyon-filling lavas and lava dams on the Boise River, Idaho, and their significance for evaluating downcutting during the last 2 million years
Introduction
Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona
Geologic and geochronologic reconnaissance of the Turtle Mountains area, California: West border of the Whipple Mountains detachment terrane
Detached crystalline rocks of the Mohave, Buck, and Bill Williams Mountains, western Arizona
Regional character of mylonitic gneiss in the Cadiz Valley area, southeastern California
Preliminary geology of the Bristol Lake region, Mojave Desert, California
Science and Products
Comment and reply on "Correlation of the Peach Springs Tuff, a large-volume Miocene ignimbrite sheet in California and Arizona"
Lamoille Canyon nappe in the Ruby Mountains metamorphic core complex, Nevada
Mineral resources of the Bristol/Granite Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California
Geology of the Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range, Nevada: A Cordilleran metamorphic core complex
Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona: Discussion and reply
Canyon-filling lavas and lava dams on the Boise River, Idaho, and their significance for evaluating downcutting during the last 2 million years
Introduction
Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona
Geologic and geochronologic reconnaissance of the Turtle Mountains area, California: West border of the Whipple Mountains detachment terrane
Detached crystalline rocks of the Mohave, Buck, and Bill Williams Mountains, western Arizona
Regional character of mylonitic gneiss in the Cadiz Valley area, southeastern California
Preliminary geology of the Bristol Lake region, Mojave Desert, California
*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