Education
| M.S. |
2003 |
Humboldt State University |
Environmental Systems - Geology |
| B.S. |
1996 |
Humboldt State University |
Geology |
Professional Interests
Mr. Bacon is a geomorphologist specializing in field investigations associated with research in Quaternary geology, geomorphology, and sequence stratigraphy related to landscape evolution in arid, semi-arid, and alpine regions, as well as paleoseismic and neotectonic investigations on normal and strike-slip faults in the western United States, New Zealand, and Mongolia. His current research focuses on characterizing desert terrains using geomorphology and soils within the southwestern United States and the World's deserts.
Research
Interests and Areas of Expertise |
Current Projects |
- Quaternary geology
- Geomorphology and Surficial Processes
- Landform Analysis and Characterization
- Sequence Stratigraphy
- Soils Geomorphology
- Paleoseismology
- Tectonic Geomorphology
- Geologic Hazards
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Peer-reviewed Publications
- Jayko, A.S. and Bacon, S.N. (2008):
- Late Quaternary MIS 6-8 shoreline features of pluvial Owens Lake, Owens Valley, eastern California, in Reheis, M.C., Hershler, R., and Miller, D.M., eds., Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Geologic and Biotic Perspectives: Geological Society of America Special Paper 439, p. 185-206.
- Slemmons, D.B., Vittori, E., Jayko, A.S., Carver, G.A., and Bacon, S.N. (2008):
- Quaternary fault and lineament map of Owens Valley, Inyo County, eastern California. Geological Society of America Map and Chart 96, 25 p.
- Bacon, S.N. and Pezzopane, S.K. (2007):
- A 25,000-year record of earthquakes on the Owens Valley fault near Lone Pine, California: Implications for recurrence intervals, slip rates, and segmentation models. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 119/7, 823-847.
- Bacon, S.N., Burke, R.M., Pezzopane, S.K., and Jayko, A.S. (2006):
- Last glacial maximum and Holocene lake levels of Owens Lake, eastern California, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews. 25/11-12, 1264-1282.
- Bacon, S.N., Jayko, A.S., and McGeehin, J.P. (2005):
- Holocene and latest Pleistocene oblique dextral faulting on the southern Inyo Mountains fault, Owens Lake basin, California. Bulletin Seismological Society of America. 95, 2472-2485.
- Bacon, S.N., Chinn, T.C., Van Dissen, R.J., Tillinghast, S.F., Goldstein, H.L., and Burke, R.M. (2001):
- Paleo-equilibrium line altitude estimates from late Quaternary glacial features in the Inland Kaikoura Range, South Island, New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 44, 55-67.
http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjgg/2001/6.pdf
Other Publications
- Jayko, A.S. and Bacon, S.N. (in review).
- Quaternary fault map of the west half of the Darwin Hills 1:100,000 Quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Studies Map, scale 1:100,000.
- Bacon, S., Burke, B., Pezzopane, S., and Jayko, A. (2005).
- Geologic and geomorphic record of late
Pleistocene and Holocene lake levels of Owens Lake, eastern California. In “Geologic and biotic
perspectives on the late Cenozoic drainage history of the southwestern Great Basin and lower
Colorado River region: Conference abstracts” (M.C. Reheis, Ed.), pp. 15-16. U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 2005-1404. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1404/pdf/OFR-2005-1404.pdf
- Bacon, S.N., 2003.
- “Latest Quaternary fluvio-deltaic and lacustrine stratigraphy in Owens Valley and paleoseismology on the Owens Valley fault near Lone Pine, eastern California.” Unpublished M.Sc.
thesis. Humboldt State University, 227 p.
- Bacon, S.N., Pezzopane, S.K., and Burke, R.M. (2003):
- Paleoseismology on the Owens Valley fault and latest Quaternary stratigraphy in Owens Valley near Lone Pine, eastern California: USGS/NEHRP Final Technical Report, 42 p.
http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/reports/abstract/2002/ni/02hqgr0003.pdf
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