Jennifer E. Wilson

PO Box 66

Hawaii National Park, HI 96718
(808) 443-3114, thejenwilson@hotmail.com

 

EDUCATION

December 2004             Ph.D., Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico

                                    Characteristics of faults in nonwelded ignimbrites from the Pajarito Plateau & implications for fluid flow

                                            Committee:  Laurel Goodwin (advisor), Claudia Lewis, John. Wilson, Harold Tobin, & Nelia Dunbar

 

December 1998             M.S., Geology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Microfracture Fabric of the Punchbowl fault zone, San Andreas system, CA

Committee:  Judith Chester (advisor), Frederick Chester, David Wiltschko, and Vatche Tchekarian

 

May 1996                     B.S., Geology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

August – December 2004          Instructor, Metamorphic Petrology, New Mexico Tech

January – May 2004                  Instructor, Structural Geology, New Mexico Tech

August – December 2001          Graduate Teaching Assistant, Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology Lab, New Mexico Tech

August – December 2000          Graduate Teaching Assistant, Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology Lab, New Mexico Tech

August – December 1997          Graduate Teaching Assistant, Structure & Tectonics Lab, Texas A&M University

August – December 1996          Graduate Teaching Assistant, Structure & Tectonics Lab, Texas A&M University

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

February 2005 – December 2006 Visiting Research Scientist, University of Texas at Austin

                                                                 Neutron-computed tomographic imaging of deformation-band faults in ignimbrites (Bandelier

                                                                 Tuff, NM)

January 2002 – December 2003 Graduate Research Assistant, New Mexico Tech

                                                Geochemical and hydrologic characterization of deformation-band faults in ignimbrites

(Bandelier Tuff, NM, and Calico Hills Tuff, NV)

January – August 2001              Graduate Research Assistant, New Mexico Tech

Field characterization of deformation-band faults in ignimbrites (Bandelier Tuff, NM, and Calico Hills Tuff, NV)

January – May 1998                  Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University

Microfracture analysis (orientation, density, cement identification) of Punchbowl fault zone, San

Andreas fault system, CA

January – May 1997                  Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University

                                                Topographic/geologic map digitization

 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

December 1998 – January 2000             Geologist, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX

                                                Seismic mapping and attribute analysis, Nigeria Business Group

                                                                Technological assistance (construction of cross-sections and maps from well-log and seismic

                                                                data), Kazakhstan Group

May – August 1997                   Associate Geologist (Intern), Exxon Exploration Company, Houston, TX

                                                Estimation of hydrocarbon reserves from well-log data, Gulf of Mexico, USA

May – August 1996                   Associate Geologist (Intern), Exxon Exploration Company, Houston, TX

                                                Seismic mapping, South China Sea, Vietnam Business Group

 

PUBLICATIONS

Wilson, J.E., Goodwin, L.B., and Lewis, C.J, 2006. Diagenesis of deformation band faults: Record and mechanical consequences of vadose zone flow and transport in the Bandelier Tuff, Los Alamos, New Mexico, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111, B09201, doi:10.1029/2005JB003892.

 

Wilson, J.E., Chester, J.S., and Chester, F.M., 2003.  Microfracture analysis of fault growth and wear processes, Punchbowl Fault, San Andreas System, California, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 25, no. 11, p. 1855-1873.

 

Wilson, J.E., Goodwin, L.B., and Lewis, C.J., 2003.  Deformation bands in nonwelded ignimbrites:  Petrophysical controls on fault-zone deformation and evidence of preferential fluid flow, Geology, v. 31, no. 10, p. 837-840.

 

Wilson, J.E., Goodwin, L.B., and Lewis, C.J., Diagenesis of Deformation-band faults: The record and mechanical significance of vadose-zone flow and transport in the Bandelier Tuff, Los Alamos, NM, Journal of Geophysical Research (in review).

 

Wilson, J.E., Wilson, J.L., and Goodwin, L.B., Saturated permeability of deformation-band fault zones in nonwelded ignimbrites, Water Resources Research (in preparation).

 

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATION

Lavine, A., Lewis, C.J., Katcher, D.K., Gardner, J.N., Wilson, J.E., 2003, Geology of the North-central to Northeastern portion of Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-14043-MS, 44 p.

 

ABSTRACTS

Wilson, J.E., Goodwin, L.B., Lewis, C.J., 2005, Diagenesis of Deformation-band Faults:  The Record and Mechanical Significance of Vadose-zone Flow and Transport in the Bandelier Tuff, Los Alamos, NM.  GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 37, no. 7.

 

Wilson, J.E., Goodwin, L.B., Lewis, C.J., 2003, GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

 

Wilson, J.E., Goodwin, L.B., Lewis, C.J., 2002.  Petrophysical controls on deformation and fluid-fault interaction in the ignimbrite sequences at Los Alamos, NM, and Busted Butte, NV.  Eos. Trans. AGU 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21A-1070.

 

Wilson, J.E., Goodwin, L.B., Lewis, C.J., 2001. Petrophysical controls on fault-zone deformation in ash-flow tuffs--Deformation bands versus fractures and implications for fluid-fault interaction. Eos Trans. AGU 82, p. F1191.

 

Goodwin, L.B., Wilson, J.E., Rawling, G.C., 2001.  Mode-of-failure transition.  Eos Trans. AGU 82, p.    .

 

Wilson, J. E., Goodwin, L. B., Lewis, C.J., 2001. Deformation bands and fluid-fault interaction in non-welded tuffs. Earth System Processes Abstracts with Programs, Global Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, p. 50.

 

Wilson, J.E., Chester, J.S., Chester, F.M., 1999. Microfracture Fabric of the Punchbowl Fault Zone, San Andreas System, California. EOS Trans. AGU 81, p. F746-F747.

 

HONORS

Outstanding Geoscience Student Award, Association for Women Geoscientists, Denver Chapter, 2004

Beverly Wellnitz Memorial Scholarship, 2003

Outstanding Student Paper, New Mexico Geological Society Annual Meeting, 2003

New Mexico Geological Society Grant-in-Aid, 2002

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, E&ES Department, New Mexico Tech, 2002

New Mexico Tech Graduate Student Scholarship, 2000

Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Honorary Society for the Earth Sciences

Member since 1995

Delta Upsilon Chapter Secretary 2002-2004, Vice-President 2001-2002

Gamma Xi Chapter President 1996-1997

Phi Beta Kappa, member since 1995

Phi Kappa Phi, member since 1995

 

SOCIETIES

New Mexico Geological Society, member since 2001

Geological Society of America, member since 2001

American Geophysical Union Member, member since 1999

 

ACTIVITIES

September 2003            Co-convened IGPP-sponsored Fluid Flow through Ignimbrites Workshop, Santa Fe, NM

July 2003                      Reviewed two manuscripts for publication in special issue of AAPG Bulletin

April 2003 & 2002         New Mexico Geological Society Annual Meeting (poster presentation)

March 2003 & 2002      EBTAG 2nd Annual Meeting (poster presentation)

April 2002 & 2001         New Mexico Science & Engineering Fair (judge)