Warren J Nokleberg
Dr. Warren J. Nokleberg is a Scientist Emeritus in the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center. After coming to the USGS in 1966, His research currently focuses on compiling and synthesizing a digital earth science atlas of Sierra Nevada, CA. He recently co-edited and published an e-book about the Dynamic Geology of the Northern Cordillera and Adjacent Marine Areas.
After starting graduate school in 1965, his major research emphases have been on the mineral deposits, metallogenesis, bedrock geology, and tectonics of the central Sierra Nevada, California, the Stillwater Igneous Complex, Montana, the Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska, the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect (TACT) in Eastern Alaska, the Circum-North Pacific (Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera), and Northeast Asia. For these projects, he has led and coordinated large and complex teams of national and international geologists to compile, synthesize, interpret, and publish large and complex interpretative articles on regional geology, tectonics, and metallogenesis, regional geologic maps, mineral resource maps, mineral deposit databases, and spatial (GIS) databases.
He has authored or co-authored over 260 scientific papers. In 2002, he was awarded Meritorous Service Award of the Department of Interior for exceptional scientific research and leadership in Alaska and the Circum-North Pacific for the U.S. Geological Survey.
Professional Experience
2006 - 2018, Emeritus Research Geologist.
1969 - 1970, 1977 - 2006, Research Geologist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
1961 - 1965, Regular Line Officer, U.S. Navy
1970 - 1977, Associate Professor of Geology at California State University, Fresno
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Geology, University of California Santa Barbara, 1970
B.A., Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1965
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America
Society of Economic Geologists (Fellow)
American Geophysical Union
State of California Registered Geologist
Science and Products
Mineral deposit and metallogenic belt maps of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian cordillera
Interpretation of aeromagnetic map and related geophysical data for Mount Hayes 1° x 3° quadrangle, Alaska
Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera
Summary Circum-North Pacific Tectonostratigraphic Terrane Map
Analytical results and sample locality maps of stream-sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and rock samples from the Gulkana Quadrangle, south-central Alaska
Geology of south-central Alaska
Circum-North Pacific tectonostratigraphic terrane map
Tectonostratigraphic terrane and overlap assemblage map of Alaska
Geologic road guide to Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks, central Sierra Nevada, California
Mid‐Cretaceous extensional tectonics of the Yukon‐Tanana Terrane, Trans‐Alaska Crustal Transect (TACT), east‐central Alaska
Metallogenesis of mainland Alaska and the Russian Northeast
Distribution, facies, ages, and proposed tectonic associations of regionally metamorphosed rocks in east- and south-central Alaska
Science and Products
Mineral deposit and metallogenic belt maps of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian cordillera
Interpretation of aeromagnetic map and related geophysical data for Mount Hayes 1° x 3° quadrangle, Alaska
Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera
Summary Circum-North Pacific Tectonostratigraphic Terrane Map
Analytical results and sample locality maps of stream-sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and rock samples from the Gulkana Quadrangle, south-central Alaska
Geology of south-central Alaska
Circum-North Pacific tectonostratigraphic terrane map
Tectonostratigraphic terrane and overlap assemblage map of Alaska
Geologic road guide to Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks, central Sierra Nevada, California
Mid‐Cretaceous extensional tectonics of the Yukon‐Tanana Terrane, Trans‐Alaska Crustal Transect (TACT), east‐central Alaska
Metallogenesis of mainland Alaska and the Russian Northeast
Distribution, facies, ages, and proposed tectonic associations of regionally metamorphosed rocks in east- and south-central Alaska
*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